Chosen

" God doesn't choose the prepared, He prepares the Chosen." It has been said that God tempers His strongest instruments in the hottest flames. To temper a piece of steel means to improve the hardness and elasticity of the metal. Consider the process in our lives. Trouble comes, sometimes we invited it in as a result of our actions, often however it appears at our door uninvited. Regardless, how we react is paramount. We all know individuals who are or have been broken in spirit, perhaps that person has looked back at us from the mirror.

In the hands of the master metallurgist anything metal can be mended. It may require great effort and much energy, but it can be done. Metaphysics is the metallurgy of the soul. No matter how broken, seemingly beyond human aid, The Master Metallurgist of our soul, God, can mend, reform any soul to completeness. There is a requirement however that steel does not have to meet; we have to be willing. Willingness is the key to freedom, to seek His face wholeheartedly our daily task. Some days we will feel so heavy that mere movement is a challenge, others we will feel as though we have wings, the gravity of our and the world's troubles as light as a feather, but it matters not. As long as we remain in motion, growing day by day as children of Our Loving Father, we demonstrate that we are The Chosen and work to insure that all our brothers and sisters come to know, regardless of current circumstances, that they too are loved beyond measure, truly chosen by God to be happy, joyous and free.

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Realizing Our Spiritual Perfection

What is perfection? A child’s laugh, a spring day, the family gathered together for the holidays, a content cat, chocolate, all of these things and infinitely more may be perfect but only in the most subjective way; i.e. in the “eye of the beholder.” Forms of non-subjective perfection; a “perfect” game in baseball, a spade royal flush, prime numbers or scoring a “100” on a test come to mind. Descartes held “existence itself is perfection”, which extrapolated could lead one down the path of “everything” being perfect. So clearly the concept of perfection can be often perfectly obscure.

So what then is “spiritual” perfection? And what flawed individual could ever hope to attain it? No one among us has lived or is living life perfectly. Spiritual perfection is not living perfectly but holding to the perfection of God. I can’t, but He can. Living on the Spiritual Basis we have learned that all are connected in spirit, the eternal spark of the divine existing in each of us regardless of station or circumstance, all equal in His eyes, Our Father’s love, perfect; beyond time and flesh. So by a wholehearted commitment, day by day, to grow in understanding and service to Our Father we approach “perfection.” Though this flesh, this life, will never be perfect our pursuit and demonstration of faith, though often trembling, can be.

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Our Spiritual Garden

When we first begin our spiritual journey in earnest specific and ritualized spiritual practices are important fundamentals. These set times and forms provide a foundation and the necessary discipline on which we build. In good time, as we become more adept, many of the simple guidelines and structure we began with will naturally fall away. This happens with no thought or conscious effort on our part. A simple guide: if you are asking yourself if it’s time to change your process, don’t. When it is time for change it will happen naturally, if we are asking the question, then we are attempting to hasten the process, which is not possible. Think of it this way: when we plant a garden would we expect the plants to grow and mature to our time table? Of course not, nor would we dream of harvesting the crop before it was ready. Water, sunlight, food, pests and the diligence of the gardener most of all, affect the health of the garden, the timing and size of the harvest.

Our spiritual growth is just like all other natural growth in that it is affected by numerous factors. So we tend our spiritual garden diligently but refuse to concern ourselves with timing, focusing instead on the work before us this day. In time the fruits will present themselves at exactly the perfect moment of awakening.

Our spiritual garden, unlike other gardens, is eternal and will continue to give forth nourishment unabated as long as we keep our eyes on God, the true source, avoiding the temptation to pull our crop up prematurely to check the roots for signs of progress. As time passes we find that our understanding and demonstration has reached new heights, our garden seemingly taking care of its self as we cultivate still greater faith and service, becoming closer, day by day in thought and deed to Our Father, the demonstration of our true coming of age spiritually.

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