Excerpts from the Angelic Player's Guide and Revelations III - Heaven and Hell:

The world has its own destiny. Accept it, embrace it and help things along when possible.

History:

The Symphony (call it what you like: reality, the universe, the Cosmic All) is both aware and self-aware. You're a part of it and so is everything else. When Yves was given the task of naming the Symphony's awareness he called it God.

From time to time, God manifests, taking on a single perspective within Himself, speaking with a single Voice that resonates with the truth of every age past and every possible future. The light and music is pure enough to knock an ArchAngel to his knees, weeping with joy. It is an experience akin to the overwhelming nature of the upper heavens, where God is always visible.

Why God first manifested at all is a mystery. Whatever the reason, God manifested, creating within Himself a consciousness with which to really look at Himself, and called it Yves. Yves named God in turn, and for the first time the universe stared itself in the eye.

TO BE CONTINUED....