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This weekend I pushed my body. We had a backyard
being landscaped. We had about 9 yards of dirt to get from the front
driveway to the backyard. And, we needed to pack the dirt. There
was shovels and a wheelbarrow to use as tools to move the dirt. There
was really no way to pack the dirt and some of the areas to be filled were
a foot high. Well, a round cylinder 10 gallon propane tank was filled
with water and I decided to play a bear at the circus and walk it all over
the yard for every two inches of dirt that was laid. The chosen way
was successful.
This 56 year young man, shoveled dirt, wheeled wheelbarrows full to the
backyard, dumped the dirt and balanced himself while walking on top of a
cylinder about 15 inches high and three foot long. That's the easy
part.
The following day, back at the shop, muscles aching from the previous days
work, I went to pick up a box. It probably weighed in at about 90
pounds. Now, even when I am refreshed, I still grunt when picking up
this amount of weight. However, the box might as well have been 200
pounds this day. I needed to move this box upstairs and a dolly
wouldn't do it. It had to be picked up and carried up the stairs.
I stepped back and imagined the box being full of feathers instead of books.
I saw myself, in my mind's eye picking up the box of feathers and carrying
it up the stairs and placing it where I knew it was going. I accepted
this fact in my mind. Then, I reached down picked up the box of
feathers without any strain, in fact it almost felt like it floated, and
carried it upstairs and put it where it belonged. After doing this, I
did a couple other things and went back to the box. I bent down to
pick it up and it had become a box of books weighing about 90 pounds again.
I knew what I needed to do. I figured a way it could be done...
accepted it... and did it.
Some say that we use approximately 1/10th of 1 per cent of the brain power
we have been given. I'd like to think that we use a lot more. I
figure that the out-of-body experiences have definitely increased my
percentage somewhat. And, I do believe that spiritual laws overcome
physical laws anytime they are brought into force. Otherwise, we would
not hear the stories of old ladies picking up a car to help a child caught
under it.
Another thing that has been haunting me has been my eyesight. I wear
corrective lenses of which part of the correctiveness is for a weak left
eye. It goes inward giving me double vision. For some time now I
have been closing one eye for seeing in the distance, especially while
driving. The glasses are not working... up-until-now. A few days
ago I decided it was time to correct this. I started focusing while
driving instead of accepting I had to close my left eye and letting my mind
go to other mind-chatter thoughts. It took three days of doing this
when I drove and today was the first time in many weeks that I drove with
both eyes open and did not feel the eye to fight to go inward.
How far can we go?... Where is our limitation?... Is there a limitation?...
As my last raving talks about me being my only enemy... and, about me
accepting that Spirit within as being me... the drop of water from the
ocean... I have to realize that I have all the powers we associate with
Spirit. We accept that Spirit has no limitations with what it can do.
Spirit is us, so why do we accept that we cannot do what Spirit can do?
Just in a few days time, I have proven to myself in two instances that I can
do what many would say I couldn't do. I lifted a heavy box and carried
it upstairs that my body screamed, "No, it could not!". But, when I
lifted it, it was a box full of feathers and there was no weight to it at
all. I straightened out my vision from seeing double for many weeks
causing me to close my left eye to see. Now, through the power of
affirmation and acceptance I see singularly again.
How many times a day do we look at something that needs to be done and
accept that it as impossible?... or... that at least we cannot do it by
ourselves? When we can.
Many would say that Spirit made it possible. Yes, that is true.
But, what about what I did to let spirit work through me. I found a
way to get my ego (edging out God... or, the Human Experience Intelligence)
in harmony with the Spirit within me. I have been in conversations
with three people during this last week that have told me that Spirit
receives all the credit for anything a person does. Bullshit...
we are Spirit and we need to stop belittling ourselves. Many of us
work hard towards bringing our ego into harmony. And, it does take
discipline.
Spirit receives a heart felt gratitude; but, I also recognize and thank
myself.
Hmmm.... How far can I go? Again, my thoughts go to peace of mind.
I have said many times that when we have peace of mind everything else will
just flow. Is my constant vigilance in not allowing hurry, worry or
thoughts of failure to creep into my mind starting to show its results.
The box upstairs... I was not in a hurry. I was not worried.
And, I had no thoughts of failure. My eyesight was a little more
difficult. I had worry to overcome. Eyesight is an important
item. But, my experiences with proving no limitations in my life gave
me enough belief which moved into knowing that I could straighten my
eyesight.
What area do I work on next?... How far can I go?... Where is my
limitation?... What will you allow to be your limitation?
Namaste'... The place where you and I are accepting we are truly Spirit.
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