Alone with God

[Thief]

Heard a radio preacher speak of this.....
as a defining point of who YOU are

you are that person, when you are alone with God

this could be complicated....
go for it

 

[allfoak]

We cannot be known by God without first knowing ourselves.
That makes every moment, a defining moment.

 

[Thief]

We cannot be known by God without first knowing ourselves.
That makes every moment, a defining moment.

as compared to daily increase?

I was aiming at that moment when we are alone with God
It is written....
go to your closet and close the door and the Spirit that knows you will hear your prayer

OR....that last hour of the last breath
when you and God finally look to each other.....face to Face

 

[allfoak]

as compared to daily increase?

I was aiming at that moment when we are alone with God
It is written....
go to your closet and close the door and the Spirit that knows you will hear your prayer

OR....that last hour of the last breath
when you and God finally look to each other.....face to Face

It's complicated.
Any moment alone with God would certainly be a defining moment.

 

[wicketkeeper]

Know thyself - know God. When people say they have met God, it is instead, their Higher self.

This sits tight with me until something further tests the waters with me !

 

[allfoak]

Know thyself - know God. When people say they have met God, it is instead, their Higher self.

This sits tight with me until something further tests the waters with me !

It's a good place to be.

 

[Dawnofhope]

Heard a radio preacher speak of this.....
as a defining point of who YOU are

you are that person, when you are alone with God

this could be complicated....
go for it

Sometimes to find ourselves, we need to forget about ourselves and attend to the needs of others.

We need time alone for certain as all the great spiritual teachers have. The practice of prayer and meditation during these times can be a great assistance.

 

[Thief]

and I consider the event of Moses....

He was 80yrs old when he went up on that mountain
It was forbidden territory but he went anyway

I believe he went to the mount to meet his Maker
I suspect he had no intention of returning
he went there to meet God....and then die

We have the story and some details

I noticed....and throughout my life I have not heard anyone else say so....
it didn't go all that well

Picture yourself a Moses scratching unto stone the words a disembodied Voice
The Voice dictates.....Thou shalt not have false gods before you
and what were you doing in Egypt as you were raised in the house of Pharaoh?

The Voice dictates....Thou shalt not kill
and what was that event that made you flee into wilderness?

allegedly, Moses did not eat or drink for 40days and nights
and his appearance was different.....having met his Maker

and he stammered

 

[Dawnofhope]

Jesus spending 40 days in the wilderness in preparation for His mission is another example.

Baha'u'llah spent 2 years in the mountains of Kurdistan before He embarked on His mission.

Buddha spent much time in solitude meditating before He found the middle way.

 

[Thief]

and the Carpenter in the garden of Gethsemane...

He put distance between Himself and His followers
and He returned with His brow....bloodied

 

[Thief]

Jesus spending 40 days in the wilderness in preparation for His mission is another example.

Baha'u'llah spent 2 years in the mountains of Kurdistan before He embarked on His mission.

Buddha spent much time in solitude meditating before He found the middle way.

I have not done a formal pilgrimage
I live in the States and we have this thing called an economic system

it is a wilderness

and I have spent some years alone

does that count?

 

[Thief]

Jacob spent a night wrestling with God

he lost.....got his hip joint dislocated

and a new name

that must feel ....different
I mean the name change

 

[Thief]

John came out of the wilderness....wearing camel hair?
that must itch like crazy!

and eating wild honey.....that's gotta sting!

 

[Thief]

Moses went as far as the river's edge....no further
led the people to the promised land and did not set foot upon it

John got beheaded

Jesus led His followers to a cross

 

[Dawnofhope]

I have not done a formal pilgrimage
I live in the States and we have this thing called an economic system

it is a wilderness

and I have spent some years alone

does that count?

I believe so.

I've done the same thing albeit retreated to the countryside for 2 1/2 years. We have an economic system in New Zealand too.

 

[siti]

you are that person, when you are alone with God

Wouldn't that mean I would be even more authentic (true to myself) if God buggered off and left me truly alone?

 

[psychoslice]

When I am alone with what you call God, i am in that experience no person, the persona which means mask, is our false personality, when One with God it falls away, and you are left with your true Self, call that the Christ, or the Buddha, whatever.

 

[Thief]

Wouldn't that mean I would be even more authentic (true to myself) if God buggered off and left me truly alone?

we humans have some introspection....
I do

I do make some effort to rationalize the manner of thought as to feeling
I do try to keep in check...that my logic is firm and my emotions properly reigned in

but this thread is aimed at what happens when we meet our Maker

I don't think we can hide what we have become

it is common to say.....we came into this world naked....we leave the same way
I would take it one step further
We enter the next life, unable to hide the way we think or the emotion we follow

we entered this life naked, and into the arms of someone who cares

I hope we are as fortunate as we stand from the flesh

but I suspect a judgment is pending and nothing can be withheld

 

[Thief]

When I am alone with what you call God, i am in that experience no person, the persona which means mask, is our false personality, when One with God it falls away, and you are left with your true Self, call that the Christ, or the Buddha, whatever.

as in......a drop of water back into the ocean?

 

[Thief]

more so to topic.....

when you pray.....when you go looking for God
do you consider? your approach

Do you think God wants to be alone with you?