“God is nearer to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and the presence of God.” – Meister Eckhart

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1 John 4:13

This is how we know that we remain in God and God in us, that God has given us his Spirit.

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For many people, the idea that God is in us is a hard concept.

That’s because we have been immersed in the idea that matter and spirit are separate.

We have brains that operate on a binary system that separates this from that.

They put this in the good category and that in the bad.

This process is very either-or.

We obviously need this type of dualistic process to know that walking into the path of traffic is not a good idea!

But in the realm of love, dualism fails.

It takes a non-dual approach, one that is able to hold the supposed bad with the good.

This process is very both-and.

We are BOTH in God, AND not God.

St. Paul put it this way: In God we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28).

When I let go of all my self-centered interests and allow the Spirit’s interests to guide me, I experience the fullness of life.

That can happen right now, at any given moment.

It’s not a doing as much as a non-doing.

It’s an allowing.

It’s what Jesus was talking about when he said if you wished to save your life you would lose it, but if you lose your life you would find it (Matthew 16:25).

A good meditation practice such as Centering Prayer is extremely helpful as a way to practice letting go and letting God.

When engaged in the activities of life, before making snap judgements – take a moment.

Breathe deeply.

Allow a shift from brain to heart.

Ask yourself: What is the Spirit asking me to do?

Since God is love, what is Love asking me to do?

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