Facts Change in the Light of Truth

Every notice how facts change in the light of truth.  For years it was believed that the earth was flat and that belief was considered a fact until is was discovered that the world was round.  Just imagine how the people of that time conformed their lives to the belief the earth was flat and even some were afraid to venture to far for fear of falling off the edge of the world!

How about the fact that it was considered healthier to eat margarine than butter and now we know the opposite is true.  Think of how many people replaced butter with margarine in their diets in light of that belief.

Remember when eggs were considered very bad because of high cholesterol.  A lot of people eliminated eggs from their diets because of that belief.  Now research suggest that they are not bad at all, and they are actually healthy for you.  

What I'm alluding to is this, you conform your life to facts you believe to be true and when you conform your life around beliefs that are not true you limit your possibilities.  You see, belief in a fact, true or false holds your life within the limits of that belief.  Thus, I employ you to examine the facts and beliefs that you allow to take root in your mind.

Jesus, said two very simple things many years ago, "It is done unto you as you believe", and "you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free."  Now those are two facts that will never change.

Ever Felt Like This?

Ever feel as if there is no purpose to your life and each day is just the same as yesterday?  Do you feel as if you struggle through life while others have it so easy?  Ever ask yourself why am I trying so hard and nothing seems to go right for me?  What about that empty feeling you have and nothing you do seems to satisfy it?  Ever watch the news and think that if God is real why is the world so messed up?

If you’ve ever felt any of those things above you are not alone.  Everyone struggles at times to find meaning in their lives.  If you’ve ever felt like you are on a journey and you have no idea of where it will end then read on.

Some people seem to breeze through life as if they have a guide that’s always showing them the easy way.  There is such a guide and a way of living that will bring you peace and harmony in all aspects of your life, for there is a Loving Intelligent Life Force that permeates all life.  It is the Invisible Force that animates and governs all we see from the movement of the heavenly bodies, to the changing of the seasons, to the beating of your heart.  Some call this Life Force God, some call it Spirit, and others call it Universal Life.  No matter what you call it, you must realize that it is Everywhere Present, All Knowing, and All Powerful in order to fully benefit from It in your life.  This Life Force animates, maintains, and sustains you.  It’s the intelligence that orchestrates the billions of interactions that happen in your body each day that keeps you alive..

You have unlimited access to this awesome Life Force through your consciousness.  As a matter of fact, this Life Force beacons for your recognition of it.  It stands always ready to come to your aid, but it won’t come unless invited.  It knows how to guide you easily and harmoniously in accomplishing all your task, great and small.

You exist as an expression of this great Life Force as spirit, mind, and body and in order to live a fulfilled and joyful life you must recognize and balance these three aspects of your life.  For, there is a rhythm to life that once entered and maintained in makes things flow easily and harmoniously with little stress and strain.  The object of this book is to help you find and remain in that rhythm of life.

“All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.  In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.”  John 1:3-4.

You are Designed for Success

Have you ever thought about all the wonderful things that happen within your body to sustain your life?  In every breath you take there is an exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your lungs, in every beat of your heart blood is circulated throughout your entire body, in just the movement of your fingers millions of nerve impulses happen instantaneously.   All the billions of interactions that take place within your body each minute of every day is mind blowing and they all happen without your conscious effort.

Now think about this, would a God that took the time to design such a complex and wonderful creation as you ever want you to live an ordinary life?  No, you are God's gift to the world, designed by It's hand to live an extraordinary life.  You are made for success, why else are you so magnificently created?

In What Do You Trust

Recently, I was sitting outside and enjoying a beautiful sunrise,  I could feel the warmth of the sun rays on my face bathing me in a spirit of peace and harmony.  All was good with the world in that moment.  Then, it occurred to me that I didn't have to put forth any effort to make the sun to rise and enjoy it's warmth.

Ever think about how the sun rises and sets without your effort and if for only one day the sun did not rise all life on earth would die.  There is an universal Loving Intelligence which governs the rising and the setting of the sun without any help from you and I.  This same Loving Intelligence created you and I out of Itself and will govern our lives just as It causes the sun to rise and set if we trust in It.

But, being human you and I think that we know best how to run our lives, so we struggle and strain to force our way in the world while there is a Loving Intelligence that patiently awaits to guide us effortlessly through life.  All we have to do is to totally trust in It, just as we trust the sun to rise each day.

The Spiritual Law of Unconditional Love

The spiritual law of Unconditional Love says that there is a Loving Divine Presence at the center of your life that created you for a purpose, and loves you beyond human comprehension.   You were born with a gift, something that you can do in a special way that no one else can do.  When you trust in the Divine completely to unfold this talent in your life you will be supported and your every need will be met easily and harmoniously.

This Law supersedes all the other spiritual laws for it rests in the energy of Unconditional Love which is the highest energy there is.  Nothing is greater than the Divine’s unconditional love for Its creation and you are the Divine’s creation.  When you become conscious of this truth you know that all things are possible, for you realize that there is nothing that Divine Love cannot overcome.

The Divine wants you to be healthy, happy, and fulfilled, and in order to realize this in your life you must come to an understanding that you are the Divine expressing Itself as you.  You are united with the Divine and all of creation and nothing can dissolve this union and when you are conscious of this all things take their proper place in your life.  The Divine is always working for good on your behalf but you must be open to receive this goodness in your life; this is the point of trust.  If you could come to a place of complete trust in the Divine for your every need, your life would flow easily and harmoniously with very little stress and strain.  You would have no thought of how your needs would be met tomorrow and you could live fully each day completely pouring yourself into your life’s purpose.  How good would it feel not worry about the future and know that all your future needs would be met?  How much anxiety and stress would be alleviated from your life if you could live each day fully knowing that you would always have enough for all your tomorrows?  Trusting in the Divine’s unconditional love for you is where you will find this.

The Divine created you to express Itself in and through your life.  It knows how and will provide for your every need but, in order to do so, you must trust in the Divine completely.  The problem is most people don’t trust in the Divine to meet their daily needs.  Instead of letting their Divine gift unfold in their lives they seek things they think will satisfy their needs and once accomplished they are not fulfilled.  That unfulfilled feeling is always your soul seeking its true purpose.

Through the Law of Cause and Effect mentioned previously the Divine has given you the power to create anything in your life that you desire.   Thus, using this law intelligently to create what you want in life is the beginning of taking charge of your life.  However, most people are not fulfilled by the things they manifest in their lives because they think that material things can satisfy their desires.

Real lasting satisfaction in your life can only come in fulfilling the purpose for which you were created.  As I mentioned earlier, the Divine made you to express Itself in and through your life.  You have a Divine seed planted within you that is begging to born and this is your life’s purpose.  You can only bring this seed to fruition through Trusting the Divine and letting It govern, guard, and guide you daily. 

How do I know my life’s purpose you ask?  You can only find your life’s purpose in surrender of personal will to Divine will.  This is done by earnestly seeking Divine guidance in your life daily.

Heaven is not some place in the sky you go to when you die. Heaven is a state of consciousness of your unity with the Divine.  When you are in this state of consciousness you can materialize heavenly things right here on earth.  In your unity with the Divine you have access to all that you will ever need in life.  For the much sought after Kingdom of God is a state of consciousness of the Presence of God and when realized all your needs are met easily and harmoniously.

Practicing the Law of Non-Attachment

In my last post I spoke of the Spiritual Law of Non-Attachment.  You put the Law of Non-Attachment to work in your life by realizing that you are the creator of all your life experiences via your belief system (consciousness).  Therefore, the only way to change your experience is by changing your consciousness. When you rigidly onto to anything in your life you keep your consciousness at the level of the thing, and you stifle your growth.

The only lasting security in your life is your connection with your Inner-Self, which is where your life merges with the Divine.  This is the place of unlimited possibility and from this place you create everything that is necessary in your life.  So, you see there can never be any lasting security in material things because they are always changing.  Your connection with the Divine is eternal and is always ready to meet you at your place of need, and that is where your security is.

Daily practice the following in your quiet time.

• Give thanks for all you have and release all you have to the Divine, knowing that if something is lost in your life a way is always opened for something greater.

• Know that the Divine always provides for your every need, but It can only give you what you are conscious of receiving.

•  Know that there is unlimited possibility in uncertainty and non-attachment and this is where your security lies.

Using the Law of Cause and Effect for Your Benefit

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In my previous post I talked about the spiritual law of Cause and Effect.  In this post I will explain how to use this law for your benefit.

The first thing you must do to use the Law of Cause and Effect to create the things in your life that you desire is very sobering.  You have to realize that you are responsible for every condition in your life be it labeled good or bad.  The conditions and circumstances that presently surround you are a sum total of your inner thoughts and beliefs.  Thus, you are never a victim of anything that appears in your life, because you have called whatever it is into your life via your inner thoughts and beliefs.

I know the above statements are hard to digest, but they must be in order to use the Law of Cause and Effect intelligently in your life.  God has given you the power to create the world that you live in by giving you the capacity to think.  Contained within a thought is the energy to create the things thought of.  You are always thinking and thus always creating and giving life to your thoughts.  The problem is that most people are not conscious of this truth and think random thoughts and create random conditions in their lives and believe they are the victims of random circumstances and conditions.  The irony is they created the conditions themselves and then they try to change the conditions at the level of their appearance and thus, create more of the condition.

Think of it like this, you are the writer, producer, and director of a play called Your Life.  You write the script, you set the scenes, and cast all the characters in this play through your thoughts and beliefs.  Every person in the play of life is only reading from the script that you wrote for them.  Every situation that happens in your life is from the script you have already written in your mind.  The good news is if you don’t like the play you can re-write the script at any time.

Nothing happens randomly in your life.  Everything that you experience you have written as a part of your script in your thoughts and beliefs.  Therefore, it is pointless to try to fight against circumstances that you created, just as it is pointless trying to make your reflection in a mirror smile while you are frowning.  The experiences of your life are only a reflection of your inner thoughts and beliefs.

Meditation and Self-contemplation

In order to use the Law of Cause and Effect to create harmony in your life you have to learn to quiet your mind and control your thoughts.  Your mind is constantly bombarded with thoughts.  While you cannot stop thinking you can control the thoughts, for you are the thinker and gate keeper of the thoughts you allow to enter your mind.

You learn to control your thoughts through the regular practice of sitting in silence.  Some people call this meditation, I call it self-contemplation.  This is the most proven way to access your spiritual energy which is your true identity.  Your spiritual energy will always reveal truth in your life showing you errors in your thoughts and beliefs which materialize as inharmonious conditions in your life.

Sitting in silence can be very difficult at first, because your mind is filled with chatter and you are constantly jumping from one thought to another.  Thoughts are like little children competing for your attention, they say “look at me, look at me” and you have to train yourself to only pay attention to the thoughts you want in your mind.   Don’t get discouraged.  The mental practice of silence is just like physical exercise, you get stronger and better at it the more you do it.  Here are some techniques for learning to control your thoughts.

• Go to a quiet place where you will not be interrupted for about 30 minutes.  Sit upright in a comfortable chair.  Close your eyes, take deep controlled breathes, and slowly count backwards from 100 to zero.  The counting will cause your mind to focus on the numbers and shut out any other distracting thoughts.

•  Go to a quiet place where you will not be interrupted for about 30 minutes.  Sit upright in a comfortable chair.  Close your eyes, take deep controlled breathes, and think about your favorite outdoor spot.  It could be the beach, the mountains, or watching a beautiful sunset.  Imagine that you are physically at your favorite place. Visualize hearing the birds singing, feeling the sun on your skin, hearing the sound of the waves crashing on-shore.   The object is to training your mind to focus on one thought at a time.

• Take a relaxing walk in nature.  Listen to the birds singing, marvel at the beauty of the trees, flowers, and plant life.  Again, the object is to train your mind to focus on one thought.

• My favorite technique for quieting my mine is to read some inspirational passage and then to contemplate it’s meaning.

You will find that once you become efficient at quieting your mind, things start to be revealed to you.  It could be the solution to some situation that you’ve been struggling with, or the vision doing some project that would be very fulfilling.  The things revealed to you in these times of silence comes from the core of your existence, from your unity with the Divine and you can trust that it is right for you.

Law of Cause and Effect

The Law of Cause and Effect, (also known as the Law of Attraction) basically says that there is an invisible cause(thoughts and beliefs) behind every effect (condition or circumstance) in your life, and in order to change the condition or circumstance you must change the thought and belief first.   

You live within two planes, an inner world of your thoughts and beliefs and an outer world of conditions and circumstance in your life.  The conditions and circumstances of your outer world are always an out-picturing of your inner world of thoughts and beliefs.  The Law of Cause and Effect is always in balance in your life, thus, your can’t experience an effect in your life without an underlying cause.

The conditions and circumstances of your life, be they disease, poverty, or inharmonious relationships can never be changed in the outer world of their appearance, they can only be changed in the inner world of your thoughts and beliefs.  In your inner world of thoughts and beliefs is where you create the conditions of your life and it is the only place where you can change them.

Most people live their lives responding to events and conditions that they created themselves via their thinking and belief system.  Example, you get into a fight with your best friend about some situation that ends your friendship.  So, you think you don’t need them in your life and you move on.  Eventually you find another best friend and after some time you have a fight with them about the same issue and end that friendship also.  You go through a series of finding friendships just to have them end over the same situation and you think that no one understands you.  You think the problem is with your friends while all the time you have created the condition somewhere in your mind that ends your friendship.

The example above could be any other situation that you repeatedly find yourself in, be it poverty, poor health, or low self-esteem.  The solution cannot be found in trying to change the situation at the level of its appearance, you just get more of the same recycled in different venues.  Somewhere in your inner thought and belief system you are giving life to the situation.  But, you say “I would never intentionally bring any bad situation into my life.”  However, you do through your misuse of the Law of Cause and Effect.