Imagine there is a place within you that connects directly with the formless intelligence that creates a new world every moment. It is the point where the deep light that enlivens us is connected to divine love, like a mother to a child forever. It is our portal to the infinite wisdom that the Native Americans called, "The Great Spirit." It takes the divine energy of what Emerson called, "The Great Intelligence," and weaves it into every moment of our life. Happiness is being consciously aware of the flow that comes into our life, filling the unique sphere of our being. It is where our forms, beautiful, and light meet with the infinite love of the being that created us, and all living things.
Our Avalanche of Fear
Sometimes it seems like our view of this light is covered by an avalanche of fear piled upon us by the struggle of living in this finite world. Somewhere between the moment of birth, dancing with the joy of childhood, and our first steps into adulthood, we bury the light of our heart beneath piles of fear. Slowly, almost without noticing, our lives become cold and meaningless. We lose touch with the flame of life. We lay beneath the debris our painful mistakes have left behind, smothered with coats of armor around our hearts to conserve warmth and protect what is left of our light. But shields of protection also block out the light that leads us to the surface. One day, because we hold the flame in our hearts, we see the light and begin the climb. We live again in the radiance of our Soul.
Our Light Within
Once we recover from the avalanche of our fears, and find the surface full of light, the quest to let our lives shine with this creative presence only begins. As we see we are connected to an infinite being, we nurture this awareness each day quietly and follow our breathing, letting go of the fears that cover us as they fall out of our comparisons and judgments. We learn to let ourselves fly to the edge of our Soul, and peer out into the infinite. We feel the currents of the divine flowing into us, and let them guide us deeper into the heart of life. We learn to drink of this refreshing spiritual spring that is always there for us. When we feel this essence with every breath, our lives will never be the same.
It Waits For All of Us
This is what the ancients called "Awakening," which is the beginning of a timeless infinite journey into a beautiful mystery beyond anything I can describe. It waits for all of us to take the first step.
Follow Paul David Walker on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PaulDavidWalker
Erica Rodefer: Stop Chasing Your Tail!: A Lesson in Contentment
Vaishali: THE H WORD:There Is Nothing Better Than Happiness For Mother's Day
Intelligent life that exists in our world in parallel with us. Our bodies and our minds are constantly interacting with their intelligence and energy. Moreover, we - that is, Homo sapiens were once established it is these very energetic creatures. Because of their sense suschestvavaniya is improving. And the improvement, as it became known, can not occur without the experience of life and love.
Initially - it was one entity, identity, essence, or individual is ...
And how she came to our planet, only known to her alone. Ie - God knows!
Yes. Over the entire history of Homo sapiens, we have found many ways to describe this essence, it is like our God. Because of its ability and opportunity - really super-human. Divine.
With the development of our intellect, and along with it - our world, our soul came into our lives as something supernatural. Because it is true. The physical basis of its existence remains a mystery to us.
Is it possible under modern conditions in direct contact with them (Soul, symbiont, God ...) reason?
Why did they allow all sorts of tragedies in our world?
PS. Sorry for the bad translate to English (Google...)
"formless intelligence" - what exactly does that mean?
"deep light that enlivens us" - can light exist without darkness? Again, what does this mean?
"the unique sphere of our being", "flames of life", "light of our life", "let ourselves fly to the edge of our soul", etc. -- all of this terms sound noble, esoteric, and full of rich meaning -- but you are not explaining what they are, or how someone "do" what you describe.
Telling someone "how" to do is better then telling someone what they should or aren't doing. In this regard, what you have written doesn't seem too much different from any religious doctrine, differentiated only by your choice of metaphors and New Age prose.
Please tell us more, but give us substance and "how-to's" that can be applied, versus vaguely understood.
I do however believe that we, as humans, are more than the sum of our parts. I believe that our minds are more than grey-matter. That our principals and courage, our fears and sorrows, our loves and hates are more than a biochemical reaction.
Hindu refer to Brahmin as pure existance. As what is left when all the superficial is stripped away. While Brahmin refers to all of existance, I see the soul as the same thing within each of us. When you strip away the superficial ideas of appearences, or moods, to the deepest part of what makes me, me and you, you; that is the soul.
Does that part of us live on when the body dies? I don't know, but I think too much time is spent worrying about that. We know that we have this life, and I wish more of us would spend more time and effort shaping that soul into its best shape.
Listen, I used to believe in this kind of nonsense until I did some research on it. There is ZERO evidence for the existence of a soul that is separate from the body. NONE.
It would be nice to imagine that we somehow could live without our brains but it's simply not true. The brain exists because it is NECESSARY for "you" to exist. Humans' enormous brains are a huge evolutionary liability and disadvantage. If "we" could exist without the human brain, that big brain never would have evolved.
http://www.ebonmusings.org/atheism/ghost.html
one universe is plenty
For example, a right wing nut knows, when they have "Quiet time with God", that abortion is wrong, and that anyone involved in it should be killed. Simple, basic, and spiritually invigorating to them, but not truth, by any stretch of the imagination. Same goes for those on the left with me, their realities are oversimplifed, unrealisitic, untruths. You have to be able to accept that which you don't know, try to understand better that which you do "know", and accept the complexity of life and your place in it.
Thanks
hal
The place is called the "brain". And obviously, "the Great Intelligence" isn't, otherwise how to explain the current global conundrum we face today. Connecting the SOUL, with the LIGHT and AWAKENING simply is conjecture for me, because there is no proof for this. Vivid imagery, yes, however without thoughts circling somewhere, there is no reality.
LOL! I do not buy into the need for meditation, the positive enrichment of prayer and the good godliness of the whole perplexing religion, for one reason. WE humans seem to be able to kill more with God on OUR side than for any other singular reason. The requirement of belief to supercede survival instincts, or whatever GOOD we explain to prosecute seems disingenuous to begin with. We are not supposed to be happy. Thrown violently into this world our primal instincts are strong for obvious reason. That is, if we left God out of it, then belief, righteousness and the need to fix with the soul all disappear. Imagine this: less soulful, enlightened peaceful killing....
Second, if you can totally stop thinking and connect with the flow of the moment without meditation, then you don't need it. Meditation is a form of practice that allows you to transcend your thoughts and directly experience the greater realities.
True. That doesn't mean you have a soul separate from the body. Just that we and our brains have evolved one method of interacting with reality.
So much for so much.
Sometimes it seems like our view of this light is covered by an avalanche of fear piled upon us by the struggle of living in this finite world
Quiet time with God rinses me off. Confusion, perplexities, conflicts--for a time--stay way.
Wonderful post. Thank you.
Thinking is necessary for survival. For example, growing up gay forced me to think about life in ways the average str8 person doesn't ever have to, to find my way thru the pain and contradictions of growing up gay in a conservative religious milieu. It made me more introspective and more knowledgeable. But it also resulted in me being more preoccupied with philosophical complexities, which I have concluded is an endless preoccupation. One must take time-outs from it, get out in the light, feel the breeze, stand with arms outstretched to embrace an advancing rainfall, sing, get naked in the woods, touch another person. One must also FEEL to survive and too much thinking can stifle feeling. The Soul needs both.