Relationship with God"And would you call this carrying out of God’s demands a relationship with God? Would that be a fair term for this?" I wondered. "That’s a very popular kind of term," he said. "But do you like it?" "I like it, yes," he said, "except in my own philosophy or experience. I feel that God is a constant. So, my relationship with God is more up to me than it is up to God. God’s always there. I have to make my effort. I have to open myself and become, somehow, conscious. A rabbinic legend illustrates this. "The story is told that the day Moses experienced the burning bush he was not alone on the mountaintop. There were other shepherds herding their flocks in the same area and the bush was burning. Any one of them that turned and looked would have had the same experience of God. But they didn’t turn and look. Moses was the only one who was open to that experience. And the conclusion is that the burning bush is burning still." He smiled. |
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