Buddhists will say they do not believe in God. But what they are actually trying, is to become God. Something eternal. Something outside this reality. The void.
Reality is beyond comprehension.
The self is not above. The self is down there below. That hurt child. That is you. And the managers (one of them is Buddha), and the firefighters (in IFS terminology), are trying to do their job to protect you. Not above. Below. At the basement you are. Talk to angels. Talk to demons. Talk to managers, and firefighters. They are doing their best.
Maybe.
Maybe not.
“How doesn't it unite us? Same unknown. Same pain. Same fate. Yet we fight?”
“When your heart opens after being closed for a long time, spring feels different.”
“Yahweh is the uniting force. Social cohesion stems from it. It is not good or bad.”
“It's not Satan. It's you.”
“The ones with strongest of demons desire connection the most.”