In search of God-the first step

In search of God-the first step

"The motivation for the decision to embark on a project as vast and as nebulous as the present one stems from several sources some of which I suspect I could never name. One of the most important was a compulsion to understand1 consciousness in myself but also universally. I believe that the search for God is inextricably tied to the search for consciousness and self. This is not a two-faceted issue, understanding myself and understanding God. There is I believe the imperative necessity that understanding myself is a prerequisite for even asking questions about consciousness and God. Understanding myself and understanding God is one question. Any discussion on the existence of something including my existence or the existence of God that bypasses the ancient question of what being self is, is nebulous (cf. Heidegger, M., 1996, in Being and Time). "
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Read it at the Library of Harvard Divinity School