Themes That Surface Repeatedly

This is from One of My Blog Posts In 2007 that Popped Back Up Recently and which I've found is still Valid Right Here - Five Years Later. Just goes to show when something is 'A Truth', it's Stands in Time!

Everything I've ever known can be boiled down to this and these are what make up my truth as I know it at this moment in time.  The first five are required to access the last four.  More than all the rest, if I continue to return here, and keep these things at the forefront, I will be able to, most of the time, walk the path of my spirit.

Faith

Knowing I won't be hurt by any of this

Trusting in some thing much more vast than I am or can ever even begin to fully comprehend

Knowing if today is hard, tomorrow or the next day will be right

Letting go

Loosing my hold on my 'story' and letting it be only that

Relinquishing my death grip on the handles of my fear

Give up mental gymnastics

Always keep stepping out over and falling back into the abyss

Accepting my humanity

Means knowing some times I will be weak, sometimes I will slip and falter and sometimes my spirit will shine through with brilliant light and I need to be ok with all of these

Accepting responsibility

No more fear based avoidance

It must no longer hold a threat for me

It is the foundation of my power

Without it I am no one, nothing and nowhere but lost

Living from the place of spirit

Using both my mind and my spirit to walk the path

Free Will

Understanding that all of the above are what make it up, and are the only way to it

God will take the back seat for as long as we let him

It can be fully utilized only if we are willing to relinquish, surrender and succumb when necessary

It is so much more and so much less than most people ever realize

Power

Its real and its also an illusion

When I own it there is no need to fear it

It's part of me, not something separate

It is within me and also has a separate, conscious source

With great Power comes great Responsibility

I have to see, accept and respect all its aspects before I can stand in it

Energy

It is a by-product not the means

It is the interface with the Divine and the Field

It is a tool

It is both everything and nothing

If I own it, I won't hurt myself or anyone else

Without it, I have no connections to anything

I have to understand it in order to be responsible within it

Whatever I find it to be is only a smidgen of its totality

It is the most powerful force in the universe at the place where it meets the Divine

It is always with me and can bring me into direct contact with my spirit and the Divine

Inner and Outer Connectedness of all things

It is the Field

I can tap into and access all that I will ever need with it

It can be accessed via proper application of all of the above

Like energy it contains vast power

It is a manifestation of Divinity

It will carry and supports me always

It will catch me always

Energy is but one of its components

It is vast and all encompassing beyond any level of human comprehension

We gain access to it by the grace of God and through the path of our spirit

It is where we are meant to live our lives from

Doing the Hard Work

Copy of October 18th Post

I've been thinking alot lately about the life I'm supposed to be living. You know, figuring out and then fullfilling the purpose I was put here for. My first conclusion is that it's hard to figure out and even harder to acutally do. I have no problem with the self-analysis part, the aquistion of knowledge part, the "fact finding", but when it comes down to actually doing and being, I sorta fall off the wagon, as it were. It seems like we are all very busy, multi-tasking and juggling and balancing each aspect of our lives. We seem to rate our success in life on how well we can manage to keep it all going at once. Unfortunately, it seems like alot of us loose our sense of self and purpose in the process.

Even those of us who are somewhat self aware and take the time and effort to attempt to enlighten ourselves and our way of being, still at times feel as if we are getting nowhere or just plain not getting it. I came to the realization that, at least for me, the problem is two-fold. Part of the problem is that often times we approach our enlightenment, our life purpose in the same way as all the other tasks and responsibilities in our lives. It becomes something that we add to the list and juggle along with everything else, instead of it making it the fundamental, underlying force in our lives.

The second aspect of the problem is that part where we loose our sense of self. Or perhaps we aren't willing to take the time to be all of what we hold inside ourselves. I now know that there is a large part of myself that I have denied all of my life and I continue to refuse to allow it to come forward and be present as part of who I am. Part of it is fear, fear that I won't be understood or accepted by others, fear that if I put all of myself out there, it just won't be good enough or worse yet that I will ultimately fail at being me. But I also now realize that I will continue to remain stuck right here, going no further in my personal evolution, and never attain and live my lifes purpose if I don't let what I truly am be revealed and come forth in my life.

So how do we do this? Well, obviously the first step is to look within and find that part of who we truly are that we withhold from ourselves and others. This doesn't mean at this point you have to know what your life purpose is, you only need to acknowledge, recognize the parts of you that you have kept seperate and blocked off from the rest of your life. Once I'd done an honest inventory and identified that part of me I was hiding from the world, I decided to try to show it, let it leak out a little bit at a time, into the rest of my life. I made a commitment to myself that I would try to use that part of myself, display a little of it, everyday, in some part of my daily actions, routine and encounters with others.

I know by incorporating this into my daily way of being, I will begin to feel more whole and complete and at peace with myself. I have complete faith and confidence that in doing this, my purpose, the reason I was put on this earth, in this life, will gradually come to me with crystal clarity. It can be no other way, because we are meant to live as whole individuals, to use all the parts of ourselves, all our gifts and tools we brought with us to this lifetime. It's scary, and its difficult because it takes effort, energy and commitment. It's also exciting, amazing and thrilling to discover a little more of ourselves each day. The best part is what is yet to come, there is no feeling as intense and undescribable as how one feels when fully engaged and living your lifes purpose.

I believe the quote from St. Thomas says it all , "If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you". It's hard to believe it can be that simple, and even harder to act upon, but when we do, the rewards are immesurable.