When God Cheats

So I was just considering the idea of God cheating at this game we call reality. I was considering this after the realization that many times when I gain superpowers in a dream it feels like on some level the dreamer, the one who is hosting the realm server, has tried to cheat, and I caught the cheat. I have seen things like something inexplicably missing from my backpack, or a subtle shimmer in the background which signals this cheat, but it is always something that I can then identify, challenge, and then my subconscious brain confirms its nature. In that state I generally realize it is a dream, which is to say I understand that the ruleset of the conscious experience is malleable, and how, and then I break the bonds of it easily and often thoroughly. So I respond to cheating with integrity, and in doing so it seems like I take the initiative from the dreamer, the initiative that allows authority to be exercised to change the dream. I imagine one could do this on purpose, but for the longest time I didn't even realize this was what was happening, it was all handled behind the scenes.

So I, as a dreamer, spot the cheating, but it is up to the dreamer to cheat, which creates two interesting questions: Could God cheat? Would God cheat? Unlike a dream, God is the singular creator, having made this realm and establishing the basis for our individual realms as well. While an individual dreamer is limited in ways by their own consciousness, which is predicted to a degree on reality at large, could God be limited in a similar way, given God created reality at large? It seems the inability to cheat in this way may be an interesting potential restriction to the action of God. I am now picturing the gap between the realm of The Law and the realm of The Word. While in the realm of The Law it seems possible for God to cheat, because from our understanding of free will God could simply break one of His own rules, it also seems like it might still be impossible. This is because in a case like this the appearance of the rules from our perspective could re-form around the action taken or (or possibly, "which is to say") God's faithfulness might be compulsive from our perspective. I imagine that signs provided in the Bible fell into a category like this in the past. As we had no way of measuring the source of certain things then in the same ways we can today, no one was able to say with proof "God cheated," and likely if we found a way to examine past signs today we would find that the event could be explained with correct and accurate examination. Just because something can be explained does not mean it was not a sign, but it means even in these cases of extreme events God, being outside of time, could have sewn the event in thoroughly before it happened, an event that then appeared to have originated much earlier from our perspective than it was required to decide on from God's. 

I am now thinking of The Christmas Star (Star of Bethlehem); it is equivalent from a human perspective to say God decided to have it appear when Jesus was born and then went back to make sure it was a known phenomenon and did happen at the time, as to say God planned the exact timing from the beginning. Interestingly enough, it is also somewhat equivalent to say it was recently planned to happen again now, as most on the planet did not know about it happening soon until recently. As one who was not looking out for this sign, I could not have said it would be happening until I found out about it a few weeks ago, for example. Part of my point here is that with God's level of power, it is even possible to alter the records and memory of people outside of the timeline, so that such an event would have appeared to have been seen coming for thousands of years, but the records and memories might have changed to reflect that much more recently. I do not believe God would do that to me, because such a level of interference feels like it would cheapen experience, but once again I personally did not know about the event until recently, so I personally cannot say with certainty how things looked before that (a bit of a "I think, therefore I am" combined with an omnipotent perspective extension there, I can only definitively know my own perspective, basically). With this kind of power it seems like cheating might be more difficult than simply deciding to cheat, as the clockwork of reality moves to validate God's actions and make them real.

I could see cheats of a kind being available to humans, but consider that even these cheats are products of rules that have been laid out, rather than the intrinsic ability to do so. For example, magic seems like a cheat to me, like a theft of God's power, but does one using it assume God has no idea? Or if God does not effectively know, does one assume this is due to anything besides God having agreed with himself not to know when these angles are taken? Even these cheats seem circumstantial, predicated on a ruleset that may still be less complete than the entire ruleset (I say may because of John 1:1- God and The Word being so intertwined). From my experience it seems that the cheating done by dreamers may be the same way, as they are breaking the rules that they themselves set in place to establish the realm in its form, and in deviating from these rules they lose control over it to one who is gifted with the ability to take advantage of these gaps. Personally I imagine God has more self control than I generally show when spotting these cheats, and assesses them by intention on a case by case basis, but I have no support for this idea.

12/12/21 edit: if one overlays the dreamer's "integrity" into this, which is to say the strength of their belief system or what they have established for themselves as underlying code, then one dreaming in this place as a guest, spotting a gap in this code, or a structural weakness, might find themselves suddenly possessing superpowers, which is effectively hacking the system. From this perspective "cheating" might not even be intentional on the dreamer's part, or at least not intentional at the time- it might represent a true misunderstanding of their own beliefs or of reality at large, or something they allowed themselves to build their structure on at some point in the past, which persisted as material weakness in this realm. All of this is making me consider these instances of gaining superpowers, as well as some of the times I gained or started with "all of the superpowers." It could also be that some of these weaknesses are intentionally made by the dreamer, in some instances perhaps looking for an escape route, perhaps in some cases looking to see a superhero do their thing in their (the dreamer's/host's) realm.

So the next question is "would God cheat?" I can only base this off of personal experience in dreams, but when the dreamer cheats, essentially on instinct I become unstoppable. Now I have experienced this surge of superpowers in other ways as well; I have shown up in dreams with them and I have gained them seemingly for no reason. I am wondering if in every situation a detected cheat was involved on some subtle level, or if these powers can be gifted by skilled dreamers in dreams as well. God can gift such powers here through the Holy Spirit; I imagine the pool of these gifts would be limitless, and I have experienced limitless power in dreams, so it would make sense to me that such a state of limitless power can be gifted here as well. So part of the question of "would God cheat?" would have to include "why would God not just gift the powers in the same scenario?" I link these questions because God has no reason to cheat against someone, it would be foolish to think that would ever be required, like someone could outmaneuver God into such a position. The only scenario where I could see God cheating would be for someone, but again, what scenario could be set up where such a cheat would be the result? Overcoming the hurdle of possibility, what has this person done that would initiate a cheat from God, rather than a gift, in their favor?

I recently wrote about scooching closer and closer to this threshold line of "minimum belief." In this image I was uncovering more and more truths through God's word and the inspiration of The Holy Spirit, but I could already tell that I would never reach this threshold line, I was approaching it asymptotically. I also realized that the move to initiate agreement across this line would need to be made by the one in knowledge (omniscience, God), rather than the one in ignorance. I mention that I did not know how God would reach across this line, but it was reassuring to realize that it was in God's hands to decide to do that. Looking at this again now, it seems that reaching across this threshold of minimum belief might in and of itself be a cheat, in the context presented here, based on how everything had been crafted in that scenario. It would involve God, while still in a state of omniscience, to extend into the state of ignorance, at least some distance, to make contact with me *stompstompstomp*ing along near the line, but on the other side. I think it is really cool how these pieces fit together. As I didn't know how it would be done, and I still don't, but I also didn't realize I didn't know what the nature of that move would be, but it seems this concept of "cheating" could provide a tangible way of understanding it. Granted, the whole pointing of scooching toward this line is to reduce the distance God must reach across to make contact, so ultimately the cheat might be something very subtle if one has approached extremely close to the line, but still noticable based on the reason for cheating in the first place, which I will get to shortly.

Fast forwarding a second, let's assume the same thing would happen if the "dreamer" cheated, which the equivalent for this reality would be God. Let's assume I would have no choice but to suddenly develop superpowers of my own, superpowers that could have presumably been gifted instead. Now I have much more wherewithal here than I do in most dreams, but the introduction of powers does tend to skew my perception of things and their relative meaning. One thing that seems to need to be established, or at least tested, in advance would be making sure I had a will after God's heart before gaining these powers, and would retain that will even after gaining said powers. Part of this would have to include not ruining everything about reality, as such ruining would presumably be within my power at that point. Part of the delicacy in this situation is that in those dreams I seem to gain initiative over the dreamer. It is almost as if by cheating the dreamer forces an agreement on something, but in doing so opens themselves up to similarly forced agreements. This effect may not be absolute, the clever dreamer may be able to exercise power on par with me in this state but most are not aware how, but honestly this switching of initiative position (whose will becomes reality if two disagree) would be a concern even for me, and certainly a concern for God. I would imagine that if this were a necessary juncture of reality, one where I'd likely feel, in part, like a fully aware bull in the china shop of someone I love, a structure would need to be in place to ensure I knew how to proceed without breaking stuff. Said directly, I imagine this juncture would be shortened and possibly even on rails before the beginning of it, and simplified, all for my sake. Rarely in dreams do I think to care about the fabric of the realm I am in, so I do not have direct experience that I can recall with both changing/doing whatever I want and being in a realm where I am aware that I care about the owner, at the same time. 

So I am picturing this as a 1-2 combo step. God cheats, but the cheat results in an immediate and instinctual response from me that results in me likely cheating as well. The purpose of this would be to end up in a balanced equation, one where neither side has initiative over the other, and either can control reality as they'd like. This too is a difficult juncture, and I feel like it would make the most sense if it has been highly prepared in advance because, unlike the previous state where one is in charge of the fabric of reality alone, I cannot picture how this state could be shortened, and the whole purpose of this double state change is to be able to persist in this state indefinitely. The issue, as I have seen in dreams before as well, is that then both parties are able to bend reality to their will. This state is not like a fight where each force opposes the other, but more like the fabric of reality bends rapidly and in complex ways such that each will remains valid, even if apparently contradictory commands are given. For each change some loophole is found, however small, such that each will is maintained as real, without a sense of priority to either, but all parties bear the consequences of these decisions. This feels like another reason why love is at the foundation of reality, because I cannot imagine this arrangement not falling apart (or imploding, either way would be devastating) if the parties did not love each other going into it and throughout the entirety of the experience.  I have witnessed firsthand how chaotic and overwhelming these reality tides can be, even with only one party loving the other, and I feel it is not something one would want to enter into, especially not on an eternal basis.

So with great power comes great responsibility (heh.), and it seems we have been stalled for as long as necessary in this state until the success of these next two states can be guaranteed, because at that point the stakes are much higher. I am blessed to have glimpsed what those states would look like in part, to see the downside of limitless potential. Don't get me wrong, the upside could be absolutely amazing, and the promise of a true partner to share reality with in this state I feel is (at least initially) the singularly most beautiful thing reality can provide. Beyond that, being able to build a family and have friends, sharing spaces in various ways, all somehow within this same state of what is essentially omnipotence, is beautiful beyond comprehension, but all seeded into the logic of God and love, and encoded into The Word as provided for us (The Bible). The key is having this seed in the right form somewhere in this timeline, before it is germinated. So I feel, for this reason, once again out of love, we are stalled here in this state for now. For the same underlying conditions that can create heaven are likely to create hell, and would do so in the hands of those not ready to proceed.

So returning to the question of "would God cheat?" my instinct is yes. I believe the reason would come down to a need to separate (twin, in a sense) spirits, which feels like it would be a critical component of this process. So perhaps at the juncture I describe, a gift of the Holy Spirit is not an option. Only through the Holy Spirit could something so delicate and precise be set up though, so the process might seem like a paradox from the outside, but I have seen that it is not. This seems to be why there are multiple "struts" in the Bible, as I call them, because it is along these lines that the foreshocks of separation are meant to occur. I do not think this process is meant to be a singular event by any means. Perhaps this process is meant to be a singular, or perhaps very limited in scope, event in this timeline ("to the one who is victorious" is referenced at the end of each letter to the churches in Revelation), but I have said before that I believe this is meant to be a template, so that it can be referenced and then done much easier elsewhere. Much as I have walked in love and have been molded by grace because of Jesus' example, this first instance of realm shaping seems set intentionally so that others might study and aspire to it in whatever pocket they find themselves in at the end of this age, so that the next age might be fully seeded with such arrangements in various places, blossoming into heaven (eep).

I know this sounds absurd; I know this sounds blasphemous; I know my references are few and shaky. All of this comes down to intention, as I have intended to present this idea humbly, as humbly as one can when talking about gaining essentially omnipotence. I present it as a house of cards that could be swatted without effort or second thought, or photographed and copied as a blueprint forevermore. This line of thinking is not meant to be any better supported than I have done at this time, because it is not initially meant for any to judge but God and those directly involved. For most, this post is meant to be proven by its own merits first, and then seen (or if already seen, believed/known), second. Or it is meant to be dismissed if it was off base, so as not to be a stumbling block, either because it is incorrect or because the reader is not yet ready to accept it. In love, I present my theory on when and why God would cheat, in this realm.