Do you ask God for help sometimes

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When I used to go to the retreat center one of the meditations is to visualize yourself as one of the deities(the deities are not "real"but symbolic),so asked a monk if the deity is me,isn't that like praying to yourself?He said yes.
So when I pray,I just ask that others have a nice bed,like me,that they have food and clothes,etc.I don't ask for anything for myself, except that I be a better person.

I'm not saying this to insult Christians - believe me, I was one of you for a loooooong time. But do you never think it might be possible that if there is a god, he's really cool and not like your typical insecure bullying boss, which is what the Judeo/Christian God is like? Maybe the god doesn't need everyone to be on their knees and pandering to him all the time and thanking him for stuff he may or may not have had anything to do with. Maybe this god, if it exists appreciates people who look at the world around them and see what IS without being mired in a book that was written so long ago. Don't get me wrong, I love the Bible as literature and as a history of humanity and even as inspiration, but still there's a whole big beautiful world out there. Maybe if this God exists it actually appreciates people who look around at what it created and see how things work and have enough spunk to wonder if it does exist - it's not hiding itself for nothing, if it does exist. Just saying.

I liked what dr. eben alexander said about god in his book, "proof of heaven."

That's pretty inclusive. But doesn't everyone always think they're following the golden rule?

God isn't so much about people and how they interact with each other. God is about your psyche and how you deal with your life, your inner self. It's got nothing to do with others. It's very personal, between you and God. No one else. No one has any business sticking their nose in between you and your God. It's that one sacred relationship humans can never spoil that's what's so extraordinary otherwise go be with people. God relationships are pure and untainted and can take you to that sacred place, In fact, they are sacred.

People will react to how you treat them, you can learn from that, You do not need God to tell you what you can experience and observe.

I think if God exists, I can imagine it saying,

'STFU human. Get through that job application/asking someone out/exam/surgical operation yourself. I've got important deity s**t to do. Besides, I already gave you the tools to do this stuff yourself, loser. We normally hate each other anyway, what makes you come to me just because you need something?'

Me: 'Okay, fuckface - you Supreme Fascist. I'll do this s**t myself and feel proud even if I fail. w*ker. Go and not prevent another supervirus. You're more incompetent than a blind film-maker, or even more useless than the Department of Social Security.'

Yup, when I'm losing perspective, or hesitating to do something that needs to be done, it always helps for me to have a quick "conversation" with God.

It's basically just a conversation with myself, but with the added bonus that it feels like I am receiving "orders from above". This is useful, because it makes the situation seem much simpler to deal with. I just have to follow God's instructions, there's no need to overthink it and get stuck!

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