grow spiritually

i think i’m slowly growing. i’m more and more aware of my spirituality and my inner self. that’s something you find inside of yourself and not in this or in that religion.

yes the choice is really ours all we need do is choose what we want to let into our world, if we want love and bliss we have to invite it in, seek it make it welcome, open ourselves to it, the alternative is well you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to fathom that, I know what I want :~)

James Allen: “Your own thoughts, desires and aspirations comprise your world, and, to you, all that there is in the Universe of beauty and joy and bliss, or of ugliness and sorrow and pain, is contained within yourself. By your own thoughts you make or mar your life your world, your Universe.”

Wrote this down a while ago after reading it from a book of which I forget the name.

Intelligences of individuals differ much more than their love-natures. The ignorant peasant knows love as deep and pure and noble as the best-schooled man or woman of the world. Love is the great common denominator of Man and God. Hence consciousness of universal love is the first step in attainment of spiritual consciousness.

A wee poem by Rumi performed by Coleman Barks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0ya-4WuCb0&feature=related

“Fix my spiritual life” makes it sound like a leaky faucet or something. I have no idea how one fixes a major spiritual void.

I struggle a lot with what Christianity has come to represent in the United States. It shouldn’t have an association with bigotry, or racism, or hate, but it does.

I lean pretty far left, so it’s hard for me to have conservative politics lumped in with my Sunday sermon. My husband insists on going to church (I’m like a child who whines and tries to get out of it, but I’m trying to stop, since I don’t want to mess with what he believes), and the one we’re going to now is better than a lot that I’ve been to, but I still have a hard time with it….

I don’t know.

i’ve totally forgot about this goal, and i forgot how important it is. actually is one of my most important goals. i think this is the key to overcome my fears and my anxiety and get the confidence i want. i’ve tried to fight with my bare hands and i’ve got nothing but a lot of diseases. of course i’ve accomplished a lot of things, but along with them came the stress and anxiety. i gotta find a balance between fighting for my dreams and finding my inner peace, so i can achieve my goals and at the same enjoy them.

Powerful….. this that we are now........

Be Here Now Persian Style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfUFskuN9es&feature=related

Move beyond any attachments to names, .....all this singing, one song
...........the message starts around 1:10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mRiqu6G_Rg&feature=channel_page

also Poetry by RUMI—Only Breath

Stunning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZqAnIp5dMQ&feature=related

i’ve got focus more on this goal. i’m gonna start meditation now and hopefully i can contact my innerself

This goal is number one because I think it’s the most important on my list and I’ll never be finished.

I’ve been reading my Bible a whole lot more and really focusing on God more. I want Him to be the reason I get up in the morning. I want to do good things for others because of what He’s done for me. I want my life to be an example of His everlasting goodness and faithfulness. I want to pour myself wholeheartedly into Him, so that His light can shine through me. Lord willing, I’ll accomplish all this and more. :)