Tag Archives: spirit

We are all addicted to something

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Spirit tells me that

We are all addicted to something.

Our individual needs and desires

Could never be fully fulfilled.

Maslow’s hierarchy had it right,

If only partially.  But, he didn’t reach high

Or far enough. He spoke of needs,

Suggesting, material, physical,

Survival needs, as if these alone

Could somehow satisfy our

Mind.

 

Spirit tells me that, our spiritual

Needs, drives, and desires

Can never be satisfied and,

That Compassion allows us

To feel this need to fulfillment

In others.

 

An ancient dictum to

Go forth and multiply.

Referred to more, much more

Than reproduction for

Its own sake. It was

A Divine command, as if

A command was necessary.

It is in the essence of

Our nature to seek

Without possessing the capacity

For self-satisfaction. We need

To learn to accept and respect

Needs and desires fulfillment

As a holy purpose and

A sacred duty. Of course,

We can get sidetracked.

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A Joyous Struggle

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Whenever I complain, and

I seem to complain much more than

I care to admit, or even

Remember, Spirit tells me,

In a pleasant and assuring manner, that,

If walking the Path of Enlightenment

Is not a struggle, then

I’m not on the path at all,

But only pretending to be, or

Into denial or illusion.

 

But, I protest,

Where is the joy?

Then Spirit gently tells me that

The struggle for awareness is

A joyous struggle if

I will only allow it to be.

 

 

We are all Soul Mates

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Spirit tells me that

Whether or not I am aware

Of the fact, We are all

On a journey of discovery

Together, Not to transcend

What we are (trade ourselves

In for something else), but

To transform, or change,

What we are, into something

Better, and in the process,

Improve the conditions of

The world we live in, simply by

The way we choose to live

Our individual life.

 

We in Spirit share your perspective,

With you and through you.

The human body, whom

You inhabit, for a time,

And a purpose, is, as We are,

Spirit. You are not alone.

 

Share your perspective

 

Transcending the Physical

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Spirit tells me that

Transcending the physical does not

Require rejecting or neglecting

The physical aspects of our life.

 

Transcendence must necessarily

Include and expand from

The inside and then move

Beyond the boundaries of

Our physical and mental reality.

 

We are physical beings. We are also

Emotional, intellectual and

.Spiritual beings, all in one and,

All in one from a oneness

Perspective.

 

To neglect or abuse any one aspect

Of our being, is to neglect or abuse

Our being.

 

If we are to be neglected

And/or abused then let it be

By others, not by ourselves.

 

 

 

Not to be discouraged because

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Spirit tells me,

Gently, I hope, or do I only imagine

A sense of gentleness, not to be

Discouraged because I never seem

Able to be all that I want to be, or

To be able to do all that

I want to do, or to understand

All that I want to understand,

Because, He tells me,

None of us could ever be, do, or

Understand any more than

A small portion of all that is

Still waiting for us to do, and be,

And understand.  We each

Will always be becoming

More of what we now are, and

More aware of who and what

We are, spirit.

 

 

 

All that we can do is

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Spirit tells me that

All that we can do may never

Be enough to achieve what

We might have achieved if

We could do more, but that

All that we can do is

All that we can do, and

We will do all that we can

To serve Life by caring for

Ourselves and our community,

As if such caring was

A sacred duty, and

It is.