The Builder Within

Art in Life

Art has many forms, many varied expressions and we are true artists who inspire in others the art of right living.

 

There are many forms of art -- the most obvious being that of the painter, the sculptor or the musician. Well, there are all these forms and more too. There is the art of home-making, the art of cooking, the art of conversation or, I should say, of conversing, and the art of getting along with people in life. All have some talents and all can develop what they have into greater talent by perseverance and desire, both necessary in every endeavor.

One of the greatest of arts is that of bringing out hidden talent in another. Some, by thoughts of positive nature, can do this for themselves, but others need a greater impetus and get this in various ways or allow it to remain dormant where it is indeed wasted.

When parents do not allow their children creative expression in some form, they are cruelly crippling the child. Sometimes a child is told, “I’ll do that -- you go play,” and then the child, though he may truly want to go ahead with whatever his desire may have been, is frustrated and these mental frustrations often have later repercussions and quite often develop into an inferiority complex, or worse, resentment which is self-poisoning. 

On the other hand, there are parents who selfishly devote all their time to their own interests, leaving the child to shift for himself. This is equally bad and the parent is to blame when the child feels unloved and insecure. The true artist is one who has the happy faculty of blending into the home life not only his own skills but of developing and bringing forth that of the children in his care. 

Art has many forms, many varied expressions and we are true artists who inspire in others the art of right living.

 

God’s Laws

 God is, at all times, working through each and every one of us, seeking clearer channels and making use of them where we make it possible.

 

Nature, and her varied manifestations, is God in action. The laws of the universe, God’s laws, are followed in every instance and we see the result in what we call Nature.

All thought, all instinct comes from the God-power and we see but its manifestation. God is, at all times, working through each and every one of us, seeking clearer channels and making use of them where we make it possible. We must first be inspired with the desire for a clearer expression of thought in order to have it. We must aspire before we are inspired. This is a law and a just one.  

We reach a certain plateau in our mental status and sometimes we are content to remain there until we again become inspired with the desire to gain greater light, greater knowledge of truth, and so then we climb on to greater heights.   

There is always opportunity given to us for greater knowledge and wisdom if and when we seek it and truly desire it beyond all else. We cannot have a sincere desire without the possibility of its eventual gratification. See it as done and it will become manifest in your life, but be sure that it is what you really want. Then you too must do your part, and action along with vision brings the desired result. This too is a law and one we all use whether or not we realize that it is so.

The Gifts of Life

We are all the recipients of more than we realize. 

 

We are all the recipients of more than we realize. Always we are in the process of receiving and giving. 

We breathe in oxygen and exhale the waste or burned up breath and we receive energy in the process. We eat food which nourishes our bodies and expel that which is not needed as waste material. It is going on all the time in every department of our being and in all levels of our complicated, yet simple bodies and minds. 

Our bodies and minds are controlled by our spirit which is at all times in touch with the omnipotent, omniscient Father of all Life. We are never alone no matter how we may think for we live, move and have our being in the ever-present, all-powerful deity. 

We have a mind that has the capacity to think, to reason and so to govern our life with the laws of life that we must obey or we are instantly aware that we have transgressed. All about us is the evidence of life everlasting, life immortal, here and now, yet man cannot see, cannot feel, cannot sense this except in rare instances.  

We are the victims of our own lack of faith, both in ourselves and in our God. We accept nothing but what, to our own minds, is evidence. This is as it should be, but we must aspire or we cannot be inspired.   

First comes desire, then the work towards the goal coupled with faith that it will be accomplished. We receive the necessary inspiration to help us along toward our goal, whatever it may be. We must be sure it is what we truly desire for we receive just what we expect to receive and what we earnestly work toward. 

Aim high and believe in the self within as adequate to bring about the desired changes in whatever direction the mind takes, and the goal will be realized.

Spheres of Light

 

The spiritual realm of life surrounds the physical world much as the many layers of the skin of an onion ...

 

The spiritual realm of life surrounds the physical world much as the many layers of the skin of an onion, and though our physical eyes cannot penetrate into this realm, it is nevertheless there interpenetrating and ever-present.  

It is there that our loved ones, gone on, dwell awaiting us and still interested and, in many instances, participating in our life and enjoying our pleasures along with us or helping where help is needed. 

In times of stress or grief, they are always ready to do what they can to ease the burden. The veil is indeed thinner than we have ever thought and when one is in attunement, he can and often does receive messages or thoughts from the higher realms of life. 

We must be aspiring in order to be inspired, and we must be deserving of help also before it is given to us. It is always through our inner, or thought life that the true person is known and there are always those who can read aright the Akashic Records* of those on the physical plane of existence.   

We reap what we sow, justice does prevail and always we are paid in the coin we deserve. The beauties of the next sphere of existence are many and varied and we eventually will receive our heaven if we have earned it. 

*Also called The Book of Life, the Akashic Records are said to contain the entire history (word, thought, deed, intent) of every individual who has ever lived on the earth. The great psychic, Edgar Cayce,  (1877-1945) was able to read these records, thereby helping thousands of individuals.