Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Everyman's Journal 2012, #4

© 2012 Rev. David Seacord

January 31

To give up resistance to 'what is' means (among other things) that anyone can enter into your/my life. (This is, of course, the ego's nightmare.) And it also means you/I don't go running after anything (another ego nightmare)…. that we allow whatever is presented to enter…. just as it is… accepting it for what it is and what it isn't, without any attempt to change it or control it… except via one pure exception. That one exception is Absolute Love. For being that is our spiritual work, our practice. To water this world with our Love…. that we may… in fact we are encouraged…to attempt that. And all such attempting is met with a helping grace many times our effort expended….for such is the Law of Good.

The reason that Love is the only intervention exception is that it is the only place we can possibly stand in that has no self-interest, and therefore it cannot be corrupted, and being uncorrupted, it only heals. Therefore, this is our true goal…. to learn to love until we are that selfless…so selfless that we cannot see ourselves a separate from any other. There is no greater spiritual work in this world, nor can our lives leave a greater gift in the lives of others than to live this as our practice, our Way.

As with anything of worth, practice is necessary. So are the failures that are part of the practice. So is the cleaning up of the messes that are created as a part of the failures. We are near to God when we begin to continually recognize the non-accidentalness of each moment of our lives. It usually happens that it is at the same moment that we truly give up our resistance to 'what is' that we see this finally, clearly. And it is in this clarity that we also discover our inherent trustableness. This discovery does transform us, for finally being trustable to ourselves, we also can now begin to truly love ourselves, which is the fundamental transformation that all real spiritual growth is built upon. From that moment on, our own self-love connects us to everything as ourself.

What motive do we have left within us then… to be better than, superior, remain separate or hold onto power over others? The answer (seen from 'everything as ourself') is of course, NONE. When this is completely our reality, all that can be said is that we are each unique, greatly appreciable, and totally equal. This is the source of 'We hold these truths to be self-evident…. that all men are created equal'. It is also the source of the principle of why spiritual growth requires individual freedom… simply because for our uniqueness to be manifested it must not be constrained into some artificial or political uniformity arising from the desire of some to more conveniently exercise control over others. No one spiritually awake desires to control others. None so awake would wish the karma that such desire accrues.

Therefore let us, awake to our unity, continue our journey into fearlessness…. into our freedom. We do this by simply accepting this moment as it is while at the same time releasing it without any attachment. Like a beautiful music unfolding, this is walking in faith through life, knowing that all that we need will be provided as life takes us to our best possible destiny.

Namaste,

David

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Monday, January 30, 2012

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Everyman's Journal 2012, #3

© 2012 Rev. David Seacord

January 30

I've realized recently that the most important thing I am/we are here do in this life is simply 'to grow'. I'm seeing that this is the only completely true purpose for being here, for ultimately this world is only here to be a school. By looking into the mirror of my life I will know exactly how I have grown by the way that I live, for like it or not, the way that I live exactly reflects my consciousness, and it is by this example that I am being that is teaching others either to love or to fear. The world simply reflects this, and it will always reflect this.

We cannot escape our personal suffering without truly growing beyond the egoic and personal, for our life and all it contains is our own creation, and all paths that transcend suffering require that we first be fully responsible for all our creations. It is the acid test, yet as we sucessfully grow, and we do inevitably choose to be more and more responsible for the conditions of our life, we grow into beings that inspire others to likewise grow. This is the only path I can see by which our world shall ever become visibly whole and healed. And it is self-obvious that our true guiding inspiration in this is always sourced in 'the Love never-ending'.

A primary quality of the Love-never-ending is that it is never judging and that it is also all-accepting. How could it not be… for the Love-never-ending is the Summation and Fullness of the Source… There is nothing that it is not… andthat fact is what allows us to have 'the choices of free will' in our lives. This all-inclusive gift of individual freedom is the necessary precondition to authentic spiritual growth, for no one can add a single micron to their spiritual stature except by freely chosen acceptance of and surrender to the life-lessons directly before them. True, all life-lessons can be (temporarily) refused (or delayed), and one of the most often used refusal methods is to create a 'something else' that will appear valid in the eyes of the world…. which prevents you from following your truth. Perhaps it is a law we believe we must follow, or a previous promise you/I have made…. whatever it is, it is always something that binds us to it in a way that others will say "You are right" or "I understand how you couldn't" etc. Yet the insight that spirit would have me see is that in most cases these past-based binding are intentionally not broken free of on purpose… and the purpose is so that I/we/you can keep using them to escape doing the work our spiritual growth requires of us here. We simply delude ourselves if we call this avoidance maneuver 'freedom'. It is actually simply the extending of our suffering, of continuing choosing to be 'a separated one'. To end our delusion, we must choose to see this, and allow that seeing to change who we are.

My view is that true freedom is simply being true… absolutely true… to our soul wholeness. That is what 'the straight and narrow path' is all about, about living from an inner wholeness of personal integrity. Throughout time, many peoples have misunderstand this though, and based upon their misunderstandings, they created societal mores and rules that were collectively installed in various religious cultures which defined approved and unapproved way of 'walking the narrow way'. Extended into our collective consciousness, these misunderstandings ultimately have created war, not unity, as faiths and cultures and the nations built on them have collided just like individual egos, and play the games of domination and power.

None of this is 'being true to your soul'. My view is that there is no such thing as 'your' soul (individually)…. really… there is only 'our' soul… the soul Unity. My view is that this soul Unity is the seat of true knowledge…. for it is the knowledge that there is only one of us... and that is what we must learn to never deny. And beyond that, it is the knowledge that only God's creative Word is 'law'. That 'law' is, and will always be, Love.

Therefore, let us let Love be installed as the Great Guiding Law in my/our/your life. The installation is available for the asking, instantly. No matter what the circumstance we may face, it will end the lie…. the delusions of our personal mythology.

Namaste,

David

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Everyman's Journal 2012, #2

© 2012 Rev. David Seacord

January 11

"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one…" George Bernard Shaw

'In other words, Wayshower, the way to show the way is to be the way…'

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About the most accurate analogy I can think of describing what 2012 is feeling like to me so far is to say: It feels like all my life up to and through 2011 was 'practice and training', but that in 2012 it is 'game time', and now, ready or not is no longer the relevant question, because here I am on the court, playing full out with all of my life forAll of Life because All of Life is what is at stake, and that truly matters to me…that is worth my life. Does this make sense to you?

From this sense of being 'for real' on the court my missions are suddenly many magnitudes clearer and confusions are correspondingly diminished, and from that clarity I am impelled into many new actions, as if the waiting is completely finished and it would be a great wrongness to delay. Also, quite rapidly, other new-to-me lightworkers are entering the court… the game… and I notice I know them immediately as my help-mates. They are all bringing necessary, needed gifts. Some bring clarifying messages, some have arrived clearly to be my 'full-court-press' partners, others seem to be here to catch themselves on fire and then move on into their own destinies. And some are here to be my adversaries…. my graduation challenges, my tempering tests.

I see that all this is 'lawful', all this is 'allowed', and all this is 'in the curriculum'. And exactly what is the curriculum now? Simply put, it is: to become fully connected…. fully connected as in 'to everything'. To see that what actually IS (and always WAS) is 'the Unity'. And as ACIM says… to see it is so 'without exceptions'…. That is the Way of the True Way. The untrue way is any exception to this (which is of course, what we are all habituated to as 'reality').

Clearly, this is the true mission in manifestation then… that I/you walk among all the 'other-ourselves' still sleeping & believing in the worlds of separation-comparison-judgement-competition-right/wrong/win/lose/good/bad… and embody/personify/be the difference, the unwaveringness that quickens a new dream inside those sleeping… the dream of authentic universal wholeness (as distinct from the current widely shared dreams of hell and separation). In simpler words, we are to use Love to call our brothers & sisters to step forward in the direction of Heaven. That one step that we do allows the Godness to enter the heart of man. The awakened heart will then 'do the rest'.

Since the time has come where we (the Godness, I, and all the other increasingly healed and unseparated ones) are no longer 'practicing', my particular assignments are becoming likewise unlimited and expanded. I can see now that they don't really ever end… that they are like life-long marriage vows. Yet individually they are specific, measurable, immediate, and in the now (and sometimes boringly normal)… like a series of small seemingly minor chess moves that when viewed from a chessmasters perspective clearly displays a very far-sighted and very trustable intelligence. And I see that it is very important to stay clear and be in trust and acceptance to this intelligence….and be willing to do all the little steps, the little moves… fully and with great love and attention… for it is like in 'Chaos Theory' (which isn't a theory, really) where how I execute small tasks directly impacts the Great Vision, even if I do cannot personally see the connection in the moment. Because from that trust arises all our inspiration… the knowing that our(my) lives have purpose… and it is in knowing my own purpose that I find my own joy.

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FYI, here are some of the game rules I've been getting super clear about (I'm sure that there are more… these are just being underlined for me personally) :

I am to always trust this Infinite Intelligence. I. E., if I am uncertain, I am to stop, breathe, quiet my mind and wait, knowing the answer will come…

When the truth answer comes, I will know I know it. Therefore I am not doubt it and I am to act immediately.

I am to be the space for others to become space for others. (This is compassionate action.)

I am to actually pay attention to everything that I give attention to. (This is learning to be fully present.)

I am to consciously stay in the crosshairs of Now. (This is being present.)

I am to not ever be dishonest, especially to myself. (This is personal integrity.)

In the area of specialness, no personal specialness is allowed. (This is for the perfecting of selfless service, and correspondingly, it is ego death.)

In the area of failure, I am always to begin again. (This is the practice of self-forgiveness, and returning to being the truth of who I am.)

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As I send them to you, I pray these words are useful.

Namaste,

David

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Everyman's Journal 2012, #1

© 2012 Rev. David Seacord

January 4

My thoughts do not mean anything. (ACIM Lesson 4)

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This year, while I am not being led to write a daily ACIM Commentary, I am guided by a call to get much closer to the Course's 'warmth' again. You know the 'warmth' I am speaking of I am sure--- it's that burning in the heart that occurs when something just read or heard or learnt blazes like a rushing wind through your being, threatening to explode your limited identity. And that is the attraction of the Course to me--- that I can count on it to remind me of who I actually am pretty much no matter what. That is why to me it is a 'wayshower', because it works.

However, year before last, when my writing schedule was a Commentary a day, sometimes it was 'too fast'... I often desired to stay on certain lessons longer... and so this year I am going to go 'off calendar' and let my learning curve establish my pace. And there are other things that will contribute to that pace too, I am seeing….

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This past New Years was a beautiful homecoming experience for me, as I attended a light-filled event in Phoenix called the RawSpiritFest. In a way, I feel as though I arrived a child and left a man. Not literally of course, because my shift was on much subtler levels than that, but like that kind of difference. By grace of listening intently and being open, huge pile of 'oh, I don't know's' were lifted off, and in their stead were placed 'yeses'. So I am kind of feeling quite expanded right now---which in the past has often triggered caution--- you know, 'get ready for the crash… all that'--- but NOW I am hearing a different message… a deep 'Yes' message… which says 'don't return to the fears anymore', and so my heart is singing and I am trusting in a new 'Yes' to life. That is very good.

It is so much easier to actively Love when you are a full 'yes' to life, right? In fact, it can actually be that suddenly there are no limits seen to Love anymore…nothing is impossible... Where will that lead me? I do wonder, but now I am not worried. For in trusting the 'yes' I AM demonstrating the knowing that Love is truly the best guide.

And here is another thing to see…. the 'Yes' of life is NOT 'a thought'. If it were, it would not 'mean' anything. What it is is a beyond-thought intelligent subtle energy that is reaching us through our intuitive feelings… when our mind is quiet enough, or when we are being in a group energy that is widely open, like at this past weekend's festival. And it activates profound shifts and awakenings… that is it's purpose.

To what end? Ultimately, to the end spoken of in 'the Bodhisattva Vow': the liberation of all sentient beings. Interimly, it always leads to 'the next step' for us, for mankind, both individually and/or as groups. This past weekend I saw and accepted that my next steps were all about being in action…about taking action in a new, much more powerful, much more focused way… and that this is so for a great many of us... that NOW is our mission time. Years ago I remember Werner Erhard teaching me that 'our agreement with God is to make the world work'. I see NOW is the moment I have chosen to become increasingly responsible for that. This is clearly a spiritual passage for me, and as I look around this world, I am seeing that what has always caused me to hesitate before is now clearly calling for my active Love. And my Love, my Yes, it says, 'With Love, all these needed things are truly possible'. It also says, "Within the Love there is no one alone".

Who am I to continue doubting the power of such Love. It can it will fill both me and you. And in the end, it shall unify us all.

Namaste,

David

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