The Experience of God

Jesus said, Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all. -Gospel of Thomas, verse 2.

The idea of seeking God has been around for a very long time. The search for the source of all things, for the meaning of those things, is the reason for the existence of religion. To seek God is to seek an understanding of what lies behind existence. What we find there is disturbing. To make contact with the source of all things is a shattering experience. It is the experience of God.

Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them. - John 17:25,26

We experience God through Jesus Christ, whose continuing revelation brings us ever closer to Him. Christ is our saviour, who redeems us by acting as a conduit through which we may feel the presence of God. That he continues to reveal God to us means that there need be no physical succession from one human teacher to another. The "Apostolic Succession" is unnecessary. In fact, the experience Christ offers is available, right now. No mortal must feed it to you. Only open yourself to it.