Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety

by Sacha Scoblic / Zimmerman

So does the grand magician wear long robes and twirl the end of his white beard in a gnarled finger while keeping score of our good deeds and bad? Doubtful. But does God have a consciousness? It must—because we simple humans do. By definition, a higher power would at least have what we mere mortals do. And that’s pretty hard for me to conceive. But maybe it’s a kind of evolved consciousness that defies human logic and language. Perhaps God is just an intensely potent force comprised of dark matter that existed before the universe, that has always just existed. That higher power may not require my worship nor care if little old Sacha drinks or not; that higher power cruises by Planet Earth on its celestial way while good things happen to bad people and really horrible things happen to truly wonderful people. That God may not be worth my worship, but maybe it is worth getting to know. Maybe when I try to talk to this galactic power surge, I, too, become more powerful, more energized, more peaceful.

Huh