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Sunday Sunrise Sustenance
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Good Sunday Morning!
Another year of our lives is concluding, and a new one is beginning. As we gather with family and friends and enjoy the celebrations of the Christmas season, it is also a time for reflection. A time to perform an intense analysis of where, and who we are thus far. I do this every year to help determine how I've grown spiritually, what I have accomplished, how I've met the goals that I set and where I may have fallen short. Severe and gentle adjustments in various areas are always necessary to begin the new year. Whatever changes I make, I am now renewed and ready to be purposeful in the new year. This leads to the very appropriate Seventh Law from Deepak Chopra's book, "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success."
The Law Of Dharma
The Law of Dharma says that we have taken manifestation in physical form to fulfill a purpose. The field of pure potentiality is divinity in its essence, and the divine takes human form to fulfill a purpose.
There are three components to the Law of Dharma:
The first component says that each of us is here to discover our true Self, to find out on our own that our true Self is spiritual, that essentially we are spiritual beings that have taken manifestation in physical form. We're not human beings that have occasional spiritual experiences -- it's the other way around: we're spiritual beings that have occasional human experiences.
Each of us is here to discover our higher self or our spiritual self. That's the first fulfillment of the Law of Dharma. We must find out for ourselves that inside us is a god or goddess in embryo that wants to be born so that we can express our divinity.
The second component of the Law of Dharma is to express our unique talents. The Law of Dharma says that every human being has a unique talent. This means that there's one thing you can do, and one way of doing it, that is better than anyone else on this entire planet. When you're doing that one thing, you lose track of time. When you're expressing that one unique talent that you possess -- or more than one unique talent in many cases -- the expression of that talent takes you into timeless awareness.
The third component of the Law of Dharma is service to humanity -- to serve your fellow human beings and to ask yourself the questions, "How can I help? How can I help all those that I come into contact with?" When you combine the ability to express your unique talent with service to humanity, then you make full use of the Law of Dharma.
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Have A Blessed Sunday
Sunday, November 18, 2007
The ultimate proof of God's existence will come through your own experience in meditation. Once you have found Him, in the cathedral of silent meditation in the depths of your soul, you will find Him everywhere.
~Paramahansa Yogananda
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Sunday Sunrise Sustenance
Good Sunday Morning!
Here's a small bit of food for the soul to start your day. These are just a few excerpts from the book "Meditations on the Purpose-Driven Life" by Rick Warren. I hope that everyone has a blessed and rich day today.
Fulfilling
Perhaps you've been trying to find your purpose in life through a career or accomplishments, or a relationship. These things alone, no matter how wonderful and fulfilling, are not your purpose, You were made for far more. You were made to last forever.
Foundation
If a building has no support and foundation it collapses. In the same way, you need support from other people and a foundation to keep you strong in your walk with God. You find that loving support when you join your brothers and sisters in Christ's church.
Fellowship
"If we walk in the light, as God is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son purifies us from all sin. 1 John 1:17
When you participate in God's family, by loving and caring for each other, that's called Fellowship. Fellowship is the second purpose of your life.
Why Does It Take So Long to change, get well, and grow up? There are several reasons: We forget what we learn and have to learn it again; We have to unlearn many wrong ideas; We are afraid to honestly face the truth about ourselves; Growth can be painful and scary; It takes time to develop godly habits.
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Sunday Sunrise Sustenance
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Good Sunday Morning!
Here's a small bit of food for the soul to start your day. This Sunday morning is about the fourth law of spiritual success. I love this book so I decided to work through the other laws. This is my favorite law because it talks a lot about what is intrinsically ours, but we allow societal and other conditions to alter what comes natural to us.
The Law of Least Effort
"An integral being knows without going, sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing."
----Lao Tzu
The fourth spiritual law of success is the Law of Least Effort. This law is based on the fact that nature's intelligence functions with effortless ease and abandoned carefreeness. This is the principle of least action, of no resistance. This is, therefore the principle of harmony and love. When we learn this lesson from nature, we easily fulfill our desires.
If you observe nature at work, you will see that least effort is expended. Grass doesn't try to grow, it just grows. Fish don't try to swim, thy just swim. Flowers don't try to bloom, they bloom. Birds don't try to fly, they fly. This is their intrinsic nature. The earth doesn't try to spin on its own axis, it is the nature of the earth to spin with dizzying speed and to hurtle through space. It is the nature of babies to be in bliss. It is the nature of the sun to shine. It is the nature of the stars to glitter and sparkle. And it is human nature to make our dreams manifest into physical form, easily and effortlessly.
Nature's intelligence functions effortlessly, frictionlessly, spontaneously. It is non-linear; it is intuitive, holistic, and nourishing. And when you are in harmony with nature, when you are established in the knowledge of your true Self, you can make use of the Law of Least Effort.
Least effort is expended when your actions are motivated by love, because nature is held together by the energy of love. When you seek power and control over other people, you waste energy. When you seek money or power for the sake of the ego, you spend energy chasing the illusion of happiness instead of enjoying happiness in the moment. When you seek money for personal gain only, you cut off the flow of energy to youself, and interfere with the expression of nature's intelligence. But when your actions are motivated by love, there is no waste of energy. When your actions are motivated by love, your energy multiplies and accumulates -- and the surplus energy you gather and enjoy can be channeled to create anything that you want, including unlimited wealth.
There are three components to the Law of Least Effort -- three things you can do to put this principle of "do less and accomplish more" into action. The first component is acceptance. Acceptance simply means that you make a commitment: "Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and events as they occur." This means I will know that this moment is as it should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. This moment -- the one you're experiencing right now -- is the culmination of all the moments you have experienced in the past. This moment is as it is because the entire universe is as it is.
The second component of the Law of Least Effort: responsibility. What does responsibility mean? Responsibility means not blaming anyone or anything for your situation, including yourself. Having accepted this circumstance, this event, this problem, responsibility then means the ability to have a creative response to the situation as it is now. All problems contain the seeds of opportunity, and this awareness allows you to take the moment and transform it to a better situation or thing.
The Third component of the Law of Least Effort is defenselessness, which means that your awareness is established in defenselessness, and you have relinquished the need to convince or persuade others of your point of view. If you observe people around you, you'll see that they spend ninety-nine percent of their time defending their points of view. If you just relinquish the need to defend your point of view, you will in that relinquishment, gain access to enormous amounts of energy that have been previously wasted.
Make a commitment to follow the path of no resistance. This is the path through which nature's intellignece unfolds spontaneously, without friction or effort. When you have the exquisite combination of acceptance, responsibility, and defenselessness, you will experience life flowing with effortless ease.
Deepak Chopra
"The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success"
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Saturday, November 3, 2007
A small bit of food for the soul this Sunday morning while you're making your blog rounds. This Sunday morning is about the second law:
The Law of Giving
The second spiritual law of success is the Law of Giving. This law could also be called the Law of Giving and Receiving, because the universe operates through dynamic exchange. Nothing is static. Your body is in dynamic and constant exchange with the body of the universe; your mind is dynamically interacting with the mind of the cosmos; your energy is an expression of cosmic energy.
The flow of life is nothing other than the harmonious interaction of all the elements and forces that structure the field of existence. This harmonious interaction of elements and forces in your life operates as the Law of Giving. Because your body and your mind and the universe are in constant and dynamic exchange, stopping the circulation of energy is like stopping the flow of blood. Whenever blood stops flowing, it begins to clot, to coagulate, to stagnate. That is why you must give and receive in order to keep anything you want in life ----- circulating in your life.
The more you give, the more you will receive, because you will keep the abundance of the universe circulating in your life. In fact, anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given. That which doesn't multiply through giving is neither worth giving nor worth receiving. If, through the act of giving, you feel you have lost something, then the gift is not truly given and will not cause increase. If you give grudgingly, there is no energy behind that giving.
It is the intention behind your giving and receiving that is the most important thing. The intention should always be to create happiness for the giver and receiver, because happiness is life-supporting and life-sustaining and therefore generates increase. The return is directly proportional to the giving when it is unconditional and from the heart. That is why the act of giving has to be joyful -- the frame of mind has to be one in which you feel joy in the very act of giving. Then the energy behind the giving increases many times over.
Practicing The Law of Giving
Is actually very simple: if you want joy, give joy to others; if you want love, learn to give love; if you want attention and appreciation, learn to give attention and appreciation; if you want material affluence help others to become materially affluent. In fact the easiest way to get what you want is to help others get what they want.
The best way to put the Law of Giving into operation -- to start the whole process of circulation -- is to make a decision that any time you come into contact with anyone, you will give them something. It doesn't have to be in the form of material things; it could be a flower, a compliment, or a prayer. In fact, the most powerful forms of giving are non-material. The gifts of caring, attention, affection, appreciation, and love are some of the most precious gifts you can give, and they don't cost you anything.
Gratefully receive all the gifts that life has to offer. Receive the gifts of nature; sunlight and the sound of birds singing, or spring showers or the first snow of winter. Be open to receiving from others whether it be in the form of a material gift, money, compliment or a prayer.
Deepak Chopra
"The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success"
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
A small bit of food for the soul this Sunday morning while you're making your blog rounds:
"The third spiritual law of success is the Law of Karma. "Karma" is both action and the consequence of that action; it is cause and effect simultaneously, because every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind. There is nothing unfamiliar about the Law of Karma. Everyone has heard the expression, "What you sow is what you reap." Obviously, if you want to create happiness in our lives, we must learn to sow the seeds of happiness. Therefore, karma implies the action of conscious choice-making."
Deepak Chopra
"The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success"
A Practical Guide to The Fulfillment of Your Dreams
Joy Walk
One of the best ways to practice daily affirmations is to incorporate them into a joy walk. As you enjoy the outdoors and observe nature, you can insert some words or phrases of affirmation. Feel joy as you say them.
After you have enjoyed the silence of the outdoors, begin to chant your new words and phrases of joy. A melody may come to mind. Sing it to yourself if others are around. Put your intense desires and highest spiritual needs to the melody. Time it in rhythm to your step!
You will want to sing your joy walk song during your walk, when you are driving, or when you are at home. After the song becomes automatic, your unconscious will be ready to help manifest that which you desire.
Mary Dean Atwood
"Spirit Healing"
How To Make Your Life Work
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