The Principle of Reincarnation
The article: Through the Empty Space of the Universe
Chapter 6
Why God is "in heaven"
The universe consists thus of a visible and an invisible part.
And do we not also see here that material creations express logic, planning and purpose or serve logical purposes?
Why should these plans, ideas and purposes not have arisen in the invisible part of the universe?
Why should the invisible part of the universe not be the seat for the emergence of these plans, ideas and purposes?
Why should this invisible part of the universe not be consciousness just as it is in living beings?
The invisible part of the universe calls forth precisely the same kind of manifestation as the invisible part of the living beings, namely purposeful creation.
The invisible part of the universe, that is the infinite empty space, is thus consciousness, the seat for thought manifestation, desire and will and the "Something" that is the source of these thought manifestations, this desire and this will.
It is not so remarkable that the idea that "God is in heaven" has come into the world, nor similarly that the concept "in Him we live and move and have our being" must also come into the world.
God's I and consciousness are therefore the invisible part of the being we call God, while God's physical organism (the physical universe) is the visible part of this being, precisely as it is in ourselves and in all other living beings.
Our I and consciousness are our invisible part, just as our physical organism is our physical part.
So in this way we are already in "God's image".