The father of an autistic boy explains that it is in the eyes of his son that he most fully recognizes the Presence of God: I think the whole quest for oneness, for spiritual connection in this world, is that quest to see the Divine in one another. Sometimes I see God in my autistic child because he’s not of this world and yet he’s partly of this world. Sometimes we connect in ways that seem of this world — in intelligence and exuberance and joy and play and celebration. Other times we connect in ways that words can’t describe. I look in his eyes and he looks in mine. I know that we’re present together: connected. I can’t explain it, but it’s at that time I see God in my son. I see the Divinity.
Autry, J., “What Do We Mean When We Say God?” (Adapted).
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