A beauty-full friend recently said to me “God is in the details.” I laughed and said I’ve only ever heard the idiom “the devil’s in the details,” and never understood it. Detail has always made sense to me, it supports me to feel very centred and still, so how could it be a bad thing?
I realised I had just been presented with the truth… God really is in the details.
This truth often reveals itself to me in my everyday life. My most beauty-full moments have all occurred when I have been present or paid attention to detail in the task I am doing.
For example, when I cook with attention to detail the meal looks and smells amazing. I will notice how the colours blend together; I will use ingredients that I may not have combined before. I will notice how the food sounds and I will cook according to when it feels ready, using my eyes as confirmation of what I have already felt. Then when I come to eat the food, if I continue with this loving level of attention to detail – setting the table with care, sitting in a supportive chair feeling my body as I sit, feeling the fork in my hand, using my senses to really experience the food – the food tastes amazing. I may have just cooked the simplest meal and magically become a gourmet chef! I have also noticed that the meal is filling without bloating: I was present with every morsel of food so a small amount feels like a 3 course meal. Needless to say I am then not hungry for hours or looking for something sweet to perk up my taste buds.
This attention to detail makes all the difference to the quality of my meal and the quality of how I feel.
On the days when I look and feel the most beauty-full, it has always been possible because of the attention to detail I have allowed when I have prepared for my day. If I continue to bring this level of presence to every moment of my day with loving consistency – not a driving for perfection – my day just flows. There is such a joy to my day. Time feels endless and I get so much done. I feel light and lovely but so grounded and real. It is like I realise everything means something so I am attentive and right with me in every moment.
On days when I feel tired or in a rush, I have found that the most loving way to support myself is to stop, breathe, come back to my body and re-connect and once again bring my attention to detail. The world slows down around me and I am enveloped by this exquisite space. I feel whole again. I honestly feel connected to all and without a doubt feel the presence of God. How could I not? – I feel full of love in these moments and truly precious. I deeply appreciate that detail is such a supportive element, without it my life doesn’t flow.
If you have ever watched the wind blowing through the trees and felt the absolute harmony and stillness of the movement of the leaves as they dance and glide in unison together creating a ripple of harmony through the air, you will feel the beauty that detail can bring. Perhaps you have spent time staring at a baby, mesmerised by their beauty and the absolute love that radiates from them; detail contributes to this feeling too.
It did dawn on me as I was appreciating detail that by bastardising the truth of this idiom that God Is In the Detail, so many people may have inadvertently rejected bringing detail to their lives. I began to ponder on what other truths are bastardised to keep us separate from a true support that is there for all of us equally. What truths are kept from us that provide true inspiration and make a massive difference to us living a life full of true vitality and wellness?
I will forever be inspired by Serge Benhayon, his love for humanity, the presence he brings and his attention to detail. Heart-full thanks and appreciation Serge for bringing all of you.
By Bianca Barban, Registered Nurse. Melbourne, Australia
The Truth about Universal Medicine 
It’s like looking through a magnifying glass. The beauty and intricacy of details can only be explained by the grandness it belongs to and the space it is held within.
So true Elizabeth, we are so blessed and supported when we live and claim our connection to God.
When I skim over the details I am missing the opportunity to deepen my connection to God and my soul. It is interesting then that we live in a world where everyone is pressured with time and rushing around very busy, we then feel disconnected and lost and can easily feel exhausted and anxious.
There is such beauty, richness and support in detail, and it’s all around us … I notice that when I skirt over detail it’s often a marker for me to show that I’ve not truly attuned to and with myself. Detail ensures nothing can ever be boring and life is a joy.
Because God is in the details, devil has no other chance but to be very meticulous in how to distort and upset everything that is divine.
Very beautifully shared Bianca. It is also my experience that when we move in connection to our essence, we are moving in connection to our Soul through which our relationship with God which is a given, is absolutely felt. For every moment we move with this presence, to its finest detail, the more we live the power of who we truly are in essence as the Sons of God.
Details. When I notice them I appreciate and glory in the. If I find myself glossing over them, it’s telling that there’s something I’m not wanting to see or feel. And now I can feel that as I appreciate my attention to detail, life opens up and I am more aware of the Divinity all around and in me. God in the details for sure.
When I am in a rush to just get thinks done this creates a lot tension and anxiety in my body, when I slow down and pay attention to the details of what I am doing, space opens up and there is a gentle flow to life.
“If you have ever watched the wind blowing through the trees and felt the absolute harmony and stillness of the movement of the leaves as they dance and glide in unison together creating a ripple of harmony through the air, you will feel the beauty that detail can bring.” – It’s so cool that you mentioned this observation Bianca as I had an identical experience last summer while on a walk in the woods, feeling very still inside my body and noticing how the wind was caressing the trees and leaves in a way that matched the silky feeling I had in my body as I breathed so gently with my walk. I can feel now just how much I was feeling God in that moment.
Thank you Bianca – this blog is a great reminder to remain in the moment and present with the body. I am aware that when being totally present with the detail in whatever is being done, there is an exquisite sense of harmony and flow throughout the day.
“This truth often reveals itself to me in my everyday life. My most beauty-full moments have all occurred when I have been present or paid attention to detail in the task I am doing”.
Thank you Bianca, I could feel how detail keeps one in the moment, enjoying and tending to whatever we are doing fully, and allowing us the opportunity to stay connected to our love and bring this into each moment. I really enjoyed reading about the space you felt by being in the detail also.
“I was present with every morsel of food so a small amount feels like a 3 course meal. Needless to say I am then not hungry for hours…” This was a real penny-dropping moment for me. Awesome.
I used to think that God only appeared in the beauty of nature and unaware that it was everywhere. For instance when I lived in the UK, I loved Spring and Summer and parts of Autumn but disliked Winter. But now realise that the seasons are all essential cycles of life that God presents to us. God is in everything and everywhere.
Thank you for sharing the depth of observation and intimacy even in preparing food we eat – I just love these sharing.
You bring a beautiful and inspiring practicality to detail. There is only love and support in detail, it allows for a solid foundation.
‘I was present with every morsel of food so a small amount feels like a 3 course meal’. This is so true, and when I get into being in a rush, (esp at work, on a 15 min break to eat food) I am not present with every mouthful, I am feeling it is time to change this.
Yes, so the fullness comes from the presence in every moment and not from how much we get/eat/have etc.
When we are aware of the smallest detail in our movement we feel the love in the movements that become part of the all.
With greater awareness and being consciously present more often my attention to detail is growing.
Attention to detail really can make a big difference to the quality that we produce something in – not from a perfectionism angle but from caring for all the details as is felt is needed – no more and no less…
I like this clarity Fiona when we take care of the details – no more or no less… so we don’t leave ourselves drained by giving too much and we never give less – just what is needed in any moment.
I love it how God communicates with the tiniest details and how he shows his sense of humour. The placement of leaves, the flight of a bird, the number plate on the car in from of you or the writing on a passing truck. Opening up to this level of communication is a growing thing for me and is something that brings huge joy. You can’t help but smile when you have that kind of communication with God.
Nikki I have had lots of messages with reading the writing on passing trucks!
Beautifully expressed Nikki. I am with you as in opening up to this level of communication with God more and more, leaves me feeling like I am bursting with absolute joy in knowing that we are connected to and part of something far greater than anything of this world.
I love detail – the order, flow and harmony it supports. No devil in sight – purely God.
A riveting blog to my hearts ‘detailed’ content. I love the examples that were used and I whole-heartedly agree.
When I focus on the detail life flows. This works for me especially when I am busy. It holds me to my quality. I have experimented with this and it may seem that you drag the chain or can’t achieve as much, but because of the attention to detail it completes how it is needed. It works every time. “I realise everything means something so I am attentive and right with me in every moment.”
It is lovely to read this and is a beautiful confirmation of my present focus to deepen my relationship with myself and the Universe. Also I realise how subtly I have been cursed by the saying of ‘the devil being in the detail’ as I notice how I would so often not take notice of the detail.
When we rush we don’t get to appreciate the detail and the space around us seems to shrink. When we stop and take a moment to appreciate what is around us, we see so much more and the details around us reveal the magic of God is in everything.
Also when we rush we are not taking responsibility in the moment and I ask myself what am I am avoiding, or am afraid of, in the moment when I rush?
If I skim over the details and rush in life the quality of my day drops, when I am more present and pay attention to the details my day flows differently and I feel more expansive and light.
Lovely to read this again. So many people do not like taking responsibility as it means having to be truthful and honest with everything, in particular the difficult and painful aspects of life – unresolved hurts, mistakes we have made, etc. When we take care of the details it also means taking care of these aspects on our life. This is one reason for the saying that the ‘devil is in the detail’ – we see the truth and we do not also like seeing this.
When I am tired I have noticed my attention to detail becomes less and a dismissiveness can come in. In those cases it is like you’ve said to come back to the body and to feel me, and the support that’s always there, again and make it about every tiny aspect or movement in my life.
It’s a good point Annelies, I find it’s the same with disregard (which can often happen with tiredness), as I begin to ignore the details I see, it’s like a gradual switching off instead of staying present and with my love.
God is the details as much as he is in the grand scheme of things.
It is amazing to feel that when we do bring our attention to the quality of presence we choose to live with through every detail, we bring awareness to the space that is available to bring more of who we are to every moment as such we bring more of our love, our Soulfulness, our power to every moment.
The beauty is found in the details and it is even more beauty-full for us to stop, appreciate and confirm that we are super awesome in connection to our soul’s expression because this is where God really gets to soar, by the detail of our every movement. Simply amazing, thank you Bianca.
I love what you have shared Bianca, so beautiful and inspiring to live this way. I have used the words ‘I am not a detail person’ to excuse my lack of detail, I am since learning how much love, beauty and joy in life I am missing out on, I am slowly learning to pay more attention to detail and enjoying the experience it brings, thank you for the reminder.
A beautiful reminder Bianca of how much there is to appreciate when we focus on the detail of that which is around us, we can feel that we are never alone but always supported to more of who we are. Thank you.
Thank you for your wise words and the detail through out this blog – pun intended! I will take this with me in my day and see what comes, the devil or God?…hahah, I think it is pretty safe to say that connecting to detail will bring me closer to my heart, which is where God resides.
What you have so beautifully described (without if I’m correct, even mentioning this word…) is the light of true Appreciation Bianca. To live in the Appreciation of the Great Love that can flow through us if we but allow it so, and connect with its beauty in our every expression… this is to live at one with God, and nothing less. True communion. Thank-you.
What Joy to return to read this blog again Bianca!
For in every word is your Love – and so we could equally say, that ‘Love is in the detail’, the words ‘God’ and ‘Love’ being interchangeable…
I loved that Bianca. Bringing presence into every detail brings God into our every movement.
I find that when I take care of the details there is much more flow in my day. When I don’t take the time to do this I find that I get more easily caught up in the momentum of the day and this is where I find that I get most exhausted.
It is true that it is in the details where we build the quality of how we are with life. This creates our foundation for how we are in life.
Paying attention to and honouring the details of our day allows both our quality and grace to flow and bless us all.
This is a beautiful blog Bianca, I could feel the magic of God that occurs when we move with love in every move, and if we move with this love in every detail we can’t help but live, eat, breath and move with God.
When we bring attention to the detail we are in that moment. We are not being distracted or caught up in being busy for example. We are enjoying every single apparently little thing that moment brings. It highlights too that everything matters.
The title of this blog brought my full attention to it this morning.
How true this is – Yes, ‘God Is In The Detail’ – every single detail matters, nothing is lesser when we bring the same quality of movement and care to everything we do.
This is then a way of being rather than doing.
A beautiful reminder – thank you Bianca.
‘My most beauty-full moments have all occurred when I have been present or paid attention to detail in the task I am doing.’ When I am present I feel everything that is around me it is just like the detail is all there and so clear and reflected in nature all around us, and when that happens I realise that God is there in every moment.
With naked eyes things may appear to be dense, but under a microscope we notice how much space there actually is. And I love how you have shared your realization in such details here Bianca, offering us all to feel and connect the beauty and expanse we are constantly surrounded by.
I feel the support your blog is offering me on this day we are moving house, to not go into the rush I feel that is so easily there but to do it differently and allow space to occur by paying attention to detail and thus be present and feel the truth of my body.
“It is like I realise everything means something so I am attentive and right with me in every moment.” – I find too that paying attention to detail helps me to feel more together, more present and considerate of everything.
I loved re-reading your blog Bianca as only yesterday I was reminded of the saying ‘God is in the details’ in relation to bringing a new approach to the choices I make and the way I live. I notice the times when I pay more attention to the details how there is a beautiful simplicity and flow allowing the space for our quality to deepen
I love all that you have shared here Bianca. It is so true that the more we pay attention to the details, and bring awareness to how and why we are feeling, and are moving, the more of ourselves we can then choose to bring, our power through our connection to God, to all that we do. As it is through the details that we bring presence, and through presence we bring our power where the flow of the oneness of God is then simply embraced as our natural way, as it truly is.
I loved your blog Bianca, it is so timely for me at present. I have noticed that when I go into rush mode detail goes out the window and I become quite anxious, but when I am conscious of detail life has a beautiful flow to it and there is plenty of time.
When we rush through our day trying to get everything done we often cut corners thereby missing out on many beautiful moments that are contained in the detail and, by the end of the day, we usually feel quite exhausted.
I love your reflections in this blog, you have got me considering whether or not I pay enough attention to the smaller details! And I’m wondering how many little details get lost because our gaze is only on the bigger picture.
Great to re-read your bog today Bianca. When I stay present and loving – be it with cooking a meal – or any aspect of my living – space unfolds and there is grace . God is definitely in the detail.
It’s autumn now in Europe and I am really amazed at what I see, all the colours and shapes of the leaves, how the light has been changing, the overwhelming amount of leaves everywhere. It is as if it is autumn for the first time in my life, I let myself see and feel the beauty and detail of this time of the year and I wholehearted agree that God is in the detail.
Conscious presence brings God into our life. It has a magnifying effect that makes it easier for us to access what the vastness of space is offering to us.
Thank you Bianca I loved your blog on detail especially how you cooked and ate your food, I have been inspired to pay more attention to detail and feel God within and within the detail also.
Just revisiting this blog Bianca and I love it just as much each time. I can’t tell you how many times I say that phrase to myself these days as a result of what you shared, and it never fails to deliver. Whenever I take care of the details, there is a magical quality that is alive within whatever I have attended to. I also feel it within me too, confirming constantly that God is indeed in the details, and the devil nowhere in sight.
I find it fascinating though unsurprising that we have coined a phrase over the decades, or is it centuries of “the devil’s in the details”… when in fact it would seem it is the exact opposite. Certainly when I attend to the details, simplicity and harmony usually results, a sense that all is ok. That to me, is far more indicative of God, than it is of a so-called devil.
‘God is in the detail’ walks hand in hand with ‘Everything matters’. I have always understood the expression ‘the devil’s in the detail’ to mean that if you do not pay attention to the smallest detail, the everything’ then this is where problems will be created.
Simplicity is the key to understanding detail, and simplicity is the key to developing our relationship with God.
I love the detail you brought to preparing a meal for yourself, it was deeply inspirational to read for you could feel the absolute beauty and power that comes through your choice to lovingly focus like you did… for you… a formula that can be added to support everything we do.
Thank you Bianca. I used to believe that detail was as simple as crossing your ‘t’s and dotting your ‘i’s and I didn’t see it as particularly important. Your blog reminds me that choosing to pay attention to details can be incredibly beautiful and supportive.
Bianca to pay more attention to details would made our world slow down a bit.
When we pay attention to details, we notice the spaciousness that surrounds us and is within us.
This very clearly presents the beauty that is in living present in every detail.
Bianca, this is such a gorgeous ode to detail, and to the support and care it brings to our lives. When detail is present life flows, there is is a harmony and a space to respond to life rather than just react, and in that space magic happens, we can feel and see the possibilities of life and where and how we are in it, and how grand it and we can be.
Indeed when we take care of details in our lives, there is a flow and when we are present to respond to any disharmonious element, which is often in a detail. As they say: the whole story is in the detail. We need to have an harmonious life, a way of living first ourselves, to observe and read what is going on around us.
Gorgeous Caroline, the whole story is in the detail, it’s so beautiful to feel and read this line, thank you. Detail supports the harmony of who we are and how we express that in the world.
I can share your thoughts about God being in the details Bianca, and that we in general tend to not pay that much attention to the details in life and instead prefer to only look to the bigger overarching picture. In doing so we indeed are setting ourselves up to miss that one most important aspect in our lives and that is that we are one with God and can only become aware of this fact by also connection to all the details in life. in the details we will experience God in all his grandness, but also ourselves as we are part of this same grandness that God is holding us in.
I can be a bit of a ‘wolfer’ when it comes to eating. I have slowed down a LOT but your blog has inspired me to take a greater level of care and presence when it comes to eating but what I also got so strongly is that it is also in the preparation.
I agree that the attention to detail is a great way to come back to ourselves when we have got into a spin! Keeping it simple.
And I must add too that detail is something that helps me feel more focused and more present, it brings me back when I feel scattered, it pulls me together. I actually get frustrated if I don’t take the time nor make the space for the detail as it feels like things are not complete. Bianca, thank you for sharing this blog in such detail 😉
The big picture is just as important as the details are. The Macrocosm and the microcosm – each powerful on its own but each powerful in its combination.
I loved the beautiful reminder about attention to detail when cooking- being fully present with your body and senses to know what is needed in the food, and then the importance of eating the food sitting down, fully present and with tender care. Feels very loving, supportive and nurturing.
Such a beautiful blog Bianca. I could feel the nurturing care and love present when things are done with attention to detail, and therefore the opportunity for God to be with you.
Thank you Bianca a truly beautiful and inspiring blog to read. one that is right on for me to read today, especially powerful is your beautiful sharing about food, how it is cooked and how then eaten with absolute presence and a joy, much for me to consider, in the detail of everything.
When I am no longer connected with myself it is as if an indifference is entering, the complete opposite of the attention to detail. To stop and reconnect through my body by bringing back this beautiful attention to detail makes I can feel my delicate and tender nature again.
I love feeling how every part of nature, every part of this world and every part of our body and Soul are all part of God, no more no less. This is true equality
“On days when I feel tired or in a rush, I have found that the most loving way to support myself is to stop, breathe, come back to my body and re-connect and once again bring my attention to detail” . . .This is a great reminder for me today. Thank you Bianca.
I feel like I am getting the most amazing education this morning. It is bringing me to this moment, to focus, not to be jumping ahead to where I next need to be or what I next need to do. I feel my day expanding as space and not being tied to time. Anxiety is not here. God is in the detail.
My experience of this is when I am present with the details, I notice how much space opens up in the tiniest of things or movements. When I’m too busy, cluttered and jumbled then in the same activity the space is no where to be found.
It is lovely to read your description of being present when you are cooking and eating and such a good example of how when we don’t pay attention to the details we then overeat/eat things that are not supportive for our bodies with all the attendant consequences. Thank you for this amazing reminder that paying attention to the detail in everything brings a beautiful flow to living and expands the space available to us.
God is in the details; no doubt about it.
Attention to detail (a movement) set a movement in motion that is all about flow; no surprises you do not see coming.
Paying attention to detail allows one to feel what is to be felt with the same quality of detail.
We tend to have a temporal relationship with beauty, but the truth is that feeling it -not consuming it- can only happen when we are in space and totally present in our body. When this happens, the eyes, indeed, confirm what we have felt.
If ‘evil is in the details’, which it is, and everything that is evil is merely a distorted copy of what is true, God has to be in the details.
I have learned the hard, and often painful, way that to ignore the details, especially rushing to get something completed, is opening oneself up to all sorts of problems, problems that really didn’t need to arise in the first place. Instead, taking the time to be aware of all that is going on with me and around me, observing every single detail, allows everything to flow so beautifully and the feeling of God in the flow is so very tangible.
This is a beautiful blog to come back to again and again as each time we become more aware of the extent to which God has gone to offer us so much love. Who else would have been so committed in every creation to bring such love and detail for us to appreciate and observe in wonderment. It is indeed awe inspiring.
When I can’t be bothered and deliberately leave out the detail I miss out on so much. When I pay attention to the detail, it’s an indication of how bothered I am in that moment. It also stops me rushing and I am more careful with my actions.
When I spend time appreciating the details in what I am doing, it really brings me back to being present in my body for it is the details that make up the whole. We miss so much when we skip over details and it is then that I find that I am in a rush moment and am not really with me or God. To go for a walk in the morning and not listen to the birds who start their day in song is missing out on the detail and there is little joy in my walk when this happens as my mind has been elsewhere!
Reading your blog again Bianca, I can see how being present with myself every minute is about the detail. The simple detail of being with life as it happens. When I get busy and caught up with my to do list, the day can be a blur and I can get to the evening and wonder ‘where was I?’
Yes, I can understand what you mean Debra – that ‘the day can be a blur and I can get to the evening and wonder ‘where was I?’ When I allow myself to see and feel the detail I am alive and connected to the essence of God and this allows me to expand and appreciate the moment.
I love this Bianca. It is something that I regularly forget yet, when embraced, it’s a concept that immediately changes how I do everything. I have a busy day ahead of me and I feel inspired to take this little gem with me and just observe what a difference it makes to my awareness of all that is being offered. Thank you!
That is beautiful Helen – when we allow the details that God brings into our day to enrich each moment we can feel the magnificence and love that is God.
God is in the details -this means fro me that there is nothing too small to overlook. Everything we do in our day can bring us a connection to God if we are present in our doing. This is pretty amazing really as we have so many opportunities to make loving choice,s or not, as God is in our lives in so many ways.
Yes Anne. Our life and the way we choose to live it can be about paying attention to everything, not just the big things. This is one way to live that I agree brings us closer to ourselves and thus to God.
Since reading this beautiful blog I find that just the words ‘God is in the Detail’ bring me back to myself and allow me to feel that the magic of God is to be found in every loving detail that is found in all that space that surrounds us – no detail has been left out by God – the Universe is all encompassing and forever expansive and inclusive.
I love what you share here Bianca, when we rush through life there is no space to experience God. I agree God is in the detail – when we live in connection and commit to each moment we are rewarded with feeling God’s presence.
This is great to read, it is a beautiful truth, God is definitely in the detail. When just cruising trough life without a look at the detail it gets dull, and I notice I lose my connection. It definitely is in every detail, choosing to take care of every part of our live.
I agree Benkt – life does become all the same and lose it’s depth of beauty when we do not connect to the detail of all the majesty that we are offered by God and the Universe. I often stand in wonderment to see and feel the detail and magic that is offered in everything that surrounds me in all the space that is God.
That makes so much more sense Bianca that it’s God that’s in the details.
As someone who loves details your blog made perfect sense to me Bianca. In fact looking at things from the perspective that God is in the details is so helpful as I can see how even considering this opens me up to having a new level of awareness of God in my life. Thank you!
I agree Helen it is truly beautiful to celebrate the details of life – of everything that is around us. It certainly does open us up to a new level of God as we can fully and deeply allow ourselves to appreciate the minutest detail. I find this particularly wonderful in nature when I see the tiniest insect that God has offered us that nothing is too small or insignificant and how with each exquisite detail there is a synchronicity that is awe inspiring.
I am feeling that the the details make up the whole so for us to feel complete the details are so important.
Yes Anne and I find that in the detail of nature I can fully appreciate how honouring God is of us in all our parts and that as parts we can come together as a cohesive whole.
Thank you Bianca for an inspiring blog to read, I have said about my self in the past that I am not a detail person, but having read your blog I realise that in a sense I am. I can relate to some of what you have shared, but when I am not present that is when detail goes out the door, I love that “God is in the detail. “
Love what you have said here Jill – some people may not feel that they are ‘detail’ people, however deep inside I feel we all are, we just express it differently. And we can all develop this deeper and deeper – so that even a ‘detail’ person can go deeper with the detail and hence bring more detail to detail 😉
I find focusing on the detail means I’m more attentive, caring and complete with whatever I’m doing and it also stops my mind wandering off so I’m no longer there, present, in the moment, contributing to the activity. I agree that somehow giving this attention to the detail creates more space, less rush and a greater depth of connection to how I’m truly feeling.
Beautiful to return to your blog Bianca and to connect to the simplicity and truth of what you say. As you say ‘If I continue to bring this level of presence to every moment of my day with loving consistency – not a driving for perfection – my day just flows’ and for me this is the key to expanding my life in a way that supports me in every moment – and in every detail. The constant drive for perfection is what has enabled us to live in a way that has separated us from not only our own true connection but our connection to God and the Universe. We are offered such exquisite and divine detail in every minute detail of our lives that offers us a reflection of what God was offering us when he breathed us forth.
It just occurred to me after rereading your blog Bianca that the understanding of ‘God in the Details’ was actually something I had held as a theory, perhaps a mental understanding of the term and that that such beauty could be seen around me in nature but never truly understood what it meant for me. I can now say for a fact that living life with attention and care to every detail, I do now understand what this means on a much grander level as I am now living this not just knowing of it.
God is definitely in the details. Well said Bianca and by the way your blog is very inspiring and absolutely exquisite to read.
Bianca – I love you sharing of how every little movement we do can come with an appreciation. The way you describe preparing and eating a meal is so loving, and in a world where fast food and quick eating is common place, it is a breath of fresh air to read about your relationship with food.
It is true for me too that in total appreciation and presence, there is no craving afterwards or feeling hungry in a short space of time, i am full of the presence and appreciation I am feeling.
How truly inspiring are your words hvmorden – and so true. When we are in total appreciation and presence we are not only honouring ourselves but also the Universe and everything it holds therein.
Absolutely Susan, and then we do not seek outside of ourselves because how we are is full. There seems to be a pattern of feeling empty and then wondering what society can offer us to fix the feeling, when in fact we do not consider the relationship we have with ourselves first. I have learnt that this is the basis for everything and that as I am more aware of my body, I am more aware of my surroundings.
So true hvmorden – we avoid feeling our feelings at all costs – the real cost being that in so doing we lose ourselves and our connection. When as you say ‘how we are is full’ we are complete within ourselves and that brings with it a knowingness that we are enough as we are and that we can live in equality with all others.
This is such a beautiful blog to read Bianca – “…movement of the leaves as they dance and glide in unison together creating a ripple of harmony through the air…” I personally love detail and God’s detail is forever inspiring and makes my heart sing joyfully.
Thank you Shelley for your comment where you mention the passage ‘ “…movement of the leaves as they dance and glide in unison together creating a ripple of harmony through the air…’ – this is such an evocative passage in the blog as it recounts how manifold and wonderful are the details of God that surround us in our daily lives. It truly connects you to your soul when you can feel the sensitivity in the movement of a gentle breeze creating a ‘ripple of harmony’. God is divine and he offers us such amazing opportunities to connect to his divinity in such simple ways.
So beautiful to read your blog again Bianca – and to connect to all the subtleties that we are given in life as we appreciate the gentle breeze rustling the leaves in a tree or an insect delicately making its way across a leaf – there is so much detail in all that God offers us by way of reflection that we are constantly and consistently being offered. As we connect more to this detail we realise that nothing happens by chance, that all is constellated to bring together what we as a humanity need to evolve and further deepen our appreciation of our place in the Universe.
God is in the whole and in the details that make up the whole. The details are not less spectacular than the whole. They are not less important either. The whole and the details are all aligned to the Divine will. They correspond with an order we cannot truly grasp in its magic.
How beautiful to connect and feel the depth of what you are sharing in your comment Eduardo. In the greater all there is no less or more – we are all one in our particular details and in the oneness we are aligned both to one another and to all that there is in the Universe and beyond.
Agree Eduardo. Without the detail, there is no whole. The detail makes up the whole, so they are one and the same, just looked at from different angles. I have experienced how simply paying attention to a few details, like what I eat, what time I go to bed, and how I look after myself has changed the whole of my life. Who knows what other details I can pay attention to and what changes may happen as a consequence?
I love how this blog brings God into everyday life in a practical way and does not make him anything beyond what we are able to relate to or even switch off from. Beautiful to read, thank you.
‘I was present with every morsel of food so a small amount feels like a 3 course meal.’ You’ve just nailed a key aspect of our general dysfunction with the process of eating. We don’t attend to the detail of it – the preparation, the chopping, the stirring, the w-a-i-t-i-n-g. We may DO the detail but we’re not IN it at the time. Our heads are often elsewhere. And then we gobble and chobble like there’s no tomorrow instead of being present in our body, using our taste buds and tongue as they were intended, tasting ‘every morsel of food’, feeling the swallowing and from there, the landing in our stomachs. No wonder we don’t truly know when we’re full – we’re not listening, because we’re not present, we’re not in ‘exquisite space’.
This is a very supportive and healing blog I feel Bianca. The spaciousness that comes with paying attention to the details, never fails to amaze and delight me. Like you I thank Serge Benhayon for living this and inspiring us with it.
What a joy to read this again today, Bianca. I can feel that when we stay present to the details the rest of our living juts flows as it is meant to be – not necessarily how we would always want it but how it is meant to be! I love the feeling of spaciousness that comes with the details- it feels so freeing. Thank you.
Beautifully said Bianca, your blog inspires me to commit to more detail in every area of my life, not too rush in anyway as each moment is an opportunity to experience God. This line stood out for me and is perfect to take into my day -‘The world slows down around me and I am enveloped by this exquisite space. I feel whole again. I honestly feel connected to all and without a doubt feel the presence of God.’
Bianca, details are key, and it’s when I slide over them that I miss out on what is there, and there’s a magic in detail that allows us all to feel and see that we are so much more than we think, and yes when we take care of those little details, things just flow.
Thank you Bianca, even though this is a second read for me it’s as though I have never read it before, and a great reminder to appreciate the little details and what it feels like to be conscious of them. This is just what I needed to read this morning.
Yes, Julie, I agree this blog by Bianca is a great reminder of how many moments there are throughout the day that we can appreciate all the we have been given when we become more attentive and conscious of how these details enhance our day and build more harmony and love in our body.
God does not miss a thing, from the tiniest detail, cell, atom, molecule or speck to the great expanse of the universe every detail is considered and in divine order. We feel our place as part of this divine loving order through feeling and appreciating the wonder and magic in the simple details of our lives.
I have never heard the saying, ‘the devil’s in the detail’ but this clearly feels like a misrepresentation of the truth. I love details and my life feels magical when I observe them. It fills me with deep appreciation of all the little things that add up to show me divinity on a daily basis.
Awareness of every little thing that is around us and that occurs is there for a purpose and perhaps that purpose is to remind us of our responsibility that we are each an essential part or detail of the whole of God’s Plan.
Lovely Bianca, this was an important blog because attention to details was once not my first choice. In the past my opinion were that details were holding me back – I often felt that details made people pedantic and that they are lost in details and therefore I never wanted to be caught in being obsessed in details. But now it is different because people like you showed me that there is an other way and now I can relate to every word your wrote in your amazing blog. The more I choose the details the merrier I can feel my stillness and the merrier I got time to do things. There is still work in progress but now I can feel the grace in it.
Bianca, I love how you’ve brought our attention to detail, I know when I am not with myself there is an indifference namely about paying attention to detail, as if I say ‘I leave everything to you it is not my responsibility to bring God back on earth’. Paying attention to the details can bring me back, by being present and feel what my hands are touching, where I walk, see and feel nature. Your example about the stillness and harmony in the leaves touched by the wind is beautiful and I could feel these innate qualities within me while reading your blog.
Although hearing it many times, I had never really thought about ‘the devil is in the details’ and yet it is such a perfect bastardisation of the truth and the power that lies within them. This is such a great exposure and an awesome reminder to pay attention, for it is within the details that true beauty and appreciation can be felt.
God is in the detail. I have been a person in a hurry most of my life but these last few years I am really appreciating the times when I am totally present with myself and absorbed by the beauty of the detail and precision. I am discovering that my true nature loves detail.
This is very cool, without detail a lot of what is going on would fail, there is so much in the details and when we don’t connect with this there will be no true connection to what is there, the god that is in all of these details.
God is indeed in the detail , and your blog is a great reminder of how supportive this can be. Thanks Bianca.
Yes, I love this too. Connecting to the touch of my hand on my face as I apply cream, for example, allows me to feel the tenderness that I am bringing to myself and then, if I choose to, I can deepen this quality.
I love what you have written and expressed here Bianca; like you I can best support and nurture myself by attending to the detail and being present, whatever I am doing.
“On days when I feel tired or in a rush, I have found that the most loving way to support myself is to stop, breathe, come back to my body and re-connect and once again bring my attention to detail”.
This is very inspiring and confirming, thank you.
I love re-reading this fabulous blog Bianca. It really does make a world of difference when we are presented with everything we do, and connect to the stillness of every moment. Thank you.
God is indeed in the detail. Great to claim that God can be felt in everything that we do, how could he not? When I have stillness in my body and an ease in which I breathe, I know I am with God.
Bianca, I just love this. And reading it this evening allowed me to stop and feel my attention to detail, and how much detail keeps us in the here and now, present in each and every moment, aware and appreciating. God really is in the details, it’s those little things that somehow bring a reality to the whole of all that is around us and when I focus on those details there is such a wonder and an open-ness to explore – I feel a joy in me.
I can feel the power of stopping and reconnecting to the details in life Bianca Barban. Doing so brings me back the joy in life, because it is me dealing with all these details, having fun with it.
Thank you Bianca for this beautiful reminder of what a powerful a gift it is when we choose to stop, breathe and bring our attention to the details though which we re-connect to our presence and to the presence of God.
It’s amazing how many sayings like this are passed down to us and we just accept them without question. Thank you Bianca for turning this one around it makes me feel more open to changing everything around if it does not truly make absolute sense.
God is in the detail. This is so precious to me. The sentence beholds love, simplicity, playfulness and joy and instantly connects me to my divine nature.
Thank you katinkadelannoy this comment supports us to feel the power of words and that everything expressed comes with an energy. I am finding words written or spoken have an aliveness or a harshness about them. They either support us to be ourselves or to live away from who we truly are.
Bianca, I love this blog, God is so in the detail and it’s super supportive when we live this. I can feel and smell the meal you cooked and how awesome it was and feel how everything was taken care of with great feeling and love, and that’s the beauty of details applied in a light, playful and loving way. Thank you for reminding me.
This is really gorgeous Bianca as when we live in a way where we choose to be aware of the detail life does take on a very different quality. I personally find I enjoy my day more, each moment has a feeling of fullness as my awareness is heightened, I notice more things about myself, the day, nature and the joy is there as I can appreciate the quality I bring. I find the more time I take to be with myself, in the moment, my attention to detail expands and things fall into place more naturally then if I am rushed or pushing myself to complete a task or thinking of something else I must do. There is definitely divinity in the detail, because it feeds back the love we are.
Thank you Bianca for bringing the delight in detail to a discussion. I agree that Serge Benhayon has inspired with his attention to detail in everything he does and says. I love the simplicity of being present in each moment, the precision and grace that is possible.
So true Bernadette, simplicity, precision and grace is all in the detail.
Bianca what you have uncovered here in that “God is in the details” is astonishing. So simple, yet so supportive and true. I know I often glaze over details and put myself in the “I’m not a detail kind of person”, but I can see how that cuts me short of connecting with God. What you have shared here I have found truly profound. I am going to re-visit my relationship with detail and see that God is indeed in the details.
This is great Donna. Isn’t it interesting how we can feel that bringing attention to detail is an arduous task when in truth it brings simplicity and joy and is a natural way to live 🙂
And isn’t it a great way to invite God into your home, if you set every room and angle up with love for the details? That way God already awaits me whenever I come home.
How cool that there is so much to discover about myself and the world.
It is beautiful to read how the details can support us rather than be a source of anxiety or control. I have more of an awareness around some areas of detail in my life than others, and I have come to understand that this is just where I have chosen to put my focus and develop myself and that there are still opportunities to explore and develop.
Thank you nicolesjardin. I have found when I focus on detail as a striving for perfection I feel much anxiety and control. When I am connected to my essence and bring attention to detail there is no emotion or tension only love, stillness, harmony and joy – the qualities of who we truly are.
Perfection is an absolute killer of our potential and you are correct in saying Bianca that striving for it brings much anxiety and invites overwhelm into our lives. When caught in this vicious circle you then reach for other emotions to build you up and the merry go round that feeds your insecurities continues.
I love what you share here! What a great reminder! Thank you.
“I will notice how the food sounds and I will cook according to when it feels ready, using my eyes as confirmation of what I have already felt.” – I notice this too when I cook with attention to detail, Bianca.
What a beautiful sharing Bianca, I especially love your line -‘God is in the details’.
Thank you for the opportunity to bring this awareness into everything I do.
Bianca every word expressed here shows your true appreciation for the details of life. A beautiful reminder that God is definitely in the details. Thank you.
I appreciate what you share here and it inspires me to pay more attention and bring focus to all the many details that are there continually. The way you describe the process opens up time and makes it spacious and non-rushed as well, and that is always a great thing.
Yes. It is a choice every step of the way to be aware of the details.
I like this simple fact the a god is in the details. It makes sense.
I love this. You have made a great case for “God is in the detail’. It is so true that if we are just that extra careful and loving in all we do, then that feeling comes back to us and is offered to others also. Thank you Bianca.
I have been feeling very rushed and stressed this morning Bianca so reading this line “On days when I feel tired or in a rush, I have found that the most loving way to support myself is to stop, breathe, come back to my body and re-connect and once again bring my attention to detail.” was an absolute gift. I almost missed it in my rush but I am glad I allowed myself to read each word a few times. Thank you for this beautiful expression of wisdom.
This is awesome Leonne, thank you for sharing your experience. I find reading the blogs and comments such a support too 🙂
Bianca, this is a great blog. I am just learning what a difference my 10m walk from my office to the kitchen makes. The details of the details are huge.
Bianca, a beautiful blog to read again and re-connect to. As you say ‘God is in the detail’ and this is reflected to us through Serge Benhayon, as he is attentive to detail in all that he does, says and lives. It is exquisite to feel the detail and precise-ness of each moment as each moment has been invested with the same love and care of humanity. Each moment serves as it unfolds the wisdom of the universe.
Bianca, I can really feel how supportive and loving the details of daily living are after reading this and this is going to be my focus today! Thank you.
Thank you for the lovely reminder to stop, reconnect and focus on the details of what I am doing as this truly allows me to feel the stillness within myself and in that there is always a strong connection to divinity and nothing else.
As I come back to re-read this there was a sense of richness as you shared your appreciation and application of detail in your day. A much appreciated timely reminder for myself that God is not restrained or held by big bangs and shining lights from the heavens moments but in the smallest of details and expressions. Thank you Bianca.
I agree leighmatson, God is not only in the big moments, but in every moment should we allow ourselves to feel the love we are held in.
Thankyou Bianca for this awesome blog. When you bring detail to absolutely everything we do we can begin to feel the depth of appreciation and connection with God. I would usually eat and forget to fully appreciate the taste of what I was eating and I also find it very easy to over eat. What you have shared about food and your connection to every moment is truly inspiring to me. This level of attention to detail will be amazing to apply to everything I do and deepen the relationship with myself and God.
Watching the wind in the trees phase in this blog was beautiful it reminded me that have just as much grace and can be as effortless when we pay attention to our finer details
Thank you Bianca for taking me on a connected journey of presence and detail. A beauty-full blog, to counter the bastardisation of a truth, “God is in the detail”.
Beautifully expressed Clare, thank you 🙂
Thank you Bianca, all you have shared in detail is gorgeous to feel in my body. Attention to detail is key ingredient for conscious presence, to leave it out will leave me feeling hungry every time.
I giggled when I read this bit Bianca – ‘I may have just cooked the simplest meal and magically become a gourmet chef! ‘ I loved it. God is definitely in the details. It’s like when you see a whole picture yet it’s the details that make it truly grand. like a drawing done by a child and it’s of a family, you can look at that picture and go ‘yea, that’s a family’ but then when you really look at the detail to how the child has drawn each member and the colours they use it becomes a lot more wonder-full and fantastic to look at. Looking at things this way bring a lot more of god to everything.
This is a gorgeous blog Bianca thank you. I love the feeling of it and it reminds me of how precious I am and how lovely it feels to attend to this in detail. I tend to relatively rush through things, tick the boxes, and in that not allowing a depth of detail and space that I know and love! Your article has supported me to reconnect with that this morning.
I can so relate to what you have expressed Carolien. It is like there is a drive or push inside that is running people to get through the day, getting as many tasks done as possible without actually being present when they are doing them. It feels like in this set up that life is about many intense moments and then a moment of reward at the end where you check out with a cuppa and something to eat or a movie etc. The more I allow myself to bring detail to my life, the less I find I need a reward at the end of the day because the real reward has been the joy of being with myself in my body when I complete my tasks and bring my attention to the detail of each moment.
So true Bianca, in fact doesn’t this show that the reward factor is a give away of not having been fully with ourselves and all we were doing in the day?
Great Bianca. Recently I’ve noticed how when I commit to what I’m doing and generally, a sense of ease comes – it extends to allowing the details to be ok with me. When I’m not committed to a process, I want to skip over the top and not bother with the details. More and more, I’m enjoying the detail of everything, because this is where the greatest learning is to be had.
It’s amazing how you can have special moments where you stop and appreciate the smallest of things, things you could call little miracles, or seeming coincidences because they almost seem set up by something grand, something playful and something that knows where you are at and what you need; and it’s all these special moments I would define as moments created by God. The Magic of God.
Absolutely arieljoymuntelwit, beautifully pointed out. It’s when we feel this, we feel the presence of God.
It’s interesting when you Google the phrase ‘devil is in the detail’, that apparently it is derived from the earlier phrase ‘God is in the detail’. Another example of the wisdom of the ages being buried beneath a series of falsities.
Thanks Stevie, I agree. I have much appreciation for Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon whose books, presentations and workshops are all based on the Ageless Wisdom, you can feel without a doubt the truth of this work and that the wisdom is ageless.
This article is such a beautiful support for me this morning as I sit in a busy airport waiting to catch a plane. There is so much hustle and bustle around me and reading the simplicity and supportive wisdom in this article has supported me to come back to stillness and bring attention to the detail of each moment.
Perfect reminder for me to read Bianca as only very recently I recognised I was letting myself slip by trying to skip the details and how it was not working. God is most certainly in the detail.
Thank you Bianca for bringing back the effect of attention to detail, it is great to start my day with your blog. How the attention to detail gives this moment of appreciating how precious we are, as you say to feel God is in the Detail.
Hear hear Bianca, I love the details of your blog.
Thank you Bianca for this beautiful blog that is reminding me that God is in the detail and how precious every moment is!
so awesomely expressed Bianca, God is indeed in every detail of life. It is amazing to have a pause and feel how beautifully composed everything is in life, God is everywhere.
Bianca this is beautiful.
I read this and smile Bianca, for we all know that the detail is the refining of ourselves in a moment and yet we often forgo the detail, in effect ourselves, so that we don’t have to feel the fact that we don’t choose this all of the time. I am increasingly becoming aware of the amount of detail we can see and feel – and how each choice supports or not.
I love this blog Bianca as I have always been a big picture person and let details take care of themselves, but this is a joke because really only I can take care of the details and I am learning to do this and it is so supporting.
What a powerful observation, “that by bastardising the truth of this idiom that God Is In the Detail, so many people may have inadvertently rejected bringing detail to their lives”. I know for one that I have done that and what a change in my life it is bringing to now pay attention to the details.
God certainly is in the detail. Thank you for sharing this Bianca. I had never really contemplated this before, but have had the experience of being present and aware of the detail and the connection this brings. It is interesting that the saying of the devil in the detail is the exact opposite to the truth.
Exquisitely expressed. Love is in every detail.
Absolutely God is in the details. Sometimes I may feel like I am being too precise but when I don’t pay attention to the details in the things I do it does not feel complete, this blog just explains why: because my connection with God is in these details.
Its so true Bianca …”everything means something.”
I love what you share here Bianca. I always interpreted ‘the Devil’s in the detail’ to mean that harm can creep in when I don’t pay attention to detail. For example – if I neglect to put the lid on something with care it can cause a huge problem when I knock the bottle over later because I am not present in my body (more detail).
The detail’s interesting, I have often resented having to look into some details and a little bit obsessive about other details in life, this for me shows that there was imbalance. It is lovely to look at the details of life as a way to support a connection with God. I can feel this in my daily life. “If I continue to bring this level of presence to every moment of my day with loving consistency – not a driving for perfection – my day just flows. There is such a joy to my day.” There is a flow and a joy to my day when I have set myself up to live it in a supportive way. Embracing details, a lovely reminder of a supportive way to live my day.
Bianca, I am so inspired by your blog. Detail has been a challenge to me as it can also be used in an unloving obsessive way, I have reacted to that in the past. I am now rebuilding my loving connection with detail and find it transformative. One of my fondest and most lasting memories of Serge is observing the fullness of attention he was giving the cleaning of a hand basin in his old clinic. It was with the same loving attention as when he has a client on the table.
Very relatable blog, as I too find magic ‘in the details’. It makes life just that oh so more richer.
‘God is in the detail’ I love this expression.
Thank you for this simple confirmation that God is indeed in the detail.. detail is something that comes natural to me and I feel most supported when I am connected to the detail and what it reflects to me in my everyday life … your posed question at the end has supported a learning that I am coming to also, which is that God is in the big picture too.
I have never hesitated to feel the detail but seeing the big picture of things collectively can easily have me in overwhelm or anxiousness and craving my security (or comfort) of searching out my small moments ‘one thing at a time’ behaviour. However, I now see that God is there with me throughout the whole of life, in every moment, from the smallest detail to the grand scale of the universe. Thank you Bianca for supporting my own learning with this.
Beautiful, Bianca. Paying attention to details feels like looking through a magnifying glass, everything becomes big and spacious, and the magic of God is right in our face.
God Is In the Detail, what you have shared here is beautiful and true. When we pay attention and appreciate every detail we get everything, we get the whole. We get to feel we are precious, that there is a grace and delicateness.
A gorgeous exposition, and such a joy to read, thank you Bianca. I love that you leave it open-ended, asking…’What truths are kept from us that provide true inspiration and make a massive difference to us living a life full of true vitality and wellness?’….much to ponder on here.
Thankyou Bianca for your great blog . I have only ever heard God is in the details . But one thing is for certain it is in the details where we feel the divine in every moment and it is where we meet the divine in every moment .
I really enjoyed reading this again, I love detail too, I find it brings clarity and precision to my day.
Thankyou for reminding me to stop and listen to the wind in the trees. It is such a simple moment, yet in that moment it is such a confirming experience as the interconnectedness of everything reveals itself.
Hi Bina. I love your comment on Bianca’s amazing blog “God is in the detail”. I too love detail, when I am cooking, when I am working with wood in fact in lots of things I do.
In my workshop I have sometime felt that it is God who is moving my hands.
I love this blog, restoring truth and appreciation to detail. It highlights how being present in every moment, paying attention to the detail is actually a choice to connect to the divine within, and it is then easy to feel the spaciousness. I know that if I’m paying attention to the detail, time does seem to stand still and there is no sense of rushing or pushing in my body.
Beautiful blog, I can very much relate to this ‘I feel light and lovely but so grounded and real. It is like I realise everything means something so I am attentive and right with me in every moment.” I too love details, it’s those small touches that make such a difference. Lovely to feel the appreciation you have for detail too.