Bill and I are in Las Vegas this week for a little R & R. It is July and it is hot, make no mistake. But here we are able to recharge ourselves for the work we do in Colorado. The responsibilities of the ranch weigh heavily on Bill and my nursing work takes its own piece of energy. This part of the book discusses transformation. How do you go from here to there? How do you move to a place that better suits you? The book defines transformation in a spiritual sense as "a shift or a change in consciousness from an older, limiting pattern to a higher pattern." What limiting patterns have I held on to in my life? How can I let go? Letting go of these limiting patterns can bring fulfillment to our lives. By learning the Universal Laws we can learn how to drive our lives. Remember when you first got your driver's license? How much further has this taken you than you even thought at the time? It is not just about creating our own destiny, but going far beyond that destiny as you see it today. I was watching Invictus and the last two lines of that poem by Heneley state:
"I am the captain of my ship, I am the Master of my Soul". What powerful statements, I am the driver of my life, the Master of my Soul.
Chapter 9: The Master Law for your Transformation
The previous laws in the previous chapters give us a foundation, like the basic blocks of reading and writing in our education. Now these higher Universal Laws will broaden our horizons. These laws set forth the principals that deal with the relationship to your Creator, to others, yourself, and to your Universe. If you are to transform yourself you must determine what is it that is important in your life, what is your truth?
Jesus stated "Know the truth and the truth shall set your free". No one can tell you what your truth is. It is your truth, not someone else's. Truth is an active, ongoing dynamic. Truth is growth. I love this. What I believed to be true when I was five is not the same thing as my truth now. That doesn't mean I was wrong, but I have changed. My awareness has changed. I have grown. I continue to grow in my consciousness and in my understanding. If I become rigid in my viewpoints, I miss so much, so many other ways to look at an experience. The reality is that the truth doesn't change, I do.
The Universal Laws are laws of Truth. They apply in every situation of life. What does the statement that the "truth will set you free" mean? For me it means I am set free from the beliefs I had been holding inside that we not true, that were holding me back and limiting me. This is really freedom from fear. Operating out of Love and not Fear. We are so conditioned in fear. In the Voice of Knowledge Miguel Rius speaks about the limiting fear. You realize that these old fears are not true. It may happen in a moment or take a lifetime, but it works if you are open to it. If you understand the Universal Laws, apply them in the highest way you can, your life will get better and better, to operate out of love.
Many of us have rejected organized religion, myself included, but I believe in a Power higher than myself. This book talks about the fact that "God Is" is the Ultimate truth. I believe the Universal Laws are guided by divine truth which is provided by the power that is higher than myself. This in turn is knowing that our Universe is powered by Love.
Our culture likes to number things so the book talks about Three Steps to Transformation. The first step is to earnestly open our minds to truth. The Universe will then bring to us the truth we need to look at-at that time, we do not need to go looking for it. We need to be open and willing to accept whatever happens to us, knowing that it is for our growth and for our greater understanding of the truth. The second step is acceptance of the Ultimate truth that God Is to the extent and in the manner that your are able to do so at present. As you work with the master, with the tools and follow the guidance, knowledge will come. The third step is that we become discerners of the truth-holding to that which is eternal which doesn't change in purpose or intent. To me this means I need to live in accord with the Universal Laws. Truth is simple. By living in the spirit of truth I will be on the higher road that I seek.
1st-pic of Bill is awesome! (and so is the fact that you quoted Jesus)
ReplyDelete2nd-I like the idea of the first step to be open, the truth will come to you, that you don't have to go looking for it. I think sometimes we go looking for it, and find the wrong things.
Also that no one can tell you your truth. I've had people try to tell me how I feel or who I am, but only I know that truthfully. Or over the years about judgement, one can never judge another for we never know the truth of what is really happening.
Truth is growth-wow, tattoo material lol
I especially like that the truth you knew when you were 5 is different than now, but not wrong. Perspectives change just like the world's horizon keeps evolving, never set on the one and only truth-like many organized religions preach: so many black and white rules when the world is in fact grey!