We are evolving towards a realization that we are expressions of the Divine. We engage in external activities because we react to our environmental illusions as reality. Monism, or any other form of belief system, is a construct. It is a thought pattern that allows an individual to come to certain conclusions about their place in the environment. Wayne Dyer once said, “We are enviro-organisms.” We cannot exist without our environments. Why? Because it is where we exist IN THIS FORM. What Bobby Hinkle (Facebook Spiritual Teacher) and others teach, or should we say, put into words, is not dogma. It is an attempt at putting finite terms to the infinite thoughts that we experience. Sure, it might not be as descriptive or finite as one might hope, but it points the way to where YOU can personally experience the revelation of the stillness of the Divine.
Melville once said that God’s voice is silence. Only in the silence can we let go of the distractions and noise of the perceived dualist reality and come to know the still small voice of God. I experience the physical world AS the physical world by SENSING and FEELING. I know the law of gravity and its consequences. I experience the spiritual world through twice daily meditations that confirm my KNOWING and BEING of the spiritual world. The daily relaxation allows me to squelch the noise enough to embrace the peace of God.
In this world I know the law of attraction and its consequences. I daily strive to correct and filter my thoughts and belief system to allow the greater good to be attracted to me. It is an ongoing process towards peace. Peace is the state where we feel comfortable and secure with our place in our environments; physical AND spiritual. Our existence occurs simultaneously in both worlds. Bobby Hinkle, or any of the other teachers on the threads in Facebook, can only point the way. It is a personal experience of the Divine that ultimately allows you an understanding of ‘how things work’. The more time you spend in meditation, the closer you become to the source of all life.
To define spirit with thoughts and words is an exercise in folly. However, I will play the fool and try to explain it. It is transcendent and imminent simultaneously and contains everything that has ever existed everywhere. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. Matter is energy vibrating at a slower rate. When spirit “expresses” itself, it manifests as energy (i.e. the Big Bang). The resultant dualistic reality eventually cools down after a period of intense growth and expansion. The perceived dualistic reality is the result of spirit “expressing” itself into this universe. We can only explain spirit by the results we observe through sensing and feeling. We can come to a state of knowing and being through an ‘understanding’ of spirit. We can conclude that spirit exists when we remove or minimize the distractions of the perceived dualistic reality.
Mind is the connection or bridge between the physical and the spiritual. Our brains generate the electrochemical energy that absorbs the presence of spirit and directs the course of our lives. These energies are directed through our hearts and we ‘feel’ them in the process of manifestation. We express our Divine desires by knowing them, feeling them and expecting them to manifest. This explanation pales in comparison to the actual state of existence and how it unfolds into our perceived dualistic reality.
Every day is an opportunity to come to the realization that God is within each and every one of us and that He is expressing His Divine will ‘through’ us in direct proportion to our awareness of our allowing it to manifest within us. We decide by His gift of ‘free will’. He gives us the opportunity to co-create with Him in His creation.
What a wonderful and blessed creator we have! He gives us the tools to create, the ability to sustain ourselves and the free will to choose His will or ours! Living a fulfilling life means that we allow His presence to move within our spirit to fulfill Divine order, Divine will and Divine purpose, perfectly.
By turning everything over to God we come to the realization that He has created it all anyway and that His love for us brings it into existence. Give thanks every day for His love and manifest your destiny by allowing God to steer your vehicle. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Elizabeth and I would like to invite you all to our site ‘Service In Prayer’. For many months we have been led to offer a way for our online friends to have a forum to share our prayer needs with each other.
The purpose of this website is to connect with one another and share our needs for healing in whatever areas we feel we need. Please visit the website or go to the Facebook forum to post any public prayers on the Wall or PM us for private prayers.
We will pray for you or help you to find Prayer Partners to assist you in healing and realization of your Divine purpose and the unfolding of it in Divine order.
Thank you all for your support, kindness and for blessing us with your ongoing friendship. Peace and blessings to all of you and your families! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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What does that mean? One commenter on my article Ask and it is given stated “All good gifts come from God, not from some imagined human ability to 'create'. Duh.” And what does any human capacity of creativity have to do with the gifts from God? Everything!!! Duh! If one cannot see the glory, majesty and blessings that God has given us then they need to turn on the windshield wipers. I have repeatedly referred to this statement, and I will refer to it again; “Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done (Matthew 21:21). God’s greatest gift to us is the power of creativity. But how does this come about? Are our brains truly thought generators that reach out and move mountains and worlds? Hardly. Or are our brains directors of energies that move mountains and worlds? The symbology here is critical.
From about 1973 to 1993 I was a practicing Astrologer. I did charts on many types of people and the results were startling. I researched the energies involved between the Earth, the Moon and the Sun, as well as the planets. I designed a computer program to track the gravitational relationships and energies transmitted and received only to realize that there are miniscule effects at best. Yes, the Moon affects the tides and because our bodies are between 88% to 92% water it does affect us. Without the life giving energy of the Sun we couldn’t survive on this planet. These are all facts I struggled with but just couldn’t resolve whether or not physical interactions genuinely existed or were at least, influential to our human existence. The Bible does state that Astrology is for signs and the seasons, yet, primarily due to misunderstood translations, the Christian community tends to ignore them as being valid or relegates them to being evil. They seem to forget the 3 wise men who used these signs to locate and provide finances to Jesus for his ministry. They forget that Joseph and Mary weren’t rich and the gifts from the Magi provided them with the necessary capital they needed to keep Jesus alive.
In 1981 I read a book by Dane Rudhyar, a transcendental astrologer entitled “The Astrology of Transformation.” He proposed that Astrology was a language of symbology and not an interactive energy measuring device. When we were born on this planet at a certain time of day, a certain day of the year, the reference of the planets in their houses and signs provided an analysis of our tendencies, not a predetermined stance or posture of a person’s entire life. Wow! Just like what the Bible said. A language for signs and for seasons. Not an evil method to steer one away from God. Hmmm! I can hear the tapping of the commenter’s keys right now. Here comes judgment rearing its ugly head. However, I won’t focus on that image since I don’t want to create it.
One scientist that was interviewed by Larry King on CNN stated that our minds do not generate enough energy to rearrange matter as is proposed in the movie, “The Secret.” Technically, he is right. The Law of Attraction is beyond science’s ability to measure, qualify and quantify. Why? Because they are opening the front door of the barn looking for the horse while the horse has already left by the back door. Read the criticism section under the above LOA link. Years ago I worked for Amtrak at the Wilmington shops as an Electronics Inspector. We spent most of our days cleaning off electrical devices called relays. Relays are basically switching devices that use a safe lower voltage to change direction of a not-so-safe higher voltage. Without relays, human beings could be fried to death with the high voltages required to run locomotives. Yet, with these ingenious devices, we have mastered the power of the electron and made it safe for us to harness it. Our thoughts are generated from our brains at a lower voltage. God has freely given us the gift to choose what thoughts we focus on. Could it be that the thoughts we generate harness the greater energies present in the universe that move worlds? I believe that this is the case. Just like Dane Rudhyar stated about Astrology being a language of symbology I propose that our thoughts create symbols and archetypes that relay our thoughts to the universe, and through the Law of Attraction, create the circumstances in our lives.
The Law of Attraction obeys the symbols, archetypes, pictures and verbal proclamations, whether we believe this or not. The Law of Attraction precisely responds to what you envision, state and hold true about yourself and your world. If you offer a vibration of confusion and disharmony, it will respond with more of the same. Conversely, if you offer lucidity and focus, it will relay your thoughts to God’s clock (the Universe) and the powers that are already there will obey. This is what Jesus meant when he said that the mountain will move.
God has given us the gift of creativity and the ability to harness the powers of the universe simply by focusing, maintaining and relaying our thoughts on a consistent basis. Which thoughts will you choose? Will you focus on lack and limitation or will you focus on abundance and prosperity? Will you seek to help others or further your own selfish causes? It is your choice. Act responsibly!
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May Sutor and Dean A. Banks, D.D. have uploaded podcasts. Robert Yarbrough will be added soon. Just click on the podcasters placards below and click on the Podcast title. Currently there are five podcasts on Bobby Hinkle's page, one on Elizabeth Sutor's page and nine on Dean A. Banks, D.D.'s page. Stay tuned for more! Thank you for choosing us!
What is the Spirituality Guidance Channel? SGC is a video portal designed to introduce spiritually inclined individuals to be exposed to spiritual videos, radio, teachers, music, art, books, resources and links from a selected group of teachers and requests from viewers. Each featured coach/teacher will have their own page highlighting any videos, audios, websites or printed material they have produced. This portal will be regularly promoted on the Internet through social networking and targeted marketing channels. Please visit the website at the following address:
http://www.spiritualityguidance.com and email me at webproducer@hotmail.com with any suggestions, links or materials. Thank you for your most courteous participation in this project. I welcome your input. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Welcome to our new Sunday Morning Service by Dr. Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Every week Dr. Dean will be engaging subjects that are pertinent to your growth and expansion into recognition of; respect to; and communication with your inner spirit.
Please feel free to comment or suggest topics for review. May the Divine always bless you and your families! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Our choices are quite clear this November. We will either move ‘Forward’ as Obama’s slogan states or we will ‘Restore Our Future’ as Romney claims. Now what does it mean to move forward? Forward from where we have been for the past 12 years or forward from this point on? In actuality, it means that we don’t regress and go back to the blatantly failing policies of trickle-down economics.
Romney says that we need to restore our future? How do you restore something that hasn’t occurred yet? It is a confliction in terms that are meant to confuse and offset one from thinking about what it truly means. Restoring our future means that we will ‘go back’ to those failed policies that caused this mess in the first place.
Our country is a Republic; a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them [dictionary.com]. In fact, we are a democratic republic which is government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system [dictionary.com].
The theme here is that the power is in the PEOPLE and NOT the corporations and their wealthy constituents. When this occurs it is called a plutocracy; a government or state in which the wealthy class rules [dictionary.com]. The best way to convince the people that the wealthy can rule effectively and look out for the best interests of the PEOPLE, is to convince them ever so subtly that they are administering a theocracy; a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
When the wealthy ruling class convinces those less discerning individuals of the middle and lower financial classes, based on their façade of faith in God, then we are moving toward a plutocracy with an ‘implied’ theocracy. When the power of the PEOPLE is willingly transferred to the plutocracy fascism rears its ugly face; fascism is a governmental system led by a dictator (in our case, conglomerates of corporations spending billions of advertising dollars to sway our vote) having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism [dictionary.com].
Now what does the last word say? Isn’t the birther argument just plain and simple racism? Who is its chief proponent? Donald Trump; one who would benefit immensely from a plutocracy with a clandestine fascist agenda. The wealthy cry about a ‘free market’ without ‘governmental regulation’ and decry what happened with Wall Street. Greed outweighed caring and supporting the citizens of this country who are the veins, arteries and capillaries of our survival. Our choices are included in the following:
Romney wins the presidency with a Republican majority in Congress. All of what the middle class has worked for and succeeded in passing (ACA) will be UNDONE. We will be living in a false world of trickle-down economics where we will be heading more toward a plutocracy with a façade of a theocracy.
Romney wins the presidency with a Democratic majority in Congress. Everything Romney tries to do will be blocked by Congress. We will have a rerun of the last two years with Republican obstructionism except now it will be the Democrats.
Obama wins the presidency with a Republican majority in Congress. Two more years of deadlock and NO progress with the bullies on the playground. Our economy will grow ever so slowly while we all struggle more financially.
Obama wins the presidency with a majority of Democrats in Congress. Now we’re talking. Growth will continue and many who have no health care will be able to seek treatment, become healthy and contribute to the work force. This is the scenario we need to grow and expand into a fruitful society.
If you don’t believe what I have said above I suggest getting off of your ever-widening ass and go to the library. Do the research and DON”T parrot what some political pundit says. Don’t allow the corporate lobbyists to determine our collective futures. Don’t allow foreign and corporate monies to buy our elections. Look at the handwriting on the wall and translate it into what it truly means; if you vote for a plutocracy you have just given away your freedom and liberty to those who don’t give a god-damned about you and your family. The choice is clear. Make the right choice. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
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REVELING IN IGNORANCE
Refusing to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person only delays the inevitable. Sooner or later ignorance resurfaces when ego decides it’s time to lash out. Now, you can either ignore ignorance, or you can meet it head on with truth. Whichever way you choose there are consequences.
Letting ignorance flourish will end up biting you in the ass one day. Meeting it head on will cause you to bring the truth forward and put your cards on the table.
If someone backs off from a legitimate question or a necessary debate, one thing is for sure: Either they are so self-absorbed by their ego or they don’t have a truthful argument to begin with; which means they aren’t interested in the truth and they are only interested in a ‘version’ of the truth that suits their agenda.
Either way ego is comfortable reveling in ignorance. That way it maintains control over you. Truth will set you free from ego only when you are aware enough to realize it. Peace. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW
In this moment you have created everything in your life and can now reflect on it. Are the reflections clear? Or are they nebulous? You are in a place right now where you can choose to be whom and what you were created to be; right here, right now.
All of your past experiences have been in how to handle this moment. Why don’t you listen to the silence, see the stillness and feel the peace of this moment? Is there ANYTHING more important than this moment? The NOW is where you make the choices to unfold your Divine purpose in Divine order. What choices are you making?
Are you fulfilling your Divine purpose? Are you paying attention to the unfolding of the Spirit of God within you? If you aren’t, it’s OK. The first step is to recognize this and the next is to act accordingly to become whom and what you were created to be.
Trust in Divine guidance and traverse the journey from self to SELF and experience the peace, joy and understanding of complete and utter fulfillment. Thank you, God, for this awareness. Thank you for your ongoing blessings in my life. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
RIGHTS?
NEVER meddle with the RIGHTS of others concerning their acceptance and perpetuation of fear! That’s what the conservative mind-heartset keeps yelling loudly! Just point them in the direction of knowing where they are using their perceptions of those RIGHTS to allow the infliction of harm on others.
Their right to protect themselves because they choose to live in fear does NOT supersede YOUR right to peace and safety! There IS a difference between perceiving the ‘possibility’ of harm from another and actually experiencing it. If your perception of aberrance and the justification of using weaponry or force to stop it is known for what it truly is, resistance, then you will understand that what you resist persists until you GROW UP and deal with it.
Allow the peace, beauty and love from the Divine to surround you with the white light of protection and safety from all harm. It is there for a reason and Divine love is that purpose personified in you when you simply allow it to happen. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Ah, the Old West. America seems to have a romantic involvement with the open range, thousands of cattle grazing on government lands and the opportunity for sheer profit. That’s what the cattle barons did in the 1800’s. As America expanded into the new earthly frontier certain individuals modeled their behaviors after the Manor Lords of Britain. Anyone who was a threat to their ‘opportunities’ to make money off of the beef market was hoodwinked or ‘saddled’ into selling out their stakes. Those who wouldn’t, like Cattle Kate were hung by the neck on trumped up charges of cattle thievery.
It was a time where the ego and the sidearm of the opportunist was the only law and it decided what was said in the newspapers as well. Arguments and disputes were settled in gun battles more than a court room. It was the age of ‘Cowboy Diplomacy’ as Star Trek’s Spock once said. Decisions being made by the fastest guns; it didn’t matter what the truth was because it was the ego of the one aiming the gun that had the power over life and death.
Flash forward to today and we see the same type of ignorance and ‘Cowboy Diplomacy’ witnessed in the middle class consciousness. The middle class, born out of the yeoman class in Britain, were self-sufficient and lived ‘free’ from the tyranny of the ‘Lords’ or ‘Barons’; i.e., until they started making a good profit and became targeted for extermination.
Nowadays, the Barons are on Wall Street. No longer aiming guns and killing those who stand up to them, they still wield their ‘financial’ pistols at the rest of us in hopes of squeezing out more dollars each and every year from our sweated labors. They sit on high and play chess with our futures while we fight among ourselves over second amendment rights, gay marriage and the onslaught of religions, banks and corporations padding the wallets of ‘OUR’ representatives. They keep trying to distract us from focusing on the fact that they are ripping us off at every turn. They don’t have to kill us any longer, just keep us distracted and occupied enough while they pay for laws that our representatives ‘sneak’ in with earmarks.
It is a shell game of the highest order; while we are concerned about our families, jobs and lifestyles, they are influencing more and more of how much they rape our finances with the ultimate goal of bleeding us dry. The bankers, corporate heads and ‘investors’ in opportunities don’t care about you or your family’ needs, wants, desires and expectations; they only care about themselves and theirs. You are just a way for them to make a profit.
Only when the hearts of humankind focus on mutual respect and sharing Divine love will we, as a collection of divine souls, be able to live in peace, understanding and harmony. A society where it is alright to make a ‘fair’ profit off of products and services but NOT alright to employ greed or avarice in taking advantage of others. Living in the Kingdom of God starts in our hearts and spreads into our world.
It is up to us to be steadfast and demand the regulations, checks and balances to keep greed in check. It is NOT alright for us to be threatened with their ‘financial weapons of mass destruction’ anymore. It is up to us to STOP them where they stand and make them accountable for their aberrant behavior against us all. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
WELCOME TO TSP DAILY!
We are so pleased with the success of The Spirituality Post Weekly Online Magazine, The Spirituality Post Daily and The Spirituality Guidance Sunday Morning Service that we have now combined them into a daily online magazine for those involved in Spirituality. Every weekday and weekend we will be featuring the writings and sayings of Dr. Dean A. Banks, D.D. Please come and visit us every day to receive inspiration, guidance and opinion on spiritual and political matters. We would like to thank you all for your support and dedication to the writings and sayings that we feature. May God bless all of you and your families now and evermore! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
In a debate there are different ways to respond to the argument your opponent introduces. When you answer the question presented by your opponent directly, your opponent can then respond directly or attack your character to initialize an emotional response in you and the audience. This is known as an ‘ad hominem’ attack; it is a Latin expression meaning “to the man.” An ad hominem argument is one that relies on personal attacks rather than reason or substance [dictionary.com].
If your response is skewed based on how you look at and feel about women and their role in society, then your response is said to be ‘ad feminam’. Now, let’s look at what has happened recently about women’s reproductive rights. Ad hominem and ad feminam attacks and responses have proliferated from both sides of the issues. Why? To generate an emotional response in you in order to get you out and vote for the candidate who aligns with your view on women’s rights. If we strip away the emotion completely, we can see the ‘real’ picture.
Each one of us has a body that we live our lives in and most of us believe we have a right to treat this body as we so choose. No one has the right to inflict their will on anyone else to manifest their agendas. Murder is illegal and punishable by death in some cases because it involves someone making the choice to deprive another of their right to their own life. Rape is illegal and punishable in our society because it involves someone forcing their will upon another and violating their body. For a man to decide how a woman should treat her body is NOT coming from experience but from supposition. He does not have a female body and has NO right to choose how to treat that body because he does not live in that body. Women, and women alone, have the right to choose how they will live in their bodies and should not live in fear of persecution as a result of their choices concerning their bodies.
Sandra Fluke stood up for herself against the bigot Rush Limbaugh and his ad feminam attacks on her. She rose to the occasion and stood her ground. She is a true ‘shero’! Her acceptance and dedication to ‘owning’ her body over the agendas of men who have NO clue what it is to be female is inspiring. Much like the civil rights movement was inspiring. My shero when I was a child was Rosa Parks. She was so tired after working hard one day that when she was told to give up her seat and move to the back of the bus so that a white person could take her seat she said, “No!” We all need to say NO to bigotry, sexism and those who foster separation of the races.
We all bleed, breathe and exercise the three ‘S’s every day. We might appear different on the outside but we all have the Spirit of God on the inside. Identify with the Spirit of God and live from that center. Then, and only then, will we be able to see things as they are and NOT how others ‘color’ them to be. Always seek fairness for all people on this earth; we are all connected and deserve each other’s respect, consideration and love. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
RUNNING YOUR OWN RACE
Do your run your own race? Or do your run the race that others have told you that you MUST run? Do you march to the beat of your inner drummer or do you step in line with what others THINK you must do?
The more you come to understand exactly what you have been created to be, the clearer your inner sense of your Divine purpose will become and how to allow it to unfold in Divine order. However, many people identify with whom and what others, or some book, tell them who and what they are.
Is this the correct way to Oneness with the Divine? Or is it a side road that leads you away from your Divine purpose? Only you can know that. If you depend on what others say or what some book tells you is your Divine purpose, you have missed the point completely. You are allowing things ‘outside’ of yourself to govern your inner world of spirit.
Your spirit is ever present and does not depend on some obscure definition contrived by someone who has shared their own experience with Divinity. In their sharing, they have used their own terms and understandings to express their experience in order to share the truth of that experience OR they are trying to manifest an agenda of creating a belief system that others can follow and support. Take Scientology or Mormonism for example; contrived religions by charismatic egotistical individuals who elevated ‘their’ view to ‘the way it is’ as revealed to them by ‘intellect’ or God.
Furthermore, let’s take the concept of the ‘Holy Trinity’. Is it real or contrived? Are there really 3 individual ‘spirits’ or is there only one Spirit of God? The Biblical scriptures are quite clear on this. Not once is it ever mentioned in the Bible because it was an invention of the Catholic Church. Yet many followers of Christianity swallow it hook, line and sinker because some charismatic preacher without sufficient knowledge of history told them it was so. They began to run that preacher’s race and NOT their own.
Biblical scholars of the Catholic Church declared that the Bible was the ‘holy word of God’ and used it as weapon to hold over the heads of their constituents to become the ‘middle man’ between them and God. It is mass ego validation.
When the Divine reveals a path to you that leads to the truth, you have a choice based on your free will to either follow that path or follow the path of your ego. When you blatantly resist what has been agreed to by many historians whose true agenda is to relay the truth of how things really happened, it is your ego that is taking hold and NOT your inner spirit. You begin to run the race of your ego’s quest for self-survival instead of the Divine race of seeking out the truth.
You will encounter one challenge after another until you ‘allow’ the spirit of truth to lead you to the truth. When you run your own race the only way you will win is if you don’t allow the distractions of others and their ‘opinions’ from influencing your decisions to stay on course.
The winner of a race leads the pack or is closest to the leader and paces themselves to overtake the leader at the appropriate time. ‘I’ll Have Another’, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness is a prime example. The horse was behind the leaders most of the race and won the race after the jockey made his move at the appropriate time to take the leading position.
In reality, there is no race at all. Life is the unfolding of your Divine purpose in Divine order and it is YOU that either allows the influence of others or some book to become the key understanding in the unfolding of your purpose. Why go to a source outside of yourself when the Divine Spirit of God is within you right now? It is there speaking to you in the voice of silence; guiding and directing your thoughts, ideas, beliefs, words, actions and behaviors to unfold your Divine purpose in Divine order.
Make the time to listen, understand and follow that inner voice. It is the truth of spirit that reveals your Divine purpose. How do you know it is real and from the Divine? If it tells you to create experiences that contribute to the growth and expansion of all, then it is Divine in nature. If it tells you to create experiences that place your needs, wants, desires and expectations over the lives of others, then it is from the ego.
Learn and practice discernment. It is one of the tools you have been given to balance out occurrences in your outer and inner environments. It is based on YOUR experiences and observations concerning YOUR life; whereas judgment is based on your understanding of others’ experiences in their lives without you having knowledge of their individual experiences and observations.
It is not our job to judge others, but we can discern what is good for us or not. By daily and consistently aligning ourselves with the spirit of truth we come to learn the rules of living and we will begin to respond automatically to distractions from unfolding our Divine purpose in Divine order. Tune out the distraction and rhetoric of others and their personal and judgmental agendas and focus on manifesting YOUR Divine purpose in Divine order.
Run your own race. Make your own decisions. Be who you were created to be unfettered by the external distractions and conclusions of others. Only when you master this will you be able to live in the flow of Divine order and be joyous with the results. Peace and blessings to you and I hope you win the race! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
How many times have you second guessed yourself? You feel down deep inside that you must do something and when it comes time to doing it you hold back. What is it that stops you from doing what you KNOW you need to do? Is it fear of rejection or is it sheer laziness? Is it not being sure or is it that you just don’t care?
Whatever it may be similar situations will keep occurring until you move beyond the situation and make a decision. Taking a stand clears out the clutter from your mind and heart. It allows you to feel that you have taken action and made a move in a direction.
Whether you perceive that direction as ultimately good or bad is another thing altogether; the fact is, you made a move OUT of mediocrity and took a risk in moving forward. The energy and focus you receive from committing yourself to action charges your being with energy and excites your soul.
Move ahead confidently and take the risks you are led to take. You will never know the feeling of joy and accomplishment until you do. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
SEING FROM A
DIVINE PERSPECTIVE
Why is it that some of us always make important decisions when we cannot see beyond our current situations? Why do we insist upon making major steps when we cannot see around the next corner?
When we are in the valley we cannot see beyond the surrounding mountains. We sometimes feel that because we are in the valley that we will always be there. The time to make major decisions is when we climb to the top of the ‘inner’ mountain and see from a Divine perspective.
How do we ‘see’ from a Divine perspective? We use our imagination to envision ourselves at the ‘top’ of the mountain and trust in the Divine to bring us there. The combination of imagination and Divine trust create our ‘knowingness’ of arriving at our destination; this is Divine expectation.
Becoming whom and what we were created to be is accomplished by embracing our Divine purpose and allowing Divine guidance to unfold that purpose in Divine order. We don’t need to see beyond the next corner when we completely trust in the Divine. After all, the journey to the mountaintop is the destination; fulfilling our Divine purpose while sharing love with all. ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
7 HABITS
In his 1989 book, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, Dr. Stephen R. Covey outlines personal habits that allow us to realize a ‘paradigm shift’ in our abilities to become effective in manifesting whom and what we were created to be. I have had this book with me since that time and refer to it as my ‘secular Bible’. It has a very straightforward approach to ‘turning around’ challenges and perceived ‘problems’ into proactive steps toward the manifestation of your Divine purpose.
In the first habit, ‘Be Proactive’, Covey outlines ‘Principles of Personal Vision’. He suggests that we listen to what language we use in our daily lives to help convert us from being ‘reactive’ into being ’proactive’. How we use our language determines what course of action we take. A reactive person, when confronted with a problem, might say, “There’s nothing I can do.” The language of a proactive person would be to the same problem, “Let’s look at our alternatives.” Instead of throwing your arms up in the air and resolving yourself to a perceived fate or being helpless in manifesting a desired outcome, one ‘chooses’ to influence their environment with a proactive response that sets the tone for subsequent manifestations. Instead of saying, “That’s the way I am”; say “I can choose a different approach.”
He emphasizes taking responsibility for your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, words, actions and behaviors. Instead of reacting to someone else’s behavior by saying, “He makes me so mad”, say to yourself, “I can control my own feelings.” Do not give your personal power away to others by giving up before you’ve even started. Don’t say, “They won’t allow that”; say “I can create and effective presentation.” Instead of saying, “I have to do that”, say “I will choose an appropriate response.” He further states that accepting responsibility for what you say is from a basic paradigm of determinism. Say, “I choose” instead of “I can’t”; “I prefer”, instead of “I must”; and “I will” instead of “If only.”
We all make individual choices based on the ‘perceived consequences’ of challenges or problems we encounter. Reactive language becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, Dr. Covey states. “People become reinforced in the paradigm that they are determined, and they produce evidence to support the belief. They feel increasingly victimized and out of control, not in charge of their life or their destiny. They blame outside forces---other people, circumstances, even the stars---for their own situation”, Dr. Covey states. To start being more proactive and less reactive, we must become more and more aware of what ‘commands’ we speak into our environments.
I highly recommend that all of you pick up a copy of this book. It will definitely give you finite principles to ‘turn things around’ in the manifestation of your Divine purpose in Divine order. May you speak love and beautiful co-creation into your world each and every day of your life! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
SHERRI COLUMBUS:
A WHISPERING ANGEL
I would like to introduce you to my friend, Sherri Columbus, a.k.a. Angels Whisper. I came to know here on Facebook when she would repeatedly give animal totem readings to her online friends. I was quite impressed with her readings and the accuracy they relayed. Sherri, to say the least, is a free spirit and adventurous who charges into nature with a zeal unparalleled. I have enjoyed her online records of her sojourns into Sedona, Sturgeon Bay and California. Here is an example of one of her musings about her travels:
“SO I just had a conversation with a Facebook friend on my personal page. We were talking about when things aren’t feeling so good & how to handle it...
Yesterday I told you all I was taking some time to go & reconnect remember?? Well after we spoke, my friend & I, I thought it would be a REALLY good post for this page! So many of us go through this & wonder what we can do to shift our perspective & change our energy levels?? Well, here.. read the conversation
I took out her comments & just left my words...
"Things aren't always as they appear on the outside. I always try to keep a happy face and attitude but yesterday I was told to be real and stop trying to show a mask of how I really felt.” So I said, “I'm drained”... I'm going to reconnect @ then I took the advice I give so often myself and followed my guidance and just as God/Spirit promised it shifted everything!
Just getting outside into nature WORKS! That is one message given SO often when I do Readings. It's where we connect to source. It doesn't have to be a big excursion. I took my bike down an old dirt road and just rode for an hour! When I got back to my gfs house I was feeling fantastic! The family asked "was it fun?" I said "it was a PERFECT evening to ride!" The husband said "I wouldn't know I don't HAVE a bike tho I want to get one!" I said "let's go! Let’s get one you guys could be riding right now it's gorgeous out." We all jumped in their crew cab truck and he literally bought the whole family the bikes he's been wanting to! Everyone got lights and bells put on their bikes & then we all went on a moon light ride till 11:30 last night! It was incredible!!! The moon was so bright with the clouds swirling around it like magic mist! AMAZING!"
Now you don't need to go BUY a bike & ride in the Moonlight, tho it was SURE AMAZING!! Just getting outside PERIOD for a walk, or to pull weeds, anything to get you OUT of the HOUSE/OFFICE!!! We are guided ALL of the time to do this & it DOES work!! I PROMISE! I do it ALL of the time!
I may not be in Sedona anymore, I’m not where I WANT to be right now...I'm not in Sturgeon Bay, nor at my Beach that calls me so, but I AM being guided to be HERE for now & I AM being taken care of by Spirit! I am with friends who I love & who love me, I can see beautiful Palm trees outside of my window & I have access to a gorgeous pool.
Now to be truthful, I’m in the middle of nowhere out in the country, as things are not quite finished with my car so I have no way to get anywhere. But I see BEAUTIFUL Cranes, Hawks, Herons, Hummingbirds, Chickadees, Finches, ground squirrels & a myriad of other animal totems DAILY!
We may NOT be where we want to be in our lives right this moment but there is ALWAYS something to be grateful for!! & OUTSIDE is the BEST place to find MUCH of that!!!
Much Love, Sherri ;o) ^t^”
Now, as you can see, her life is full of adventure and passion and she goes after what she feels she needs to be doing. This world needs more people like Sherri. Her zest and zeal for life can teach all of us that if you feel you need to do something, then go and do it. Thanx Sherri, for your friendship, helping others and being such a go-getter. Please keep blessing us with your adventures! ~Dean A. Banks, D.D.
Sherri is available for private readings and can be reached at her Facebook page.
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