Spirit tells me that I can only serve Life by serving myself, and
I can only serve myself by serving Life. It’s as simple as that.
How can I know when and if I am serving myself or Life?
It’s one and the same.
And if I’m helping a neighbour?
Your neighbour is Life.
But, there are some neighbours I would rather not serve at all.
What then?
Then you have a problem.
Spirit tells me that we each are as a double agent, but only one side is
Aware of this until we realize that everything we do, or choose not to do,
Influences those around us, as well as all life around us, and
Everything is Life.
Whatever we do, for whatever reason, in some way makes a difference.
How we each live our individual life tells a story. We each are a story, and
The story we tell, and are, dissolves into or integrates within
Ten thousand, more or less, other stories.
Even so, these seemingly countless numbers of individual and collective
Stories are only one small part of an ever-larger and ever-expanding
Story of Life.
Spirit tells me that we not only live in the universe; the Universe
Also lives in us. The same life energies that flow within form also
Flow within essence, which is spirit, and this shared, moving energy
Harmonizes form and essence, more or less.
Why more or less?
There cannot be flow if there is stagnation.
Must my mind or body always be more or less agitated
For life energy to flow within me?
There are other terms to describe the process.
Such as?
Discontent, inspired, weary, fearful, compassionate –
The list goes on.
Spirit tells me that living a spiritual life in the so-called real world
Is the same as living a not-so-spiritual life except for awareness of
Choosing how I live the way I do, and how my way of living
Affects my personal health and happiness, and also that of
Everyone else.
That’s pretty heavy stuff.
What is pretty heavy stuff?
Laying a guilt trip on me by suggesting …
I’m not suggesting. Everything we do affects everyone and
Everything else.
If I am more responsible for others than they are for me,
Just because I’m aware of my responsibility and they may
Not be, then how appealing can awareness be?
Awareness isn’t designed to be appealing.
Spirit tells me that we each possess a unique blend of
Life-force energies that express themselves as
Potentialities. However, nothing we experience is unique,
Except that it is necessarily a personal experience.
The colours of our inner energy palette can be blended
With each other in seemingly endless ways. Our unique
Blend of life-force energies makes the difference in how
We each create and experience life.
Does all this activity go on behind the scenes? or between
The lines of the story of my life?
Are you asking me if you are aware of what is happening?
Yes.
Then the answer is obviously no.
Is it possible to be aware?
Of what?
Of my life-force energies.
Yes.
Spirit tells me that one purpose of a memoir is to move forward
By looking back, as one might do while climbing a high hill or
Low mountain that, for reasons of our own, must be climbed.
Life itself can seem to be an uphill battle, but we might get
Some satisfaction from looking back and seeing how far
We have come. And, then, with a sense of accomplishment,
Turn again our focus ahead, anticipating the pleasure of
Celebrating a mission accomplished.
Does it ever happen;?
What?
Reaching the finish line.
For whom?
Me.
No.
Spirit tells me that, to the extent that we each influence another,
To that extent we are consuming or being consumed into
The essence of the other. Some call this process bonding.
This is, He tells me, a Universal Law, wherein all separated
Aspects of life return to again become one.
That may be so, in the long term, but how does knowing that
Affect my life here and now?
Have I influenced your thinking?
Very much so.
Then, are we bonding?
Yes, I hope so, but I would resist being consumed.
Yes.
Spirit tells me that the destiny of an acorn is to become
An oak tree and the destiny of an infant is to become an
Adult. Each will unconsciously strive to manifest its
Predetermined destiny. Life has given each a goal.
Life has also provided humans with the capacity to
Consciously choose to commit themselves to a goal,
Or to believe that they have chosen what is also a
Destiny, for them, if for no other.
Seekers desire to learn more and more about whatever
It is that interests them, whether it be in the field of
Sports, music, theatre, business, cooking, academic
Studies, mechanics, farming, whatever.
Spiritual seekers are no better and no worse than those
Who seek to climb mountains. They are each following
Their own chosen destiny, if it can be considered as
Being chosen when we feel an inner drive to achieve
Something that means much to us and possibly little
To some others.
Be true to oneself?
Yes.
Spirit tells me that I am a unique expression of Life.
If I am, I ask Him, then how can I live my life in such a way
As to express this uniqueness, within the limits of my
Potential, or within what I believe are the limits of my potential.
The answer is simple, He tells me, if you choose well.
Simply be yourself.
Now, If I only knew how to do that.
Spirit tells me that I am, as I sometimes suspect that
I might be, and yet struggle against the very idea of
Being, no more than a pawn in the Game of Life.
Pawns can and do make a difference, He tells me, as if
That would cheer me up. Yes, He continues, pawns can be
Part of winning a game, but only if they are willing to serve
A skilled, master of the game.
Spirit is not without ego. The implication is, of course,
That I am the pawn while He is the skilled, master player.
The rules of the game are Universal Laws, but the Spirit
Of the game is Love. The rules are inflexible, in the same
Sense that four o’clock comes at the same each day,
Whether or not your day’s work is done.
The good news…
Wow! There’s good news? I try to sound sarcastic, but,
It’s wasted on Him.
The good news, without seeming to have noticed my
Interruption, is that the Game of Life is directed by Love,
And, Love allows for compassion.
That’s so good to know.
But, rules are rules.
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