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Spiritualism and Matrialism Co-exist

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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

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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.

 

 

 

With a little help from our friends

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Spirit tells me that, with help from friends and some others,

We can become more than we now are, in some areas of

Our life.

 

But, He cautions, this also requires intention. We must will

To do more, to be more, and to learn whatever it is that

We must learn to move beyond where we now are.

Before we can do even that, we must be consciously

Aware of what we are, where we are and what and

Where we intend to be.

 

We are all as one in purpose, He tells me, to express

What we are in essence, both individually and

Collectively, for the benefit of self, community, and Life.

 

In Essence there is No Individuality

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Spirit tells me that, in essence, there is no individuality.

However, He claims, the illusion of such serves us well.

 

Our purpose for living this human experience is

To enable us to share what we learn with others

And to accept that all others have something

Of value to share with us, whether or not

Any of us is aware of this reciprocity.

 

Simply living is not enough and is not possible.

Part of our mission on Earth is to become

Increasingly aware of how we are living and to

Choose to live a life that brings us satisfaction,

Pleasure, and a sense of purpose.

 

In time, perhaps over several lifetimes,

We will become increasingly aware that we

Share our life with others, whether we care to

Or not, and that others share their life with us,

Whether they know it or not.

 

We learn from each other. We are never alone in

Any real sense, for what we have become, in

Essence, has developed from interacting with

Others. Nobody is completely individual.

We are one.

However, a certain sense of individuality serves us all well, for it allows, and requires us to accept responsibility for choices we make for ourselves, and, unavoidable, for others.

Apples are apples, whatever colour

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Spirit tells me that

Apples are apples

Whatever colour

They may be, and,

If a few yellow apples are

Accepted into a collection of

Green or red apples, then

Their colour is not changed by

Their acceptance into

The group.

Yellow is yellow,

Green is green,

Red is red, and,

Yes, apples are apples.

They can, if they will to,

Harmonize with each other

Without losing

Their unique essence.