Meditation

Old cats are excellent meditation teachers. They know the art of just sitting there, being. In that state of 'no mind', they don't bother with whether life has meaning, whether there is a God, or whether consciousness is a construct of the brain. They don't speculate about life after death or complain about their neighbors.

Logic, scientific explanations, philosophical and religious explanations, or simply everyday nonsense are all mental constructs made of words. And words are only a tiny part of a human being.

God

Do you believe in God?

What do you mean by God?

I mean a higher power.

Do you mean electricity of sorts?

What an idiot you are! Do you believe that we have a father who cares about us?

Do you mean someone like Donald Trump or Homer Simpson?

Something is seriously wrong with you. 

Do you believe in the God the Israelites believed in 2500 years ago, or do you believe in a nice and kind old gentleman up in the clouds somewhere?

Do you believe in Jesus?

Yes, I believe in Jesus. But who was he? Was he God? I believe that he was a Jewish preacher who taught that the end times were near and that God would overthrow the evil forces and create a new kingdom on earth. But the evil forces grew tired of him and killed him. I believe that there is a God somewhere, but he is like a guerrilla commander hiding in the mountains, waiting for an opportunity to overthrow the evil dictator. The Devil is a powerful and cruel dictator, a psychopath. What is your God like?

God is like Jesus. Jesus is God, I believe.

Okay, but how do you explain that all the different churches throughout history have always sided with the evil emperors, kings, dictators, and presidents? How do you explain the witch hunts, the Inquisition trials, and all the horrible religious wars? 

Nonduality

The inner world and the outer world are, in fact, one and the same.

13.8 billion years ago, the universe was a tiny, tiny dot. This mysterious little dot exploded, releasing enormous heat. After some time, the heat cooled down, and galaxies and stars formed. Ten billion years later, life emerged. Then came multicellular organisms, and eventually love and hate, right and wrong, words, dreams, fantasies, and delusions.

And now you are here, right here, reading this.