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(Auto-generated)Welcome back, you wonderful people who each and every single one of you matter so very,

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very much.

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You guys, I can't tell you how much it means to me that you keep coming back.

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I have been running on my own with this stuff for so long and to see you getting it, for

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it to be landing like it is and for you to keep coming back for more?

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Well, that is a tremendous gift.

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And that I shall endeavor to continue to attempt to repay.

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Now previously on an episode I offered some thoughts on how to feel closer to God.

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And since that episode aired, I realized that I have quite a few more methods that I could

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share with you.

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And one that I've recently discovered really only works for a sect of you out there, but

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who, oh boy, does it make a difference?

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This one goes out to the glasses wearers.

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Try taking off your glasses.

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I know, but get in the mindset to speak to God and then take your glasses off and try

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to feel Him all around.

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When you pull the specs off your eyes, it removes this additional barrier from between

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you and the rest of the world.

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When you take off your glasses, subconsciously, you feel more connected with the world around

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you.

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Here, try this experiment.

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Find yourself someplace comfortable to sit for a bit, glasses still on, and then look

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at your hands, and then your feet, and then look at the room around you or wherever it

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is that you are.

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Subconsciously, you're mainly scanning for new information, anything that stands out

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as having changed recently.

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You see, our brains crave that new input.

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Oh, baby, does it ever.

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Now, try taking off your glasses and have a look at your hands and your arms, being

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aware that they are yours, part of this incredible body that you just happen to have, a system

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of muscles and tissues and organs and bones and veins and nerves that allow you to maneuver

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this world, to experience this world, to manipulate this world.

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Look around you.

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Even though it's fuzzy, the world just feels more real.

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You feel more real.

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Like this, it's just far easier to feel your place in this world.

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And it's easier to feel God all around you, permeating everything that surrounds you.

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And it is so much easier to love something that you can feel.

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Close your eyes and feel yourself stretch out to him, like you're expanding outward,

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like drops of food coloring and water.

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This is one of my favorite places to talk to God.

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It's so much easier to speak with him when you consciously make an effort to have yourself

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exist within him.

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Now, I know that a lot of people have trouble speaking with God because of the way it's

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written that we're supposed to love God.

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It's intimidating.

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You're supposed to love God with your all, love God more than anything.

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And I have to say, that is daunting and can easily turn someone away from trying after

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a while.

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I know that it was precisely this that made me feel like a really bad Christian for a

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long time.

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I thought something was wrong with me.

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I didn't love God that much and I definitely didn't know how.

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So let me help there.

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Loving God more than anything is not something that comes with a belief in God.

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It's not pre-packaged in with it.

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And it's okay if your love for him is small.

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It doesn't mean that you're doing it wrong or that you're a bad believer.

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It doesn't mean that you're not worthy or that everyone else does.

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Loving God with your all comes eventually and naturally by living a life full of love,

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connection and compassion.

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It's something that happens to you eventually as your love for your fellow man grows and

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gets practiced.

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The more of yourself that you devote to helping them, the closer you feel to God and the more

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clearly he speaks to you.

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And that in turn will make you love him more.

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It's axiomatic and automatic.

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God is just so completely wonderful that you cannot help but to love him when you start

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being more and more in his company.

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And the easier it gets to love the rest of them, and on and on it goes until one day

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you notice that you actually do love God more than anything or anyone.

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So it's okay if it starts small.

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To quote Jake the dog,

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Dude, sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.

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Okay, good deal.

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That makes sense to everybody?

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Everybody on the same page?

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Good.

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Oh, wait, you had a question?

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Excellent!

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Email it to me at willhelpmail at gmail dot com.

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Immediately, don't hesitate!

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Any questions about any of this?

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And if you like, I'll answer on the show and give you a shout out, or leave it anonymous

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if you prefer.

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Or, I'll just respond to you directly and privately.

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I am here to help.

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To help you understand, and even to help you understand what I'm helping you understand.

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I got you, fam!

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Moving on.

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So I want you to consider for a moment that it's possible that God has been modifying

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how he interacts with mankind, and that it might please him to be spoken to as a dear

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friend.

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Now I don't think that God would be offended if we spoke to him as a confidant.

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Personally, I find that it helps a lot to further that connection to God if I take on

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that air of familiarity.

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I've spent my whole life speaking to God in an extremely humbled approach.

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God, who is all, thank you for all this.

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It's more than I will ever have words to offer proper thanks, and more than I could

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ever be grateful for.

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Sometimes you can just turn to him and say, that was an awesome meal, thank you for that.

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Or, God, can you keep an eye on me during this?

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I think I'm gonna need some help pulling this off.

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And sometimes it's just a smirk from me with a, I see what you did there.

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Try nice.

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Or just, you know, just talk to him.

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He created every part of you.

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He literally knows every part of you.

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He literally is every part of you.

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He's aware of what is happening.

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He knows you, all the things that fill you with shame.

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He knows them.

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And he knows everything that's going on with you.

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And he knows that conversation you make with him is something that only you can create,

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and that only exists if you make it exist.

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It's something wholly unique, created by you, for him.

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We are introducing interactions with God into God.

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How much of a trip is that?

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And you know what?

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I'm pretty sure he likes being talked to.

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So buddy up to him.

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He's already rooting for you.

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We talked previously about tuning yourself to him by aiming your heart, your head, and

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your hands at doing good.

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Time to start broadcasting!

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And that's it from me today.

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You can ask any questions you have by email to willhelpmail.gmail.com or you can ask them

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publicly at r slash The Laughing Matters on Reddit.

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You can stay up to date with me, the author, at facebook.com slash I could help, and the

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show at facebook.com slash The Laughing Matters and of course, The Laughing Matters.com.

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So until next time, be good to them.

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Be good for them, and you're gonna be magnificent.

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Be sweet.

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Bye everybody.

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Bye Everybody.