All roads lead to God, right? For my own sake, I hope so! I feel like I have already lived so much life, I hope I’m on the right path to make it to God and heaven.
It’s a comforting feeling to know that whatever route you choose, God will always be with you. But knowing whether God is actually steering you in the right direction is a whole topic of discussion. So let’s discuss.
What Does It Mean For All Roads To Lead To God?
What does it mean that all paths lead to God? It’s not just a spiritual fortune cookie woo-woo proverb, although wisdom can be found in many things like that. See: Wisdom In Movies: How Watching Films Can Change Your Life
It means that whatever path you’re on, God can be found at the end of it.
To the sinner who pursues a life of pleasure and hedonism, God can be found at the end of it.
To the religious devotee who prays all day and night, God can be found at the end of it.
Even to the skeptic who doubts and wrestles with religious guilt, God can be found at the end of it.
Any path you take in life, you’re bound to make mistakes. It’s normal—as humans we are simply unaware of many of the spiritual lessons that would have benefited us at the time.
It’s by making those mistakes that causes us to suffer, and suffering leads to waking up. One who has “woken up” can now see the truth of a situation more clearly and choose better next time.
However, there’s a caveat to all of this—many paths lead to God, but you have to choose him if you wish to reach the kingdom of heaven, infinite peace, or enlightenment.
God Always Chooses You But You Have To Choose God
I was having a spiritual debate with a family friend during a family gathering (I’ll admit, not the best time or place to be having a spiritual discussion, but in my defense, he started it!).
He was asking me, “Does free will exist?” To which I answered, “Of course, you’re free to choose to do whatever you want to do with your life.” He responded with, “Well, why do I have to follow all these rules?”
I asked him, “What rules?” He responds, “All these rules that God places on us.” (He was specifically talking about the Ten Commandments).
I was silently laughing in my head, feeling a little prideful about my spiritual knowledge over his, and I responded with, “God doesn’t care what you do, he loves you so much he gave you free will to choose whatever it is you want to do with your life. He doesn’t tell you to follow rules, you can go against whatever those rules say. But if your life turns out bad, that’s on you, not him.”
What this family friend was not aware of was that actions have repercussions, and you bring on your own pain and suffering.
These rules he mentions, which are essentially stereotypical spiritual principles—be a good person, love your neighbor, don’t cheat, lie, or steal, etc.—are not there because God yelled down from heaven and made it so. These principles exist because people have learned throughout the ages that when you go against them, your life takes a turn for the worse.
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I finished the conversation with this: “Go live your life how you want, you’re free to do what you want, God will be waiting for you when you decide to choose him.”
He looked at me shocked and dumbfounded. I was intuiting in that moment that a lot of the pain he was feeling was from his own guilt. I could sense his view of God was that internal judgmental father figure saying, “You’re a bad person.” This made him feel worse and more inclined to fall into non-integrity.
However, knowing that God doesn’t judge nor care what you do, there was a relief of that internal judgement for a brief moment. I saw that, at least for a second, he wanted to choose to be better.
Choose The Path of Least Resistance
So how does one choose God? You’ve made up your mind and wish to seek the ultimate fulfillment and live a better life than the one you are now. Great!
I get it. There’s all sorts of obstacles and challenges that can derail you from the ultimate path, so it can be hard to know the proper way to go about it. But it’s really easy. Just know this:
The correct path is the path of least resistance. The path of least resistance is infinite silence.
If it isn’t silence, it’s not of God, and I don’t mean silencing external noise; I mean silencing the noise within.
Your inner thoughts, feelings, and frustrations are all distractions, resistances, and refusals of God. In order to find God, one must surrender and let them go. Seek a silent mind.
Even right now, your mind is probably thinking of all sorts of things: doubts, worries, skepticism, what you’re going to have for breakfast tomorrow, what someone said to you yesterday, what bills are due, what you’re going to do after you’re done reading this, and so on and so on…
The thoughts are never ending, so how are we supposed to live a great life with all these internal distractions?
The answer is, we can’t! If we want our life to go well, we actually have to choose God. In choosing God, we let him take the steering wheel and dictate the path for us.
You see, God has a path laid out for each and every one of us. It’s far better than you can imagine, but what blocks it is our own internal ego, our own inner dialogue with all its cravings, wants, desires, and attachments.
If we can let them all go and make our inner default state silent, we can then walk with God instead of away from him.
God’s Path is here, Now
All roads lead to God, but you don’t have to wait 50 years in the future after doing constant spiritual work to find him. His presence can be felt here and now.
It’s when you tap into the silence that you will feel his bliss, and if you can stay in that constant state of peace, your life will transform.
It doesn’t take that much effort either. Start small—as you go about your day, keep your mind focused on God, Source, Creator, Consciousness. Stay with that feeling without breaking focus. As thoughts form, remain unattached and let them go.
As you orient yourself inward towards God daily, you’ll start to feel lighter and lighter. Life will begin to feel as if you are floating through it. It’s then that you discover God has been there walking with you all along. He was not the internal judgmental father; he is like the father of the prodigal son—waiting with open arms to welcome you back home.