UNION

Beyond Asking, Into Belonging



​In every tradition, in every heart,
there lives a question:
What is the relationship between God and human?
We debate the name--
Is it God?
The Creator?
The Universe?
The Higher Self?
Cosmic Intelligence?
But this is the smallest part of the question.
Because what matters is not the name--
what matters is the relationship.

Too often we live in extremes.
Some worship the Creator
but abandon the creation.
They disconnect from life,
reject the world,
withdraw from love and art and beauty--
believing that the only holy thing is the formless.
They forget:
Creation is not separate from the Creator.
Every tree, every laugh, every child, every atom--
is a signature of the Divine.
To reject life
is to reject the face of God.

On the other hand,
some worship the world
and forget the Source.
They chase things:
status, pleasure, security, validation--
as if the external will finally complete the internal.
They say,
"Universe, give me."
"God, bless me."
"Higher power, fix this."
But they forget to ask:
"How can I know You?"
"How can I serve You?"
"How can I be in union with You?"

Imagine a relationship
where one side only takes.
No gratitude. No listening.
Only requests.
Would it last?
Would it even be love?
Rumi, the Sufi poet, said:
“Do not seek God. Seek the one who is seeking God.”
He meant--
don’t look for a distant deity.
Look for the presence that’s already alive in you.
The longing itself is the invitation.

The Hebrew word for God, YHWH,
was never meant to be spoken aloud.
It was a breath--
inhale, exhale.
Because God is not outside of you.
God is your breath.
The Bhagavad Gita teaches that
action without attachment
and devotion without expectation
lead to union with the Divine.
Not begging.
Not bargaining.
Union.

The balance is this:
Yes, have goals.
Yes, take action.
Yes, live fully in the world.
But don’t forget the Source from which you came.
Don’t forget to listen.
Don’t forget to say “thank you” without asking for more.
Don’t forget to feel that quiet pulse within you that is always watching, always guiding, always waiting.
That connection--
real, sincere, moment-to-moment relationship with the Creator--
is not a transaction.
It’s communion.

So how do we find the balance?

1. Replace the asking with aligning.
   Not “Give me more,” but “Let me be in tune with You.”
2. Walk through the world, but stay anchored in the sacred.
   Be active in the world but rooted in Presence.
3. Remember that the Creator is not only above—but within.
   You are not separate. You are the expression.
4. Make space for stillness, for listening.
   Let prayer be not just words—but silence. Let meditation be not escape—but arrival.

Because the real gift is not what God can give you—It’s that you can remember Him at all.
That you can know yourself as part of the Divine.
That you are not just the creation--
You are also the voice, the hands, and the heart of the Creator.
And when that connection is alive,
everything in your life becomes sacred--
from your breath
to your work
to the quiet between thoughts.