This is a great question and I am going to fall short of doing it justice in this brief response, but I'll try. This is the Jewish perspective: If you were rea

This is a great question and I am going to fall short of doing it justice in this brief response, but I'll try. This is the Jewish perspective: If you were really aware of G-d, if you could objectively sense his presence, then you would not be able to feel your own presence. As an analogy, imagine a really advanced AI simulation running in a machine. If we wanted to create a thing that felt its own existence and free will, it must have an experience that's something other than "oh I am just electrons in these circuits". Although the simulation's entire existence is in this computer that's much greater than it, for it to be "a thing" it must be somehow less than aware. Similarly, if we really felt G-d, our own existence would pale in comparison and we'd stop perceiving ourselves. In your analogy with the father, it's very obvious that the father and son are distinct. Like I said, I know I am not doing this justice but that's the rough outline.