Where Do you Hold The Answers

Yup, this post is going to be a little bit "out there". But hey, if you know me well, you probably are getting used to that :)

One has to be willing to think outside the box once in a while to keep life fresh and interesting.

I have read enough books and watched enough videos exploring the nature of intelligence, knowledge and the human brain.

I have studied great biographies of folks like Nikola Tesla and other inventors. Albert Einstein's story never ceases to inspire and educate me.

So today, my simple thought is this.... Where do you search for answers to your most compelling questions? Do you search

within your own brain because you feel that all knowledge 

is "within you"? Do you search the air for answers to float by?

Do you devour books and videos or send emails to "experts" whose brain you wish to pick?

Well, I have probably attempted most of the above. Lately I have come to discover one simple truth, that the answers are not within one's own brain. They exist in an accessible realm not fully understood, but a realm that definitely exists.  It is not a physical realm, but a loaded realm where all knowledge dwells. 

We can access this realm of knowledge when we place a problem in front of our eyes and mind and not let go of the problem until the answer arrives. It takes faith and patience to access the realm of knowledge...where all answers are stored.

One can speak of God, and Jesus and the Holy Spirit and if you can resist the lure of "religious demons", you will find your self closer to the knowledge you seek. Why? Because God holds all knowledge. He is not hiding it from you.

Reading how Telsa and Einstein would uncover the mysteries of the universe and it's abundant energies makes me silent and impacts me deeply. The quietness and stillness of their discoveries is so profound. They both trusted that the answers would come to them, when they were ready. They worked from a position of knowing a little bit, and as they developed projects that explored the knowledge they had already mastered....new avenues and tid bits of knowledge revealed itself. They were never too proud to explore a principle once they understood it. They never looked down on anything that seemed "too obvious"....like gravity, the sun....light and energy and weight. They took delight in uncovering the obvious and hidden potential in the things we see and use every day.

It seems that knowledge has one price to pay....one fee to entry. That price is humility. Those who feel they know all and have no need or interest in learning anything more will not be allowed in. God resists the proud.

What is a current small project you are working on? Don't give up, just because the answer feels far away. Keep holding goals and interesting questions in your heart. 

This post feels incomplete, but I must run now. 

In Peaceful productivity,

Carla.

Rise Above...to Where You Belong

Hi Friends,

A wee blurb today.

Something I have been musing about. Permit me just to blurt what comes to mind. May God lead and guide my blurting :)

Some of you have been given great wisdom. Some of you have spent years gathering specific knowledge in certain areas of life. But there is one thing that you are lacking. The thing that you are lacking is respect for yourself.

You have traveled, and invested significant chunks of time and money even.... in order to possess the knowledge you may now claim as your own. You should have a confident swagger in your step, but instead you are cowering in darkness.

Your body of knowledge is not random...it has been crafted and honed and sharpened over time. You have opened your heart to strangers  and allowed them to feed you with more expertise and wisdom in this area of "knowing".

But what is going on right now, in this season of your life....is that you are allowing people who are less experienced and less knowledgeable to hinder your life's journey. You are supposed to rise above their pettiness and rivalry, but instead you are getting offended by their immature comments and stares.

 You are better than this. You have come so far. You have raised yourself up beyond the spaces these people are mired in. They resent you because they do not know that they are stuck, and are haughty and overly confident in the space  in which they are stuck.

You, my friend, are not stuck. You are lonely because of your excellence. You are lonely because of your dreams. Do not run. Walk confidently....one step at a time....and write down your goals. Loneliness is not a catastrophe. You will make better acquaintances once you rise above to spaces and places...where you belong.

The simple thing is.....is that you know you are above this. You are embarrassed that you have allowed others to get you down. You're miserable not because you have disappointed others...but because you have disappointed yourself. There is still time. There is still time. This game ain't over.

That's all. May these words help you...in peaceful productivity.

Carla. 

This truth will return

I pray I never tire of experiencing this cycle....seed time and harvest....the notion of food sovereignty.

I have followed some rather unusual folks and read much of what they offered on their channels and musings....to simply connect with what God has already given to us.

What is offered in churches is often not connected to the natural world ....and, if truth may be told, is sometimes straying into bizarre mysticism.

Permit me to give a small illustration. The christian teaching supported by the holy bible supports the practice of "laying on of hands", which is exactly what is sounds like.... a human christian person laying their hand or hands upon another human being and asking God to intervene.

The same might be said from the practice of hugging.

The bible also encourages us to not be hasty in this laying on of hands....because we can "catch" things that are not holy nor healthy from the physical touch of others.

But what I see sometimes occuring in some churches, is a practice of raising one's hand to pray across a far distance for someone else in the congregation. It is an odd practice, if you don't mind me saying so. Is i scriptural to do so? Or are we trying to imitate some kind of laser beam method of prayer? Do we think of ourselves as superheroes, capable of "sending" blessings through the air, rather than the humble earthy process of putting a gentle hand on someone in need and praying fervently for God to move in their lives?

Human touch is immensely cathartic and validating. It says to the heart..."Not only do I see you, but I feel you and am proud to share a moment of human touch with you".

Hugging another human or laying a hand on their shoulder to pray is deeply humbling. That human, or perhaps yourself too, may not be in a great moment in their lives. They may be wearing too much perfume or forgot to shower in their state of grief or despair.

I would encourage you my friends, to always ask God for His leading in who you touch or don't touch. Be wary of those who are too eager to touch, and those who lack discernment. But when you get a clear inclination from heaven, that God wants and needs you to reach out physically to someone, I want you to go ahead and meet that person in all your humanity, with a gentle humble human faith filled and holy touch. Ask God daily to lead you. Pray in the Spirit.

That's all for today.

Peace,

Carla