Godlike powers.....

"To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wildflower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour."

- An excerpt from "Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake.

Although the generally perceived meaning of this poem speaks of the concept of microcosm - in which vast truths can be garnered from simple things...Every time I read it, it gives me this god-like feeling...to have so much power....

Anyway, I'm presently squishing the ants in my room and I kinda feel bad for the little critters. I've already told them... nicely... not to come but they continue to persist in their own unrelenting fashion...I mean, what else can I do? Therefore, I squish.

By the way, have you ever tried to perceive life from an ant's point of view? We live in a 3-dimensional world and are all familiar with the 3 different axes...

However, ants differ by the fact that they are constrained (by the laws of physics, more specifically --- Van Der Waals forces) to live in a purely 2D world!

(It is at this juncture that I define ants as your normal house ants and not those flying kinds...)

Imagine --- when you squish their friends, all they see is a HUGE rod coming down from the heavens and the next moment, their friends are dead. What makes it even worse is that there is seemingly NOWHERE to hide or run to...
They can run for a long distance, think they're safe but whaddya know? The giant rod sees all and knows all...and eliminates them too....

In a nutshell, WE ARE GOD to them. We can give them food, provide shelter and most importantly, mete punishment out. We are all-seeing and all-knowing. We can be benevolent or pure evil.

If you have read the book "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" by Edwin Abbott (I highly recommend it), you'd probably have a better perspective of this idea. Perhaps God is similar to the being of higher dimensions....perhaps He exists in 4D...
That would easily explain why He is able to be omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient....but not His nature of love.

Like what I shared about the ants, it really isn't easy to have so much power and not wield it indiscriminately....Sure, I know the ants are just doing their job...but they're irritating so I kill them all the same.

How much discipline and self-control must someone have to not only NOT kill the people who have hurt him so badly....but also to take the time to actually BOTHER about their small, insignificant lives...?

Guess only He knows...


For a short look into flatland, have a look at this 5min video, it's pretty informative...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWyTxCsIXE4