In this class, Dr. Keislar discusses the presence of God in our hearts. The Quran says that God is closer to us than our jugular vein, and Jesus Christ taught that the Kingdom of Heaven, or the Kingdom of God, is within us. The Urantia Book talks about the “Mystery Monitor” while other common terms for this reality are the conscience and the Supersoul. These are different ways of describing the same reality, namely the literal presence within us of the unlimited consciousness or God.
This “expansion” or “fragment” of God is always guiding and monitoring us. We can directly sense its presence within us by reflecting on the presence of this higher awareness along with our individual consciousness. Just as we are aware of our own bodies and what is going on around us, God is conscious of everything, everywhere.
The example of the sun in the sky and the sun reflected in many pools or bodies of water can give us some understanding of how God can be present far, far away in his spiritual Paradise and at the same time present in everyone’s heart.
A genuine spiritual guide, guru, murshid or mentor also gives us the same guidance from outside ourselves as the Supersoul or God within our hearts gives within us.