What is God's Psychological Profile?

 Okay folks, put on your best psychological thinking caps and tell us what you think God’s psychological profile is.  Be sure to tell us what you are basing it on, a particular religion, philosophy or actions (or inactions) that you feel are those of God.

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Now, in my way of thinking, God couldn't be so limited as to have a psychological profile. But I'm interested to hear from others. Thanks, Mr!

Peace,

Nicole

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INFP! Boldly Dave goes in to answer the question of ages.

:)

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Thank you Dave. Is there anybody else out there who would like to boldly go where no mortal has gone before?

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Indeed, Mr - I am keen to hear others' answers too on this!

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OK, I'll bite! As my first post in the group, I go with…

God would need to be all types and none.

If God is the source of all, then it seems to me that all the bits must have been there from the get-go.

On the other hand, if God is a kind of emergent more-than-our-separate-pieces “being”, then all our bits and types would contribute to the Emergent Whole.

Of course, when they all get mixed up together, whether top-down or bottom-up, they aren't really “types” anymore and hence, none.

There's my 2 cents! ;-)

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ha! well done, Dr. Karen!

with appreciation,

Nicole

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God is a location.

But if God were a person..

God would be suffering the severest form of multiple personality disorder and inhabits all 7 genders including the in-between ones. Polymorphously perverse, but in a nice way. 

I wonder why we are musing about the psychological profile of a location?

;-P

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Yes, I thought the same, Catrina, when I first read the question. But Mr has his reasons.

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What were his reasons?

*bats eyelashes*

…and is the location Disneyland? *tugs sleeve*

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LOL…schizophrenic with multiple personality disorders…on the other side of genuis…androgynous…hmmmmm…a real weirdo…with Lion heads and octopus arms…birds wings and beaks coming out of the head…one eye is the moon, the other the stars…the third the sun…but also a beautiful Goddess…and one hunk of a Man…LOL>>>>>

my reasons?  look at everything within creation… *

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Star, you are so awesome!

hugs,

Nicole

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 Infinitely creative and imaginative, off the scale genius / intelligence, and a totally amazing unconditional lover, absolutely aware ( in all ), oh yes and the patience of an infinite number of saints, with a rib-tickling sense of humour.

Same reason as star, look around at creation, nature - and that includes us.

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love this! thank you

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OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). What a perfectionist!

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Oh pj! Thanks for that one, and welcome to our group!

Hugs,

Nicole

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Perhaps the personality that God has would be a unique reflection of what each individual wanted God's personality to be (at least to that individual).

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so, basically projection.

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Psychology implies mind. Psychological profiles depict personality structure. Personality implies identity. Identity implies ego. hmmm…. 

something tells me that none of these apply, so i am quite speechless, and unable to even formulate an approach to this question! 

the only words i can come up with are “unconditioned” and “unconditional”

perhaps “merciless,” also - like a baby, immersed in the creation without judgment… tumbling in the joy of it…

so if god were human, “he/she” would be perhaps sociopathic, narcissistic, passive as a wet noodle, thoughtless, a laughing provocateur…

of course, jesus probably wouldn't fare too well on our modern scales either! 

Sigh. god doesn't squeeze so well through our filters. Too big! Too much! So we must cram into categories for sorting and stacking in manageable arrangements, like the wooden blocks we played with as children.  But we ARE children, in this way, and need to filter god down, because our little neurologies could fry with even the slightest glimpse of the totality!

blessings to you all ;-)

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yes, yes, i feel this way!

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our little neurologies could fry with even the slightest glimpse of the tootality!

Hmmmmnnn…..does this mean we don't have to try ?

my reasons for trying…..

God is love….no need to fear. i don't subscribe to the fear , fire and brimstone bit….

love God and it is natural to want to emulate the Creator's love
ok I AM HUMAN…. but it is something to aspire to, to aim for.
Aim for he stars and fall on the haystack - aim for the haystack and fall to the ground.

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Zephr

what is the trying for? i am confused… ;-)

The point of that line (our little neurologies could fry with even the slightest glimpse of the tootality!) was simply this: that our minds love categories. Needs them for conversation. But the totality is impossibly beyond the mind. Mind can't wrap itself around god, and if it does manage to catch even a glimpse, it is never what was expected. Mind generally shits a brick and quickly incorporates its perception back into its fantasy of who it is in relation to god, where Mind feels most comfortable… 

I am not sure how this translates into your reference about “trying,” and personally am not very familiar with the “fire and brimstone” perspectives. But i do know that if most seekers knew what they were looking for, they would go home, kiss the ground and nail their shoes to the floor. To see the totality utterly annhililates the self, pulls the rug out, leaves you dangling in the infinite Void, where you are alone. 

ALONE. 

ALL ONE. 

This is death to the Egoic Mind. 

So, if you don't mind dying to everything you think you are, go ahead. Pursue god! What's to be afraid of? God loves a good sport!

Love is what we are, not something we do or aspire to. We fall into our hearts when we fall out of our minds…

Fear is manifest in all the gazillion frantic maneuvers we execute to protect our ideas of self. It is Egoic Mind, fighting for its very life. It is quite powerful, and has all the devices of delusion at its disposal.

Be well, friend! Your humanness is very precious and dear, not a defect to be reviled or overcome.

mary ;-)

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zephyr, mary, yes to love, yes to humanness and yes to aiming for the stars…

hugs,

nicole

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Mary,  I don't pursue God, I am not seeking God, put simply I love God. 
I know we are love, when we love there is no room for fear. Yes God loves a good sport, in fact I believe we are all included in that love unconditionally and not just humankind.. Personally my mind does not particularly love categories, I do appreciate diversity and uniqueness found throughout creation, of which we are a part and I appreciate our views may differ, while also appreciating all are One. I was speaking  from my heart, not for or against anyone else. 

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delusion has got such a bad rep lately.. i wonder if that's fair,
if delusion was not, our civilisation would not be there,
no tvs or aliens nor all presidents from the same family,
no wars or progress, not even that miracle called money!
We d just be sitting and smiling and what good is that?
no Disneyland or crack cocaine, no fat cats getting fat!
sigh what a bore that would be,
for only God can make a tree (oops, wrong poem!)

—

god is a person
his name is maude
he is a crossdresser
who is a gorgeous crossdresser
but he has to shave often

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god is a location
anaheim is one
we enter the gates of heaven
balloons in hand
oh this is a bad poem! lol

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our minds are wonderful imaginators
the only problem is believing
blind to the actual realities
the mind is prone to self-deceiving

this propensity to deny
what lies before our very eyes
and when we want to not to hear
we've got handy earwax in our ears

so Illusion, have your wonderful way
i know the mind just loves to play
but you, Delusion, please go away
and bring the rain, some other day…

I do find it amazing, how the mind
all by itself can decide
that without its wily, lying ways
we would forsake what we have made…

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i love this mary!

so Illusion, have your wonderful way
i know the mind just loves to play
but you, Delusion, please go away
and bring the rain, some other day…

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sorry zephyr, i gave you the impression i thought you personally are pursuing god. That part of my post was meant to be more generalized to the lambs of the spiritual movement as a whole… ;-)

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That's no problem Mary, no offense taken, I have learned to work on myself and live what I believe, knowing others are the best judge of their own lives and beliefs, and some of the greatest lessons can result from mistakes.

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Nicole, hugs.

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I can't get my head around this question

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understood, Tony… Catrina, having fun? :)

Hugs,

Nicole

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Have fun Catrina, I reckon God has fun too, I certainly don't see God as humourless,
and creation is soooooo diverse.

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thanks i think.
too tired from being blamed wronglfully again to have much fun today. 

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Hope tomorrow is a better day,

Hugs,

Nicole

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God's psychological profile is consistency.  I'm not particular about what God is like, so much as I think he doesn't change.  Truth is the essence of God, and truth is always the same.  Take it for what it's worth.

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interesting, sassy! thanks,

Nicole

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God's profile….yes, no and maybe….like all of us, undefinable, infinite (hence not sparate from anything), timeless (hence throughout all time), Mom and Dad, wife and husband simultaneously, God…..the intelligence of a cell, of a planet, of a galaxy, of a universe, of infinite universes, of these fingers typing…God….Love, where all is one and is beyond definition.  God's profile is naught, as such it is all.  Sophia, God, an eternal kiss, a spark, a coming to life.

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glorious, burl, many thanks!

Nicole