Gifts We Give Ourselves
Friends
Good friends enrich our lives in so many ways. Through a magical combination
of similarities and differences, friends offer us the opportunity to know
ourselves as we are and help us grow into who we want to be. Our
similarities attract us to each other, comforting us with familiarity when
we see ourselves in them. When we are drawn to those we admire, the same
recognition is at work, unconsciously acknowledging that these people
possess qualities that we ourselves possess. By acting as mirrors, friends
help us define who we are by reflecting our selves back to us.
Friends also help us know ourselves through our differences. Differences
allow us to see other options and make choices about who we want to be.
Sometimes we are drawn to those who appear to be our opposites, and we learn
to accept the parts of them we love and the parts of them that don’t
resonate with us, thus allowing us a valuable learning experience. By
expanding our understanding to include others’ experiences, friends help us
accept others. By understanding when someone’s life differs from our own, we
can learn about ourselves in contrast. There are times when we see in
friends what we don’t like about ourselves. That mirror reflection may be
hard to take, but a good friend helps us find ways we can change and
supports us in that choice.
Part of the joy of friendship is the feeling that we are accepted just the
way we are, with no need to change. It is a gift they give us, and one we
can give back every day. Ultimately, we choose friends because they make us
feel good about ourselves and life. Through tears and difficulties, friends
help us find the laughter. When we find those special people who offer us
that perfect combination of comfort and stimulus to grow, we are very
fortunate. Friends, those wonderful companions that walk with us through
life, help us define and refine who we are and who we choose to be every
day.
Not only then has each man his individual relation to God, but each man has
his peculiar relation to God.
~George MacDonald~
Each of us sees and experiences God in a way somehow unique to us. No two
people see things exactly alike. That's why our program has no dogma. Each
of us is encouraged to follow a spiritual path that seems to have been
created for us. And we need not worry if we're on the right one, because
every path leads to God. Would God let us lose our way? Of course not. We
will know if a course correction is needed, and God will lead us to it.
Each of us understands God in a way no one else does. There's a place in
God's love for each of us. And out of that place we can bring light to other
people, just as our own special people have brought their light to us.
I will cultivate my unique vision of God so that I may bring light to
someone else.
Spiritualizing The Planet
Ascension
We are one with the cosmos whether we realize it or not. Realizing it,
though, quickens our spiritual energy and allows us access to higher realms.
In those higher realms lies the awareness that we are more than just finite
physical beings living one life in one place at one point in time.
Connecting with this awareness is to awaken to the truth and take a step
forward, and upward, on our soul’s journey. This upward movement is known as
ascension because the more we remember who we are and embody that truth, the
higher our energy vibrates; we ascend up the scale from the gross physical
plane to the subtle spiritual plane. As we ascend, we gain consciousness of
the more subtle aspects of our being, with the ultimate outcome being a
complete identification with the light body, an experience of unification
with the cosmos.
As you look around you, you will see that many people are not even
interested in these ideas. Others are open and paying attention. Still
others have devoted their lives to deepening their understanding of the
truth. All these people are on the path of ascension, but they will ascend
at different rates. Each soul chooses its own path. The more devoted a
person is to remembering and being guided by spirit, the more quickly the
soul will ascend. These people are at the forefront of an important process
of raising the energetic vibration of the whole planet. The earth, made of
the same energy we are, is undergoing this shift along with us. This
evolutionary process, while seemingly chaotic at times, is as natural as the
process that unfolds a flower from a seed and we are all part of it.
It shouldn’t be forgotten that the earth too is on her own ascension path as
she is sentient. The best way to support this process in yourself and in the
world is simply to relax and be open to its unfolding. Listen to your inner
guidance, and let it guide you to the path that brings your heart the most
joy.
I have come into this world to see this:
the sword drop from men's hands even at the height of their arc of anger
because we have finally realized there is just one flesh to wound
and it is His - the Christ's, our Beloved's.
I have come into this world to see this: all creatures hold hands as
we pass through this miraculous existence we share on the way
to even a greater being of soul, a being of just ecstatic light,
forever entwined and at play with Him.
I have come into this world to hear this:
every song the earth has sung since it was conceived in
the Divine's womb and began spinning from His wish,
every song by wing and fin and hoof,
every song by hill and field and tree and woman and child,
every song of stream and rock,
every song of tool and lyre and flute,
every song of gold and emerald and fire,
every song the heart should cry with magnificent dignity
to know itself as God:
for all other knowledge will leave us again in want and aching -
only imbibing the glorious Sun will complete us.
I have come into this world to experience this:
men so true to love they would rather die before speaking
an unkind word, men so true their lives are His covenant -
the promise of hope.
I have come into this world to see this:
the sword drop from men's hands even at the height of their arc of rage
because we have finally realized there is just one flesh we can wound.
~Hafiz~
"Come to the edge, Life said.
They said: We are afraid.
Come to the edge, Life said.
They came.
It pushed Them...
And They flew."
~Guillaume Apollinaire ~
1870-1918
Peace.
Bill
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