Many or One?
Why does the question haunt me so?
Why does it matter?
Somehow, it does - at least right now.
As once my belief in gods shifted with the wind,
so too do my beliefs of One or Many.
Sometimes, I feel the brush of a male deity. I more often feel a female.
Many times, I feel neither.
Are they the same? Or different?
Does it matter?
Why, I ask myself, can I not see them as separate,
yet leave open the possibility that they are all aspects of the One?
Sometimes, I can. Other times, it feels as if I'm hedging.
How may I decide when my intellect has no knowledge
and my heart is divided and cannot choose?
My intellect asks, "Why does it matter?"
My heart replies, "Because I feel that it does, today.
You have learned to trust me."
Why not many gods?
How many? Twelve? Ten? Two? One?
Senseless questions.
The human mind searches for unity and oneness.
The one God, the one true love, the one dream...
Yet the world is so very complex.
There are many loves and many dreams.
Why only one deity?
Because the gods are our ideals, and we favor oneness?
Does that make it so?
As below, so above?
Why is it so important? So that I may properly label my beliefs?
Putting myself, properly sorted, into a box with like-minded individuals?
We humans love neatly sorted things, too.
Why can't the question simply remain a mystery?
Why does it matter?
I have no idea.