When Asking

If there was an approachable benign helpful intelligence hidden behind our minds, an inner infinite knowledge base that is also all-wise and designed to respond to our inquiries, what would we ask it?
It behooves us to make an effort to use this imaginary or real infinite resource to help us solve our most pressing problems.
Lots of people pray or search within for an answer, and they don’t get the solution to their problem when and how they expect, so they may give up, believing that there’s no one listening, that they are undeserving, or they can’t have what they want.
I know people who use search engines on their computers and when they do not find what they want, they rephrase their questions, maybe several times, until they get a response that satisfies them.
It’s the same with the inner search, research, or knowledge engine, (we can call it ISE, God, Yahweh, Buddha or Dude). We may have to rephrase our request several times until we get an answer that makes a difference. It does and has responded subtly to our inquiries, entreaties, aching questions and confusion. Sometimes we get an answer to our needs, that doesn’t fit our expectations.
Another complaint about prayer is that there isn’t an immediate answer. This delay is similar to waiting at the doctor’s office. If we really want a solution to our ailment, we’ll wait patiently until we get the attention we’re seeking.
Our generation has been called the “instant generation”. We want everything yesterday.
Usually, grass doesn’t grow overnight, unless it’s bamboo. You have to wait, even for bamboo, knowing that your answer will come at the right time for the right reason, in the right way, whether it seems right or not.
How can you learn to use that omniscient presence that knows what you need, although it may not provide what you want? Relentless persistence, creative practice, and a resourceful sense of humor can do wonders until satisfaction is attained.
People believe enough in the reality of omnipotence that we resort to appealing to it when we’re extremely challenged and confronted by death-dealing or calamitous circumstances. Developing a relationship with that omnipresent friend when the sun shines, will create the strong inner connection one needs when the frost bites.