GOD IS OMNIPRSENT

Omnipresent means:

Present everywhere at the same time.

I grew up between a Catholic family that believed in a Catholic God and a Jewish family that believed in a Jewish God. My mother was the non-believer; she didn't believe in God. She believed in people and their good or bad intentions. She was the black sheep, the revolutionary, the rebel, the contrarian, the inconvenient one.

My paternal grandfather was a rabbi. My father, the firstborn grandson, was raised to follow the family's religious tradition. But when he fell in love with my mother, who was not Jewish, he broke with tradition and shocked the whole family. No one accepted the marriage. But love spoke louder and the marriage was consummated. Two daughters were born to them. They were neither Catholic nor Jewish. They were free like their mother.

They grew up in the freedom of nature and life. In our house, we didn't talk about God, only about human actions. The love between my mother and father was short-lived; after two years, they divorced. This is normal for those who live in the freedom of feeling. Everything changes, like nature. Nothing is static, hermetic, closed, and forever. On this planet, everything is impermanent.

I never chose a religion, but I became a scholar of religions. I understood that it is only rituals and beliefs that drive religious groups. They lead human beings to reconnect with an abstract, invisible external God who lives among us, but not within us, despite being full of human characteristics. Sometimes benevolent and generous, full of love, and other times castrating, repressive, and condemning.

I couldn't understand God with so many flaws like human beings. Even though I had always heard from Catholics that human beings are made in His image and likeness. For Jews, God was above men. Although Jesus was Jewish, he was the rebel of his time, the revolutionary, the inconvenient one. He spoke of love, respect, integrity.

When I felt the call to become a yoga teacher without ever having tried yoga, the first thing that fascinated me was knowing that God is not only outside of us but also inside us. Omnipresent. Everywhere, present in all places at the same time. God is the creative energy of the universe and we are a Divine spark, Divine creators. Creators of our reality.

If we want love, we have to vibrate in Love. Our responsibility is to use Divine creative power for our well-being, joy, and abundance through our thoughts, words, intentions, and feelings.

Our responsibility is to use our gifts and serve society, thus contributing to the harmonious development of the community.

Our responsibility is to take care of ourselves with all our love so that we can live healthy, full of vitality and joy. This is how we thank Divine energy and life, using it wisely.

Our responsibility is to understand that we are pure energy, souls, consciousnesses that are here temporarily to make this planet even more beautiful for future generations.

Our responsibility is to be the pure Light of God vibrating in our hearts. Expand it in all directions, for that is the purpose of all our reincarnations.

God is Omnipresent, he is within Us. Finding him is simple, just be silent and feel the source of love radiate freely, like nature, without limiting beliefs, complicated rituals, tiring doctrines that fill our heads and distance us from our hearts.

Only Love unites us. Only Love is Divine. Only Love can be Omnipresent.

Rita Goldrajch * Hrydaya