Cherokee Prayer
I stand in peace, knowing that I am always guided & directed to experience my highest good. This peace I give to all who come to my awareness.
I AM the Peace of Spirit.
In the 1920s, Ernest Holmes published the following statement of beliefs:
- I believe in God, the Living Spirit Almighty; one, indestructible, absolute and self-existent Cause. This One manifests itself in and through all creation, but is not absorbed by its creation. The manifest universe is the body of God; it is the logical and necessary outcome of the infinite self-knowingness of God.
- I believe in the incarnation of the Spirit in all, and that we are all incarnations of the One Spirit.
- I believe in the eternality, the immortality, and the continuity of the individual soul, forever and ever expanding.
- I believe that the Kingdom of Heaven is within me and that I experience this Kingdom to the degree that I become conscious of it.
- I believe the ultimate goal of life to be a complete emancipation from all discord of every nature, and that this goal is sure to be attained by all.
- I believe in the unity of all life, and that the highest God and the innermost God is one God.
- I believe that God is personal to all who feel this indwelling Presence.
- I believe in the direct revelation of Truth through my intuitive and spiritual nature, and that anyone may become a revealer of Truth who lives in close contact with the Indwelling God.
- I believe that the Universal Spirit which is God, operates through a Universal Mind, which is the Law of God; and that I am surrounded by this Creative Mind which receives the direct impress of my thought and acts upon it.
- I believe in the healing of the sick through the power of the Mind.
- I believe in the control of conditions through the power of the Mind.
- I believe in the eternal Goodness, the eternal Loving-kindness and the eternal Givingness of Life to all.
- I believe in my own soul, my own spirit, and my own destiny; for I understand that the life I live is God.
Ernest Holmes – Founder of Religious Science, American Writer & Spiritual Teacher (Jan 21, 1887 – April 7, 1960)
If you could take a daily pill that would profoundly speed-up the manifestation of all your dreams, would you take it without fail?
I thought so.
What if it was a big, ugly pill that took 5 minutes to dissolve on your tongue, and it tasted like medicine. Would you still do it?
Yes, all of your dreams…
Thought so.
But what if during those 5 minutes each day you couldn’t watch TV, or talk with friends, or distract yourself in any way from your chore?
Wow, you must really want a fabulous Peace, and all those other awesome life changes!
OK, what if you could skip the pill bit entirely, but instead you had to set aside 5 minutes a day to visualize, in a dark and quiet room, seeing your life unfold as if all your dreams were coming true, and for good measure you had to say or do something, each day, that implied the same?
No, you can’t go back to the pill idea.
Yours,
The Universe(c) Thoughts become things… choose the good ones! ®
© www.tut.com ®
In beauty I walk
With beauty before me I walk
With beauty behind me I walk
With beauty above me I walk
With beauty around me I walk
It has become beauty again
Today I will walk out, today everything negative will leave me
I will be as I was before, I will have a cool breeze over my body.
I will have a light body, I will be happy forever, nothing will hinder me.
I walk with beauty before me. I walk with beauty behind me.
I walk with beauty below me. I walk with beauty above me.
I walk with beauty around me. My words will be beautiful.
In beauty all day long may I walk.
Through the returning seasons, may I walk.
On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.
With dew about my feet, may I walk.
With beauty before me may I walk.
With beauty behind me may I walk.
With beauty below me may I walk.
With beauty above me may I walk.
With beauty all around me may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk.
My words will be beautiful…
The trunk of the great tree is connected
To its branches that are connected to its leaves
The trunk connects to the roots
Who are embedded in the earth
that drinks the rain that has fallen from the clouds
Who are highlighted by the sun
that warmed the wind
That rustles through the leaves
attached to the branches
which hold the nest that houses the bird
who flies down in the warm wind
To land on the rain soaked earth
To pluck from it a worm that has
Been living in its home in the roots
Of the great tree
The tree is connected to everything around it
Like we are connected to everything around us
We are shifting
Connecting
Moving toward a transformation
Of self
That will lead to a transformation
Of all
We are open to all there is
Reaching out with all we are
Like the branches of the great tree
And as our connection grows
Each branch grows
Nurturing new branches from each bow
The tree that is Life
Expands and Evolves
In never ending possibility
Our connection spreads
Our branches flourish
And the branch that is me
Touches the branch that is you
Your branch touches another
And another until our tree is
Thick and full
Warmed by the light of a world of hearts
Nourished by the falling of a world of tears
Rooted by the trunk of a world as one
And like the Great Tree is Connected
Within itself
But also connected to the earth and sky
As we are connected to Our Inner Self
But also to others and Life
© M/Gatlianne 2010
“Enlightenment does not mean that you will have 24/7 bliss and peace with a perfected personality. Enlightenment means “to know” or “to be aware of.” It does not necessarily mean to be the master of anything, even life. Simply knowing who and what you are, is all that is necessary to be enlightened. A perfected personality is impossible, and therefore is not a prerequisite to enlightenment. The human condition itself can never be enlightened. Only the true self, which does not have a human personality, is enlightened. This is the one who knows that sub-personalities are creations of the human condition, with its traumas and successes in human life.
…you are not your personality. You are also not the body, the mind or the emotions – none of these. You are eternal consciousness that lives long after the personality, the mind, and the body have come and gone. Eternal consciousness is your true identity, not your personality. Up to this point you might have thought that you are your personality, your name, your collection of experiences; but you are not. In fact, you are not the one who is evolving. The human is what is evolving, which includes the body, the mind, the emotions, and the personality.”
- Christine Breese, D.D., Ph.D.
From Transforming Personality 2005, UMS
1. Treat the Earth and all that dwell thereon with respect.
2. Remain close to Great Spirit.
3. Show great respect for your fellow beings.
4. Work together for the benefit of all mankind.
5. Give assistance and kindness wherever needed.
6. Do what you know to be right.
7. Look after the well being of mind and body.
8. Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good.
9. Be truth and honest at all times.
10. Take full responsibility for your actions.
I am the Soul.
I am the Light Divine.
I am Love.
I am Will.
I am Fixed Design.
I’m not asking anyone to believe what I believe. That’s not what I’m proposing. I’m proposing a supplement, not an alternative, to your faith, to your religion – a way of deepening your spiritual connection with yourself and to God in whatever aspect you see God. I teach spiritual awareness.And how to utilize prayer and meditation as a way to deepen ones spirit. I give talks that aren’t really religious at all. I might quote Jesus, or Buddha or Helen Keller – but the context is never “here believe this” – it’s here what does this do for you? What do you get out of it – if anything? I encourage the philosophy of making and finding your own path to your spirit. I don’t encourage one doctrine over another.
I think that your religion is different from your spirituality. I think often your religion is the avenue of your faith but can still be different from your spirituality. You can have faith in God and you can tie that to your religious beliefs, values and convictions but I see that deep spirituality is your connection to your inner light, your soul and that soul’s connection to Christ Consciousness and God.
Now what people do with that is up to them – I don’t care what they believe. But I think that it can be combined where a room of 10 people could be a mix of Wiccan, Christian, Agnostic, Interfaith, Jewish, Buddhist, Spiritualist – even Athiest – whatever – and still come together spiritually even if their religious beliefs are different.
I’m also not proposing that I’m going to be a typical minister preaching a sermon. I’m not – that’s not at all what I want. I want to be a spiritual and interfaith minister who does just what I said above. And I really don’t even like the word minister! I want to teach and guide, and help others grow in their own spirit.
I want to have a deep knowledge and understanding of all religions because for me and my path that’s what helps me grow in my own spirituality. I don’t think my path is of one religion because I don’t believe my path is one of religion at all. I believe my path is one of a deep spirituality and deep faith. It’s why I began studying religion and philosophies in the first place years ago – because I felt called to see what more there was for me to know…what other angle I could view God from to figure out fully my connection to the Oneness of God. And I want to continue my studies and understand more fully all religions and philosophies so that I can understand how others connect to the Oneness of God.
Recently, I’ve had many gifts from above that have shown me just how much I have feared judgment and opposition to this vision. I also see that when we fear something so very much – we have a way of making that fear manifest. I did, in a big way. Now, my focus is to manifest something else – belief in myself, belief in my path, belief in my vision and a ingrained faith that everything is just exactly as it is meant to be and will carry on to be just as it is meant to be.
I also know that it’s not going to be for everyone and that’s OK. It’s for me and if there are others who get something out of it too even better – but really, even if I’m the only one who gets anything – I’m enough. I’m on my path and for me that path is beautiful – but there is also beauty in each person’s path. I respect and love the beauty of all of them, which is why I saw “all roads lead to Path.”
~M
