HOLDING ON TO POISON

HOLDING ON TO POISON 

We all have experiences in Life that are "good" and "bad" but in reality they are actually varying degrees of experience. All are for our own personal benefit. They aid us in learning what is beneficial and what is consequential ... for ourselves and for others. Life is being, and part of that being is growing mentally, emotionally, and spiritually through our experiences. 

That being said, it is important to note that we are NOT our experiences. We are the Observer, the Witness to these experiences. We are spiritual beings with the knowledge granted us through physical experiences In this world of matter/form. We take the knowledge with us when we return from where we came ... Source ... but we do not bring the experiences with us. Much in the same way as we do not bring any personal possessions with us. They are not ours. They were here before we got here and they will be here when we move on. As the Old Testament Bible so profoundly says "There is nothing new under the sun." We are the great re-arrangers. We take what was already here and rearrange it into something else.

"What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."

~Ecclesiastes 1:9 

We should not take possession of any of our experiences. They are not us ... they are merely what we have witnessed or observed. Sometimes, we are involved, other times not. But it matters not ... they are as a TV show that we are watching. The scenes are not real, and we can only take from them the knowledge of what was contained in the presentation. We use our discernment and Higher-Self to be sure we have learned what is necessary, and then we move on. Some people have to repeat the experience if they didn't learn it. Nothing goes away under you fully understand what was contained within the lesson. Think of it this way: School, is about learning the lesson ... and then a taking a test. Life, is like taking a test ... and then learning the lesson. 

So many times we hold on to toxic experiences and memories. For some reason we do not want to let them go. They become familiar. This is the equivalent of dropping poison in your food. And sooner or later, it will kill you. Stress, heart disease, cancer, etc. All are manifestations of holding onto lies and deceptions. Only love and goodness is real. All else are illusory tools used to teach us these Truths. Once the image is seen in the mirror, the real thing is discerned and there is no need for the mirror anymore. It was just a tool. The shadow fades in the light. 

As we hold on to and fester over dark energy thoughts and actions, we find ourselves in dis-ease. All illness comes from within. Even if you "catch a cold," it must first manifest from inside you, and then to the outside of you in physical symptoms. This dis-ease can be a mild illness, or a major life-threatening illness. Just know that ALL illness and disease must begin within. If you are not at-ease, then you are at dis-ease. Lose your peace, lose your health. That's just the way it goes ... we are designed that way. What you resist, will persist. Just know that you can change your perception of your experiences in the blink of an eye. It's all about perception. If your problem has a solution, then why worry? If your problem has no solution, then why worry? Let it go ... just put it down and leave it there. 

Holding onto negative beliefs, thoughts, and experiences, is the same as drinking poison. It will kill you slowly, or quickly ... but in the end ... it will bring about the demise of your physical life existence. And all for something that was unnecessary and repairable. Do your Soul and your Body a huge favour and drop the tour of the past. Drop the festering. Just let it go ... don't give up, but voluntarily let it go and walk away. Do this, then take a deep breath, because you have defeated the real devil. You have taken away the powers of satan (the Opposer). You have taken control of the EGO. Congratulations. 

Just a thought ... 

~Justin Taylor, ORDM.

TRUTH DECISIONS AND LIES

TRUTH DECISIONS AND LIES

All of us tend to form our beliefs based on what people tell us, and what we have experienced. 

They offer their "opinion" and we think on it.

Our thoughts, then lead us to a decision.

To "decide" means to "cut-off." Decision is rooted in the Old French word "decidere," meaning: "to decide, determine," literally meaning "to cut off."

Like a roll of tape, we choose the amount that we desire to use, then we cut it off. But remember, the rest of the spool remains on the roll. There remains a lot of tape we haven't taken yet. 

When we choose to arrive at a conclusion, we cut off that which we desire, but we don't have the whole spool. Just a piece of it. The rest of the story/data is left on the roll. 

Then, our decision (the piece we cut-off), will lead to our belief.

We form our beliefs based on what we have decided, whether or not it is the whole story.

And what we decided to believe, may be Truth or it may be lies.

As a man thinks, he decides what he believes, and if it is Truth - there is no harm. If what a man has decided to believe is a lie, it is as if he drank poison, and there will be consequences. For the Spirit knows Truth from lies. The longer we hold the lies in our belief system, the more they will manifest into form/matter. This becomes the root of much illness and disease in our lives. The lies we believe must be "cast-out."

When the light shines, the darkness dissipates. 

Use the Light within you to shine on the source of the lies, and they too will dissipate.

Just a thought ... 

~Justin Taylor, ORDM. 

TRUTH IN LIES

TRUTH IN LIES

I once asked a friend of mine if he believed there could be Truth in a lie. He said “of course not, it's a lie.” But, there actually can be Truth in a lie, if what is being said has a deeper meaning that contains Truth. We must learn, to discern.

For example, what if my son came home from school and forgot to close the front door and our puppy got out. We spend the afternoon searching to find him, and fortunately we do. Now, I can sit my son down and tell him how irresponsible he was for leaving the door open ... which would go in one ear and out the other ... or I can tell him a story. Something like this:

“When I was your age, my friend Tommy left his door open and his family looked for hours to find their puppy and they never did. Imagine how sad they all were when they lost their puppy, Can you please do your best to make sure to close the front door when you come home from school?”

Now THIS ... will stay with him. He'll remember this story because it speaks to his heart and emotions rather than just his Mind. The lesson here, is that I never had a friend named Tommy who lost his puppy. It was a bold-faced lie. But not a lie as we see it, there was Truth hidden within. It was a fable, a myth, an story designed to teach a deeper lesson. 

This was the way most ancient scripture among many civilizations was written. It was not written to be taken as only literal and historical. These stories were written as parables, metaphors, allegories ... stories containing deeper lessons for a people that had no books, DVD's, Internet, and most ... without any ability to read or write. They told stories ... passion plays. Dramatic campfire tales. What scripture calls “dark sayings of old.” Many of these “stories” contained a hidden teaching “for those who had eyes to see, and ears to hear.”

So before we can determine a lie versus Truth, we have to first discern the difference between what we are really talking about - fact versus fiction, and Truth versus illusion. An illusion is a necessary presence and appears to be real, but will dissipate and dissolve in the presence of Truth. It is the duality of one. Fact versus fiction is simply it happened or it didn't. 

Here's an easy way to understand the difference. When you look into a mirror, the mirror is necessary for you to see the image of yourself. But the job of the mirror is merely to show you ... you. Once you see yourself, you realize the mirror is an illusion, and it is you that is the reality. The illusion is no longer needed but was a lesson for you. You have learned what you needed to know and only the Truth of you remains. The two, have become one, but there needed to be seen “TWO” (duality/polarity) ... in order to become ONE. 

Ancient scripture and myth, including the Bible, tell many stories that were never to be taken merely as historical and literal events. They were using people, places, and things as part of an allegorical myth to explain them in a way that would be both entertaining, and that would hold remembrance for us. We may not easily remember what a teacher writes on the blackboard or prompter, but if the teacher told us a story that contained within it “a lesson,” we would retain and understand it's meaning better, and longer. We may even pass it around and share it. It's kind of like telling or hearing a joke, we may not remember it exactly line for line how the story goes, but we remember the gist of it, the subject matter, and the punch line. 

To wrap up this writing, it is important to know that - other than math - none of us will ever experience Ultimate Truth in this incarnation. But we will experience Personal Truth. And we do this through experience. When we actually experience something, witness it, we accept it to be true ... at least for us ... because it is OUR experience. All else is assumption and opinion. The only way that I would know that you keep water bottles in your refrigerator, is if I look inside and see it for myself. Much the same with our spiritual experiences. We have to look inside, and see for ourselves ... rather than simply accept someone else's opinion. Simply put, if you weren't there to experience an event or happening, then you REALLY don't KNOW that it happened or not. So you must ask yourself ... DID it happen, or DOES it happen? And then apply the deeper metaphysical message of goodness that you received within, to all that you say, think, and act upon. 

Just a thought ... 

Justin Taylor, ORDM.