The Source of Desire Isn’t Personal

"When you say God doesn’t know us, you mean as our separate self – but God knows us as its being, as part of the infinite experience of everything. When a gentleman asked for a miracle, was he really opening himself to receive the love that infinite being is continually unfolding? Is asking for a miracle opening your own mind and body to better receive the love that’s always shining? Rupert says: ‘When you ask God for a miracle or an impersonal desire, it’s as if you’re emptying your mind of all its content – yet it’s still your mind with its particular shape. You’re saying to God, please fill me with yourself. And if God fills your mind with itself, it’s uniquely tailored to the shape of your mind. So, what God gives you is perfect for you individually. It’s like dipping a bucket into the ocean – the water that comes out is perfectly tailored to the shape of the bucket. Whatever the size, whatever the shape, the measure of water will be exquisitely tailored to it. An impersonal desire is like offering the empty bucket of your mind to the ocean of God’s being and saying, fill me with yourself. Grace is like God giving itself to you. There are still desires that come through your body-mind and therefore bear the shape of your mind. But the source of the desire is not personal – it comes from love and understanding, but it’s tailored or shaped by your mind and comes out specific.’"

From event 21 - 28 November, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at The Vedanta, 21–28 November 2025

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