Salvation ...

The Peace we O so long for

Is ours alone to win

Be still, be still, and look within.

‘Tis truth that gives us moorage

Faith in God a place to stand

The soul unveiled now lights our way

To selfless love, which saves the day.

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry

Excerpt from CHANGE YOUR MIND: Not your Diet ©

“Be still, be still, and look within. “    

“Now I have to learn to think carefully about things before I respond,” said my very dear friend, and “learn to focus on what I want – not what others want”. 

Without thinking, she’d quickly said ‘yes’ in two separate situations.  One with her daughter and the other with her sister… “then the dis-ease started”.  She went over everything trying to figure out what was bothering her.  She said, “fortunately everything settled in my mind last night (with God’s help, of course)”  First thing the next morning she set things straight….  “And I feel better.”   blw

Overcoming Self-doubt ...

Self-doubt is a state of mind inhibiting our ability to become the person we are meant to be; a blight to be got rid of.

We begin by acknowledging we are each one of us God’s child, possessed of His goodness and love. Giving thanks to God throughout the day, in time, frees us from thoughts holding us down; thoughts if allowed to take hold in the mind shatter our self-confidence while at once reinforcing self-doubt.

Being ever mindful of God is transformative: We become a new person, always looking for the good in others while giving freely of ourself with love.   

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry

Excerpt from CHANGE YOUR MIND: Not your Diet ©

“Self-doubt is a state of mind… . “    

A bursary from the *FCJ Centre assisted my friend in attending their weekend workshop, “The Enneagram: Nine Ways of Relating”… (learning ‘why’ we often get caught in the same old patterns and ‘how’ we might come into balance and freedom through understanding…).  My friend learned what nourishes her soul and what causes her self-doubt.  Armed with this knowledge she is spiritually empowered to overcome her self-doubt!  We enjoyed much sharing!  blw

(Week four of my friend’s spiritual journey of conscious transformation… ) 

                    

*FCJ Christian Life Centre “THE CENTRE” www.fcjsisters.ca/fcjcentre

Mystic Intuition ...

Deep within us, yet ever at hand, lies an intuitive “sixth sense”, an expression of our divine spirituality.  When listened to, we are enabled to look beyond life’s physical reality and, in all humility, find the goodness in others.  It is a wondrous experience that both engenders compassion and frees us from the human propensity to judge.  In conversation with another we learn to hear what is being said while at once listening for that which is unsaid.  Two souls are forever uplifted.

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry

“…, an expression of our divine spirituality … listening for that which is unsaid.“

Yesterday’s visit was one of being invited to share in my friend’s sacred First Nation’s spirituality and Christianity.  I heard what was said, profoundly felt the unsaid, and witnessed a love for both.  I was blessed.  (Week three of my friend’s spiritual journey of conscious transformation… ) blw

Truthfulness, Selflessness and Humility ...

Letting what goes on around us to pattern our behaviour is a violation of our sense of self.  Granted, we are by nature Social Beings, with a need to love and be loved.  First and foremost, however, we are highly individual, blessed with personal traits ours alone to treasure, to develop and to share with others.

Daily interaction with others is made easy when our thoughts, our speech and our behaviour reflect our true inner values; values freed from the nemesis of materialism.  Such values have only to be revealed, ever there to be taken up and used.  They have their genesis in Truthfulness, Selflessness and Humility, character traits which exalt our very soul.

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry

Excerpt from CHANGE YOUR MIND: Not your Diet ©

“Daily interaction with others… reflect our true inner values … “

Week two of my friend’s spiritual journey of conscious transformation…

Yesterday’s visit was centered on knowing her true inner values.  Her thoughts, interactions, and behaviour need to reflect these core beliefs.   As a result, she will be letting two friends know that money isn’t available for her to go on their annual holiday.  Already she feels empowered by following one of her true inner values.  blw

                    

Transcendental Thought ...

Life becomes better when we face up to that which gives rise to our unhappiness. Such uplifting thought at once eases the mind and awakens our instinct for survival; that which reaches beyond human will and touches upon our own spirituality. It is this mystic duality of interaction: mind becoming one with divine life-giving soul that is alone our earthly salvation.

Without conscious transformation of the mind into a higher spiritual state, resolutions based solely on transitory thought are devoid of foundation and are but empty promises.

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry

Excerpt from CHANGE YOUR MIND: Not your Diet ©

“ … conscious transformation … ”

Just yesterday a dear friend and I embarked on a spiritual journey of conscious transformation.  She is already a survivor of tragic life-altering events.  Together we will reveal and awaken the truth within… that which can never be destroyed.  I am blessed to journey with her.  blw

Personal Awareness...

Life is not “a bowl of cherries,” and it is not made better when we simply accept all that befalls us without questioning its validity. This is none other than a state of mind nurtured by habit; that of letting life run its course with little or no thought given to the fact that we alone are in charge of our own destiny.  Our very well-being demands that we free ourself of this habit by cultivating a sense of personal awareness and of consciously making choices that redound to our benefit.

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry

Excerpt from CHANGE YOUR MIND: Not your Diet ©

“… consciously making choices that redound to our benefit.”

Just this morning, Meg and I met to chat and share our lives with each other.  Together we’ve taken many *personal growth classes over the past couple of years so when we get together it’s all about…,  what did you decide about this… ?  what helped you to figure this out … ?  how would you approach this… ?  what helped you to make that choice … ?   Our conversation focuses on encouraging, uplifting and celebrating each other!

                      

And thanks to Linda’s choice in choosing independent coffee shops as her favourites, Meg and I met at Central Blends a cozy, older community coffee shop with friendly servers :o)  It’s a keeper! blw

*Brahma Kumaris | Calgary Centre |  bkcalgary.org         

Mind In Transcendence ...

We well know the mind stirs the imagination, invoking images both real and fanciful.  It is less well known, however, that within this phenomenon of the mind lies our most precious human resource; the ability through imagination to transform thoughts of the mind into the realm of the supernatural.  Thus may we visualize ourself suffused in the light of God’s presence, His love a salve to our soul.

Garry D. Kilbourn

bwfaithministry

Excerpt from CHANGE YOUR MIND: Not your Diet ©

“… the mind stirs the imagination,…”

Recently I enjoyed the gift of Margaret Silf, writer-in-residence, at *“The Centre”.  It was during Margaret’s workshop entitled Prayer for the Bewildered that I was introduced to “entering into the Gospel in imaginative prayer” … (choose a Gospel story, ask God to Guide you as you enter the story and imagine the scene. What can you see, hear, smell, taste or feel?  What is happening in the scene? Who is there? What does the scene suggest?) .

It was some days later when I thought I’d try this form of prayer.  I chose the scene in St. John 20:26-28 when Jesus appeared to his disciples:  I was Thomas … “²⁷Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach higher thy hand and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing.”  As Thomas I experienced  a very personal feeling of being alone with Jesus: I was part of something very special.  blw

*FCJ Christian Life Centre www.fcjsisters.ca/fcjcentre