Ego... jealousy... hatred... many things in our everyday lives may be keeping us from being reunited with our Lord. In your opinion, what is it that may be keeping us humans from attaining the God-realization we yearn for? Please keep responses appropriate. Thank you for your time.
2007-05-30 15:57:46 · 12 answers · asked by Aman 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Anything that takes your attention off of God, comes between you and communion with God. You cannot think about something else when you are truly focused on God in prayer or meditation. Obviously one way to get your mind off of yourself and problems is by turning to God and Meditating on God. This may be why the bible says to pray unceasingly.
Today's world is so filled with distractions that entice us to think on those things that will give us pleasure and fulfill our feelings and desires. These are only temporary where the Love of God is eternal. Certainly anything negative like anger and chaos tear us down , while God's Love and the beauty of his creations build us up spiritually.
We all have a spark of God's spirit within us and the only thing that keeps us from God realization is ourselves.
Rev. TomCat
2007-05-30 16:13:06 · answer #1 · answered by Rev. TomCat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are all aspects of the same thing.
We chose to separation. We have an identity based on good and evil. We have a "self-esteem", an ego, all based on being better or worse than others. We are "good", or "bad".
The story of the Garden of Eden is an excellent parable of just this condition. It has nothing to do with sex or disobeying God. In Aramaic, "to eat of" is an idiom meaning "to partake of" or "to make part of oneself".
In Aramaic, the tree is a symbol of knowledge.
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is what Adam and Eve were warned against. In other words, they chose to think of things in those terms, and Adam thereafter lied to God, got angry, fearful, shamed, etc.
I am not a Christian, and have experienced God directly. If you wish to discuss your search further, I'd be happy to help (I have no group, don't belong to one, don't have a book, no mission, no message, happily married with a BABY DAUGHTER! YEA!)
Enjoy the search. There is such happiness and love possible.
2007-05-30 23:13:08 · answer #2 · answered by mckenziecalhoun 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
--WHEN INDIVIDUALS attribute god-like qualities to humans who are all equal in most important things, THEN God becomes unimportant.
--FOR INSTANCE, making hero's out of sports , entertainment etc. individuals and building imagination of their so-called "SUPER POWERS" beyond anything reasonable is fantasy that backfires!
--Good-luck also has displaced God in every land on the earth in the gambling houses, churches, lotteries & everywhere people wish to exercise a measure of greed more or less, as this text shows what happened to the Israelites:
(Isaiah 65:11-12) “11Â “But YOU men are those leaving Jehovah, those forgetting my holy mountain, those setting in order a table for the god of Good Luck and those filling up mixed wine for the god of Destiny"
2007-05-30 23:24:43 · answer #3 · answered by THA 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What is with this obsession with becoming close to an outside creator god? Such a thing doesn't exist. If there is anything you could call a god, I don’t think that entity is separate from any of us. Whether we would be aware of it or not. So I’m saying, you couldn’t possible be separate from “god”.
2007-05-30 23:05:28 · answer #4 · answered by Lilliana 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think for me, personally, the single biggest thing that keeps me from god-realization is the lack of evidence to support his existence.
2007-05-30 23:14:18 · answer #5 · answered by CC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We are just too busy living our day to day lives. We don't take the time to spend a few moments with God. We are used to quick answers and with God things take time.
2007-05-30 23:02:34 · answer #6 · answered by angel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably the same sort of thinking that leads us to neglect our sacrifices to Athena and Thor.
2007-05-30 23:14:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Logic, common-sense, reason, an inquisitive nature, a tendancy to lead and not follow.
2007-05-30 23:06:59 · answer #8 · answered by Sarcasma 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Love of evil. Pride. Rebellion. Attraction to darkness. Lust.
2007-05-30 23:02:37 · answer #9 · answered by BERT 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Reason, logic and independent thought mixed with the fact that there is no such thing as a god.
2007-05-30 23:01:17 · answer #10 · answered by A 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋