Why Did God Create the Universe? A Spiritual Answer

  • Post last modified:August 19, 2026
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The Core Questions of Existence: Suffering, Oneness, and the Illusion of Separateness Why does a flower blossom? Why does a tree grow? Why are we here? Does life want to live? Does life want to just reproduce and survive? And if so, why? For what benefit? Or is it all just random chaos? God created the universe because it was bored. Because it could. Because it wanted life to enjoy…

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There is some fishiness going on around here

  • Post last modified:August 6, 2025
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Isn’t it funny that scientists are now thinking we live in a simulation, when it’s like, “Yeah, we are living in a simulation. Our mind simulates reality.” The observation by scientists is astute, but it doesn’t mean we’re inside a computer. It means that we live inside our head.Every single thing we experience in this physical universe is experienced inside our mind. It is the result of our eyes, ears…

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How Come We Are All God When I Am Better Than a Rapist

  • Post last modified:July 2, 2024
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Q: Dear Todd, how does your teaching of “we are all God” apply to people living in a tough city where people will rob and kill another person? That is not what a "Godly", or spiritual, person would do. Am I not a better person (to know) than the rapist, the thief, or the murderer? TODD ANSWERS: We must see these people beyond their acts of cruelty. We must see…

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If God is Good, Why Does Evil Exist in Life?

  • Post last modified:June 2, 2024
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Someone recently asked me, "How do you reconcile the whole, 'Everything is a beautiful part of the tapestry,' with all the ugliness present in the world? Is hatred, malice, vengeance not a part of the tapestry?" In this podcast, I talk about why we can't see the beauty, balance and oneness. I talk about what obscures our view of the miraculous nature of our universe. And I share how we…

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