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.
Your
spiritual hunger -- your search for God -- is the desire to become holy, wholly
unified in mind, body, and spirit. It is a
desire to leave behind feelings of isolation,
disconnection, and fragmentation. This unity
can happen! There are many examples of the
achievement of this unity among the leaders of
the world's leading sacred traditions of
Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, and
Islam.
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)
Info/Order this book.
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.
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