Our minds are creating all the time. One of the most important times for creating is the first 30 minutes of day after waking up. It has been said your day could be likened to a ship and the first 30 minutes is the rotor of the day. This period of time sets the direction for your day. I found myself waking up the other day with some less than desirable thoughts. Since I have been consciously working on observing my thoughts, I knew I didn't want to experience the effects of these thoughts. The thoughts and ideas that come from our minds are the Cause side of the equation and what we experience in our environment are the Effects of those Causes. Its has been said so many ways: "As a man thinketh, so is he." "You become what you think about all day long" "Imagination is the scissors of the mind" "Where ever the mind goes, the behind follows!" So I decided to not allow the thoughts to take root in my mind and create a mess. I decided to consciously focus on higher level thoughts such as life, love, wisdom, joy, omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience. The end result of training my mind to think on these type of thoughts was a very peaceful day...but it all started in that first 30 minutes.
Good morning World! Today I wanted to piggyback on what I was discussing yesterday about God not being the author of confusion. Let's say the confusion already exists or someone or something is attempting to bring chaos into your existence. We have a choice. We could either get upset and fight against the thing or person that is the source of the chaos (and that source could possibly us as well) or we can do as the Bible states and "Turn the other cheek". Right now I know some of you are probably saying "HA! If someone pisses me off, I've got some choice words for them." Well don't forget you are still connected with that person whether you like it or not and you are still creating your reality even in the midst of the seeming chaos. To turn the other cheek means to go to your Spiritual Self, your Higher Self, your Christ Mind, or your Superconscious. One way of achieving this is to focus your energy and attention on your Love faculty or the chest area where your heart is. Expressing Love during the chaos creates harmony and balance. It may be a challenge to do this at first but with practice it can be achieved. Here is a video that the facilitator of the Spirit of Brotherhood, Brother Wade, sent out to the class on Tuesday. This video is an interview of Gregg Braden talking about the energy of the heart and how Love can change your circumstances. Enjoy!!!
God is NOT the author of confusion and if its true of God then its true of me. Some people don't understand the parable (and law) of reaping and sowing. Its so simple. What you put your energy or focus on, becomes real in your experience. You reap what you sow. If you plant apples seeds, you can't expect an orange bush to grow. Likewise, you can't sow seeds of disrespect and think that you will reap a harvest of respect. If you plant apples, then apples will grow. If you plant disrespect and disharmony, then you can expect disrespect and disharmony in your life. It has also been said as "What comes around, goes around." Like I said in my post yesterday, we are always expressing God whether we are conscious of it or not. So if we know this, then wouldn't it make sense for us to focus on creating more harmony and joy in our lives and the lives of others instead of misery and chaos? When we go out of our way to make someone else's life miserable, ultimately we are going to make our lives miserable. We are all connected. If we all are Children of The Most High and Sons and Daughters of God, then obviously we are connected some kinda way if there is only one God. What we do to someone else, we are basically doing to ourselves. A higher state of consciousness is to mentally focus on the faculty of Order. If we take a good look around there is order every where. From our little solar system with its Sun and nine planets (I still think Pluto is a planet. I don't care what the scientists say!), to an ant hill, there is order. The planets don't work against each other. Jupiter as big as it is in comparison to the Earth is not trying to force its way to be closer to the Sun just because its bigger than the Earth. Jupiter does what it supposed to do. Also, I've never seen two ants from the same mound fighting against each other. If you drop a piece of bread on the ground, those two ants will do what it takes TOGETHER to bring that bread back to the rest of the mound. Don't you want this type of order in your life? I know I do. So let's stop adding confusion in the mix. I'm about 200% sure adding more chaos and confusion is not what we are here on this planet to do and adding more will only lead to more sorrow and pain. It's your choice... Thanks Spirit and so it is!
During my Spirit of Brotherhood class yesterday at Hillside Chapel and Truth Center, I had an "Ah ha!" moment. The facilitator of the meeting Brother Wade was inspired by Spirit (or God) to bring an article and share it with the class. The article had some key points on Metaphysics, Quantum Theory, and depression which peeked my interests. I was already on fire during the class but this article really brought everything home for me. I had been studying Quantum Theory for almost a week so when I saw it mentioned in the article I knew it was confirmation for something bigger but I didn't know what for. As we continued to read the article out loud, we began to cover the topic of depression and how it is linked primarily to our thoughts. We then discussed that we as Children of God are creative beings and that we are creating all the time.
We had mentioned this Truth before but it really didn't resonate with me until this class. We are in essence creative beings and sometimes we create things we really don't want but attract to our experience through thought, feelings, actions, and reactions. Well, Monday I had a great day at work. I did a pretty good job at leading my team towards the company goals so I felt good about that. It wasn't until I got home later that evening that I began to feel...depressed. I came to the realization that I was in a rut and was tired of the routine, predictable life I was living. I knew something needed to change but I didn't know what exactly. This state of mind lasted for a couple of hours. I knew I was fatigued but I'd been tired plenty of times but not to the point where I felt this kind of depression.
I knew how to cure it though. I grabbed my smartphone and put on some old school Hiphop! I knew that would make me feel better and it did because it took my mind to happier times and times when I was "creative" or I should say times when I was creating what I wanted to see manifest in my experience, even though I didn't know that's what I was doing at the time.
So when we talked about depression in class last night, the bells, alarms, and sirens, all went off at the same time like I had hit triple 7 on a Vegas slot machine. I received the payout! I realized that I was depressed because I had not been consciously expressing my thoughts, meaning I was creating my experience BUT not intentionally. I immediately realized the source of my frustration and the depression I experienced the night before. I had not been consciously creating music or writing articles. These are things I enjoy doing that I haven't done in so long that bring me lots of joy. At that moment I realized if it is my responsibility to let God express through me then I wasn't on my job. I was given the talent of writing...and I had buried it in the earth. I realized how happy I was when I was writing, recording, or performing music. I realized how much pleasure I had sharing my thoughts with others in the form of articles. I also realized that no matter what else came on my path, as long as I was expressing in these ways, I was content. And because I was content and expressing myself constantly, I was successful in other areas of my life. Let that sink in for a moment... Because I was in a state of bliss from creating and expressing my thoughts and ideas, I was able to be successful in other areas of my life. I was more confident. I was healthier. I was more attractive. I was more friendly. I had more money. I had more life! I had more passion about life. There is a quote that says all limitations are self-imposed. I knew I was responsible for my life however I didn't realize how I had trapped myself in a box.
The idea light bulb was shining bright. I had my answer. I had elevated my consciousness to the next level and that was precisely what I had been asking for Spirit to reveal to me. Thank you Spirit, in me, through me, as me, and around me in the name of Jesus The Christ, my Higher Self, and so it is!
