Vision

This is an Experience from 1996….I just reread it and it still brings such joy to my heart.  It is posted as I recorded it at that time.

 

   Throughout the years on my Path, I have had Experiences where my inner faculty of Vision was suddenly opened and another dimension of Life was shown to me. In one instant I would be standing looking at a human being and body, or viewing a beautiful, though physical, landscape – the next instant nothing would be present but an interior sense of Spiritual Creation. My awareness would be filled with the experience of the Divine nature of what a second before had seemed human and physical.
   
    These moments have been isolated incidents that have come “out of the blue” rather then as an experience I have consciously controlled. Always, always, they have had a profound impact on me and always they leave me hungry for another “shot of Reality.”
   
    Recently I have been blessed with a Vision that is beyond anything I have known thus far.
    
     A short time ago, a new friend came into my life and so we were spending some time together one afternoon, talking, sharing. As we sat, I was aware of many things, the physical beauty of my surroundings, the cold soda I was drinking, my daughter in a near by room, but mostly I was aware on a feeling level – trust, softness, friendship, caring.
    
     And then, ever so gently, quietly, my awareness became filled with this inner Vision. The atmosphere of Soul filled my Consciousness and the Light of Being permeated every aspect of my senses. My heart exploded with the Joy of Oneness – in that instant (however long that may have been I do not know) there was the awareness of only one Life – not my life, not Ellen’s life – but only the One, Pure, Perfect Life of Spirit that we share and that is our Reality. There was no division, no duality, no sense of time or space, no thought of separate bodies, minds, ways, or wills. It was a feeling of ecstasy that was exquisitely sensual, yet wholly removed from anything of a physical nature. It was an Experience that so far superseded my human idea of unity, union and joy that trying to put it into words almost sullies it. And yet, somehow, this time, I feel called upon to share it.

     The impact of this stayed with me for days and continues for me now. Never have I touched so closely, the depth, the richness, the power, and the boundless beauty of the Soul of man. Within my sister, I was shown, once again, the very kingdom of our Divinity. My reverence for Life as it truly is overflows because I have “seen’ the sacred Core of everything that has Existence.

     We are now as God created us and nothing of the human dream can in any way change or interfere with this Fact. What we seem to be or do in our humanhood is irrelevant to the Truth of Being. The Spirit of the Universal One expresses Itself as our individual Being. As Spiritual Identity, living within a  Spiritual universe, we each have an absolutely unique and individual place within the Universal scheme of things and “no one else,” no “other” individual, can fill our place or fulfill our particular function. God, Spirit, is now manifesting Itself as the Love, Beauty, Holiness and Joy of our Eternal Individuality for the purpose of glorifying Itself in some unique way that cannot be fulfilled by any other part of the Sonship.
    
    Our Value, our Sacredness, our Worth, comes not from who we think we are, not from anything that is part of our human sense of self and life – but from Who and What we are as Divine Beings. We are the image, likeness and totality of the very Essence, Nature and Activity of the One, Perfect, Divine Life and this and this alone is what gives us our Individuality and every expression of that. Regardless of what the outer appearance is, this is the Truth that surrounds us and is us.

     I walk forward now in my life with a greater conviction and trust that we do live, move and have our being in a Spiritual universe and as Spiritual, Divine Beings. And though my senses continue to deceive me, showing me all things that contradict this Reality, I cling to this Truth with faith and confidence knowing that in this way I will continue to receive Illumination.

     To each of us, the last thought for now is this:
Do not look to your human mind, brain, senses, body or brother to confirm this, for you will not find evidence of this in the corporeal, physical sense of the world.

     Look within, look to your own Soul, your own precious Divine Life and let It tell you of this truth, let It fill your heart with Love for your Holy Self and you will then seek it with all your passion, with all your heart, mind and being. As you seek to know your Self, It will reveal itself to you in ways you cannot know of in this moment and through everything and everyone that surrounds you.
    
    You are Divine not human, you are Spiritual not physical, you are Holy not lacking, and you are the Life that is everywhere present, not the life that is separate from all else. Give your energy, your attention, your Love, to Who you are and all that you are not will fall away.
   
Your Divine Being sets before you a banquet. Come to the Feast of your own Holiness and sup with It.
                                                                  Deborah Lorensen…1996

Using your mind

You have asked…”How can I look upon these world events in a way that is healing to my heart rather than frightening, sentimental or sorrowful?”
First thing….ALWAYS…regardless of the seeming condition or circumstance you are aware of … whether it seems “personal” to you or further away in “others”,  whether a seemingly  small irritation or a catastrophic happening…STOP…and consciously remind yourself of Who, What and Where you are and what your sole purpose and commitment is. Without this fundamental and absolute Truth…you have no beginning and no true foundation to stand upon or pray out from.

You are a Child of Heaven, one with God as the very extension of Her Spirit, living, moving and having your Being in and as the Universe of changeless  Light, Love, Wholeness and Peace.…beyond which, there is nothing. This is the Truth – the unalterable Fact of your Life and Presence right here and right now. It does not matter that you do not yet fully remember this Reality, or experience your Self and your world in this way – all that matters in this moment, is that you accept this Truth, bring your mind and heart into agreement with it and give your full willingness and dedication to the single purpose that everything….without exception…..be used as a means to have realization and experience of it.

Now, as this Child who has decided to remember Who she is…how can you walk amidst the constant clamor of what seems to be a world of chaos, pain, lack, warring factions and terror… using it to facilitate for yourself….your single hearted desire, purpose and intent….to remember and experience your Self in your oneness with God and all aspects of creation?

Through the laying down and releasing of all judgment. A  different way to state this is…through giving your mind a different purpose. Stop using the mind to judge, analyze, compare, criticize,, evaluate and condemn. This only keeps you, beautiful Child…in a self-induced state of separation from the love, safety, gentleness and unity that you truly desire. Stop staring at the pictures and images that you call your world, giving them your meaning, focusing with rapt attention on them…so certain that you see and understand everything about everything and everyone. Using your mind in this manner keeps you asleep and unaware of the spiritual Reality that you so long to remember and know again.

Easy to say this right? But how can you make headway in this? As a Child of Heaven, you – alone – decide how you will use your mind, what purpose you will give to it. Since you have already decided you do not wish to use it as a weapon of warfare and separation (judgment) – you can and you must actively and consciously choose another intent for it. Choose to have it be an instrument for Something higher than its own chaotic and hopeless level of understanding , opinions, reasoning and thinking. Choose to have it be so clean, so clear of judgments, so pure and open and receptive…that the Breath of God may flow through it…blessing you and all around you with Freedom.

Your power to decide how you will use the instrument of your mind – is the way out of fear for you now. There is a Presence within you and with you – always – Whose sole function and interest is to restore to your heart and your mind the Truth about your oneness with your Source  and what your Life is…as the direct expression of all She is and has. This Spirit within knows only the Things of Reality, and this Divine  perspective, interpretation and awareness of absolutely ALL things that are included within your  consciousness….. is given you freely…as you give your mind willingly to receiving this  in place of the judgment that took up its attention before.  In this way, through this pure Vision and perspective flowing through you to touch all you look upon, you are truly loving your brothers and sisters.

Choose you today whom you will serve Child of Light – be taught only of this Divine Love. Release your interest and fascination with the false and hurtful idea that using your mind in a personal way brings you joy and freedom and instead – give your mind to Me - Who will use it on behalf of your Remembrance and restoration – the  one true gift and contribution to the whole Self….that you can make.