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Everything that is alive has a Spirit within it. Everything that is alive has energy coursing through it, like the blood being pumped around your heart right now. That Spirit and that energy connect every living thing to every other living thing and, ultimately, to God.

Think of the Christmas tree lights. Every year we get them out, unravel the knots out of them which we meant to do when we stored them last year, and switch them on. Often there are may be one or two which don't work but they don't stop the whole set from working. There might even be a couple of bulbs that are just loose but its easy to get those ones shining brightly again. We can hook them up to other lights so that there is, potentially, a limiltless supply of lights, and all these lights are linked to the same one source that gives them their power to shine. Of course, in this analogy, we are the lights and that electrical socket, the source of power, is God.

You cant see that electricty that gives the lights the power to shine so brightly though, but if you take hold of a bare wire you're certainly going to feel it! Did you know though, you can feel that energy, that Spiritual energy without geting shocked or burned? Everybody can do it because it's a natural thing, something we were always supposed to do but which we forgot and educated out ouf ourselves over the years. Now we need to remember that we can do the things we forgot in the first place and the way towards resurrecting our latent natural abilities is to first learn to have an open mind, have faith and belief. The second thing we need is silence and persistence to apply ourselves to learning what we forgot we know all over again.

We need silence because our conscious mind talks to us all the time, every waking moment of every day - and most of what it says is unimportant, trivial garbage. It hates silence because it knows that you have the opportunity of listening to your higher self and ignoring the voice of the Ego. It is like a persistent child that wont keep quite for one second. It doesn't matter what it says, just as long as it is speaking and talking and making some sort of noise that will distract you from listening to the wisdom of your higher self. It can be quite a challenge to still the voice of the lower mind, the Ego, but you can do it. You were given the power to do it but you have forgotten you have that strength within you. There are so many who say they feel uncomfortable with silence. They turn their car stereos up loud, turn the television up for 'background noise', plug earphones into their ears so they don't even have to ever interact with the world, all the while never realising that they are being manipulated into these actions by their lower self.

Once you learn to enjoy silence, to be at one with yourself and the world, you will not only be taking your first steps into a whole new way of life and being for you, but you will be on the verge of discovering more about yourself than you might have thought possible. You don't have to learn how to quieten your mind alone though. I'm not advocating locking yourself away in some darkened room (or even a lofty tower) and sitting there all alone. Do it with a friend if you like and you will draw each other closer through the shared experience. In fact, if you work with someone else you can help each other with exercises to develop your natural abilities (more on this later).

If you ever think you are in control of your own mind, that you know for sure what and how you think, I challenge you to sit (for only 5-10 minutes) in silence and set your mind free to roam. Just 'watch' each thought as it comes into your head, without hanging onto it or examining it in any detail, before you let it go. You will probably be surprised, (especially in the early stages), of just how much your mind jumps and flits around from one thing to another, like some manic butterfly gone wild. It will bring up random things that are totally unconnected and most likely wont have much or any real singificance to you, in your life. The only way to see, is to try it......... Good luck!

There is not set time for gaining mastery over yourself or your mind, so don't rush. It takes the time it takes, thats all but remember that the first steps towards self discovery are never wasted. They will be of enormous benefit in the long run and, in starting on this path, you are affirming (to yourself) your uniqueness as there are not many who will go the distance in these days of the 'quick-fix' generation who prefer instant gratification.

There is Spiritual energy 'out there'. It is within you and I, it is within and around everything. It is benign energy, neither used for good or bad, it simply 'is'. Like that electrical energy powering those Christmas lights, it can be used to illuminate a room - or it can be used to electrocute someone to death. It can lighten the world, or darken it. It all depends on how WE use the energy and that is where our personal, free choice is applied. There are laws to how we use the energy however.

When we use the energy for something positive, something good, it grows exponentially and as it expands, that good, positive energy touches and lightens all it comes into contact with. When we use the energy for selfish, darker reasons though, it shrinks, implodes, becomes less and as it moves back in on itself, it leaves behind a void, a nothingness.

We have all experienced at least one time when we have felt uplifted, lighter by our interaction with someone or something. That is the good, positive energy in action. Conversely, we have probably all experienced some time when we have felt weighted down, heavy, depressed even, and that is the negative energy in action. This often happens when we come into contact with 'psychic vampires' who suck the energy away from us (more on them later). Finally, there are the times when we feel flat, bored, fed up, that 'blah' feeling. That is the places where we experience the void, where there is neither good nor bad energy and because it makes us feel 'down' we rarely recognise it for what it is and so don't fill it up with positive, good energy again, even though it is a perfect opportunity to do so. This is why it's important to remember to learn who we are and what our abilities truly are.

Think of the weather too. Is it mere coincidence, a tehcnical term when the the weather men say that we are in a 'depression' and the skies are gray and most people feel deflated and down? Is it by accident that periods of High pressure result in clear, blue, sunny skies? I suggest that it is not and that we all have the power within, individually and collectively, to live always in High pressure, under those clear, blue sunny skies. (See my post about cloud-busting:
http://www.thoughts.com/scotslad60/blog/an-interactive-blog- -42161/)

We can feel and use the energy that is within and all around us physically, mentally and emotionally. The trick is in realising we are doing it and, even more, knowing when others are doing it too. There is enough energy for all of us to use, let's hope we use it wisely for this is one thing that humans will never be able to control or legislate upon and there will come a time when more and more people will be aware of their natural ability, their connection to all, to god and in that time, finally, we WILL all be truly equal and free!

Peace.

Posted by scotslad60 on 2008-01-17 08:47:45 | Rating:

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		Nice post hun. You never cease to amaze me with your wealth of information.
Posted by Forgetmeknot on 2008-01-17 12:02:30


		So cool and so meaningful words! Thank you for sharing your experience. isn’t life a wondrous experience? I like your ways in presenting your thoughts. Keep it up
Posted by Sexyback on 2008-01-17 19:19:47