All forms.
I am reminded how all forms of worship bring me closer to God. I have participated in religions, cultures, ceremonies, rituals, and simple meditation. Each of them is a form of connection to God. I have connected to God leading a church in song and I have felt the Divine Energy while walking alone in […]
Bring the calm.
I am reminded how my inner peace is essential to my joy and happiness. I remember how I used to be very emotional. In fact, I would become so upset I would lose all control and go into a rage. That scared me, so I have spent much of my life going through stages of […]
No Name.
I have been blessed in that I have been sober from alcohol since October of 1991. Since then, I have attended thousands of meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous as well as Al-anon. In those meetings I have meet people who have never experienced God or have believed there is no God. Until their lives felt so […]
Perception into reality.
I am reminded how most of my suffering is in my imagination and my memories. As I recall the traumas of the past, fanaticized or real, I create my own suffering. As I imagine the horrors of what is to come, I cause myself more suffering. In each case I am denying the Love that […]
Honesty
I am reminded how honesty can be the best policy and it can be hurtful. During this spiritual road trip, I have gone through phases of development in my honesty. I have used factual honesty with the intention of being right and therefore hurting others. I have used convenient honesty in order to look like […]
Consciousness of good.
I am reminded how my day will play out based on my own mindset. Goodness is always available, seeable, and useable when I look for it. Goodness begins within each being. As I choose to participate in acceptance, appreciation, humor, kindness, peace and Love, so I shall receive. My first step was to release each […]
God’s will
God’s will is already in my life. I don’t need to look for it in a book. I don’t need to join a religion, culture, spiritual practice, or become a monk in order to find God’s will for me. I need only to align myself with the Divine design for my life to have God’s […]
No longer needed.
Throughout life we take on various characteristics that we find useful at the time. Eventually some of those characteristics become outdated and even harmful. Because we are ever changing, we are allowed to evolve away from those harmful traits. In order to be the newest most useful version of myself, I need to allow any […]
Destruction to Divinity.
I am reminded how I needed to go through the destruction of my ego and the life I built upon that ego to experience the true Love of the Divine. Not that the ego is evil, it is simply an example of a life built on fear. When the full effects of a life run […]
Progress.
I am reminded there is no perfection when it comes to living out the Divine design for my life. There is only progress, not perfection. I choose to remain willing to participate in spiritual progress. I have tried many different customs, religions, rituals, and spiritual practices and I have always desired more. I choose to […]
