The Call of the Promise

The New Year is almost here and I want to look at it a bit differently.  Most of us by a certain age have given up the long list of goals we know by now we most likely won't fulfill....oh well, it does feel good to dream!

Running Free Rocks!

This year I want to start talking about The Promise.  Not the type of wishful thinking most of our dreams revolve around, but rather the means to find the purpose of our lives.  We were each born here with a purpose and we were also given the promise of learning what we needed to learn to be able to experience what we came to be.

You'll notice I didn't say "do," which is what most of us are trained to believe our purpose really is.  But part of making the spiritual leap is to realize that the physical actions we take in this world mean very little in the realm of eternity and infinity.  I can barely remember what I did last week, but I can very clearly remember what I have learned this last year.  It is not concrete in terms of objectives defined by a list of clearly identified life goals....No...not that easy I'm happy or sorry to say?

I've done all that, well most of it - the house, the car, the relationship, the money, the stuff...oh geez, the stuff....but none of that has given me anything more than the sense I've really been wasting a LOT of time on things that I only now understand have very little value.  Though they have a tremendous burden attached to them.

Clearly these things could not have been my purpose or the Promise for my time here on Planet Earth? If not them, than what?

Freedom is the Promise

I like the idea of a Promise more than a Purpose because in my belief system as it stands now I understand that I was given everything, as was everyone else - what purpose could there then be that needed to be served, doesn't that imply that something is not right or is lacking?   Doesn't that defy the entire message of The First or our Creator that was given to us?

A purpose feels like I'm looking for something I don't have.  A Promise feels like I've got something really good and I am guaranteed to get it, unless I refuse it.  Much better odds I think!

This year I want to share with all who stop by, the Promise of Freedom.  While it may not be tops on your list like mine, it is really the pinnacle of what we have been given.  If it doesn't make sense to you now, my hope is it will as we go along this year.

If I don't get back here before next year, may your year end with joy and your new one begin with glory!

Jill
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Endless Rain....

Just last week the weather was so stunning it was hard to believe it was winter!  This week it's hard to believe last week ever happened.  It's rained for several days in a row now and there are several more to go.  Why is it so hard to focus when the weather is bad?

I suppose the first obvious statement is don't judge the weather, so okay.  I'll re-ask that question...why is it so hard to focus on what I want when the sky is dark, the clouds are surrounding my home so it looks and feels like I am isolated from everyone else, and the constant drips of the drops is driving me crazy???

As I think about it now (though ironically  not my intention when I sat down a few minutes ago) is that this kind of weather is an exact representation of why it can be so hard to focus on thought of what I want once I've started thinking about what I don't want.  The more I focus on the ideas surrounding what I don't want, the darker the thoughts, the denser the clouds, and the more frequent and persistent the thoughts drop on my mind.

Huh....So, this rain is either showing me who I am and where my mind is right now or it is providing me with an opportunity to strengthen my ability to think and focus no matter what is going on around me.

I often liken training the mind to training for the marathon...these last few days of rain are pushing me into marathon training territory!  Will I rise to the challenge or pull a mental muscle or worse, just quit and give up?

I'll go with the second choice because for the first time this morning in a very, very long time, I actually was able to acknowledge what I really wanted and not try and find new and improved ways to sabotage it!  Well, maybe not directly, the rain could very well derail my many focused efforts from this morning!

When we know what we want and find the freedom, relief, and joy that comes along with the right track of knowing - it's not surprising to see a little rain fall around us.  Who doesn't have some residual doubts lurking around in a cloud or two?  So Yea!!!!  What's a little rain on such a grand day?

My parade will still go on!

Jill
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Human vs. Universal Law

I've been struggling with how to balance living by the legal law of the state and still feeling like I'm practicing what I believe is the application of Universal Law.  It wasn't until this morning that I made sense of the pit of frustration and anger in my stomach that I haven't been able to let go of regarding the rules which I am legally bound to live by in my country, my state, my county, and my body.

When I had asked for guidance on this I was told to let it go and it would come when it was ready.  Of course the answer didn't appear right then and there - but no big surprise that my ego's wish wasn't immediately granted by my spirit!  But it did come this morning and it was so obvious I was struck yet again how we can't see what is clear when we've tried to decide for ourselves before we are willing to be told.

The answer didn't come with the question, it just showed up on its own.  Then I linked it back to my previous concerns regarding how do I live in integrity in this world.  And the obvious answer?  My feelings of frustration and agitation with human law was coming in response to its conflicting with Universal or Spiritual Law and the fact I was afraid to honor my truth over another human being's version.

To not kill another person doesn't need to be a law in the realm of this Universe.  The reason is if you do kill someone, you must accept the consequences.  In the world of human, we have legalized some forms of killing and criminalized others.  We have created the lie that we can kill legally and not be held accountable to any consequences, human or divine.

The conflict comes to us internally when we try and rationalize that human law is more powerful than divine or Universal Law.  My ego/self will try and convince me this is okay to believe, but my spirit won't let me rest until I acknowledge that this can never be real in the Universal Truth that all life, not just human must live by.

Killing may be a more obvious point to discuss, but what about more nebulous issues like paying taxes?  Marriage?  Debt?  Having Children?  How do we distinguish  what is Universal Law vs. Human Law in the areas that are not as concrete to our sensibilities as murder may be.

What if I am okay with paying local taxes to support my community, but opposed to federal taxes that support a war and other nefarious dealings that lead to things like murder, theft, arson, slavery and more?  Am I complicit in these acts if I support them with my tax dollars?  Am I now going to be at the receiving end of the consequences because I chose to support these decisions with my dollars?  Can I claim "innocent bystander" because I was following the rules dictated to me by my government, even if I was the one who voted that said government in?

These are the types of questions that cause me to feel agitated, frustrated, helpless, angry and ready to blame and point fingers at the many "others" who may or may not have put me in this position of conflict.  But Universal Law tells me to judge, condemn, criticize, blame or even acknowledge that anyone or anything I don't like is its invitation into my life and my experience.  But do I just look away and pretend these things aren't happening?  Isn't that how we all got here in the first place?

What seemed clear this morning that hasn't been up until today is that no, I can't pretend what's happening isn't happening in this country and this world.  But what I can do is to be willing to live with the consequences of my decisions, both in this lifetime and any that follow.  I would rather try and live by decisions that bring me peace and are in alignment with my integrity than to deny these feelings of anger, helplessness and sometimes rage at what is being done in the name of "God" or peace or righteousness by self-decree.

Every interaction we have is a relationship.  We are in relationship with each other, with our governments, our country, our businesses and the earth around us.  If a person was taking my money based on a false agreement, human law would tell me I could stop payment.  If a corporation or governmental agency or its representative is taking my money based on a false agreement, human law dictates I must remain in that relationship until I am either dead, declared by court free to go (more money to a different arm of the same beast) or I go to jail.

But what does Universal Law state?  It is based on a single and consistent principle.  Human law is based on who has the money and the power to change the rules to fit their needs even when they don't fit mine.  Universal Law states I am free to stay in relationship with a criminal, but if I do, I must accept the consequences.  Human law says I am not free to leave a relationship with criminal, but if I do, I must accept the consequences.

My conflict isn't with the Universe, it's with the humanity that I am trying to find a way to live with and still be in alignment with my divinity, my truth and my consequences.  As long as I am conflicted within, I will experience that conflict without.  As long as I am afraid of the external consequences of my decisions in this world, my internal world will be filled with depression and pain and illness.

Universal Law has given me the Free Will to choose my consequences.  Human law has attempted to control my consequences through fear so that I can be herded down a path that may not be in alignment with my own values and integrity.  So, which do I value more?  My relationship with the Universe or God or Source or Creator?  Or my relationship with this world.  Do I choose that which is eternal or that which is temporary?  Do I have courage or am I meek and afraid? 

This world is filled with complex laws and questions, but what is true in this Universe is a very simple answer.  Complexity confuses us and leads us astray.  Simplicity guides us clearly and efficiently to where we want to go.  The simple choice this Universe asks is which do you want to give and receive?  Love or the opposite of Love?  We can't give war, hate, murder, theft and slavery and then expect to receive a loving and peaceful life experience, much less an entire world.

Free will states you get to decide for your Self, but that's the thing - just for you...your free will doesn't get to decide for my free will....no matter how much money, power or imagination you possess.

Today I made my decision.  When will you make yours?

Jill
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Time flies even when you're not having fun....

Welcome back, to me that is....it's been a while and so much has happened that I don't know where to start or even if I should.  My last post was on "New Beginnings," but life wasn't listening and what showed up instead was just more endings.

But time hasn't slowed down and more time has passed than I could have imagined.  I thought that the month of November would bring a clarity of direction for this journey I think I am on, but instead it is just highlighting that while time is moving forward....I seem to not.

While in the grandest of schemes and levels loss may not exist, is sure feels like it does down here on planet Earth.  With loss must also come a little time to adjust to it, trying to pretend we don't notice it or feel it only results in disorganized energy patterns that show up as "problems and illnesses" down the road.  I've been coping with many losses these last few months, none that were planned or desired, but real for me in this here and now.

But I've also been opened up to new information and as I let the pain of what was go, the possibility of what could be has more room to enter in, to expand and to grow.

Today I am hoping that the new will now overtake the told, that the ending that was will transform itself into the beginning that could be....time will tell even as it flies by with ever increasing speed.

The rainbow has long been a symbol of new beginnings, hope and something we value at it's end.  Here's to chasing more rainbows and finding more gold (or what is really of value to each of us).

Jill
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