Dear Rabbi,
If G‑d is a mystery to us, beyond human reason and logic, then how can we relate to Him?
Answer:
You’re right, G‑d is essentially unknowable. Yes, He makes Himself known to us through His miracles, His prophets, His Torah, and by the very act of creating and sustaining our world and our very existence. But none of that can really provide information that defines who He is. Because He cannot be defined. In the language of the Kabbalists, He is infinite, even beyond “the beginning that cannot be known.”
So how can we pray or have any relationship with a being so unknowable, so undefinable, He can hardly be called a being?
The answer is because our relationship with G‑d is not measured by our capacity to understand Him, nor by heightened consciousness or any sublime ecstasy we claim to have from the experience of His presence. Our relationship to G‑d is measured by what we do, by our firm adherence to the morals that He has established for us and by our integrity in our dealings with others.
One who claims he has one G‑d, but cheats his fellow, has in fact two gods. One who claims he is godless, but believes in a fixed and immutable moral law is in fact a believer. Ultimately, G‑d is in your life when you act G‑dly—consistently following His ways in all you do. That is why He has given us His Torah, so that by following these instructions, we can bond with Him in our daily lives.
G‑d is not an idea that can be grasped with the mind. G‑d is real, and reality is grasped by real deeds.
to "know" G_d is to know "LOVE" is to know, that what is vast is so incredible, and that is, G_d knows every single one of us, every blade of grass, all that happens in every single life, and in fact, my life is telling me that what happens is co-created, and that G_d is right "here", at this moment, with me, in this writing. It's so awesome it's beyond words, but words are the currency we have. It's the amidah, Who is like unto thee...
I cannot understand how G_d makes this happen for us all, as in how it all does deeply mesh together, how I can experience the massive synchronicity that dominates my days, find a dead raven, mourn over it, and call a friend, who says at that exact moment, I have to hang up, and then explains she hung up as she was on the road and saw these words on a truck right in front of her:Raven. This is but a small example, but small is Big, and I am saying the apperception of something this Big cannot be bounded by words. It IS infinite.
The operative word is AWE. Just say, AWE.