Sunday, November 16, 2008

Notes From Along The Spiritual Path

During the past few months I find myself experiencing a major shift in my consciousness. I have spent the past few years dabbling in changing my awareness away from concentrating on what is happening in my physical world toward the realization that by being in connection and communion with God, everything is perfect. I say "dabbling" because I was never quite certain that I could really believe the part about everything being perfect in God. I always had a certain amount of concern that maybe I was really not sure I could trust God. After all, who am I to think I can be connected with God and taken care of by the universe?

I was slowly becoming convinced that I was on the right track - I was trusting the knowing that we are all sparks of the divine and that by nurturing my connection with God, everything else comes with ease and flow. I found myself experiencing small miracles in my life that seemed to confirm that I was on the right track. My life seemed to be "working" pretty darn well and I started to trust more and more.

And then four months ago I was literally hit across the head by a cosmic 2 x 4. This whack came in the form of a head-first fall down about eight stairs in my home. I was knocked unconscious and subsequently sustained both a concussion and a fractured collarbone. The first thing I realized from this accident that I was lucky to not have been injured much more seriously. The second thing I find is that this was the beginning of a major growth period and shift in my consciousness.

Although my spiritual beliefs have not changed, they feel much more cemented into who I really am. The veil between my human self and my spiritual self has been disintegrated. I am much more cognizant of consistently feeling and being conscious of my connection with God. I find myself drawn to spiritual discussions that never much held my attention before - specifically discussions pertaining to the paradigm shift from the third dimention to the fifth dimension. I completely relate to what this means now and can see how this is playing out in my life.

The third dimension defines how humans have been living their lives for ages. It is a world of duality. There is right and wrong, good and bad. We feel that we don't have enough. We live in fear. We create expectations about how our lives "should" be or look. And all of this causes discomfort and pain for us. The paradigm is now shifting toward higher dimensions. There seems to be quite a bit of attention put on the fifth dimension, which is the place where we live in complete communion with God. In this place there is abundance and love. All is good and all is well. I am finding that I like this place very much. I am also finding that, while I have been experiencing this dimension for the past few years in small increments, I am now able to stay in this place the majority of the time.

I retired from my job as an automobile claims adjuster just about a year ago and have spent the past year just "being". When I retired, I had a plan to supplement retirement income with part time, contract, or temporary work. I have yet to manifest this. From time to time, I wonder whether or not I did the right thing by retiring early. I also periodically go to a place of fear about having enough money. I realize that this is going to a place of fear and lack. Sometimes I question exactly what I am doing with myself. I judge myself for not doing anything. Then I realize that I am happy with just being rather than doing. I find that this is ok.

The other morning I went to that place of questioning why I am not doing anything about finding part time work, creating an income, and being busy. And then I had a realization - a spiritual understanding. I am doing something - I am holding the energy and the light for others struggling with the paradigm shift. I can be of service to fellow travelers on this path should they be interested in assistance. It seems that sometimes being can also be doing. I think I will continue to witness this and see how things continue to unfold. Namaste!

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