What do you mean “God’s in here, not just out there”?

I remember author Aldous Huxley used the term "Wholly Other" in his book Island to describe the perception some of the characters had of the divine. The "Wholly Other" perception of God seems to match the theological learnings of my youth: God is “out there” unknowable, and only understandable by those invested as mediators or interceders. The external dilemma that this causes for me is the sense that “We’re in, they’re out.” “We’re right, they’re wrong.”

 I reckon the direct experience of the divine (some refer to as a mystical experience) is special because it transcends the theological teachings of our youth, and has the feeling of authenticity. And just as I find that the more I talk with others the smaller the world gets, I also find that the more often I share my mystical experience with others I meet, the more often I get to hear of their personal experiences with the divine. An example that may help to understand this is something CS Lewis wrote about in his book Mere Christianity.  Lewis describes a R.A.F. officer who describes meeting God. “I’ve felt Him: out alone in the desert at night: the tremendous mystery. And that’s just why I don’t believe all your neat little formulas and Dogmas about him.”

That feeling, that knowing, that God is “In here”, what I refer to as my “Authentic Voice” is a quiet, fearless voice that speaks to us not so much in words, but in understanding. When I am mindful of being mindful of this voice, I am able to recognize that there isn’t an us vs them dilemma in the world. “What if it were possible for a coin to be both heads and tails”. Not only can it be both, it cannot be otherwise. It’s not us vs them, because there is only us.