Archive for the ‘God’ Category
Morning Prayer 25/100. Who I am
Who I am is the essence of self-awareness. Knowing one’s Self is knowing one’s worth, one’s joy, and one’s strength. Perhaps, the simplest (but not easiest) exploration of one’s true self-knowledge is this: Turn around “who I am” into the question “who am I?” Ask and answer. Honestly. Ask again and answer again. And again […]
In: Affirmation, God, Gratitude, Happiness, Humility, Joy, Oneness, Prayer · Tagged with: Affirmations, Christ, Divine Spirit, Joy, Love, Oneness, Peace
Morning Prayer 21/100. Enthusiasm
Nothing great was every achieved without enthusiasm. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Enthusiasm is such a powerful word. Its Greek root is enthous which means inspired. That originated from en + theos, meaning in + god, or God within. So does your enthusiasm come to you from its outside source, such as a hobby, a learning opportunity, a spiritual […]
In: Affirmation, Christ Spirit, Energy, God, Happiness, Joy, Power, Strength · Tagged with: Affirmations, Divine Spirit, Energy, God, Principles, spiritual simplicity
Morning Prayer 19/100. I don’t know
I don’t know. Three of the hardest words for a Westerner to say. I don’t know. Three of the most meaningful words for anyone to say. I don’t know for sure. But I’m thinking that admitting I don’t know, that I don’t have all the answers, that I don’t have even one answer is probably […]
In: God, Humility, Intention, Oneness, Spirituality · Tagged with: Faith, God, Oneness, spiritual simplicity
Morning Prayer 15/100. A field beyond
A field beyond all ideas of right and wrong is where we are all meant to be. Rumi’s 13th Century poem simplifies the beauty of the perfect existence from which we are created and for which we are created. There is the true existence that does not know the opposites of good/bad, light/dark, right/wrong. That […]