God is obviously working thru all of us at some level. The point is this: How much are we conscious of the fact that God is working thru us in our actions motives and thoughts? Many of us believe that our actions are directed by God and are far from that reality. One only has to look at all the wars going on in the Mideast to witness this.... and they all believe they are carrying out God's will! Something is very skewed in our thinking to believe that we know God's will but to have strife with those around us simultaneously.
He wants to let us allow Him to work thru us, but many decide to take things into their own hands, that's all.
SI; You speak of 'worrying' about contacting God in meditation. My worry? Yours? Both of ours? Wouldn't that be a bit of a contradiction? i mean the point is to get beyond worry! Hope we are not worrying about it! Yogananda spoke of the cause of worry as a result of being too much in the senses and too much in the nerves. Perhaps it would be better if we thought of it as intensity and remembrance in our practice.
I dont worry in that context, was the wrong word to use. PY says to hold onto that feeling after meditation as long as you can, that is effectively knowing God is here right now in the world we must live in and be a part of without running to a cave.
President Obama recently made this comment; "I reject any effort to spread fear or encourage violence or to shut people down when they are trying to speak or turn Americans against one another," Obama told the bipartisan crowd of lawmakers gathered to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
Many spiritual aspirants also 'shut people down when they are trying to speak' This is definitely not a spiritual attribute we witness in others and we must be sure that we ourselves give others the chance to speak their minds. We have those in our spiritual community who also try to turn one person against another. No wonder we see it manifesting in the national and international arena as well.
i want everyone to know that we have not shut anyone down here at spiritualportal.net The most action we ever have taken is to eliminate vulgarity and blatant obscenity. We have not cut others out either. Even after such language was used their membership with us remains intact. People who have left us for a time may have lost their extended privileges as moderators or administrators as others who are participating help us out more . However they are always welcome and able to get to have these privileges back if they should decide to participate again and want them.
On this Easter Sunday we remember the message of Jesus and how he himself was cut out of the lives of his friends and was stopped from speaking. Today though we know the significance of his words and what he went through to continue expressing the truth.
