It is true we are larger by far than we are aware of. As
immortal beings, we have always been and will always be, we are not merely
reflections but actual fragments of God, and all of creation awaits our
direction. However, unless we find ways to apply this in our daily affairs our
unspeakable grandness is wasted in this lifetime. We did not come in to flesh
and bone to abandon our spirituality but to experience it exactly where we find
our self this day.
Life is not easier once we recognize our spirituality but
it begins to make much more sense. We lose our victim consciousness, we stop
making victims of the world around us and we grow in every way. When we see the
road stretching out before us most of the chaos in our life ceases as the hard
work begins. It is easy to deny our grandness because we cannot see it, however
we do not deny electricity, gravity or even radio waves. Although we cannot see
these forces we can use them because they act in predictable ways. So too can
we use our spirituality the only difference being that it influences matter
more gradually than does physical phenomena. So for many of us the challenge is
not one of faith but of patience.
Why, we ask why does it take so long to experience the
results of our application of spiritual laws? Would it not be more helpful if
we could see results, even small ones, more quickly like we do when using
electricity or gravity? Yes, indeed it would if results were the objective of
spiritual activity. We grow not from the results but from the experience
itself. For it is to experience infinite
loving kindness in all of its physical forms we find our self in the world this
day and we lose our way when we require specific results. However, observable
results are inevitable as we patiently and persistently apply those spiritual
attributes we awoke this day to experience.
When we change our focus from application to results we
may find we begin to lose faith. As a result where there was once faith, fear
and doubt enter our life. When we become disheartened; we begin to escalate
those conditions that bring pain and confusion in to our daily affairs and
illness is often the result.
Let us each acknowledge our limitless spirituality and
resume our dedication to its application. It is by the gift of grace that we
already have what we need for success and as long as we persist we cannot do it
wrong. We are not required to find new ways to experience God but new
opportunities. Every day, in every way we are to express Infinite Loving
Kindness only with what we have at hand. And when the focus is upon the doing
and not the result we may find we are far less vulnerable to fear and doubt. In
this way the world around us will be healed and we will find our experience in
flesh and bone justified.
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