God is in the Particles

That’s why some people have a bad association with the word "God" and other people have a beautiful, heart opening association. It’s simple linguistics! We use a word to represent an object. Or in God’s case, an energy field.

When Christians think of the word “Allah”, they don’t summon to mind a blessed being who is all loving, but they think of a belief system that misguides terrorists to kill Americans. For a Muslim, the word "God” makes them think of a group of heathens. Thus, what connotes something beautiful and positive to one, connotes a negative energy field for the other. And vice versa.

What is so interesting is that every person has a different “God” because every person has their own associations and experiences with the thing the word God refers to. If we are lucky we have a pure definition where “God” is “love.” And hopefully, we have a pure experience of what “love” is to complete the definition.

But honestly, many of us have mixed definitions based on subconscious misunderstandings that have accrued throughout our lifetime. Some associate “God” with punishment. Some associate “God” with asceticism. Both beliefs wouldn’t inspire me to want to believe in God! Or ask that God for help. When I was younger I thought God was sexist: He sent his son to save humanity, not his daughter. Luckily, I let go of that interpretation which allowed me to embrace "God."

So basically all religious wars can come to an end. Right now. Because of this blog. We can see that our referent is the same even if our terminology is different. “God” is a universal force of “positive energy.” Literally, particles of positive energy. We're all praying to and calling in the universal force of positive energy and trying to let go of and release negative energy. Use the force, Luke.

These energy fields of good and evil exist in us and around us all the time and affect our decisions and our moods. Good and evil. Right and wrong. They exist within us and all we can do is try to increase the good and mitigate and apologize for the evil.

(Admittedly, the enlightened go beyond "good and evil" and see God's hand in everything so duality disappears. But that's another blog.)

If we don’t bring awareness to these positive and negative energies within us, they reside there and make unconscious (usually bad) decisions for us. We don’t know why we “feel like giving up” on ourselves or why we suddenly sabotage our relationships.

When we start to bring awareness to the energy inside of us, our decisions become more conscious. The more we clear negative energies from ourselves and around us, the more positive energy we can call in.

This is all to say, it doesn’t matter if you pray to “God” or “Allah” -- just pray to “that which is good.” Pray to positive energy. Call in what makes you feel good and let go of that which is toxic or makes you feel bad.

Try it right now. Uncross your legs. Take a few deep breaths into your pelvis and call in a certain energy. Maybe something less politically charged than "God." Try the energy field we call, “peace.” Repeatedly call in the energy form of “peace” into your body. You can say “I am peace.” Or “I call in peace.” Close your eyes, take a few breaths. Give peace a chance. As I do this, I feel my muscles relax, I feel serenity wash over me and a warm feeling of contentment permeate my body.

Let “God” be “good” to you. Release your judgments of him and call in that which can support you and help you. We can all use help! Call in the positive energy fields like the Greeks called in wisdom through Athena and love through Aphrodite. Call in the good stuff: trust, faith, joy, happiness, contentment, levity, laughter.

God is in the particles. Which means - God is in you.

Dear God,

Today, in the middle of praying, I wondered why I pray.

If divinity is within me and I am one with it, then it seems like praying distances me from the oneness. Separates me. It is “me” praying to “God.”

Perhaps the distinction is necessary because I am also human and the prayer is coming from the human part going to the divinity within me. It is a form of surrendering to my higher self. I ask that God watch over my sister in her time of need, I ask that God protect me as I drive, I ask that God guide my actions and words so they are said and done with love.

As I think about it, praying to me is like setting my intentions. A powerful way to align myself with my highest good.

If I discover myself dreading a situation, I realize I have negative expectations and I reset my expectations for a positive outcome by creating AN INTENTION. Then the auto-response from my inner five-year-old or my inner teenager doesn’t kick in to unconsciously create the outcome. Any unhealed wounds don’t get to repeat their unhelpful patterns. My intentions guide my emotions, my interactions with others and my healing toward the best possible outcome available to me at the time.

Another way to say it is that prayer and intention align my lower self with my higher self. My ego with my authentic being.

This is the purpose of meditation for me. When I meditate, I connect to my inner divine spark. I AM. I dissolve my human self into the divine. I merge with the oneness, with everything, with bliss on a quantum level. This is my path. Surrendering my human self to UNITE with the divine.

There --no prayers separate me from who I really am.
There -- I am pure joy, love and abundance.
There -- I am one with all.

Of course, it's easy to be blissed out by myself in bed, with my eyes closed, breathing deeply. The key is to carry that state with me into every moment, every interaction, every eyes-open breath. And I am on the path to bring that state of oneness into waking and walking consciousness.

My future God-self.

For now, I will continue with my path of intention, prayer and meditation. Praying to be cleansed of limiting beliefs and misunderstandings. Creating intentions to reside in my loving, experience epiphanies and enjoy each moment. And meditating to connect to the oneness. I will consider prayer as a way to connect to the divine, not as a separation from Him. Until he and I are one.

Oh, and Dear God, thanks for the ride.