Istopdeath,
Thank you for sharing. If I may share my beliefs on the topic...
I agree with Ocean_mom when she says
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We are spiritual beings (immortal, eternal, everlasting) having a human experience.
This human experience is the physical experience, which, in my belief, the Universe is a part of. To me, the Universe (as we know it) is not eternal...it had a starting point. The manifestation of God (which is how I define the Universe and everything in it) is the EXPRESSION of God, God experiencing Godself referentially...it is not the SOURCE, but of the Source. We, who we truly are, is of that SOURCE, we call God. Therefore, we "experience" our physical life through the senses and emotions but we "experience" that which we truly are (which is eternal, God) when we go beyond the physical and reconnect with the Source that gave birth to all manifestation.
There is GOD - but there is God unmanifest (Source - that infinite field of potentiality) and God manifest (Universe). God manifest is referential, God unmanifest is absolute. It is within the manfested experience that we find out who we truly are and are not - and ready ourselves for our journey back to our true identity, which is the Source...God.
All joy in this human life is but joy. All pain in this human life is but lessons learned that will lead to joy. To let go, to surrender, to be thankful and to forgive, is to live from that place called Soul - the Godness within the very fabric of this life experience.
Love and light,
Jazzpoet