Spirit tells me that the boundaries of our mind
Are not by nature inflexible, but restricted by
Fear of moving into unknown territory.
This fear, He tells me, is based on
The false conception that there is
Unknown territory.
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The River of Life and Meditation
A wise man once claimed that we cannot step into the same
River twice. Spirit tells me that the river referred to was Life, not
Water, alone. And, claims Spirit, the River of Life contains many
Undercurrents that we must step carefully through to reach safety.
The unavoidable undercurrents of emotion and thought are two
Potential dangers we each must learn to walk through while
Crossing the River of Life.
How?
Deep breathing and meditation can help us.
How?
Air is necessary to life but only if we breathe in and then out.
If we practice sitting quietly and breathing deeply, while we
Focus on a particular emotion that is troubling us, then
Step into that emotion by breathing it in, deeply, and then
Release it, again and again.
Both emotion and thought, claims Spirit, are life-giving energies.
But, as with all nutrients, there is a fine balance between
Beneficial (the Middle Way) and the self-destructive quantities of
Too little or too much. We each must learn to recognize our
Individual needs.
Spiritualism and Matrialism Co-exist
Spirit tells me that spiritual and material values co-exist.
And, in reality, neither can exist exclusive of the other.
They are as essence and form.
The concept of spiritual and material as being mutually
Exclusive is common in seekers of so-called enlightenment.
Rejection or fear of either one suggests lack of awareness
Of their interdependency. Living a spiritual life does not
Necessarily require one to reject physical or material comforts.
Creation and all the beauty within it is expressed in form.
We each possess creative energy. We each are creative
Energy. Some of us are inspired to create whatever with
A greater emphasis on beauty than on practical
Application, while others concentrate more on structure
Than on style.
The secret, He tells me, is to discover my own values.
As Essence is to Form
Spirit tells me that we are to each other as essence is to form, and
as such, we are each necessarily incomplete without the other.
Essence, He explains, can only express itself within the constraints
That form provides, or, as some seem to think, imposes.
Form contains and protects essence, providing a safe,
Though limited space within which it is free to express
Itself.
As your spirit teacher, I express my truth, which is my essence,
Through you, though not exclusively through you. But, an even
More highly developed energy may express His or Her essence
Through me.
Together we each and all contain and express one essence,
In our own way, which we have developed by blending
Together ideas and habits absorbed into our consciousness
From many sources.
In essence, He concludes, essence and form are one.
Creation as an Outcome
Spirit tells me that creation, all creation, is an outcome of three potentials;
Thought, feeling, and energy – a cosmic trinity.
Nothing worthwhile, He tells me, is achieved or created without
Deep thought, passionate commitment, and energy, physical or
Otherwise.
Thought, feeling, and energy are blended together into the
Creative force of love. Love is, He seems to sigh, an often
Misunderstood emotion, when, in reality, it is as white light,
That can disperse itself into every possible hue or blend of
Colour.
If Life is a Story
Spirit tells me that if Life is a story, and, He seems to insist,
In many ways it is, then the pages of past experiences
That we call memories, are as earlier chapters in our
Personal Book of Life.
If so, I ask, without necessarily doubting my wise teacher,
Then why did the past not even seem to hint at my
Present life or provide even a misty vision of what
My future might possibly be?
Lack of awareness and narrow focus, He sighs, and then
Begins to improvise Pete Seeger, singing ‘When will they
Ever learn”, from “Where have all the flowers gone”.
Greater awareness contains the ego self.
Spirit tells me that whatever we are, were, or yet will be,
We are, were, and will always be whatever, with and
Within everything else that is.
Everything and everyone is more than connected to everything else.
Everything and everyone is interconnected. We each are
Both a part of and part of it all.
Each piece in a puzzle has a unique shape, unless some other
Piece or pieces share that feature of its otherwise uniqueness.
However, no other piece fits with meaning into the same space
Within the puzzle..
There is a reason for each puzzle piece, and for
Each and every person to be exactly as and
Where we are. This reason goes far beyond
Individuality.
The relationship between each piece of a puzzle and
The puzzle itself, explains Spirit, is as
The relationship between ego self and
Greater awareness.
Everyone has and is potential
Spirit tells me that I am not as I once was, but I have
Always had the potential to become as I now am.
There is no end, He adds; I have and I am potential
To become more, to do more, to serve Life more than
I can now possibly imagine.
And, so it is with everyone.
Memories as snippets of reality in a sea of fiction
Spirit tells me that most, if not all of my memories, that I
Seem to think of as original videos of past events and
Experiences are no more than snippets of reality
Within a sea of fiction.
Are you saying that I create or created my memories?
Yes, to both questions. We continuously up-date our
Memories of the past, to reflect our current understanding,
Unless we have become trapped within an earlier.,more
Rigid and less developed state of awareness.
But, I remember…
Yes, but do you also remember remembering whatever and,
If you do, then you will be aware that your current
Understanding has evolved, or it has not.
Happy New Year 2014
Just to wish everyone the most glorious year of the their lives.
20/4 seems to hold a promise that no other year can claim.
It lies just ahead and around the bend of another year-end.
May we all have just cause to rejoice and welcome it and then
May we all have tears in our eyes at the wonder of it before it,
Too, passes into memory.
Wishing you all happiness, health, creativity and much love.
Jean
Simple Seeker Society 