We become good people by striving to be more like God through worshipping Him. A key Jewish concept which has influenced me is the idea that the effect of idolatry is that we become like what we worship. Whichever God one chooses to worship, one will take on the qualifies of it. And so the same with the God of the Bible.
We become good people by striving to be more like God through worshipping Him. A key Jewish concept which has influenced me is the idea that the effect of idolatry is that we become like what we worship. Whichever God one chooses to worship, one will take on the qualifies of it. And so the same with the God of the Bible.
And mysticism is essentially a form of worship, just to a much more intense degree. As one gets close to God through compassion, charity, prayer, one also does so through mystical rituals capable of producing mystical experiences. And note that "union with God" is not the same thing as "becoming God." Growing very close to someone and becoming more like them is not the same as becoming them.
We become good people by striving to be more like God through worshipping Him. A key Jewish concept which has influenced me is the idea that the effect of idolatry is that we become like what we worship. Whichever God one chooses to worship, one will take on the qualifies of it. And so the same with the God of the Bible.
And mysticism is essentially a form of worship, just to a much more intense degree. As one gets close to God through compassion, charity, prayer, one also does so through mystical rituals capable of producing mystical experiences. And note that "union with God" is not the same thing as "becoming God." Growing very close to someone and becoming more like them is not the same as becoming them.