The First Step in Manifesting is Knowing

Recently I asked what I wanted from my life, what did successful mean to me? I needed to think about it for a while. Being a Gemini, there is so much that I wanted for myself and others-eye, there be one of the rubs. For as much as I may want the world to be peacefully wonderful, it is not my right or responsibility to make it so. With so much diversity of paths and soul challenges, there is no one quick fix solution--no magic wand or one path that wouldn't interfere with free will, which is the very definition of evil. As a spiritual being, I can share healing light and show the path to wisdom, but that is as far as it goes. So instead I focused on closer to home.

To be spiritually successful, I would need to be learning from and releasing old issues, while gaining new wisdom and a new understanding not only of myself, but of others as well. Everyone we meet whether in person or on the net is both a teacher and a student, just as I am for them. However, I have learned that the best teachers are those that teach by example--through their choices and their challenges rather than by just speaking their truth. They walk the walk and don't mind sharing the lessons along the way. Sometimes, I am successful at this, other times not so much. I would give my self a C+ or a B- on this level. There have been times when I simply couldn't find the right words or the correct way of finding the answers or the core issues the first time around.

Personally, success is more complicated because it is two fold--the inner and outer. The inner is how I see myself. To be honest it hasn't always been in a positive light. I internalized the outer world by seeing myself through others bigotries and personal issues. I tried to force myself to fit the cookie cutter mold, which simply wasn't me. The harder I tried, the more I disliked myself. When I released that misconception and focused on my inner light, the healing began. Although, it is not totally complete, I can honestly say that I not only love myself, but that I respect and trust me as well. It's this faith that is being reflected outward into and onto others, which brings us to the outer aspect. This is also very difficult to explain. My self image doesn't come from others, but it is reinforced by the people I draw into my life for they are a reflection of how I see me. In the past, I drew in people who used and abused me because I didn't feel worthy of love. Now, I am finding that the people in my life are some of the most caring and sharing people I've ever met. They freely offer comfort and support in whatever way they are able to give, while allowing me to do the same. To me, that is the very definition of major success.

Professional success is the easiest one to answer. I have known for a very long time what I wanted to be when I grew up--a writer. However, it is only in answering this question that I crystallized what I wanted that path to look like. For me professional success would be described as being a prosperous, creative writer of novels, screenplays and articles who is completely financially debt free even after repairing my home, adding on the garage, greenhouse and the alternative energy sources so I live off the grid, with a steady income over 7,000.00 a month. For months, I thought being the head writer of Days of Our Lives, would be the ultimate definition of achievement. I would still love the gig and would be very good at it, but it’s not my right or responsibility to bully my way in and change the dynamic. There are undercurrents and eddies at play on personal and professional levels that I can‘t change; I was merely supposed show that it didn’t have to be that way. Ken Corday is just going to have come to the realization that his parents did love him in his own way. Successful also means that my writing affects others by giving them the opportunities to be entertained and to think about life a little differently. Through my writing, I would like to show others that we can come together in peace if we treat each other with respect, forgiveness, and tolerance. We can’t have lasting peace without respecting and accepting our differences, while forgiving mistakes. I can’t change the world, but I can clean up it up around me. As for the last part I would grade myself with a B+ or an A-; however, the first part is in the process of being. Unless we have a clear destination, it is difficult to arrive at our goal. Now that I have that, success is just a moment away.

"What shall it prosper a man if he gain the whole world but lose his own soul"

"I wish that you would successful even as your soul is successful".

"The soul that loveth those lost from the Father shall in no way
be cast out, but it shall be well in the riches of the wicked."

There is a way (a success) that seems right to a man but the end there of
is destruction.

It is the souls' only purpose that our minds be lead back to seeing;
renewed and restored to what we've been born blind to seeing.

As we strive in competition against the living souls among us, we
are admonished to cease, and study...
seeking the kingdom of heaven that is within us, and all it's righteousness.
Righteousness that we've already dimly glimpsed from time to time because
as it manifests through our random acts of love, joy, peace, patience, temperance, etc.
But also righteousness that is tested when we are tempted to take and/or withold
from others, fearing we won't have enough.
Knowing always the Holy promise of getting back multiplied, anything that is lost.

The soul knows the children of men have only one need, which is learning
to see and know we've never walked this highway to heaven alone.
Getting our minds to practice seeing it, is the meaning of life.

It must be the cold meds. But I didn't understant what either of you were trying to say or how it relates to my article.

Tirgana,
"The first step in manifesting is knowing"...LOL !!! Now you know! The spammers are on the attack again and are giving other spammers this site as a target. I'm sure the moderators will not be going out for New Years Eve toastings tonight as they will be busy blocking and disabling the spammers email....Uhhhhmmm, right, Padre, Vash and br. Martin?

And hopefully, we will again be able to post without the "in your face" capitalistic mentality that these perpetrators exude from their very skin. Sad for them that they have placed their faith in the "almighty dollar"(Pound, Yen, Euro, etc.) and not in that which truly saves us from ourselves....the way of the Spirit....May the Great Spirit Bless and guide all who seek His Wisdom and Knowledge and provide them a way to prosper in their hearts and Spirits this coming New Year!....God's Peace....To`na Wanagi

Thanks you To`na Wanagi. I gratefully accept your blessing and return the same to you. This year is not only going to be life changing but wonderful as well. it won't be without challenges, but that is s a good thing. A smooth road is a boring journey. This is the year that we come together to help each other with open hearts and complete trust in ourselves, the Divine and each other. Spammers and other negative people can muddy the water for a while, but as the energy picks up both in speed and depth, they simply won't matter any more.

Sorry folks, being a pacifist doesn't qualify you for enlightenment. Passive-Aggressive is a better way of putting it. Just because you use esoteric words, and claim to have "spirituality" means little. Terms like "capitalist" used in a denigrating manner, show the same mean spirit and willingness to further your own political agenda that I'm sure you think is privy to "capitalists" only. Agreeing only with those and befriending only those who share your viewpoint is no show of enlightenment. I myself question those who use spirituality as a way of furthering a political agenda. It's all a show of the ego, it's just hid underneath the "guise" of "love". Anyone can do that. You just change your words a little and put up a "peaceful" front and you go on with furthering your political agenda, which is, as always "Us, against Them". To one in particular, and she probably knows to whom I'm referring, I don't know you but from what I know of you from your posts, you are a person I would not personally like. I don't have to like you, but my spiritual well being and what I know of Karma say that I will choose to love you, nor do I feel the need to have your approval, but I wish you no harm, I send vibrations of love to you. This is in response to a replier, not the original poster.

I do not seek the approval of men...May the Peace of our Creator be with you Sister Tirgana....To`na Wanagi

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