The word "Spirit" conjures up a wide variety of things. To some, Spirit is connected to God somehow, as in The Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and to some it means the soul, to others they think of the spirit of giving or the human spirit and so on. For me, I must explain my Spirit as the sacred essence of me. So, what does that mean? It's a difficult thing to explain, as evidenced by the millions who have tried before me.
I have used a metaphor in the past that actually worked quite well, and I'll share it with you here. To me, Spirit is that which I have come here to be. And so, I liken my Spirit to a seed. Within each seed lies the exact ingredients of what each will eventually produce, nothing more, nothing less. The seed doesn't need any instructions in order to produce the resulting plant, just a little care and attention like water, sun and soil. The sacred essence of the seed will always burst forth exactly what it should given a fair chance and a little rain. Spirit works exactly the same way.
What ends up happening with humans however is that we can get in the way of our own bursting forth due to logic, pain, fear, sorrow, need, insecurities and basically just life in general. Regardless of the chaos in life, our essence remains entirely whole and exactly as it should within. The trick is being able to "get back" to that inner essence, our Spirit, when the world has us so distracted and frustrated we can hardly think straight. There is much peace to be realized to know that Spirit never wavers, never changes and is never asleep, and that we can tap back into it whenever we wish to. The only prerequisite is that we "want" to.
Picture the seed again. The plant comes "from" the seed but it doesn't "return" to the seed. This is the only place the metaphor doesn't work because we "come from" Spirit but we can also "return" to it. Spirit is always there, holding within it's wisdom, exactly what we were meant to realize while we're here. This makes Spirit the Sacred Essence, something that cannot be changed, given away, sold, bought or ever lost.
Tapping into this resource is slightly different than just "thinking" your way to happiness however like some would have you believe. Suffice it to say that behaviours are what we do, the meaning something has for you is the reason you do it. Changing the meaning that something has for you is the only way to tap into the resources that truly alter things in your life. Just "thinking" about something, is just thinking about something. Find peace and strength in knowing that Spirit is always there, just as it should be, unchanged, unaffected by life and waiting to guide you toward your true purpose...just like a little seed.
I have used a metaphor in the past that actually worked quite well, and I'll share it with you here. To me, Spirit is that which I have come here to be. And so, I liken my Spirit to a seed. Within each seed lies the exact ingredients of what each will eventually produce, nothing more, nothing less. The seed doesn't need any instructions in order to produce the resulting plant, just a little care and attention like water, sun and soil. The sacred essence of the seed will always burst forth exactly what it should given a fair chance and a little rain. Spirit works exactly the same way.What ends up happening with humans however is that we can get in the way of our own bursting forth due to logic, pain, fear, sorrow, need, insecurities and basically just life in general. Regardless of the chaos in life, our essence remains entirely whole and exactly as it should within. The trick is being able to "get back" to that inner essence, our Spirit, when the world has us so distracted and frustrated we can hardly think straight. There is much peace to be realized to know that Spirit never wavers, never changes and is never asleep, and that we can tap back into it whenever we wish to. The only prerequisite is that we "want" to.
Picture the seed again. The plant comes "from" the seed but it doesn't "return" to the seed. This is the only place the metaphor doesn't work because we "come from" Spirit but we can also "return" to it. Spirit is always there, holding within it's wisdom, exactly what we were meant to realize while we're here. This makes Spirit the Sacred Essence, something that cannot be changed, given away, sold, bought or ever lost.Tapping into this resource is slightly different than just "thinking" your way to happiness however like some would have you believe. Suffice it to say that behaviours are what we do, the meaning something has for you is the reason you do it. Changing the meaning that something has for you is the only way to tap into the resources that truly alter things in your life. Just "thinking" about something, is just thinking about something. Find peace and strength in knowing that Spirit is always there, just as it should be, unchanged, unaffected by life and waiting to guide you toward your true purpose...just like a little seed.
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