12-11-2013, 05:20 PM
(12-10-2013, 04:26 PM)Gemini Wolf Wrote: I could definitely use seeing the divine within myself. That is fantastical thinking. Anything fantastic I used to think would distract me from being able to live an ordinary life. But I want the fantastic in my life. I don't want a boring life. But I don't want to fall victim to the voices that I've heard in the past. There's enough in life to keep me busy. But I don't enjoy being busy. I'd rather be doing nothing at all. Maybe listen to music and watch furry videos are two things I enjoy doing.
I like your idea Tanner about seeing the divine within me. I am worthy.
Those things you enjoy I would say are part of your natural grounding mechanism. My girlfriend has tv series she watches and it is what keeps her grounded. Being grounded isn't about holding back the spiritual, but exchanging and embracing the human self that you are. When I say seek the divine in yourself I don't mean to seek the Creator consciousness or the aspects of your mind, but to see how your physical body and physical existence is real.
Consider the energy it takes to animate your physical body, the energy it takes to vitalize your cells and the patterns that have been carefully woven so you may have a working, human personality. See that you are the same divine being when you go to work, when you watch TV, when you meditate or do spiritual practices, when you are healing, when you eat and when you sleep, you are the same divine self.
You can learn to recognize your body as the temple of your spirit and your personality as the dweller or keeper of the temple whom watches it over.
It is up to you to decide who (what parts of personality and character) is present and keeper in your temple. Most importantly then is to realize is that every temple is created with a purpose. What is held sacred in the temple of your physical body?