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Bless your world into being
Bless what comes into your hands. You can change your
whole life in a moment if you do this. This is what Jesus called judging
with righteous judgment.
If you could see the world as it truly is, as the
kingdom of
God, you would realize that every new experience comes
to you
for your good, and for no other reason. The way to enter
this
consciousness of the kingdom of God, is to change your
thinking
to match reality as it is.
When you bless something, you accept it as the gift of
God, no
matter what the seeming source may be. You make it your
own gift to the world, by pronouncing it good. You take responsibility
for it.
In blessing it, you say that this is something that you
have
asked for in some way. This is something that will add
to the
good in your life. This is something you can do good
with.
By changing your consciousness in this way, you enter
into the
right relation with God,. you cast aside all confusion
and
indecision. You make each new event in your consciousness,
an
opportunity for prayer.
At the same time, you enter into the right relationship
to the
gifts of the spirit. You acknowledge that everything
in the
world is such a gift. You also recognize that nothing
in this
world is greater than your spiritual identity, your relationship
with the Creator that makes you the creator of your world
and
experience.
This prevents anything in your world from becoming an
idol or
graven image to you. If your health, happiness, wealth,
or even
scripture or religion becomes God for you, then you have
taken
the wrong path. By blessing things as they come to you,
you keep
your eyes on God.
Having the audacity to, and claiming the constant
permission to
bless the world, you affirm and acknowledge your true
spiritual
identity as the only begotten child of God in your world.
Your
world comes to you, through you. Everything in your world
comes in answer to a call from within your spiritual self for growth. There
is a meaningful way to use each experience, no matter what it seems like
on the surface, to assist your spiritual growth and development.
Bless what you give forth into the world. Sometimes it
seems as
if it is being taken from you against your will. Sometimes
you
must let go of something you think you desperately need
to keep.
It may be a thing, a place, a person, or even a belief.
When the
time comes that it seems these are required from you,
do not
surrender them to the world. Give them freely, with whatever
joy
you can provide them with, but in every case, give them
as an
active and willing gift to the world.
When you give to the world, you are giving to your own
tomorrow. If you do not know this, you often give reluctantly, with fear
and resentment. What is given that way, returns that way. Do not sow the
seeds of discouragement and further resentment in your world. Give willingly,
with no strings attached.
You are the child of God. God is the Creator of all that
is. As
God's child, become the creator of all that you are,
within His
love.
You do not have to become good first, before you do this.
As
much as you accept God's plan for you, you live in the
goodness
of His love.
You do not have to participate in a ritual or a particular
group
or religion. All of those are things we have invented
to help us
remember God. They can be very good things, as long as
they lead us to a relationship with God, and remind us to affirm and
improve that relationship. Bless them also.
What do you think will become of you as you do this? Of
course,
you yourself will become blessed. Your attention will
be raised
above fear and lack. You will improve your experience
of the
world.
You will strengthen all of your spiritual qualities, including
love, faith, confidence. You will strengthen your imagination
and will, which are the tools God has given you to direct
your
creation. The quality and quantity of the things that
come into
your life will rapidly begin to change.
Your mind is a powerful engine of creation. It tends to
wander
aimlessly, wherever your attention leads it. When you
decide to
bless everything in your world, that is, everything that
enters
your consciousness, (and this includes the memories of
past
experiences that become new again as you consider them)
you take control of that engine, you set it on the course of creating
blessings for yourself and others.
What does it mean to bless what comes into your world?
It means to see it clearly and pronounce it as good. You say "This that
I am thinking of is here in my presence for the good of myself and my world.
I will add my own goodness to this and give it forth into the world as
an even better thing. Irecognize that my decision to do so is the seed
of even greater goodness for my
world."
We bless this world into being. As soon as you realize
and
accept this, and as much as you choose to act on this,
you can
change everything in your experience, and everything
that you
are.
To you who are trying to reach enlightenment like a jockey
tring
to win some desperate horse race, I say, it is like a
ride along a
beautiful riverside with someone you love deeply. It
is happening now, not in the past or the future. Open your eyes where you
are today, and see it.
There is a difference between principle and fine sounding
words.
I am not satisfied with fine sounding words.
Bless your world into being. |