Understanding God"Further, I also sense that in Judaism there are many ways in which one can experience God, and when you talk about the term ‘higher consciousness,’ I’m not sure whether that’s God himself, or whether that’s a consequence of your experience with God." "I understand." I agreed with his concerns. "My own personal belief," said Rabbi Stern, "as opposed to any kind of authoritative Jewish position — because there is no such animal and I will talk about that if you want me to — but my own personal belief is that our experience of God does something to us as individuals, and ‘higher consciousness’ might be a way to describe what happens to us. To apprehend, to understand God’s characteristics or qualities, or Her characteristics or qualities, or however you want to describe it, that’s just beyond human ability, as far as I’m concerned. It’s like trying to describe infinity. You know, you can approach it, but you can never comprehend it." "Right," I said. |
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