7 Levels to God
Adapted from How to Know God by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2007).
Your brain is hardwired to find God. Until you do, you will not know who you are. Life looks meaningless when you have worn out old responses, old realities and an old version of God. To bring God back, we have to follow new, even strange responses wherever they lead us. As one spiritual teacher wisely put it, “The material world is infinite, but it is a boring infinity. The really interesting infinity lies beyond.”
God is another name for infinite intelligence. To achieve anything in life, a piece of this intelligence must be contacted and used. In other words, God is always there for you.
Where are you in your connection to God?
Level 1 (Fight-or-Flight Response)
You fulfill your life through family, community, a sense of belonging and material comforts.
Level 2 (Reactive Response)
You fulfill your life through success, power, influence, status and other ego satisfactions.
Level 3 (Restful Awareness Response)
You fulfill your life through peace, centeredness, self-acceptance and inner silence.
Level 4 (Intuitive Response)
You fulfill your life through insight, empathy, tolerance and forgiveness.
Level 5 (Creative Response)
You fulfill your life through inspiration, expanded creativity in art or science and unlimited discovery.
Level 6 (Visionary Response)
You fulfill your life through reverence, compassion, devoted service and universal love.
Level 7 (Sacred Response)
You fulfill your life through wholeness and unity with the divine.
