God, and you

Yes, our failings are a part of who we are. We grow as ourselves though, so our "us", in that sense is a changing, "us". It is not the same "us", that we were when God originally created us. We are the seed that God has placed in the soil. We need experiences with light, sun, rain, wind, the soil itself, all manner of things, to help us to grow from that seed, into the tree, plant, or flower, that is within our source, or seed, to grow into. Even, if a passing rat eats, our seed, and so we die early in that life, God will "resurrect" again that seed, and throw it back into the soil again, so we have continual chances to grow ourselves into something then, too big for most rats to destroy anymore.

@DocAndersen Yes, we need a floor of flaws as a foundation to build another floor on top of, and so eventually we have built a skyscraper of consciousness, constructed on such flaws, but stronger now, that if there had been no flaws in it at all. Our flaws, turning themselves into new floors, help us to get higher to the top of our own mountains. A broken bone can repair stronger than it was before.

@innertalks take me with all my flaws and from that, build greatness!

Yes, free will is good, but it does give us the opportunity to sin. This is where love comes in, as if we choose to love God, we will do our best not to sin too.

Thanks, siva. If we were equal to God, it would mean that we were not created by him, as the created are always less than the creator, in my book. Sure, God created us from love, or from the same substance as he is made from, and perhaps we are one of the roots on his tree, but can one root ever think that they are the whole tree? That is having delusions of grandeur, I think. We are separately autonomously functioning beings, with a body, mind, soul, spirit, all separated from God, and from who he is too. What connects us to God, is love. We can love in the same way that God loves. If this was not so, we could not be us, we would be mere puppets/programs of Gods. God is the power source, the giant overall computer working it all. We are but a small USB stick, but we can plug ourselves into God's computer, and download some of his consciousness, ideas, and ways of thinking into ourselves. We can plug ourselves into his power, and wisdom. We can obtain continual updates from God, so that we optimally function for God, and so at the end of our lives, we do not need to be rebooted in order for us to function properly again for God. Someone like Ramana Maharshi, can probably keep their USB stick continually plugged into God's computer, and so they feel like that they are for all intents and purposes, God, but to some extent, they are fooling themselves, and are still holding onto an ego, thinking that they are the chief now, and not just still an Indian. They have climbed God's totem pole to the top of consciousness, and so see can perhaps more than which the normal Indian does, but they can never be God, as only God is ever himself, in the totality of that self. God is God. You are you. Love is love. Everything is just what it is. Nothing else can be said. There is God. There is his creation. God remains God. His creation remains as it is to itself too. Only God knows what his creation can be, and so connect to God, and you will too.

@innertalks We are his creations and hence children of God in a way. Just like a parent will not abandon their children, God will never forsake us. None is spared as we are taken back lock, stock, and barrel. Our recognition of the Godly love in our creation and taking him on board will tether us to his love. So that can be a ladder to connect with him at a higher level away from our otherwise mundane lives. Agreed, we cannot assume we are God just because of his eternal connection with us. We are at a much lower level though awareness can keep the umbilical cord well connected as his tentacles reach everywhere, and even are inside us.

@Shiva49 Yes, we can keep climbing God's ladder getting closer to him all of the time, but the wily old guy that he is, I am sure that he keeps adding new rungs to his ladder, as he never wants us to reach him entirely equivalent to himself.