what being apart from the law means.

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So the third step is to simply repeat the second step until it works? (correct me if I got that wrong)

That sounds about right.

Not to be argumentative, but don't you think that's rather a bad way of finding god?

Not according to God the Son.
(Remember this is a cut and paste of His words not mine)

Essentially waiting for him to come to me, and being patient with my very short (relative to eternity) life to wait for him, someone who is omniscient and omnipresent.

It's about humility. will you do as you are told?

It seems discourteous on a point as important as the state of my immortal soul to be so blasé when I ask and exert myself, when he has the power to answer me whenever it takes his fancy.

What else can you do?

Oh well. I'll always keep an eye out for something that might indicate godly presence, but the more I think about it, this really isn't all too convincing.

1Cor 1:26 Brothers and sisters, God chose you to be his. Think about that! Not many of you were wise in the way the world judges wisdom. Not many of you had great influence, and not many of you came from important families. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. He chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 And God chose what the world thinks is not important—what the world hates and thinks is nothing. He chose these to destroy what the world thinks is important. 29 God did this so that no one can stand before him and boast about anything. 30 It is God who has made you part of Christ Jesus. And Christ has become for us wisdom from God. He is the reason we are right with God and pure enough to be in his presence. Christ is the one who set us free from sin. 31 So, as the Scriptures say, “Whoever boasts should boast only about the Lord.”[d]

...Seems to me it's all par for the course.

It all reminds me forcefully of what happened to Job. Humility, don't ask questions, accept god and worship him. I don't really find what happened to Job all too appealing.

I'm sorry Drich, but this criteria is just insane, not least because I tried it, earnestly, and god didn't do anything, but also because the answer is apparently to just try it until it works. What if I did it my whole life, and god never, ever answered me?

Also I have a nagging quote in my head whenever I think of trying it again: "Insanity is performing the same action over and over again and expecting different results" - A. Einstein.

Thanks for being direct about it though, it's nice to get some straightforward answers.