Over the past twenty years or so, many people have developed a notion of God that is similar to the Star Wars concept of “the force.” Some believe that God is vague, impersonal energy which can be manipulated according to our own desires. Nothing could be further from the truth! God is Consciousness. Everything that happens, pleasant or painful, unfolds within God’s all-seeing Consciousness. In simple terms, we always have God’s full, loving attention. Even more fantastic is the realization that our individual consciousness is a participation in God’s Universal Consciousness. In part, spirituality is the expansion of our individual consciousness into the very Consciousness of God. For this reason, prayerful, meditative silence within the discipline of a daily meditation practice is essential to the spiritual life. Silence has the power to heal our fractured, divided minds and to expand our hearts so that we are able to see and feel as God sees and feels. This is what it means to be truly human.
Beloved God,
May I see and feel
As you see and feel.
