The truth expressed in the image and likeness imagery might be more useful to think of like this. If God is understood to be the creative life force itself, that which all is made of, that is everywhere present and nowhere not present, then God can be seen as creation and the creation process itself. We have the ability to shape this creative energy through our consciousness, and here is where the image and likeness may make some sense. It’s written that Jesus said at one point, “Is it not written that ye are gods?” We are each shaping the life force, the creative energy of existence itself, through our individual consciousness, into what appears to be our lives. In this sense, we do operate in the image and likeness, creating our own versions of the universe along with everyone else, which make up this vast shared dream of consensual reality. We are all in the God game together and it’s time to wake up to it and play it consciously. It is the nature of the emerging new paradigm that this shift takes place. But the Guy in the Sky is not so easily left behind. This version of God is deeply embedded in mass consciousness, and almost all language used to speak of the very idea reinforces the old image. How often have you said something and jokingly glanced up in fear of retribution, scanning the sky for lightning. And that is taking it in a lighter way; for those who really do believe in the Guy in the Sky, this is very serious business. But here again is the central problem with all of this. We may be created in the image and likeness, but we have returned the favor by creating a God in the image and likeness of us. The Guy in the Sky