B"H

Becoming One With God

We can't actually become absolutely One with God. No matter how
advanced we get in spirituality/morality/wisdom we always find that
God is far beyond what we can grasp even at the highest levels of our
Souls.

I have also written that it is not desirable that we become utterly
nullified in God because if we were to do so then we would only
perpetuate the existing "situation" of God being all alone in Its
exaltedness. In order to do God the *service* of having a creation to
relate to we must suffer the burden of being imperfect, and thus
retaining something of a separate existence, or more correctly, to
retain the illusion of a separate existence. This is a very great
sacrifice on our part and very precious to God. Understand this.

How then do we bridge this dilemma? We become One with God in Its
love for those who struggled for righteousness sake and became as
pure as they could while retaining just the impurities needed to
remain in this world.

When we read the written works of those who became holy and read
about their actions in this world we cannot but help to love them
dearly and wish to become like them. This is more than simple
observation of them, it is actually partaking in their spirit and
participating in the imprint they made in this world. By loving
those who became holy we become One with God's love for them.

Know that it is considered idol worship to actually worship saints,
or to pray to a saints, no matter what their achievement, no matter
how great their stature. Idol worship is forbidden to all the
Children of Adam, not only to "monotheists". All human beings are
commanded to pray only to God the Ineffable. This is true whether you
call That Brahma or The Father, The Great Spirit or any other
designation. One is to pray only to God the Absolute. Every other
form of prayer will cause you spiritual/moral/mental/emotional
damage, even if it appears that it has an immediate positive effect.
In fact, effects that occur as a result of prayer to anything or
anyone other than God the Ineffable always come from a tainted
spiritual source and will always lead you astray.

However, by filling your consciousness with the written works and
stories of the deeds of the holy ones and sages in your various
traditions and by praying to God to help you internalize their
teachings and become a part of what they effected in the created
world you become part of the love of God for them and you will yet
experience God enlivening them eternally, blessing them and praying
for them - these are the meditations of the Divine Mind and the
Divine Heart which bring all existence into being.

With blessings,
Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat