The religious powers-that-be describe the qualities and characteristics of their particular deities in various ways. For example, the Old Testament God was equally capable of loving and acting out of vengeance, but beware if you were not one of ‘His’ chosen. The supreme being of Islam, Allah, and the God of Christianity are loving, fair and merciful, but mete out stern justice to non-believers in the afterlife. These beliefs are a matter of faith, relying on scripture written long ago. However, there is another way of learning about Creative Intelligence. Its qualities can be inferred from science, experience and common sense.
The world around us provides plenty of evidence that intelligence is at work. It has beauty, order, meaning and intent. What kind of power could produce these effects? Only a positive, bountiful and constructive life force. What would life on Earth be like if this were not so? Could we exist? How long would we survive? A destructive, negative life force would surely destroy its own creation.The only sensible conclusion is that CI must be good, and since it flows through everything, then everything too must in essence be inherently good.
21 Creative Intelligence Is Positive
CI is positive energy, a moving, active force that enables the universe to unfold in an orderly way. Imagine what it would be like if this were not so. Could life on this planet, where everything is in perfect balance, have been created by a malevolent power?
Only human ignorance and shortsightedness disturb the balance of nature. Imagine if we were to disappear like the dinosaurs millions of years ago; CI would soon return the Earth to its natural state of harmony. If humans were to raise their consciousness, rise above their destructive behaviours and help CI realise its dream of a perfect world, it would surely happen more quickly.
22 Evil Has No Substance
If there is only one power working in the universe, and that power is good, then evil has no inherent substance. Of course ugliness, violence, hatred and all manner of undesirable things appear in the world, but these do not create themselves. They are simply an absence of good things like beauty, peace, kindness and love. We must stop thinking that evil exists as an independent power working in our lives, because
thinking it makes it an active force in the world.
Consider this: there is no such thing as
darkness, only absence of
light. We can have dim light, ordinary light, bright light … but darkness is
no light. Only light is real.
Similarly, evil is the absence of good. It has no substance and cannot create of its own accord. Would an intelligent creative force build in to its design disease, war, poverty and unhappiness? No, these are human-made, the result of ignorance and destructive actions.
CI is good. It flows through everything, therefore everything is inherently good. Evil is the result of cutting ourselves off from this, our Source energy.
23 Creative Intelligence Is The Source Of Everything
CI is the Source of everything. It is the energy that created you from a handful of cells and grew you into a fully formed human being. It governs the cycle by which water becomes steam, which becomes clouds, which condense and fall as rain, which enables plants to grow and animals to thrive, before once again turning to steam. It governs the cycle of birth, life and death by which matter returns to the earth and becomes new life.
The universe is sensitively balanced to make life possible. A miniscule variation either way would bring life on Earth to an end (some say it is already doing so). Air turbulence over the North Pole changes global weather patterns. A burning tree in the Amazon forest affects air quality in London and Paris. A ball thrown into the air anywhere requires an adjustment to be made in space. A whale harpooned off the coast of Norway eventually disturbs the balance of life in the Pacific. If the conditions which sustain life were changed by the tiniest degree, there would be no animals or plants as we know them, and no humans trying to make sense of it all.
If this endless cycle of creativity suddenly came to an end, everything – including us – would immediately cease to exist!