{"id":991,"date":"2014-12-22T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T12:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital-banjara.com\/blog\/?p=991"},"modified":"2015-03-26T15:30:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T10:00:10","slug":"journey-find-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digital-banjara.com\/blog\/journey-find-god\/","title":{"rendered":"My Journey to find God"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reflections on my journey to find God.<\/h2>\n

\u2018Why can\u2019t I find You?\u2019<\/em> I asked of God, in frustration. \u2018I have visited every house of worship, said every prayer, performed every rite to find You. And yet, Your presence eludes me\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n

To my surprise, an apparition of Him floated before my eyes, beckoning me\u2026 urging me\u2026 to embark on a journey to find Him. \u2018Look in the right place, and you shall find Me\u2019 <\/em>He said.<\/p>\n

And so I stepped out\u2026 from my home, my fortress, my comfort zone, to search for His presence.<\/p>\n

I traveled far. I traveled wide. I traveled long.<\/p>\n

I visited the highest peaks, but I did not find Him. \u2018The mountains are beautiful, but not beautiful enough for me to reside in\u2019 <\/em>He said.<\/p>\n

I visited the rivers in every corner of my motherland, but He was still elusive. \u2018The rivers overflow with my love\u2019<\/em>, He said, \u2018carrying hope and subsistence to millions\u2026 and yet they cannot flow fast or wide enough to suffice my presence\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

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My journey to find God<\/p><\/div>\n

I visited the oceans, but He still wasn’t to be found. \u2018The waters of all the oceans in the world are not enough to contain my love.\u2019<\/em> He mentioned.<\/p>\n

I looked up to the skies, searching millions of twinkling celestial bodies for a sign. But there was none. \u2018The light of a million stars cannot match my brilliance\u2019<\/em> He said.<\/p>\n

I visited caves and caverns, but he did not appear. \u2018I am light\u2019, <\/em>He said with a smile \u2018yet you search for me in the dark\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

I looked to the scriptures. But I was only confused further. \u2018The scriptures can only show you the way\u2019<\/em>, He said \u2018it is for you to find the destination, for words cannot describe me\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

Disappointed, dejected, defeated and tired, I headed back home. Sadness overwhelmed me, as I wondered where I should look, to find Him.<\/p>\n

\u2018God is nowhere!\u2019 I exclaimed in despair.<\/p>\n

Almost as an answer to my blasphemy, His apparition was with me again…<\/p>\n

\u2018I am nowhere, yet I am everywhere. I am nothing, yet I am everything. You may spend your life searching high and low, but the only place you will truly find me, is where you will look the least. You may feel I elude you. But are you searching in the right place?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

And that is when it dawned upon me. I was looking for light in darkness. Looking for day in the night. Searching in a dimension, where He did not exist.<\/p>\n

\u2018Look inward\u2019\u00a0<\/em>He continued,\u00a0with a benevolent smile.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018For the reality you live, is an unending illusion\u2026 of needs and wants. Of greed and materialism. Of inconsequential tokens of perceived happiness.<\/em><\/p>\n

Look inward and realize, that I made you in my own image. That I am you. And you are me.<\/em><\/p>\n

Look inward and realize, that the journey you need to make, does not require you to move an inch from where you are presently.<\/em><\/p>\n

For, while you spend your life searching for me in the external, I have been right here all along, arms outstretched, waiting for you to come back home.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

I was enlightened. I was happy. I was complete. I was with Him.<\/p>\n

And then, suddenly, \u2018God is nowhere\u2019, read \u2018God is now, here.\u2019<\/p>\n

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