A 19 y/o here in need of guidance…

A lot of people think that whatever interesting, new thing comes first when they're in a state of bliss must be the truth but it's more a different view of the whole of creation. Like being on the same page with God himself. He loves creation - when you're on the same page with that, everything is different. All that matters is how you handle it.

Most abandon the bliss with that first new thing which blackens everything else and puts one right back where one was, in a state of dualism - with one's dividing God against himself with the comparing of one thing to another and revering one thing which blackens everything els and going right back to literally judging creation and, thereby, the creator of it.

God doesn't need apologies but a sincere apology is an acknowledgement of an error that often brings a "showing" of magnificence. Not to guide you or tell you what to do but just to show you the magnificence you can see and experience when you drop the idea that you know what's what. You don't.

It's not about "knowing" what, in creation, is right and what, in creation, is wrong. It's about realizing that creation itself is right and what's "wrong" is dividing its creator against himself by judging and comparing its individual aspects from the human perspective of self-righteousness.

Respect for the creator, via creation, is all one needs. Spitting in God's face - via one's judgement of creation - may be overwhelmingly common and socially-acceptable - and sometimes even demanded of you - but, in the end, the choice is only ever your own. If you want something bad enough to spit in God's face for it, then go for it. If not, then pay attention to where you're stepping, instead of judging the steps taken by others.

Other people's relationships with God are God's business - regardless of who or how many there are.

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