When we know, who walks beside us, on this path we have chosen, our fears fall from us.

Friday, May 31, 2019

Are You Righteous?

Righteous. This word has been married with “self” so often its true spiritual significance has become obscured, the true meaning clouded in much the same way as meek is spiritually misunderstood. Since placing our feet on the path; wholeheartedly committed to Living on the Spiritual Basis, to become a righteous person means we are not only living by right conduct but embracing right thinking. Right thinking, now there is a loaded term. Right thinking, spiritually, entails keeping an open mind, remaining teachable, refusing to accept negative thoughts or conditions as God’s will, to embrace and truly practice patience, tolerance, kindliness and love with everyone, in every area of our lives.

Being “righteous” requires us to view all as children of a loving Creator (however agreeable or disagreeable we may find them) saluting the Spark of the Divine within all without becoming servile or scraping. By walking this path, we avoid becoming “Self-righteous” and a holier than thou spiritual imperialist, the deadly trap of Spiritual Pride sidestepped. As such, our lives, the true demonstration of the path, will naturally attract inquiry from those seeking a better way of living but we must steer clear of argument and debate with those bent solely on confrontation, releasing them with love and compassion, while standing ready to witness to the truth we have come to embrace with tact and commonsense. The rule is: Never argue with a closed mind, let the light of your life be your testimony in faith, the only argument to which there truly is no reply.

To sum up: To be righteous means not only our conduct is right, but we maintain an open mind and heart, remaining teachable, while honestly sharing our heartfelt beliefs with tact, love and forbearance, whenever or wherever it will serve any good purpose. So being righteous is a highly desirous, glorious state of being, truly free of the concerns of self, serenity personified. 

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Thursday, May 30, 2019

Meek and Moses


To be meek spiritually means we have abandoned our old ways of thinking and living and have placed our feet solidly on the path of enlightenment, no price too high to be free, embracing Living on the Spiritual Basis with all our heart. Now, having grown up with classic movies when I think of Moses I see Charlton Heston standing with arms raised, staff in hand, robes flowing, hair and beard blowing in the wind exhorting the Red Sea to part or staring down Pharaoh (Yul Brynner at his best) exhorting him to “let my people go!” Not exactly the secular definition of meek. Yet the biblical Moses was the epitome of Meek, spiritually, he was willing to go to any lengths, face any challenge to be about the work of the Miraculous and be free. In this light, to be “as meek as Moses” is a goal to strive for, and though we may stumble for fear in its many guises and faces is an unremitting foe, a day at a time we stand in the light, demonstrating faith over fear, parting our “red sea” to freedom from the bondage of self.


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