GoD (English) Dio (Italian) Dieu (French) Dios (Spanish) Deus (Latin) Dumnezeu
(Romanian) Diyos
(Philipino)
GuD (Danish) Duw (Welsh)
Dia (Irish).
What does this list of the translation of the word God
mean? Simply this. While looking at them, I noticed that in many languages such
word contains the letter D and
a weird idea struck me. Capital D is a perfect semi-circle. A full circle is
the symbol for perfection and completeness, so a half circle could mean that all we
can actually know about the Supreme Force (Prime Creator or however you want to call it) is
just a half of the whole. What we - as we presently are - won't be able to
understand, to discover, to know, is the other half. It's what in Arabic is
perfectly defined as "Alam al ghaib", the hidden world. And also what the
philosopher Michel de Montaigne meant when he wrote, "What we don't know
(yet) is nothing compared to what we shall never know". Depressing
statement? I don't think so. A mystic said that we should aim at the stars
although we know that we will never reach them. Or... Maybe we will. Who knows? No one can
tell for sure what is bound to happen. Why not try our best to outdo ourselves, to
accomplish something special, something worthwhile? Something to be proud of?
No need for heroism, just being the best we can be is enough.
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