It may be helpful to think of our consciousness as a car and the different parts of our personality as parking lots. The body is one parking lot, the mind another, the ego yet another, and so on. …
God as Mother
No particular way to think of God is intrinsically better than any other way. It’s just a way of thinking. God remains who God is. The chances are that we’ll know God as God really is if we are allowed the freedom to pursue our quest without anyone setting any limits to how our mind goes about its job.