It's cool to me how universal that principle of "get right with God" can be. There's no God that will be against nature. So if you don't subscribe, like you said, to the judeo-christian God, there's still room to get right by your own ethical code.
As for the right time to seek these kinds of insights, I can't say yet. I'd been down with these issues for a while. I read into a lot of things going on and ascribed some sort of divine intent:
- My friend had information that was made available to me that I'd never heard
- It was Lammas day. I'd wanted to do something that was either an earth-based holiday or a full moon. Lammas day (in the northern hemisphere, while yours down there was imbolc) symbolizes the start of the grain harvest, and just the few days prior I'd been harvesting corn intuitively.
- It was a full moon.
- The kids were away at my parents.
I think this happened at exactly the perfect time, and I'm grateful that it didn't happen at any point in the last fifteen years. I don't know when it'll happen again, but I'm planting seeds because I know it will.
God is the same everywhere and with everyone. It's just the way we access that energy that is different. xx
I definitely understand what you mean. And that's why I say this principle is accessible to most folks. Most people have a way that they recognize and interact with that energy. I do like your idea, because yes, God is constant and unchanging, and our relationship with God is going to be a personal thing that can change from person to person.