Showing posts with label Truth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Truth. Show all posts

Monday, December 28, 2009

Choices and Consequences


Even though we live in the world of illusion, it can still really cut like a knife sometimes. Life is tricky; it’s all about choices, and the decisions a person makes at any given moment may have repercussions that go far beyond what was intended. Over eons of time, we have developed a somewhat useful yet potentially problematic ability to compartmentalize the things in our lives, separating one conjoined aspect of truth from another. In the process we are able to rationalize and justify almost anything. This, however, can become a dangerous double-edged sword, for compartmentalization ultimately leads to irrational fragmentation of truth, and a subsequent inability to see things from that all-important holistic perspective; the big picture. Within this dynamic, the ego gets an overindulgence of attention, and our ability to see things from points of view other than our own too often become lost. When you throw the emotion of fear into the mix, it quickly becomes a very toxic soup, leading to questionable decisions and unintended consequences. So what does all of this have to do with spirituality, and how do we move through this illusory gauntlet to determine what is the best course of action at any given moment?

Well, the question itself contains the seeds of its solution. You see, we must understand that we live in the illusion – it’s all a big stage play. The inner is the true reality and the outer is the illusion; go figure. As such, we are not the bodies that we occupy and working within the dramas that we create should always be viewed through the prism of the higher self; the Soul perspective. We are Soul, a divine spark of the eternal Source. We are one with All That Is. We gather experience by working through the dramas we create in order to become self-aware and ultimately God-aware. When we come to that all-important plateau of awakening to our true identity as Soul living in eternity, we’re able to rise above the slings and arrows that are thrown at us. We’re able to identify the dualistic nature of all things we encounter. We still have to deal with the dramas, but we can (as the saying goes) learn to be “in it but not of it.” When illuminated with this Soul perspective, the need or desire to compartmentalize or rationalize begins to fall away, for we are no longer afraid to deal with truth. One must always remember that truth is strength; it’s a real game changer when you finally embrace it.

Yes, those slings and arrows may sting sometimes, and some days are better than others when dealing with them, but as an awakened being you remember that you have a new default perspective; you are Soul, living in eternity. What you are dealing with shall pass. It is not a forever thing. You on the other hand, are. As an awakened Soul you find yourself constantly asking, “What is the lesson here?” The body’s emotional chakras may be firing on all cylinders, but you have the ability to step outside of that perspective and see things in a Divine light. As such, it’s all good.

As we move forward on our transcendent journey towards enlightenment, we must embrace the slings and arrows we sometimes encounter, and view them as opportunities for growth. We are at an all-important place and time in our collective experience. We will be encountering more and more trials and tribulations as we move closer and closer to our spiritual transition. Throughout all of these tests, we must never forget that everything we deal with has its true solution based in LOVE. Love is indeed the key to everything. It really does conquer all, for when we place this in the center of our hearts it is able to wash away all pain. It reconnects us to Source. We must become conscious beacons of this love energy and proactively outflow it throughout the world everyday, every moment. We are all a part of the collective critical mass of God-centered energy that will ensure a positive shift to enlightenment. So don’t let those slings and arrows slow you down, simply surrender them to love. For this, my friends, is the ultimate test.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Everything is Spiritual


We are all on an amazing journey. Its origins began in eternity and continue forward into infinity. We were brought forth in order to become aware that we exist. We begin experiencing incarnation after incarnation, making us stronger, wiser and more aware of who and what we are in the process. We are the seeds of the Divine, multiplying into infinite diversity and experience. It is the light fragmenting into a multiplicity of vibrational rates and levels of existence. It is us and we are It. It all…we all come from a Divine Source – a Divine plan. Its essence is Spiritual. Its truth is All That Is.

When we awaken to one we begin to realize that everything has a Spiritual significance; a Spiritual relevance. As referenced in my last blog, A Daily Contemplation (March 18th, 2009), I write, “We understand that everything in life is Spiritual, and that we walk on Holy ground everyday.” It’s all a matter of perspective. Where do you view your reality from? What is your truth; your frame of reference? The same overarching truth is in front of each and every one of us everyday, but we all see it differently based on our state of awareness; our state of consciousness. Many consider truth to be hard and fixed, but in fact it is malleable and dynamic.

Consider for a moment the analogy of sunlight as truth. It is absolute truth, beaming its raise of wisdom in all directions at all times. We receive the warm light of this truth, but in fact we only receive one tiny portion/beam of this infinite, omnipresent light. Our perspective is solely based on where we are in our respective orbital universe. We only see and experience one ray amongst millions going out in all directions simultaneously. It is only when we shift our perspective (shift our awareness and state of consciousness) to a much different place that we begin to see this same truth in a whole new light. It is the same truth, but now we are in a different place.

Not only are we in a different place, but the more we grow the greater our capacity to take in more light. As we embark on this journey of new light, we realize that everything in life is indeed provided for us and put in front of us to fulfill an important spiritual mission, to teach us. More significantly, to help us remember. Sometimes the lessons are painful, brutal, and hard to reconcile. Sometimes they are easy. All times they are filled with potential growth and promise. Always it is here to move us to a different place; to a more refined state of awareness.

The deeper we go into this journey of discovery, the more we are able to realize something else. That is the ability to discern the wheat from the chaff. Our discrimination faculties become more and more refined, and we are better able to identify divine truth from dogma and disinformation. Our “gut” serves more and more as a barometer for truth, and our inner perceptions and refined communication allow us to begin to see beyond what we are presented with on the surface. We are better able to cut through the density and find our way more and more to the light. It is our Divine right to do so.

As we move through this journey, we are able to see every action and reaction that we observe and experience with greater clarity the Spiritual understanding. Some things still surprise us. More things do not. We continue to ebb and flow in our levels of awareness and acceptance, but we become better able to find the balanced middle, and see things from a more neutral perspective, void of judgment and lingering negativity. We begin to trust our inner communication and judgment with greater certainty. We refine our personal connection with Source. We move to a different place. We are humble for we know we are no better than anyone else, but we see things in a whole new light; a Spiritual light. We see God’s plan in everything and everyone, and we realize that in this world of duality, both polarities of energy, negative and positive are by design looking for that place of integration and balance moving back to Source.

The work goes on; we still have peaks and valleys for the ebb and flow of Spiritual existence does not occur in a straight line. But now, we are more aware and more in control of what we choose to allow in our universe; our Spiritual space. We control our own destiny and we choose the direction of our life’s journey. This is what the road to self mastery is all about. This is the road we are all on whether we realize it or not. Yes, everything in life is Spiritual, and we do walk on holy ground everyday. The question becomes, are you now aware of it and how do you intend to live the rest of your life?