Is it a Material thing, that we're after?
Despite our pleasant material acquisitions/ suroundings, many people experience dissatisfaction in their relationships and their lives. As humans, our requirements cannot be fulfilled with material things alone.
And in such a pursuit, how does it impact our connections with each other?
What is the path beyond material exisitence? And how is that path in service of a deeper understanding of who we are, and the affect on our relationships?
According to A Course in Miracles, "What you think you are, is a belief to be undone."
By gradually relinquishing our exclusive identification with our limited egoic selves, I believe with a continued voyage of transcendance, we come closer to who are , until ultimatetly, and paradoxically, we come home to the self we never left.
To turn attention inward/selfward, we can become more aware of our inner realm. Learning to connect with this inner realm, I believe, can assist with healing our wounds,and to realize more fully,our own authenticity.
We have choices;we can remain addicted to external activities, or direct energy inward augmenting the qualities of our connections with self and others.
Truth lies within, and salvation can come, I believe with expanding our inward awareness, and seeking God in our heart not outside of it.
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From birth as little girls we are told and read stories about a knight in shining armor coming to rescue us and take care of us. The seed is then planted and we grow up thinking that all we need in a relationship is a man to take care of us. When we begin to look for a mate / knight we have high expectations. His occupation must yield a certain amount of money. He must drive a certain car, own his own home, and have a sound mind. In addition he must take care of us. Now the table has been set, we are waiting patiently. He walks through the door meeting our expections. After he lays his worldly goods on the table he asks, "What did you bring." We are shocked when we realize he requires something from us. We wonder why our beauty is not enough. We then lay our goods on the table (part-time job, lives with mom, takes the bus, depression). Our knight quickly packs up his goods and leaves. We re-examine ourselves and realize we should never ask for more than we can bring to the table.