How Does One Find God?
by Prema Baba Swamiji
Q: How does one find God?
-- Melinda K., San Diego, California
A:
The very question makes the supposition that you are
lost to God. Your question places us in an immediate
problem of cultural syntax. The Judeo-Christian
tradition has conditioned many to believe that God
exists outside of the body-temple in some remote far
away region. This negates the idea of an indwelling God.
My practical advice to you is to give up the mental desire to find God. The very nature of the mind insures that it will always operate in a way to keep you from realizing God. If the nature of God is infinite -- which it is -- then it exists beyond a finite mind. The human mind struggles to grasp the nature of the infinite, so therefore, attempting to find an infinite God through the mind becomes pointless. And if by chance, you were to discover God through your rational mind, might you not then make God familiar in same way or anthropomorphic? Wouldn't your rational mind attempt to explain the Divine into ordinariness or find some reason, no matter how small for doubt?
If you want to find God, accept the feelings of Prema -- the highest love -- the divine love that the Masters are consistently flowing toward you in this moment. Don't think about it, just feel it. You can do this by tuning into your heart, and experiencing the subtle currents of blissful Prema that flow through your own body. Breathe them in. Expand them and continue to feel them.
This natural process of finding God by tuning into the love within you is a very high practice. You are actually giving yourself permission to open to what is already eternal and part of your life. It is your life. It is a magical mystery tour into the enchantment of your own divinity.
When Jesus taught, "Leave all and follow me", the Master was encouraging you to leave behind all your false notions and every condition that prevents you from knowing that the divine parent you seek is your very heartbeat. Your heartbeat is your connection to this ancient path, the eternal religion of Prema -- the Universal spiritual path of Love.
Love is God, you are Love. There is no separation between you and God, just the union of Love. As you surrender to the wave vibrations of eternal love within you, you automatically discover God.
With prema, from my heart to yours -- Namasté!
This article was written by the author of:
The Initiation
by Prema Baba Swamiji
(as Dr. Donald Schnell)
About The Author
Prema
Baba Swamiji (as Dr. Donald Schnell) is the author of The
Initiation,
a spiritual adventure story about his initiation
into the Ancient Order of Swamys by the eternal Babaji in India. He is
a
widely respected expert in the fields
of metaphysics, occult phenomenon, Eastern
spirituality, medical hypnosis, nutrition, exercise, and yoga. To learn
more about Prema Baba Swamiji and his wife, Swami Leelananda,
the spiritual workshops they conduct, and to order The
Initiation, visit www.TheInitiation.com.
