5 Words That Lead to God

Andy Murphy
2 min readOct 29, 2024
Photo by Glen Hodson on Unsplash

For a long time, I thought God was an old man in the sky.

If I did good, good things would come.

If I did bad, bad things would come.

This judgemental God evoked fear, shame, and suppression.

The version I came to know later in life inspired love, pride, and authenticity.

The former lived in my mind. The latter lives in my heart.

God shouldn’t be enforced. It should be experienced.

Connecting with the Great Spirit, the Divine, Christ Consciousness, Love, Buddha, or any of the other deities it goes by, is a process that starts within.

There is no almighty God in the sky watching over our every move, ready to reward or punish us.

That is a myth.

The only journey we must make to meet God is the 18 inches it takes to go from the mind to the heart.

“Man minus mind equals God” — Meher Baba

That’s where all the love and heartbreak resides. That’s where all the vulnerability and courage can be found. That’s where all the deepest connections can be made.

That’s how to find God.

Or if God doesn’t resonate with you…

That’s how you find yourself.

“The point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is” – Alan Watts

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