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

Saturday, December 24, 2016

The Good Natured Gossip


The price of continuing spiritual freedom is vigilance. Drifting into negative thinking and speech, typically happening without any conscious thought or plan on our part, is easy. The “good” natured gossip session with a friend or joining in (or worse, instigating) a huddle complaining about a disagreeable co-worker or boss, taking sides in any romantic or marital dispute or simply speaking about someone for any reason where we would be embarrassed if we discovered them standing behind us, show that we have strayed. If we are saying anything about anyone that we would be unwilling to say to them in person, we place ourselves at risk. Gossiping and tale telling rarely (if ever) embodies patience, tolerance, kindliness or love and those are some of the watchwords Living on the Spiritual Basis embodies. As far as taking sides in romantic squabbles, we have all probably done this only to become the enemy upon their reconciliation, so we have learned to be supportive but avoid engaging in character assassination, no matter how seemingly egregious someones  behavior appears to be. One of the great truths in life is there is always two sides to every story and they often only have a passing resemblance to one another.

So restraint of pen and tongue is not only a secular truth but a spiritual axiom as well.





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Friday, December 23, 2016

Heavenly Butterfly


Everything is connected. Every word, every action, every thought. Nothing happens without consequence, both positive and negative, without touching everything and everyone else. Consider the still pond. Toss a pebble into the center and concentric rings from the disturbance begin emanating on the surface towards the sides of the pool. Observe carefully and you will see the rings rebound back from the shore at oblique angles, eventually touching even the seemingly hidden nooks and crannies of the pond. This is the observable part of the reaction, what of that which happens beyond our sight? As our pebble falls through the water on its journey to the bottom of the pond it continues to send out waves, though invisible to the eye, touching every part of the pond and every creature that calls the pond home.

The effect of our pebble reverberating in the pond is akin to our thoughts, words and actions effect on our selves and the world about us. What we are reverberates throughout the world, mostly unseen or consciously noticed, but the effect is there nonetheless. The analogy of “a butterfly flaps its wings in Africa and a drought happens in China” has been used by climatologists to suggest that the smallest actions can influence major change is illustrative.

Never doubt your importance or connection with the Divine. We are all children of the Most High. Regard yourself accordingly, asserting your true place in thought and deed as demonstrations of God’s love and guidance and in so doing, all Heaven rejoices.



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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Our Long Strange Trip


Living on the Spiritual Basis moves us off the bench and into the vehicle of our journey in Spirit. We all spend time on the bench, rationalizing and justifying why we are not taking the trip now, watching vehicle after vehicle stop and pick up travelers. Fear keeps us on the bench, a mustard seeds worth of faith gets us off it.

The fare for our journey is willingness, open-mindedness and honesty. Our ultimate destination salvation, serenity and freedom. Our driver and guide? No less than God. Yes, it will be a long strange trip fraught with fear, our only real adversary, regularly cajoling, suggesting, even screaming at us to disembark for we really shouldn't trust the driver. But if we can resist the adversary's clarion call and trust in God rather than fear our freedom is assured, the sights and vistas along the way  remarkable beyond words, our awakening in Spirit breathtaking. Whata trip!



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