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The purpose of religion is to provide a context in which we can live a meaningful, joyful, and rewarding life. If the teachings of our religion are working well, everyone is healthy, joyful, and enthusiastically participating in our own lives. Over the centuries many teachers and prophets have identified different factors or ways of being that have caused our health, joy, and enthusiasm to die.
The idea of what causes enthusiasm to die can be summed up in the phrase, "this should not be." Whenever we think or feel, "this should not be," our spirit dies. Our enthusiasm dies. So how do we deal with this type of personal spiritual death?
We have to be mindful of it. We have to always be vigilant in the awareness of our own thinking and feeling. Whenever we think or feel, "this should not be" we have to try to breath deeply and just accept our new consequences without judgment. So many things in our lives are outside of our control. When we are constantly judging the events of our lives we lose sight of or fail to see that which will give us joy and happiness.
Fighting this battle of ever being vigilant and mindful of "this should not be" is all well and good but what about real consequence? What about the death of a precious loved one? Dealing with the death of a precious loved one is the most difficult spiritual battle one can face. Sometimes for some people the challenge is too great. Regardless of how difficult the challenge may be for someone, the underlying truth that the source of our joy and happiness can only come into our lives by accepting consequence remains.
The Bible tells us not to judge God. The essence of faith comes from not judging any part of God's creation as being bad. The essence of faith comes from not judging God's creation in any way. The essence of faith comes from accepting our consequences, without judgment, and having the knowledge that in the future we will eventually fully experience and appreciate all of God's blessings coming our way.
When we are enveloped in the "this should not be" conversation, our minds are incapable of appreciating God's blessings and abundance flowing all around us. We become blind and deaf to the blessings we are receiving in the present. The way to fully experience and fully appreciate God's blessings is by not having judgment.
The path to true joy, happiness, and enthusiasm is by not judging any part of God's creation as being bad. The path to true joy, happiness, and enthusiasm will come when we have the strongest conviction in the idea to get what we want we have to want what we have. The highest possible strength of faith in God will come when we are without judgment.
The idea of what causes enthusiasm to die can be summed up in the phrase, "this should not be." Whenever we think or feel, "this should not be," our spirit dies. Our enthusiasm dies. So how do we deal with this type of personal spiritual death?
We have to be mindful of it. We have to always be vigilant in the awareness of our own thinking and feeling. Whenever we think or feel, "this should not be" we have to try to breath deeply and just accept our new consequences without judgment. So many things in our lives are outside of our control. When we are constantly judging the events of our lives we lose sight of or fail to see that which will give us joy and happiness.
Fighting this battle of ever being vigilant and mindful of "this should not be" is all well and good but what about real consequence? What about the death of a precious loved one? Dealing with the death of a precious loved one is the most difficult spiritual battle one can face. Sometimes for some people the challenge is too great. Regardless of how difficult the challenge may be for someone, the underlying truth that the source of our joy and happiness can only come into our lives by accepting consequence remains.
The Bible tells us not to judge God. The essence of faith comes from not judging any part of God's creation as being bad. The essence of faith comes from not judging God's creation in any way. The essence of faith comes from accepting our consequences, without judgment, and having the knowledge that in the future we will eventually fully experience and appreciate all of God's blessings coming our way.
When we are enveloped in the "this should not be" conversation, our minds are incapable of appreciating God's blessings and abundance flowing all around us. We become blind and deaf to the blessings we are receiving in the present. The way to fully experience and fully appreciate God's blessings is by not having judgment.
The path to true joy, happiness, and enthusiasm is by not judging any part of God's creation as being bad. The path to true joy, happiness, and enthusiasm will come when we have the strongest conviction in the idea to get what we want we have to want what we have. The highest possible strength of faith in God will come when we are without judgment.
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