There are people all over the world in conditions of illness, poverty, loneliness, or possibly guilt and shame. If there was nothing they do about that, wouldn’t that be terrible? That would be Hell, wouldn’t it?
But if there was a way, a plan, a roadmap to take them out of that terrible territory, back to peace and joy and healing, wouldn’t that be wonderful? That would be pure Heaven, wouldn’t it?
Jesus said, “You shall know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.” Freedom – that’s really the goal, isn’t it? Freedom from lack, from illness, and from loneliness.
The opposite of freedom is bondage – being tied and restricted to a condition that provided never-ending pain and sorrow.
Freedom and Bondage – Heaven and Hell – we can experience either one, and luckily, we know the way out of the dark places. We know how to turn on the light. We know at least a major piece of that Truth, thanks to our founder, Ernest Holmes.
Some people might have noticed that I don’t seem very reverent. I don’t speak of God in hushed and respectful tones. You should know that I don’t speak of anything in hushed and respectful tones – it’s just not the kind of person I am.
Why don’t I act more reverent? I don’t, because I’m not afraid of God. How could I be? Would it make any sense for a fish to be afraid of the water? God is what I am – what I am made of – there simply is nothing else. God is all there is.
Just like you, God and I together always make a majority. This mysterious Something that we happen to call God is the very fabric of the space we inhabit. The vibrations of that fabric show up as our universe, with us in it.
The fabric of our universe, which is the substance of God, known as Spiritual Substance or Universal Substance, bends our way when we set an intention. Dr. Wayne Dyer talks about the power of intention – but we know that the power is never in the intention – the Power is in the Mind and the Substance of God. Our intentions are more like the steering wheel, holding our direction, rather than the engine that powers our life, or the fuel that powers the engine.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
THE FLOW OF ABUNDANCE
The fabric of our universe, which is the substance of God, known as Spiritual Substance or Universal Substance, bends our way when we set an intention. Dr. Wayne Dyer talks about the power of intention – but we know that the power is never in the intention – the Power is in the Mind and the Substance of God. Our intentions are more like the steering wheel, holding our direction, rather than the engine that powers our life, or the fuel that powers the engine.
Thought directs Power. So this month, just for the fun of it, think of prosperity. Think of riches. Think of comfort, and money, and precious things. Think of your cup running over, so much that you can’t hold on to it all. Then think of generosity, and giving, and of gratitude. Feel your joy and delight at the abundance that comes your way – especially the unexpected abundance.
It’s an opportunity to try out your spiritual wings.
Don’t ever think that money is not spiritual. Money is the stored up energy of pure spirit. Money represents the reward that someone gets for doing something for someone else. You work, you provide service to someone, and you get money. Money is the stored up value of the work someone did.
You may say, what if I didn’t work for my money? What if someone gave it to me – what then? Well, that means that someone, who worked for their money, found that there was value for them in giving it to you. They got something from you, whether you knew it or not. It may have been inspiration, it may have just been to see the gratitude you showed, but if someone gave you anything, it was because they found their joy in doing do.
Whether it’s money, or compliments, or a friendly greeting, it’s all just a transfer of energy within the infinite body of God. It’s energy flowing from you to the grocery store to the store clerk to his girlfriend to the theatre to the theatre attendant to the government in taxes and out to the pensioner or the doctor in the health system. It’s all a flow and our job is not to interrupt it.
Thought directs Power. So this month, just for the fun of it, think of prosperity. Think of riches. Think of comfort, and money, and precious things. Think of your cup running over, so much that you can’t hold on to it all. Then think of generosity, and giving, and of gratitude. Feel your joy and delight at the abundance that comes your way – especially the unexpected abundance.
It’s an opportunity to try out your spiritual wings.
Don’t ever think that money is not spiritual. Money is the stored up energy of pure spirit. Money represents the reward that someone gets for doing something for someone else. You work, you provide service to someone, and you get money. Money is the stored up value of the work someone did.
You may say, what if I didn’t work for my money? What if someone gave it to me – what then? Well, that means that someone, who worked for their money, found that there was value for them in giving it to you. They got something from you, whether you knew it or not. It may have been inspiration, it may have just been to see the gratitude you showed, but if someone gave you anything, it was because they found their joy in doing do.
Whether it’s money, or compliments, or a friendly greeting, it’s all just a transfer of energy within the infinite body of God. It’s energy flowing from you to the grocery store to the store clerk to his girlfriend to the theatre to the theatre attendant to the government in taxes and out to the pensioner or the doctor in the health system. It’s all a flow and our job is not to interrupt it.
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