Spirit tells me that I am unique but not to worry.
This is only a temporary condition. It was not
Designed to last.
We are each unique, but only until we share our
Special uniqueness.
Some egos expand in a socially unhealthy way, by
Bloating instead of transcending what they are.
How to transcend what I am?
What are you.
A woman.
Become a human.
Spirit tells me that spirituality is a natural capacity
To expand a mystical awareness and understanding
Of life that develops compassion for others.
We can, if we will to, increasingly recognize
Ourselves in others, and others in ourselves,
Without which, He claims, compassion is not
Possible.
There is no essential difference between anyone.
We could never, He tells me, recognize love or
Hostility in others, if we were incapable of
Experiencing, to a greater or lesser degree,
Perhaps, the emotions that we witness.
In essence, there is oneness with variable attributes.
Spirit tells me to let it all go, since it is going, anyway.
I am two generations behind where today’s action is.
I hardly need to be reminded that Life is moving me
Into the past, while young people are moving into
Their future.
The world I remember is being swept away, to make
Room for the world of tomorrow, that younger
Generations are creating, without much thought
To what once was.
When we have done all that we can, He tells me,
Then we must be content to wish them well, and
Get out of their way.
Does that mean that I’m on the way out?
We are all on the way out, at least in some way.
Spirit tells me that for me to love myself as I am
Does not require that I love myself the way I am.
I can accept myself as imperfect without necessarily
Accepting my imperfections.
And, He suggests that I really must work on these.
Where would I begin?
From the beginning.
When was that?
It never was.
So, what then?
You can only begin now.
He’s wrong of course. I’ve been trying for as long as
I can remember.
Spirit tells me that habits are consciously developed
Patterns of behaviour or self-discipline with, or
Without intent to integrate them into one’s way of life.
Habits can serve a useful purpose in preparing for
Competitions, exams, performances, goals, etc., or
Just to maintain a chosen lifestyle.
Habits can also become addictions, when they no
Longer serve any useful purpose in one’s life, but
At some point in time the habit has taken control
Over will power.
I sense a question coming.
Yes. Which am I?
You are my teacher.
Then I still serve a useful purpose in your life?
You know the answer to that.
Yes.
Over will power.
Spirit asks me if I would wish anyone else to share
Such a relationship as we seem to.
The answer to that one is easy, and simple.. No.
I would not wish for anyone the stress of the strugggle
I experience, with no end in sight.
Why do you continue?
I’m not aware of any option. Besides, I seem to
Need to hold on as long as I can.
Why?
There could be some reward, and perhaps
Learning is its own reward.
What are you learning?
To understand life.
What have you learned so far?
That it’s still a mystery, to me.
Yes.
Spirit tells me that to serve Life is to serve ourselves, for
We are all as one with everyone and everything else that lives.
Life is an ecosystem wherein all life is interactive, interrelated,
And interdependent, in the same way that all biological systems
Within the human body are as one unit while functioning as
Seemingly separate systems within systems.
We seem to be able to accept that any diseased area within
The human body is a threat to the health and the survival of
The entire human body.
Why, He asks me, can we not just as simply accept that
The same relationship exists beyond the human body, and
That interconnectedness of all life forms functions
To sustain the individual life forms through a sense of
Co-dependency.
Co-dependency?
Yes. We are mutually sustained or mutually destroyed.
It’s as simple as that.
Spirit tells me that awareness comes before knowing, for
Without awareness that there is something we can learn,
We are not open to learning anything.
Awareness is an open-ended form and quality of energy,
That can be more or less ignored, as is so-called
Common sense, in different situations.
Knowing suggests a certainty that awareness will
Never claim. We can be aware that something is
Not as it might seem to be if we were less aware.
Something is missing, or hidden, from the picture of
Life that we are being asked to accept as reality.
However, He tells me, awareness does not replace
Knowledge, however limited or misinformed that
Knowledge is that we have learned through social
Interaction, personal experience, and study.
Awareness does not express knowing, and yet,
It does not express not knowing, either. Instead,
It expresses knowing that there is something more
To be known.
Trust your awareness, Spirit advises. If you do not
Feel completely comfortable or satisfied with whatever,
Trust your discomfort and dissatisfaction.
They serve you well.
They are voices of awareness, your awareness..
Spirit tells me that my ego is my sense of self. This allows me
To see myself as the centre of my personal universe,
Even knowing that,
At the same time, ten thousand times ten thousand others
Are also seeing themselves as the centre of their
Personal universe.
This perspective is a special gift, He tells me.
It provides harmony and purpose.
How?
When each of us looks out onto everyone and everything. else,
We necessarily compare, not ourselves to others, for we do not
Know ourselves directly.
But, when we look out onto diversity we become aware of
What perspectives or attitudes we are more attracted to,
And these express our own, at any particular time..
Awareness of this reality allows us to understand that
We are as cookies.
As cookies?
Yes. Cookies come in a great variety of shapes and tastes, but
They are all made from a more or less basic recipe of
Cookie dough.
Spirit tells me that, as I care for the plants (He seems to
Disapprove of my calling them my plants) on my patio or
In my little back garden, they also care for me, and,
Even during Winter, they, as I do, require care.
However, we each may require more care or a
Different type of care during different seasons of
Our lives, as do different people we know and
Care about, in a personal way.
These special plants and people (for they are special, if
Only to us) seem to need what we alone can give them,
Our love, unconditionally.
We share a personal, interdependent relationship;
A bonding of emotion and thought, of
Pleasure and responsibility.
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