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Whatever works

Posted on by under developing awareness, Finding our unique way, understanding life struggles

Spirit shares timeless wisdom.

But, there are times when He seems to be
just too much.

Too much what?

Too much authority.

Too much for whom?

For me.

Such as when or how?

You seem to tell me that I must learn to walk
my talk, and yet I find myself walking your talk.

Is there a difference?

Yes, or at least in degrees of adherence to
simplicity. You don’t seem to understand
that physical life is different than life in
Spirit, alone.

In what way?

There is so much to enjoy in my world.

And, in mine?

God only knows what exists in Your world.

I know.

We’ve wandered from the topic.

One of us has.

Then, to get back on track, why do I find
myself trying to walk your talk when my
very instincts assure me that pleasure is
designed for earthly enjoyment.

It is.

Then, why do I find myself trying to live
a much more simple lifestyle than I find
comfortable, just to please you.

Do your efforts in this regard seem
to please me?

No.

Then why do you do it?

I don’t know.

Then, let me remind you that you choose
to accept the conditions I require of you.

Yes, I choose to accept, but, something
in me still resists.

What?

What is it within we that resists
or what is it that I resist?

Are you directing my style of questioning
towards me?

Whatever works.

Yes.

Is Self-Control an Ego Trip?

Posted on by under developing awareness, grass-roots ethics, simple spiritual insights, Spirit shares words of wisdom

Spirit tells me that He is only one of many Spirit Teachers who
seek to help willing people to create a satisfying lifestyle,
and that His Fellowship Group are not at all interested in
helping everyone, only those who genuinely care for the world
they live in and for themselves, enough to resist as much as
they can, unhealthy habits. Self-control in all things is
our way, He claims.

It all sounds so noble that I’m annoyed at myself for even
listening to a cynical voice from somewhere in my mind that
whispers to me that, perhaps, His ego has escaped self-control.

Habits can become Addictions

Posted on by under developing awareness, seeking the middle way, Uncategorized

 

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.

 

Simplicity is different things to different people

Posted on by under developing awareness, seeking the middle way, Uncategorized

Spirit asks me to try to develop

A more simple lifestyle.

What would it look like,

I ask Him.

Simplicity is, He tells me,

But, of course, I already knew,

Different things to different people.

I do, now, live a much more simple

Lifestyle than I would choose to live,

If choosing is all it took. But,

It does seem to require more,

Perhaps a more generous

Spirit teacher?

I tell Spirit that I need pleasure and

Comfort in my life, and, since I am

For now, in a world of matter, then

Why not enjoy it, if I can.

I need pleasure and a certain level

Of comfort. Spirit surprises me

With, So do I.

 

Relationship is Social Connective Tissue

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Spirit tells me that

Social connective tissue

Serves the same general

Purpose as physical, biological

Connective tissue, within a human

Or animal body. How?

 

It allows individuals, groups of

Individuals, and groups of groups

Of individuals to live as

One life form, while seeming

To live separate existences,

Each possessing, possibly

Different ways and means of

Achieving, or attempting to achieve

A Universal goal of health

And happiness.

 

Spirit then tells me, as if

I could not figure it out

For myself, that Our way is

Not for everyone.

 

We each must learn from

Experience, what lifestyle is

For us and then to develop it,

One step at a time.

 

 

Choosing gives meaning to our life

Posted on by under developing awareness

Spirit tells me that

It is by choosing how we live,

And why, that gives

Meaning to our life

Our lifestyle consists of

Chosen patterns of activity

And these patterns of behaviour

Can become fixed and rigid, or

They can dissolve into nothingness,

Unless we are aware of how

They serve us and when.

 

Awareness, alone, is not enough,

He tells me. We must

Continuously choose to adapt

Our thinking, our emotional

responses, and, our attitude

To life, if we choose

To develop a more meaningful

Lifestyle, wherein

Our daily patterns of activity

Are in harmony with our goal,

To transform the way we live

Our life.

Free will and destiny

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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.