for UU Band of Writers, Oct.13-14, 2018
prompt/theme: 1-2-3 Boo
I logged on to facebook today. It was Saturday the 13th of October, at 1 minute to midnight. I waited for the Midnight Hour. I got a friend request from God.
Needless to say, I was a bit taken aback. But I accepted it, and quickly got a message from Him. All of a sudden, my computer became a smart phone. I guess God wanted me to join the 21st century. So God said hello. Hello God, I said. Now Eric, said God, I want you to have my phone number so you can text me. My number is 1-2-3, and my password is Boo!
I was a bit afraid, and God said don't be afraid. But why is your password Boo, I asked. Because Halloween is when you say Boo, and it's when the veil between the worlds is the thinnest, at least in the Northern Hemisphere where most of you earthlings live, He said. So it's the easiest time to reach me, and saying Boo brings me closer. After all, some people say I'm a Scorpio. And, I love surprises.
So why do you want to have a conversation with me, I asked? I'm not Neale Donald Walsch. I don't even sound like Ed Asner (He played God on Walsch's tapes I heard talking with you). Well, God said, they're pretty good, but I can talk to anybody. I have a whole bunch of facebook friends now, you know. Yeah, I can imagine, I said. So, are you George Burns? Yes, He said. Remember in the movie that I said everyone is my son? Jesus, John Denver, even Donald Trump. Even Eric Trump. Well, everyone has problem children. Donald Walsch, and Donald Trump. He thinks he's God too.
Remember when I said that if other people can be individual persons, why not Me? So, you are a personal God, and you are George Burns and Donald Trump too, I asked? Sure, but you know, I am really everybody. And everything. Even before Abraham was, I Am.
So the mystics are right? I asked. And are you a neo-pagan too? They are the ones who celebrate Halloween and say that's when the veil between the worlds is the thinnest. Yes, God said. But there aren't really two worlds. It's just that the doors of perception are opened at that time more easily, and you can see beyond your usual limitations. So the spirits of the dead can come visit you, and you can leave treats out for them. Spirits can get hungry too, and they like to keep in touch. Can I text some of them too? I asked. Can I use my phone, or do I use a oijia board? Yes, but it's just a matter of cleansing your mind of dusty distractions so they can come through. Can I talk with you that way too, I asked? Sure, God said.
You Unitarians and New Agers already have broken down some of the barriers to me. You already know I'm not the Big Daddy in the sky in some separate world, telling you what to do, punishing you, and giving you what you want like Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy. Well, pardon my French, if I can speak freely, and I mean no disrespect, I said. After all, you are God. And Jesus said I'm supposed to love you with all your soul and all your mind. But, like The Who said, who the fuck are you, then? And what the hell good are you, allowing all this evil?
Well, thanks for the question. I'm really glad you asked. I am YOU, and you are me. I am the deepest part of you. I am Spirit, I am consciousness, in many different ways. Remember what Moses said my name was? No, what did he say? "I Am" he said. So you are just an individualized expression of me. You are God speaking. There's just us. And when you see evil in the world, and you ask why it should be, that's the voice of God speaking as you. That is seeing through the veil to what could be better. And we are creating that world together, just for fun. And because you can conceive of that world, and Me, therefore I exist, and we are forever flowing towards it, like the end point of a great electric current. It's one vast sparkling light show, and You're It!
OK, well, Boo to You! I said. Boo to You too! Bee seeing you!
Ed Asner as God with Neale Donald Walsch audiobook