Experiencing God’s Presence

I need to understand that God is a person (although the Supreme Person),
like us, and not some formal or non-personal energy, with whom we cannot
communicate and have a relationship. If I know God's form, location and
‘sanskars’, I can direct my thoughts towards that One and immediately start
experiencing the connection. The sentiment expressed in the phrase, ‘O God,
wherever I am, you are with me', indicates the closeness of the soul and
God. It expresses the experience of the presence of God, in a similar way to
two lovers who carry each other in their hearts. In this way God's presence
is a spiritual experience that I can have wherever I am. It doesn't mean
literally that the Supreme Being is present in everything. It's a feeling
and not a fact. The sun is the source of our physical necessities. It
purifies the water, makes the plants grow to produce food and oxygen and
provides a suitable range of temperatures for our life here. To give life it
doesn't need to be present in every particle. Its effect in the form of
light and heat is felt throughout the solar system. In the same manner, for
the effective practice of Raja Yoga meditation (as taught by the Brahma
Kumaris) God is seen as a sun of perfect ‘sanskars’, the source of spiritual
qualities and powers and, as such, doesn't need to be present in everything.
Even though His residence is the soul world, God can be with me since the
sense of closeness is beyond physical dimensions. One thought and I can
experience Him in the soul world and be in His presence!