❤HUMANITY❤
TO TRULY FLOURISH ON YOUR SPIRITUAL PATH, YOU MUST EMBODY HUMANITY. KNOWING THAT YOU ARE ONE WITH THE UNIVERSE MEANS THAT YOU ACCEPT THAT YOU'RE NOT MORE SPECIAL THAN OR SEPARATE FROM OTHERS. THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING SPIRITUAL ASSIGNMENTS, AS WE'VE GROWN TO BELIEVE IN THE STORIES OF WHO WE THINK WE ARE.
HUMANITY DOESN'T COME EASILY. AT LEAST IT DIDN'T FOR ME. WHILE I SPENT MANY YEARS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO MY SPIRITUAL PATH, I WAS EQUALLY COMMITTD TO THE OUTWARD PRETENSES I'D BUILT UP AROUND MYSELF. DEEP DOWN I KNEW THAT THIS EGO PERCEPTION WAS BLOCKING MY CONNECTION TO LOVE, BUT IT WASN'T AN EASY HABIT TO KICK. THANKFULLY THE UNIVERSE PRESENTED ME WITH A DIVINE ASSIGNMENT THAT FORCED ME TO SEEK HUMANITY, SHED MY EGO, AND GET RIGHT-SIZE.
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HERE IS HOW IT HAPPENED. NOT LONG EGO, I WAS LEFT OUT OF AN EVENT ORGANIZED BY A PROMINENT TEACHER IN MY FIELD THAT FEATURED A FEW OF MY CONTEMPORARIES. THE FACT THAT I WASN'T ASKED TO PARTICIPATE SERIOUSLY BRUISHED MY EGO. AND WHILE I WOULDN'T ADMIT IT TO ANYONE, I WAS REALLY UPSET BY WHAT I CONSIDERED A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. I ASKED MY PUBLICIST TO LOOK INTO IT AND FIND OUT WHY I WAS LEFT OFF THE ROSTER. AFTER A LITTLE DIGGING, SHE CALLED ME AND SAID, "GAB, THIS IS REALLY STRANGE. WHEN I ASKED THEM WHY THEY DIDN'T CONSIDER YOU, THE WOMEN IN CHARGE OF THE EVENT LOOKED AT EACH OTHER SILENTLY FOR A SECOND AND THEN RESPONDED THAT THEY FELT YOU WERE SELF-ENTITLED". I RESPONDED WITH A DEFENSIVE TONE". WHY WOULD THEY THINK THAT? I NEVER DID ANYTHING WRONG". SHE REPLIED, "THEY SAID IT WAS THE VIBE THEY GOT FROM YOU".
I SAT WITH THIS ISSUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND ALLOWED MYSELF TO MOVE THROUGH THE EMOTIONS OF FRUSTRATION AND ANGER. I WAS DEFENSIVE, WHAT I'D DONE TO MAKE THEM THINK THAT.
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AFTER PROCESSING MY FEELINGS, I CHOSE TO SEEK A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION. I ASKED THE UNIVERSE TO SHOW ME MY ASSIGNMENT. THROUGH DEEP CONTEMPLATION AND AN HONEST INVENTORY OF MY BEHAVIOR, I LOOKED CLOSELY AT MY PART IN THE SITUATION. EVEN THOUGH I THOUGHT I'D DONE NOTHING "WRONG" I REMEMBER THAT OUR VIBES SPEAK LOUDER THAN OUR WORDS. I GOT REALLY HONEST ABOUT THE WAYS THAT I PERCEIVED MYSELF AS SPECIAL AND SEPARATE. I GOT HONEST ABOUT MY LACK OF HUMILITY. I CAME TO REALIZE HOW THIS EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION WAS THE PERFECT ASSIGNMENT TO BRING ME TO MY KNEES AND SURRENDER TO HUMANITY ONCE AND FOR ALL. HUMBLY SURRENDERING WAS THE ONLY WAY I WAS GOING TO SEE THE SHADOW THAT NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT TO THE LIGHT.
I CALLED ON A MESSAGE FROM MY GREAT A COURSE IN MIRACLES TEACHER KENNETH WAPNICK. "WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ALL SITUATIONS THAT MAKE US THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM WE WOULD NOT KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING UNHEALED IN US".
I ALLOWED THE DISCOMFORT TO LEAD ME BACK TO MY TRUTH. THIS UNIVERSAL ASSIGNMENT HELPED ME COMMIT TO THE PATH OF HUMANITY. I COULD NO LONGER TRY TO DANCE BETWEEN SPIRITUAL HUMANITY AND MY WORLDLY EGO. IT WAS TIME TO SURRENDER IT ALL AND ACCEPT MY PURPOSE. TO BE LOVE AND SPREAD LOVE. WITHOUT HUMANITY I WOULD NEVER KNOW WHAT IT TRULY MEANT TO BE ONE WITH THE UNIVERSE.
NOW I DEVOTE EACH DAY TO HUMBLY SURRENDERING TO THE CARE OF THE UNIVERSE. IN MY MORNING PRAYERS, I TURN OVER MY PERCEPTIONS OF MYSELF, I RELEASE MY NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS, AND I ALLOW THE UNIVERSE TO TAKE OVER. THIS DAILY DEVOTION KEEPS ME CONNECTED TO WHO I REALLY AM.
WALKING THE PATH OF HUMANITY DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU GIVE UP ON GREATNESS. INFACT, IT MEANS THAT YOU EMBRACE YOUR TRUE MAGNITUDE AND POWER - THE POWER THAT LIES IN YOUR DEVOTED CONNECTION TO LOVE.
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TRULY ACCEPTING YOUR LOVE NATURE REQUIRES YOU TO RELINQUISH ALL THE STORIES AND PRETENSES YOU'VE CREATED ABOUT YOURSELF. IT'S CHALLENGING, BUT TRUST THAT EVEN A BRIEF MOMENT OF CONNNECTION IS ENOUGH. MANY FOLKS WHO BEGIN TO OPEN UP TO METAPHYSICAL TRUTHS GET SCARED ABOUT GIVING UP THE IDEAS OF THE WORLD AND CONNECTING TO LOVE. THAT FEELING IS NOT YOUR TRUTH, IT'S THE VOICE OF FEAR TRYING TO STAY ALIVE. YOUR FAITH IN FEAR WILL MAKE YOUR RESIST YOUR CONNECTION TO LOVE IN ORDER TO KEEP YOU IN THE PERCEPTION THAT YOU'RE SEPERATE FROM THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE. IT'S TERRIFYING TO LET GO OF THE BELIEFS YOU'VE HELD ON TO FOR YOUR LIFETIME. BUT YOUR HAPPINESS AND PEACE DEPEND ON RELEASING THOSE IDEAS. THIS BRINGS US BACK TO WHERE WE BEGAN, WITH OUR RESISTANCE TO LOVE. REMEMBER THAT FEAR WILL RESIST LOVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN LOVE BECOMES MORE PRESENT IN YOUR LIFE, ESPECIALLY WHEN LOVE BECOMES MORE PRESENT IN YOUR LIFE. SIMPLY BE AWARE OF YOUR FEARFUL RESISTANCE AND COMMIT TO WALKING THE HUMBLE PATH.
YOUR HUMAN EXPERIENCE IS PART OF YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK THROUGH LIFE EXPECTING TO LIVE IN DIVINE CONNECTION ALL THE TIME. AIM TO STRING TOGETHER MANY MOMENTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS TO ULTIMATELY REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE THE SPIRIT OF LOVE HAVING A HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
LET'S INVITE IN A MOMENT OF CONSCIOUSNESS NOW AND GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO ACCEPT YOUR MAGNITUDE. AS A GENTLE REMINDER OF HOW LIMITLESS YOU ARE, READ THIS PASSAGE FROM A COURSE IN MIRACLES.
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TO USE THE POWER GOD HAS GIVEN YOU AS HE
WOULD HAVE USED IT IS NATURAL. IT IS NOT ARROGANT
TO BE AS HE CREATED YOU, BUT IT IS ARRAGANT TO
LAY ASIDE THE POWER HE GAVE AND CHOOSE A LITTLE
SENSELESS WISH INSTEAD OF WHAT HE WILLS. THE GIFT
OF GOD TO YOU IS LIMITLESS. THERE IS NO CIRCUMSTANCE
WISH INSTEAD OF WHAT HE WILLS. THE GIFT OF GOD TO YOU
IS LIMITLESS. THERE IS NO CIRCUMSTANCE IT CANNOT ANSWER
AND NO PROBLEM WHICH IS NOT RESOLVED WITHIN ITS
GRACIOUS LIGHT.
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EACH DAY DO YOUR BEST TO STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE UNIVERSE. SPEND YOUR TIME LEARNING TOWARD THE POTENTIAL POSITIVE OUTCOMES RATHER THAN ALL THAT YOU EXPECT CAN GO WRONG, TURN TO PRAYER WHEN YOU'RE IN DOUBT, AND MEDITATE TO DEEPEN YOUR CONNECTION. WHENEVER YOU FIND YOURSELF CAUGHT UP IN CONFLICT, CHOOSE TO SEEK CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. YOUR DEVOTION TO YOUR PRACTICE WILL KEEP YOU IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSE. YOUR LEVEL OF HAPPINESS AND PEACE WILL BE A DIRECT REFLECTION OF YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE.
DEVOTING YOUR DAYS TO YOUR INNER LIFE WILL BRING YOU JOY. EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY STILL DEEPLY IDENTIFY AS A SEPARATE PERSON HAVING A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, YOU CAN HOLD A SMALL PLACE IN YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS FOR THE TRUTH. THAT BELIEF IS ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU ON THE PATH.
REMEMBER THE WORDS OF DEEPAK CHOPRA, "DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES TO GET CLOSER TO CONSCIOUSNESS", STAY CONSISTENT WITH YOUR CONSCIOUS CONTACT TO THE UNIVERSE, AND YOU WILL BE SET FREE. IN CHAPTER 11 YOU'LL DEEPEN THAT CONNECTION THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF SURRENDER.
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