1 Jn 5:14

A friend of mine is ever ever so lovingly transcribing some of my journals (they are like an autobiography of spiritual awakening) and she sent me a couple of entries from them on prayer. Though they are taken from two different journals and written at different times….they give the same theme and message about our attitude as we move into the prayer experience. And although these words were given to me as helpful instructions for my own prayer experience….I am reminded, once again, that Her messages of Love are not just personal but are meant to be shared. So I share these simple, sweet and intimate instructions here with you….knowing that Her Love sweeps through them to embrace all that can hear Her through this way of expression.

There are two I will post today. They very much remind me of 1 John 5:14 ( I paraphrase a bit)
   
  “Now this is the confidence that we have in Her – if we ask anything according to Her Will She hears us….and we trust that since She does hear us… we have and are what we have asked of Her.”

An essential word there is HER WILL. And what is God’s Will? That we each wake up and remember and consciously Be again….Who, What and Where we already are as  the distinct, unique and direct expressions of Her Presence, Her Spirit, Her Life, Substance, Nature and Love. That we each allow the false sense of God AND us (this is the fantasy of separation)…..to be replaced with the Truth and Its experience….. of God AS us and all that IS. Therefore, true asking, desire, opening to.... is of this Essence.

1)   “Pray not with an attitude of hunger and unrequited longing but instead pray with the certainty and lightness of joy that accompanies this truth….a Child of Love has only to Ask and truly Desire….. to receive and accept what is being asked for.
      
      Ask not with a heart of unrequited longing; but with a heart that totally trusts she will be answered. You will be answered. Your Source always, always responds to you. You ARE her created Beloved.
        
     Pray, ask…..knowing you are the Beloved; cherished, adored and already Answered. You receive an Answer that always reveals to you in some way….what your Source, Spirit…. Is….and therefore what you really are and what the world really is.
            
     You receive an Answer that absolutely reveals (or evidences) your present Wholeness to you….in whatever ways and forms you can currently understand and be blessed by; in and as whatever brings the Joy and Abundance of Self to your remembrance and your immediate experience.
              
     A Child that knows she is loved approaches her Source, her Mother, with certainty, confidence and joyous expectancy; never with hesitation, doubt, un-fulfillment and longing.”

2)    “ Begin every prayer…..AS…. the Christ. (the direct, specific and unique expression of the One Divine Presence). Approach your Source with absolute confidence that you ARE Her Christ….Her Self expression and that She answers you….always….joyfully. That no request, no call is ignored….unanswered….not ever….never.
        
     Have unwavering confidence that as Her Beloved Christ….you not only have the right to ask – but that She delights beyond any joy you can presently understand – when you are open to feel Her Spirit within and as you…..thus accepting Her Answer and messages of Love.”

I AM praying in you

Yesterday, Debbie (my housemate and a spiritual partner)….who expresses a great deal of wisdom and love through being a Life Purpose Hand Analysis….was headed out to take part in a  large Community Celebration day…where she would be doing a number of readings for the participants. As there was some low grade anxiety rumbling around in her psyche about this…I went into my room to pray and this is the message I received for her. (all of us really). Such tenderness! 

“At the very same time that you are praying…..”beautiful Spirit, sweet tender Free One….enable me, help me….to witness to and experience….the truth that You ARE Be-ing….happening AS…..my presence now”

at the very same time you are praying this…..I am praying within you….”Oh…..My beautiful Self…..let Me……enable Me….to show you……that I AM ALWAYS…..EVERWHERE…..HAPPENING AS YOU…..as the ALLNESS and ONLINESS of what you are….as ALL you are Being and Doing and Seeing.

 Help Me….to reveal to you….that My Presence is Being your ONLY Presence, your ONLY Love and Understanding, your ONLY Words and Experience….as well as the very Presence and Experience of ALL within your awareness…. always.

How…..how can you LET ME….how can  you ENABLE ME to do this?

By keeping your thoughts and the attention of your awareness and mind and love on this Truth…..on this precious Fact of all existence…..that I already and forever AM happening as you…..as the very presence you are Being (and there is NO other you happening) and TRUSTING this to be TRUE every moment of this day. It is your fidelity to this Truth that brings forth the conscious awareness and experience of “Our” Oneness.

I AM BEING YOU IN ALL WAYS…..RELAX…..TRUST THIS TRUTH….BECAUSE IT IS REAL AND TRUE….LET ME SHOW YOU.” 

Use of Language, Scriptures and Specific Teachings

I find sometimes that I feel inspired to write something here but then get bogged down because of my use of language, my love for scriptures, and certain teachings that I feel a deep resonating oneness with and for. So I want to share briefly about these three things and then they will not be on my mind anymore.

In 1997….I had a very beautiful spiritual Awakening to the experience of the Divine, of God….through and as….. the Divine Mother. It was quite startling for me, as I had never thought about God…. in terms of the Feminine aspect and had felt very content with the symbol and experience of God as Father. However, this being a direct Revelation, a spiritual Impartation from Source…. to and for my Consciousness and Heart…. it was very powerful and took root…. deep deep deep in, as and through my Soul. In that instant, the Feminine Face of the Godhead entered into me fully and has been been with me ever since.

It is not that I believe God has any gender (and this is NOT a gender issue) or is actually a mother or father as we know such to be humanly….no, its nothing like that.  All I can say is that that particular experience opened my consciousness to a new level of intimacy, awareness, experience and love…. with and for the beautiful Omnipresent Spirit that I had devoted my life to Knowing and Being consciously One with and As. I recognized that this was given to me as a gift of Love to help me awaken to my current Reality as Her created Beloved….. for the Divine Energy of the Feminine Nature ignited my Being at a level that had been untouched up to that point.

Because of this…..often I use feminine language in speaking about spiritual matters and experiences. Not always…. but often. Other then the beautiful and Absolute Name of I/I AM for God….it seems like there is only….He, She or It, to choose from….and so, as I said… most often I use the feminine words.

For me, and others I know (and many more I am sure)this way of expression is more truly imbued with the Energy of the Divine that I increasingly feel and know….the nurturing, soft, gentle, open, all embracing, all inclusive intimacy of Oneness….which points the mind and heart to its  real Experience....of, with and as... this Divine Presence... that of Oneness,Sameness and Infinite Love.

As far as Scriptures and specific teachings. I love scripture and am often inspired by them and inwardly taught through their presence coming to my awareness. It is not just from Bible scriptures but other sources as well. I have been graced with the company and the writings of many mystics of “old” and  have also been deeply inspired and blessed…. in particular… with the modern day writings of Joel S. Goldsmith through his “Infinite Way”, Jesus….through his “A Course in Miracles”, the writings of Lillian Dewaters, Marie Watts, and my mentor and Friend of this present moment, Paul Gorman. When I share from any of these writings…it is because I experience the Truth so clearly through that sentence, scripture or paragraph, rather then because I am wanting to draw attention to any particular teacher or teaching.

So…that said……it’s time for a walk! deepest Love and gratitude for your gift of Presence.