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Talking with the Divine If you haven't read the first three parts, you can do so here: Part I Part II Part III This part of this four-part series is not easy to talk about. Not because it is embarrassing or bad or anything we as humans would not normally talk about. But because it is so good. Have you ever felt so loved that you burst into tears? Have you ever been 'home' and I'm not talking about to your house but to the place of never-ending love that resonates around you? Have you ever talked to the divine? I am fighting myself on writing this even now. It feels so egocentric to talk about and yet that is not where I'm coming from. My entire reason for writing this series was to share with you the amazing turns my life is taking. This is my journey, not yours, but maybe there is something here that will help you. That is my wish and my reason for sharing. Yes, I have talked to the divine. No, not a séance. I didn't talk to t...

Spirit vs Matter Missed parts 1 & 2? Find them here: Part 1 Part 2 As we work harder to embrace the spiritual side of ourselves, we may feel confusion set in. On the one hand, we are told over and over again that we are here to be happy and that we should gain that which we want. I would say that for 99% of us, we are focusing on the 'object' we want, when in fact, it is the emotion behind said object that we are truly wanting. For instance, a discussion with someone in the spiritual mindset might go something like this: "I want a car." "All right. What kind of car?" "A Maserati!" "All right. What color?" "Red!" "And why do you want the car?" "I don't know." Or they might say, "I've always wanted one." "And how will you feel when you get the car?" To the uninitiated in the game of getting the life you want, their brain may screec...

Intuition You can find Part I here . I've always doubted my intuition because I would follow something I thought was right and it would crash and burn. Looking back, I understand why - because I would follow the intuition and then would spend my time panicking thinking "what will I do if [insert chosen goal here] doesn't work out?" Yeah, concentrating on what you want NOT happening is definitely not the way to receive it. So I am learning. And one of the things I am learning most? Is to trust that Divine Mind knows what it's doing. It isn't easy - I want to help. *grins* Me, a simple little human wants to help the divine. Go ahead. Laugh. I do whenever I think about it. Seriously. Divine Mind can do a lot more than I can and a lot quicker. So I'm learning to do my part - think, imagine, know, expect. And then...to follow Divine Mind's communique's. Which currently reads "Do nothing." Okey-dokey. I've listened to the g...

The Guru Quandary Teachers are just teachers. They can only tell you how something works for them. That does not mean it will work for you. They tell us that I-AM, aka Divine Mind, aka the universe, aka God, is a non-thinking, perfectly reactive part of our mind - our human imagination. They tell us that what we wish for is already on our path. They also tell us that Divine Mind has no judgment. Given that, then why do bad things happen instantly and good things take time? Well, the first reason might be that we have been in a negative frame of mind for a long time so Divine Mind is used to the negative state and reacts easily to it. The second reason might be that negative emotion is stronger than positive emotion? I can cross out both of those immediately for me. The first might have been true awhile ago, but I've spent years on myself and am positive, happy, and life-affirming. And I do not believe that negative emotion is stronger than positive emotion....