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The word “passion”  has always been both

fascinating and mysterious to me, with its

many definitions including: a strong and

barely controllable emotion; an intense

desire or enthusiasm for something; or an

intense sexual love.

 

To make the word passion almost mystical,

we have the “Passion of Christ,” which seems 

to focus on his suffering and death, or a

“passion flower,” an evergreen with flowers

that resemble the crucifixion, or just a

"passion fruit,” a kind of passion flower 

that bears a purple fruit.

 

When referring  to living an “authentic,

purposeful life,” passion takes on a spiritual

and poetic meaning – when we find our

passion, we find what it is that takes our

breath away. I offer an Affirmative Thought

below, which expresses this definition.  

May we all find our passion and live it,

cherish it, and never let it out of our sight.

                  

 YOUR PASSION

Today work to find what it is that takes

    your breath away – that causes you

to vibrate in wonder and want to suck

    the moment into your soul, savoring every

sense, every nuance, every bit of the joy.

 

Today work to find your passion,

    allowing it to overwhelm you –

move through you, wash over you,

    and electrify each cell of your being,

each thought, each moment of living.

 

Today realizing these experiences,

    and more, wait for you to see

the world through God’s eyes –

    a magical world of divine creation –

beckoning you to revel. 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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For the mystics through the ages, spiritual joy

and Divine love seems to represent the state of

being lost in the love of God. I find poetry 

the perfect medium to express spiritual sentiments

such as joy and divine love, as in my poem

below titled Divine Light.  Note that these

poems often sound like traditional love poems

and seem to reference what seems like romantic

love to describe the spiritual experience.

 

DIVINE LIGHT

The sun shines brightly on my soul

     full of love and joy, waiting

      to burst forth on this day

             and on humanity

 warm – enticing –  penetrating

    like a lover in full ecstasy –

    I am alive within the divine

       within the energy of life

                  refreshed.

 

Rumi, the Sufi mystic and poet, was born

in Afghanistan in 1207, wrote many poems

that focused on spiritual love and ecstasy, and

only after a few readings do you realize he is

referring to God, not some overpowering

romantic love. This type of love is described

by the Sufis as “full fana,” which represents 

annihilation in God.

 

Here is the poem O Love by Rumi.

 

                             O LOVE 

O Love, O pure deep Love, be here, be now

       Be all – worlds dissolve into your

              Stainless endless radiance,

Frail living leaves burn with your brighter

                        Than cold stares

Take me your servant, your breath, your core.

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

 

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All spiritual journeys must be based on mind control

 in order to be effective. Buddha knew this, Jesus knew

this, the Sufi mystics knew this, the Christian saints

knew this, and we must each learn it in our own way. 

 

This is the reason that I have dedicated over a hundred

pages of Part Three of the Finding God On The Trian Story

titled Mind Control - Control Of Consciousness on the

techniques needed for successful mind control.    

 

It took me a lifetime to come to this conclusion, finally

expending a good portion of my spiritual effort working 

on marshaling the confusion within my own mind into

a workable coherent effort, so I can fully connect with God 

and my own internal divinity.

 

The garden of the mind must be tended in order to create

change in our lives, as the note below conveys.  

Through meditation, prayer, and ongoing reflection

we must find the thought root that has grown as a seed

in the concrete of our own consciousness, 

only to produce a tree that now threatens to crack 

our life foundation. 

 

If you are feeling that some change must be undertaken 

and the new seed planted, or that just some weeding

and pruning is called for, the Affirmative Thought 

below may help create the change you are seeking. 

 

WORKING FROM WITHIN 

All change happens in our minds and

    thoughts first – where we must tend

to the seed we planted that grew into

    the circumstance we now encounter –

the life we now live – the emotions

    we now feel.

 

All successful change occurs as we

    clear away the weeds in our mental

garden, prune, or redirect the existing

    thoughts, or when required, tenderly

cut back what exists to clear the way

    for a new approach or perspective

to take root.

 

All lasting change is worked from within

    as we learn to adroitly navigate our

consciousness – pruning and planting

    as needed, lovingly tending the blooms

of authentic purposeful life – forever

    admiring our garden within.  

AT G. 8.7.2012

 

WITH LOVE, G.

 

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The aspect of my spiritual blog work I enjoy the most

is the constant element of surprise in terms of what

I will be blogging or writing about on any given day.

Most of my writing is what I call inspired, resulting

from meditation or direct requests for assistance, 

and transcribed without editing, except for book

passages in which I have a tendency to labor over

until they are publishable. 

 

This morning, I wanted to be sure I had time to write

Ann's note, so I started with it first; the inspired

Affirmative Thought below, titled The Answers, 

came to me. I transcribed it, hoping it would make

sense to Ann, which it did, and moved on to do some

spiritual reading before meditating.

 

THE ANSWERS

The answers you seek are within you

            at the level of your soul – existing

as part of the divine spark, which

            motivates you to ask the questions –

while already knowing the answers –

            doing so, to assist with your growth,

development, and transformation.

 

The answers you seek are presented in

            every real-life experience – each lesson –

a living dream with meaning – directing

            you to discover the intended message –

a revelation – an obvious clue enabling

            you to unravel the mystery of your

authentic spiritual potential.

 

The answers you seek may appear before

            even the question has been formed

within your conscious mind – so simply ask:

 

“What message does this life experience  

convey, what am I to understand?”

 

and the true meaning will be revealed.

AT G. 2.19.2012

 

I decided recently that I should start to read some

of the guidance I have received on a daily basis.

So reaching for the black moleskin journal, where

I record my meditation guidance,  I opened to 

a meditation note titled The Question. 

 

As I read it over, I realized that it would be an excellent

opening - almost tailor-made for Part Three of the 

Crystal Path of Finding God On The Train Story to be

titled  The Soul and God Consciousness - The Divinity

Within Us, where I want to incorporate my God-inspired 

messages in a framework of the existing scientific

and mystical thought. Answering the question posed

in this guidance provides an ideal framework. So this

morning I started the morning with the answers,

and ended with the question. 

 

THE QUESTION

The question is this – are our thoughts truly

creating the reality, we are experiencing, and

if so, how does it occur, and how does it work?  

This is the most profound question of our

individual conscious impact on this reality 

we perceive. Are we merely pawns immersed

in the coincidences and whims of fortune, 

or are we active agents of creation? 

In this, what is our relationship with God?

 

Is life a cruel irony where self-will meets 

the enormously more powerful happenstance

or existence and eventually accepts its place?

Or is the human mind a purposeful and potent

creative interpreter and designer of the reality 

it perceives? And if we truly possess this power, 

why have we not realized it and begun to use

it for our benefit - creating heaven on earth?

 

This is the question we must investigate, research,

and by so doing, determine our Divine nature and

potential. To answer this question, we must find

the truth already uncovered by psychology, physics, 

philosophy, theology, and metaphysics – using

the perspective of both the scientist and the mystic

alike, which may enable and allow us using 

a Rumi phrase, to peek beneath the skirt of God.

 

This is our mission – so where do we start - with

the relevant guidance that has been revealed to date.

Use this as a credible starting point and venture

onward. 

NOE G. 11.11.2011 8:25 AM 

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

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AN OPEN MIND

Today embark on this journey with

    an open mind and a compassionate

heart, knowing your contribution

    is the essential ingredient needed

to give meaning to its unfolding –

    to provide a fresh loving perspective.

 

Today embark on this journey with

    energy and enthusiasm committed to

going the extra mile, fully attentive

    to the opportunities and possibilities,

aware that you are the key to the full

    potential of this experience –

the final touch – the secret ingredient.

 

Today embark on this journey open

    to the lessons and learning waiting

to be discovered, not as an observer,

    but as a full participant, ready to be

the hands and feet and heart of God.

AT G. 4.26.2012

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

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OUR BEST EFFORTS

Even with our best efforts, at times, the world

will be what it is going to be – the manifestation

of a multitude of thoughts, dreams, and desires –

a universal sea of form creating, dissolving,

and recreating – finding its own purpose.

 

Even with our best efforts, the constraints

of existence overtake us – birth and death –

blooming and withering – becoming and

disappearing – like waves pounding on a

universal beach – leaving our prayers as

vibrational accelerators or decelerators for

what is given – what exists – the perfect

rhythm of consciousness – of life.

 

Even with our best efforts, seemingly 

unheard, let us know all is moving forward

and will be as planned.

  

WITH LOVE, G.  

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The Law of Attraction, as it is most widely known,

proposes that God has set in motion a natural/

universal law, which enables each of us to attract

into our lives, whatever we so desire, as long

as it is done with faith and fully aligned intention.

 

As I write this, I am wondering if Jesus was 

the originator of this Law of  Attraction concept,

for his central message centered on how to use

prayer effectively to obtain what we desire or

intend. And, of course, his use of prayer in

healing actually kickstarted the New Thought

movement.

 

 “Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith,

you will receive.”  (Matthew 21:22)

 

“Ask and it shall be given you; seek and you

shall find; knock and it will be opened to

you.” (Matthew 7:7)

 

Deepak Chopra, in his exceptional book,  

The Third Jesus, The Christ We Cannot Ignore,

explores this connection and much more.  

 

The note below asks us to stretch, to see beyond 

the limitations set in motion by well-meaning,

but misguided authorities. I would have to guess

this warning probably includes me: so, please 

understand this is my opinion or impression, 

not meant to challenge yours.

 

Note, in this quest for a positive personal

spirituality, we who have declared spiritual

independence - spiritual freelancers, so to speak,

all get to create our own approach, believing

what we wish; what actually works for us;

or moves us; and in the end, if desired:

free to tailor our own personal dogma.

I guess we might call this approach a

“personalized spirituality.”

 

In truth, I don’t really believe that we are

attracting “bad or evil” into our lives based

on the Law of Attraction. Seems to me we

do this very well, without help, on our own

ego-based efforts. 

 

I propose - our indwelling Divine connection

knows what is essential for our authentic

development: is fully aware of our calling,

and cocreatively works with us - when we

cooperate and are aligned - to accomplish

what we truly need to fulfill our mission.

 

I do believe we are the hands and feet of God,

and must take an active – “constructive” –

role in the cocreative process. This may

be the reason why success seems to come

to those who are prepared and willing

to work hard to accomplish their intentions.

this makes even more sense to be aligned 

refers to our being constructively involved in

what we wish to attract.

 

Your thoughts?

 

OUR DIVINE PARTNERSHIP

We often must stretch to see beyond the limitations

placed on God and humanity by well-meaning,

but misguided authorities, realizing instead

the integral relationship which exists between

the creative force and the constructive,

effort-based force.

 

As we understand and fully accept the creative

nature of God, let us take advantage of this gift

and grace, seeking guidance and direction, asking

for insight and suggestions, allowing God to inspire

our plans and make clear the way forward.

 

Then, let us realize our individual constructive

effort is required, we must implement the actions

needed, lay the bricks, plant the seeds, gather

the resources to support the undertaking,

doing what needs to be done and, in the end,

reap the harvest of our divine partnership. 

AT G. 1.9.2015

 

WITH LOVE, G.

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For all those today who are recuperating,

know you are being restored by the natural

force of Divine repair, already existing

within every cell and fiber of your being -

your life, as well as all life, regains its intention,

healing and reestablishing the order of divinely

touched existence. Encourage and accelerate

this  natural process through faith and

uncompromising belief.

 

THE ORIGINAL WORK RESTORED

Today move your thoughts to perfect health

and wellness, knowing your body is already

moving you towards wholeness, restoring

the original work of pure creation – fully

renewed.

 

Today, affirm your strength, vitality, vigor,

and stamina – knowing you have the power

through Divine will to recapture your

oneness now, today, without delay –

renewed – vibrant – revitalized.

 

Today in prayer and meditation, give

thanks for the healing power of God

that enfolds you, surrounds you, moves

vigorously within you – knowing God’s

love will always make you whole again.

AT G. 10.30.2014

 

WITH LOVE, G.