Spirit tells me that
Free will is not unlimited.
As a Universal Law, it must
operate within the limits of
The possible.
We are not free to do
What we cannot do,
For whatever reason,
At least until
We learn how.
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Emotion controls memories
Spirit tells me that
Memory is, at least in part
An experiential data bank
And that we keep therein
All memories
We are not yet ready
To let go of, and that
It is the emotional quality
Of memories that
Hold them in our mind.
Each in our own way
Spirit tells me that we each develop awareness
In our own way and in our own time.
There is no reward for those who
Finish first, for nobody ever finishes.
Thee is no end to what
What we can learn if
We want to.
We each satisfy our individual need
To learn whatever, according to
Personal interests,
At any given time.
Religion and Spirituality
Spirit tells me that
Different religions and spiritual belief systems
Necessarily exist because of
Different knowledge needs among
Different groups of people.
No teacher replaces another
Spirit assures me,
Until the seeker, or believer,
Is attracted to another way of
Understanding Life than
What she or he is now learning from
A Present teacher or from
Personal experience alone.
We each possess and
We each are, a unique
perspective, attracted to
A similar or expanded
Version of our own way of
Learning, or our own way of
Knowing, and our own way of
Relating to our shared reality.
Complexity within simplicity or
Spirit asks me to consider whether
Life is complexity within simplicity, or
Simplicity within complexity.
Then, almost before I can begin
To try to determine which,
Or if neither description of
Life is applicable, He
Asks me to visualize
The intricate web of Life and,
To ask myself where I am
Within that web, or if I am
Separate from that web. Am I
Within or part of the web.
Again, without waiting for
My doomed to be inadequate
Response, He tells me that
We are separate, but,
Only for as long as
We believe we are.
Our essence is, was, and will be what it now is
Spirit tells me that
We are now what we have become and
We will be what we become, but
The energy that we now are
Was and always will be
The same energy.
Only the quality and strength
Of our energy transforms,
Transcends, if it does, and
it does, for nothing is
Constant. Life expands and
We each contribute to
That expansion, one way
Or another.
Things are not always as they may seem to be
Spirit tells me to tentatively accept what seems to be,
Even while wondering if it really is
As it seems to be, and,
When someone seems to present themselves
To you, in such a way that seems to ask you
To believe that they are as they
Present themselves to be.
When your intuition suggests
That a false image
is being presented,
Trust your intuition.
The presentation and the energy
Vibrating from it will harmonize
If things are as they seam to be.
Acting out expresses a need for love
Spirit tells me that
To be able to respond with compassion to
Unacceptable behaviour and verbal abuse
Requires awareness and acceptance of
One’s own truth, as well as
What seems to be the truth of
The person acting out, and still
Love that person, if only because
She or he seems to be
Very much in need of love.
I’m playing a game I can’t win, and know it.
Spirit tells me that
I’m playing a game I can’t win.
Somehow, I suspect this may be true, but,
How am I supposed to respond
To Spirit’s sometimes power strategies.
Are they designed to weaken my resolve
To resist accepting as true,
anything that I can’t understand?
even knowing that my capacity
to understand is limited, or
Do I resist for the sake of resisting? or,
Have I developed a habit of resisting
The mind boggling concepts Spirit
Presents me with, to simply deny
The limitation of my mental capacity
To understand them?, and, if this is true,
Then why?
Wouldn’t it be so much easier
To simply give in, and say,
Okay, you win.
Am I just to stubborn to do so?
But, what if Spirit’s intention is
To encourage my capacity to resist being
A mindless sponge, or
A spineless sponge, if
There be such things.
Free will and destiny
Spirit tells me that free will and destiny work together
To create a lifestyle. We each can, and must, choose
From available options, but only from those
Available options that we are aware of
At the time of our choosing.
Of course, a possibly different selection
Of options, may be available
To each one of us.
Spirit also cautions me that
The selection of options available
To each of us, now,
May be less or more
Than were available to us
At some earlier time, in our past, and,
The choices we make with
Our free will may expand, or reduce
The collection of options available to us
To choose from, in the future.
One choice alone is not available,
Claims Spirit, The option
Not to choose.
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