Dear Ones,

We watched The Theory of Everything a few days ago, a movie about Stephen Hawking’s life. He was a brilliant scientist who spent most of his adult life in a wheelchair, due to a motor neuron disease that struck him while he was attending college.

He fell in love with a lovely woman, Jane, who attended the Church of England. Stephen was a staunch atheist. Toward the end of the movie, as Stephen was in the middle of writing A Brief History of Time, he shared a few lines with Jane.

Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists and just anyone be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why the universe exists.

Who are we? Why are we here? If we ever learn this, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason, for then we would know the mind of God.

Do you mean this? Asked Jane.

Yes, of course.

So you’re acknowledging him.

These few words got me thinking, especially the “then we would know the mind of God.”

I am no scientist yet, as a rational being, I tend to rely on reason and have a tendency to question what I read or hear.

Hence, the question that promptly came is,

Why would God need a mind?

For one thing, the human mind generates thoughts, sometimes random, sometimes raging like rapids in a river; these thoughts are not always coherent and seldom continuous, jumping from one rock (in the rapids) to the next without any apparent connection.

If God has a mind, then it is more of a ‘continuous mind,’ one that emits and propagates light without ceasing; somewhat similar to what a lighthouse does.

In addition, the Light of God doesn’t discriminate, it shines. Unequivocally.

Where does this take us?

I don’t know; yet I think this differentiation between the human mind and what I would call a God’s attribute is somewhat important.

Answering the question, or at least exploring it, may bring us closer to solving Stephen’s riddle.

Who are we?

And why are we here?

Topic: Questioning the mind of God

Time: Jul 24 @ 3:00 PM Eastern Time

Meeting ID: 816 9935 3783