Made in the likeness of God

In The Observing Self section of the book Everyday Zen by Joko Beck, she mentions God at both the beginning in the end. At the beginning is a little dialogue. 

"Who is there?" asks God. 

"It is I." 

"Go away," God says... 

Later... 

"Who is there?" asks God. 

"It is thou." 

"Enter," replies God.

"Having been giving this capacity - being made in the likeness of God - we should be endlessly grateful that we have the opportunity to realize what life is and who we are."

"So we need to have patience to face this challenging task: meticulously to observe all aspects of our life so that we can see their nature, until the observer sees nothing when it looks out except life as it is, in all it's wonder. We all have such moments. Our practice is to open our life like this more and more. That's what we are here on Earth to do. All religious disciplines at bottom say the same thing: I and my Father are one. What is my Father? Not something other than myself, but just life itself: people, things, events, candles, grass, concrete, I and my Father are one. As we practice, we slowly expand this realization."