God is disguised as the world, and the purpose of the game of creation is to uncover the divine, to explore the limits of who we are, to actualize God's self-awareness. Our very consciousness is the universe becoming aware of itself, God becoming aware of Itself. When the God within each human creature discovers that it is not separate from the God beyond, the players — or, rather, the Player in all Its guises — is overjoyed.
— Daniel C. Matt, God & The Big Bang