THE GOAL IS TO ALIGN OUR SOULS WITH GOD

[We come into this world to] align our souls with God: The relationship between God and soul is analogous to that between the sun and its rays. We are the extension of God in time and space. How, then, can we be misaligned with God? Misalignment is a state of mind that arises when we forget our true relationship with God and act as if God were other. -- Rabbi Rami Shapiro

I ponder the line, Misalignment is a state of mind that arises when we forget our true relationship with God and act as if God were other. 

We act as if God were other when we pray for...period. To pray for is to name a want. A want may or may not be a need, and, face it, seldom does a resultant want conform to God's will...our need.

Even praying for peace of mind, or, for that matter, peace in the Middle East...our need is to rest in the knowledge that we are the peace we seek. And there I go...my rabbit-hole is trying to apply my little breakthroughs to the world. What do I know of the Middle East? I was bragging just yesterday of making peace with one person with whom I am personally acquainted...and today I'm setting the Middle East straight.

I'd best stick with the goal of aligning my soul with God...I don't doubt there'll be peace in the Middle East before the game is called on that. Ah, but it is to have the goal...there's my peace.

Thank you.