Worship

I’m pretty sure I mentioned at some point a little routine I started doing a while back, where I take my fancy little iron Japanese teapot I got from Teavana, put a pinch of black tea in it, fill it with water, and pour it into a teacup to the point of overflowing, while focusing on what I am grateful for.  I got the idea from a Tibetan who did this every day.  Your blessings overflow.

It hit me this morning, while I was thoughtlessly saying something like “God, may you find me a worthy vessel today”, that God is not demanding anything of us.  God does not demand worship.  God does not demand devotion.  These are human activities, demanded by humans.  As an infinite Being, God does not need us.

There is a blending of Theism and Humanism which is salubrious, in my opinion.  Getting rid of the Church is likely a good thing, but this does not imply attacking belief in God, the connection of all life, or the survival of death.  Those are two discrete things.

What I think we should reasonably ask of ourselves is that we consciously try to live lives that are as happy and harmonious as possible, and that we make a daily effort to be more grateful–because gratitude is a key element in happiness and well being–and to be more aware of who we are spiritually.  God does not move, but our awareness does.