Now you can no longer think of God as something you earn,

with lifetimes of purity and striving for perfection.

You don’t earn God. You are God.

You’ve simply been looking in the wrong place.

You’ve been looking at the ceremonies, at the rituals,

at the mountains, the rising sun, the full moon.

Yes, Yes God is there!

And God is here, right here, right inside you.

Not even inside you but being you.  Every breath is sacred.

— Gurudevi Nirmalananda