Category: Spiritual Writings

There Will Be Times

“There will be times where you may feel alone, odd, weird, out of place and certainly not where you are supposed to be.   You may wonder where all the like-minded people are and when they will show up in your life.  Do not be dismayed, dear child…you have never been nor are you ever alone!  Following your chosen path may be lonely at times but, remember to take time to look for the bright spots, the  people around you that bring a little more life to the room whenever they appear.  It is time to begin allowing The Universe to let them show up and be there for you when you need it most.  Walking the solitary path is the ‘old way’…your spiritual family is waiting for you!” ~ Creator, crystalwind.ca

Living In The Present Moment – Eckhart Tolle

“The decision to make the present moment into your friend is the end of the ego.  The ego can never be in alignment with the present moment, which is to say, aligned with life, since its very nature compels it to ignore, resist, or devalue the Now.  Time is what the ego lives on.  The stronger the ego, the more time takes over your life.  Almost every thought you think is then concerned with past for your identity and on the future for its fulfillment.  Fear, anxiety, expectation, regret, guilt, anger are the dysfunctions of the time-bound state of consciousness.

There are three ways in which the ego will treat the present moment: as a means to an end, as an obstacle, or as an enemy.  Let us look at them in turn, so that when this pattern operates in you, you can recognize it and — decide again.

To the ego, the present moment is, at best, only useful as a means to an end.  It gets you to some future moment that is considered more important, even though the future never comes except as the present moment and is therefore never more than a thought in your head.  In other words, you are never fully here because you are always busy trying to get elsewhere.

When this pattern becomes more pronounced, and this is very common, the present moment is regarded and treated as if it were an obstacle to be over come. This is where impatience, frustration, and stress arise, and in our culture, it is many people’s everyday reality, their normal. state.

At worse, and this is also very common, the present moment is treated as if it were an enemy.  When you hate what you are doing, complain about your surroundings, curse things that are happening or have happened, or when your internal dialogue consists of “shoulds and shouldn’ts,” of blaming and accusing, then you are arguing with what is, arguing with that which is already the case. You are making Life into an enemy.”

Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth, p. 202-203.

 

Just Be

“Just be the ocean.  You have a choice, as the ocean, as to what aspect of the Self shows up each now-moment.  Do you show up as a drop of water, as a group of waves, or as the ocean itself?  In your earthly awareness, you play a role by which you learn that you are the ocean and are inseparable from it, yet the role allows you experiences you cannot have in your true essence as pure being – as the entire body of water.  And so, you act on.

How to best play your role?  By not identifying as only the water droplet, but by letting the waves flow as they will, guided by the over-all currents.  Just be and allow.  Yes, you will have to take action and make choices constantly, but in the awareness that you are something far greater than a solitary drop of water and even greater than a grouping of waves, you can relax, tune in to the overall flow, and just BE.”  suzannegiesemann.com

Affirmative Prayer

When most people think of prayer, they think of asking God for something.  However, there is another way to pray called affirmative prayer.

Rather than begging or beseeching God, this method involves connecting with the spirit of God within and asserting positive beliefs about the desired outcome. Affirmative prayer is the same method of prayer Jesus taught when he said, ‘So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.’ (Mark 11:24).

If, for example, one were to pray traditionally, one might say: ‘Please God, help me find a job.’ By contrast, an affirmative prayer might be: ‘I am now guided to my right and perfect employment.’

Affirmative prayer reflects the certainty that we are each being led to our highest good, despite any temporary appearances.

Metaphysicians believe that thoughts transmit magnetic energy and this energy attracts other energy of the same frequency. Whether you are conscious of it or not, your thoughts are transmitting energy that is attracting more of the same. When you remain focused on your intentions, you will draw those things into your life.

Rosemary Ellen Guiley, author of Prayer Works, states that affirmative prayer ‘sets into motion the forces that enable us to manifest what we pray for.’

She adds, ‘Prayer is ineffective when it is accompanied or followed by negative thinking, or the endless repeating of affirmations. We have to put power and intensity into our thought, change our thought, and believe in the guidance we are receiving. If we spend energy on negative beliefs and feelings, we will get negative results, even if we and others pray daily for us. For example, if you pray for a job and then complain to others that you have no job or can’t find one, you are undermining your prayer.’

By using an affirmative prayer approach, we can visualize and plan for the future with faith that the power of God is continually blessing our lives with unlimited possibilities. Affirmative prayer leads to an awakening of our spiritual selves. In faith, we pray giving thanks in advance that the Universe is meeting our every need.”  unityonline.org

Get to Know Your Real Partner ∞The Creators

“And when you are in what you call the early stages of a relationship with another, there is that getting to know you period when you are in discovery of each other and what each of you brings to the party. Once you have settled in, you tend to think you know the other person, backwards and forwards. You know what makes them tick. You know how to push their buttons.

And so you get into the period of expectation, where now you think the other one simply runs on autopilot and will always be the way they were when you discovered everything that you think you know about them. And this gives you all a sense of stability. You like to know what to expect. You like to plan around certain things because many of you like to avoid sticky situations, uncomfortable emotions, and so on.

But when you give your partner the freedom to surprise you, to be who it is they are completely in every moment and to demonstrate to you their ability to expand and to turn off their autopilot, that is when you really have something. That is when you are able to discover even more.

And when you are willing and able to let go of preconceived notions about the one you think you know so well, that is when you can begin to let go of your own self-imposed limitations and surprise even yourself. We recommend that you let go and let yourself and your partner discover just how unpredictable you can be.”  danielscranton.com