I find myself led to many different things throughout this life that I know God himself has orchestrated for me to find along my journey. It’s like a very fun game of hide and seek. God’s mysteries are not hidden from me to never find. It’s hidden so that I can search and find it. It’s a life of continuous growth through lessons learned. I’m blessed that I've never been the person that needed to learn things the “hard” way. The timing of discoveries are always perfect and the soil in which the seeds are planted is always fertile. It might be a book, an individual that shares their wisdom with me, a dream, or just that still small voice within my spirit. Often, the message is very clear and direct but at other times the message causes me to go on a spiritual journey of searching (which will also cause me to be in isolation). I can now embrace my life as a journey that I have finally been able to experience with solitude and yet feel oneness with all of humanity. It’s a paradox that so perfectly explains my sentiments about my personal journey. Life no longer has rules or definitions. I can look at water and see the enormity of all of the possibilities of what it is. I no longer limit my view of it as just water. Water is just a name given to describe it but it doesn't make it any less than all other possibilities of what it could be. I can even take the definition off of what I think it is. I can do this because of one simple question whispered to my spirit by God which is, “Have you ever thought about what you don’t know that you don’t know?” I know what I know and I even know what I don’t know but what about what I don’t know that I don’t know. Think about that. When I considered this question I realized that there is a world we see and a world we don’t see. We might not ever know the Creator’s entire plan while in human form. It might remain a mystery until we are one day reunited with the Source or possibly it’s the day we decide to die while we are still alive.
All of this life is labeled based on our understanding of it. What about all of life that has not been discovered or understood as of
this day? It’s safe to say that the
unknown is also a mystery. It’s with
this mindset and thought that I view my own life as a journey with unlimited
possibilities known and unknown. My
Creator has been with me throughout my journey and will continue to walk with
me along the way until I one day return back to the Source from which I
came. It’s having this knowledge that I
refuse to limit myself. I have vowed to
remain a humbled student at the feet of my teacher until the day it has been determined
that I am ready to graduate and return to my Source; which is unnameable. As soon as I label my Source, He is limited
in the description of that name. This
Source (to me) is unnameable and all knowing.
The Creator’s existence was before the beginning of time and there is no
end. We have labeled this Source as the “Alpha” and
“Omega” but even in this definition He is greater than. Alpha means something that is first: BEGINNING.
Omega means the extreme or final end. These labels are the closest we can find to
refer to the All Knowing God/I AM/Lord/Tao/Jehovah, etc.
So many people are trying to find their way to happiness in
this life but there is no way to happiness; rather happiness is the way (quoted
by Wayne Dyer). Realize that you can be
free from the limitations of this earthly realm. I can be free from my cage which is my
body. I can be free from a limited mind
or earthly teachings that are limited. I
can be free to consider all possibilities.
In the Bible Jesus says that ALL things are possible through Christ
Jesus. That includes EVERYTHING! I can be free to believe that. I can be free to utilize my free will (which
I personally have made a decision that I want to do the will of my Father in
Heaven….I can be free to do that). I can
be free to JUST BE and rest at the feet of Jesus. That name which is above ALL names is my
teacher, counselor, guide, and master.
He lives within me and I know His guidance (any name given to my Father
is limited to my vocabulary but I know that he is unnameable). I can even be FREE to reject anything that
does not resonate with me in my spirit even if it’s man interpretation of God’s
word. Not all interpretations resonate
with me and it’s the unnameable which is within me that guides me. If what I hear isn’t rooted in love; it’s not
from my Father and I can be free to not take it in.
My point is to just be FREE to love, smile, laugh, and have
joy. Even in the midst of adversity, sorrow,
anger, or even judgment….choose love. Release
those negative feelings and have joy, inner peace, and love. Be free to have inner peace. No one is stopping you from inner peace but
yourself, your mind, and your thoughts.
You can change your thoughts and decide to JUST BE.
I’m reminded of a quote I once read. I don’t remember the author of the quote but
it states, “If you want to escape from the cage, you must die while you are
alive.” Sometimes the lesson isn’t understood
if it comes too soon in life. I read this
quote many years ago. I didn’t
understand it at the time. I now know
that it was just a seed that was sown into the fertile ground of my heart. It has been watered and my God has nurtured
it until this day and time. Sometimes
the message or meaning isn’t understood until a certain age or possibly when
something profound has occurred in one’s life.
There will however come a time when that seed will sprout up and grow
into a beautiful flower or a huge and sturdy oak tree. This might just be a seed for you. Don’t get discouraged if you’re “not there
yet”. You will get there if you allow
God to water it, protect it, and give it sunshine. Keep your heart open to receive God’s love
for yourself and allow yourself to pour some of that love onto ALL of humanity. When a member of your body (your brother and/or sister in Christ) is operating with fear, doubt, hate, anger, or frustration then you have to help nurture it back to health. It's a part of you. You need it to have quality of life! How can you help nurture it back? Pray for them and ALWAYS send good energy to them. Also, keep yourself grounded and rooted in love always. When you think about them, send good vibrations to them and pray for them.
I recently read a story that was coupled with the quote
mentioned above. After reading the story
I immediately got it! I have been living
this way for a few years now BUT now I get why
it’s vitally important for me to live this way.
It’s as if God is whispering to me, “You’re on the right track. Keep going.
I’m with you. I’m proud of you.” Just typing that makes my heart full!
I share with you my journey and some of my life lessons
because I believe we are all one and I want to help someone else along their journey. My epiphany today could possibly be a voice
from God to you saying, “I’m
proud of you. Keep moving forward. You’re on the right track.”Here's the story that really put the quote “If you want to escape the cage, you must die while you are alive” into perspective for me:
A traveler from India went to Africa to acquire some local products and animals, and while in the jungle he saw thousands of beautiful multicolored talking parrots. He decided to capture a talking parrot and take it back as a pet.
At home he kept his parrot in a cage and fed him wonderful seeds and honey, played music for his pet, and generally treated him well. When it was time for the man to return to Africa 2 years later, he asked his parrot if there was any message he could deliver to the parrot's friends back in the jungle. The parrot told his master to say that he was very happy in his cage and that he was enjoying each day and to convey his love.
When the traveler arrived back in Africa he delivered the message to the parrots in the jungle. Just as he finished his story, a parrot with tears welling up in his eyes fell over dead. The man was alarmed and decided that the parrot must have been very close to the parrot in the cage and that was the reason for his sadness and demise.
When the traveler returned to India, he told his pet what had happened. As he finished his story, the pet parrot's eyes welled up with tears and he kneeled over dead in his cage. The man was astounded, but figured that his pet died from the despair of hearing of the death of his close friend back in the jungle.
The trader opened up the cage and tossed the dead bird outside onto the trash heap. Immediately his pet parrot flew up to a branch on the tree outside.
The trader said to him, "So, you are not dead after all. Why did you do that?"
The parrot answered, "Because that bird back in Africa sent me a very important message."
"What was the message?" the trader inquired impatiently.
"He told me that if you want to escape from your cage, you must die while you are alive."
I leave you with this scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-26
Unity and Diversity in the Body
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
With Love,
Caringpurelove
P.S. In my journey I have been led to many different things. Just today (prior to writing this blog) I heard this song. In addition to the song, I read the story I shared with you. On top of that, I am reading a book that reminded me of the quote I read many years ago. How can you not enjoy your journey when you have days like this? Revelation knowledge straight from the Source. I didn't need to have someone else tell me of His mysteries, (although God can speak and has spoken in that form to me before) all I had to do was open my heart and mind to ALL of the possibilities and stop living as though there are absolutes in what we know about God's word. In Heaven.....His word is absolute BUT on earth we have not been shown the entirety of the unnameable. We only know what we know. There will probably always be an "I don't know what I don't know" in my life and it's because of this that I will FOREVER be a student.
I'm sharing this song that I LOVE which I dedicate to living FREELY in the Unnameable:
I'm sharing this song that I LOVE which I dedicate to living FREELY in the Unnameable:
SET ME FREE by Martha Munizzi feat. Michael Gungor
No comments:
Post a Comment