#god is within

[ethereal-bb777]

“𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑒, 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑙.”

—𝑅𝑎𝑙𝑝ℎ 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑑𝑜 𝐸𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛

[mrs-trophy-wife]

Yield to the being within, convinced that he heard you as He has. How could He not, if he lives within?

—Neville Goddard

[brother-hermes]

MEDITATION AND THE MOON

There’s a fair amount of what some would call Magick to my spiritual path. Seeing life as cyclic in some ways means respecting the cycles of seasons. No one needs a calendar to achieve this sort of practice. All they have to do is look up into the night sky and pay attention to the cycles of the moon. One finds it very easy to practice certain meditative techniques on rotation as result. We… click the link for more.

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[santmat]

The Body is the Temple: "After searching all the world, it was in the body I found all the treasure of the world. Nothing is born, nothing dies -- such is Ram's [God's] Light. What is contained in the universe is also contained in the body: whatever you seek, you shall find. Pippa says, He is Primal Matter; the true Guru [Satguru] will reveal this."

Sant Pippa Saheb, Songs of the Saints from the Adi Granth, Nirmal Dass

[sugarrmuffin]

when you lose sight of God, you lose sight of yourself

[comefeelme1]

I feel alive, I come alive, I am alive, on God's great dance floor

Martin Smith - God's great dance floor

[brother-hermes]

PSALMS 147:13

“For he has strengthened the bars of your gates, blessed your children within you.”

We’ll skip all the mystical steps in arriving at the Gates of Splendor for now. Just suffice it to say that our heart spaces are where we come into Union with God and others.

Years of shadow work, years of healing the inner child all came to a head in Confession last week. Not the typical type of “Forgive me Father for I have sinned” we think of but a deeply mystical meditation with my priest as we walked through traumas. I say we because after what each of us has experienced it is doubtful either one of us would have been drawn to it alone.

One of those caves I’ve always sat in for safety closed behind me as I was directed out of it by colorful eyes?- no clue how to explain that, only that the child in me wanted to completely surrender that safety net within and it was time for us to move forward.

Wherever this new place to retreat to is it’s about surrendering to the Divine. Being integrated with whatever we are and where we come from.

There’s so much to unpack here and I doubt I’m capable of explaining what was experienced. Only something shifted again. While it’s my understanding that we pass through Gates of Light at different points it’s not something I usually talk about out of respect for others. God is becoming the movement within and I’m sort of just moving in unison at this point.

Anyways, developed a mantra and a meditation technique to strengthen my understanding and will share more when I find the words. Psalms 147 is connected to Splendor and I’ve made it a point to follow that sort of intuition. In fact, I almost dropped my Bible when David’s words marked who strengthens our Gates and blesses our children within. Granted, I don’t believe in coincidence so it could be nothing or it could be everything. Time in prayer and meditation will tell.

If any of you have had similar experiences with synchronicity or experienced a cherub drawing you forward please feel free to share them. Any insight will be helpful. Virtual hugs to one and all.

[brother-hermes]

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS

“Then the angel who spoke with me returned and aroused me, like one awakened from sleep. He said to me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on top of it. There are seven lamps on it, with seven spouts on each of the lamps that are on top of it. And beside it are two olive trees, one on the right of the bowl and one to its left.” Then I said to the angel who spoke with me, “What are these things, my lord?” And the angel who spoke with me replied, “Do you not know what these things are?” I said, “No, my lord.”

“These seven are the eyes of the LORD that range over the whole earth.” I then asked him, “What are these two olive trees, on the right of the lampstand and on its left?” A second time I asked, “What are the two streams from the olive trees that pour out golden oil through two taps of gold?” He said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” I answered, “No, my lord.” Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

-Zechariah 4:1-5, 11-14

This obscure set of verses has a very profound spiritual lesson. The olive tree is symbolic. The Hebrew word for olive tree is es shemen and means “tree of oil.” This comes from the root understanding of shemesh- to be brilliant. Another Hebrew word for olive is zayith, meaning “an olive,” as “yielding illuminating oil.”

Now why did the Oracle of the Lord choose olive trees to symbolize the anointed ones? When we look at olive seed under a microscope it has a striking similarity with our reproductive organs. We know that the esoteric meaning of earth is our physical beings right. Seven lamp stands pertain to our seven chakras or seven energy centers that house Divine energy. At the root of these lamp stands is illuminating oil. Our sexual energy is the seat of this illuminating oil, or Divine energy.

Meet Ida and Pingala. They’re the energy centers within our body that connect our reproductive organs to our breathing. The funny thing is the word ida means “flow,” and pingala means “golden.” So, this golden flow is literally the vital life energy flowing through our being.

So when we see a prophet being aroused like one who is asleep what follows is undoubtedly going to be profound. The Oracle of the Lord proceeds to show the prophet how vital life force, or illuminating golden oil, flows within us.

Now Ida and Pingala wrap around sushumna-the gracious and kind channel that flows up our spinal columns. We all know sushumna because it channels pranayama to each of our chakras- seven lamp stands. God literally flows through our very being illuminating our interior Temples.

Awaken the sleeper.