Have You Seen GOD Today?
HAVE YOU SEEN GOD TODAY?
THE FIRST HALF OF THIS POST IS A POEM THAT I WROTE A FEW YEARS AGO & RECENTLY UPDATED
MOST PEOPLE EITHER BELIEVE THAT THEY'VE NEVER SEEN GOD, AND WOULD EVEN WEIGH THAT IDEA AS ABSURD….. BUT CONSIDER THIS; PERHAPS THEY ARE SIMPLY CONFUSED ABOUT WHO OR WHAT GOD IS....... HE HAS A BEARD, A LONG WHITE ONE, AND HE IS JEALOUS, STERN & UNFORGIVING........ AND WILL ABSOLUTELY SMOTE THOSE WHO MESS UP, WITH PESTILENCE OR FAMINE..... OR AT LEAST ILL HEALTH. ISN'T THAT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY TAUGHT TO BELIEVE?
YET EVERYONE HAS SEEN THE REAL GOD.......... NOT JUST ONCE, EVERYDAY!. AND HE IS NOT THE LIES THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD ON, OR ABOUT HIM....... GOD IS ABOVE ALL LOVE , AND KINDNESS AND FORGIVENESS ....... WHENEVER HE IS ALLOWED TO EXPRESS IT............... AND HE HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR,........ REALLY I SWEAR IT........ AND OH, GOD WILL SOMETIMES RIGHT UP SWEAR, WHEN A POINT NEEDS EMPHASIZING. AND AS TO TAKING HIS NAME IN VAIN.? .....AN ODIOUS MIS-TRUTH......GOD LOVES HIS NAME; .............I AM ..........AND USES IT EVERYDAY, IN FACT HE USES IT ALL THE TIME, AND HE ENCOURAGES US TO DO THE SAME ,WITH FULL CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE POWER THAT THIS HOLY NAME HOLDS HIDDEN IN THOSE WORDS ..........I AM.........THAT I AM......... GOD LOVES TO LAUGH, CAUSE IT MAKES HIM FEEL GOOD. HE EVEN SOMETIMES TELLS SILLY JOKES AND LISTENS TO OTHERS TELL THEM, JUST SO THAT HE CAN LAUGH...... RIDICULOUS ISN'T IT?. BET THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT GOD CANNOT BE SEEN, DIDN'T KNOW THAT. GOD ALSO LOVES TO DANCE, IS HE GOOD AT IT?, THAT DEPENDS. AND HE IS PLAYFUL JUST LIKE A CHILD. GOD LOVES NATURE; MOUNTAINS, OCEANS AND FORESTS, AND FLOWERS. AND ALL ANIMALS.
OH YES, MOST PEOPLE SEE GOD EVERYDAY, THEY JUST HAVEN'T RECOGNIZED HIM……. BUT THEY ARE REALLY NOT TO BLAME... BECAUSE GOD IS SUCH A MASTER OF DISGUISE…………. A QUICK CHANGE ARTIST WHO WEARS MANY FACES.........
A MYSTERY BEING WHO TEASES WITH FLASHING GLIMPSES OF HIS PRESENCE.. ...AND JUST WHEN YOU THINK THAT YOU HAVE A FIX ON HIM, HE DISAPPEARS INTO A SUDDEN FURROWED BROW…..... OR A SURPRISED OR ENIGMATIC STARE. IN RESPONSE TO BEING NEARLY DISCOVERED; ONLY TO RE-APPEAR IN THE NEXT INSTANCE IN A CHILD'S HEART MELTING SMILE…… OR FOR THAT MATTER ANY SMILE FROM AN ANIMAL OR A HUMAN.
STILL THERE IS ONE PLACE THAT GOD CAN'T HIDE, DISAPPEAR OR OTHERWISE CHANGE APPEARANCE…. AND THAT IS IN THE EYES.......... OF HIS CREATIONS……..HUMANS OR ANIMALS.
YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK IN SOMEONE'S , OR IN SOME ANIMAL'S EYES TO SEE …. THAT IN THEM IS THE REFUGE OF THAT THING WHICH …. WE ALREADY KNOW, IS MORE THAN THE ANIMAL OR HUMAN.
THIS NAMELESS THING THAT LOOKS OUT AT THE WORLD. WAITING TO SEE IF ANYONE WILL LOOK IN AND SAY AH~HA, IN RECOGNITION OF THE ONE AND ONLY HIMSELF ……. HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT……… UNDER SUCH CONVINCING MASKS OF FLESH AND BONES.
NO WONDER WE HAVE FAILED TO RECOGNIZE…. THAT EACH HUMAN IS MORE THAN JUST, "MADE IN THE LIKENESS"………… IN EACH HUMAN IS THAT PROFOUNDLY MYSTERIOUS THING, WHICH WE CALL GOD.
SO QUICK, GRAB A MIRROR, AND LOOK…….. STARE DEEPLY IF NEEDS BE. BEFORE HE DISAPPEARS, IF ONLY MOMENTARILY, FROM VIEW AGAIN.
US Elliot in his book “Three magic Words,” builds up to the greatest truth and reserves revealing that truth until the very end. In writing this poem, the challenge of not blurting out this Divine truth too quickly, is one that was very much on my mind and in my heart. The first time that I personally read of this great truth, I knew instantly within the very core of my being, inside every cell in my body, that I was hearing truth. I was also very aware of the ridiculousness of such an idea. I was after all, the most staunch and impatient atheist that I knew. I believed that belief in any kind of GOD was proof of mental debility. I used to believe that the idea of a GOD had no meaning or anything that could anchor it to reality.
And while this GOD is not the Anthropomorphic one of most religions, this GOD is nonetheless powerful, Omnipotent and Omniscient. In the exact moment of reading the words “You are GOD” I was riveted. That was because this absolutely non -anthropomorphic GOD who is actually all too human, since God resides inside every single human on earth and in every created thing. I was shown that God is often unrealized potential, kindness and non-judgement and that GOD is also playful, and especially all knowing Love.
In that moment, in a twist of Divine Comedy and lighthearted mocking, I also was given my own personal mantra. I had not asked for one, neither had I sought out one, since I did not even suspect that I needed one. Yet as I read those words, my body respond in powerful kriya movement, sealing the moment in my memory forever. Later, whenever I read the word GOD, my body’s automatic response was also the same. Eventually I found out about what kriya movements were, as well as the benefits of using Mantras, (usually as a chant) in meditation or for many other spiritual reasons.
So rather sheepishly at first, I began to use the word God as a mantra. Doing so always rocks my world. At times this mantra has literally produced miracles. Which is in itself nothing short of a miracle for someone who used to believe that there is no GOD. There are times when I make the effort to deliberately look for GOD in another human’s eyes as my poem advises. The result is always amazing. It never fails. The best is doing this in the midst of a disagreement or some other negative interactions with another human. I urge you to try it sometime.
The only preparation is that you must first have practiced looking intently into your own eyes. Be open-minded when you gaze into your eyes in a mirror and hold love in your heart for yourself, until you get a clear loving response. Repeat this as often as you need to. Then the next time that you are tempted to judge another person, whether they deserve it or not, just stop in your tracks and switch gears by honestly looking for GOD inside them. I guarantee you that you will be amazed by the person's response to your quiet experiments. You will also soon find it increasingly difficult to continue to judge others.
If you have heard of The Forgiveness Project, then you have a good idea of what to expect. Even if there are times, when the response is delayed, know that the other person's heart has been engaged by your action, in a way that they cannot avoid. Your quiet insistence to see GOD inside of them might of course make some people uncomfortable. However that thing inside of them recognizes what has happened and wants more of that gaze of love that recognizes them. . You have at the very least planted a very determined seed full of love and Life Force. And it will grow no matter how dry the soil or how difficult the growing conditions.
Some years ago, I had the difficult privilege of being part of a medical team serving prisoners in a jail. I know from that difficult experience that nothing softens the hardest heart as quickly or as thoroughly as love and forgiveness. Isn't there some saying or isn't is written someplace that the true GOD is love?, Yeah, this GOD also really loves playing hide and go seek. Must be so that we have to keep looking for him/her.
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