On God: If he's not Morgan Freeman, then who and where is he?

Hollywood has long hijacked how god is depicted in our minds and it is usually an idea that god is this figure that is separate from us, of the male form (usually with long beard) and resident in the clouds somewhere. It is comically common to see a man praying in movies by looking up and asking something or someone external to grant a wish. Just one wish to fix all his problems. As if he was speaking to a genie.

Here is a concept of god (universe, energy, life force, spirit, aliveness...) that might be useful in reframing the Hollywood concept.

Think of man as a robot.

The robot is lifeless without any batteries (source, spirit).

When batteries are inserted, the robot can walk, talk, think ... (over think), have feelings, run, cook, program, lift weights - our everyday tasks.

The problem is, the robot does not know that it is his batteries that are spiritually powering him and thinks he gets it from motivational videos on YouTube and other forms of external validation.

The robot is schooled into believing that his source (spirit) is from something outside of him (pray to a man in the sky to give him strength).

The robot is never taught about its mortal nature and that one day this spirit will leave his physical embodiment.

Instead, it is taught to work, pay taxes and be seduced by the comfortable life.

At some point, those batteries will run out and the source will leave our bodies.

The robot (body), its mind (ego, thoughts and feelings) have no source behind them and fall away.

Mainstream narrative has had us looking outside ourselves for this source when all we really need is inside us.

Go within.

It is far more exciting than any journey on a plane.