Let’s keep this simple. In whatever spiritual practice you create, make it intentionally meaningful. By this I mean clear your mind and give this practice time over to yourself and your God. You may have to “fake it” initially i.e. use your ritual practice to just slow down… until you can be with God, so take your time without depreciating self-judgement. It is a practice—and it takes practice to know, and recognize, your God within.

The key is to this practice time is to consciously (intentionally) give yourself over to God. I do not see this as giving yourself over to some separate outside “other,” but instead, giving yourself over to the God-within (Hindu’s call this OM). In a very real sense you are intentionally experiencing God by allowing the energy to flow within you. This quiet shift in perception, and reality, will give you God. In time, you will see God’s energy in everything.

God’s Energy:  By this I mean whatever you believe in your religious tradition: God, Jesus Christ, Allah, Dharma, The Way, The Source, etc.

Recommendation: Universal Wisdom by Bede Griffiths. It offers eight translations of the sacred wisdom of the major religions. They are surprisingly similar.