God Doesn't Fit

How come God doesn't fit in this world?

If I wrote this blog post about God, would you be interested in reading it? Wouldn't you rather read about tsunamis, earthquakes, Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie or the iPad? Be honest. And if you're walking downtown and some guy is preaching about God on the street corner, don't you want to cross to the other side rather than walk by him?

God doesn't sell magazines. God, I'm sorry to say, seems to bore the average person.

On the other hand, you have the people who give their entire lives to God because they find Him so compelling. But these people, by common agreement, are considered to be cult members, born-again Christians or possibly monks. And everyone is afraid of cults, born-again Christians and the Catholic Church. So even the people who find God compelling don't fit in this world. It's a sorry state of affairs, as my Mom would say.

I'm one of those people who find God compelling as well as mysterious, endlessly fascinating and worth pursuing. I didn't used to be such a person, but I am now. Maybe you are one of those people, too. For me it took doing the Miracle of Love Seminar where I learned to meditate so deeply that I experienced God for myself. I talked to Him and heard Him. That turned my head around. No newspaper article about God would have done it.

One of the things that I learned in the Seminar was that there's a force called the illusion that basically owns this place, causes suffering and doesn't easily give room to God. This is a teaching of Gourasana. Gourasana also said that God created the illusion, so you can see there's more to the story than meets the eye. God created a place where He is not welcome.

Why would God do that? That's an interesting philosophical question. But the bottom line is, that you should not expect to get any awards or recognition for giving your life to God. You'll get plenty of wary and worried looks, but very little encouragement.

So why do people give their lives to God? I think that's the best question of all. But if one hasn't experienced God, really experienced Him beyond a shadow of a doubt, you can't make her understand why you would do it. It's like telling someone about what it's like to give birth compared to her experiencing the act of giving birth. One can't really get it until one experiences it herself.

Anyway, we're all moving closer to God even if we aren't aware of it. But if you know someone who wants to move faster, who would like to experience God beyond a shadow of a doubt, send him to the Miracle of Love Seminar. Or you can send him somewhere If you know of a better place. I don't know of any place better than the Seminar. It's only 3 1/2 days long, for heaven's sake, and it allows for an experience of God that will change one's life forever.

Pursuing God is the biggest adventure in this world. But don't tell the newspapers. :-)