1.0Chattering Mindhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/chatteringmindchattering mindhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/chatteringmind/author/chattering-mindGod Is Not a Being - Chattering Mindrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0e5SiZg1uP"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/chatteringmind/2006/03/god-is-not-a-being.html">God Is Not a Being</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/chatteringmind/2006/03/god-is-not-a-being.html/embed#?secret=0e5SiZg1uP" width="600" height="338" title="“God Is Not a Being” — Chattering Mind" data-secret="0e5SiZg1uP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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“God is not a being; God is Being. For those who have found God, his presence shows in honesty, kindness, carefully chosen words, and an absence of shame about the past. The pain may still be there, though quieted, but the grandiosity and false ego that insists on either secrecy or great sinnerhood is burned…