Acknowledging our own spiritual nature—our inner self—as distinct from our mortal being, is made easier when we question all that we see and feel going on around us.
Our five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch are uniquely adapted to enable our physical survival. What we all too often fail to recognize (hence, our lingering disquiet) is that we are innately empowered with two other senses, albeit on a higher, spiritual, plane, namely: intuition and understanding. Only when we avail ourself of the power of these otherwise dormant senses can we reveal our divine life-giving soul and, in the doing, come to know peace within.
That which is worldly is manifestly ephemeral and, despite its temporal pleasures, is assuredly not soul-satisfying. That of the soul means reacquainting ourself with the very essence of our Being: It is who we are.
Garry D. Kilbourn
bwfaithministry
Excerpt from CHANGE YOUR MIND—then your Diet ©
“Acknowledging our own spiritual nature— ”
O boy, I didn’t know I was full of drama this morning, but at a self-serve coin car wash … I lost my cool because the machine “ate” my loonie. I now feel sorry for the fellow in the office who refused to refund the loonie. I truly was caught in ”my drama”. Right now I acknowledge my spiritual nature. The loonie is the “trigger” of an issue I will explore. blw
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Doreen's email says,
"As I reflect on your thoughts, Bonnie, I have to acknowledge to myself that I do not believe my spiritual being is distinct from my mortal being. Like St.aul, I believe that we are an integrated ‘whole’, physical & spiritual, and that is what we see in Jesus and what he was ‘teaching without words’. The separation of body & soul is a Platonic philosophy which has led scholars [and religious leaders] throughout the ages to teach the ‘badness/sinfulness’ of one’s body. The Jewish people never embraced that philosophy, and perhaps have a much healthier and realistic relationship with God. That is just what I am thinking this Monday morning.
Blessings - Doreen"
Christian (my cousin from Britain)said, "What is a loonie?"
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