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Four Guideposts on the Path
Adapted from The Spiritual Pathway, by Barbara Berger (Findhorn Press, 2003).
These four focal points are a summation of centuries of spiritual wisdom and thought. They can help us shift your focus toward the Good, and liberate us from self-limiting patterns of behavior. Meditating on them can help us move forward on the path.
These are four very powerful statements. Read them here:
1. The Present Moment is the Point of Power.
All you have is the present moment–the present thought. All you have to heal is the present thought. All you have to do is focus on the present moment. The future does not exist. (It is just a thought in your mind. The past does not exist. (It is just a thought in your mind.) This is why the present moment is the point of power.
2. You Are the Cause.
The outer world is not the cause. Past events are not the cause. You are the cause. Your present thoughts are what you demonstrate. This means that today is not mortgaged in the sense that today is not the result of what happened yesterday or of outside events. Rather today is unfolding right now because of the way you are thinking right now. That is why all you have to heal is the present thought.
3. No Accusation.
Not only is there nowhere to go and nothing to do, it is important to focus on the fact that each being or form is a Divine creation and has its own integrity and to do everything in one’s power to nurture it and call it forth. This is the true service. This is the true focus on the Good.
Accustion and criticism are heavy burdens to the being who carries these belief patterns. When a being drops accusation and criticism, the Spirit/soul is set free in all its glory.
4. The Eternal Now.
The future becomes the prison of past conditioning because we allow it to become so. If the present thought is right, there is never any need to worry about the future.
There is no future out there waiting for us. There is only the Eternal Now. The Present Moment is the Point of Power. Future and Past do not exist. All you have to do is heal the present thought.
Go to the Source
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add your comment »I discovered this a year ago. I have wasted a good part of my life wondering why things weren't working out as I'd expected and blaming others for my unhappiness. In the past year, the only thing that has changed is my perspective and now, at least, I am at peace with myself.
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Thank you for this! I woke today with a heavy heart, feeling as though I'm at my breaking point. We create our own hell sometimes and get to caught up in it before we realize it and except it for what it is. I needed this today! ~Natasha
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Stepping out of present thought to the source of present thought is where the power is. The eternal now can only be experienced in No Thought. The gift of the power of thought is before the creation of thought. The NOW the great masters spoke of. All thought always occurs in the present. Can't be anyplace else since the present moment is really all that exists, and in that light time is the great illusion. So our true essence is not time based but rather before time. Before the time-based present moment. Rather in the eternal present. The eternal Now. So when I stop taking the content of my thinking seriously. But lighten my heart. I am more identified with who I truly am. Before the creation of thought. The creator essence of my higher self (so to speak. The words don't matter or convey the essence. It must be felt in a higher state of peace of mind). There are tools to find this eternal now: Lightening up the heart. Not taking life so personally. Being grateful for anything, even the smallest grace, as a grateful feeling is indeed the feeling of love. My suggestion to anyone reading this is not to try and figure it out. Stop looking for answers to life's big questions. But do listen for the Silence in each and every moment, enjoy life as a moment by moment adventure. See the story in everything. It's all just belief and story. Look for clues in ones own life that life is an energy experience. You are both the creator & witness of the creation. God we are & God we are not.
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you can never escape not worrying or thinking about the future nor the past. It's always there.. but i try my best not to.. I just live each day of my life step by step, living each day having fun as if its my last.
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I'm not sure what I think... I'm still mulling it over. But that is progress, isn't it? After all, I didn't leave off reading it until tomorrow, nor have I consigned it to the past!
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I enjoyed reading through this, took it to heart, and passed it along to some family members so they could read, too!
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Indeed...being in the now releases us from the burden of being held hostage by the past. Like actors on a stage, the performance takes place in front of the curtain - shutting out the past (behind the scene activities)with focus on only the actions of the moment.
Cheers,
Didi L. Barbour
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good stuff!
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Thank you so much for this enightening look at life...I am guilty of worrying over the future too much myself..this has really brighteneed my day and made me re-think alot of things
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