Someone said this to me and it hits me in the heart but I’m having a hard time knowing what “obeying” vs “negotiating” with God is. How would you even know the difference when we have free will? May be a weird question but 🤷‍♀️

I'll start off by saying that I am from Mumbai, India and I am a Hindu who worships Lord Shiva. Hinduism is the first or the oldest religion that humanity has ever known, and in Hinduism Lord Shiva is the self manifested, the one above all, the destroyer and transformer of universes, the keeper and creator of time and space, basically he is the omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. Now according to Hinduism Lord Shiva is the one above all, and his name means "nothingness" or "that which is not". This concept is often linked to the idea that Shiva represents the vast, formless void from which all creation emerges and to which it ultimately returns. According to this view, Shiva is not a being but a non-being, a state of pure potentiality and nothingness that can contain everything, as something cannot hold the totality of existence. This interpretation aligns with modern scientific understanding that everything comes from nothing and returns to nothing, with the cosmos being fundamentally characterized by vast emptiness. Now we know that everything is made of atoms, we humans are made of atoms, so if we look at the structure of an atom, we can see that there are protons which have a positive charge and neutrons which have no charge or are neutral are in the nucleus which is the centre of an atom, and electrons which have a negative charge are orbiting the nucleus in a certain path known as shells or atomic orbitals as shown in the image. The atom of any element that exists is 99% empty space and the rest 1% is actual matter which consists of protons, neutrons and electrons. From Hinduism, Lord Shiva is nothingness or emptiness, and every atom that exists in our universe, in the vast space is 99% nothing, just empty space. This proves that God is literally everywhere, even within us. What do you guys think about this?

1. Can you embrace differing opinions without taking them personally? 2. Are you able to continue following somone who challenges you respectfully? 3. Are you able to understand, accept, forgive and move forward? 4. Do you feel bad if someone disagrees with you? 5. Do you allow yourself to feel bitter after being corrected? 6. Are you able to accept truth about yourself without getting upset? 7. Are you living in denial? 8. Do you reject new information? 9. Do you rubbish other beings opinions because they differ from yours? 10. Do you listen and observe without judgement?

Good morning, fam! I’m new on this journey and I’m interested in starting to meditate and I’m wondering where should I start. The only meditation type I’ve made until now is yoga nidra and focus meditation (where I’m focusing on the breath). Do you guys have some advices and guidance for me? Much love

Hello everyone!! I am new to this community and am hoping to learn and share thoughts on anything.