A man longed to see and hear God. He went out to a hilltop; he yelled and pleaded with God,"Speak to me!" A bird sang. Disappointed, the man begged God to speak, and all he heard were children playing in the distance. "Please God, touch me!," he cried, and wind blew across his cheek. Still discouraged at God not answering him, the man prayed, "God, show yourself to me!" A butterfly flew across his path. He got home, convinced that God had abandoned him, and his daughter ran out to greet him. He, still, felt God had forsaken him.
Possibly, if I do not sense experience of what I have called "God," then, I have grown to need another means of relating with and sensing than what I had meant by "God." This is only natural, no problem at all. Possibly, Life is summoning me to an enjoyment of Life the previous concept "God" cannot contain and, actually, hinders. I am confident some persons have emerged beyond the conventional use of "God," and they find it to no longer work for them to inspire in them what it might in others who still find the concept inspiring and relevant. Since "God" is a concept, to cling to "God" simply does not make sense. As well, to experience the Buddha, one would not necessarily need the word Buddha. And to enjoy Christ, you would not necessarily need the word Christ. We desire the experience of Grace, and what words and ideas help, help, those that do not, do not. Possibly, also, some ideas, even called sacred, must die from us, so that later they resurrect within us with renewed meaning. Again, this is all natural, and to care for you means I would want you to use whatever concepts that would most assist you to enjoy Life. Also, whatever "God" is, I assume "God" would agree, or I would question whether such a "God" were truly a Lover.
*Arem Nahariim-Samadhi
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*Lotus of the Heart is a Work of Arem Nahariim-Samadhi ~ a Hospice Chaplain, interspiritual author, writer, poet, and bicyclist. He is someone in love with Life and inviting others to that same ecstasy of Love ~ and, by the way, herein is nothing he claims as his own.
