God is the Self of the world, but you can't see God for the same reason that, without a mirror, you can't see your own eyes, and you certainly can't bite your own teeth or look inside your head. Your self is that cleverly hidden because it is God hiding. Alan W. Watts
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John Lennon said, “God is the Self of the world, but you can't see God for the same reason that, without a mirror, you can't see your own eyes, and you certainly can't bite your own teeth or look inside your head. Your self is that cleverly hidden because it is God hiding.” The point that Lennon was trying to make was that you cannot see God for what he truly is because he is not visible to the human eye. Since humans are products of nature, they are products of God. They are products of nature because they are made up of elements that were created by God.

As humans, we cannot see God because his true form cannot be seen by us. However, since humans are made up of elements created by God, we do not exist without him. They say that love is blind; if this is true then it is also the case that faith is also blind.

Source: The Book On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

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