Do you want to know the Holy Spirit better? Then it is important for you to understand these words of Jesus: “But when you pray, go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly" (Matthew 6:6)
Do you think that when Jesus said
“go into your inner room
,” He meant that every morning you should get out of bed, go into the closet, move all your belongings aside, close the door and pray there? Of course not.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Excerpts from lectures given by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1944
The glory of God is great. He is real and He can be discovered... On your life's path, silently and confidently, you must come to the conclusion that God is the only object, the only goal that can satisfy you, for in God himself lies the answer to all the longings of your heart.
Paramahamsa Yogananda
Communion with God is an established fact. In India I saw saints during their conversation with the Heavenly Father. And everyone can also communicate with Him, not a one-way conversation, but a conversation when you talk to God and He answers. Surely everyone can talk to the Lord. However, the question being discussed today is: How can we convince Him to answer us?
Why should we doubt? The sacred scriptures of the world are replete with descriptions of God's communications with man. One of the most beautiful such cases is described in the Bible: “...The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night, and God said: ask what to give you. And Solomon said: ...Give Thy servant a heart of understanding... And God said to him: because you asked for this, and did not ask for yourself a long life, did not ask for yourself wealth, did not ask for the souls of your enemies, but asked for understanding for yourself, so that be able to judge, Behold, I will do according to your word. Behold, I give you a heart that is wise and understanding... And that which you did not ask I give you, both riches and glory...” (1 Kings 3.5-13.)
David also talked with the Almighty many times and even discussed secular affairs with Him: “And David asked God, saying: Shall I go against the Philistines, and will you deliver them into my hands? And the Lord said to him: Go, and I will give them into your hand” (1 Chronicles 14.10.)
God is driven only by love
The average person prays to God only with his mind, and not with all the fervor of his heart. Such pleas are too weak to receive any response. We should talk to the Divine Spirit with confidence and a sense of closeness, like with a father or mother. Our relationship with God should be one of unconditional love. More than in any other relationship we can rightly and naturally demand a response from the Spirit in His aspect as the Divine Mother. God is forced to respond to such a call, for the essence of a mother is the love and forgiveness of her child, no matter how big a sinner he may be. The relationship between mother and child is the most beautiful form of human love given to us by the Almighty.
Such a perception of God (in the aspect of the Divine Mother) is necessary, otherwise the convert will not receive a clear answer. And the demand for an answer from the Almighty must be very strong; It is not enough to be a half-believer. If you have decided, “He is going to talk to me”; if you believe this way, no matter how many years He has not answered you, if you trust Him, one day He will respond.
In Autobiography of a Yogi
I have described some of the many times I have had conversations with God. The first experience of hearing the Divine Voice was in childhood. One morning, sitting on my bed, I concentrated deeply.
“What lies behind the darkness of closed eyes?” - this question completely took over my mind. Suddenly, a powerful flash of light appeared in my mind’s eye. Divine images of saints meditating in mountain caves formed like miniature movie frames on a large shining screen inside my forehead.
- Who you are? - I asked out loud.
— We are Himalayan yogis. “It’s hard to describe the heavenly answer, my heart trembled. The vision disappeared, but the silvery rays diverged into circles expanding to infinity.
-What is this wonderful glow? - I asked.
- I am Ishvara. I am the Light. - The voice was like thunder.
My mother and older sister Roma were nearby and also heard this Divine Voice. I felt such bliss from God’s answer that then and there I decided to seek Him until I became one with Him.
Most people think that behind closed eyes there is only darkness. But as you develop spiritually and concentrate on the “single” eye in the center of the forehead, you find that your inner vision is open. You will see another world, full of light and magnificent beauty. A vision of the saints, similar to my contemplation of the Himalayan yogis, will be revealed to you. If your concentration goes even deeper, you will also hear the Voice of God.
Time and time again the scriptures tell us of the Almighty's promise to contact us. “And you will seek Me and find Me, if you seek Me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29.13.); “...The Lord is with you when you are with Him; and if you seek Him, He will be found by you; if you forsake Him, He will forsake you” (2 Chronicles 15.2.); “Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me” (Revelation 3:20).
If you can “break bread” with the Almighty at least once, break His silence, He will often talk to you. But in the beginning it is very difficult. The reason it's difficult to get to know God is because He wants to make sure you're truly committed to getting to know Him. He tests to see whether the devotee really thirsts for Him, or for something else. He will not talk to you until you convince Him that there is no other desire hidden in your heart. Why will He open up to you if your heart longs for His gifts?
Love is the only thing a person can give to God
Everything created was created to test man. By our behavior in this world we demonstrate the presence of a desire for the Most High or His blessings. God will not say that you should desire Him above all else, for He wants the voluntary gift of love for Him, without seeking gain. This is the whole secret of the design of the creation of our world. He who created us longs for our love. He wants us to give it away voluntarily, without reason, and not when He asks us to. The love of each of us is the only thing that God does not have until we deign to give it to Him. So you see that even the Almighty has something that He wants to achieve - our love. And we will never be happy until we give it. As long as we, wayward children, pygmies, crawling around this globe, cry out with tears for His benefits, while ignoring Him, the Giver, our many misfortunes will be inevitable.
Since God is the essence of our being, we are unable to truly express ourselves until we find His presence within ourselves. This is true. Because we are divine and part of Him, nothing material can provide us with lasting pleasure. “He who does not give shelter to Me will never receive shelter” (Francis Thompson, Messengers of Heaven). Until you have joy in God, you will not have joy in anything else.
Is God an individual or not?
A little discussion of this matter will help in your attempts to contact Him. Many people do not like to think of God as a person, considering the anthropomorphic concept to be limited. They regard Him as the Impersonal Spirit, as the Omnipotence, the Intellectual Will, responsible for the given Universe.
But if our Creator is faceless, how could it happen that He created man? We are individuals with individuality. We think, we feel, we desire, and God has given us the ability not only to evaluate the thoughts and feelings of others, but also to respond to them. Naturally, the Almighty is not deprived of the same, inspiring his own creations. If we allow this, our Supreme Father can and will establish a personal relationship with each of us.
Considering the impersonal aspect of God, the idea of Distant Existence arises. Someone who only receives the thoughts of those praying, leaving them unanswered, Someone who, knowing everything, still maintains a heartless silence. But this is a philosophical mistake, for God is everything - both in personal and impersonal aspects. He created personality, human existence, and cannot but have a personal aspect.
The mere thought of the possibility that God can take human form and come and speak to us already fills our hearts with joy. Why doesn't He do this for everyone? Many saints heard the voice of God. Why can't you hear Him? “You, O Lord, are invisible, faceless, unknown, incomprehensible, and yet I believe that my boundless devotion can coax You into taking some form.” If you pray sincerely enough, your devotion may persuade God to take on the form of a person. You, like St. Francis of Assia and other saints, can see the living Christ. Jesus was the form in which God appeared before people. He who knows Brahma (God) is Brahma himself. Didn’t Christ say: “I and the Father are one”? (John 10.30.) Swami Shankara also declared “I am the Spirit”, and “Thou art That?” We have the testimony of many great prophets that all men are created in the image of God.
I received much more knowledge from God than from books. I have read little and am telling you what I have directly learned. That is why I speak with authority, for it is the authority of direct perception of the Truth. The opinion of the whole world may try to resist it, but the authority of direct knowledge will ultimately always be accepted.
The Meaning of “Image of God”
In the Bible we read: “...For man was created in the image of God (Genesis 9.6.).” No one has yet fully explained how man reveals the image of God. God is Spirit, and man, by essence of his nature, is also Spirit. This is the original meaning of the biblical episode, but there are many other valid interpretations of this idea.
The entire human body, consciousness and movement in it, is a microcosmic likeness of God. Consciousness is omnipresent and omniscient. You might instantly think you're on the North Star or Mars. Mentally there is no gap between you and anything. Thanks to the presence of consciousness, we can say that we are created in the likeness of God.
Consciousness knows about itself, it intuitively feels itself. God recognizes Himself in every atom of creation through His own cosmic consciousness. “Are not two small birds sold for an assarium? And not one of them will fall to the ground without the will of your Father (Matthew 10.29.) ”.
Man also has cosmic consciousness from birth, although few people develop its power. In addition, man has a will, through which he, like the Creator, is able to instantly create worlds. However, few develop this strength of this will. Animals cannot reason, but humans can. All the qualities that God has - consciousness, reason, will, feelings, love - are also found in man. Thus, we can say that man is truly created in the likeness of God.
The physical body is not matter, but is energy
The energy available in our body is greater than what is needed to control physical processes. The cosmic energy by which the universes are supported also vibrates in our bodies, but this energy is one of the aspects of God. Therefore, we are created in His image even from a physical point of view.
What is this energy contained in our body? The physical body is made up of molecules, molecules are made up of atoms, atoms are made up of electrons, and electrons are made up of life force or “lifetrons”—countless billions of particles of energy. With the spiritual eye, you can see your body as a mass of sparkling particles of light - energy emanating from the twenty-seven thousand billion cells of the body. It is only through illusion that you see your body as solid flesh. In reality it is not matter, but energy.
Due to the prejudice that a person consists of flesh and blood, you sometimes consider yourself weak. If you noticed the Divine consciousness in the body, you would understand that the flesh is nothing more than the physical manifestation of the five vibratory elements - earth, water, fire, air and ether.
Five universal elements that make up the human body
The entire universe is the body of God and is created from the same five elements as the human body. The star-shaped body is an image of these five elements. The head, two arms and two legs make up the five points of this star. From this point of view, we are also created in the likeness of God.
The five fingers also represent a combination of the five elements of Cosmic Intelligent Vibration, which contains the structures of the universe. The thumb represents the vibration of the fattest element - the earth, hence its thickness. The index finger represents the element of water, the middle finger represents the swift element of fire, so it is the longest, the ring finger represents air, and the little finger represents ether, which is why it is thinner than other fingers.
Rubbing each finger revives its corresponding power. Hence, rubbing the middle finger (Representative of the element of fire) and the navel (Opposite the lumbar or “fiery” center of the back, responsible for the digestion and assimilation of food) helps overcome indigestion.
God manifests movement in creation. Due to the desire to move, a person has developed legs; the toes are the materialization of the same five elements of energy.
The eyes reflect God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in the pupil, iris and albumen. By concentrating on the spiritual eye, the vision of the physical eyes reflects its unified light, causing the spiritual eye to see. This single eye is the “eye of God”. We have developed two eyes in accordance with the law of relativity that prevails in our dualistic universe. Jesus said: “The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, if your eye is clean, your whole body will be bright” (Matthew 6.22). If we look with this inner eye - the single divine eye - then we will comprehend that everything created is created from a single substance - His light.
Some with God, some with Divine power
Ultimately, man is omnipotent. When your consciousness is united with the Divine, you can change anything you want. If necessary, auto parts can be replaced with others, but it is much more difficult to achieve the same with the physical body. The basis that controls all cells is the mind.
A person who has completely mastered his mind can rearrange or replace both cells and body parts at will. For example, he could, just by thinking, force the atoms of the body to transform so that a complete new set of teeth appeared. When one is advanced spiritually, he is able to exercise complete control over matter.
The Lord is the Spirit - invisible and faceless. But having created the physical world, He became God the Father, and by accepting the role of creator, He manifested Himself as a person. He became visible: this entire universe is the body of God.
In the form of earth, He has positively and negatively charged sides - north and south poles. The stars are His eyes, the grass and trees are His hair, the rivers are His blood vessels. The roar of the ocean, the song of the lark, the cry of a newborn and all the other sounds of creation, this is His voice. This is God personified. The beating of all hearts is the pulsation of His cosmic energy. He manifests Himself in the walking of twenty-six hundred million pairs of legs, in the work of all hands. The One Divine Consciousness manifests itself in the activity of the brain of every person.
By virtue of the Divine law of attraction and repulsion, the cells of the human body are harmoniously connected in the same way that the stars maintain their orbits. The omnipresent Lord is always active; There is no place where life is not manifested in one form or another. With infinite extravagance, God continually creates protein forms, which are the inexhaustible expression of His cosmic energy.
When the Divine Spirit created, He had a specific idea or image. First He created the entire universe and then He created man. By creating a physical body from the solar systems for Himself, God manifested three aspects: cosmic consciousness, cosmic energy and cosmic mass or matter.
These three aspects refer respectively to the causal or causal, astral or energetic and physical body of a person. The Soul or Life behind it is Spirit.
Macrocosmically, Spirit manifests as cosmic consciousness, cosmic energy and the body of the universe; microcosmically as human consciousness, human energy and human body. And again we see that man is truly created in the image of God.
God “talks” through vibrations
God, nevertheless, appears to us in physical form. He is even more personalized than you can imagine. He is valid and real, just like you. This is what I want to tell you about today. The Lord always answers us. The vibrations of His thoughts are sent constantly; This requires energy, which manifests itself in sound. Here lies the most important point. God is both consciousness and energy. The word “conversation” suggests the presence of vibration. In the vibration of His cosmic energy He speaks incessantly. He became the Mother of creation, materializing Herself in solids, liquids, fire, air and ether.
The Invisible Mother constantly manifests Herself in visible forms: in flowers, mountains, seas and stars. What is matter? Nothing other than a special form of vibration of the cosmic energy of God. In reality, no form in the universe is solid. What appears to us to be so is actually a powerful or local vibration of His energy. God speaks to us through vibrations. But the question is, how do we come into direct contact with Him? This is the most difficult event of all - talking to God.
If you talk to a mountain, it won't answer you. Talk to flowers as Luther Burbank did, and you will feel a faint response. And of course we can talk to other people. However, is God really less responsive than flowers and people? Does He allow us to talk to Him without giving an answer? It seems exactly like that, doesn't it? But the problem is not with Him, but with us. Our intuitive telephony is broken. God calls us and talks to us, but we don't hear Him.
In the original at this place there is a photograph of Kaliyana-Kalpataru from the Jagannah temple.
Divine Mother
God in the aspect of the Divine Mother is depicted in Indian art as a woman with four arms. One hand is raised, in the manner of a universal blessing, in the other three hands are: prayer beads, symbolizing devotion; holy scriptures symbolizing teachings and wisdom; and a painted jug symbolizing wealth.
Cosmic vibrations “speak” all languages
However, the saints hear Him. Whenever a teacher I know prays, it feels as if the voice of God is descending from heaven. God doesn't need a throat to speak. If the prayer is diligent enough, then these vibrations immediately bring an answer also in the form of vibrations. This happens in the language you are familiar with. If you pray in German, then you will hear the answer in German, if you speak English, then you will receive the answer in English.
The vibrations of various languages originate in cosmic vibration. Being a cosmic vibration, God knows all languages. What is speech in a given language? It's a certain vibration. What is vibration? This is a certain energy. What is energy? This is a definite thought.
Although God hears all prayers, He does not always answer them. This is similar to the fact that a child calls his mother, but she does not consider it necessary to approach him. Instead, she sends him a toy to calm him down. But when a child refuses anything other than the presence of his mother, she definitely comes. If you want to know God, you must be like restless children, screaming until the mother comes.
If you decide not to stop turning to Her, the Divine Mother will speak to you. No matter how busy She is with creative housework, if the prayers are persistent, She will certainly speak to you. The sacred scriptures of India tell us that if a person praying zealously and devotedly turns to God all night and all day, without a moment's break, He will respond. But how few will do this! Every day you have “important things to do” - the same “devil” that leads us away from God. The Lord will not come if you say a little prayer and then start thinking about something else; or if you pray something like this: “Father, I turn to You, but I’m terribly sleepy. Amen". Saint Paul said: “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5.17.).
Patient Job had long conversations with God. Job said to Him: “Listen, I cried, and I will speak, and what I will ask You, explain to me. I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear; now my eyes see You” (Job 42.4-5.).
When a lover expresses devotion mechanically, the beloved knows that his words are not sincere, she “hears” what is filled with his heart. Similarly, when a person prays to God, He knows whether his heart and mind are full of devotion or whether his thoughts are wandering uncontrollably. He will not respond to half-hearted requests. But He will undoubtedly come to those devotees who humbly pray and cry out to Him day and night.
Don't be satisfied with less than the most
Don't waste your time looking for something insignificant. Naturally, it is easier to receive other gifts of God than the highest gift - Himself. But don't be satisfied with less than the most. I am not interested in the gifts of God except when I see Him, the Giver, behind them. Why do all my wishes materialize? Yes, because I go deeper, I go straight to God. In every aspect of creation I see Him. He is our Father; He is closer than the closest, dearer than the dearest, more real than anyone. He is simultaneously knowable and unknowable.
God is calling to you. He wants you to return to Him. It's your birthright. One day you will have to leave this earth, because this place is not permanent for you. Earthly life is a school to which He sent us to see how we would behave, that’s all. And before He reveals Himself, God wants to know whether you want earthly, ostentatious glory or whether you have enough wisdom to say:
“Lord, I'm done with all this. I want to communicate only with You. I know that You are all that I truly have. You will be with me even when everyone leaves me.”
People seek happiness in marriage, money, wine and so on, but such people are toys in the hands of fate. Once this is understood, our search for the true purpose of life turns to God.
We must claim the lost Divine inheritance. The less selfish a person is, the more he tries to make others happy, the more likely he is to think about God. And the more a person thinks about worldly goals and human desires, the further the happiness of his soul moves away. We were not placed on earth to crawl in the mud of feelings and shrink from suffering at every step. Everything worldly is sin, for it suppresses the bliss of the soul. The greatest happiness comes from immersing the mind in thoughts of God.
Why delay happiness?
Why don't you think ahead about why something meaningless seems so important? Most people concentrate on breakfast, lunch, work, social activities and so on. Make your life simpler and think only about the Lord. The earth is the place where preparations are made for returning to Godhead. He wants to see if we love Him more than His gifts. He is the Father and we are all His children. He has a right to our love for Him, and we have a right to His love for us. Our difficulties arise because we neglect Him. And yet, He is always waiting.
I really wish He would put a little more intelligence into each of us. We have the freedom to reject God or accept Him. Here we, like alms, beg for a little money, a little happiness, a little love. Why ask for something that may one day be taken away? How long will you moan about money, health and difficulties? Catch immortality and the kingdom of God! This is what you really want.
Reaching the Divine Realm is at stake
The saints point out the need for the absence of attachments, however, one, even a strong material attachment cannot prevent the complete achievement of the kingdom of God. Self-denial does not mean giving up everything completely, it means giving up small pleasures in the name of eternal happiness. God speaks to you when you work for Him, and you should constantly talk to Him. Tell Him everything that comes to mind. Tell Him, “God, reveal Yourself, reveal Yourself,” don’t take silence for an answer. In the beginning He will answer you by sending you something you desired, showing that you are in the sphere of His attention. But don't be content with His gifts. Let Him know that you will never be satisfied until He appears. Eventually He will answer you. A saint may appear in a vision or you may hear the Divine Voice. This will lead you to understand that contact with God has been established.
Only unceasing zeal can convince Him of the need to give Himself to you. Nobody can teach you this zeal. You yourself must develop it. “You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink.” However, when a horse is thirsty, it will diligently seek water. So, when you have a great thirst for the Divine, when you do not attach importance to anything else - the difficulties of the world or the difficulties of the body - then He will come. Remember, He comes when the call of your heart becomes ardent, when no excuses will satisfy you.
You must remove from your mind any doubt that God will answer you. Most people don't get an answer because they don't believe. If you are absolutely confident that you will achieve something, nothing will stop you. This will happen when you refused to sign a verdict against yourself. A lucky person does not know the word “impossible.”
Faith is the limitless power of God within you. Through His consciousness, God knows that He is the creator of everything. Thus, faith means knowing that we are created in the likeness of God. When a person is in harmony with His consciousness within him, he can create worlds. Remember that in your desire lies the omnipotent power of God. When many difficulties come and you refuse to give in despite them, when your mind becomes “still,” then you can find God who will answer you.
Being a cosmic vibration, God is the Word. God as the Word sounds in all atoms. There is music in the universe, emanating from it and heard by those praying in deep meditation. Now, at this moment, I hear His Voice. Cosmic sound (Aum, Om - conscious, intelligent cosmic vibrations or the Holy Spirit.), heard in meditation, is the voice of God. This sound is converted into a language you can understand. Listening to the sound of Aum
, periodically I ask God to tell me something.
Aum
sound is converted into English or Bengali and gives me precise instructions.
In addition, God speaks to man through his intuition. If you have learned to hear the Cosmic Vibration (Through certain ancient techniques), it will be easier for you to hear His voice. But even if you pray to God through the cosmic ether, if your will is strong enough, the ether will respond with His voice. He talks all the time, saying:
“Call to Me, speak to Me from the depths of your heart, from the essence of your being, from the very depths of your soul, persistently, sublimely, decisively, with the firm intention to continue searching for Me in your heart, no matter how many times I remain silent. If you constantly whisper in your heart, turning to Me: “Oh, my silent Beloved, speak to me,” I will come to you, My devotee.”
If even once you receive such an answer, you will never again feel separated from Him. The divine experience will always remain with you. But this “one day” is the most difficult thing, because because of our material prejudices, the heart and mind are not sure and doubts creep in.
God answers the whispers of the hearts of true worshipers
God will answer any person regardless of caste, creed and color. There is a saying in Bengal: “If you turn the call of the soul to God as the Universal Mother, She cannot remain silent. She will definitely talk.” It's wonderful, isn't it?
Think about all that came to me today and what I told you about. And never doubt again that God will answer you if the persistence of your requests is constant.
“And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as one speaks to his friend...” (Exodus 33.11.)
INTERIOR ROOM
The Greek word tameion
, “room,” has undergone interesting changes over time.
At first it described a secret place where a person could hide his most valuable things
.
Then it began to describe a safe, secure place where one could put money or treasure
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It describes a place that is so secure that no one can break in and steal these valuables. But during the writing of the New Testament, the word tameion
took on a new meaning.
So, at first it meant a secret place where people hid their treasures. Then - a safe, reliable place, and finally it acquired meaning - the bedroom
. The bedroom is a secluded place intended for intimate communication between husband and wife, and the word tameion most likely describes this place. The spouses spend intimate moments in the bedroom. They do not allow anyone into this area of their relationships, including their children.
This verse can be translated as follows:
“When you get ready to pray, go into your bedroom, close the door behind you so that no one disturbs your privacy, and then pray...”
The word
tameion
reveals the idea of intimacy with God in prayer. Jesus says here symbolically: “Your relationship with God should be as intimate, tender, intimate, as the relationship between a husband and wife when they go into the bedroom and close the door behind them in order to privately reveal to each other what is on their minds.” heart. Therefore, find a secluded place where in prayer you can open your heart to God and pour out your soul to Him.”
Jesus speaks of prayer as something so precious and so personal that it should take place in the bedroom behind a closed door. This, of course, does not literally mean that you should only pray in the bedroom. The image of a bedroom is used to convey the idea of a secluded, secluded place where you can be alone with the Lord.
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FREE TIME
You may say, “Yes, I know I should be communicating with the Lord, but I am so busy that it is very difficult for me to find free time for this
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But you have time for something important to you! And if you really want to be with the Lord, you will find time for this. Don't you find time to read the newspaper? Do you watch morning and evening newscasts? Do you find time to watch TV, go to the theater or cinema? Do you find time to relax? You can always find time for what you consider important to you.
Jesus is the Door
The only gate that leads us to God is Jesus. When it comes to dreams, visions, prophetic ministry, miracles and other supernatural phenomena, we can only find true security in Jesus. When we build on our relationship with Him, our focus is on Him and our spiritual activities lead us into an even deeper relationship with Him.
God speaks
The God we serve is the God who speaks. He calls Himself the Word, so it is natural to conclude that the Lord loves to communicate. God is not looking for robots or slaves for Himself, He is looking for friends for Himself (John 15:15).
Give in and change
When God begins to take part in our lives, He does not leave us unchanged. His supernatural work is designed to make us like Jesus. When we hear God's voice, the appropriate response to it will be our submission to His will and changes, in which our lives will be put in order and will become consistent with His revelations.
Again, we work not as slaves forced to obey, but as friends who care for God's heart and realize that the Lord is the Expert in life's matters. His instructions on how we should live are always much better than ours, so we should obey them.
Here are the most common ways in which the Lord draws us closer to Himself. You may be surprised, but dreams can also be counted here.
Something about dreams
It was after those meetings with D.P. Jackson that my journey began. I began to study the topic of dreams. Almost twenty years have passed since then, but I realize that I am still far from deeply understanding what God communicates to us through the world of dreams.
I studied dreams and visions, practiced interpreting them, and listened to people's feedback. I asked them: “Does this interpretation make sense to you? Is it right for you? Then I began to write down my dreams and seek understanding of them. Now my whole life is accompanied by dreams: I receive them, interpret them, with their help the Lord guides me, and I teach other people on this topic.
But the most important thing in my understanding is the following:
When it comes to studying dreams, we should not look directly at the dream because it in itself is not the answer, but only indicates our relationship with God. Dreams point us to God and help us see Him more clearly. We study dreams in order to better know the heart of the Father.
