Monday, May 13, 2013

What God feels like to me (Part 3)

“No one knows the thoughts of a person except the spirit of the person.  In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.”  The Apostle Paul

How? How!!??  How???!!!

What do I mean by reaching out to God with my will and mind and intention and attention?

Here are some clues.

Listen to The Silence behind silence, when it is completely quiet.  Focus on it.

Feel The Stillness behind stillness when you are resting.  Focus on this.

Silence and stillness.  Like I said before, you can feel this even when a lot of people are around. 

Or pray.  Honestly pray.  Feel the attention of God listening to you pray. 

Feel the accompanying feeling of the One who you secretly knew; the One who was, and is, always with you.

The One you sometimes, or even often, try to avoid; to drown out with noise or activity.

When you go for a walk, or ride your bike, or drive your car, feel the insights that come to your mind while you think through a problem you feel you cannot solve. 

Even better.

Think about your mind, the fact that you are thinking right now.  Focus on the “you” behind your thinking, your awareness of your own thinking.  That awareness is your spirit, like it says in the opening verse.  Focus on The Awareness behind your own awareness, or The Awareness that is behind everything.  Like silence.  Like stillness. Like mind. 

That is God.

That is how God feels.

The feeling you feel ALL THE TIME, but sometimes ignore.

When He speaks, the tone of His voice sounds like the tone of your mind’s voice, but sharper.  Somewhat electric sometimes, when you understand something you couldn’t figure out.  The feeling of epiphany while you are thinking.  Sometimes this feels like honey slowly falling on your brain, and the revelation somewhat oozes into your consciousness. 

This too is God.

But we often take credit for revelations like this, forgetting that an hour earlier we had no clue what the solution to the problem was. 

He is not far from us.

If we would only reach out for Him, we would not only find Him, but we’d realize He’s really been there all of our lives, from our first consciousness of consciousness. 

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