Change and God Within
January 2017
The New Year has come, and it’s come in with a bang! The weather in the Bay Area is real winter weather, storms, wind and flooding. The planet is going through changes, just like it does every year.
Change is the one constant in all of our lives. It might seem like a contradiction, but when you think about it, you realize that it’s true everywhere. It’s true with the planet, it’s true in the society, it’s true with our friends, and it’s true with us. Running energy is constant change, because it’s running, moving, flowing, not stopped or stagnant. That’s because the nature of energy is to move and to flow, and we, too, are made up of energy.
Because we are made up of energy, as is everything, that means that the movement of energy is who we are. Movement, flow, change. Say hello to you as constantly moving and changing.
When you look at the world around us right now, there are constant changes. Valencia Street outside of Psychic Horizons is constantly changing. New restaurants, cafes and stores, new parking meters, more and more bike riders. Your cells are changing all the time, and so is how you look. This year politics and politicians are changing dramatically; entire countries are changing the very nature of who they are; wars come and go; there are conflicts and arguments and reconciliations and forgiving. You as spirit are evolving, meaning changing and moving forward.
I don’t know of anyone who isn’t changing, facing challenges. People change their living situations, their relationships or the nature of their relationships, jobs. People clean house, have garage sales, rearrange things, have kids, have kids move out of the house, buy a car, sell a car, throw things away. Our parents die. Even our assumptions about life and core belief systems change. All of that is a reflection of us, it’s a part of our creativity.
What changes are you going through right now?
In times of change, which is most of the time, it’s important that we stay within ourselves, within our centeredness. Ask yourself if you are doing that.
In the midst of all of this, we have anchors. We have a favorite beach, a favorite restaurant, a favorite TV show, a favorite friend. We have the center of our head, our grounding, our boundaries. We can rely on our anchors, and we can teach ourselves how to use our anchors more effectively.
One anchor is the laws of the universe. Some people call them God’s law. We can always rely on those laws.
One of these laws is God. God is always out there, and in here. No matter what stress or turmoil we are going through, there is always something hidden in our inner being that is never violated, which is the God within, the voice of God. Say hello to the voice of God within, the god of your heart. Let it ground you.
Another law of the universe is “like attracts like”. Through this law we know that our pictures, our beliefs, determine how free we are.
When we meditate and say hello to ourselves and to the God within, we can let go of some of the old pictures and beliefs which prevent us from being free. We can rely on the fact that as we change within, there will be change without.
We know that if we have fear within, there will be fear without. If we feel that we are victims, we will find ourselves a victim of our circumstances. If we have inner peace within, we will have peace without.
This is something we can be certain about and have faith in.
I’m sure you’ve often wondered why God let certain things happen to people, or why did God let _____________happen to me?
But God and the laws of the universe are not partial. God does not give to some and take away from others. It is all according to the same laws. That is our faith, our certainty. When we can accept that, we can accept ourselves for who we are and how our lives have manifested, for our lives are the way they are based on our pictures and beliefs.
Through that self acceptance we can move forward, even if it’s scary, because we know our nature is movement and flow and change. As we go through our changes, we can be certain of the constant present of God and of the laws of the universe within which we operate.
Here’s a passage the Bible from II Corinthians 3:17-18 that I really like, a little paraphrased:
Now God is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of God is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect God’s glory, are being transformed into his and her likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from God, who is Spirit.
Just remember, God is within.
