( Publication #10 - May, 1997 )
© Dr. Carolyn
I have, for as long as I can remember, asserted that this body is not who I am. I have somehow known that it is simply the equipment I have gathered around me in order to express who I am - a world of my own creating. Yet somehow it all became muddled as I involved more and more in the levels of the material plane consciousness.
But the spark - the Spark - the SPARK - ever burns within trying to light the way back home. Looking outward I only see the material realm of my making. Looking within I see the Spiritual realm of my BEING. And so as the Soul that I AM seeks to express more Love and more Light, it creates circumstances that will cause the outer layers to peal off - layers that were placed there by my inner programming to protect me and keep me warm as I traveled through the dark and cold.
But now the traveler has embarked upon a new journey, the return journey. The Soul that I AM, having involved in life experiences of its own creation, now uses them to evolve to higher levels. From the plane of dense materialization, to the etheric plane, to the astral, to the mental, to the spiritual, the Soul that I AM spirals upward and brings all that it has come into contact to a higher level of expression, having been touched and utilized as instruments of Love and Wisdom. PRESS ON!
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#1 We can always start by counting our blessings. In spite of all the seeming turmoil of life, there is always a blessing somewhere to be found. Just the fact that we are able to look for a blessing is a sure sign that there is one. There is something inherent within the act of counting blessings that guarantees that as long as you keep counting, you will never run out of blessings to count.
#2 Sing . Sing a joyful song. Sing to your heart’s content. It does not matter whether you sound like an opera singer or a mouse. What matters is that your heart is filled with Joy. Start singing a joyful song, and don’t stop until your heart is singing with you!
#3 Share your talent to the delight of others. Whatever gift God has given you, give likewise to humanity. If you are a writer, write a message to inspire and uplift someone. If your are an artist, create a work of beauty that gladdens the heart of others. If you are a composer or musician, create or play a musical composition which makes the heart thrill. If you have the gift of gab, gab with kindness and joy so that others will be encouraged and inspired by your words. If you are a comedian, create wholesome laughter without obscenity. If your gift is healing, keep your own heart merry. “A merry heart does good like a medicine.”
#4 Work with Joy. Whatever work you do, do it with delight, knowing that it is an important function in the overall service to humanity.
#5 Live in the center of your Joy, and watch how contagious your joy becomes.
