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How to Touch the Hand of God
No matter who you are or what you believe, but not in the way you think.
I want to preface this article by saying I’m not a religious person. I don’t “believe” in God in the sense that I think there’s some human-like being watching over us and causing this or that to happen. I won’t claim I know this being doesn’t exist, but I do go about my day as if it doesn’t.
I am, however, a spiritual person. What does this mean? To me, it means being curious about the mystery of life, in particular consciousness. For much of my life, this mystery has tugged at a corner of my mind, beckoning me to follow an unseen path.
Then, about 10 years ago, I picked up a book on meditation. I had no business buying that book. I didn’t know a thing about meditation. Yet, it called to me. It was so foreign, so strange. I needed to try it for myself.
In the time since then, I’ve come to understand that life is not what it seems. There are layers to it. Most of us live on the outermost layer, where things are the most difficult. There, where the weather is unpredictable and its impacts are uncertain, we feel constantly threatened. As a result, we experience much fear, anger, anxiety, and suspicion — because we think we need to. Without this raw energy, how would we protect ourselves and those we…
