Is experiencing God a part of most religious and spiritual traditions?

This brilliant answer by Dr. Dean Ornish to the question posed above, offers great encouragement to those who feel bereft of personal meaning especially during times of great stress and chaos as we are enduring now on this planet and in our personal lives when faced with challenges that confound us.


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1. Dr. Dean Ornish
   "Most spiritual and religious traditions are based on people who experienced God directly: Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, to name only a few. They did not find God somewhere outside themselves; they realized that we only appear to be separated from God. Their message was that the experience of God, of interconnectedness, of peace, is available to everyone via prayer, meditation, service, compassion, and so on. Like peace, joy, and well-being, God is not something we attain from "out there" somewhere; we realize that God is in us as us".
   
    "When understood in this context, the realization of God, of our Self by any other name, is perhaps the ultimate healing experience because then we understand that we are already whole..."
   
   I couldn't agree more with Dr. Ornish's teachings.   These concepts bring great peace of mind and the book is a goldmine of truths that apply to all of us, no matter what spiritual or religious orientation we
   adhere to.  Beautiful.