Learning to Accept and Know Ourselves

What is Life?the healing and learning.
Can we think of life as a process of energy flow?Knowing
Spiritually, the process is from the awareness ofKnowing is beyond believing. I may believe in the
Oneness with Creator and All that Is, to theprosperity principles, but until I have experienced
awareness of multiplicity of expression, and back toprosperity miracles in my own life, I do not really
Oneness. As humans, we come into the world withKNOW the Truth of abundant supply or Spirit as
awareness centered on self. As we progress weSource. We do not have firm conviction behind our
learn about and experience the many physical formsbeliefs until we prove our beliefs by personal
within time and space through our five senses and stillexperience. If asked to describe the process of
maintain an awareness centered on self. Bothspiritual growth in three words, they would be Believing,
processes are greatly enhanced and sped throughKnowing and Being. That's how important Knowing is!
with the practice of accepting and knowing.No matter what anyone else says or does, if you
Acceptancehave experienced a Spiritual Truth, you know that you
Accepting that we are on all levels, spiritual beings andKNOW. And you can never again not know that Truth.
human beings, and whatever is going on in our livesNeither can anyone argue away what you have
reduces our resistance to the learning of the presentproven.
moment. The law of physics applies to the emotionsPersonally I know that SPIRIT is with me, I know that I
as well as material objects. Whatever we resist,receive good guidance at all major points of my life, I
persists in our lives!know I can be healed (even instantly) and I know that
Someone who is ill can and should accept that he/sheLove is the greatest power to transform self and
has cancer to deal with, but not identify with their bodyothers. I know, not just believe, these to be Universal
or the illness. It is necessary to accept the illness inTruths because I have experienced them in my own
order to become aware of what we need to dolife and then seen them work in others' lives. Having
about it. We accept that we are the product of all ourSpiritual Response Therapy as a powerful and
past thoughts and actions as well as beliefs andeffective tool and resource in my life only helps multiply
dreams. In fact, whatever is happening in our lives isthe sense of "knowing" I have and help with removing
perfect right now for our learning. From this point ofall sorts of blocks I have to "knowing", healing and
acceptance we are aware of the need for guidancegrowing.
to improve our lives. With tools like Spiritual ResponseSaying we believe can be lip service to try to convince
Therapy, you can research and clear subconscious,ourselves of a Truth, but until we have put our
conscious, and soul programs causing difficulty andcourage on the line and proven the Truth in our lives, it
then once that is done, you can do what is necessaryhas not yet become a part of our process of living -
spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically to bringof our own life and in has not yet been integrating into
about change.every cell of our bodies and brains. That is why
If we only affirm the good and visualize what we wish,Believing moves on to Knowing (conviction) and then
we may be living in denial or delusion of our physical,onto Being part of our very self.
emotional, and mental situation. Objectively acceptingWhat is most important to Know is that you are a
what has happened in our lives is very spiritual. As thepowerful eternal Spiritual Being having a Physical
spiritual guru Ram Dass would say, "Ah, so." meaning itExperience. You have a body, you have emotions, you
just is what we are dealing with right now. In otherhave a mind, but you are far more than these. You
words, look at it without emotional response, really seeare the wise deciding power and spiritual life energy
what is going on in the moment. Then you arebehind the mind, personality and body you use. The
empowered to choose to deal with it from the higherREAL YOU has been one with Ultimate Creator for
spiritual viewpoint. If someone says he has cancer -eternity, your spirit is always one with SPIRIT God, and
"Ah, so" meaning that's how life's learning process isyou are on the way to knowing and being aware of
working right now. You're getting a divorce, "Ah, so."that eternal Oneness with all there is! Accept your
Her child died - "Ah, so." In each case there will belearning experiences in this world school room of time,
emotional and mental responses as well as physicalspace, and form, but live from the knowing and
actions to experience in time and space. But ultimatelyrealization of your "higher spiritual nature".You are in the
we must accept the human situation in order to moveworld as you know it, but not of it; do not identify
on from that point of the living process. We mustyourselves with time, space, or physical form! You are
always accept or have objective awareness beforeSPIRIT!
we can move to the higher spiritual level of completing