Who—or What—is God?
Ask anyone what God is, and you’ll get a different answer each time.
For some, it’s a divine figure in the sky. For others, a judge or distant ruler.
Religion tends to place the Divine above us, separate, and watching.
But in Book 4 of Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East, we are offered something far more intimate.
The Masters speak of a sacred reality that isn’t bound by tradition. They don’t pray to a deity outside themselves.
They don’t plead or bargain. Instead, they walk and live from a deeper understanding—one where the Infinite is not out there, but within.
In their view, the Divine is not a belief. It is a presence. Not someone to fear, but something to awaken to.
This shift changes everything. It redefines how we see ourselves, how we live, and how we speak.
What these enlightened ones demonstrate in Book 4 isn’t doctrine—it’s embodiment.
So what did they really mean when they spoke of God?
Let’s look deeper.
The Nature of God: Not a Person, but Principle
In the teachings of the East, as recorded by the author, the Divine is not a personality.
It is not male or female. It has no throne or face. Instead, it is pure, limitless principle.
This principle exists everywhere, evenly and continuously. It doesn’t begin or end.
It never punishes or rewards. It simply is. It is the original life force, the cause behind all creation, and the substance of all things.
It cannot be shaped by human ideas because it transcends them.
This view is a quiet revolution. Instead of bowing to a deity, the Masters stand in unity with that Source.
They recognize it as the very essence of their being. They don’t believe in it—they live from it.
“God is not a distant ruler,” the writer reminds us. “It is the presence of Life, and Life more abundant.”
It cannot be worshipped because it is not apart from us. It can only be realized and expressed.
The Divine as Life, Love, Light, and Power
To understand the Infinite more clearly, these spiritual teachers used four words: Life, Love, Light, and Power.
Life is not just something we have—it is what we are. It flows through every cell.
It is the movement in the breath and the stillness behind thought.
Love is the binding force of all existence.
Not emotion, but harmony. Wherever it flows, it heals, attracts, and uplifts.
Light is divine intelligence. It is clarity, insight, and truth. Not the light of the sun, but the light of awareness.
The more we awaken, the brighter this light becomes.
Power is not control or dominance. It is the quiet strength of being in alignment with the Source.
It is the force behind all creation—the effortless energy that moves without resistance.
In Book 4, there are moments when the Masters invoke these four as one.
When they spoke words of healing, it was not to perform a miracle but to express a law.
That law worked through Love. It revealed Light. It restored Life. And it flowed with silent Power.
The God Within: Not Worshipped, but Realized
Perhaps the most stunning shift in this sacred text is this: the Supreme is not somewhere else. It is within.
These enlightened ones never prayed out of desperation. They didn’t see themselves as sinners or unworthy.
Instead, they recognized that the source of all wisdom, strength, and creation lived right where they stood.
The phrase “The Kingdom of God is within you” is not metaphor—it is literal.
The Divine does not have to be reached. It has to be remembered.
And that remembering is what changes everything.
This realization moves us from seeking to becoming. No longer do we beg for help. We speak as the Source itself.
The “I AM” becomes more than words—it becomes identity.
When this awareness is embodied, all sense of separation dissolves.
The distance between the Creator and the created disappears. And from this union, true creation flows.
More Than Belief: Divine Consciousness in Action
Many speak of belief. But the Masters speak of knowing.
Belief wavers. It is based on thought, fear, culture. It comes and goes. But knowing is anchored.
It cannot be undone once seen. That is the difference between religion and realization.
These spiritual men and women did not believe in a Supreme Force—they experienced it.
They knew it through silence, through stillness, and through presence.
They walked through life as expressions of something vast and unseen.
In their silence, they didn’t empty their minds. They filled themselves with awareness.
When they healed, they did not call on help from outside.
They simply spoke from the center of Divine awareness.
This inner alignment didn’t require rituals or sermons.
It needed only the realization that they were already one with Source. And that was enough.
Misunderstanding God: The Root of Fear and Separation
When the Infinite is seen as distant, fear begins.
When it is made into a judging figure, guilt follows.
When it is limited to form, division is born.
The writer is clear on this point: false ideas about the Divine lead to suffering.
They cut us off from our inner power. They turn worship into fear and silence into shame.
“You cannot serve two masters,” one of the sages says, “God and fear.”
The moment we accept a belief that separates us from Source, we lose touch with truth.
But when that error is removed, peace returns. There is no more fear. No more striving. Only being.
And in that being, we find clarity, strength, and a love that has no opposite.
Living as an Expression of the Divine
The goal was never to reach the heavens. It was to bring heaven here.
Those who walked this path did not try to act holy. They simply lived from inner truth.
Their words were filled with clarity. Their presence brought calm. Their choices reflected trust.
When they walked into a space, they didn’t talk about the Divine. They radiated it.
To live as an expression of the Infinite means speaking with intention. It means acting from stillness, not reactivity.
It means choosing thoughts that reflect the highest, not the lowest.
Modern seekers don’t need robes or mountaintops. They need presence.
They need a quiet commitment to speak from love, think from peace, and act from wisdom.
That is the new way to pray.
Divine Intelligence in Nature and the Cosmos
Nature is not random. It is deeply ordered. From the atom to the galaxy, a silent intelligence holds everything together.
The sages in Book 4 point to this again and again.
They speak of the Intelligence that shapes the seed, unfolds the flower, lifts the sun, and balances the tides.
That same force lives in us. It is not a separate force.
It is the same one they call the Presence.
They show how, when we align with that intelligence, life becomes effortless.
Miracles are no longer miracles—they are natural laws at work.
One teacher once said, “The law of gravity is not more true than the law of God.”
He meant that harmony, healing, and abundance are not random blessings. They are outcomes of spiritual alignment.
The Divine is not an exception to science. It is the source of all laws—seen and unseen.
Stillness: The Gateway to Divine Awareness
Every great act of power began in silence.
The Masters didn’t rush. They didn’t perform. They withdrew. They became still.
And from that stillness, words came. Those words carried life.
Stillness is not emptiness. It is fullness without noise. It is awareness without thought.
In that space, all sense of separation falls away.
In their silence, they did not seek God.
They became aware that they already were in it—and it in them.
This is why healing happened. Why storms ceased. Why people felt peace in their presence.
It wasn’t what they said—it was what they were aligned with.
Stillness was their secret.
Conclusion: God, Realized, Changes Everything
The Masters never asked us to believe. They asked us to wake up.
They showed that the Infinite isn’t out there—it’s here, now. It is not a being to worship. It is the ground of all being.
When you realize this, fear fades. When you live from it, life transforms. No effort is needed—only awareness.
The Divine is not a mystery. It is the most real thing there is. And it’s waiting, not to be discovered, but to be remembered.
Be still. Be present. And you will know.