Does God play favorites? Are some “chosen” for success while others
for failure? Does God want us all to be “Happy, Joyous and Free”? Is He
all “Our Father” or not? Living on the Spiritual Basis, we have chosen
to live the examined life. Answering these questions defines what we
really believe. When we were of the world, spiritual answers were
of the bumper sticker or cotton candy variety. Short, easy to remember
but lacking depth and sticky sweet with little nutritional value. Now
being in the world but of God, by choice, we look beyond
the easy vacuous greeting card answers to life and living and get down
to causes and conditions. A price has to be paid and the price is the surrendering of self.
We alter our lives by taking the road less traveled. Here difficulty
arises since we often find ourselves seemingly traveling alone,
encountering questions and challenges greater than we see others facing.
To be clear: everyone faces the same questions and challenges, the form
they take alters for each individual, but they are all rooted in the
same bedrock and we will either seek answers or live in denial or
induced oblivion when the pain of living becomes too great. Selfishness,
self-centeredness, self-seeking, fear in all its guises are the veritable
roadblocks to spiritual freedom.
A relationship
with Source requires nothing and everything. There is no need to bring
your wallet, but helping those in need, as you are able, is highly
recommended. You do not have to join anything, but congregating with
like-minded individuals is a plus. God is the same today as yesterday
and promised to be in the future, yet living in the light we grow and
change day by day, sometimes moment by moment. The path available to
all, rich to poor, literate or illiterate, high born or born of the
earth, the only impediment self centered fear exacerbating our
separation from eternal truth. Everything needed to have a conscious
contact with God is available to us now, if we are willing to go to any
lengths for a spiritual awakening. Willing to go to any lengths, what an
order, but in the light of truth, is there really any other choice?
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