I seem to be having a continuous stream of Deja Vu. It started in spurts when I got to Pennsylvania. Today I feel like I’m awake in a dream. It’s not that everything is spectacular yet, as My thought process is not enabling that. Perhaps I have become Awake to life. I Can’t help but wonder if Deja Vu is a reflection of something God has seen play out. Some type of reminder to my physical self of what my spirit has known…
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“One of the most important of life´s lessons is to learn independence, to understand freedom. This means independence from attachments, from results, from opinions, and from expectations. Breaking attachments leads to freedom, but breaking attachments does not mean abandoning a loving and meaningful relationship, a relationship that nourishes your soul. It means ending dependency on any person or thing. Love is never a dependency.”
― Brian L. Weiss, Messages from the Masters: Tapping Into the Power of Love (also the author of Many lives, many masters.)
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Light, Dark
Yin, Yang
Good, Evil
Right, Wrong
Masculine, Feminine
… Alpha, Omega
As a species we have defined our word through extremes. Through these definitive words we are not only limiting our own potential, but limiting the all encompassing balance and supremacy the universe, or what I call God, is offering. The Two Will Become One. we have reached a pivotal shift, which we must allow our hearts to give way to, without the mind impeading. It is within our heart that we understand unities place. The Two Will Become One. I is time to break through these barriers of thoughts and words to allow free flow of spirit, and in turn external connection. This is often unknowingly what we long for, Connection, spiritual connection, which will also manifest physically. loose yourself. Silence your mind. Begin to hear the whispers of your heart. Allow your soul to lead. Break the barriers. Forget the extremes.
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“I have lots of things to teach you now, in case we ever meet, concerning the message that was transmitted to me under a pine tree in North Carolina on a cold winter moonlit night. It said that Nothing Ever Happened, so don’t worry. It’s all like a dream. Everything is ecstasy, inside. We just don’t know it because of our thinking-minds. But in our true blissful essence of mind is known that everything is alright forever and forever and forever. Close your eyes, let your hands and nerve-ends drop, stop breathing for 3 seconds, listen to the silence inside the illusion of the world, and you will remember the lesson you forgot, which was taught in immense milky way soft cloud innumerable worlds long ago and not even at all. It is all one vast awakened thing. I call it the golden eternity. It is perfect. We were never really born, we will never really die. It has nothing to do with the imaginary idea of a personal self, other selves, many selves everywhere: Self is only an idea, a mortal idea. That which passes into everything is one thing. It’s a dream already ended. There’s nothing to be afraid of and nothing to be glad about. I know this from staring at mountains months on end. They never show any expression, they are like empty space. Do you think the emptiness of space will ever crumble away? Mountains will crumble, but the emptiness of space, which is the one universal essence of mind, the vast awakenerhood, empty and awake, will never crumble away because it was never born.”
~ Jack Kerouac
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Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.
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Trying to decipher between Labels,
Am I….
Controlled,
Addict,
Mother,
Girlfriend,
Hard-worker,
People Pleaser…?
Sick,
Traumatized,
Beautiful,
‘A Gem’,
Nerd,
A Friend,
Selfish,
Abused,
Nurturing,
Christian,
Faithless,
Heathen,
Condemned….
I THINK, what I have been is Influenced. Allowing Labels to define what is most precious, ME. As a result of these labels and past experiences toiling through my head I have believed a fictitious story about myself. Meanwhile, feeling as though I am trying to claw my way out from the inside. Utterly discontent and uncomfortable Everyday. Momentary lapses of clarity have begun to give way. Fleeting spaces in time where I feel necessary, meaningful and complete. In these moments I have let go of stigmas placed by me and others. Allowing the constructs of my mind to merge with soul, moving away from the world and it’s words into my home and my heart. Where in I am Outside of Labels. Within I am not what I have done, I am who I am. I am not a story to be written nor a Label to be spoken.
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I thank God for the message about to be given, and my prayer is that a seed is planted within you that takes root,
dies and becomes firmly rooted within your spirit, as the world depends on it, on you, on US.
We have been created within this plane of existence as human. Placed in higher regard than even the angels.
We have been given free will where the Angels are commanded by the very voice of God.
We have been given the gift to choose to accept the Love and gifts of the spirit of God.
To utilize these things, to Love in return, unconditionally, and called to share these gifts with the world!
(ha! too funny, as God would have it R.E.M’s Loosing my religion streamed through my music as I’m writing this)
When I speak of God i do not reference a greying man in the sky marching with a cane and sprinkling magic God dust bring peace and
prosperity to church going people. I speak of the Force from which the universe and ALL inhabitants were created.
The Source of all that is and all that could ever be imagined. He is all of these things imagined. He is The Love within
you, and the Love that streams through you. You are BLESSED to be a vessel, called to light By him, for him, THROUGH HIM.
And you have CHOSEN to say Yes! I will take part in bringing your light and your Love to a broken, contrite, Dying world.
My true purpose in writing this is not to preach to you about God, If he has taught me anything, it is that he comes
to each individual as is fit for that person. Your relationship with God is just that, it is personal, intimate and ESSENTIAL.
I urge you to meditate on that concept alone. An INTIMATE relationship with God – as a Twin meets their Flame God is pursuing
YOU. I am concerned. I am concerned that though we have recognized some gifts we have been given, we are not recognizing
the source and in essence asking idols for guidance. I grew up in a home where the word God was not spoken, nor was the concept
illustrated. We learned of astral projecting, utilizing the help of our spirit guides. We trusted tarot cards, were given
dreams of prophecy. We read of interpreting dreams. We regressed to past lives. . . I went from there to studying any and all faith bases I could from
the Tibetan book of the dead, to the Koran, to Taoism, back to mythology and most recently to Catholicism/Christianity (which
5 years ago i would have shunned entirely). At this point the veils once placed have been lifted from my eyes.
God can not be summed in any one book of theology. But we have been taught this,
God has made himself PERSONALLY available to us. No longer is he in a box, where only the holiest of holies can go, hopefully
not to hear a bell ring as he drops dead to the floor covered in ‘sin’. God is Calling YOU to HIM personally. I urge you
in your prayers and meditations to Go directly to him as the source, there is no reason for mediators. And I Promise you
any real progress you are making within these gifts is a result of HIS will, and your response, not because of the angel, or deity
you have prayed too. Things of this world are either OF GOD or of EGO, people. WE need to recognize GOD as the source of everything
within life. Being the people he’s guided in connection with you, the dreams you are having, the words that are pouring
out of you, the light-headed feeling that seeps into every fiber of your being. Within every fiber of your being you are intertwined
with the same energy that brings life giving properties to the sun. A feeling was stirred up in me today, which I would have typically
interpreted as fear. Though God has created EVERYTHING, everything includes choice. Though God created the angels to love and serve him,
over 133,316,666 (roughly) of these angels have chosen to go against the love and life of God. For each Arch angel their is an
opposing Angel generally attributed to a deadly sin. There are forces at work in dimensions you cannot see that wish nothing
more than to thwart everything God is utilizing your gifts for. Your gifts are not for you, they are for the WORLD, for LOVE
and painting a portrait of God. Making him tangible in an unbelieving world. Be cautious in your practices, always remembering,
remaining thankfull to GOD. Always keeping God at the center of your meditations, for he is the only source. The channels in
which he chooses to reveal to you are up to him, not you for interpreting. Use heavenly wisdom. Head to your heart, and always work in light.
Having been on both sides of this veil, I urge you not to just take my words, hear what God is speaking to you and meditate on
that, WITH him. You have been called as sons and daughters of the most high. Take your place. The world needs God’s Love Now!
♑☥♑
8/17
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I’ve been led through an abundance of reflection recently – I see clearly the inner connections within most faith – for me the teachings of Jesus have been a unifying piece. . .I wanted to share some of my thoughts and revelations from this past week – not to convert – but to offer perspective and thought to you all
Blessings; is a word and topic i feel is thrown around very loosely. New Truck! ‘I’m Blessed’….Got Job I wanted ‘I’m Blessed’…..Bonus check ‘I’m Blessed’ …. Healthy child ‘I’m Blessed’…..win lottery ‘I’m Blessed’….miss rush hour traffic ‘I’m Blessed’…..
Picture the Garden Of Eden. Imagine – Perfect harmony with the creator of the universe ‘God’. . naming animals, in perfect open communication with God. Enjoying the vastness of the beautiful world created for shear enjoyment and pleasure. Complete perfect connection and harmony with God. The ultimate illustration of blessing is painted through this picture . . .Perfect unity with the Creator, perfect communication, peace, purpose, Love.
At some point this connection was severed as a result of our free will. I do not deem this to be neither a good nor a bad thing, but a cause and effect situation. At the point in which we gained knowledge of ‘Good’ and ‘Evil’ our relationship with God was severed as we became aware of our shame. It makes me wonder if we acted any differently before there was knowledge of right and wrong? Or if we behaved exactly the same, and did not know any different.
This brings me to now – Blessing is not found in material things we receive, but by the overwhelming heart felt connection with the Creator, God. True Blessing is unity With God and the spiritual experience to follow.
Treasures; Keep in mind this same picture of the Garden, and human separation from the unadulterated pure spirit of God. I believe there is something placed within us that yearns for this connection. I also believe that God intends to fulfill that connection, and it will be done.
What do you treasure in this world? what do you spend your money on? where do you spend your time? your thoughts? what do you hold dear, what do you treasure?
I would like to offer this perspective, interpret as you will…. Jesus was in also in perfect connection with God – Jesus was one with God as the creation of the universe unfolded – experiencing perfect harmony, love, all wisdom of what is and what is to come, what has been. Jesus was encompassed within everything we all yearn for- You, Me, Us. You see with all the ‘treasure’ Jesus experienced in perfect unity with God he yearned for the same thing we do – Connection – connection with us.
Jesus lived this human existence of poverty, separation from God, from the love he experienced in ascended places. But he is one example of a man with the type of connection we crave. The same could be said about Buddha, Ghandi, Confuscious and to name a few.
We are the treasure that God longs for. For us to acknowledge and respond the metaphysics of God. We are the treasure of God, of all that is and will ever be – whats your Treasure?
♑☥♑
10-2-12
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“Every Warrior of the Light has felt afraid of going into battle.
Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone.
Every Warrior of the Light has trodden a path that was not his.
Every Warrior of the Light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons.
Every Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.
Every Warrior of the Light has failed in his spiritual duties.
Every Warrior of the Light has said ‘yes’ when he wanted to say ‘no.’
Every Warrior of the Light has hurt someone (s)he loved.
That is why (s)he is a Warrior of the Light, because (s)he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than (s)he is.”
Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone.
Every Warrior of the Light has trodden a path that was not his.
Every Warrior of the Light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons.
Every Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.
Every Warrior of the Light has failed in his spiritual duties.
Every Warrior of the Light has said ‘yes’ when he wanted to say ‘no.’
Every Warrior of the Light has hurt someone (s)he loved.
That is why (s)he is a Warrior of the Light, because (s)he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than (s)he is.”
~ Paulo Coelho
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I know he’s speaking to you
I know you hear him clear
I know his spirit guides you
I know he holds you near
I feel vibrations from him
He draws me closer through you
I feel the Love surrounding
He calls me to give in
I know he’s speaking to me
I keep my heart open
Just that I may hear
Every word he’s spoken
We cant experience the sound
But we feel the Vibration
He is the essence uniting
Perfect Creation
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11-6-12
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Om is a sacred symbol and sound declared through multiple religions. The syllable Om is composed of three sounds a-u-m (in Sanskrit, the vowels a and u combine to become o) which when combined represent the trinity nature of the sound and symbol.
In some religions the symbol is said to embody earth atmosphere and heaven. In Hindu, the Om is representative of the Gods’ Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva…. Ultimately the Om is widely believed to be ”Something sacred …connected to the divine or holy.”
The Om is also described as “the embodiment of the universe.” In some cultures including an Indian philosophical ideas as well as Himalayan Sages it is taught that God created sound first and from that sound everything in the universe was created. Om, as the most sacred sound “is the root of the universe and everything that exists and it continues to hold everything together”. Withing Indian culture it is also taught that from this primal sound came the desire for humans to learn other sounds as the basis for verbal communication.
Om is considered by some the most sacred of any sound and “the syllable which preceded the universe and from which the gods were created.” ” The cosmic vibration that holds together the atoms of the world and heavens.” Some, such as the Upanishads believe Om is god in the form of sound. In Hindu and Sanskrit religions the sound ‘Aum’ is used preceding any prayer as a calling to God. Inviting God’s supernatural presence to inhabit whatever is to follow
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Most of us have accepted the inner pull asking, ‘whats more to this life, whats the point?’ some may describe it as a God sized hole, others may be too consumed with this material world to notice it’s there. But in the beginning (prior to the big bang for you science oriented) all we know there to have been is LIGHT. I call this God. I believe that everything in the UNIVERSE was created from this source including you and I. Would we be able to touch the sun, that gives life and energy to the world? NO way, we would burn in a heap within millions of miles. I believe it is the same way with GOD. Being pure light and love, we, in this state of human existence, are so far removed from what is pure and true that upon direct approach of such light we could not withstand the awesome energy. AS though we are balls of chaotic energy and God is that energy which is PURE. The two can not co-exist without the pure destroying the chaotic. ‘In his image’… we have been created with endless potential to be tapped into, both in the physical and other dimensionally. Bringing clarity to the chaos is to know your potential in union with the creator. These truths are within us, may be different diction depending on person. I know that we have the potential to be in perfect unity with the LIGHT. The same Energy that formed the world is waiting to invade our souls. Will you allow that?
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So Interesting. Addiction has become a human condition. Drugs and alcohol are only included in the ‘addiction’. All of these things are symptoms to the problem, which ultimately is a deeply rooted spiritual problem that manifests in us, just wanting to feel something different than we already do. We want to change the Gaping hole of destroyed self- worth, condemnation, regret, and a genuine feeling of unhappiness ALL the time. We try to find labels to make ourselves feel better, or more worthy members of society. Jobs, relationships, sex, drugs (insert drug of choice here), religion, charity. . pick your poison. Bottom line is most of us spend a life time trying to Feel Better. The ultimate rock bottom, as I see it, Is not over- dosing or ‘loosing it all’. Rock bottom is when you realize that none of these things work. None of these things take away the all consuming pain you feel every second of every day. In fact all of these ‘symptoms’ only contribute to your unyielding burning in the for of guilt and resentment. I have not yet UN-locked the secret to happiness. I believe it starts with our thought process, and I’m told a Higher- Power must be present to fill this void we encounter. For me, I’ve been learning that I am actually in control of my life, and that I am capable of perusing the things I am passionate about. I still feel a struggle hourly, sometimes momentarily as I fear the next thing that may happen. But I then have to remind myself that, in the epic storyline of events transpired in my life, everything has seemed to work out. I do believe in God, a Higher- Power. I can’t imagine him as a parent figure, My parents, I don’t believe are the best model for this, unless God’s ‘Love’ is conditional. I suppose I follow a spirituality similar to Nhat Hanh, I believe ‘being in the image of God’, we posses the power to effect the world around us, beginning with ourselves. I believe God reveals himself in many forms, personal to the individual who seeks. I see God as a collective consciousness, inhabiting everyone and everything. I see God as all encompassing ‘good’ and ‘evil’. He must be? I have been on a quest to find exactly what My Concept of God is. Though I have not entirely figured it out yet, I know this is the piece I am lacking. And what my heart is desperately searching for.
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I don’t know what your purpose is, but i know someone who does.
I don’t know what your meant to do, but i know it’s inspired with love.
I don’t know what he’s saying to you, but i know you should be listening.
I don’t know how to tell you, he’s the piece your missing.
He’s waiting for you to cry out to him, broken on the floor,
You’ll shout at him “why me, why me?” and he’ll show you something more.
That tug you feel it’s on your heart, so give up your false control.
Cry out and say “Father please hear me! it’s with you that i enroll!”
I sense the fear within you, confusion whispering loud.
It’s because your standing on the brink of when glory will abound.
I don’t know what his plans are, but i know they’re better when their his.
Once you let him dwell within you, you’ll receive his graceful kiss.
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I enjoy a cigarette and a glass of red wine, all the while condemning myself, blinded to the fact that God doesn’t. He loves me with ripped jeans and far too much sarcasm. The truths he speaks to my heart white out my flaws. Listening ears are a prayer request of mine, as well as a heart without judgment. It’s not perfection I seek, But to find comfort within my imperfection. Knowing, with my flaws I continue to a perfectly unique creation, essential to the universal design.
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Whether good or bad hold experience near, let it be guidance through lives paths and it’s fears.
Fear and darkness, blinded to whats ahead, allow yourself strength without the burden of dread.
True love is constant, always unconditional. Without judgment, true friends will reach out when you fall.
It’s up to you to open your heart, let go the unyielding pain you consume from when it was torn apart.
Ridiculous as it seems, life’s highs are the best. More powerful, less destructive than any drug you ingest.
Natural euphoria, bearing no regret. Hold on to nostalgia, incidents you could never forget.Don’t take for granted the positive things you are given. Life without happiness is a life without living.
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Repression falls, reaping redemption bliss,
worlds collide, dark receiving lights kiss.
Two become one, in the eternal matrimony,
singing sweet hymns of his righteous harmony.
I Am with a face
I Am within your dreams
I Am all your thoughts
I Am the unseen
Relax your mind.
Rebuke your eyes
As I Am prepares the great reprise.
Barriers rise, bringing deceptions clear,
Interconnected, Leaving sheep no fear.
Collect your passions, refine your mind,
What once was dust, will soon be left behind.
Stay your course, holding the truth close,
Listen sharply, for the voice of his holy ghost.
Loving – kindness, where received grace may abound,
We receive the lesson, bearing a thorny crown.
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“When I say I am a Christian, I’m not shouting I’m Clean living,
I’m whispering ‘I was lost’, Now I’m found and forgiven.
When I say I am a Christian, I don’t speak of this with pride,
I’m confessing that I Stumble and need Christ to be my guide.
When I say I am a Christian, I’m not trying to be strong,
I’m professing that I’m weak, and need his strength to carry on.
When I say I am a Christian, I’m not bragging of success,
I’m admitting I have failed, and need God to clean my mess.
When I say I am a Christian, I’m not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far to visible, but God believes I am worth it.
When I say I am a Christian, I still feel the sting of pain,
I have my share of heartaches, so I call upon his name.
When I say I am a Christian, I’m not holier than thou,
I’m just a simple sinner who recieved God’s grace somehow”
-Maya Angelou
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Everything manifesting
Divinity abounds
Brings light to what seemed darkness
Showing no darkness surrounds
Intention in everything
Does not belong to me
Purpose through the senseless
Through an all encompassing key
Keep perspectives focused
on Truth and Heart
Out of these flows purity
From there we break apart
From lives we’ve believed
False blinds cast out
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For you My Love, I will come through,
let my hear rest only with you.
This sleepless nights’ led to a brighter day,
as my earnest words lead from dismay.
For you My Love, my heart is yours,
the gates drawn up you’ve broke down doors.
Tainted lusts drawn from a prideful mind,
I need you love, false motives left behind.
For you My Love, my fears’ cast out,
as loves’ perfected without dread from doubt.
My heart cries out for ever questioning this,
still you draw me back with your unmerited kiss.
For you My Love, I will wait,
faithful hands have drawn out fate.
He’s drawing masterful art from me and you,
knowing in time he’ll carry us through.
For you My Love, my hearts’ made gold,
while this fire simmers my story unfolds.
All perfection is made with a cost,
as the two become one you relinquish what was lost
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Everything seems like a struggle. Perhaps it is. But what are we actually struggling with? No matter the circumstance, it seems we struggle either action or inaction. We struggle with the question of what will or what could happen. And, how do we cause these effects to transpire.
If we are honest we may find that the majority of our motives are rooted in self-will. Very few act purely, without abandonment for the benefit of others. Emotion, and then feelings are the leading source of this struggle. Desires placed heavy conceive expectation and then give birth to struggle. As a child matures within his mothers womb, so does our do our desires. What will we name this child?
Our deepest desires will always come to pass. Such is the law of attraction. We should strive to bleak free of conformity. Freedom is found in embracing all that we are as individuals. Releasing labels and stigmas. Re-creating our self view, shifting focus from what is socially normal. Focusing instead on our passions and capabilities. We release the struggle when we regain control of our own happiness. The collective consciousness, that is ‘God’, desires this for us. For, he is found withing us.
Our happiness will come when we allow clarity to shine through what seems to be chaos. Showing, what is, at a universal level. If we search within our personal story we see that we are clearly still here, alive and breathing, still learning to let go of the struggle, and submit to what is. Embrace the unfolding of events, train our desires to be those of wisdom, not possessions. Connection, not control.
There is no place for worry. The things we are meant to partake in will reveal themselves. Such is the way of the universe. With everything in nature and science following a specific order and purpose, how could we, as a part of everything, be any different? ‘God’, as a collective consciousness acts as a driving force, a wave of possibilities. Our responsibility is to become aware of the possibilities and participate when prompted.
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My heart beats heightened
Eyes shed no tear
My outward appearance reveals terror
True self defeat
Gives birth to faith
Faith in myself, not some haughty face
Been searching a lifetime
trying to fill my Void
This epic quest transpires universally
A twisted lesson
‘I Am’ describes as love
As we all feel suffering, and cry out up above
Our power lies within individuality
Acceptance of ourselves, will set us free
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I’ve personally been coming to see that I have been looking to everyone else to tell me what and who God is. What blows my mind is I’ve believed everyone else! and found myself in total disconnect and confusion. SO, me new perspective is: ‘Why don’t you decide your own concept of God’ A new journey I am excited to be one. One where I am who I am, as God id who he is and we both Love each other the same. Agape, a Love that is not conditional. But in fact during disturbing times we build love more, we need each other more. We may not have verbal communication all the time. But were words lack we express ourselves visually or rhythmically to each other. Everything that God is is perfect, and painful and longing and complete to me as I am to him. My biggest struggle is coming back into myself, the Person God fell in live with ENTIRELY ❤
What is Your Concept of God?
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Why do Christians Idolize ‘satan’?
I am by no means a Bible scholar. But, I have spent enough time in the church, bible studies, with people, doing my own studies and within the world, to be thoroughly confused by this.
The first commandment is very clear ‘Do not put any other Gods before me’. And the ‘Good God’ gave the commandments, right? The why are there terms and phrases like:
“Satan is the God of this world”
“Satan has authority in your life”
“Your under attack”
“Satan influenced that person who…(insert something awful here)..”
“I’m anxious because…satan has been…”
“Satan’s been busy today”
“satan, satan, satan”
It would appear to me, that in the act of these types of beliefs and statements, ‘satan’ is given power. My own personal believe is that ‘satan’ is synonymous with ‘ego’ or ‘self-will’. I do however understand that it is very difficult to accept responsibility for our own fucked up thoughts and actions. Really though, aren’t we the ones who are physically cast down trying to get back ‘home’ currently? Do we not act out of free-will? Trust me, I have begged God, repeatedly, to take my free-will, unfortunately I still make awful decisions, frequently.
Either God created Everything, or not. Either God is ‘all-powerful’, or not. I am baffled by the concept of believing in ‘God’ for ‘good’ things and ‘satan’ for ‘bad’ things. I’m sure the bible also speaks about praising God in everything. We could start by not giving some things to God, and others to satan.
It’s becoming Idolatry. We need to take responsibility actions, make changes where necessary and move on. Having faith that God is what he is, and will be what he will be.
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“Take a writer away from his typewriter and all you have left is the sickness that started him writing in the first place”
-Charles Bukowski
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I like to search for ‘God’ in everything. I like to think of ‘God’ as a collective consciousness, flowing through existence. Today I decided to dive into one of my Favorite books! Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’. What is your concept of ‘God’?
– “But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.
“You must be,” said the Cat, or you wouldn’t have come here.”
– “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
– “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.”
“I don’t much care where –”
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.”
– “You would have to be half mad to dream me up.”
– “How puzzling all these changes are! I’m never sure what I’m going to be, from one minute to another.”
– “In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.”
– “Be what you would seem to be- or, if you’d like it put more simply- Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.”
– “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
Isn’t this a beautiful picture of a ‘God’ centered life? Believing the unbelievable. Expecting the unattainable. I’ve felt that in order to be a person of any faith, you must be a bit ‘Crazy’ ❤
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“Do you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?
Is he Lord of your life?
Do you have the assurance that
You are going to heaven one day?
If your answer to any of these questions is NO, or I don’t know, please ask Jesus into your heart and life right now by praying this simple prayer in faith.
Father, I know that I am a sinner but you said that if I would confess that I know I have done wrong, You would forgive me. I know that Jesus is your Son, that he shed his blood and died to wash my sins away and He rose again and is now sitting at Your right hand. Please come into my life and be my Savior. Make me whole and make me new but most of all, teach me to love, not as the world loves, but the way You love. In Jesus name I pray these things. Amen”
Is anyone else slightly uncomfortable after reading this? I believe we should be. If you are not, than I believe you have become completely desensitized to the gifts of Wisdom, Reasoning and Free- Will that God has granted. Sheep amongst a heard of Religious Jargon. Accepted empty words and idol threats in the place of Faith.
‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions.’
I was born with what I now call a ’spiritual longing’. I was not taught of God, But the only thing I have ever truly wanted was to feel his connection. I had an innate sense for things that may not have been of this world. I don’t remember my family practicing any particular organized faith. Shortly after the death of my grandmother, my mother picked up some metaphysical practices. These included psychics, out of body experiences, deep meditations incorporating chakras, astral projecting and other tactics for ‘connection‘. I myself began to study any faith or science I could find looking to fill my hole of longing. I was pleased to surround my people with diverse spiritual practices ranging from pagan through Buddhist to list the well known. When I found no relief in any of their practices I studied Quantum Physics, believing I was ‘miscalculating the spiritual’ and that Science would somehow explain this desolate desire I possessed. But ultimately I felt that I was part of an epic tragedy, like Persephone being siphoned to Hell. I ultimately had a notion that My spirit was from some other plane of existence. After all there are 7 that we know of? Is it so hard to believe that perhaps there is life within any of these?… and I had been cast down to this world, bond by emotions, feeling and death because I was meant to learn something I had not yet realized, before I could go home again. I would have dreams where I appeared as a single shooting star in the black sky. One more star would always find me in the void. I would converse; ‘There you are”. I would say in expectance. “I’ve been waiting for you, please don’t leave me again.” The dialogue was always the same, and I always woke up into this reality, again…
My mother eventually met a man who ‘led her to Christ’ and she was soon ‘Saved’. It was only a few years before I followed her lead. I had spent so much time searching. She seemed happy. Her life seemed to be coming together, and she stopped questioning. I wanted that. Above all I just wanted to rest and be cared for. I believed becoming ‘Saved’ was the answer.
Within weeks of being baptized I literally transformed into a person that was borderline intolerable. I thought I was a ‘Good Christian’. I changed how I dressed, I needed to be respectable, I was a ‘child of God now’, God adopted me into his family for Christ sake. I was sure not to swear or use God’s name in vain. I broke up with my longtime boyfriend because we were ‘living in sin’. I read the bible daily. I prayed, listened to ‘Christian’ music and attended several bible studies a week. I shared ‘the good news’ with my friends, or really anyone who gave me a chance to speak. I threw out all my old books containing different faith basis, I didn’t want to place anything else before ‘my God’.
To my surprise, even in all these efforts, I felt even more lost and desolate than ever before. No matter what I did to be a good Christian woman, the truth was, I was still just as lost. I held faith in the teachings of people instead of the wisdom God planted within the person I am. The truth is, I have always seen and known God. You have too. What is your concept of God?
As I see it;
We are made in the Image of God. We Are Made In The Image Of God. Combined, We Are Made In The Image Of God. It seems as though we are each tiny facets of what makes up a gianormous collective consciousness of what God is.
I believe Jesus is the Son of God. I believe we are ALL sons and daughters of God. Not just Christians. Have we so little faith, in the creator and creation of the universe, that we believe he can only appear through one faith? Are we that vain? Maybe we should stop trying to figure out semantics and religion and allow our lives to be brushstrokes of creation.
The only entity with any assurance of what happens after death is GOD. We can do everything in our power to rebuild ‘the tower of Babel’, but it will continue to fall. I believe we will be reunited with the source (God), in death. I also understand that God would like to be fully un masked here, now. It seems impossible to allow that to happen while were still consumed by selfish motives. Yes, I believe that acting in a way ‘to get to heaven’ is selfish. Do the right thing, because it’s the right thing.
Not everything is black and white. God created everything! He is the ultimate balance, yin yang, alpha omega, masculine feminine, good and EVIL. ‘Praise God in the good and the Bad.’ I have found, the only way I can attempt to do this, is to realize that God is present within what feels good and what feels bad.
Confession is a release and admittance. Repentance is wanting to turn away from something.
If we are not living life comfortable in our own skin, in who we are we are by very nature committing an ultimate sin in not appreciating the perfect creation we are. Let’s not place God in the ‘Christian’ box. Let’s allow free flow of spirit by embracing all of who we are including the things we consider less than pleasant. Can we find the courage to truly embrace our passions and shower the world with gifts? Can we allow ‘God’ to shine through us?… All of him?
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“At the center of the universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person. Anything we can do to help foster the intellect and spirit and emotional growth of our fellow human beings, that is our job. Those of us who have this particular vision must continue against all odds. Life is for service.”
[Mister Rogers Neighborhood – Fred Rogers – 1928-2003]
Everything is Spiritual. 