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Many of us pray for a certain thing to happen. God I want a new car. God, I want a new job. God I want to be in a relationship with Suzy and I will do whatever it takes to have her. Some of us even bargain with God…I really want Billy to get back together with me and I promise I will be good and I will go to church every Sunday, just please let me have him back. When Billy does not come back, Sally assumes God has not answered her prayer.

NEWSFLASH!!! Perhaps the answer is “NO”. Perhaps that relationship, possession or job, is not in the best interest for the progression of your soul during its journey on the earthly plane. Perhaps your focus should be on something else.

I remember speaking with a woman once who told me she was mad at God because her boyfriend did not get a promotion although they had been praying daily that he would. I remember telling her something like this: Wow, where did your sense of entitlement come from? You know it is not ALL ABOUT YOU! God is sort of busy right now, a hurricane just hit New Orleans and thousands of people are dead or homeless…there is war in Iraq, people all over the world are starving, and you are upset because your boyfriend did not get a promotion? I also remember telling her that God is not a vending machine.  Several weeks later she emailed apologizing because the promotion and raise did come, it was just delayed. The point here is two fold. Sometimes the answer is ‘no’ but sometimes we have to wait. Sometimes things have to unfold according to the divine plan – the timing of the Universe.

When we pray, we have to wait for a response. Sometimes we become so impatient that we repeat our prayers night after night, petitioning the same requests over and over. Guess what? God is not deaf. S/he heard you the first time. Once is enough. After you say your prayer, it is your job to sit back and wait. Yep. Patience. Let me spell that out again P A T I E N C E. This is kind of like hitting the elevator button over and over while you impatiently stand at the elevator doors. Even though the light is lit, you push it over and over, thinking it will make it come faster. What a waste of time, and finger energy – once is enough.

Today’s society is so geared toward instant gratification, we want things and we want them now. Well, take a number and get in line because God is sorta busy right now. When we pray God/dess does hear our prayers. But we, as humans, must then step back from the desire and wanting (and asking) and allow things to unfold.

When we are constantly petitioning we can’t hear the answer. The answer often comes in the silence of meditation or mindfulness…in the silence, s/he whispers to us the answers that we seek….and we have but to recognize them. Prayer is when we speak to God ~~~ meditation and connecting to the divine source and waiting for the response, is when s/he answers. When we stop asking and start listening… we will hear that soft, still voice. Listen.

It seems that right now, on planet Earth, life has become difficult for most folks. The rich, the poor, the privileged, the few, the proud – no one seems to have come through the difficult financial times of the past 18 months unscathed. These times of trial are great opportunities for spiritual growth, after all – that is why we are here on planet Earth!

When you are feeling a little low, though, you can bring yourself up with some positive affirmations and prayer like the one listed below. Try saying this out loud, everyday, and claim your birthright as  child of the Creator….

I release fear of any kind regarding my success in life. I know the God within is the source that provides my every need. God provides in great abundance. I have a birthright to happiness. Every cell in my body works in perfect order because it was created by God. I relax and release and allow the God to flow through and around me in a circular motion of great abundance and perfect health. I know that my life and those I love are well taken care of before I even contemplate a need. After all, the Creator of all, created me. It is God’s delight to give to me richly.

Amen

All is well.

Everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe!

I can accept whatever I am feeling today.

Without resistance my feelings pass and I am then open to experience whatever is next.

I am exactly where I am supposed to be today. Everything about this day,

this place, this moment is perfect. Everything about me is perfect in the moment.

I listen with love and gratitude to my body’s messages. My body helps me learn about myself.

Love fills me and heals me as I open to connect with the people God has placed in my life.

Today I can handle whatever comes up, knowing that I am surrounded with all the positive energies of good and love in the universe.

I have the courage to look without fear at what needs to be changed in my life.

At this moment, I am safe in mindfulness.

Every experience is perfect for my growth process.

I am safe. It is safe to feel. My feelings are normal and acceptable.

Today I am letting a power greater than myself remove all my fear. I am now free to look within for answers.

I release, I relax and I let go. I am safe in the here and now.

I am safe in Life.

I trust my inner wisdom. I listen to my own guidance. My intuition is always on my side. I trust it to be there at all times. I am safe.

Today is full of miracles!

There is a great difference between spirituality and religion.

Spirituality is a study of all things that deal with the evolution of your soul and your souls journey as you travel your earthy path. It cannot be justified or explained to anyone outside of yourself, it just IS. It is that subtle knowing that wells up from deep within that allows you to know you are on the right path which ultimately leads to the evolution of your soul. This is the reason why we are here on this planet enjoying our human incarnation.the perfection of our souls. We hold ourselves accountable to ourselves and live life at the soul level, not the level of the ego. Ego was once defined as Experiencing God Outside ~ when we live from our ego, it is difficult for us to embrace the divine spark that defines the very essence of who we are. Following our spiritual path provides us the opportunity to experience a one-to-one relationship with the divine through daily meditations, etc., that bring us into intimate knowledge of our divine purpose.

Religion is based on politics in an attempt to organize masses of people into believing one thing. It is generally aimed at individuals who are not quite ready to live a spiritual existence but would rather be taught and told what to think, feel and experience through religious dogma. Religion deals mostly with trying to coerce people into doing what they want you to do and instill fear into you to make it so. Remember the Dark Ages, they came up with the notion of hell to instill fear into the masses as a way to control them and guess what folks it worked. What better way to control than fear.

Somehow it appears that we are still living in a Dark Ages of sorts where we are told by the powers that be that unless we believe a certain thing and are saved, we are going to hell period. Historically speaking, there was no record of hell until the Dark Ages came around, a place of fire and brimstone where our souls would be banned for all eternity with no chance of escape unless we did as we were told and of course gave money to the church or bought indulgences to secure our way out of purgatory. Yeah, OK…

But what IS hell? In my mind, hell is a separation from God, and is that not what we are experiencing here on Earth? Perhaps this is hell and based on what I see in the world sometimes, I feel so. But, if God is love and love is God where does the God of fear come into play? Just another thought to ponder.

Furthermore, on the topic of being savedwhat are we being saved from?  I passed a church once and the marquee outside said.. WALMART IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE FOR SAVING. I mean, really, WTF is up with that?  Are they really trying to save our souls or increase their membership, because with more members they make more money, and so on. I hate to think that the message Jesus brought has sadly become The Greatest Story Ever Sold and I dont believe that was his intent.

To see what organized religion has done to his teachings saddens me. He came to teach a spiritual message, one intended to bring LOVE back into a very much patriarchal religion that was based upon the worship of the war god, Yahweh. War God? Where did that come from, you ask? Well think about it. Look at the Old Testament. They were smiting and fighting and stoning and conquering many lands so the people had a place to call home. It came with much warring and destruction of entire cities and populaces. The people who worshipped Yahweh were very much a nomadic tribe and they were looking for a place to call home – they conquered, killed and destroyed to get it.

I believe Jesus came to show the way to heal, to teach, to bring us back to love. Sadly, most people missed it. He had the power to heal with the touch of his hands. His message is there is inspire those with ears to hear and eyes to see if we understand the inner mysteries of His message. As he hung on that cross he could have laid waste to the Roman legions, to the Sanhedrin, to the Jewish race, Pontius Pilate because he had the power to heal, he had to power to destroy. The point is, he did not. He let them mock him, he let them torture him and he let them kill him in the most degrading way.and he FORGAVE them while they did it. This IS the message people LOVE unconditional love. His path was a spiritual one, in becoming one with the divine, he is divine.

If we follow a spiritual path where we can become one with the divine there is no separateness from God.  After all, are we not all spiritual beings, having a human experience?

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