Does God come to me or shall I knock on his door?

[Sufi25]

Deep down I know that I am the Absolute, that I am God, the One and Only Being. I haven't awoken to God-Consciousness, but my intuition is pointing me to it.

To reach God, to fully realize yourself as God, you have to put yourself on the way, put in all the effort, all the spiritual work, to finally reach HIM one day. So its a very active path on the one hand.

 

But isn't reality also designed in a way, that God gives you signs, bread crumbs, clues, hints, to point to this Truth? You just have to see these hints. And these bread crumbs are like glitches in a otherwise perfectly constructed dream. You could say that God put these on purpose into his Dream, so that it isn't impossible for the Dreamer, Me, to see Him one day, to make the way easier in a way. 

These bread crumbs, which are put here can be suffering, beauty, art, love, psychedelics, Actualized.org etc.

 

So am I getting it right, that reality is designed in such a way that I have to put effort and also God puts effort for me realizing myself as Him one day?

 

The Quran also says: And whoever comes to Me walking, I will go to him running.

 

or Allah says: “Take one step towards me, I will take ten steps towards you. Walk towards me, I will run towards you.” Hadith Qudsi.

Edited June 3, 2024 by Sufi25

[LambdaDelta]

I believe so, if you feel authentically called to this spiritual path, you oughta walk it with your best effort. The reason nobody is awake is that it's hard. 
"God helps those who help themselves", "Man proposes, God disposes", etc.

But, there's also "Whichever way you turn, there's the face of God", so while you may pursue God, don't forget he's already always here.

[Keryo Koffa]

God gives you autonomy like a good parent. You are also a part of God still unaware of the greater being

There are many things that connect you but also separate and distract you, yet it is all parts of God you see

What limits you from seeing god are limitations, fear and unconscious beliefs, but also a lack of perception

You create your reality and shape your unconscious beliefs, you can only progress through authenticity

Do what feels right in your heart, you may not see god but he might speak through you and show himself through signs and the world

[Atb210201]

You are precisely right my friend

It is true

The Quran sayings are definitely true

The Bible also says pray to me and I shall give you what you want the doors shall open for the one who knocks

And I see you are into sufism so here's another example from a sufi master (Hafiz) who also has this poem

Although You won't be given connection to him through effort

But O heart try and do efforts as much as you can

God comes to you but only if you first have this want for him to come to you or you could say He opens the door for you but only if you knock on it

This is also the first Vadi in Attar's seven Vadis of love "Wanting God"

Without the first want and desire for God you can't go onto the path

So you're right just keep knocking on God's door and the door shall be open to you one day

Edited June 3, 2024 by Atb210201

[Ishanga]

All the Potential and Possibility to live Your Life to its Hightest Possibility, God Realization, Enlightenment, Moksha, Nirvana, etc,, is already within You, its a matter of Awareness, but we are born with Karma in play, lots of conditioning and still more conditioning going on daily and You are identified very strongly with it, because You believe You are this Body and Mind, both of which are accumulations, so You have to strive to Realize what You really are, just like You strived to learn ABC, 123 and to form sentences and make paragraphs, now it is very natural for You to do all these things, because You strived for it earlier in life, its the same situation here, You have to Strive to go beyond Survival Instinct and Intellectual Identification...

[Sigrun]

58 minutes ago, Sufi25 said:

To reach God, to fully realize yourself as God, you have to put yourself on the way, put in all the effort, all the spiritual work, to finally reach HIM one day. So its a very active path on the one hand.

That is one path.

58 minutes ago, Sufi25 said:

But isn't reality also designed in a way, that God gives you signs, bread crumbs, clues, hints, to point to this Truth? You just have to see these hints. And these bread crumbs are like glitches in a otherwise perfectly constructed dream. You could say that God put these on purpose into his Dream, so that it isn't impossible for the Dreamer, Me, to see Him one day, to make the way easier in a way. 

Well, that's what happened to me at least. Is he hinting at you? If so, are you writing them down, if not, why not?

 

[Breakingthewall]

You have to destroy the gates of heaven and rape God. He will say : you can't get in. And you will answer: I'm getting in. 

Edited June 3, 2024 by Breakingthewall

[Atb210201]

1 hour ago, Breakingthewall said:

You have to destroy the gates of heaven and rape God. He will say : you can't get in. And you will answer: I'm getting in. 

And God won't let you to get in until he asks who are you wanting to get in and you answer I'm you there is no me it's just you

As Rumi once also said Two I's won't fit in one house

Edited June 3, 2024 by Atb210201

[Breakingthewall]

50 minutes ago, Atb210201 said:

And God won't let you to get in until he asks who are you wanting to get in and you answer I'm you there is no me it's just you

As Rumi once also said Two I's won't fit in one house

Exactly, the door you must destroy is you

[Atb210201]

10 minutes ago, Breakingthewall said:

Exactly, the door you must destroy is you

[Davino]

3 hours ago, Breakingthewall said:

You have to destroy the gates of heaven and rape God. He will say : you can't get in. And you will answer: I'm getting in. 

ahahahhahah, that caught me so unprepared

be careful about raping God, you may end up fucking yourself in the ass for infinity!

That's the ultimate mind fuck

[Yimpa]

Don’t forget that the door is also God.

And make sure you ain’t knockin’ on a crocodile door 

[Someone here]

What if there is zero distance between you and God. 

[What Am I]

I think the phrase "God meets you halfway" is a powerful one. It's a compromise between the attitude that everything is already God, so no need to do anything, and the opposite attitude that you must pursue awakening like a person would pursue water with their hair on fire.

Edited June 4, 2024 by What Am I