Living In Spirit

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Who Do You Work For?

How different would the fabric of the world look if all business embraced spiritual principles. All the justifications and rationalizations for poor in spirit decisions regarding layoffs, exorbitant executive salaries, pollution, leaving communities they have been a part of for decades just to improve the “bottom line”, etc would evaporate like morning dew on a desert flower. To be clear: change is natural. People who perform at exceptional levels should be well compensated within reason. If a business is not profitable or healthy, it should and must change. It is the manner and choices in change that matter. Hinduism teaches that: “One should always treat others as they wish to be treated.” This simple, straightforward spiritual principle, the Golden Rule, is central to our spiritual path and, though first recorded over 5000 years ago, is routinely ignored. If business and governments employed just this single spiritual pillar, the world would be transformed overnight.

If you have not invited God into your business, do not lose any more time. Living on the Spiritual Basis you have tapped a resource of unimaginable depth and power, yet many who adhere to spiritual principles in their personal life allow themselves to waver when it comes to business. The reasoning is simple, the competition does not employ these principles and the fear is that if we do we will be handicapping ourselves. Is it really any wonder then when spiritual principles like the Golden Rule are absent from the majority of “secular” business decisions? Once again, burn this into your consciousness; there is no secular. Everything and everyone is part of the Divine, everything and everyone connected in Spirit. All supposed divisions are merely convenient illusions to perpetuate the false belief that there are areas of our lives that God is not involved in or a party to. So we must seek His guidance and love in the workplace if we are truly to live on the Spiritual Basis. Whether we clean the executive washroom or rule the boardroom, deliver the mail or pass judgment from the highest court in the land, the path requires we weigh every decision and choice in spiritual light and lean on the greatest partner we will ever have because In God We Trust is not situational and it is the one true path of real success.

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Saturday, October 28, 2017

Politicians, Prostitutes And Promises

Some things in life are assured: taxes, death, corrupt politicians, less sleep and more bathroom trips after turning 50, at least one new diet this month that promises: better sex, drop 20 pounds in 20 days with no exercise, fewer bathroom trips and better sleep, etc. The news today will invariably lead with a story depicting something horrific.

Additionally there will be some new and improved way to solve our problems, to address the issues of living, all that is required is your vote and/or your money or both and everything will change for the better. In truth, nothing in the news today is new. Politicians may not technically belong to the worlds oldest profession (I have my doubts) but if not they have been plying their trade just as long.

We are asked to trust people and institutions, to place our faith in governments and “learned” experts. Yet the same problems that plagued the ancients still plague us today: healthcare, jobs, secure borders, taxes, immigration, elder care, safe and available food, education, road and bridge maintenance, addiction etc. Studying the history of worldly assurances; both micro and macro, it becomes apparent that outer assurances have done little to fundamentally change the world.

What of spiritual assurances? Living on the Spiritual Basis, we have found the timeless assurances of spiritual teachers becoming real for us once we stepped out in faith and wholeheartedly embraced the work. By placing our trust in the miraculous, turning from the outer to the within through prayer, meditation and service, trusting in infinite God rather than our finite self, we have found peace and the ability to meet calamity with serenity which had eluded us. Our new reliance based on the work we have done in raising our consciousness, expanding our conscious contact with God, not the assurances of others. The promise of a life beyond the limitation, for we are now in the world but no longer of it. Now if I could just cut down on those bathroom trips in the middle of the night, maybe a new diet...

#The Secret, #Wayne Dyer, #Serenity, Enlightenment, #Zen, #Emmet Fox, #How To Be Happy, #Golden Key, #Chopra, #Jesus, #Einstein, #AA, Hillary, Trump, Obama

Friday, October 27, 2017

Popeye's Lament Or "I am what I am and that's all that I am"

Popeye could have saved himself a great deal of wear and tear had he embraced spiritual living. Living on the Spiritual Basis is about unlimited potential and growth, our connection with the infinite. Popeye chose limitation, that what he is is all he is and that is it. Living on the new basis the question must be asked why Popeye chose fear over freedom. Was he locked into a cycle of failure because of his overbearing father, Poopdeck Pappy, always trying to impress him but invariably falling short? Was it because he feared losing Olive Oyl if he flew his colors as a man of God? The condescending personal attacks from Bluto/Brutus if he announced his faith or his inability to say no to Wimpy’s endless requests for support of his burger habit a demonstration of his weakness, not trusting in God to provide? Or was it the fear that to truly live on the spiritual basis he would have to surrender his spinach addiction?

Sadly, we may never know. But we can learn from Popeye’s suffering and choose to live an unlimited life. Trust in God and carry the good news of His love and light into all your affairs, your life a demonstration of the new basis, the basis of trusting and relying on Him who has all knowledge and power. The hope is Popeye in his final days, out of the limelight, his days of beating Bluto/Brutus senseless behind him, having released Poopdeck Pappy with love, finally free of the co-dependent relationship with Olive Oyl, no longer enabling Wimpy, free of the ravages of spinach, he comprehended the word serenity and knew peace. Toot Toot.

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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Got Moses?

Thought about Moses lately? Living on the Spiritual Basis the purpose of life has become clear: to establish and maintain a conscious contact with Our Father. Moses, according to the narrative, had a pretty stout conscious contact with God. The relationship was so deep, God choose him to receive the Ten Commandments, the new blueprint for living. Moses was not chosen at random, God choose him because of the strength, unwavering faith and belief he demonstrated in every area of life. His willingness to go to any extreme for a spiritual experience; taking some pretty unpopular stands against the recognized spiritual authority along the way, demonstrating his love of, and faith in God. The Moses narrative happened around 3,500 years ago, give or take, and amazingly he holds a revered position in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; no small accomplishment, but what significance could this have for us today, in the “modern” world?

Well, God was so moved by his faith, He appeared to Moses in physical form, at least twice! So to be like Moses we must set aside prejudice and preconceived notions and study with our heart as well as our mind, ready to kick to the curb everything that is blocking us off from the sunlight of the Spirit. The greatest barrier to spiritual growth is a closed mind. With our feet firmly planted on our chosen path we must keep an open mind and heart, listening and learning daily, praying and meditating with joy, never out of a sense of duty if we are to grow and prosper in the light. In so doing we become more like Moses. Now it would probably scare the bejezus out of you to encounter a speaking burning bush, but it would be pretty cool, so to borrow from an old commercial tag line: Got Moses?

#The Secret, #Wayne Dyer, #Serenity, Enlightenment, #Zen, #Emmet Fox, #How To Be Happy, #Golden Key, #Beachside, #Chopra, #Jesus, #Einstein, #AA, Miracles in Recovery

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Chop Wood, Carry Water

Often when someone is struggling spiritually, a “need to get back to basics” will be cited as the solution. I have searched high and low, mostly low, and have been unable to find the source of the direction to get away from basics in the first place, because if I could find the author I would administer a thorough pummeling. Here is a thought, if getting back to basics is such a good idea, than never getting away from them in the first place is even better! In truth, what happens to all students in pursuit of raised consciousness is the perceived (incorrectly) necessity of always seeking new information and paths to enlightenment, the search becoming the object, the destination of acquiring a consistent means of growth lost in the heat of the chase. “If it works, don’t fix it” should be our mantra regarding spiritual growth. Living on the Spiritual Basis, we have come to rely on a power greater than ourselves for guidance and inspiration, for intuitive thoughts.

*Intuitive: adj

1. known directly and instinctively, without being discovered or consciously perceived
2. knowing things instinctively

Intuitive thought is God thinking. Living on the new basis, the basis of trusting and relying upon God we trust infinite God rather than our finite selves, yet we have all occasionally strayed when a seemingly “new and improved” path or teaching grabbed our attention, just as a new toy grabs the attention of a child. I am going to let you in on a secret, all paths lead to the same destination, our job to identify the one that works for us and stick to it; for once we have settled on a method that sings to us, we have arrived. Spiritual growth requires effort, a lot of “chopping wood and carrying water” as we trudge the road of happy destiny. Whether an ax or penknife, bucket or teacup is employed, the work must be done if we are to know freedom. So pick a path or teacher and stick with it, and if it is time to change you will know in your heart, the thought coming intuitively, our job to stop looking for shortcuts and do the work at hand.

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Law Of Substitution And Mental Worms

How do we manifest clarity in our thinking when clearly we have no control over the thoughts that float up into our consciousness? Vigilance. There is no practical way of shutting down the flow of our thoughts, so the course of action is to immediately recognize the negative and supplant it with the positive. Consider: If we decide not to think about elephants, we are in fact thinking about elephants, the subconscious then proceeds to remind us of elephants at every turn. The subconscious mind processes "think" (the action) and "elephant" (the subject) as the desired demonstration. Doubt this? Consider the last time a song or annoying jingle stuck in your mind. Try as we might every attempt to “not think about it" fails, it finally fading away when we become interested in something else, our attention diverted, the Law of Substitution in action.

Now consider prayer. One of the eternal questions is why some prayers are seemingly ignored, yet we are promised that if “we knock, it will be answered, ask and we shall receive.” Now we have the key. Thought being causative (remember the jingle) if we pray but continue to place our interest, focus, on our lack, pain, discord, illness, the jingle etc is it any surprise then when these things manifest in our life? When we pray with joy, keeping our focus, our interest on what we really want, we reap the positive. Simply put, any prayer that begins “I need” only reinforces the sense of need, not the hoped for solution. We begin to own this lesson when we start “to think from the end”, to imagine what we will feel like when the prayer is answered and hold to that feeling. Them when negativity tries to worm its way back in, and it will, reinvigorate the positive feeling, expunging the negative immediately with the positive mental equivalent, like replacing that annoying jingle by substituting a tune we love, not fighting the negative, but replacing it with the positive demonstration we desire.

#The Secret, #Wayne Dyer, #Serenity, Enlightenment, #Zen, #Emmet Fox, #How To Be Happy, #Golden Key, #Beachside, #Chopra, #Jesus, #Einstein, #AA, Miracles In Recovery

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Monday, October 23, 2017

The Secret, Mental Equivalence and The Law Of Attraction

The term Mental Equivalence coined by Emmet Fox explains the practical application of the Law of Substitution. Simply, we must take responsibility for the thoughts we dwell upon, understanding that whatever we entertain in our minds eye will be out pictured in our lives. This teaching is at the core of one of this generations rendering of this truth: The Secret. We place the order for what appears in our lives by our habitual thinking. When we focus on lack, failure, unhappiness and ill health, we attract them to us just as surely as a moth is drawn to flame, affirming the truth of the Law of Attraction. Does this mean we should simply adopt a Polly Anna attitude and just ignore conditions, essentially fiddling while Rome burns, affirming this and that, wistfully hoping for the best? Of course not. The Mental Equivalent involves focusing on what we desire in life, over writing the negative and destructive thoughts that lurk to hold us back, not ignoring conditions but operating at increased levels of consciousness. Living on the Spiritual Basis we practice the Presence of God in all our activities, training ourselves to see His presence in everything and everyone, rejecting the negative for we now hold the ultimate truth of existence in our heart: We are eternal beings, this flesh a mere conveyance, and the conditions and challenges we face today merely opportunities to demonstrate our true nature as children of the miraculous.

Through prayer and meditation, we embrace a new basis of living, the basis of trusting and relying on God. In so doing our vision clears, our consciousness raised so we meet the inevitable challenges of living and life with a sense of serenity that only comes from having turned our will and lives over to the care of a Power Greater than Ourselves. Focusing on and attracting what we desire in our lives by substituting negative thoughts and thinking with positive God centric focus and action, The Secret realized.

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Sunday, October 22, 2017

Hot Dogs And Our Timeless Journey

Living on the Spiritual Basis our prayers take on a new flavor. Though all prayers are heard, we have come to now understand they are answered in the manner in which they are asked, putting faith in action. Trusting and relying on God we expect to receive for that is the promise, keeping in the forefront of our minds the truth that “faith without works is dead.” If hungry locking ones self in a closet and praying for a hotdog would be foolish, yet is that not exactly what many do in other areas of life? So we pray but take whatever material steps indicated for the difficulty at hand as well and if we are unsure on what steps to take we ask God to make them evident.

The problem that plagues many, if not all, is the concept of time. We have a time line in our minds eye for things that is of little concern to God. A Spiritual adviser years ago said to me “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” God provides exactly what is required at exactly the moment required, our difficulty arising because we have outlined a hoped for outcome and time frame (giving God a helping hand since we know how busy He is) and when our expectations are not met, we subject ourselves to needless emotional wear and tear. Hindsight being 20/20 we now look back and see where God did for us what we could never have done for ourselves. Had we received what we thought we needed at the time we would have missed something wonderful, a valuable lesson that moved the story of our soul along its ever-upward timeless journey. So trust in Him who has all knowledge and power and in prayer and meditation affirm "Be still and know that I am God."

#The Secret, #Wayne Dyer, #Serenity, Enlightenment, #Zen, #Emmet Fox, #How To Be Happy, #Golden Key, #Beachside, #Chopra, #Jesus, #Einstein, #AA, Miracles In Recovery

Saturday, October 21, 2017

What Do We Worship?

We must be clear on what we worship, for everyone worships something. Many tragically worship at the secular alters of money, power, property, prestige, fame; the list of secular "gods" endless. Victory over the issues of life comes not from worship of temporary, passing things but from living the examined life, coming to worship that which transcends the secular, that which is the true basis of all creation. By relying on a power greater than ourselves, the true source, our difficulties, problems and cares melt away. By really putting our trust in Him instead of outer conditions, the following equation becomes operative: our level of serenity rises in direct proportion to the expectation that God will provide. The opposite is true as well: the level of our serenity lowers in direct proportion to the expectation that secular living alone will provide the peace we seek. “God is everything, or else He is nothing. What was our choice to be?” Choose wisely in worship, for unlike man “God is bigger than any problem.”

#The Secret, #Wayne Dyer, #Serenity, Enlightenment, #Zen, #Emmet Fox, #How To Be Happy, #Golden Key, #Beachside, #Chopra, #Jesus, #Einstein, #AA, Miracles In Recovery

Friday, October 20, 2017

Our True Destiny

The central aspect of Living on the Spiritual Basis is we have turned our will and life over to the care of the Miraculous. This new basis of trusting and relying upon a power greater than ourselves for direction and a sense of purpose was our choice. We made it when we faced up to the truth of being: That any life run on self will can hardly be a success. Plagued by unremitting waves of fear and an inability to live with any lasting sense of peace we sought a better way. We now know that fear wears a hundred masks, is insidious and was a corrosive thread that weaved itself through every aspect of our being and try as we might we were powerless to eradicate it. The final crushing blow coming when we became convinced that self-knowledge availed us nothing, in fact, self-knowledge only intensified the discomfort, bringing home a sense of powerlessness that felt overwhelming.

From this seeming low point in consciousness we made a decision that opened the door to a new way of living, to true freedom. Today we have come to rely on our connection with the miraculous for by our demonstrations in faith we came to believe. What used to be the hunch or occasional inspiration has now become a working part of the mind. Able to now meet calamity with serenity, we have come to know peace, our needs met for that is the promise of this new basis of living. We place the welfare of others ahead of our own, this contrary action the touch stone to true freedom of spirit. By relying on God to be the final authority in our lives, we have glimpsed our true destiny, and that destiny is to be happy, joyous and free.

#The Secret, #Wayne Dyer, #Serenity, Enlightenment, #Zen, #Emmet Fox, #How To Be Happy, #Golden Key, #Beachside, #Chopra, #Jesus, #Einstein, #AA, Miracles In Recovery

Thursday, October 19, 2017

A Pocket Fisherman and Feng Shui

Are you willing to go to any lengths for success spiritually? No reservations, no caveats only complete readiness to do everything required? Consider:

We are bombarded daily with claims of promised success in all manner of things, from the newest, latest, greatest exercise gadget, supplement/pill or diet to an author promising their new book/CD/seminar will solve all our problems, pay off all our bills, possibly even make us a millionaire with little or no money down. Considering how many of these diets, exercise gadgets, supplement/pill and life enhancing/fixing authors we have witnessed in our lifetime it is a wonder that anyone is overweight or out of shape, bald, erectile challenged, bathroom challenged, don’t own a foreclosed home for pennies, are not an e-bay/green millionaire, solved their addiction problems effortlessly and straightened out their troublesome teenagers by simply ordering a book/CD or attending a seminar.

Admit it, you have seen these ads and wistfully thought how nice it would be to have six pack abs in only 20 minutes a day 3 times a week or lose 20 pounds while eating everything you love. Who wouldn’t? You know it is not that simple though, so you resist calling the 1-800 number with your credit card handy in the next 10 minutes so you could receive, at no extra charge, the combination pocket fisherman survival radio microwave oven Feng Shui guide, just add shipping and handling of course, with your miracle cure.

At some point in our lives the old saying “if it sounds too good to be true, it is” overrides wistful thinking. The price tag for buying one of those “to good to be true” items usually is no more than the loss of a few bucks and something for a future garage sale. Spiritually however the price is infinitely higher. No book, institution, movement, 12-step program, individual, religion or organization can raise our consciousness one jot or tittle if we are unwilling to take the necessary action. Reading about diets and exercise will not result in the loss of a single pound or the addition of an ounce of muscle. Spiritually a head full of knowledge means little; can actually be deadly if we are convinced self-knowledge is the answer, while failing to put what we have learned into action.

The key is to identify those who have what you want spiritually, are demonstrating it daily by the way they live, living in the light, happy, joyous and free for there is no substitute for demonstrated success. However, keep in the forefront of your mind this unassailable truth: you cannot build your spiritual house on someone elses foundation, so keep an open mind, remaining willing to go to any lengths, any extreme for your spiritual awakening, standing ever vigilant over the issues of your heart for “Faith without works is dead.” See you at the next garage sale.

#The Secret, #Wayne Dyer, #Serenity, Enlightenment, #Zen, #Emmet Fox, #How To Be Happy, #Golden Key, #Pope Francis, #Chopra, #Jesus, #Einstein, #AA, McRaven,

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Our Foundation

Everyone’s life is built on a spiritual foundation; many however will never take the time to inspect their foundation to see what it is really made of or the ground on which it is built until it is too late. Living on the Spiritual Basis our work begins with inspecting our foundation, for without a strong foundation well placed no structure, spiritual or otherwise, however finely constructed will stand against the inevitable trials and tribulations that come to all.

Speaking in high terms, affirmations and glowing assumptions is easy when the sun rides high, the river low and the breeze gentle. Why do hard things like building on high rock, which requires commitment and forethought, when there are easy things like building on loose soil close to water. But as the inevitable storm clouds of living gather, the rushing waters of fear rising and the winds of perceived loss and resentment begin to whip, it becomes clear that a spiritual foundation built on sweet sounding rhetoric and little real action is unsound. As the storm intensifies and the structure begins to fail, the foundation crumbling in the ever-growing maelstrom, what will we do? Seek solid spiritual high ground and shelter from the storm or be swept away by fear and desperation.

Had we first built on solid spiritual ground a great deal of suffering could have been avoided. So, when was the last time you inspected your spiritual foundation for materials and location? If work and relocation is required, it is much easier to accomplish on calm days than stormy so set to work while the sun shines so when the next storm comes, for there is always another, you will not only be prepared but you well be able to provide shelter to those who desperately need it.

#The Secret, #Wayne Dyer, #Serenity, Enlightenment, #Zen, #Emmet Fox, #How To Be Happy, #Golden Key, #Beachside, #Chopra, #Jesus, #Einstein, #AA, Miracles In Recovery

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

What's In Your Mixing Bowl?

We always demonstrate our spiritual understanding. Our actions, the manner in which we live and treat our fellows demonstrates our spiritual understanding. What we truly believe always manifests in our lives, how could it not? Consider cake making: whatever is put in the mixing bowl will be in the final product. A baker would never put something inedible or spoiled into the mix and then not expect it to be in the finished cake, yet many do exactly that with their lives. Living on the secular basis, at a base level of spiritual consciousness, many speak in spiritual terms, but their actions betray their true beliefs, particularly in times of trouble. This produces a spiritual dissonance that results in inner turmoil, confusion, fear based living and decisions. An unwholesome mix indeed.

Living on the Spiritual Basis, at raised levels of consciousness, we ask in prayer and meditation for direction and guidance, trusting in infinite God rather than our finite selves to restore and maintain our peace of mind. The result of this mix being serenity, peace of heart and spiritual understanding in living demonstrated, resulting in a most pleasing cake indeed.

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

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