Here was what I shared today :)
Your Faith
Such a touchy subject Faith, you ask most folks and either there hackles go up, or they stammer, or blush as though embarrassed. Faith, a simple concept of what do you believe. What do you “know” that you cannot see? Where do you get your divine inspiration?
You will hear people say they have no faith in human nature, yet every day as we drive down the road we have faith that those going the other way will stay on their side of the center line. The few times it doesn’t happen is a real shock to most, almost unheard of. Now that is some huge faith. We put our trust in the lives of strangers every day, and so seldom are we let down.
Yet, it’s those close to us we expect excellence from, those that we see often enough to develop a lasting relationship. Family members, friends, co-workers, people we share our lives with that will on occasion let us down. We give them an open ticket to do so. No one is perfect, no one will do the right thing every time, yet at times we take it personal when something happens that causes stress or strain. Think about it, we smile and nod to strangers, yet will take out our frustrations of the day to those closest at hand. We vent our frustrations, anger, reactions to some injustice dumping our burden on the closest one to us. When doing so try and take a moment to see if they are willing to take the stress you are handing them. If they care about you, and have the energy they most often times will. But it’s not a given.
But have you ever thought to give it all up to the divine? If you have no structured faith how can you do this? God can take all burdens, God can ease your spirit, gentle your mind, sooth your soul. Doesn’t matter if you call it God/Goddness/Nature.
I was having a conversation with a dear friend last night she mentioned, “I don’t believe in your God”. For some reason it made me smile. What people don’t realize is that is not my god, your god, their god…its The God. There is only one creator, one great being. Each faith has a different name for it, all in the name of identifying their belief system. When writing an open article I will say it’s The Source. It’s a generic term meaning the supreme power that keeps the checks and balances, that runs the show. I call it God. But it’s the ONE thing all faiths truly have in common.
Different beliefs have different rules, or guides for living. Many of them are very much the same. But its not the faiths that are all that different, it’s the way people interpret them. Nearly every holy book says to love your neighbor as you love yourself, to be kind and giving. Some people that follow these books do just that, they live in service of others shining their divine light on the world in acts of compassion, great and small. Some however are very different, lacking compassion for your fellow human beings, discounting them if they do not believe as you do. But that is the person, not the belief. Things get changed, reinvented, used for gain in such a manner that the whole meaning of the words are lost.
I saw a quote today that spoke volumes to me: "True intention is when your heart, mind, and soul unite as one. When your intention is united, all the universe is behind you—its fulfillment guaranteed." Think about these simple words. Heart, mind and soul are all united. I was thinking about what makes us up, how we are 3 different parts and what they are for. When you make a decision and mind, body and spirit all agree you know it’s the right one. When you only please one or two of the 3 parts the other part goes wanting or worse is damaged.
Physical energy, that amazing system of gears, pulleys and chemical reaction that make our bodies, is what causes movement. The energy from the food we eat, is transformed in this well thought out machine into action. We use our bodies force to move things, to carry us to our destination, to relate to other body’s needs. We take so much for granted, the timing, the perfect way the DNA connects, the 10s of thousands of seemingly random chemical reactions that come from the simple act of eating, drinking and breathing. It’s our bodies that bind us to the earth. She sustains our nutritional needs, gives us tools to keep us warm and sheltered.
Emotional energy is that energy from thought. Thoughts become things. It’s that simple. We envision a life we want to lead and make it happen, for better or worse. We make our reality. Seldom do two realities totally mesh. The logical find this odd as there is only one way that things can happen, but there are millions of ways to relate to those things. I was at a seminar where a lady was taken outside of the room and asked what her favorite and least favorite foods were. As she waited outside he told us the two foods, and gave us code words on which one to think of, and to picture her eating them. When she entered he had her stand in the front of the room and started talking about irrelevant things. When we thought of the favorite food she stood straight and tall, even had a smile on her face. When we thought of her least favorite food she started to curl in on herself, looked down and eventually crossed her arms over her chest. Not a word was spoken, and this wasn’t wishing great ill on her, just things she didn’t like or did like. We have all been in situations where we were in the presence of someone that likes us and someone that doesn’t. We are open to the kindness and very closed off to the negative feelings. Emotions are stronger energy that people realize. They are how we form our relationships, create our destiny, live our day to day existence.
Spiritual energy is that from the Source, that unseen entity of faith some call God, goddess, the gods, whatever you choose. Make little difference in the big scheme of things as there is only one Source. From this great well of love and wisdom is a most amazing energy. When the other two energies are at odds, weakened, harmed; spiritual energy will prevail if you allow it. It is an unlimited source at your call. Most only call on it when in need, but it is available at all times, in your lightest and darkest hour. We get despondent and feel we don’t deserve it, we grow happy and feel we don’t need it, yet it is there open and available to you at all times. It’s that energy that allows a mother to life a car off her baby, that gives a soldier weary from exhaustion the ability to carry a friend to safety, it IS that energy that keeps you going when you feel all is lost. Often times our plans didn’t work as we wished, or we listened to one part of ourselves so much the others suffered. It is in these times our spiritual side stands strong to help carry us through the most trying times of our lives. You meet people that have overcome great odds, they have faith they can do it, so they do.
When we keep these energies in balance we are at our peak. We tend to the body, love ourselves and those around us and allow the flow of the Source to constantly be in our lives. When we do the best with what we have to work with, there is nothing finer.
We have intention, the will to act. But if there is doubt, it will not manifest. If there is doubt one part of your being is not on board. If you lack faith, you lack the ability to manifest your dreams. Faith that simple thought of “knowing” something you can’t really know. YET, in doing so you open up your life to all possibilities.
You look at a person, they are more than what you see. They are emotions, thoughts, molecules, energy. Why would the world be any different? There are so many things going on that we can’t see, feel or even understand. That is where faith comes in, knowing that the universe will keep you on the correct side of the center line.
~peace~
Rev. Wonder
When God He is speaking, That voice in your ear
He talks of your joys, He shows you your fears
The pain of the others, The weary and lost
Those that have found Him, At joy and at cost
They call Him the savior, They greet him with cheer
They forget with the knowledge, That binds us all here
To draw Him the open, To welcome with glee
To live through His might, With bowed head and bent knee
To see it is coming, To taste this new test
There is no great winner, There is no real best
The sorrow it comes, The balance be made
The payment extracted, For the table we have laid
We fight and we conquer, We chose our new foe
We say we are righteous, But inside we all know
The love we have in us, We hide and we dare
We choose only the worthy, To honor and share
But now time has come, To look what we wrought
To wonder the payment, For what we have bought
So we sit and we ponder, We try not to think
We are sick with the knowing, We are the weak link
It’s time to take hold, To do what is right
To share that love, To honor His light
So smile with knowledge, And find joy in what you see
Start your day with grace, And be what you are to be
Open your heart, Be brave and to dare
For all He really wanted, Was for us to care
