I believe, like Einstein, that imagination and contemplation literally lead to creation in the most extreme sense of the word. Religion tends to limit, and even prohibit this paradigm. It's atypical for any theology to acknowledge the individual as the creator. Rather, it relegates this dynamic to "God".

For example, the very idea that we as humans need an advocate before "God" - e.g. Jesus, etc. - is a blatant example of the "separation" paradigm of which I speak.

Awareness is a function of consciousness, and consciousness IS "god".

True revelation is only remembering what we already know in that field of consciousness which we all share in common. But such revelation is not absolute but relative by design, encouraging experimentation, curiosity, creativity, growth, and infinite potential. Therefore understanding must be an ongoing unfoldment, rather than the static result of even the highest revelation of "truth", no matter what the source of that truth may be.

Contemplation is the ego's version of - or identification with - consciousness. Awareness is a natural result of consciousness. Understanding is largely a product of education and may not at all resemble or even reflect fact, but is generally based upon conditioning (i.e. education).

When we choose self-soverignty, self-actualization, and self-love over conditioned truth - no matter how profound or relevant was that truh at the moment of acheivement - we approach "god".

Our truth, then, if it is not constantly evolving will eventually become a trap to us to the same degree that it was once a "savior".

Religion is a perfect example of this dynamic. A similar example is Einstein's failed attempt to reconcile the "theory of everything" in opposition to the emerging sentiment in the scientific community toward Quantum theory. He spent the last ten years of his life opposing this theory based upon his preconceived notion that "God doesn't play dice" - his truth. What a waste!