Chapter 38 Part 2

"Creation is not necessary, but it is an opportunity. This creation is unique in that it gets to determine what the painting will be in which it resides. It may be an intense work--one of flames and suffering. It may be one of love and light. It may be one of blasphemy. It will likely be all these things and more at any given time. In the end, though, what matters is what the painting looks like on average--the good relative to the bad."

"But what constitutes the good?"

"To this creation, its ability to focus and enlarge that which is good in it."

"Which is what, exactly?"

"The ability to discern the part of me that is within them."

"Why don't we have the ability to decide what painting we are going to be in?"

"You have a choice in a sense. Your job is to serve--you have been created with that goal in mind. If you do not relate to this purpose, though, then you fail to be what you are. If, then, you were to disobey, you are free to do so, but I would have no place for you here.

"Why would you have no place for me here?"

"Because by failing to be what you are, you would have twisted your nature."

"But if I disobey, am I not being true to what I am if I truly disobey?"

"In your case, not at all. The act of disobedience would knock you directly out of balance. You would be no better than a child with the flu. But enough of these discussions. The time has come. You will bow down to my creation."