Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Saturday – The Law of Consciousness

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Awareness, Belief, consciousness, expansion, Growth, Saturday, spirituality

Have you ever created a picture, poetry, or a physical object like a table or bookshelf? When you began you stared at a blank canvas, piece of paper, or a pile of wood. What gave that life? You did.

The Law of Consciousness dictates that the thought or idea has to start from the inner, to be expressed later in the outer form. You have to have the story, poem, music, or design in your head before you can create it.

The same process occurs spiritually. You have to have an idea of what you are seeking before you can seek it. You have to realize the existence of something before you can explore it. You have to believe before you can experience something. Without the belief or awareness of something, you cannot conceive it.

To be conscious of something, you have to gain the realization or belief that what you are thinking is possible. Then it is easy to manifest.

Where do ideas come from? They come from the real self–Soul. Soul is not bound by matter, energy, space, or time. It is infinite. It is omnipresent. Subsequently, Soul sees the whole picture. When Soul tries to communicate to the mind, the mind censors it, particularly if the information that is transmitted is too much for the mind to handle. Subsequently, our spiritual progress is slow and measured. This is the way it has to be, but progress is made, regardless of your awareness of it or not.

This is the Law of Consciousness. Have a great Saturday!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Saturday – Your path, is your path.

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Belief, Dedication, Harold Klemp, Path, Religion, Spiritual Saturday

Very often, we are confronted by people who want us to pray their way or colleagues who want us to think their way. We must remember to maintain our individual relationship with God. We have the shining light of Soul, and because we have it, we also have the wisdom of God.

—Harold Klemp
The Language of Soul

I’ve been an ECKist for over 50 years. My religious path is called ECKANKAR. One of the things that has kept me on this path is our lack of proselytizing. We make the public aware of us, but we don’t push it on anyone. One of our core beliefs is that each of us finds the path that is right of us.

Whether you are a Christian, Jew, Muslim, Zoroastrian, Agnostic, Taoist, Atheist, Buddhist, or any other religion or belief, that’s where you are supposed to be. It is the path right for you. I find comfort that anyone I meet is right in their choice of religious path or belief system.

A few years back, I pursued a detailed look at the religions of the world. It was a fascinating study. What is most fascinating is how each religion came about, and how it has progressed through history. If you have not done something like this, I highly recommend it.

Whatever your religion or belief system, pursue it. Do all your path requires of you. Be the best you can be on the path you have chosen. It is worth it.

I hope each of you is having a terrific weekend!

Until next time…

Dave

 

Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Saturday – There is Always a Way

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Be Patient, Belief, Dark Night f the Soul, Faith, God's Word, Listen, Open Your Mind, Surrender

There is always a way

You are stronger than anything standing in your way. Because you have a purpose that cannot be denied.

Often that purpose is difficult and inconvenient to follow. Yet it is never impossible to follow.

There is always a way. If the path you’re on is blocked, look for another route, because it is surely there.

You can be flexible, innovative, determined and persistent. You can imagine any possibility and then work to make that possibility real.

Every moment, every circumstance, every turn of events presents you with an opportunity to act. Take those opportunities, make those actions come to life, and express the purpose that is uniquely you.

Step up and embrace the responsibility for moving your life forward. Whatever may come, there is always a way.

— Ralph Marston

Read more at http://greatday.com/motivate/080929.html#prk6ZXlVeXED788d.99 

Ralph Marston provided the prompt for today’s Spiritual Saturday. A fellow blogger got some bad news yesterday and I hope this helps her in her current situation.

I think all of us can think of at least one time in our lives that were dark. These dark situations appear on the surface to be impossible with no way out. Yet, over time, they loosen their grip on our emotions. This moment is when we begin to think about potential solutions to our problem.

I can’t explain it, but the situation I found myself in late 2016, was one of these situations. Some have labeled this the “dark night of soul”, when we are suffering, scream out for help, and nothing comes. I won’t get into details, but over time, my answer to this problem was surrender. I surrendered to God. I told him that I was horrible running my life and that I would follow whatever guidance he sent me. Then, I let my problem go and lived my life. When you surrender to a higher power, the key to getting some answer you can work with is to be patient. Another requirement is to keep an open mind.

My patience and openness paid off. The solution presented itself. I followed it and everything worked out. Part of my solution was to drop my preconceived notions about what my life should be. Another part of my solution was to drop all of my reactions to the various social pressures I succumbed to throughout most of my life. This combination was exactly what I needed.

It is hard to explain the mindset I have now. I don’t relish toys anymore. I have what I need. I don’t relish making a lot of money anymore. I have enough. I could go on and on about this, but when you become secure in your faith for whatever your religious beliefs are, life smooths out. This doesn’t come free. You have to follow the disciplines required by your religious faith. You get nothing for nothing. Your faith and belief grows from these disciplines.

This was my solution. It may not be yours, but it was for me. The result from my dark night of the soul was a stronger faith-belief that was never available before. I surrendered. I pushed my ego out of the way and admitted that God could run my life better than I could. That was all it took. I continue this today. God knows what I need. God knows better than my limited human senses do.

Follow God’s guidance. It is always there. You just have to listen.

Until next time…

Dave

 

Daily Ramblings – Ted Talk Tuesday

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Belief, Carol Dweck, challenge, improvement, Work

You’ll really enjoy this Ted Talk by Carol Dweck. In it, you’ll discover some surprising results in the education arena, by merely changing a student’s mindset.

Enjoy!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Daily Quote

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Belief, Dreams, Harold Klemp, Inner Experiences, Knowingness, Revelations

Today’s Quote

“Those living the high spiritual life are the knowers, not believers. There is a world of difference between knowing and believing.” – Harold Klemp – The Language of Soul

Belief and knowing are infinitely apart. When one of us has a revelation, a memorable dream, or some other form of inner experience, it is sometimes very difficult to explain it to others. We try, but at times we’ll get strange looks or a “thanks for sharing, but…”

When you experience what is called knowingness, it is beyond the mind. It comes directly to you. When it does, you know in your heart that it is truth and a reality that is beyond explanation. The experience comes from deep within and you know that it is yours to treasure.

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