Spirit 101

Jesus taught that those who follow His teaching could be divided into two groups, those who are hearers and those who are doers.  Which group do you belong to?

Have you ever sat in the church pew and heard lessons that rang true to you the instant that you heard them but you failed to immediately act on them?  Well, you’re not by your lonesome; I’ve been there and done that, also.  I would promise myself to put a certain lesson to the test when the next opportunity presented itself.  And days or a week later, when the moment of truth finally arose for me to employ the particular Sunday lesson it had either, puff, vanished from my memory as though it had gone in one ear and out the other, or I made the conscious decision to ignore it.  Let me give you examples of both cases. Continue reading →

Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalytic theory, held that there are three different levels of consciousness: the id, ego, and superego.  He also placed a great deal of emphasis on the realm of the unconscious, believing unconscious motivations often affect an individual’s behavior.

You’re familiar with the term “Freudian Slip,” an unforced error, so to speak.  A misstatement which reveals underlying, unconscious thoughts of feelings that can influence your behavior and experience.

But there is a fourth level of consciousness that even Freud was unable to discern with all of his meticulous research, observations and case studies.  A much Higher consciousness. Continue reading →

Jesus Christ said, “The truth shall make you free.”  Let’s take a closer look at this statement of the Master Teacher, and its application in our everyday lives, to better understand how recognizing the Truth about ourselves will not only set us free, but also increase our supply of Good.

First, we must find a peaceful and quiet place, go deep within ourselves,  Continue reading →

Facebook and Tweet your friends Shakespeare’s saying: “To thine own self be true/And it must follow, as the night the day/Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

That was inestimable advice coming from the metaphysical wordsmith of the late 16th Century London, England.  Can you count the number of times over the years that you haven’t been true to yourself or acted against your better judgment?  Ignored your gut reaction to something or someone that was rubbing you the wrong way?  Made a promise to yourself that you didn’t keep, in other words, failed to keep your own word with yourself?

Do alarm bells go off inside your head Continue reading →

Facebook your friends about “RECALL NOTICE,” an insightful,  witty, and highly original email that was forwarded to me the other day.  I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading it as much as I did.  Also be sure to connect with me on this website or at my email address, sydneyglass@Spirit101.Org, to share your thoughts regarding the current post or future topics you would like me to post.

It’s that time of year again.  For many Americans the last Thursday in November marks their favorite holiday.  Unlike Christmas, with all its blatant commercialism and hyper-anxiety last minute shopping, Thanksgiving is remarkably stress free.  Unless, of course, you are the designated Chef du jour who looks forward to spending hours basting the sacrificial bird and preparing the trimmings and baking the assorted pies (make mine sweet potato, please) and decorating the house and setting the communal table with the precision and rapturous glee of a Martha Stewart acolyte.  Whew!

A few hours later, the festivities are at full throttle.  Strains of “Over the river and through the woods/To Grandmother’s house we go” fill the air, and the house is abuzz Continue reading →

All humankind was created in the “image and likeness” of God, Who gave us “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”  We learned this at the very beginning of the Bible. We are all beloved children of the Most High.  Therefore, though the name on our certificate of birth may be John or Joanna, our true name, our God-Given name is I Am.  This is our Divine Name. 

The name “I Am” is akin to “HRH” (His/Her Royal Highness) in heralding our ascendancy as sons and daughters of the King and rightful heirs to the Kingdom.  “I Am” also boldly affirms our dominion over the world of appearance and must never be spoken in vain.  Why?  Because, as it states in the Bible, “life and death are in the power of the tongue.”

In the previous post, Your Word Is Your Bond, we learned Continue reading →

“Be careful what you ask for because you just might get it.”  We’ve all heard this expression at one time or another in our lives.  Some people would cynically dismiss it as an old chestnut of bygone days.  Others would refer to it as a pithy cliche´ or adage that holds little relevance in the anxiety-filled world we live in today.  I prefer to think of it as a truism; a self-evident truth which has survived the scrutiny of the ages.  It behooves us to be ever vigilant of the multitude of thoughts flashing across our mental screens in rapid-fire succession and the words we speak into Consciousness.  Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it.  (Proverbs 18:21)

Nicole Brown Simpson, the former wife of pro football player O. J. Simpson, is known to have remarked to her girlfriends with a sense of foreboding, Continue reading →

Many of us pat ourselves on the back and buff our nails proudly against our chest for being outstanding Christians because  we attend Church each Sunday.  We’re the chosen ones.  We feel the Spirit in our bones as we fervently belt out the Hymns and bask in the warm glow of  fellowship with the other members of the congregation.  After the service, we’re satisfied that we’ve fulfilled our religious duties.  Our mansion in Heaven is secured.  We’re home safe for another week.  But are we really?

It’s the minutes and hours of the days that come between Church services that need our watchful attention. The times when we are easily susceptible to fall back on the crack-like indulging Continue reading →

God, First Cause, Infinite Creative Intelligence, Origin of all being, blessed us with many amazing gifts.  Chief among them are the ability to observe and choose our thoughts.  Daily, we observe the thousands of thoughts streaming across our consciousness and cherry-pick the ones we choose to experience.

You may ask, What if we make bad choices?  Choices that could lead to our experiencing sickness or despair?  It would be easy to succumb to the view that observation and choice are more of a curse than a blessing.  However, another way to look at it is that with observation and choice comes responsibility.

Just as you have to be responsible when you are sitting behind the wheel of a two-ton vehicle, you have to be equally responsible for what thoughts you choose to entertain.  Both are powerful and capable of causing great damage if wrongly applied.

It is clear Jesus fully understood the responsible use of Thought Power when He taught one of the Universal Law’s valuable  lessons of Life:  “It is done unto you as you believe.”

How cool is that!  We needn’t struggle or strain, worry or be anxious.  All we need do is calmly choose the constructive thought we desire to express in our lives and Universal Law makes it a reality.  In other words, we must become the consciousness of the thing we want.  If it’s prosperity we want we can put ourselves in a prosperous frame of mind by thinking prosperous thoughts, flipping through the pages of magazines featuring photographs of stately homes, expensive autos, stylish clothing and imagine ourselves residing in one of those grand homes and driving a luxury sedan and dressed to-the-nines.

We can have all the Good in Life we embody in our consciousness.  Whatever Good we conceive we can achieve if we believe.

Thought Power is all powerful.  We get out of Life what we think into it.