Remeber me?
Glad to see you making such progress, keep it up!
shefflover87 wrote:
The questions is, can i bring him to me in a way that its not a one way street? He doesn't answer tefillos of those who are selfish and one dimensional.
Did you ever hear the story of the guy that was praying for his house to be converted to a mansion overnight?
Someone met him the next day and asked, "Nu? Were your tefillos answered?" He did a double take when the reply was positive. "Yes, Hashem answered, he said NO."
Hashem answers all tefillos. The purpose of tefilla is to bring one close to Hashem to the point where he doesn't necessarrily WANT the answer to be yes. When he feels Hashem's reality and closeness so strongly that he can accept a no as well.
If I accept Hashem's reality, closeness and justice, can I be selfish?
Does this answer your question?