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Perception Shifts: The Quote On The Wall
The Quote on the WallFor years, while sitting in a tiny church in Venice, California, I stared at a quote on the wall: “Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need.”—Mary Baker Eddy. I did not truly understand what it meant. But more than anything, I wanted to. It was a promise, and I wanted to believe it was true. Money was in short supply then, and all I could think about was how much better my family’s life would be if that saying meant money might somehow appear. Maybe in the mailbox when I got home? Over the years, I’ve come to understand those words differently, and that has made all the difference. Yes, Divine Love does meet our every human need. But not in the way I wanted it to back then. A better way. I began to see that Divine Love gives us spiritual ideas—and as we accept those ideas and take action on them, our human needs are met. Listen First, Then ActMy process now is to listen within first, to find the qualities that represent what I believe I need. Then I act on the ideas that arise from that listening. Both the listening and the action are essential. One without the other leaves you standing still. Together, they move you in the right direction. Henry David Thoreau put it this way: “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” Which brings us back to the practice of learning to say yes to what we want, and no to what we don’t. As always, it begins with what we allow to reside in our thoughts and beliefs, since what we perceive to be reality magnifies in our lives. When we are clear about what we want, we spend our time wisely. You Are an Acorn of LifeThis gets easier when we begin from a place of acceptance: that everything we need is already present, and that we contain it—the way an acorn contains the entire tree. But the acorn still has to be planted in good ground, watered, fed, and given light before it can grow into the tree it already is. All of that tree is present in the tiny acorn. And still, it has to grow. We are acorns of Life. We include everything we need to bloom. But we, too, need to be planted in good ground—and that ground is the moment we begin with the right ideas, the ones that include our true spiritual nature. We have to water those ideas, feed them, bring them into the light, and let go of whatever doesn’t help us grow toward the life we are meant to express: the life that brings joy to us and to others both. Drop the Branches You No Longer NeedLike trees, we can drop the branches that are no longer useful and the leaves that are no longer needed. Our old lessons, like fallen branches and leaves, feed our new growth—but we don’t have to keep living in them. Let them go. When we consciously choose what to say yes to, with time as the price we pay, it will be worth every minute. Along the way, our human needs are abundantly met, and life fills with things whose value can never be measured. That’s what makes them priceless. “Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time’ is like saying ‘I don’t want to.’” - Elisabeth "Betty" Elliot What Will You Spend Your Time On?So—what do you want to spend your time on? Be clear about it, and let the rest go. And remember this. Don’t begin with the material picture. Start with the spiritual qualities the picture represents. Because qualities are the true nature of everything—including money. Magnify good... 📚 This Week's Featured Book All five stories. One book. October 1.If Calla's story finds you, she has four sisters-in-spirit waiting. The Visible and The Invisible gathers all five visionary stories into one complete book — and the pre-order price is the lowest it will ever be.
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Shifting Stories and Writing Stories—all focused on the reason perception is reality and practical ways to shift it towards what you wish to experience in your life.
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