What Is God? Where Is God?
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"I have a hard time with the concept of God. I was not brought
up in a religious family. I believe there is something beyond
myself, but I just don't know how to think of it or experience
it."
"I was brought up in family where God was portrayed as
judgmental and punishing. I can't even hear the word 'God'
without feeling anxious. How am I supposed to open to God when I
believe that God is controlling?"
"How can I believe in God when there are so many bad things that
happen to people? If there really is a God, then why does He let
these things happen?"
"God as a man just does not work for me. The men in my life have
been mostly angry and controlling. I don't feel safe opening to
a male god."
These are a few of the many comments I hear from my clients as I
work with helping them open to a personal source of spiritual
guidance.
The New Testament is very clear regarding what God is:
John 4:24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship
in spirit and truth."
1 John 4:8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is
love."
1 John 4:16 "God is love, and he who abides in love abides in
God, and God in him.
John tells us that "God is Spirit" and "God is
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love." He tells
us that when we are being loving, we are within God and God is
within us.
My personal experience is that God is love, peace, joy, and
truth, and that God is everywhere, both within us and all around
us. When our hearts are open to love, compassion and kindness
toward ourselves and others, we experience the fullness of God
within us and the safety of being within God.
My experience is that God is always here guiding us toward our
highest good. One of the ways I help my clients to access the
wisdom that God has for us each and every moment is to imagine a
spiritual being that is here just for you. This can be a
Teacher, a mentor, a guardian angel, a beloved relative who has
passed away, or the highest, wisest part of yourself - your own
higher self. By opening to learning with a wise and loving being
who wants nothing more than to guide you toward your joy and the
full manifestation of yourself, you open to being guided by the
love and wisdom of God.
This guidance is your birthright. We were not dumped alone on
the planet to fend for ourselves. Yet you will not have an
experience of this love and guidance until you open to learning
from God. My clients who practice opening to learning with a
spiritual source of
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love and wisdom discover for themselves the
truth of God. They are no longer caught in beliefs that do not
served them - that God is judgmental, controlling and punishing;
that God does not exist; that God will never be there for them
personally; that they have to earn God's love; that God can stop
people from harming each other.
You will know God when you open your heart to learning about
loving actions toward yourself and others. When your primary
intention is to learn about how to love yourself and others,
rather than to keep on trying to get love or avoid pain, you
will have a personal experience of God.
If the term "God" is a negative trigger for you, then change it
to Spirit, or Higher Power, or whatever works for you. God is
not a being who cares about a name. God is the ever-present
experience of love, compassion, truth, peace and joy that is
always available for you whenever you choose to open your heart.
About the author:
Margaret Paul, Ph.D. best-selling author of eight books, and
co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding healing process. Visit
her web site for a FREE Inner Bonding course: http://www.innerbonding.com or email her at mailto:margaret@innerbonding.com
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