| The concept of eternity brings forth spirituality | | | | have all seen the natural consequences of these roles |
| information that really stretches us. It causes us to | | | | as they unfolded before us. |
| confront what we have been told our whole lives. It is | | | | We have a treasure trove of experience to call upon |
| only through spiritual growth that we can understand | | | | in each moment of now as we make our present |
| the truth of our relationship with eternity. | | | | moment decisions of what we choose to be next. |
| We have been told that this is a limited venture from | | | | We have seen what serves us and what doesn't |
| the time we were babies. We have been told and | | | | serve us. The question is, are we conscious enough |
| conditioned to believe that this adventure we are on is | | | | and aware enough to actually use the knowledge of |
| only going to last from our birth to our death. We have | | | | our past to help make our choices about the future? |
| been told these things and beliefs throughout our lives | | | | From what we see of our collective choices, those |
| and most people in the world have incorporated these | | | | choices that our societies as whole functioning units |
| ideas and beliefs into their own life lived. | | | | have made, we would have to observe that we have |
| Ask yourself this question, "is that a love-based | | | | not learned from our past experiences. We have |
| thought or a fear-based thought?" Then ask yourself | | | | experienced the destructive nature of war and we |
| this question, "does that serve me?" | | | | proclaim that we would rather experience the concept |
| A love-based thought would tell you the truth about | | | | of peace. So, in order to experience the concept of |
| this adventure we call life. A love-based thought would | | | | peace, we continue to perpetuate wars and we keep |
| tell you that this journey never ends. You are eternal | | | | killing each other in order to stop killing each other and |
| and the experience that we call our physical death | | | | live in peace. |
| does not stop the process. | | | | Wouldn't it just be easier to be peaceful in order to |
| Yes, we may change form if we choose to | | | | experience peace instead of killing each other to |
| experience this concept called death but, once again, in | | | | experience peace? |
| truth the "death" that we may experience is merely a | | | | A very wise man by the name of Mahatma Gandhi |
| gateway to the "birth" of our next choice of beingness. | | | | understood this principal. He said, "Be the change that |
| Can you imagine how differently you would live your | | | | you wish to see in the world." Another very wise man |
| life, and how different the world would be, if you were | | | | by the name of Albert Einstein told us, "The single |
| told from the outset of your birth that you are an | | | | most important decision any of us will ever make is |
| eternal being? | | | | whether or not to believe the universe is friendly." Do |
| Do you see how believing in this idea of life being an | | | | you believe it is friendly? Do you believe that what you |
| eternal process can liberate you from old habits of | | | | choose to be can change the world? Do these |
| thinking? Can you see how you may want to throw | | | | concepts serve you? How you answer these |
| off the shackles of limitations that you locked yourself | | | | questions will tell you a lot about your own belief |
| into throughout your life and, by removing those | | | | system. |
| shackles, you begin to liberate yourself and your belief | | | | You should take some time to examine some of your |
| that you are limited in any way as to what you choose | | | | base beliefs and see if you are serving yourself by |
| to be in life? | | | | continuing to use them, given your vision of how you |
| Life is a process. You are a process. And here's the | | | | choose to define yourself. You may discover that you |
| cool thing. You are the one who determines where | | | | are limiting yourself, and what you believe you can |
| you direct the process to take you. You are the | | | | accomplish, because you see life as a conditional or |
| director of your own play. You are also the star of | | | | limited kind of venture. |
| your own play. | | | | Please open your heart and your mind to new vistas |
| You can choose to be the hero or the villain. We have | | | | of opportunity for yourself because, in actuality, life is |
| all chosen to play both of these roles with equal relish. | | | | an on-going, everlasting, unlimited process that you |
| We have all played the victim, the protagonist, the | | | | control by every thought you think. It never stops. |
| woe-is-me, the liar, the cheat, the | | | | Life is an eternal process, just like God. |
| come-to-save-the-day, the pious and the devil. We | | | | |