The Kingdom of God is Behind the Darkness

God is always here, but we sometimes don’t see it. Photo by Chei ki

“The kingdom of God is not in the clouds, in some designated point of space; it is right behind the darkness that you perceive with closed eyes”

~ Paramahansa Yogananda

The search for God almost always takes us to an imaginary place.

Different religions and walks of life refer to it by a different name.

But the “place” is not really a place.

Because there is no space that God isn’t in.

If God lives in Heaven, then that implies that God does not live anywhere else.

So, instead of searching for this “other place,” we should instead find God where He can always be found: everywhere.

God can be found in the most unexpected times and places, as long as we remove the spiritual darkness that we often find ourselves in.

We must open our eyes, as Yogananda says, to “see” God right here in this very moment.

Once you truly open your eyes, you will see that God has always been with you, even when you couldn’t perceive it.