Spiritually Disabled or Spiritually “Abled”?

 What is the nature of the Divine?  The word means pertaining to “sky, heaven, god” and ‘to shine.”  The nature of the “shining ones from the heavens, the god(s)” is associated with certain spiritual attributes.  In one sense we already possess a measure of divine nature.  Biblical scripture tells us that all are created in the image of God.  Humanity has both a physical nature AND a spiritual nature.  It is this spiritual nature, this immaterial part of humanity that sets humanity apart from the other animals.  But humanity has a problem.  

Treasury or Library?

Can you imagine what it would be like if we could know all there is to know without having to go through the trials and tribulations of life. If we could just wake up one morning and say to ourselves, today I am going to learn everything. It doesn’t sound very realistic. But many view enlightenment as this type of occurrence. 

It is common for people to find that club or organization that promises to let you into the inner sanctum of knowing…that promises to reveal to you all of the mysteries of life, and once having undergone initiation, they expect to be invested with this sacred knowledge immediately and without having to research it or put forth any effort. Many look at enlightenment experiences as something that happens from the outside in.  “Ok, you have performed all of the external ceremonies, HERE is all the internal peace you seek to find”, as if it were some present bestowed from some external source.

We need to look at enlightenment in a different way. It is a process of learning over time; and most of the joy is in the process itself.  Think of the joy you feel when you read something for the first time and have that “A-HA” moment. Or when dwelling on a problem, you suddenly find a solution…an answer to the puzzle. It is incredibly rewarding and brings the joy of growing.

Qi, “Kee”, “Chee”, or Vital Energy?

In sharing wisdom where it is found the following e-newsletter from Chuck Norris in his Round House Provisions newsletter shares insights on the life energy that sustains us.

It’s an ordinary Friday afternoon in 1982. Angela Cavallo is doing housework. Her teenage son, Tony, is in the driveway, working on his ‘64 Chevy.  Angela is thinking about the casserole she wants to serve for dinner, when she hears a loud CRASH. She looks out the window and sees Tony lying unconscious, trapped under the car that just fell on top of him.