What parts of my body do I take for granted?

Strange question! Firstly it is not “my body” …It is a gift that I am in a so-called “body” ( actually three bodies ) but these are maintained by the Archangelic orders which created it using the Idea of Man. They also maintain it as best they can over and above the interference(s) I cause them by taking their “Gift” for granted.

So the quick answer is …if I do forget and take any specific part of my Bodies for granted …..I take ALL parts of my body for granted …..because every part is connected to every other part!!

What have I been holding on to for a long time? How would it feel to let go?

The part of my temporary present-day personality which, for some strange reason 🙂 I am “holding on to” while it is “holding on to” me.

At first ( some time ago now) it seemed it was a strange coupling which ( to address the second part of this question but not as “how would” but rather “how does it feel”)

But now, as I dive deeper and deeper into my Being-ness through Observation, Contemplation and Meditation, it has become less and less a “holding on to” in the sense of a “Holding back” energy, and instead, THERE IS THE OPPOSITE EFFECT…..it has become a “Holding forward” energy. ( meaning it has become supportive, co-operative, wise participant, a supportive servant) in my efforts to know Truth ( “HU” say the Sufi say it )

That was a Fun Question moderator!

Bring to mind some of the people who have been teachers in your life. What gifts did they pass on to you?

Foremost, Dr. Stylianos Atteshlis ( aka Daskalos ) and the professional work done by Researcher of Truth to capture and record his works so they may be applied as a “System of learning”, free of dogmatism, primarily of the teachings of Joshua Emanuel the Christ but also anywhere TRUTH has/is emanating.

Secondly. it is appropriate here to acknowledge the works of Br David Steindl- Rast and his dear friend Ansen Grun for their works related to what I have expressed above. Their voices are truly music for these Noisy times. A quick example of Dr David’s reminder to us of just who / what we are as Human Beings. Infinite Potential.

“THE HOLY SPIRIT as the awe-inspiring power of life and of love is a reality with which every human being is familiar, whatever name we give to it. SPIRIT is the very aliveness of our life. This holds true for every one of us. We differ only by the degree to which we open ourselves to this power. Fear tends to block and close our access to “life in fullness” (John 10:10) for which Jesus Christ stands. Life is always a gradual process, however, and we must respect the pace of its movement. The seed needs time to grow.”

And final on my list, but most certainly NOT least, is children, the wisdom in their attitude, their openness to awareness, always serves as an anchor in my own “Beingness”. (Matt 18: 2-4 “Except ye become as little children…”)

What would change if I were to treat the “ordinary” aspects of my life as “extraordinary?”

There are people visiting Gratefulness who follow Eckhart Tolle so I will quote Tolle’s daily present moment reminder …..as it serves well to point to value behind to-days question.

“It is only a small step from the word “being” to the to the experience of “Being”

So an easy substitution ..“It is only a small step from the word “ordinary” to the to the experience of “EXTRAordinary”

“ordinary”/”being” is what the temporary present-day personality experiences ( or “thinks” it is experiencing would be a better way of identifying this) and that is the ONLY place where “change” in being can be experienced.

“EXTRAordinary”/ “BE-ing” ….IS…..the experience of Awareness as the Permanent Personality …””Permanent therefore the place of NO change in Being-ness. So the one words answer to the question …”Awareness” and in one sentence …..”Awareness of Being-ness”

which matches with the “Daily Word” final sentence ….
“what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
Yes “aliveness with the Awareness of Being-ness”

What do I learn from moments of awe?

Nothing!

AWE, occurs in “peek moments”. ( see Br David’s ref ). These are openings in one’s consciousness flow which “clears the deck ” (so to speak) of one’s Psycho-Noetic body so the Life-Light is a pure as possible. It is not a “learning” action, it is a return to one’s true (original) and permanent state of Being-ness.

No better expression describing the state of AWE then Matt: 6:22, ” The light of the body is the eye, if therefore thine eye be single, Thy whole body shall be full of light”
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Br David’s quote …””peak experiences” as decisive for an understanding of religious faith. In our peak moments, we experience existential communion with an ultimate reality that transcends our own limited self. This experience is so basic that we cannot reasonably doubt its insight. It makes no sense to ask, “Is this real?” because what we encounter here is the reality that sets our standard for all that is real.”

What are some of my privileges? How might I use them in service of needs of the world?

My immediate first response to this question is…

The privilege of experiencing ‘BE-ing a Human Being’ as identified in Genesis 1:26, “let us make man in our own likeness”. BE-ing Human! I choose to do so, because it is an experiential privilege ( and not a “punishment for sinning” as some interpreters of the Holy Bible would like to have it) one even the Holy Archangels do not have! And also, as is implied in Michael Mahoney’s “Daily world” today, it is a “sacred mystery”, ( words hinting that there must be much, much, more to come).

I do not wish to criticize the moderator’s question but, along with their, “how might I use them” there must to be the additional clarification…….And WHERE FROM does that ‘how” emanate? The list of “hows” will be very, very long, but the WHERE FROM must be one place and ONE place only….that, “IN-here place” (and not the “OUT-there place”) otherwise all “hows” are …as the English like to call them …”Good Intentions”.

And the best news there ever will be is….that “ IN-here-place” is easy to find. I will re-use Br David’s words to point to it.

Quote from Br David’s “Deeper then Words”“Your body, as Saint Paul tells us, is a temple of the Holy Spirit, but where does your body end? Is it interwoven with the whole universe? And if so, is not the whole universe your body- Christ’s body, temple of the [Holy Spirit,] body of God?

What do I need to shift today, in order to feel more grateful?

Even the slightest “shift” in the direction implied in Br David’s words here below ( copied from “Deeper the Words”) …the “shifting deeper in to the depth of “Being””….. would do nicely … deeper into the un-manifested source ….so that it becomes “Manifested”. After all that is what Human’s role in the Divine Plan IS. First come AWE and then profound Gratitude.

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“Your body, as Saint Paul tells us, is a temple of the Holy Spirit, but where does your body end? Is it interwoven with the whole universe? And if so, is not the whole universe your body-Christ’s body, temple of the [Holy Spirit,] body of God?
“It is so dense and apparent-thatbody of God“, says Mary Oliver- “and all the same I am still unsatisfied. … Where, do you suppose, is His pale and wonderful mind?”

“Show us the Father,” says Philip in John’s Gospel, and Jesus replies, “Whoever sees Me, sees the Father.” Christian tradition calls the manifestation of God in all that exists “the Cosmic Christ.”

The whole universe is God’s body. But if we are in this way surrounded by God’s manifestation, from where springs our longing for God un-manifest? Could this longing itself be a divine urge in the depth of our being?

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Re: “The snag on this question is that our teachers come in many forms, both those we enjoy learning from and those who challenge us to our core and cause untold pain. Both, however, can rightfully be called teachers,”

and I agree that the question is limiting itself in that it put a serious limit at the very beginning. Re “some of the people”

If it had left it for open ….we could have included ….Guardian Archangel, Archangels Gabriel, nature spirits etc etc ….but it was a fun question anyway! 🙂