Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone; but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing and God everything. – St. Ignatius Loyola
I am the vehicle in which Spirit moves and in fact I cannot move without Spirit, the One Source of all. So when my ego struts about how well I did something or compares me to others, I remember that God is the engine behind me. God guides me, God moves me. My success depends on God.
Every day, every moment of placing my will and my life in the hands of God and following the Great Mystery’s guidance to the best of my ability… that is success!
A new year is unfolding–like a blossom with petals curled tightly concealing the beauty within. – Unknown
It’s the middle of January already – how quickly this new year is unfolding! It has started out with a gift of spiritual awakening for me – you can’t get much better than that!
I see God’s working as each day unfolds. Day by day, as the petals of this blossom of a new year open up, revealed is the wonder and the beauty of another year of God’s grace and God’s abundance. And with that, I too am blossoming, a new flower coming forth revealing beauty and joy within.
“You are all perfect and expanding; you are all adored and worthy; you are all here having your exposure to experiences and doing the best that you can from where you are. You have not been sent here in a test or trial; you’re here as creators as part of an expanding Universe. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t have, at the root of that which you are, Well-Being, and then have that same root of Well-Being have the capacity to pronounce you evil. It is vibrationally impossible. That judging, vengeful God is manufactured from humans’ place of deepest despair.” – Abraham, Excerpted from the Fort Collins, CO workshop 06.19.04 #288
Similarly, I can’t feel sorrow at the same time I’m feeling joy, when I’m at peace I can’t feel chaotic, I can’t be in fear when I’m living in faith. In the Now there is no duality, these vibrational opposites cannot coexist.
I get to choose which state of being I want to clothe myself in. The ones that are affirming will attract and create more of the same – just as the ‘negative’ ones will.
I can listen to the voice of ego, or the voice of God. I can tell the difference and make my choice based on how I feel. “The ego’s urgings always leave us with some misgivings. God’s guidance assures us” (From In God’s Care, January 14, 2010).
And when not in my right mind I choose ego, I can choose once again. God is full of grace.
Yesterday Rog and I had a meeting to discuss processes and scheduling in our website design and development business. It was a productive conversation that moved us forward.
Then he used the word production in querying how many websites I thought I could do each week. That triggered something in me that set off a barrage of anger and frustration, not the first time on this subject that involves money and time. I was acutely aware of my mind becoming limited and shutting down, and my heart space shrinking. Ego and fear had taken over once again.
But as Rog talked to tell me his perspective about abundance and intention, I got clarity as to what had set me off. Then I was able to express it, honestly and in a diplomatic way. This was a huge step for me: getting down to the cause, giving voice to my feelings, and standing up for myself.
I am aware that this episode was not really about Rog and me. It was about long-held patterns of thinking that do not serve me well and not feeling empowered. I am so grateful for the lesson and the teacher – what blessings! And, I am certain that this breakthrough was another result of my reactivation (see blog of 01/07/10).
I feel the garbage is being removed from my mind and heart and the Truth is being uncovered; it can only be with God’s help, grace, and love that this can be achieved. With each breakthrough, I feel more empowered, more in my heart, and better able to help others.
“… God is always with us… I will remember God’s presence today and discover the courage to face my fears.” – In God’s Care, January 13, 2010
“If you’re not thinking about a negative thought, your vibration is going to raise to its natural positive place.” – Abraham (Excerpted from the Virginia Beach, VA workshop 4/11/98 #317)
It is always refreshing to read Abraham. Unlike the world of form around me, Abraham speaks to who we truly are: loving, powerful, creative, spiritual beings. In the material world, there is duality, ego, fear – basically a lot of negativity.
It can be easy to slip into the lower vibrations but I strengthen my ‘spiritual muscles’ regularly and hence lessen the chances of moving downward in vibration. My daily spiritual practices improve my ability to feel God’s Presence wherever I am, whatever activity I am engaged in. I strive to surround myself with people walking a conscious spiritual path and attend gatherings where the Truth is discussed and my growth in understanding it is promoted.
With my focus on Spirit, my vibration rises to its natural level where I feel joy, peace, and love.
“God guides us down the paths of life in mysterious and wonderful ways. We can’t know now how the events of this day might shape our tomorrow. But God does. From birth to death, God weaves the grand tapestry of our life. And it’s exciting to watch as His design works itself out with faith and great expectation.
Father, thank You for using whatever happens to me today to shape my future for good.”
– Scott Walker (Excerpt from Daily Guideposts, January 11, 2010)
I don’t know God’s plan for me, i.e., why I was “re-activated” (see blog post of 1/07/10 and before) just as I don’t know why I got to the state that I was in before then. But I am sure there was a purpose behind it all – in all likelihood to be of service – and I am most grateful.
I look forward with wonderful expectancy for more to be revealed in God’s Divine Plan for me. I’m on the lookout for synchronistic occurrences, guidance from Spirit and Its helpers, and all the other ways that God’s messages get broadcast to lead me to my good.
I’m truly realizing that there is an unseen world and how huge and rich it is.
It does not seem possible to me that we spiritual beings would take on the assignment of a human experience and still not be surrounded by the other beings that haven’t taken on physical form. And, just because I can feel blocked to communication between the physical and non-physical worlds, doesn’t mean I should not include the non-physical beings in my life.
I realize that not only do I have God and my Higher Self as my companion, helper, co-creator, and comforter, I also have His other creations close by, ready, willing, and able to be of service to me. I am truly never alone.
So these days, as I excitedly release blocks in the communication channel to my angels, guides, elementals, and all other entities interested in my upliftment, I keep all these beings in my consciousness. I greatly look forward to when the veil is lifted and I can clearly and easily receive guidance from my all spiritual friends, no matter their form.
“What anyone else has or does not have has nothing to do with you. The only thing that affects your experience is the way you utilize the Non-Physical Energy with your thought. Your abundance or lack of it in your experience has nothing to do with what anybody else is doing or having. It has only to do with your perspective. It has only to do with your offering of thought. If you want your fortunes to shift, you have to begin telling a different story.” – Abraham, Excerpted from the book Money and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Health, Wealth and Happiness #313
The messages are all around me and consistent: My experience depends only on me.
My life has been a pretty good one. It may not be viewed as ‘successful’ by others, but to me it has been a good one. This despite not having been given much guidance, set many goals, or been very conscious in my first three decades. Now, with the spiritual knowledge and experience I have, I can just imagine how wonderful it can really be…
Guided by Spirit, knowing that I am responsible for my world, and enthusiastic about life, I create a fulfilling life, nurturing my soul, releasing blocks of all kinds, and serving God in joy, and love, and peace.
In these early days of January, when people are wishing one another a happy and prosperous new year, the BIG lesson for me is there is no out there, out there. The source of my abundance is me.
Manifestation is an inside job; it is effect and the individual is cause. Here there is no victimhood. I am the cause of that which I perceive ‘outside’ in the world of form (relationships, circumstances, events). If I don’t like what I’m perceiving, I can change it. Whatever it is, I am responsible. This is not about blame for so much of my experience has been produced from beliefs given to me when I put on this human space suit and many are unconscious; it is about empowerment.
Once I accept myself as the only cause of my experience, I can free myself from the results of a belief in victimhood and separation, for then the world doesn’t hold power over me. I, with Spirit, create – we are One. I operate from the consciousness of True Abundance.
So I’m waking up. I’m waking up to a new world, one in which I say what it is to be about. One where the shadows are reckoned with, where false and limiting beliefs are revealed so they can be dispensed with and I can be free.
This concept is really nothing new as A Course in Miracles and Eastern traditions especially have taught this. But it is really getting through to me now thanks to the current teachers in my life, Mark Pope, a Unity minister, and Roger Wyer, my husband and life partner.
I’m learning my lessons through love and they are bringing me peace, joy, and power, all which enable me to be a loving channel of God’s grace. I am grateful.
There is no one out there, there is no one else. You hold all the answers deep inside yourself. There’s a voice that whispers, there’s no you, no me. There’s just one, there’s just unity. – David Friedman, from his song Unity
AC•TI•VATE [ áktə vàyt ] (past and past participle ac•ti•vat•ed, present participle ac•ti•vat•ing, 3rd person present singular ac•ti•vates)
verb
Definition:
1. transitive and intransitive verbmake something capable of action: to make something active or operational, or become active or operational – Any sound in the room will activate the alarm. – The detonator will activate in 30 seconds. 2. transitive verb U.S. MILITARY mobilize military: to set up or mobilize a military unit – activate the National Guard 3. transitive verb PHYSICS make something radioactive: to make a substance radioactive 4. transitive verb CHEMISTRY make something reactive: to increase the rate of a chemical reaction, e.g. by applying heat 5. transitive verb CHEMISTRY increase power of absorption of something: to treat a substance such as charcoal so as to increase its capacity for absorption 6. transitive verb INDUSTRY purify sewage with air: to purify sewage by aerating it
Re-activated… That’s the word that comes to mind when I think of what happened to me about a week ago. And each of the aforementioned definitions of the word activate feels appropriate to me.
As a living, breathing human being on this planet for 54.5 years, of course I’ve been ‘operational’. But for the past several years, operational processes have been sluggish – physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I now feel recharged and ready for action and to begin anew.
And, I feel like there’s a purpose to this reactivation, that I’m being mobilized to fulfill the purpose for which I came here to do in service to the planet.
I am radioactive in that I am radiating a different energy, and of course it impacts everything and everyone. It is more positive, joyful, loving, and peaceful. It makes me think of my early days in 12 Step program when I had my spiritual awakening and people would remark that I was glowing.
This change is a reaction caused by stimuli that came into my frame of reference about a week ago. I have an increased power of absorption and I feel more interested, focused, and conscious in my participation in life.
And, I feel purified. The past doesn’t hold much meaning, the future is not yet here – there is only Now. I feel a freshness and a peace – a calmness and serenity that others might think crazy when looking at outer circumstances.
I don’t know if it’s the prayers I’ve been uttering, living in the midst of Sedona vortices for two continuous months, the new energies that came in during a sacred circle I was a part of on New Year’s Eve day, my soul family members being around me more, my intention, or ….
What I do know is that something greater than myself surely had a role in getting this being charged up again, full of power, purpose, and a peace beyond all understanding. I am so very grateful for this reactivation and for once again being enthusiastic (‘with God’) about life.
