A Great Grand Secret Of The Universe

We all know someone, might even be someone we see in the mirror daily, who has a shelf full of self help and spiritual books. Now, they probably have all been read, at least once, after which they took a place of pride on the shelf with all the others. Now being a spiritual guru, enlightened being, Zen master, world class pistol shot and just a peach of a guy, I will now impart to you one of the great grand secrets of the universe. Ready: (drum roll).....Gremlins. Here, I can prove it, pick up any spiritual book that touched you in the past, open it at random and start reading. Read a page or two. Go ahead, I’ll wait………………Pretty amazing huh. How could you have missed that the first time? Yup, gremlins. When we are not looking they add new insights that reflect our ever increasing level of spiritual understanding. The lesson is simple, we need to stop looking for answers, we already have them. So study what has already touched you for it touched you for a reason. Studying what has sung to us in the past we are amazed that no matter how many times we may have read it, those darn gremlins have got in there and a deeper meaning has surfaced. This isn’t to say that nothing new can come along, but first we must set our foundation deep by focusing on basic truths, revisiting the roots of our belief regularly, observing how the gremlins have brought new luster to that which we thought we knew and understood. Aren’t secrets cool. Gremlins, who knew?

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How To Be Spiritually Stagnant

How To Be Spiritually Stagnant

Watch for the newest spiritual trend or teacher and jump on board. It doesn’t really matter whether or not the trend or teacher really strikes a cord with you, just that you follow it as soon as possible, since you must be on that imaginary spiritual cutting edge. Waste no time cheer leading how life changing this is, of course always with an ear to the ground for the next new shiny spiritual thing. Be sure to belittle and condescending to those who don’t share your beliefs, even if you aren’t really sure what those beliefs are this week, since you know in your heart of hearts the poor things really do need your guidance, that they didn't ask for it immaterial.  Become the master of the backhanded compliment, pointing out the faults of absent “friends” or anyone perceived as successful since your wit demands it be shared and appreciated for you are providing a valuable service and always have the answer, regardless of the question, lack of experience or real knowledge because clearly you are the master of all you survey, having all the answers, no real spiritual assistance needed or required, stagnation personified.

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Are you nuts! There’s no frakking bridge!

Are you nuts! There’s no frakking bridge!

We are constantly treating everything in our lives with the thoughts we entertain, if we believe we are defeated, we are. We are asking for failure if we believe in failure, we are in fact treating for MORE failure, even while praying for success! How can that be? No one wants to fail, but if we pray and then spend the rest of the day entertaining negative fearful thoughts, we are in fact treating for more failure. Remember the admonition“As a man thinks.” What we dwell on, spend our time reflecting on, we manifest in our lives, Period. No one manifests peace, prosperity, health and happiness in their lives if they continue to focus on strife, lack, sickness and sadness. All prayers are heard, but if we ask not really believing, for any reason, our prayer will be answered in the manner asked; our lack of faith rewarded. So when we feel even the slightest twinge of doubt, we must stop and treat the doubt with prayer before praying further! We do not allow ourselves the illusion that by pretending it is not there deals with it. So we pray with all our heart and expect to receive, but we don’t limit God by outlining in our mind how we think our prayers should be answered. When outlining we become so fixed looking in one direction we overlook anything that does not fit our imagined solution. So trust God’s unlimited vision and refuse to be limited by outlining.

In the movie Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade there is a nice visualization of this teaching: Indiana is on the brink of finding the Holy Grail. He has surmounted monumental difficulties to reach this point where he finds himself looking across a chasm that appears impossible to cross. He reaches into his pocket and retrieves his father's note book, looking for guidance he opens the book to the page that describes the challenge facing him, and "Step out in faith"  is written there. Closing his eyes, with fear and trepidation, he steps out into space and discovers the bridge had always been there, it was just invisible from his perspective. Faith is like that. Trust in God and when that inner voice screams: Are you nuts! There’s no frakking bridge! Step out in faith.

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