In this beautiful reflection, Silo Rhodes explores the sacred responsibility of awareness, the quiet dangers of spiritual superiority, and the call to lead without separation. If you’ve ever thought about what it means to walk in alignment with God in all things, then read on…
If everything is God, then every thought, every reaction, and every choice is a reflection of how we treat the Divine—not just above, but within, around, and through us. And when you carry responsibility—spiritual, relational, or societal—that awareness becomes sacred.
There’s a saying I’ve heard all my life: “As above, so below.” It’s ancient. Simple. And yet it contains a truth I’ve only recently come to embody more deeply.
If God exists above, then God must also exist below. If God is in heaven, then God is also in me. And in you. And in everything I see, touch, think, and respond to.
This understanding changes everything. Because the question is no longer Do I believe in God? The question becomes: How do I treat God—when God is in all things?
The Divine Mirror
Every reaction I have, every judgment I entertain, every projection I allow unchecked… it’s not just about someone else. It’s about God. Because if I truly believe God is in all, then how I treat others—especially when I’m not aligned with them—is how I treat the Divine itself.
This isn’t about guilt. It’s about reverence.
If I dismiss someone in my mind, I’m dismissing God. If I withhold compassion because I think someone should know better, I’m withholding it from God. If I see myself as more evolved, more conscious, or more awakened, I’ve already stepped out of alignment with the truth that we are one.
And that’s how separation begins. Not through violence or abuse, but through subtle superiority. The quiet belief that your awareness makes you different from the rest.
That illusion is where spiritual distortion starts to grow.
Power Can Shift You Off Center
As someone who’s now building businesses and spiritual infrastructure—including a church—I understand firsthand how power can start to warp intention.
It doesn’t always show up as ego right away. Sometimes, it sneaks in as structure. As influence. As success. As people looking to you for answers, healing, leadership.
And if you aren’t deeply rooted, that energy can start to feed a subtle illusion— that you are ahead of others. That your way is the way. That the light within you is brighter than the light in them.
This is how spiritual leadership slips into spiritual superiority. This is how sacred spaces become cults. This is how reverence becomes control.
And so I ask myself: How do I stay in alignment—not just with God as a concept, but with God as everything?
Redefining Perfection
I’ve come to a place in life where I believe everything is perfect—not because life is easy or people are always kind, but because I’ve redefined what perfection means.
Perfection is not flawlessness. It’s not moral purity. It’s alignment with the whole.
Everything belongs. Even the distorted forms of spirituality. Even the leaders who lose themselves in their own reflections. Even the pain we learn through.
Some must walk those paths so others can see what happens when power forgets humility. Their lives become teachings too—if we’re willing to watch without superiority.
So I choose to remain a student. Not despite my leadership, but because of it.
Spiritual Authority Without Separation
True spiritual authority doesn’t separate you from others. It reminds you that you are of them. That you are here to serve, not to ascend above.
I don’t want to teach from a pedestal. I want to live from the ground—where God is just as present in the person I’m tempted to judge as in the silence of my own reflection.
Because when I remember that God is in all, I no longer need to guard my identity. I just have to stay in truth. I just have to stay in love. And I just have to be aware when my judgment tries to take me out of communion.
The Work Is Returning to Reverence
This is the work now. To remember that my thoughts are never neutral. To remember that my leadership is a privilege, not a platform. To remember that I am not here to convince anyone I am God. I’m here to remind us we all are.
And when I forget, I come back. Not with shame, but with intention. Not to prove my worth, but to practice my awareness.
Because how I treat others is how I treat God.
And how I treat God is how I shape the world.
