Finding God On The Train - Notes On Enlightenment

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              FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN - 

              NOTES ON ENLIGHTENMENT 

   Quest For A Positive Personal Spirituality

                  

Hello, my name is George Bryant Cronk (nickname G.) and I welcome you to my Blog FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN - NOTES ON ENLIGHTENMENT - Quest For A Positive Personal Spirituality along with my companion book of the same name being published on this blog as it is being written. Both loacted on this TypePad site at: 

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Both the blog and the book chronicle my six year quest for a positive personal spirituality that began with a near death realization that I had missed the spiritual point of my life, resulting in a promise to God that if given the opportunity I would rectify the situation - all culminating in my connecting with God through affirmative prayer and meditation while commuting on the train to Washington, DC.

This connection has expanded and fostered my social media efforts with the sharing of divinely inspired guidance and my spiritual experiences as Daily Posts On Enlightenment published on this blog and the related facebook and twitter sites listed below.  

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To gain a better understanding of what I am trying to accomplish and why, please take a few moments to read the Introduction To Finding God On The Train that is listed under the Book Chpaters tab on the left hand sidebar and then scan some of the Daily Posts On Enlightenment that follow this introduction  which feature affirmative thoughts, meditation guidance, poems, prayers, affirmations, and spiritual discussions reflecting the positive personal spiritual message I have encountered and have been inspired to convey as a result of this quest.

You can also easily access the most recent Daily Posts On Enlightenment by going to the left hand sidebar under the listing of "Recent Posts" where the most current posts are available.  Just click on the one at the top of the list and this is the most recent post. Note that over five hundred posts have been published since the blog’s inception in early 2009.

On the left hand sidebar is a listing titled "Categories" and this allows you to scan a number of topic areas where all related posts have been categorized. To read all Daily Posts published to date click on the category ALL DAILY POSTS ON ENLIGHTENMENT, similar categories are listed if you would like to review all posts featuring Affirmative Thoughts, Meditation Guidance, or Poems. These Categories are added and deleted as needed. If you would prefer to read each post in sequence for a given month locate the "Archives" sidebar and click on the month that you would like to review. 

When a chapter of the book is completed I publish it as a Chapter post and list it under the tab on the left hand sidebar titled Book Chapters, where each book chapter is listed separately. The book is a work in progress and is frequently edited and revised to bring it into final form, so you may want to check to keep up to date with the changes. I will also repost edited chapters to keep readers informed.

 

The official title for the book is as follows:

 

FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN - 

NOTES ON ENLIGHTENMENT 

Quest for a Positive Personal Spirtuality

 

INTRODUCTION TO FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN

 

PART ONE MY SPIRITUAL AND LIFE JOURNEY     

 

CHAPTER 1. -  GOD’S WAKE-UP CALL

 

CHAPTER 2. - ON THE WAY TO THE TRAIN

 

CHAPTER 3. - POSITIVE NEW THOUGHT SPIRITUALITY

                           YESTERDAY AND TODAY

 

CHAPTER 4. - CONNECTING WITH GOD ON THE TRAIN  

 

PART TWO THE MESSAGE

 

CHAPTER 5. - THE FOUNDATION

 

CHAPTER 6. - HEAVEN ON EARTH – FINDING JOY,

                            PEACE, LOVE, AND HAPPINESS

 

CHAPTER 7. - MIND CONTROL

                                     CONTROL OF CONSCIOUSNESS                                               

CHAPTER 8. - MIND CONTROL APPROACHES                                                                                           AND TECHNIQUES

                                               

UPCOMING CHAPTERS

 

CHAPTER 9. - THE SOUL AND GOD CONSCIOUSNESS                                                                           THE DIVINITY WITHIN                                               

CHAPTER 10. -  MANIFESTING A BETTER LIFE -

                                     COCREATING WITH GOD 

 

CHAPTER 11. - HEALING POWER OF GOD -

                            HEALING YOURSELF AND OTHERS  

 

CHAPTER 12. -  AUTHENTIC PURPOSEFUL LIFE –

                           BEING THE “OPTIMAL” YOU.

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Cooperation is often thought of as a plus rather than

a first gambit in our "current world culture," and then 

only partaken after enormous pain and suffering. 

Game Theory's founders, Neumann and Morganstern, 

made a distinction between "zero-sum" games where

one person wins, and the other loses - that is, the

fortunes of the players are inversely related, and 

"non-zero sum" games, where one player's gain 

need not be bad news for the other, where a

potential win-win, or at least plus-plus exists.

 

It is Robert Wright, in his book titled NONZERO

The Logic Of Human Destiny, who suggests that the

key evolutionary conceptual or meme based learning, 

that is directly responsible for the ascent of human-

kind, is our learning the mutual benefit of a win-win

or  non-zero sum  existence. It is the advent and 

apparent imitation of this concept that has 

actually  propelled our move from fighting for basic

individual survival to cooperating for mutual benefit

and common survival.   

 

In the note below we are reminded that despite 

what our ego based thinking may be often telling

us, collective win-win approaches are not only

spiritually valid, but provide the logic for our joint

thriving on an individual, team, organization,

community, and global level. 

 

COLLECTIVE WIN-WIN 

 

Today work to see beyond your own

needs and into the needs of others,

seeing life through their eyes and

perspective, realizing all you encounter

are worthy of consideration as they

pursue life along side of you.

 

Today consider the advantage to all

of a win-win strategy when every

person involved is ensured of an

opportunity to participate and shape

the process, practice, or outcome for

the mutual benefit of all concerned.

 

Today realize the collective good

truly benefits all equally, causing the

entire team to soar and flourish,

thriving together strengthened by

connecting the concerns, needs,

and perspective of all involved into

one powerful, purposeful intention.

 

AT 5.15.2013

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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Often, I feel that the pursuit of happiness in at the core

of our unhappiness. I tend to agree with the Buddhists,

who believe that all we need to do is list what needs

to occur in our lives to ensure our happiness, and we

will have an excellent list of what is making us unhappy. 

 

One thing I do know, is that proceeding with a focus

on what is making us unhappy in our current lives will

ensure that we attract more of the same into our lives. 

This is why it is of paramount importance that we 

accept our current life condition fully, and proceed

with a spirit of positive expectation, as the note below

suggests. 

 

I do believe it is time for us all to arrive at our well

deserved happiness.

  

ARRIVING

 

Today turn the knob on the door to a fuller

life and the increased opportunity that arrives

with it, simply by accepting your life as it is

now, proceeding with a spirit of positive

expectation and intention.

Open the door to this fuller life walking

through it with the anticipation of your

greater good waiting for your arrival,

knowing you have prepared the way

through diligent action and aligned spirit,

realizing you are, and always will be the

worthy recipient of this magnificence.

With open arms and a ready heart proceed

willingly, accepting no other substitute or

alteration – only your true happiness, your

complete and full potential realized, now,

here, this very day, no longer striving but

instead arriving at your intended destination.

 

AT 5.14.2013

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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Our minds are constantly adding to our 

tensions and unease by offering an endless set 

of comparisons to other lives that look like a

better fit - more exciting, fun, pleasurable,

and/or rewarding than the ones we are

now living. Of course, the advertising world 

uses the same ploy to sell us the new products 

we will surely need for this better life. 

 

I have often searched for a succinct phrase

which would clearly communicate the notion 

that the true solution for what often ails us is

not in the yard next door, but can be found 

by living the life we now encounter with more 

commitment and gusto. 

 

Today's note provides us with this phrase, 

"living in place," which reminds me of the

exercise where we run without moving.

In this case we live fully, right where we are, 

without moving, in the lives we now inhabit.

Who knows, maybe as the note conveys,

this is where our real treasure actually

exists. 

 

LIVING IN PLACE

 

Today let us consider the merits

of “living in place,” making the most

of this life we inhabit now, this point

in time and place we live right now,

striving to fall deeper into our

existing lives rather than changing

or escaping.

 

Today let us make the most of

what we have been given, what we

now possess – encouraged by a

fresh perspective, no need to

discard what we have already

created, rather dust it off to

reveal the sparkling gem beneath.

 

Today let us move bolder into

our current lives striking out with

confidence and renewed vigor,

knowing that beneath our feet

exists the real treasure we have

been seeking – the acre of diamonds –

our vast creative payload waiting

for unleashing.

 

AT 4.7.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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Although we make thousands of choices

each day, most of these choices, at least

for me, are made based on habit or

convenience. But there comes a time

in every life when we face a crossroads, 

mandating a significant choice that  

comes with the possibility of change - 

a new or altered life - often a choice

between our tried and true existence 

and the fresh and more risky future. 

Do we take the leap or hold on to the 

current steady state?

At other times, the crossroads leaves

us no secure alternative, but calls

for a choice between totally unknown 

destinations. And then there are

those momentous ones, that carry

with them so much baggage we stuff

them in the mental attic only pull 

them out in desperate moments to

chew their cud, and then put them 

away to languish once more.

For all of us who face a crossroads choice - 

possibly career, relationship, health,

family, spiritual - or have been circling 

a needed significant choice for too long 

and putting it off - perhaps the note 

below will provide some guidance and

assist in this process.  

 

SIGNIFICANT CHOICES

 

Each choice is like a miracle offering

infinite possibilities, each a crossroads

in our existence leading to plausible but

distinct destinations, today we pray

for divine assistance when considering

and making these selections – these

significant choices.

 

Today we encourage all viable choices

to express their points of view and

potential for good and positive value

in our lives, giving each a proper audience

as we weigh the pros and cons of each

alternative, knowing we are not alone

in this venture.

 

So as we gather the evidence needed

for our decision there is no anxiety,

stress, or second guessing, only a

sense of patient confidence that the

right, fit, and final choice will surface,

clear and obvious, allowing us to proceed

complete and unencumbered.

 

AT 5.2.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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The Quest for a positive personal spirituality led me

to a train, and the recording of my inspired notes 

from the train into a book, and the publishing of

this blog. I have learned a great deal about what 

the path to enlightenment entails, primarily that

it is not a single act of spiritual transformation.

It requires that we be the hands and feet of God

in the world, spiritual activists that must be God's

active agents of good. I elaborate on this in Chapter

Five -The Foundation, available on the left-hand

sidebar of the blog under the Book Chapters tab.

 

I believe this "social/spiritual activism" is required

in all that we do, and this note below reminds

us of this as an essential ingredient to all true

spiritual transcendence - to be the active

promoters of good in the world - demonstrated

by all that we think, say, and do - knowing no

greater gift exists for ourselves and the world

than the act of reaching out to others in need

with love. 

 

Let us all live today, borrowing a phrase

from the Quaker's founder George Fox, 

to "let our lives speak." 

 

NO GREATER GIFT

 

Be bold today and stand up for what

is important, for those who are in need,

for those who have no voice and must

speak through you, be this expression

of concerned good doing the work of

the divine in the world freely and

without hesitation.

 

Stand straight and tall today being

aware that your efforts for the right

and proper course is favorably supported

by all who believe in and sponsor good

in the world – be their champion –

be the strong tower you were created

to be.

 

Open your heart and mind to all who

seek assistance, being ready for this

sincere mission, to be the hands and

feet of justice, fairness, and tolerance

knowing no greater gift exists than

the act of reaching out in kindness

to those who need you.

 

AT 5.1.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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FEED YOUR HEAD 

 

It is 1969,  I am seated on a large wooden box painted

blue, all of 17 years old, only steps from the stage of  

Philadelphia's hottest rock music venue, the Electric

Factory, watching Grace Slick, lead singer of the

Jefferson Airplane, hypnotize us all with her model

beauty and the lyrics of White Rabbit,  (offered below

with a download of the song for those who need a

refresher,) mystically telling us what the dormouse 

said - "Feed Your Head, Feed Your Head, Feed

Your Head." I am not sure whether the dormouse 

ever said this in the book, but it is the poetic thought 

that counts.

 

Download 07 White Rabbit (Remastered)

 

WHITE RABBIT -- Jefferson Airplane One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall And if you go chasing rabbits And you know you're going to fall Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar Has given you the call Call Alice When she was just small When men on the chessboard Get up and tell you where to go And you've just had some kind of mushroom And your mind is moving low Go ask Alice I think she'll know When logic and proportion Have fallen sloppy dead And the White Knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's "off with her head!" Remember what the dormouse said: "Feed your head Feed your head Feed your head"

That night I may have thought the song was promoting

altered states of consciousness, and oddly enough,

after all these years, I believe we can use it to do 

the same, this times without the use of hallucinogens.

 

I suggest we use positively crafted affirmative Memes -

planting these evolving and self-replicating thoughts, 

that will easily pass from brain to brain, hopefully 

replacing the existing negative or destructive

thoughts with more empowering purposeful 

 thoughts. An idea that has taken a life of its own

in my mind with the reading of Susan Blackmore's

book,  The Meme Machine.  

 

Since many of us have been using affirmations all along,

it is not anything startlingly new, it just that with Meme

Theory it seems to make more sense - its more plausible

now with some science behind it. So let's continue to

"feed our heads" daily with positive, affirmative 

thoughts until we gain full control of our minds.

 

Let us start with the Affirmative Thought below titled

Fall Into Place. I suggest reading this note, or any

positive note of your choosing, once each morning

until this note becomes a fixed positive expectation, 

and everything in your life does habitually fall into

place. 

 

FALL INTO PLACE

 

Know that all things fall into place

today without effort or needless

energy, with each step supporting

the next, with each positive and

fruitful experience building on the

one before until you realize success

is guaranteed.

 

As all things fall into place today

you are able to capitalize on each

encounter, every interaction, all

positive effort with complete

confidence and balance knowing

you are perfectly positioned at

the right place in time to thrive.

 

Today let all things fall into place

freeing you to focus on ensuring

the world experiences your complete

and perfect contribution - with open

arms and a welcoming attitude let

all realize what wonder and joy you

proudly have to offer!

 

AT 4.30.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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The best advice that I received from my Mother 

growing up was when I was overcome by anxiety 

about a presentation, social gathering, or interview,

she would just smile lovingly and say, "just be

yourself."  There was no preparation needed, 

no skills to learn, no magical formula. All I

really needed was to just be me!

 

Today's note reflects this sentiment, simple but

effective advice for succeeding.  When you

think of it, who is better suited to manage 

and excel at living your day than you? 

 

SIMPLY BEING YOU

 

Just be yourself today and shine,

nothing else is needed but for you

to show-up as you offering your

successful approach to being you -

decisive, dedicated, and compassionate,

always creative, always ready to do

your best.

 

Just be yourself today allowing you

to thrive, making the most of each

encounter, pushing towards the

maximum effort for each endeavor,

knowing with you at the helm all

is well with success fully ensured.

 

Just be yourself today, free of doubt,

concern, or second-guessing, realizing

you are the solution, the one who has

the answers and the inner qualities

needed to scale the summit of the

challenges presented – moving beyond

by simply being you.

 

AT 4.29.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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MAGNIFICENTLY MAJESTIC  

 

In our hands, hearts, and minds all life

is molded with dashes of love and ardent

emotion as we create the world we perceive

through potent intention and wise choices –

knowing full well we alone are the masters

of our fate and predestination.

 

In our souls our purpose blossoms unfolding

like a bud until we see inside completely the

intricate design of our divine calling with

each facet clear as crystal, formed in

perfect detail waiting for our retrieval.

 

In our lives we brew a mystical concoction

part will, part whimsy, part divine inspiration,

blending a life so potent, so powerful a simple

sip propels us to a new dimension – one where

the living and divine fuse in perfect splendor –

magnificently majestic.

 

AT 4.28.2013  

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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It is easy to confuse ourselves with what others

have assessed us to be - including our well meaning

loved ones, our friends, and especially our parents,  

but mostly our less than perfectly evolved ego.

 

We have have consumed and digested these labels

as truth and often find ourselves trying to live to a

cacophony of ego based warnings and disclaimers

regarding our shortcomings and misdirection,

leading us away from our dreams rather than

towards them.

 

How perfectly absurd it is that we  - who I

believe have been endowed with divine power

and potential - fall prey to this inner confusion,

often left stunned by our own fear, indecision,

and internal inane chatter.  

 

There are powers within each of us that 

wait to be tapped and brought to play in our

lives - these perfect powers need only to be 

connected with and revealed. This note below 

is another reminder that within us we have

been endowed with all we need to flourish and

thrive in this life, waiting for us to clear away

the noisy confusion and forge forward instead.

 

FORGE FORWARD AND THRIVE

 

Let us reach within the confusion

of our lives to find our perfect peace,

a serenity so vast we easily immerse

our cares and concerns in its placid power –

transforming panic into calm, distress

into workable, usable, enthusiasm.

 

Let us reach within the fear holding

us back from living fully to find our

perfect strength – our courage so

defined that no anxiety real or

imagined may hold it back or contain

its sure-footed power to overcome

all concerns.

 

Let us reach within our muddled

intentions to find our perfect clarity,

where all steps taken lead to our

envisioned dreams and desires,

where all thoughts support and cheer

us on to our intended destination –

forever able to muster our perfect

peace, strength, and clarity –

to forge forward secure and thrive.

 

AT 4.26.2013 

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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I offer this note in honor of all who face some 

infliction or adversity today, and might be helped 

in someway to know that God has prepared us all 

for whatever struggle lies ahead. Know that you

are not alone. 

I offer this note in honor of all those who wake 

in a hospital bed, a cancer treatment center, sit

facing a dialysis machine, struggling with a rehab

program, or a daunting medical procedure of any

type - along with all those who love them sitting in

waiting rooms with hands clinched in prayer

pleading for deliverance. Know that you are not

alone. 

 

I offer this note in honor of all those facing abuse,

or intolerance, or hunger  - know that the force

of  God is the life within - the champion within you -

willing to fight with you for your right to continue

living. Know too that you are not alone. 

 

May this humble note offer a word of hope.

 

THIS CHAMPION WITHIN

 

The keys to strength are deep within

ready to turn in times of your greatest

need, when providence or circumstance

or happenstance require courage in the

face of adversity – simply reach inside

and find your inner champion.

 

Know today you are ready to face what

comes, always able to summon this

champion within, victor of a thousand

noble causes both seen and unforeseen -

who is ready and fully prepared to protect

you still.

 

Today proceed in clear confidence of the

metal forged within, knowing you are

able to summon your noble powers when

needed at a moments notice – to offer

a clear and effective response to any

threat or cause, victorious.

 

At 4.25.13

 

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With love, G.

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Famed evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins,

initiated the concept of ideas and cultural phenomena

having a life of their own, coining the term "Meme" -

short for "mimeme"  from Ancient Greek meaning,

"imitated thing." Memetics - the study of Memes - 

which postulates the replication of these idea meme

forms, has captivated the imagination, most recently

mine. 

 

Memetic Theory, unintentionally,  supports the New

Thought notion that has been held for over two

hundred years - our "positive memes" or thoughts

are powerful creations, that we can learn to

harness for our own personal and spiritual good, 

by giving them an internal  life of their own

through constant repetition. Coining my own 

phrase, we would do so by using a carefully 

crafted, positive "MemMantra." 

 

Ok, I am reading two books regarding Meme Theory,

one is titled MEMES - Exploring New Religions, a

free iBook by Andrea Diem-Lane, and The Meme

Machine, by Susan Blackmore, who has popularized 

all things Meme. 

 

So you may be asking, what does this have to

with  today's post. As I was transcribing the note

below for Ann this morning,  I grew in excitement

waiting for the special wisdom phrase that I was

sure would be offered, but instead I received an 

instruction for creating my own personalized

MemMantra.

 

The note, which when I think of it is also a Meme,

instructs us to listen and open ourselves up to

our internal guidance that will assist us in the

construction of a personalized, affirmative

mantra, that hopefully will take on a positive,

meme life of its own. 

 

ONE POWERFUL NOTION

 

Today let us allow a single thought

to inhabit our consciousness, to actually

take hold of our attention, invade our minds

knowing this one notion will set in motion

all the good needed for us to flourish –

to soar – to climb new heights.

 

Today let us phrase this powerful thought

into a working mantra – simple but succinct -

delicate but profound – mystical yet

grounded in basic truth, enabling these

words to captivate our attention and

define our existence.

 

Today let us listen closely, watch intently,

live heartily, connect completely, opening

ourselves up to the whispered message

on the faces of all we encounter, the

universal voice within ready to share our

unique crafted wisdom, opening our hearts,

minds, and souls to this magnificent thought!

 

AT 4.19.13

 

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With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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Some notes I receive for Ann are soft and

accepting, others are challenging, like the

one I transcribed for her this morning and

is offered below. As I read and review the

note in reference to my own life, I find my

mind coming up with a number of excuses

why this is just too difficult for me to live up

to, as if I in some way, at least in my mind's 

perspective, I would normally just sloth

through this day.  

 

Wait a minute, this is not an accurate

description, I think I do approach everyday

to make the most of it, maybe not the best

version because I never quite thought of it

in this way, but I do try to make the most

of it. Ok, maybe I can push a little harder 

in a few areas, but overall it is a pretty

good  version. 

 

As the debate rages on in my head,

I realize this is why these notes are so

fascinating for me, they make me think

and reassess. Let me know how your

version is going.

 

BEST VERSION

 

Let today be the best version of your life

ever lived – robust, full to the brim,

spectacular, momentous – better than

any day that has gone before, one where

every thought, emotion, or sentiment

is well placed – where each action is clear

and purposeful.

 

Let this best version of your life today

be inspired, truly inspirational where

each move taken and line delivered

resonates your character and inner

strength – your integrity and sense

of justice – your compassion and

kindness.

 

Let today’s best version of your life

leave yourself, all you encounter, and

the universe better off for this

experience – in some way challenged

to be more, strive harder, push farther

than conceived doable, possible – fully

prepared to excel and flourish.

 

AT 4.17.13

 

Thank you fore reading.

With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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For the past few days I have been thinking about patience.

Possibly, it is my inner guidance reminding me that I need

patience as I work through the incredible journey of writing

and publishing a book like Finding God On The Train. So I

decided this morning I would publish a note that addressed

patience. I picked a journal at random, and I came up with

this meditation guidance below titled simply, and I would

say appropriately, Patience.  

 

PATIENCE

Have patience and let God work through your life.

Have patience and allow what is meant to happen,

to actually happen. Relax and wait without anxiety,

frustration, or anger. Open your mind to recovering

the full joy of the day and your existence.

 

Have patience, for patience reveals and affirms your

faith and belief in God. Your fear and apprehension

displays lack of trust in the divine order of life. Lack

of patience causes you to take missteps and create

anxiety and ill will.

 

Lack of patience is disguised unbelief – it is not letting

God do the work that is necessary and right. You want

immediate action – immediate results - but this is not

possible.  Moving events quicker or out of sequence

is impossible.

 

You need to focus on the positive outcome you wish to

appear, the solutions you request. Vision or envision

the solution you wish with a force of strong emotion

and it will be cocreated – in time - within the flow of

expectation.

 

Be patient, pray, meditate, and relax into your faith

in God.

 

NOE 1.20.2010 7:40 AM

 

Thank you for reading.

With Love, G.

George Bryant Cronk