Last night before I learned about George Harrisons death I noticed my connection to God (generic name, handy, not very descriptive) was much clearer than usual. I was asking it all kinds of questions about life, the universe, and everything and getting the straight answers direct and clear. I can't go spreading them around just like that though because often people are hindered, not helped, by total understanding. Life and it's lessons aren't always a happy thing and they may rebel.
So anyway I first was asking a question about someone I know who's had a hard experience. I was amazed to get the answer as clear as though I'd always known. It's kind of like my brain having tea with itself except it's coming up with "thoughts" the like of which I couldn't do on my own. I was astounded at how clearly it came through, no mental vagueness, not twisting back and forth from maybe kinda sorta almost, no struggling through a mess of thoughts to find the one pure one. Just boom, idea, question, answer. So I asked all kinds of questions, waiting for that old vagueness to hit. Finally, I actually ran out. I mean, would you think you could run out of questions if God was answering you?
Then on the way home I learned of George Harrison's passing. I dont know if you know this but he was the true visionary/wise one in that bunch. Ringo was the grounding factor, as steady as his beat and just as earthy. Paul was pretty and so were his tunes and ideas. John was a charisimatic artist but not really realistic. Behind all that was George, tuning into God, seeing the big picture, writing it down to share where he had something people would accept.
When he left I've learned, he ripped open the wall. Right now your prayers stand the highest chance of being answered of ever. We can do more, right now, learn more, right now, than any time in many many years.
Don't ask a hard question and expect an easy answer. Don't ask a sad question and expect the answer to make you happy. Understanding is depth, but not always joy. don't expect action from God, it does not take action, it answers questions. It's OUR job to take the actions. When you ask, don't argue with the answers unless you see they clearly aren't going to have healthy results. I mean, forinstance, asking "Why am I lonely" with a view to arguing your way through the results. You aren't asking to learn why so much as to get ammunition to try and make God change it. It might help to visualize God in this case as a massive mainframe and for once all the terminals are lit and you can logon without a password. God is more, much more, but the process of life is not that which can be altered by the Will of One, however great it be.
You could for instance ask what it would take to bring peace on earth, but you couldn't ask God to do it for you or to touch the hearts of others to make them do it. God doesn't do that, it's our job, our lesson, not God's. God just guides and loves and guides and grieves. We are no longer children to have Daddy step in and fix things for us.
So, if you could hear God, what would you want to learn?