Your Relationship to Spirit

Named or Nameless, Yours Alone

Your spiritual life can be named or nameless; it can be organized with others or unique to yourself. An excellent relationship with Spirit is to have something consistently supportive of you in ALL of your aspects, a relationship not defined by dogma, judgment, or hierarchy.

From Darkness to Light

Your interaction with Spirit must be one hundred percent supportive and loving of you across the full spectrum of your life—with equal understanding and compassion for your darkest as well as your brightest moments.

Dichotomy, Vengeance, Control

If your spiritual life revolves around the dichotomies of Good and Evil, you are guaranteed a miserable and unhealthy life. The One True God transcends all dichotomies. If your spiritual life imposes its will through vengeance, withholding of blessings, and retribution, this will not serve you. Why would you wish to be in a relationship with an entity that acts like every authority figure you have had in your life? The One True God is not your parents, spouse, boss, rabbi, imam, or pope. The One True God is pure Love. And if, in your devotion to some spiritual path, you are coerced into imposing your will onto another, that will create a deep disharmony within you, manifesting as illness and suffering. Contrary to the innumerable references in religious texts, your entrance into heaven, nirvana, or Jannah will not be defined by your attempts to convert the world around you. STOP IT!

Religion Is Not Spirituality

Being religious is not necessarily—and most likely not at all—being spiritual. When The One True God presents its unimaginable vastness through a human vessel, its interpretation is limited to the filters and beliefs of these soon-to-be prophets. After their death, the religions based on these prophets’ incomplete perceptions muddy the waters even more, imposing their own filters and limitations. Most of what is being shared as the wisdom of the prophets in congregations, mosques, synagogues, shrines, and churches has little to do with an experience of The One True God. The chances of cultivating a relationship with Spirit that supports your own wisdom and divinity is unlikely within a religious setting.

A Love That Knows You Completely

As you enrich your spiritual life, letting go of the dogma, darkness, and inane and insane beliefs that man has imposed upon the divine, you will find within you a source of Love and understanding that knows you completely: your deepest secrets and fears, your remorses, lies, desires, and despair. When you listen, communicate, and pay attention to this most fundamental part of yourself, all other aspects of your life become clear.

Mind, Body, Heart, and Spirit

The old reductionist thinking—body is body, mind is mind—is archaic. Transcend it, and you recognize that health and well-being require the participation, integration, and evolution of all aspects of our being: mind, body, heart, and Spirit. Of these four, your relationship to Spirit is the most critical.

Your appreciation and communication with something greater than yourself will give you perspective and guidance through the trials of your life. With this more profound understanding of your place in the world, your decision-making process will evolve.

Your Evolution, All Sentient Beings

Every moment of our waking life, we have options. What we eat, how we dress, how we speak, what work we do, who we love, how we judge. Most of us do not recognize these options and muddle through life like automatons. We do not question our diet, jobs, relationships, or health. We do not reflect upon our choices. Even when we choose to make decisions, most are made from fear or desire.

When your relationship with Spirit—a personal, untainted relationship with The One True God—is engaged, it becomes apparent that each of your decisions needs to be oriented to not only your personal evolution but to that of all sentient beings. Even our confused prophets understood that it is in being in service to others that our relationship with Spirit is enhanced.

Aim Your Feet Downstream

A good relationship with Spirit shows you the way in which the river of your life is flowing. When you understand the destined direction of your life and make the choice to follow that direction, you are guaranteed the best possible life, with the least discomfort and maximum joy.

The river may not always be wide, deep, and peaceful. There will be rocks, waterfalls, turbulence, and rapids. There will be moments—and for some of us, much of our lives—when rather than go through these more challenging times, we paddle like hell to go back to where it was calm. An exhausting process guaranteed to bring illness of all forms into your life.

The river KNOWS where it is going. One of the keys to having a good relationship with Spirit is this: when you see the rapids, whirlpools, or rocks, turn yourself around, aim your feet downstream, and LET GO. The river will always find its way past these concerns, and you will survive. You may be a bit beaten up and ground down, but in letting go and moving through these issues, you have avoided far, far worse discomforts.

“Resistance is futile.” —The Borg

Do Not Let Indolence Masquerade as Truth

Some folks are very clear: There is nothing! For them, the mind IS their God. And although there are many just and loving atheists, an individual’s actions based upon a distorted view of the world limited to five senses and a mind whose existence is defined by suffering and deceit will never be as rich as one based on a connection, communication, and commitment to something far greater than themselves.

And then there are the agnostics. There is a certain nobility to say “I don’t know.” However, saying you do not know does not preclude seeking the truth and wisdom of The One True God. In the very act of seeking, a connection is made with Spirit. Do not let agnosticism be a synonym for indolence. Do you want to be healthy? Put in the effort to connect with something greater than yourself.

Clear the Field, Plant the Seeds

To cultivate a spiritual life, one must first prepare the soil. Until now, your spiritual field is probably somewhat of a dump, with all manner of organic and inorganic rubbish collected over your life. Remove the old growth and deep roots of religious teachings, tow away the old rusted cars of charlatans’ discourse and philosophical rationalizations, and lift out those heavy stones of doubt, disbelief, and cynicism. The seeds of an authentic spiritual life are already within you. Clear the field and fertilize with a daily commitment to the evolution of all sentient beings, faith in The One True God, and The Most Powerful Prayer, and those seeds will rapidly sprout and grow.

The moment your soul entered your still unformed body, you received the pure, organic, non-GMO seeds that can grow, if not into an enlightened being, at least one who walks the world with love and compassion.

Intent

The One True God may be thought of as an infinite source of creation defined by our intent. Intention defines and creates the world as we know it.

If you wish to change anything in this world, your intention must change.

What better way to crystallize intent than to hold nothing back—not by talk, but by actions?

The most powerful prayer is an act of absolute surrender and total commitment to action. This prayer is the fastest way to achieve what is needed to help you and this world evolve.

A True Seeker’s Tool

“[Deity of choice], I am willing to do whatever it takes to achieve [current need].”

Examples:

Great Spirit, I am willing to do whatever it takes to get into law school.

Oh Lord and Sustainer Allah, I am willing to do whatever it takes to bring harmony into my marriage.

Holy Father God, I am willing to do whatever it takes to find a home for my family.

And I Mean MEAN IT

You have to mean it. And I mean, MEAN it. This is the surrender part. Say this prayer with deep sincerity and intention, and it is guaranteed to work.

You don’t have to believe in anything. You only need to put aside disbelief and imagine there may be something far more powerful and loving that wishes to help you be your best possible self. What do you have to lose? In the very act of asking, help will be given.

If you pray for something you do not need, this prayer will not work. Or it may work, but it will be challenging to achieve and significantly contribute to your suffering.

Why Fight the Flow

Be very sure that what you’re asking for is what is needed. A need can be ANYTHING—just be as sure as you can that it’s necessary for both you and the world to evolve. This includes: a new job, a loving relationship, healing, clarity about a problem, or even material needs such as housing or a vehicle.

If you need help discerning actual needs from wants, explore Intuitive Living.

Grace

When you say “whatever it takes,” you’re giving Spirit carte blanche to apply whatever pressure and life changes you need. If you say “I am willing to do whatever it takes to become enlightened,” you may get fired from your job, have your spouse leave, lose all your money and possessions, and end up in jail for a few years. Or the next day, you may meet a spiritual teacher who gives you the experience of enlightenment by touch or glance or simply by being in their presence.

How your prayer manifests is a mystery. Have faith: regardless of the intensity of the changes, Spirit will always minimize any suffering you need to experience.