"Suffering requires us to descend into ourselves. As there is no other way out, we are obliged to call on the power of the soul and spirit. When we succeed in doing so, instead of groaning and crying out in rebellion, we exhale a delicate perfume."
Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
This was the "WORD FOR THE DAY" from gratefulness.org on Friday, Sep. 25.
The timing is good, as I know several peope now walking strictly by the Spirit within them and trying to rise above the daily challenges of life currently surrounding them.
The reason for acknowledging this insight is this: We all can talk about wanting to know God and seek him. We can ALL quote scripture until we're blue in the face, but until we have to walk the walk of FAITH, we honestly do not know what it means to be able to live through spirit!
Living through Spirit, by breathing, is what we do every moment of every day, as we remain alive. But LIVING THROUGH SPIRIT is an activity that is reserved for those who are able to get to a place within themselves where there is absolutely NOTHING else but to "let go and let God!"
From Saturday, September 26, Unity's Daily Word, invites us to "Let Go, Let God" with the following passage:
"I imagine that I have just walked through the desert and have now reached an oasis with refreshing water, a cool breeze and a hammock tied between two shade-giving trees. I have reached a welcome refuge."
Before getting to this place of refuge, we would have exhausted ALL our human resources and our ability to make a change or a difference in our lives.
We would have exhausted ALL our spiritual resources, such as prayer and affirmation. There is only one choice then: to continue to live by going within and seeking and actualizing that connection to SPIRIT, or literally dying to the self, as we know ourselves to be! Either way, it is a giving up of EGO struggles and walking the walk of faith...not knowing day by day...what will unfold.
It is not for the faint hearted.
That's when all the biblical passages about being content where ever we find ourselves become ever more meaningful and poignanat.
Those who are forced to live through Spirit by "happenstance" then begin to realize that there truly is an illusion about life and about being in control of life in their previous walk.
That's when the "Course in Miracles" begins to make sense when it talks about there being "only ONE problem and ONE solution" and that is separation from Spirit!
When we wake up to realize that the life we were and are living in the "flesh," is truly an illusion, then we wake up to the WISDOM and knowledge and connection to the ONLY source of our BEINGNESS: The Spirit within US!
God is Good...and ONLY Good!
He will not force his "beingness" on us, until we invite him through.
This process is a slow journey inward.
At first, it is seductive, as we begin to realize the power within us.
That's when vision boards and treasure mapping ALL WORK!
If we remain committed to going the DISTANCE with the Spirit within, as many find they MUST, then a weird thing begins to happen: Things of the world DO begin to fall away!
That is when the earth "does begin to move" and we become "rattled out of our cages" in life.
More than ANYTHING, we may want to turn back.
But as an old African spiritual says, "hold on," just a little while longer.
Tolstoy says about this period, "The person who suffers to the end will be saved, the says the scripture. Often, a person becomes desperate, stops and even turns back when only a little more effort is needed to reach the goal."
Even if you don't believe Tolstoy, believe me [;-)]! No actually, believe Jesus: "he who is in me is greater than he who is in the world!" 1 John 4:4
No matter what you're going through...and growing through...GIVE UP NOW! DO GIVE UP NOW!
Make the journey easier by laying your burdens down and seeking refuge within.
When you get there...REST...REST...REST!!!
"Be Still and KNOW that I AM God!" Psalm 46: 10
Namaste',
Che'
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