dailydatewithgod

Sharing my experiences and understandings of the Great I AM.

Jul 28

Be From Blessedness!

by Colleen
It is beyond the concept of duality that we can simultaneously be aware of our innocence and our darkness.  It makes me wonder if both are as fully divine and part of our blessed nature.  Perhaps that is the true mystery of God that we are called to reconcile the dual realities of ourselves through acceptance.  The path of coming to know our blessedness does not come from getting rid of our darkness or doing away with the difficult parts of our personalities but bringing them into the fold. God wants us to invite them into our prayer space, bring them to the altar of love, and shine the light on them so we can see them for what they really are . . . hidden light.  Being blessed doesn’t mean being perfect or having all the answers or never getting irritated or bothered.  Being blessed means being whole.  God stands present in the awareness of our blessedness because to her there is no opposite.  The experiences we have of the opposite are simply that which we label as such.  Our human perception is skewed and it is why we need his help to correct our mindset to a space of blessedness.  Within our hearts resides the reality of blessedness which invites us to wake up and see all of ourselves in it.  Right now we see ourselves as a reflection but with God’s eyes we can witness the full extent of the truth of who we are at our core.  Darkness and light in us dwindle down to the same reality deep within.  My daily date with God is a chance to realign my thinking with God’s and embrace the day with the eyes of blessedness if I let it.
My prayer for us is the willingness to spend some time each day in the sphere of the knowing of our blessedness and let it enrich us throughout the day today.

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Jul 27

Be From Peacefulness!

by Colleen

God is the embodiment of peacefulness.  The good news is we are made in God’s image so we are peacefulness by design.  The path of aligning ourselves with the truth of who we are is the ever evolving dance of life. There are moments in a typical day where I feel the farthest sense of peace.  I know in the truth of my heart it never leaves but if feels like someone left the door open and it took off.  I find myself frustrated and impatient. I see what is wrong instead of what I am grateful for and I can feel my heart closing off to the people with whom I come into contact.  I notice it happens in particular if something important in my life is unresolved.  I need my daily prayer and meditation date with God each morning to re-calibrate myself with this peacefulness.  Not just so that I am not bothered but rather I remember who I am called to be for myself and others in the world.  Peacefulness puts things in perspective.  It doesn’t mean everything is going my way or even that there is nothing chaotic present.  It means that despite those things being present, I know in my heart of hearts who I am is not changed by it.  I can be affected by the discord but I am not full of discord.  I can catch myself engaging in actions that are not peaceful and use them as a signal that I have gotten off course.  God is ready to gently welcome me back to the truth of who I am when I reach out and ask for help to remember.  Often throwing up my hands in frustration is the action which reminds me, oh, right, not in my control or I see what is happening and I do not have to make it who I am.  It doesn’t mean my daily date with God that morning was a waste. The fact that I catch myself before a whole week has gone by lets me know it’s not a waste.  Me sensing God’s nudge reminding me of my truth lets me know it’s not a waste.  No, it doesn’t look the way I would like, or it’s not how it happened last time, but since when is God interested in life being the same expression of love or light the same?

My prayer for us is the patience and courage to remember that when we are out of alignment with the peacefulness of who we are at our core it’s not a permanent situation, it’s just as it is today, this moment.

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Jul 26

Be From Distinctness!

by Colleen

Sometimes I feel like the hardest road to travel is the one from my heart to my head or vice versa.  For many years there were endless roadblocks around my heart.  When you shut down access it makes it hard to get somewhere but not impossible.  God always knows how to lead me back to my heart.  I see now it starts with paying attention to my breath.  It helps when I get quiet and in the end it is about remembering in my head to turn to my heart.  In my years of recovery I have learned it is not about making my ego wrong or getting pissed off that I am stuck in my head.  It is about recognizing that when I feel I have lost access to my own heart, I can rely on the One who never loses access.  The One whose voice gently reminds me to slow down, take a breath, and remember I am not alone.  The reminder rarely shows up the way I think it will and it is different every time.  I do know it is distinct knowing that only God seems to possess.  I hope the more dates we go on and the closer I get to God, I will acquire the same distinctness.

My prayer for us is the courage to rely on God to remember how to access our hearts in his own distinct way and be open to how she accomplishes it for us today.

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Jul 25

Be From Liberation!

by Colleen
The freedom of our inheritance with God is expressed in our lives in ways we cannot imagine. When we are not bound by the rules of the world, we can live freely from our hearts without concern of what the world thinks. Our liberation is how God invites us to grow and expand and be the presence of love in the world.  The great irony of our time is that many of the rules of political and religious institutions created with our supposed safety and morality in mind are the very rules that keep us bound in our hearts.  It may not have been their intention but without freely and clearly stating the intention from which they were moving, they left us to interpret on our own.  We misconstrue things in our minds all the time.  We like to make up stories and rationalizations for things we do not understand instead of asking questions.  Especially when the institutions carry the attitude of expecting us to know why without asking.  Historically many institutions made it criminal to ask questions. Some still do. I often think that if Jesus, Mohammed, Moses, or Siddhartha, were around today we would not find them in a church, mosque, synagogue, or temple.  They would probably be in the streets living in liberation from an institution.  All the great spiritual teachers have tried to convey to us that God is not bound by human intellectual constructs like rules and buildings.  They can provide a guiding post but they are not the end goal.  We are invited in our breath with each new moments to discover what it means for us to be a liberated expression of God.
My prayer for us is the curiosity and courage to trust that God wants us to be a liberating expression of love in the world in our lives in big and small ways today.

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Jul 24

Be From Naming!

by Colleen
When we use our voices to engage with life we are choosing the vibrations we send out into the world.  Every syllable has a sound current that travels from our bodies into those around us.  When we call something or someone by their name we are inviting that vibrational energy  to us. Naming things creates an energy signature that allows us to connect to it or to them without even saying anything out loud.  Once the naming has happened, just bringin the name to mind allows us to be present to its energy. It has been said that people love the sound of their own name.  It resonates deep within us because we have been hearing it and feeling it for a long time.  It is a sign of intimacy when you call someone by his or her name.  It vibrates a connection of knowing and being known. No wonder scripture stories from various traditions tell of God naming things at the beginning of time.
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Jul 23

Be From Hearth!

by Colleen
We open ourselves up to God in the hopes of feeling a connection to something greater than ourselves.  As a spiritual seeker I invite the mystery with the hope that it leads me to a place of light and love beyond my understanding.   It is a risk walking in relationship with God.  There are twists and turns and in the moment it seems as though I will never find a spiritual home for my deepest longing, God is there reassuring me that my path to wholeness lies within the hearth of my heart.  The home I am seeking will not come from outside of me though living in this world with my eyes open creates the pathway to my own soul.  When I show up in the world and face the day-to-day circumstances learning to do so with the heart of love and the recognition of the innocence of myself and others is no small task.  God wants us to know the deep warmth of the hearth of our own hearts and so she invites us to wake up each day, take a deep breath, and be willing to be.
My prayer for us is the courage to continue on the awakened path and trust we are being led by the big and small circumstances of our lives to the deep reality of light and love in the hearth of our own hearts today.

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Jul 22

Be From Thorns!

by Colleen
We all have experiences in our lives that cause us to put up walls within ourselves and towards life outside of ourselves.  These thorns we often think are coming from other people.  It is something they did or an event in life that cause us to have to put up our defenses.  When we are left feeling as though no one is going to come in and save us or protect us we develop very deep thorns.  I know I had many and am continually uncovering more as life goes on.  What I do now instead of hiding them is reveal them to God.  I dispel the shame I have about carrying them and lay them out to be looked at with light.  God shows me these defenses are only painful because I think I need them to remain whole and safe.  She invites me to look at the thorns as my chance to get close the rose of my heart.  He wants me to sit and just look at what they are doing for me and what they are doing to me. There may be some I want to keep but when I see them in the light I notice the stem on which they are growing is distancing me from the love within my own heart.  The spiritual path is harrowing and painful at times because darkness and shame can have a strong hold.  God gently leads me with my breath to get close to the thorns, see how they feel, notice how they are shaped, and allow her light to penetrate their core.  If I decide I am ready to let go of the thorn, I can do so with honor and be touched at an even deeper level with the petals of love which will grow in its place.  My daily date has taught me to be patient and curios about any wounding from thorns present in my life and see them as an invitation to bring light and beauty like a rose into formerly dark and shameful places.
My prayer for us is the courage to get close to the protective thorns around our heart and explore what they look like out of the shame shadow and in the light of God’s love today.

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Jul 21

Be From Expansion!

by Colleen
The presence of God is everywhere and everything because we are all part of God’s expansiveness.  We are here in physical form and are called to be the eyes, ears, hearts, arms, legs, and voices of God. When we take the time to connect to the expansive truth within ourselves we can resonate the fullest expansion of love.  We see it when people lend a smile or a hug.  When one person looks with kindness and compassion at someone having a rough day.  God is present in the person who lets you go in front of them on the road and in you when you stop and let the person cross the street. When you catch yourself from cussing someone out who is bothering you, God’s expansion is present in you.  We walk around somewhat oblivious to this expansion in ourselves and those around us because we are looking only through our human eyes.  God invites us to get quiet and go within to see the expansive light flickering brightly where we think there is only darkness.  She wants us to know that all the ways we are running in the world will not shake the expansion of God’s presence in us.  He invites us to pause long enough and hear the still small voice saying: I AM Here with you,  I AM here within you. I AM here, are you?  
 
My prayer for us is the curiosity to see if we can tap into the expansion of God by going within and not seeking outside of ourselves today.

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Jul 20

Be From Staying!

by Colleen
Within us exists a reality tapped into love.  It is a deep reservoir that never runs dry.  its Source is the Source of All That Is.  It is open to be bathed in and soaked up so it stays present in our minds as we go through our day. When we give ourselves permission to stay one minute longer in God’s reality we are choosing to stay one minute longer in the truth of who we are.  Our human experience allows us to be present to many realities and it is easy to be tantalized by the physical ones in our body and the outside world.  It makes sense to be with what we can know with our senses.  We are taught from a very young age to depend upon this reality.  But there is a deeper source of energy that is beyond feeling and thinking.  God’s reality extends beyond our physical senses and the known.  She invites us to connect with and stay with this space through our breath.  He knows when we pause for a moment and connect with our hearts, it is right there for us. It is up to us if we feel like staying.
My prayer for us is the curiosity to stay in the perhaps unknown beyond feeling sense of love that is flickering within us today and always.

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Jul 19

Be From Encounters!

by Colleen
We tend to walk around with a fixed set of ideas about how things will be. Our brains are conditioned to look for and assimilate the familiar and reject the unfamiliar. When our expectations are not met we find ourselves disappointed, bothered, and maybe even angry or frustrated. We become so comfortable with our illusionary ideas and interpret the unfamiliar as discomfort and call it pain or a problem.  What if it is just growth? Anyone who has grown physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually (in other words anyone alive) will tell you that preceding the growth was a period of discomfort.  We know in our souls that an encounter with unfamiliarity or discomfort is not something to numb, run, or avoid.  It is a gift to be embraced. Convincing our mind of our soul’s perspective is half the battle. Encountering discomfort is tolerated by our minds when it makes sense or has a foreseeable outcome. But we do not always have the reasons. Every day discomforting encounters are usually met with distaste and frustration. Our feelings are not wrong, but they are not the whole story.  On my daily dates with God when I am uncomfortable, God shows me how to stay with myself. She wants me to notice the discomfort and stay long enough to find the gift.  Only after years of this practice has my initial numb or hide response dimmed.  I have experienced enough uncomfortable encounters to trust it is not the whole story.  When I want to numb, hide or run I lean into God for the strength to find myself in the encounter.
My prayer for us is the willingness to stay with uncomfortable encounter long enough to find the gem beneath the surface today.

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