So that whole religion thing

[leftyjew]

Do people think about G-d when they practice Judaism? What do they think about G-d? I've never really done that, but I'm starting to and it's getting odd praying to a formless all-powerful being.

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[arctic-alpine.livejournal.com]

try messing around with gendered conjugations and it gets even weirder. brucha ata hashem . . .

[rivka-m.livejournal.com]

or, as I heard from JuliaA at YbM, "brucha at y-ah"

I sometimes think about God, but if I try to define it to much, it's hard to hold onto. (I'm not sure that made sense)

[curlybopbop.livejournal.com]

Usually connecting to God in any sort of physical way doesn't happy for me, but Friday night was I davening with the Reform minyan at school. We were sitting in the grass in a circle singing v'shamru, and I had laid down to contemplate at this point (as I was having a hard time connecting with the other people there since I felt like we'd all come for really different reasons), and I was feeling the solidness of the earth under me and watching the clouds on top of me move in an incredibly majestic manner and then I heard myself singing about God having made the earth and the skies... and it all made so much sense. God having a shape doesn't so much work for me... but God existing as a process in the world rings very true for me.