[Dave]

In the interaction portion of this week, it stated that the creator doesn’t hear our prayers. That bums me out a little bit.  I always imagined having an intimate conversation with God, but in reality, it never really happens like that does it.  I suppose those conversations are so saturated in egoism that it would never really be possible.  In reality, and I kind of suspected this all along, the only single real prayer is an effort made by an individual individual, particularly in the heart, to perceive the creator and implore him to grant the individual confidence in the possibility of attaining spiritual life.

[Dave]

I was at a Christian church this morning and the service was about prayer.  The service went over Jesus in Gethsemane and his prayer that not his will be done but the will of the creator. The whole service was about the creators will be done and not the creation.  It was exactly this message about changing egoism to altruism.  Arguably, the self sacrifice of Jesus brought billions into ‘religion’. And religion is how many start their relationship with the creator.  It did for me, until it wasn’t enough.  I dont feel many inconsistencies in my heart between the two teachings.  Where do the teachings diverge, not on a dogma level, but on a core heart level?

[Dave]

To receive in order to bestow pleasure to the creator.

[Dave]

I feel my egoism and rationality in its death throes.  It makes no sense to me.  But my heart says this is it.  I will continue to highly regard my spiritual development.  To endeavor to fake it until I make it.

[Dave]

We can do nothing.  It is the upper forces working on us that draw us closer.

[Dave]

Thank you, thinking about our physical functions in relation to our rational functions in relation to our spiritual functions helps me perceive the paradox better!

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