this is part of a multi-part series on discernment. what are my ways of discerning what some traditions would call “god’s will” and what others might call in alignment with highest good for me? i will use the terms “god’s will,” “highest good” “nonlocal communication” interchangeably throughout the series so look alive. click through the first post (how do i discern what is alignment with my highest good and why might i want to?) to see what lies ahead or what i’ve already brought forth.
almost everything that we read about this thing called “god” suggests that it he/she/it/they is outside of us. in fact, the very inquiry into discernment or divine guidance reinforces that idea. it sort of sounds like there’s me over here living my life and then there’s god, over there. hmmm, maybe i would be better off if i “went over there and talked and listened to god.”
since i believe that god (whether it is called he, she, it or they, allah, elohim, the sacred grandmother tree, the atman-brahman presence, the unified field, the father, son or the holy ghost, or just plain love) is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent, that means it is everywhere; so it does stand to reason that it is “over there.” but that also means that is “over here.” it is right where i am. it is a part of me.
what occurs to me, and i’m certain that i’m not the first to observe this, is that when i don’t choose to turn to god, i am truly rejecting the full power of myself and my gifts. it is as if i have two working hands and i just decide, that’s okay i only need my right hand. i’ll just tie my left hand behind my back, its superfluous. i don’t really believe in my left hand anyway. i think that’s a bunch of hooey.
or perhaps a better analogy is one of my bodily organs, since i can easily see my left hand but for the most part i take on faith that i have various bodily organs. yes, someone can dissect another human body and show me the organs and i can think, oh, they have organs, so must i, but honestly, i’m just choosing to believe that. millions of people in the world are available to tell me about their close personal relationship with the god of their understanding and i might choose not to believe them or to think it is desirable or possible for me.
the truth is that whether i believe it or not is immaterial. it is simply scientific fact that there is a unified field which makes up all things; i am connected to that field; because i am connected to it i have access to knowing, support and assistance that is beyond my senses if i choose to avail myself of it. it is right here where i am, available and living out its perfect life in and as and through me. plus it is also right over there.
