It's Only Fire. It's Only Water. It's Only LoVe.

***For the sake of this essay, I will be using the word ‘God’ to mean ‘Your refundable ticket towards something more meaningful in life'’. For today, it can be defined as simply as ‘Something bigger than you and me’.

We have to remember that Words are just that, words. They are squiggly lines. Over time, the actual thing we are labeling with a word gets lost in translation, conditioned in our mind to be something it is not or over-used and under-valued. And, this word - “God” - is definitely not an exception to the rule.

The weight this word carries has to be unburdened, the definition rediscovered. It’s too vast of an idea for one person to claim they have the ability to explain it clearly.

The main reason I can speak so freely about ‘something bigger than me’ is because of the trillions of series of events that led to me being born as a human being on Planet Earth. That’s hundreds of thousands of years of my ancestors continuing the family line and avoiding death, war and disease. That’s a lot of sex!

I have come to the conclusion that there is something bigger than myself. And, I seek to discover exactly what that means.***

   
   I believe that God has made himself available to us in the most magnificent way possible.

This idea of something bigger will never forcefully enter into the free space of your mind without permission. You can feel free to live your entire life in the physical world, seeking desires and fulfilling your ego. There isn’t anything that is going to force you into believing in a ‘higher realm’ or a ‘spirit world’.

God has an open door policy. ‘He’ is patiently waiting for you to ask Him to show you ‘something more’ with no expectations and incredible patience. The higher realm understands what you are going through and is compassionate about the experiences, the pain and the struggles you are facing.

There is no goal and there is no map. Finding God is a personal, unique experience for each individual. That being said, I believe I can assist you in your journey.

   The way to find God – to find something more – is to constantly answer the question, “Why?”. Why am I here? Where did I come from? Where am I going? If we want to ‘find God’, we must be willing to consider the reason behind all of the things that are happening in our lives. We must seek to discover the ‘why’.

Therefore, the journey to God is a journey of knowledge and truth. Knowledge and truth are hidden throughout life’s lessons in paradoxes and metaphors. The philosopherer, Lao Tzu, used the simplest of metaphors to describe his experience with God; Water.

“Be as water. Water is soft and yielding. Yet, water can carve canyons.” The metaphor that water holds is endless if you consider the true nature of this clear, thirst quenching liquid.

All of these truths are passed down from generation to generation through the wisdom of age. The truth about nature and God holds firm throughout time. A wise, old intuition can tell you the truth with a clear vision as if they’d stake their life on the claim. If the wise man seems as if he ‘just knows', well, it’s because he does. We have to be courageous in our ability to distinguish the truth.

   We find God, and the reasons ‘why’, through the lessons we learn. These lessons are endless. They come from the experiences we go through in life. These are important emotional experiences and they are happening to us for a specific reason.

It is a mystery for a reason, designed to unfold over the course of your existence. It’s not supposed to be easy to find God. As you begin, the journey to God becomes an incredible web of discovery. As you learn and grow, life continues to amaze you with new, mind-blowing information and coincidences.

   You can see God in the beauty of a sunset. Or, in the sparkling eyes of a loved one as you lean in for a life changing kiss. You can feel God after an intense workout, through meditation or during an orgasm.

You can see how God works in the discoveries we’ve made in Science and Physics. What is happening in the invisible world of atoms and molecules lets us know that there is way more than our own eyes can see. The machine of the universe is constantly running at high speeds in each moment behind the scenes. It’s happening all around you.

The physical world we live in can almost be considered an illusion to what is actually going on with energy, light, DNA, love, electrons and the ‘spirit world’. There is more than meets the eye. What we see with our eyes is beautiful. What we can’t see is amazing.

This is a truth that I’ve discovered about God. He’s placed these secrets inside of seemingly normal objects and allowed us the tools to discover how they work, including Himself.  

Technology is indistinguishable from magic.

The speed of light is unfathomable. The size of the universe is immense. Just think about all of the series of events that led to a group of people coming together with a few instruments and deciding to make music. Then, consider what it took for that music to find your ears. At last, consider how that song makes you feel, and then try to explain to me how life isn’t absolutely mesmerizing.

The universe is an open space for us to thrive and grow. We have been blessed with the opportunity to find a purpose and a passion. We have the ability to find out ‘why’.

All we have to do is continuously consider the immensity and depth of that which is happening all around us in each passing moment. Breathe in and choose happiness.  Most of your frustration in life comes from your misunderstanding of 'something more'.

Use your brain and seek to gain knowledge about yourself and your surroundings. The journey to God is a journey within.

We’ve Only Just Begun.