Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Perfect?

Sometimes I think . . .  that we think . . . that we can actually be perfect. Why else are we disturbed when the daily croppings of imperfections accost us? Why are we disturbed when we are irritated and immature and snide and selfish? Why does the ego never give up on the illusion that it can be perfect (that it can be God)?

There is a perfection that we can attain to and that we are called to. That perfection is to perfectly receive God's love. That is a direction that is worthy of our energy. God's love is given regardless of past and present and history and ancestry and motive and intention. I have watched some of the most Unlikely of Vessels enjoying God's love.

(And the fun thing is . . .  there is no way to imperfectly receive God's love!)

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Truth and Reality

When I lay down at night, I watch old habits demand my acquiescence. I watch old habits of Longings and Despairing wanting to tell me that they are Truth and they are Reality . . . and that if I want Truth and I want Reality, I need to embrace them.

And so I take a deep breath, and I tell them that if I follow them to their home, that that will be a waste of energy. I tell Longings that that which I long for, I have. And I tell Despair that despair is a passive aggressive way of giving God the finger.

So I take another deep breath and I focus on where I experienced God that day and on the good things in my life. I go deep within and I remind myself that I can choose to be where God is and where peace is and where life is. I can go to that place of nonjudgement.

I take responsibility for my emotional state. I take responsibility for guarding true Truth and real Reality.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Listing or Spinning

It is so petty and a little unfair to judge my well being based on an arbitrary To-Do list. Surely I am more than a To Do list!  I am doing well if I weigh a certain amount, eat certain foods, do certain spiritual exercises, get certain things accomplished, etc.? And I say, really?!!! Really?!!! To Do lists define me?!!!! How have I fallen under the tyranny of such a petty, unrealistic judgement?

Can I not say, I have done poorly in every area and I am still doing well?

 A top is a wonderful toy whether it is spinning upright or listing on the floor. It is still a wonderful toy. I have been entrusted with the Divine and I am doing well whether I am listing on the floor or whether I am spinning in the air.


Thursday, October 4, 2012

Prayer: Transforming Energy?

One of my jobs is very mundane. And so it is not unusual, while I'm working for either my mind or my spirit to be some place else. It is also not unusual for the Spirit of God to "put someone on my heart" which results in me praying for them. That was true yesterday.

And so it got me to thinking about prayer . . . in perhaps a "quantum" way. Who knows. Maybe prayer is like electricity. Maybe, when God shares His heart with His people, maybe, when they share it again (by praying) maybe His heart gets increased the way electricity gets stronger when it goes through transformers. Maybe we are transformers when we pray. Maybe, God's heart in us gets "transformed" into good thoughts which gets "transformed" into healing energy.

We are blessed because we get to share God's heart (which is a good thing) and they get blessed because they are the recipients of God initiated transforming energy, i.e. prayer.