I would like to see what you might say about the following questions. I will post the answer after I receive some responses in comments.
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What is the Milky Way? Why does it appear as a band in the sky? Why are October skies so blue?
It seems a contradiction. Is God beyond you or within you? How do you find God? Though the answer comes rather easily in intellectual form, to live it, not as a philosophy but as a living physiological reality, is quite another.
The temple is an excellent place to worship the outer expression of Divinity, as it is readily accessible and lively there. There, too, is the invitation to find God within. However, much of that is dependent upon your relationship with the temple and with God. Do you hold God outside of yourself? If so, how does that ‘look’ and how does it feel? Are preconceived perspectives of God coloring your relationship with God. Does what you have come to believe from earlier life experiences interfere with a deepening understanding of God?
Reverence does not mandate subservience.
Through meditation, you awaken to deeper levels of your own being. Thereby your relationship with God deepens.
Ultimately, you find God within yourself while at the same time, you are enraptured by the most sublime reverence for God as just slightly afar… just enough so that God may be worshipped with limitless humility at an infinitesimal but exquisite distance.
Love is the Divine longing to merge. Such separation is sweet, profound, …exquisite.
“Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise.” – Benjamin Franklin
I would add:
“Be neither silly, nor cunning, nor reactionary, but wise.”
The first reactionary response is often terribly damaging. When stirred, give yourself the time to settle back into yourself before you act.
I was recently asked the following question (edited for content)
…what do you do with someone who insists the dimension of God they “know” is sufficient? I am a little sad because I notice when there is combativeness (as I sense in this situation), I seem to lack the maturity to disregard all that and rest into myself. Instead, I fault myself for not being able to find the right words/manner to be heard…and my joy takes a hit!
To which I respond:
We have a new kitten. My daughter loves it. It is easy to see that the kitty waits for her to come home from school. Then, when she does arrive home, the kitty hides under the cars, the porch, and bushes. This frustrates my daughter who wants to hold and pet her kitty.
I told her to just sit on the porch and play with something else or pet the other cat. It was hard for her at first but she finally did so. As you no doubt can guess, the kitty came out in little time and sat on her lap.
Who is the kitty and who is my daughter in your life right now?
Adults get into the same relationship tangles as children. We just couch them in more ‘sophisticated’ verbiage.
The Transcendent is your touchstone. It is the one constant. When it is not known, people cling to the familiar as a substitute. That is the formula for failure. It is not A formula for failure. It is THE formula for failure. It comes in many forms, many guises, but it is the same one mirage. Your portal to the transcendent is your inner being. All else is illusion. The Kingdom of Heaven dwells within. The Guru holds the lamp that lights the way, but the Self is revealed to the Self, by the Self and through the Self.
We do well to learn from history. All the principles of life and existence are there. Imagine the courage of the German Jew who left their home, their wealth, all that was familiar, to escape Nazi tyranny. To pursue enlightenment is to look beyond the indoctrination of the familiar. Transcend the familiar. As perhaps Ramana Maharshi would say, it is fine to have your boat in the waters of the familiar, but you cannot afford to allow that water into your boat.
“Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.” – Raymond Lindquist
The Truth about Religion and Flatlining
