Tuesday, June 26, 2018
For The Love Of Money
Miracles Of Recovery
We have
all heard, or some variation of: For the love of money is the root of all
evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and
pierced themselves through with many sorrows (1 Timothy 6:10). Well, at
least the first part anyway. Consider how many “successful” people throughout
history have used wealth to impress their will on others due to the false
belief that financial success equals spiritual success. The supposed
entitlement that wealth conveys unfortunately has for many built a barrier to
enlightenment which often becomes insurmountable. To be clear: money is not the
problem, it's the love of it.
If our definition of success is based solely on possessions and wealth, we will have “gained the world but lost ourselves”, remember, he who dies with the most toys still dies and as much as we may wish to, we can’t take it with us. Many have tried, and all have failed. We find them, unearth them, and then parade them and their cherished possessions about, kind of creepy if you really stop and think about it, this grave robbing. Clearly it didn’t work out so well for them, did it? Additionally, we all know or know of a family torn apart over an inheritance, greed supplanting love and family.
Living on the Spiritual Basis we learn to use money as the tool it truly is. God wants all His children to be happy, joyous, and free and if we have been blessed with substantial resources, we seek ways to help others, preferably anonymously, for in this way we avoid the trap of love of money and avoid piercing ourselves through with many sorrows.
If our definition of success is based solely on possessions and wealth, we will have “gained the world but lost ourselves”, remember, he who dies with the most toys still dies and as much as we may wish to, we can’t take it with us. Many have tried, and all have failed. We find them, unearth them, and then parade them and their cherished possessions about, kind of creepy if you really stop and think about it, this grave robbing. Clearly it didn’t work out so well for them, did it? Additionally, we all know or know of a family torn apart over an inheritance, greed supplanting love and family.
Living on the Spiritual Basis we learn to use money as the tool it truly is. God wants all His children to be happy, joyous, and free and if we have been blessed with substantial resources, we seek ways to help others, preferably anonymously, for in this way we avoid the trap of love of money and avoid piercing ourselves through with many sorrows.
© Vincent Lee Jones Living In Spirit
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Wayne Dyer, Recovery, Addiction, Zen, Emmet Fox, Opioids, Four Agreements,
Chopra, Heroin, Einstein, AA, Healing Path, Law Of Attraction, God, Buddha,
Jesus
Monday, June 25, 2018
Avoiding Spiritual Tyrants
© Vincent Lee Jones Living In Spirit
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Wayne Dyer, Recovery, Addiction, Zen, Emmet Fox, Opioids, Four Agreements,
Chopra, Heroin, Einstein, AA, Healing Path, Law Of Attraction, God, Buddha,
Jesus
Avoiding Spiritual Tyrants
Miracles Of Recovery
We must never shrink when confronted by spiritual tyrants. Our
course is to stand firm, stating our belief and understanding of Spiritual
principles with clarity and tact, resisting the temptation to reply in anger or
condemnation or worse compromise our beliefs as the method of avoiding the necessary
confrontation. Tyrants only view this as weakness, our failure to stand strong
in faith providing them license to bully others. Most will be unmoved by our calm
and measured response, it matters not. For in truth, an individual’s
demonstration belongs only to them, and all reap as they sow. Living on the
Spiritual Basis we stand and deliver; with patience, kindness, tolerance, and
love. And when we fall short of this ideal, and we all will from time to time for
such is the nature of being human, we must always be gentle when dealing with
ourselves, profiting from all experiences, sharing openly and honestly our
highs and lows, successes, and failures.
Remember: liking or agreeing with someone is not a
requisite for saluting their innate spirituality; but this recognition is our
ultimate responsibility to one another as children of Divine Love. In
living this way, we remain free of resentments, anger, condemnation, and the
temptation to exercise personal power over others, thus avoiding the deadly trap
of Spiritual Pride, and of becoming tyrants our self.
© Vincent Lee Jones Living In Spirit
All Rights Reserved
Miracles Of Recovery, The Secret,
Wayne Dyer, Recovery, Addiction, Zen, Emmet Fox, Opioids, Four Agreements,
Chopra, Heroin, Einstein, AA, Healing Path, Law Of Attraction, God, Buddha,
Jesus
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