Question:
For as long as I can remember, I have always desired to know God. I believe that all of us are born with this desire within us. Where does this desire come from and why is it there? Is there a way to really know God or is that a special privilege only highly spiritual beings are allowed to have. I have searched my whole life, and I can't ever seem to find any logical explanations about God and how to know God. Can you please explain what God is to me like I'm five years old and also how I can know God. Thanks.
Answer:
The answer lies within the mistaken thought/belief that you don't know God.
We humans like to pretend we don't know someone when we feel hurt in some way. If your spouse of 30 years cheats on you, you may find yourself saying "I don't even know that person". It is humans' way of coping with the situation. The truth is you still know this person, they are the same person they have been for the last 30 years. This part of them was always within them waiting to come out, you just weren't aware of it until it manifested into the physical realm. What you really mean is "I don't know this action from this person who I know". We associate the action with the person and we belief we no longer know them. In truth you will know that person the rest of your physical life.
Now think of a person that you know, but this time think of a person who you feel comfortable with. Someone you feel safe with or someone that you Love. If you don't have any humans in jour life, think of a pet, or a keepsake. Take a couple minutes to really focus on knowing them. When you think of knowing them, you don't need a description, you don't need words or names, and you don't need pictures. You don't need to utilize any of your senses in order to know this person. If someone were to ask you to describe how exactly is it that you know them, you find that there isn't really an answer, you just know them.
That is the exact same way you know God. Humans know God, humans are part of God. It is an impossibility that we could ever not know God. The "fall of human" was the false belief that we don't know God. Have you ever found yourself angry at God? Have you ever found yourself wishing you had never heard of God? Have you felt hurt or abandoned by God? Have you tried to forget God but find it impossible and therefor you seek out God as a means of dealing with the pain of believing you are separate from that which you cannot be?
No one can learn how to know God, for that is an impossibility. One cannot learn to know what one already knows. How do you know that you know God? That desire of wanting to know God is the pull of God's Love pulling you back into God's warm embrace. If you didn't already know God that desire could never be there. How could you ever possibly desire something in which you have never known or have no knowledge of? It is the fact that you desire God that proves that you already know God.
As to what God is exactly, differs between every individual. God appears different to all that look upon God. You need do nothing in order to find out what God is, for the day comes for all of us when we will remember what we forgot. Next time you feel like you don't know God or you find yourself pondering what or who God is, simply become aware and stop doing it. Instead say to yourself
I know God. I know God in the same way I know all the beings in my life. I know God better than I know myself. I have no reason to seek that which I already know. I know God. There has never been a time when I have not known God. I know God.
If you want to know God, say these words until you believe them with every fiber of your being, for it is the truth. As soon as your memory of your knowledge of God reappears to you, you will just know that you know God. You will know who or what God to you as God appears to you. You will know God in the same way you know the beings who surround you. The difference between the knowledge we have of God and the knowledge of those within our lives is vastly different. Humans hide parts of themselves from other humans so no human can truly ever know another human. God knows all, God knows every thought you have ever had, and God knows everything you have ever done. God just doesn't care for God knows it means nothing. Humans know God infinitely more intimately than what is under human understanding.
Meditation practice: Think of someone you know or an object and focus on just the knowledge of them or the object. Don't focus on descriptions, words, or images. Solely focus on the knowledge of them. Focus on them for a few minutes, then switch your awareness to God and bring that feeling of knowing with you. Do not put any description on God, don't put God in a box, God is incomprehensible to the mind who believes God to be separate from one's self. Feel free to use the mantra, "I know God in the same way I know ____". God is known without thought, idea, or concept. Peace and Love!