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.
Spirit tells me that
Free will is not unlimited.
As a Universal Law, it must
operate within the limits of
The possible.
We are not free to do
What we cannot do,
For whatever reason,
At least until
We learn how.
Spirit tells me that
Memory is, at least in part
An experiential data bank
And that we keep therein
All memories
We are not yet ready
To let go of, and that
It is the emotional quality
Of memories that
Hold them in our mind.
Spirit tells me that
Different religions and spiritual belief systems
Necessarily exist because of
Different knowledge needs among
Different groups of people.
No teacher replaces another
Spirit assures me,
Until the seeker, or believer,
Is attracted to another way of
Understanding Life than
What she or he is now learning from
A Present teacher or from
Personal experience alone.
We each possess and
We each are, a unique
perspective, attracted to
A similar or expanded
Version of our own way of
Learning, or our own way of
Knowing, and our own way of
Relating to our shared reality.
Spirit tells me to tentatively accept what seems to be,
Even while wondering if it really is
As it seems to be, and,
When someone seems to present themselves
To you, in such a way that seems to ask you
To believe that they are as they
Present themselves to be.
When your intuition suggests
That a false image
is being presented,
Trust your intuition.
The presentation and the energy
Vibrating from it will harmonize
If things are as they seam to be.
Spirit tells me that
I’m playing a game I can’t win.
Somehow, I suspect this may be true, but,
How am I supposed to respond
To Spirit’s sometimes power strategies.
Are they designed to weaken my resolve
To resist accepting as true,
anything that I can’t understand?
even knowing that my capacity
to understand is limited, or
Do I resist for the sake of resisting? or,
Have I developed a habit of resisting
The mind boggling concepts Spirit
Presents me with, to simply deny
The limitation of my mental capacity
To understand them?, and, if this is true,
Then why?
Wouldn’t it be so much easier
To simply give in, and say,
Okay, you win.
Am I just to stubborn to do so?
But, what if Spirit’s intention is
To encourage my capacity to resist being
A mindless sponge, or
A spineless sponge, if
There be such things.
An explanation of Universal Laws.
What a book that would be.
To learn and teach, or share
How Universal Laws operate
In our everyday life,
And how, if respected and
Followed, would
Change our world,
One person at a time.
To respect the world
We live in, the world
That we are a part of.
To understand that
To violate Universal Laws
Is to violate ourselves, and
To honour them is
To honour ourselves.
Yes, but,
What are they?.
Spirit tells me that
When we are doing what we love and
Love what we are doing, then
There is a two-way flow
Of energy, loving energy, because
Satisfaction flows back.
The financial bottom line is,
For so many, the only
Definition of success.
Spirit tells me that
Everyone experiences suffering
Of one kind or another, and
We all struggle with situations
That are, or seem to be,
Totally beyond our control, but,
How we respond to difficult people,
Or situations, makes a difference
In how they affect us,
Long term.
Spirit has always promised, no, pledged that
We would write His book.
Sure, twenty-five years later and,
Where is the book.
Meanwhile, I have filled
Piles of journals with notes,
Words of wisdom, and
I have served as a channel,
Sometimes, but
Never in a way that
Satisfied my soul.
It all seemed too frivolous,
Unimportant, and yet,
To those involved,
On either side, it was
Obviously satisfying. But,
Nobody seemed to ask Spirit
How to live a good life.
Instead, they wanted to be happy,
Here, and rich, if possible.
Perhaps I do, too.
Spirit describes to to me how the mentor system works:
Teacher and student are
Attracted to each other
For different reasons.
The field of energy
Between them is
real and dynamic
A pressure gradient of
Information and understanding
Flows both ways.
Respect and gratitude
From the Student
Determine, at least
To some extent
How beneficial
The relationship is, and
Are necessary components of
That relationship, that
Energy field.
Also, an inner compulsion
Or destiny
Is at Work, and
A goal beyond what
Either teacher or student
Is aware of.
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