Living In Spirit

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Camels And Stinking Thinking

If a camel sticks its nose under a tent flap its nose must be struck immediately if it is to stay out of the tent since a camel has no reverse. If it gets its head in, it is coming in all the way and quite frankly, camels stink, trust me. Such is also the case with our consciousness as negative thinking and morbid reflection (stinking thinking if you will) try to wheedle their way in. Though Living on the Spiritual Basis raises our consciousness, we must stay vigilant for that metaphorical camel nose, but no one catches every one. They will sneak in from time to time disguised as something else since morbid reflection and negative thinking wear a variety of masks. What truly matters is what we do when they reveal themselves. So when you discover a camel in your tent consider the following: “When trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate God’s omnipotence.” We do this by directed prayer and meditation, bathing the trouble in Divine Light and Presence, turning the camel out quickly and peacefully.

Shhhh…Just between you, me and the fence post I still don’t have the cheerfully part down pat yet, but by Living on the Spiritual Basis we do become well practiced in camel eviction procedures.

The Secret, Wayne Dyer, ACIM, Serenity, Enlightenment, Zen, Emmet Fox, How To Be Happy, Golden Key, Addicts Today, Chopra, Jesus, Healing Path Recovery, Einstein, Marianne Williamson, Sayeh Beheshti, AKUA

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Gravity and the Law Of Limitation

Most understand secular law, break one and get caught, there is a price to pay. Whether it is traffic, criminal, business, tax etc a secular price will be exacted if we transgress and get “caught.” There is a higher set of laws however were a price is always exacted, these are Cosmic Laws. And unlike man’s laws they are enforced impersonally, whether rich or poor, personal beliefs not withstanding, status or skin color of no regard. Additionally unlike secular law they cannot be appealed to or superseded by judicial fiat. Think Law of Gravity. No one in their right mind would step off a high ledge and expect to float to the ground. Yet many do exactly that with the Law of Limitation! And unlike gravity we place it on ourselves! When we reflect along these lines: “I’m too old/young to…” “I’ll never be any good or successful at…” “I love doing ____ but I could never make a living at it” “What would my friends/spouse/children/family think if I…” “I know God loves me and wants me to prosper, but…” we invoke the Law of Limitation.

The good news is unlike the Law of Gravity, since we invoke the Law of Limitation ourselves, we can repeal it as well. How? By stepping out in faith. Our heart is constantly speaking to us in an even quiet voice, the voice of God Himself gently but insistently (that feeling of discontent is Him) prodding, our path to freedom found when we heed it. Divine Life wants each and every one of us to be Happy, Joyous and Free, so when we resist giving in to self-centered fear by trusting the Miraculous, demonstrating faith, we avoid invoking the Law of Limitation and jump from the pinnacle of fear based living and float, metaphysically, to true freedom.

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Limited or Unlimited Abundance?

Living in Southern California one of the joys of life is driving down Pacific Coast Highway. Watching pelicans dive for their dinner, dolphins surfing for pure enjoyment and some pretty spectacular sunsets part of the joy. Often when I look out over the Pacific I am struck by its abundance and diversity, its scale and depth beyond my limited comprehension.

Yet compared to Divine abundance it is barely a drop in a bucket. And this Divine abundance is ours for the asking. The only limits to this abundance are the arbitrary limits we impose out of false belief and fear. We set the limit of our capacity to receive. We choose the size of vessel that holds yhis abundance in our lives. When we embrace the Spiritual Basis of Living our capacity increases in direct proportion to the trust and reliance we place in God and reject the false belief (fear) the secular world imposes that we live in a finite world of dwindling supply, limited abundance. There is only one source of everything, God, and His promise is that of limitless supply and endless abundance, not only in the Spiritual realm but the physical as well.

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