Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy

I think this verse is what got me into this whole confused thinking.

How do we be holy? What does it mean? I understand that holy means to be separate and different, but what does that mean practically? Should we be physically separate like Amish or Catholic Monks? And how does that work with the verse that says we should be in the world and not of the world - now I can't find that verse of course.

Do different people have different levels of being holy? Do I have differerent rules than Brent does?

I almost think it would be easier to have set rules like in the Torah so you knew exactly how to act and what you needed to do.

I think that we should be listening to the Holy Spirit speaking within us, but how do you differentiate between what the Holy Spirit is leading you to do, and what you are doing out of guilt feelings. Also, how do you not go off the deep end and turn into Amish (sorry, Margaret) or something?

So many questions.

I do think, however that the Torah has a lot of good guidelines in it. It's interesting that so many of the rules were to keep the Israelites safe from disease that they wouldn't have known about yet or to keep justice and fairness for all parties. God knows what's best for us and doesn't just make up arbitrary rules for no reason.