Weekly Devotional Essays
"May the power of these weekly devotional essays be an inspiration to you, uplifting you in the Ways of Love, Joy and Serenity you seek, and transmit a blessing of God's Divine Radiance unto this world."
If there is no past, and there is no future, then only what appears before oneself is the present. The present was neither 'then', nor will it be 'later'. It is available at the razor-sharp edge of this moment. One can draw the mind's attention to this moment by surrendering thoughts, images, past memories and future anticipations, and by continuously directing the attention to the immediate sensations of breathing and feeling, without resistance. The deconstruction of one's beliefs about time opens one to the possibility of realizing that there is not such a thing outside of one's presumptions about it. The debris that clouds one's experience of the present is limited. Once one has sat in quiet surrender for the duration of these impediments to extinguish from the mind, the silent, awesome experience of Now will finally take their place.
Each passing moment is registered in Consciousness forever. The innate justice of God is that nothing is unknown or unknowable in the Universe, and that all actions carry their own karmic weight. Everything is already the perfect karmic fulfillment of its potential up to and including this moment. The direction one travels in from here is what matters most to one's Divine destiny. One's experience of the world in this life and one's spiritual fate in the next is a consequence of one's Level of Consciousness, which is a continuous product of integrity of choice.
The energy of God is what propels one through anything and everything in life. The very Source of Life itself is a power of Love so infinite, that from it emerges the miraculous, effortlessly. This is initiated by Divine intention. The energy of Love sustains, accumulates and harmonizes, whereas the energy of hatred drains, damages and diabolically disharmonizes. Inasmuch as the Spiritually animate are drawn to God, those that let the opportunities of the day fall by the wayside are not striving to transcend the gravitational pull of the ego. It is Divine Will for all to practice with the intent to draw closer to God any and every given day, and by whatever means of integrity possible. No degree of effort nor surrender, no matter how seemingly insignificant, goes unaccounted for.
Love brings up its opposite — unlove/pain. This can be anticipated, but suffering is optional and experienced only when there is resistance. The presence of pain provides the opportunity to surrender and thereby transcend limitations. The presence of unloving thoughts, feelings and behaviors provides the opportunity for forgiveness, thereby allowing freedom for others while also providing freedom for us. We avoid negativity, but we say "Yes" to the pain and feelings we encounter. We allow them to be there, even asking for more, so that in doing so, we learn to watch them closely and no longer seek to escape from them, and therefore hold onto them. We discover that via forgiveness and letting go, we dissolve all of that which is not our True Self and recognize That which We Really Are.
If you ask in His Holy Name, the Lord is obligated to grant your request, for a shepherd belongs to his flock and vice versa. The Lord is not subject to limitations as the ego is. The Source of life is infinitely powerful. The human mind cannot conceive of infinite power or infinite love beyond merely resorting to imagination about them. Therefore, humility is the key to gratitude just as asking is often the key to receiving, and the Lord's Will for you is a life lived abundantly and with purpose.
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