I think most of us know that there are negative circumstances or events that can cause us to simply shut down. We know because it likely has happened to each of us at some point. The more time that goes by, the larger this blockage becomes … damming that inner river of energy until it becomes a swampland of grief, or bitterness, or rage, or something worse.

As horrible as such events are, there are also other types of events that can shut us down; sabotaging our inner health, which then in turn affects our physical health. I am talking about the flip side of this proverbial coin … the things we cling to.

Sometimes someone, or several people even, comes into your life and they give you such joy. Your bliss expands until it feels like you could fit the whole world in your space. It could be a newborn baby, or a soul mate connection, or the love of your life, or any combination of those ( or more). So great is your love, and the feelings that come from that love, that your natural tendency is to cling to it; to never let it go. In fact, if it did go you would fight tooth and nail to keep it. Then of course it turns into a negative blockage (and thus the reason we associate the blockage with something negative).

In truth though the natural flow of your energy had already been blocked by the clinging to what you so desperately didn’t want to lose. That clinging may actually have been one of the things that brought about something unhealthy in your life.

In order to be used by God we must ALWAYS be open … neither fighting against our fears, or clinging to our obsessions.

I was reminded of this today, while meditating on my prior post, “The Secret of Health“. God has given me the opportunities to work through the negative things from my past, and that river of energy running through me flows so free. However, I need to be vigilant that the things I may hope for, or want to happen, don’t possess me.

The picture of standing with my arms open wide, palms upraised, and serenity emblazoned upon my brow … eyes closed peacefully as I trust that what presents itself to me is what God wants for me. That picture is my inner icon today. 🙂

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Religion4All is an idea: that every human being (no matter their race, religion, sexuality, social status, lifestyle, or any other possible factor) is LOVED by God; just … as … they are.

We all are loved by God, and NO religion or person has a monopoly on it. Every single person on this planet is loved equally by God … SO many are cut off from God because they are told they don’t belong. God loves everyone … we ALL are beautiful creations … we don’t need to cringe when we hear the words “God”, or “religion”, or their judgments … God LOVES us all!

There is no requirement to change in order to be LOVED by God, or to LOVE God. God is LOVE, and LOVE is God … period. There is no one who God loves more than anyone else … there are only those who choose to LOVE more … to love God more, and consequently then to love each other more. In doing so, we grow closer to God … and know God.

By opening our hearts, and minds to God (free of boundaries like religion, or social trends); by LOVING God … we are exactly where we are meant to be. If we maintain that openness, never allowing any person or event to make us close our hearts, we will be guided by God to be who we are meant to be.

In that space of openness we can then live a life of LOVE, and be guided to where we are meant to be … forever in LOVE.

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