I read a lot of science; physics, cosmology, evolutionary theory. I think deep down, I’m still looking for a proof of God. And there are none. Science can’t provide us with such a proof. It’s not interested in any fact which can’t be proved by the experimental method. There are those who claim such a proof, but ultimately, the agnostics are probably the most intellectually honest of the three groups: believers, atheists, and agnostics. The Eastern traditions – Buddhism and Daoism in particular – wisely and deftly sidestep the argument about whether there is a God.

People will tie themselves into knots trying to prove or disprove God. Ultimately, what you conclude either way comes down to belief. It’s distilled into assuming certain ‘facts’ to be true. But in the end, it doesn’t come down to facts. Belief can be distilled into feelings. We intuit certain things based on how we feel about them.

This isn’t a post about trying to convince anyone about the existence of God, which is just the sum total of everything that we don’t know, that can’t be confined into the box of spacetime in which we find ourselves. God is mystery. It’s what we don’t know.

What I do know is this: the undeniable fact there is something rather than nothing; that there is intelligence; that there is awareness; and that there is love. Aren’t these miraculous enough without proof of something greater? And aren’t they without argument? Without even reasoning for or against a Higher Power, the facts of existence, of life, of evolution, of awareness, and of love are irrefutable and undeniable. They simply are.

If I acknowledge the astonishing fact that life is, and of its evolution on earth from simple to complex forms that can read and write this, I need go no further. If I believe in the transformative power of love, I don’t have to prove anything. It proves itself. The truth is self-authenticating, and that’s how we recognize it as the truth.

I believe in the power of life, of awareness, and especially of love. These are true. They’re real, and you can tell they are by how they make you feel. A walk in the woods, a climb up the mountain, show us the power of life and of the earth itself. When I hold a newborn child or a kitten, I’m drawn to the power of life, and become aware that love is the highest reality we’re capable of actualizing.

There’s much seeming evidence to the contrary. But I get what I concentrate on. All of life is a simple prayer of attention. All of it a meditation. It is the evidence of my own belief. Nothing more, but nothing less.  If you need to have faith in something and can find no comfort in your belief, then have faith in your own awareness. Trust in the power of love, which either transforms an enemy into a friend or chases away their fear. Love yields an undeniable peace and a sense of well-being that overcomes all evidence which seeks to turn our eyes away from it.

There is something rather than nothing. Could it be that nothing dreams of something? It’s impossible, for awareness proves its own existence. You are a who that evolved from a what. This fundamental and raw fact cannot be denied. Trust in that, if in nothing else. And that in the end, awareness evolves into love. You can’t prove love. Yet you can be aware of it. You can show it, feel it, and experience it with every atom of who you are.

© 2025 by Michael C. Just

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Mike’s other titles, including The Crippy, The Mind Altar, and Canyon Calls, are available through this website or through Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B002

Four of his short stories have recently been published online:

Lies, Ltd. has been published by The Mystery Tribune @ Lies, Ltd.: Literary Short Fiction by Michael C. Just (mysterytribune.com)

The Obligate Carnivore has been published by the Scarlet Leaf Review @ Category: MICHAEL JUST – SCARLET LEAF REVIEW

I See You, Too has been published by the 96th of October @ I See You, Too – 96th of October

Offload, a short story about a man who can heal any disease, is now live and can be read at The Worlds Within at Offload – The Worlds Within