We cannot attain the presence of God because we’re already totally in the presence of God. What’s absent is awareness. Little do we realize that God is maintaining us in existence with every breath we take.

…To become aware of God’s presence in our lives, we have to accept what is often difficult, particularly for people in what appears to be a successful culture. We have to accept that human culture is in a mass hypnotic trance. We’re sleep-walkers.

All religious teachers have recognized that we human beings do not naturally see; we have to be taught how to see.

from Everything Belongs