Your Pain is an Illusion

If you find yourself in spiritual pain, know this; It is not real. The pain you feel is the illusion of separation from That Which Creates. Being separate from the divine flow is impossible. You are exactly who are you are supposed to be in this moment. And, in this moment, if you feel the need to improve or the need to experience greater closeness to the divine, you will do what it takes to achieve. That doing is happening even if you feel like you are going backwards. Feeling like you are moving backwards or sideways or in the wrong direction is an illusion too.

The human spirit, given a long-term view, is only growing. It can do no other thing.

The only reason you are in pain, is because you choose to be. Irritating isn't it?

You are not consciously choosing the pain. It is very real to you. Your soul has created that illusion in order to teach you how to see so many other things as the illusions they are.

Within you, is perfection. Stop fighting it. Let it unfold.

Doing the Wrong Thing

Sometimes when you do the wrong* thing, it is because you are afraid of whom your are capable of being.

Sometimes when you do the right* thing, it is to demonstrate to others who you think you are.

When you are in the proper place, you do things because you are expressing everything you are in that moment**.





* The wrong thing can be ethical, moral or simply against who you are. The right thing can be ethically, morally, or in alignment with who you can be or will be or should be.

** Well no matter what this is true. All you can ever do is fully express who you are. In this case, I am referring to your full Being as the spiritual experience of personal self-gnosis.

Peace

Once in a while, I still read the blogs. I see the opinions offered forth and feel...nothing.

Years ago, the discussion meant a lot to me. Now, not so much.

Now, the only things such things reveal is the place of the writer. There is nothing wrong with that.

Years ago, someone's place mattered a great deal to me. Now, not so much.

The only thing that matters is my own place. Know Thyself, the oracle says.

Knowing yourself brings you to such a place of comfort that the prior need to argue a point is unfathomable.

Simply doing what one is supposed to do is all that matters.

The Proper Expression of the Soul

The errors we make are educational because every action expresses the will of the soul. Errors are born by the personality misapplying that will or as I sometimes call it, soul talents. If one is making a consistent error, correction begins with the question, what am I trying to do? For instance, after a religious argument realize that you are not trying to belittle a man for his beliefs. You are trying to correct his path. What are you trying to do in correcting his path? Help him live in alignment with God. That is only three steps: Belittling; correcting; aligning.

Start there. How can I help a man live in alignment with God? Step one, listen to him now. Listen intently to his understanding of God. Watch closely his actions. See what moves him away from that understanding. Softly speak to him of that which moves him away. Guide him back to his own understanding. Not yours.

From there, he may grow into a deeper understanding as he chooses. Your job is done. Someone else may help him go deeper.

Of course, this is just an example. It isn't even mine but it is someone's. Draw an analogy in your life for whatever your issue is. Find your soul-talents and begin to learn to apply them.

Correct expression is utilizing those soul talents with the proper sense of timing.

Proper expression of your soul begets love in all forms. You see the wide variety of ways people love both you and each other. You will even feel a humble self-love.

Love is the Law; Love under Will.

An Important Note on Secrecy

Occultists will tell you to stay silent, keep your secrets, keep THEIR secrets. Whisper whisper nod nod.

They have their reasons. I won't decry them here.

There is a problem with doing occult things and then keeping them to yourself. You get stuck in your head, get stagnant, deluded, paranoid or inflated.

I have broken this rule of secrecy repeatedly and I am doing quite will thank you very much.

Obey at your own risk.

Subtle Soul Lesson

My closer friend and working partner Flower posted this on her FB today:

"It's taken around 4 years of patience but Aurora is finally a snuggler. Love my sweet meow!" I was about to reply, "I torture her when you are gone. She is just running to you for protection." My soul intervened. 

I am not mean to the cat. So, saying I am would be untrue to who I am. Every time I try to make a small joke like this, my soul tells me to stop. Part of being truly authentic is to only speak your truth regardless of the reason why you want to say something else. There are two choices. Speak your truth about all things or shut up. Apparently, jokes are included. 

Not So Subtle Soul Lesson

When you live by your values and listen to your soul, life's struggles ebb away and things get easier. The other day, I passed the final exam for my first life coaching class. After 40 class hours, 80 study hours and 20 hours of peer-to-peer coaching, the test was still difficult. I thought I passed but in no way did I think I scored 98%.  Yesterday, with scant effort, I landed my first paying client after having about 20 hours with pro bono clients. 

Conflicts no longer exist with other people. I remain silent and let them flail away at their own issues. Only now, instead of judging, I pray they heal. 

I sleep great. No more insomnia.

I am making a new set of friends. 

I eat better. 

Life is good. 

Markers of the Spiritual

I had an interesting conversation with a couple of folks yesterday. The discussion centered around the behavior of the spiritual. The point was made, and I agree with it, that spiritual manifestation does not always occur as we are predisposed to believe. Some people are meant to be difficult, heck even downright barbaric. Others are saints in the conventional sense. The rest run the length of the continuum.

In my opinion, I think there are a couple of signs of those who have achieved a certain level of spirit connection.

The first is that they have integrity. By this, I do not mean anything vaguely related to morals or ethics. I mean that they are whole and their actions reflect this wholeness/holiness. They do not act in ways that are not true to who they are. This leads to a certain consistency in their behavior. You do not see the saint beating his wife, for instance. You see the predator's ambivalence towards others that are not his prey.

This is the result of manifested spirit bringing with it a sense of of place. A quick glance at the tree of life will reveal this. Take a look at Malkuth. See that X in that sephira?  That doesn't occur elsewhere. Sure, the division denotes the densest forms of the elements of creation but that is not all is shows. X marks the spot. That point at the center of the X is Hadit.

This hangs pendant too the soul above. The soul has manifested at that point. Hence the sense of place and the lack of erratic, pointless behaviors. This leads to the second marker. The manifested soul acts purposefully. If you see wild swings of behavior resulting the minutia and meaningless interactions of life, chances are you are not observing a manifested soul. The actions observed should align with the person's stated soul purpose. At the very least, behaviors should not interfere with that purpose.