Who Created This World?
From the moment we are born, a quiet yet persistent question rests somewhere deep within us: Who created this world, and who is running it? This question arises from the very nature of human life. We create our own territories, manage them, and oversee them. Anyone who has founded a company and stood in a position of responsibility will naturally arrive at a similar thought: if even our small organizations require someone at the top, then who stands at the top of the entire universe?
This way of thinking sharply distinguishes humans from all other animals. Other creatures simply live within the workings of nature. They never wonder, “Who is managing this place?” Only humans hold that question and, in searching for an answer, created the concept of “God” and built religions around it.
If there were truly a single God watching over all beings, it would not be strange for animals or insects to create places of worship as well. But they do not, because they never question the world they inhabit. Humans, on the other hand, imagined an existence far beyond their own abilities—a kind of supreme leader, a president or CEO of the “Cosmic Republic”—and gave that being the name “God,” establishing temples and churches as its local branches.
Nietzsche declared, “God is dead.” The God he referred to was precisely this notion of a “Supreme Manager of the Universe.” His statement carries a certain persuasiveness, yet even when told that God does not exist, a sense of dissatisfaction lingers. That is why Nietzsche’s declaration and the belief in God continue to coexist in human thought.
Why Did Only Humans Create Religion?
To understand this, we must widen our view. Human activity and human society are immeasurably broader and more complex than those of any other animal. While animals concern themselves only with survival—safety and food—humans operate on the level of communities, economies, nations, and civilizations. Because of this larger framework, we naturally begin to wonder about what lies beyond it: the workings of the entire universe.
Religion emerged as a system created by humans in the attempt to understand a world that no other living creature even considers. Civilization has been developed through what we perceive with our five senses—the visible and audible world that science can analyze. This may be called a visible, particle-based world. Yet the world is not limited to what our senses can grasp. There are workings and realms that cannot be seen. Humans called the being that governs that invisible realm “God,” and referred to that vast unseen dimension as “the world of God.”
This conception arose because humans themselves faintly sense the presence of an “invisible action.” The grand workings of nature, far beyond anything humans can accomplish, were attributed to a greater existence, and we named that existence “God.” In other words, if human society belongs to the visible, sensory world, then the world of God belongs to the invisible, wave-like realm.
The Two Forces of the Universe and the Two Forms of Human Consciousness
Although the universe appears filled with countless phenomena, when traced to their roots, all workings can be understood as arising from two fundamental forces: one that reaches outward and one that draws inward. Humans, like the universe itself, also possess both.
The inward-drawing force is the capacity to take external events into the mind and use them as material for thought. The act of listening to these words and understanding them is the work of self-consciousness. It is capable of gathering information and forming ideas, but it does not have the power to create reality or move the world.
The outward-reaching force is the power that operates when something new comes into being. When a person attempts to bring forth something they genuinely desire, it is this outward-reaching force that moves, and this corresponds to what we call the soul. If self-consciousness is the “thinking ego,” the soul may be understood as the “acting and creating ego.”
The difficulty lies in the fact that the soul does not think. It exists within the realm of the unconscious and cannot be directed through ordinary awareness, which makes its workings hard to understand.
The Mechanism Behind What We Call “God”
Imagine a being who fully understands the limits of human capability and appears to move the world using an invisible power. If such a figure were to say, “Follow me,” most people—unaware that they possess the same potential—would simply obey. And if that figure went further and declared, “I am God,” many would accept it without question. This happens because ordinary people try to shape the world through visible, physical actions, whereas this being seems to influence reality through an unseen, soul-based power.
The truth is that we humans can use the very same universal forces—but not through physical strength. We access them only through the power of the soul.
In the past, people believed that birds could fly because God gave them wings, and that humans, having none, were destined to remain earthbound. Yet someone who refused to accept those limits and believed, “Humans must be able to fly as well,” broke through the boundaries of self-consciousness and used the power of the soul to discover the necessary principles. The result was the invention of the airplane—an achievement that allowed humans to soar into the sky just as birds do.
The “Power of Belief” That Awakens the Soul
Right now, the effort to think and understand belongs to self-consciousness alone, but self-consciousness cannot move the world. That is why teachings such as “Believe you can do it, and it will come true” have been passed down through history.
To truly believe “I can do it” from the depths of one’s heart requires completely releasing the doubts within self-consciousness that whisper, “It’s impossible anyway.” Only when those doubts disappear does the soul begin to activate and express its original power.
Humans, within this vast universe, can perceive only a tiny fraction of the visible spectrum. Because of this limited perception, when someone capable of using the power of the soul appears and declares themselves to be “God,” most people—unaware of their own latent ability—accept it without resistance.
The realm often described as “the world of God” is not some special, separate dimension. It is simply the latent domain—within the universe and within human beings—that remains unseen by the five senses.
The Ultimate Power — The State of Gratitude That Unites Us with the Universe
Even though our five senses cannot detect it, we carry within us a power that can act upon the invisible world. The state in which a person comes close to feeling completely one with the universe—just as “God” is imagined to be—is the state of gratitude.
A heart filled with gratitude generates a kind of wave that connects to anything without creating separation. Through this wave, we can become one with the world, as if we ourselves were the governing force of the entire universe.
Surprisingly, the invisible realm once thought to be “the domain of God” shares the same nature as the world of our own mind. When we hold a strong desire within and form a clear, vivid image of it, that image begins to appear in the physical world. The power that brings the invisible inner world into visible expression is what we call “Psy-Power.”
This is the same phenomenon scholars describe when they say, “If you look for good, you will find good; if you look for faults, you will find faults.” We naturally draw toward us—through the power of the soul—the very things we expect or believe in. Seen in this way, our soul truly holds “God-like” capabilities.
The realm people have called “the world of God” is not located in some separate dimension. It is simply an invisible domain that the five senses cannot normally perceive. What appears to be a miraculous “act of God” is nothing more than the soul expressing itself through invisible waves.
The essential point is this: believing in God accomplishes nothing unless the soul itself moves; and even without belief, if the soul does move, things will naturally be accomplished. When we attempt to create change using only self-consciousness—the thinking ego—we can struggle endlessly without results.
The True Identity of God
Throughout the universe, countless beings interact and influence one another through invisible waves. In ancient times, people called the source of these unseen waves “God.” In this sense, God is “the agent that generates waves and acts through them.” Because invisible forces bring about changes in all things, their effects appeared to people as “the work of God.”
Until now, the soul has been working unconsciously, so we have not been aware of its abilities. What people have described as “God’s work” is simply the effect of these waves in action, and “God” is the name given to the source that produces them.
These waves continue to operate throughout the universe today, regardless of whether we believe in them or not.
This is the very reason why people—whether they believe in God or not—have been able to realize their hopes by activating the soul. It is through action that we become true “beings.” This is what we call the “Principle of Abraxas.”
The Principle of Abraxas teaches that the universe contains both an extending force and a drawing force operating at the same time. When the drawing force condenses, it gives rise to concrete forms—rocks, water, living creatures—and all things are in constant motion, producing endless change.
This unceasing change is precisely why the world has always appeared as “the activity of God,” and why people have continued to speak of the existence of God.
