We
cannot alter external things, nor shape other people to our liking, nor mould
the world to our wishes but we can alter internal things,-our desires,
passions, thoughts, -we can shape our liking to other people, and we can mould
the inner world of our own mind in accordance with wisdom, and so reconcile it
to the outer world of men and things.
–
Impersonal Life by Joseph Benner - 1914
Spiritual
practice is my daily devotion yet I seek to transcend blind religious ritual. It
is my discipleship and commitment to a spiritual way of life yet I seek to move
beyond rigid discipline. I practice from a love of practice and gain a sense of
deeper love of God within and all around me. In truth, I practice for a richer,
more enjoyable, easier life filled with passion and fearless action in every
arena of my life.
Some
days, as I practice, I wonder what is next and discover that I am experiencing
my results in a manner similar to the farmer who having planted, knows her seed
grows within the soil out of sight and without need for anything but right
nourishment and right moisture. Other times, I feel the involvement of a
fisherman who having cast his nets, now relaxes and enjoys the day while the
fish gather in his nets below.
Spiritual
practice is spiritual work. Spiritual work is the facilitation of living freely
and enthusiastically with constant grateful expectation of and appreciation for
Life’s finest gifts, delivered daily in a constant flow of good to better to
best. The prosperity of META, my practical spiritual practice is not about
becoming a champion athlete, a Nobel or Pulitzer Prize winning genius, the
world’s greatest lover, or the richest person on Earth. It is in enjoying all
of the health I have now, using what genius I do have to fulfill my day, loving
and receiving love in return, and living my dreams as much as I can in my daily
experience.
My
meditation dedicated to the discovery of the Presence often leads to my
awareness of synchronicity and synergy. My ongoing examination of my life and
experiences reveal beliefs wrapped in teachings, covered by fears, desires, guilt
and regrets. These discoveries yield both insight to my self-created bondage to
no longer useful ideas and subsequently to greater freedom and ease of living.
My treatments become more powerful and yield quicker richer results. I find
myself accepting more of what I desire to experience, less of the mundane or
the imposed experiences because my gratitude fills my thoughts with cheerful
expectancy
Some
days, I enthusiastically leap into life even when faced with challenges that
once would have sent me crawling back into bed for another hour or two of
hiding in sleep. Other days, I become so active in doing “need to’s” that I am
hard pressed to accomplish my “want to’s” My practice brings me back into
balance and recollects me into my integrated spiritual self-awareness. Being
integrally self-aware as a spiritual being enjoying my humanity with all of its
follies and foibles aside is my real prosperity, my real freedom.
In
the presence of Spirit wherever I am, I discover delight and laugh freely at
seeming limitation as I see through its fearsome guise and find the pathway to
spiritual abundance and prosperity in every direction freely offered by
everyone as my perfectly realized demonstration for so it is.
John
Rev. John Lusk
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