SO HERE WE ARE ONCE AGAIN at revelation's doorstep. Lead others to the threshold of their own Loving selves, so they come to know that they need not strive to be what they already are. Or accumulate what they already have and think they need. In its stead, show your light of joy and peace and they will be attracted to them like a boat in the foggy harbor to the beacon's beckoning.

Relax in offering this to any and all, for it is one that awakens, enlivens the Spirit. One that extends the boundaries into the universe which is free from limitation. Infinite and immortal in its character. This is the story of life and its real substance. Such stories are repeated in all of life, for they are all constituted by the same essence: that which can only be infinite, immortal and perfect. Because it is the essence - that is, divine - it is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, and omniactive. It never ceases to expand, to grow out of its natural state of creation. All is that: creation creating Lovingly. When mankind takes on this imagery as its own premise for being, a new way or paradigm is formed in the ways those who understand it most naturally demonstrate it. The new paradigm demands that we do what our nature commands: creating lovingly. On and on the same, through eternity. Thus we and our creations take on their own form of immortality and are perfect in being what they are: loving creations.

Simply being created is the perfection, not being formed without some flaw that humans use to criticize or judge the creation, making it something less than they might create. This act only says they have a need to press others and things down so they can feel higher in their own self-judgment. Such behavior only says that they have a need to criticize or judge. It says nothing at all about what or who they are criticizing or judging.

When one comes to see that all creations are perfections of the creative Spirit simply for the creating act itself being demonstrated - and that each person is of that same Spirit, as their creations must also thus be - then we will come to see ourselves and what is created as perfection personified. Simultaneously, we will come to the end of the critical, judgmental journey - a lesson learned and no longer in need of perpetuation.

Commend this process to others, so that they, too, may be conscious of their own innate connection with Spirit: the Spirit of Creation of which all are One in being. Then they will come to the divine understanding that they and all they demonstrate are the very same: One in being Loving creations, sacred beings. Their entire life will change before their eyes when they can finally see this as the absolute reality, and themselves as the same. When they can come to envision themselves in this light, what they see will change. And all they demonstrate, likewise.

You, truly, are a bridge, one that affords the opportunity for others to come into their Loving selves so they can come to be the same kind of bridge for others. This is the path of unity that is escalating so rapidly now, with more and more taking on the role of bridgeship, sharing what Loving is as the example to be replicated. As this understanding gathers steam, the wrongs of this world will be corrected. The earth ship will float aright once again, becoming the absolute model of Loving creation for other universal beings to emulate. So the purpose becomes clearer and clearer, and more and more powerful: Loving beings demonstrating how to be Loving beings creating Lovingly. So others are inspired to emulate this same Truth: Loving creation, creating Lovingly.

Bond with this concept of referral, referring others to ideas and creations that uplift them. That open their eyes to what they already are. Accepting this and living only this. If you think about it, in one way or another you have been doing this all your life. Sometimes you think it has hurt you, but hurt you it has not. It has only worked to your benefit, building character and demonstrating that character. Character that has inspired more than you could ever imagine. Not a bad way to serve your purpose, is it?

You have learned the path of inspiration very well, indeed, and do so most naturally. Recognizing this as your nature has served you and all you touch the very same. Just stay the path. Perhaps you feel there is too much to do and that you may not be up to it. Indeed you are. What else have you undertaken that you knew was absolutely right for you to do that you were unable to do - in an exemplary way even? Nothing. In each instance you heard the clarion call clearly and followed it. Yes, you were somewhat apprehensive at first, but each time this apprehension turned you to your faith in Oneness. You then walked only in this Oneness, no matter how else it looked to you or others. Inspiration you are, and you continue to serve inspiration well. All you need to do is to remember to re-member with this Truth for you and all of life.

Either we are at one with our Source or we are not. We can't be both or only partly so. We either are - or we are not. This understanding simplifies life considerably. It's like breaking loving into unconditional loving and all else: it doesn't work that way. One is either loving or one is not. Anything that is not loving isn't conditional. It simply is not loving - period. The same is True with placing ourselves in Oneness: either we do or we don't. Either we are or we are not. We can't live in both worlds at the same time. Either we live in the world of Spirit, our Essence, or we live in the material, egocentric world. The choice is a simple one, but perhaps not an easy one. For we have lived under the tutelage of those who would rather have us be and do what they actually want for themselves, but project onto us. Our choice becomes one of living True to our own heart's desires or someone else's. It simply doesn't make sense to live by someone else's desires for themselves projected onto us when the only desires that can fulfill us are those that come from within our very own heart.

Thus the choice becomes one of living true to our own internal integrity, or the illusions of another being placed upon the screen of our rather opaque egocentricity. When we instead come to the view that our mind really has its seat in our heart and not our ego, we come to understand that Spirit - the only vehicle for transmitting Truth - can flow only through our heart. Indeed, it is heart that conveys our life's Truth, and nowhere else. All the rest we say is nothing but the figment of our imagination. All the rest really is nothing but the figment, or the illusion, or our ego-driven capacity to want to be better than we think we are. How crazy is this, when, as a matter of fact, we already are and always have been all we need to be: a perfect creation of God's making? There is thus nothing to be better than. Nothing to compete with or about. Nothing to desire on any front except those moment to moment desires from deep within our own hearts. Their ultimate fulfillment comes from living in the silent knowing that we already are our deepest desire: One with God.

When we find ourselves in this capacity, this sacred reality, we are suddenly filled with light. The enlightenment that takes us far beyond the trivia and details of life as we formerly saw them. Indeed, everything but our heart's desires, taken in the context of our being One and only One, places everything else in the category of being nothing but a detail. Living in this understanding, we are relieved of figuring out our lives and working arduously to make them happen to our, or someone else's, satisfaction. Our yoke is lifted in favor of letting life just flow from within our heart's desires and going with that flow. This requires one of two things: either listening in the stillness of one's heart in something like sitting meditation, or coming to presence; meaning here presence with God, in all, always. Each of us has witnessed the special moments that come to us in one particular form of meditation or another. Or simply "being there" for someone else, fully present, the key being fully present in our heart. Creating that condition, that response to others' needs, enlightens all involved. Spirits are uplifted, quickened to the point of simply profound ecstasy. Why would anyone want anything else? And this is available every moment of every day. Each time we connect with, open up to, the essence we know and feel by going to our heart's desire for its leadership in our lives. Indeed, it is leadership personified.

Does the capacity of our brain leave us when we change over to this new way of living? Of course not. When the self-constructed ego and brain get the idea that they can serve the path of righteousness, the high road if you will - with much less energy consumed and with much better results - there is no difficulty with them serving in the capacity they were created to serve: in service of Truth, peace, and justice for all levels of being, human or otherwise. It is then that mankind reaches its full capacity. When all of its mental, physical, emotional and spiritual faculties come fully into harmony. For it is only out of one's Truth that harmony can be achieved, arrived at. Will and mental manipulation simply do not do the trick. Only one's own Truth can. This is the secret of a long, actually eternal, life. One that is rich in harmony. Fulfilled as an immortal, infinite being. With Loving as its only purpose. This makes it safe and inSpirational for others who witness such creative genius to likewise manifest their very own.

Each thus creates the opportunities to influence the planet Lovingly in one's own unique capacity to do so. Everyone does not respond to the same cues and clues. Rather, each of us needs to see, hear and feel through how Spirit feels, sounds and appears to us exactly where we are at a particular moment. Therefore, we need the different capacities in each of us to speak to those who need to hear, feel or see their own Truth in a particular way. Each of us leads others who resonate with us in a particular way, and naturally draw those people to us for that purpose. e e Cummins had it right when he said so poetically: "God lends us to each other this way." Eventually each of us comes to pursue our Truth totally within, but holds others in the wings "just in case." Because we are such fragile, vulnerable beings, it is perfectly all right to take this position, relying on others to be the bridge of Loving with and for us until we become the fully Loving bridge ourselves. And when we arrive at that point, we will most naturally serve in that same capacity for others. As is our purpose.

SPIRIT NOODLES

1. Create a random list of your heart’s desires. Rank them in order of importance to you. Cross out those that, upon reflection, are not really necessary.
2. If you are having difficulty seeing the truth of your inner desires, write on a piece of paper this note, and let it be your mantra for the day, day by day: I want to know what I want. Or, if you want it to be an even stronger commitment to revealing your inner desires, you might say it this way: I intend to see what I want. Then all you have to do is pay attention to what you see throughout the day and ask only one question: Is this really what I desire, or simply a figment of ego-need?
3. Describe the role courage and obedience of thought in your life.
4. Meditate on the idea of ultimate desire and record what comes up for you in this regard.
5. What roles do creation and behaving lovingly play in your desires?
6. How do you feel about perfection and its place in your desires?
7. What does it mean to live in your own integrity?
8. How do your relationships with others play into your ultimate desires?
9. What does the term harmony mean to you? How can one live more in harmony with life?

© Jim Young, 2007

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jim Young, who exercised an early retirement option to pursue his art and spiritual interests, is a published, award-winning writer, poet and documentary/fine art photographer who has received grants and gifts for support of his art, some of which is found in institutional and private collections nationally. His photographic images are exhibited widely throughout the United States and abroad. Dr. Young is a graduate of the ecumenical School for Spiritual Directors at the Pecos Benedictine Monastery (NM), and served as the monastery’s first lay director of public relations and fund-raising, where he initiated an extensive religious arts program. Basically a metaphysician who labels himself as an orthodox eclectic, he also has availed himself of numerous holistic healing intensive programs and is a Reiki, Christian Science and Holographic Repatterning practitioner in addition to serving as a spiritual director. The author of a dozen spiritual manuscripts, he is a lifetime student of spirituality and its implications for reframing life’s journey, especially from one of separation and the pain separation engenders, to one of Oneness, and the inner joy and peace that infills from this perspective. Dr. Young is a gifted inspirational speaker who often uses life’s parables to convey spiritual meaning, and inspires others to look within for the Truth that can transcend the superficial.

Jim has just published three books in a new "My Spiritual Awareness" series: The Creation Spirit; A Labor of Love; and Keys to the Door of Truth. All are available through his personal website, Barnes and Noble, or your favorite bookstore. Visit him online at http://creationspirit.net, or email him at dimitrios@creationspirit.net.