I feel like God has become more and more privatized. We are more concerned with what happens behind closed doors. The inner life. We ask people about their "spiritual life" as if it is something separate from the rest of their life. It seems as if the real self is the inner self. It isn't want you do but what you believe.
Recently I have really taken on this idea of God in present. Finding God in the very act of love. Not in what I know about Him but in the way He is manifest through daily actions. Seeking God in this manner has blurred the lines between spiritual and everyday life.
Who we are drives what we do. To say we believe one thing but we act in a different way is a lie. What we do is what we believe. We do things that contradict our stated beliefs, and then claim we need to get our actions in line with our beliefs. The truth is at some level our inner being believes it is ok to live in contradictions, and our outer being reflects that through our actions. To hold the inner and outer selves as separate is to maintain the delusion between our perceived and actual selves.
Our inner self is our outer self. Actions are our beliefs. If you believe God is Love you will find Him in the very act of doing so. The lines from our journals, songs, and words become a reflection of the actions of lives, not the other way around.
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