The Light of God...

The light of God is within us: we are born with it. We have goodness and love, human traits that never leave us. As well, we are gifted from birth with the capacity to reason, enabling us to distinguish between right and wrong. And, not least, we are given will power, that which molds our character and shapes our conduct – in short, our very life. All of these innate God-given senses are affirmations of God’s Presence and of our humanity.

There is never a time when God is not within us, no matter if we are at our lowest or at our best. Truly, God is our Shepherd. Believing and instinctively knowing this is spiritually uplifting. Thus do we walk in the Way, all the while enveloped in God’s abiding love and goodness.

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry

Know Thyself ...

In life, this above all else is a certainty: We are to live by the tenets of our God-given soul. The tools to do so are an imbued birthright, forever lying within our grasp. The tenets, instinctively known to all, are those of truth, goodness and love. We honour these inborn human traits by first paying homage to that age-old aphorism: “Know thyself.”

The business of coming to know oneself, as all who venture down this path well know, is a time of ongoing self-absorption and personal honesty. Bit by bit we rid ourself of worldly demons, real and imagined, to reveal the purity of the life-giving soul. Here there is no hiding from the truth of our Being; neither is there any turning back from this blissful state of inner harmony.

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry                                             

“Know thyself...”

Today we are attending a Celebration of Life of a very dear friend.  Know thyself is her gift to me.  We enjoyed lots of sharing over six years.  During these hours her past came alive … questioning herself with personal honesty, answers were revealed.  Her son shared… she passed peacefully as if she was falling asleep.  blw

HAPPINESS...

For all too many Happiness is but a daydream nourished by faint hope. Others have overcome such reverie by rediscovering their childlike trust to know that Happiness is no longer illusory, but is in fact wondrously real.

                                                            

The rediscovery of our childlike trust awakens in us our spiritually inner self and gives light to the very soul: We know beyond faith that God lives in us and we in Him.

Happiness is not a state of mind, something to think about and make real. Rather, it is one of surrendering to God in all humility, that His will may be done. Happiness is made whole, and our purpose revealed, only when shared with others.

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry

A TUG OF WAR : That no one likes being told what to do is not an indictment of our character. The sense of disquiet occasioned by such an admonition stems not from personal shortcoming, but goes directly to the dichotomy of our very Being: the mortal body and the immortal soul.

                                                          

Custom and belief have long acquainted us with a mode of living conducive to bodily comfort, while at once antithetical to the true source of inner peace and harmony; that of the divinely God-given soul.

For our own well-being and that of others, it is clear that we have a personal responsibility to achieve a balance between worldly pursuits and spiritual enlightenment.

Mastery of thought is paramount to all else. Thus may we see only the good in others, and thus are our thoughts transcended to a higher spiritual plane whereby we instinctively manifest God’s goodness and love.

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry

Today's Reflection ...

Pray be conscious of the fact that our original, or natural, state is that of divine innocence, of purity, of love—in short, of God-given goodness: The essence of life itself; in truth, our very soul.

It is this “inner being,” our immortal self, which at once characterizes our humanity and enables our spiritual relationship with God.

That we are often unaware of, or at times deny, the existence of our true inner self leads to untold sorrow.  That we fail to act and to remedy our sorrow when the solution is ever at hand, is to deny our right to happiness, to peace of mind and to a sense of overall well-being.

Giving thanks to God throughout the day frees us of idle thoughts and takes us to a higher, spiritual, plane.  In time, we come to sense a heretofore unknown inner peace that loosens the bonds of worldly ways.  The new-found love we feel for ourself can now freely be shared with others: We are at one with God.

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry

Duality of Body and Soul...

MORALS and ETHICS are fundamental to human well-being; traits that bespeak honesty, integrity and truthfulness.  They are of our divinely immortal soul; hence our lifelong providential guideposts.

That we are as well born of mortal body and must come to terms with our innate dualism, means quelling the workings of the mind; thus to give vent to our spirituality.

Invoking the soul’s spiritual emanation – a matter of becoming one with God – means quitting mundane thoughts of the mind in favour of those acknowledging God’s presence, and putting our life in His. Aught else will give inner peace and harmony.

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry

Excerpt from CHANGE YOUR MIND: Not Your Diet©

              Spiritual Weight Loss by bwfaithministry

HABIT is defined as “an acquired behaviour pattern;” one that plays a prominent role in our life. To be sure habits, for the most part, are innocuous. Those, however, which endanger our well-being demand to be questioned. In blindly submitting to self-imposed rules of behaviour, no less those unconsciously assumed, we impair our ability to judge both right and wrong.

Doing things out of habit, never questioning our motives, tends to absolve our behaviour: Be it right or wrong, we will have failed to subject it to the crucible of honesty and truthfulness.

Honesty and truthfulness, ever our TOUCHSTONE, enable us to know both who we are and our purpose in life; personal traits that instill self-respect and honour our worth.

  

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry

Excerpt from CHANGE YOUR MIND: Not Your Diet©

HABIT:  Starting from early childhood a lifetime of habits and self-imposed rules have molded my life.  One-by-one subtle and some glaring behaviours are falling away from under a spiritual microscope of honesty and truthfulness.  Being in relationship with God’s unconditional Love I am becoming the person who I was meant to be. blw