What Could We Be Getting Right Which God Is Getting Wrong?
We imagine we know better than God, but the Intelligence running our life already knows everything; surrender your shoulds and pray for openness instead.
What could God be messing up? What could God be messing up? And if God is messing up then who can help! [Laughing] What could we be getting wrong (whatever that ‘we’ is) or what could we be getting right which God is getting wrong? [Silence] All our “shoulds” are based on that.
All our?
“Shoulds” [Silence] and should “nots”: this should happen and this should not happen, based on that… like we have access to a greater intelligence than God does. [Pause] So, our prayer then can become (I’m not saying we must not pray), but if we have to pray then let’s pray for openness, let’s pray for acceptance, rather than praying for outcomes.
True. Father, can you talk a bit about the importance of being in the physical presence of the Master.
Whatever makes you open and empty is auspicious. So, if you find that in the physical presence of the Master you are more open and empty, physical presence. If you find that Zoom Satsang makes you open and empty, Zoom satsang. If you close your eyes and experience the Master in your heart and that makes you open and empty… whatever.
Thank you. [Silence]
The Intelligence which needs to know all of this to run your life already knows all of this. What will you do with this information?
Nothing.
There is nothing you can do. Nothing moves, not a blade of grass, they say no without the will of consciousness. Suppose I tell you it is super important to be in the physical presence but life is not moving that way, the Intelligence is not running or if I say, "No, no, it’s not important at all," then all of them sitting here, "Why I have moved cities and come to live here?" [Chuckling] There is no answer like that, there is no answer like that. So, that is again that we give too much importance to our ability to understand. So whichever way life is running, whichever way God is running your life is the most auspicious for you. [Pause] What’s the intervention that God needs to guide God in the right path about your life?
Key Teachings
- Our 'shoulds' and 'should nots' reveal we think we have access to a greater intelligence than God does
- Prayer should be for openness and acceptance rather than specific outcomes - trust the Intelligence that already runs everything
- Whatever makes you open and empty - physical presence, Zoom, or the heart - is the auspicious path; life running as God runs it is most auspicious
From: No Matter What the Content of the Experience May Be, You, Have To Be, First - 23rd July 2021