Many of us were taught—explicitly or subtextually—that our spiritual work is about knowing more. Studying more. Reading and listening to more teachings. Gathering more wisdom. Finding more answers. Many people endlessly chase this kind of knowing, believing that if they could just understand enough, they would finally feel at peace. Only when they knew the most, would they finally be able to call themselves spiritual.
But there is a radical truth that contradicts this assumption:
The purpose of life is not to accumulate knowledge or intellectual understanding—it is to strengthen our connection with the Creator.
Now, there is certainly nothing wrong with studying. In fact, it’s highly encouraged! But spirituality isn’t something to understand with our minds. It is meant to be embodied in beautiful, messy ways. It is relational. It is experiential. It is about learning how to recognize, feel, and trust the presence of the Light of the Creator in every aspect of our lives—not just in moments of inspiration or divine awareness, but also in moments of confusion, silence, and struggle. We live in a material world that prizes certainty—now, probably more than ever before. We are conditioned to believe that certainty leads to safety and that answers lead to relief. But the soul does not grow through the ego’s brand of certainty, one that tells us we are individually in control and in charge…
It grows through certainty in the Creator. Through trusting the process no matter what it looks like. Through the faith we cultivate in moments of darkness.
It requires us to redefine, sometimes many times over, our definition of what “God” is.
Do you believe that the Creator is only available to those who “deserve” his presence?
Have you cast the Creator as an authoritative parental figure who criticizes you for needing help?
Do you believe that you can only ask so much of the Creator?
If so, it’s time for a reframe. The love of the Creator is available to us always, and in all ways, infinitely. In our highest moments of happiness and in the moments where we’ve just done the worst thing we can imagine. The Creator is side-by-side with you, right now as you’re reading this. Supporting and loving you.
Notice what comes up for you when you imagine that kind of love. If you feel resistance or disbelief that’s okay, it’s normal. Our practice is to deepen our connection, to strengthen our trust in spite of those feelings by including the Creator in everything—our thoughts, our reactions, our choices, our doubts, and our actions. Here are three ways to practice this every day:
Practice Presence Over Answers
Strengthening our connection with the Creator begins when we stop forcing an outcome and start cultivating presence. Instead of asking, “Why is this happening?” Try asking, “Who are you asking me to be in this moment? What is it I’m not seeing?” Connection deepens through staying open and engaged with what is, not through immediate relief or instant clarity.
Choose Trust in Moments of Fear
Our greatest opportunities for connection often appear when life doesn’t go as planned. In those moments, quietly affirm to yourself: “Whatever the Light of the Creator does is for good, even if I can’t see it yet.”
As it is in any relationship, trust becomes a bridge that turns uncertainty into connection.
Shift From Control to Service
The swiftest way to invite the Creator in is to release the need to control. To control others, to control circumstances, to control outcomes. Control is not only an illusion, but it is the realm of the ego and usually is all about what we want for ourselves. Pivoting to being of service is a near-instant antidote. If you feel stress, anxiety, or reactivity building, shift your consciousness by saying: “I hand my plans to the Creator. Use me in this moment to bring more compassion, generosity, and patience.”
When we are connected to the Creator, compassion flows without our strategizing or effort. Our presence replaces performance and our actions are no longer driven by the need to gain, fix, or control—they become expressions of the Light moving through us. The invitation of the spiritual path is not to know more, it is to be closer and closer to the Creator every minute of every day. If that was our only goal, it would bring us a life full of transformation, connection, and blessings.
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