Mistaken Identity

You are not who the world says you are, or what your thoughts say either, you are who and what God says you are. #DivineDarling

We identify with the world and we believe what it says, of course we do why wouldn’t we, after all it seems so real. We identify with the thoughts that meander through our brains and call those thoughts our identity; we identify with the negative feelings of fear, and hate and think that is who we really are. We identify with the physical form that we see in the mirror, and call that image “me”, thinking that it is a true reflection of who we are.

We over estimate the solidity and permanence of the world around us, thinking we have no control over the events and experiences of our lives. We underestimate the power of our intentions, words and actions to change the world, and consider ourselves unable to affect circumstances for the good. This goes for time too, by the way, we give time mastery over us it rules our very existence we’re continually chasing our own tails just trying to keep up.

"People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion." - Albert Einstein

Hey, it (life) is meant to feel real, that’s the whole point the experience has to be convincing, it needs to appear real for us to have the intended experiences that we came here to have. The problem is we believe it, - we have a galactic size case of amnesia - we put all our trust in this physical existence not only being real, but being the only thing that is real.

Okay, so maybe not all of us are so amnesic, more and more of us are remembering and reacquainting themselves with a wider reality and realizing, just how much fear and torture our trust and reliance on this created reality has produced. But it has to be said, the occupants of this planet seem to be struggling through this life with a very persistent case of mistaken identity.

As real as it may seem, the world we live in and the lives we lead are called creations for a very good reason. This life is a reflection of what we are being but not of who we truly are, we as a planet have been so fearful that it has produced a waking nightmare -- that’s not who or how we are meant to be, we’re not really being our true to ourselves.

Fear has robbed us of the truth of our nature, it has taken the joyousness out of life and lied to us about how life should be lived, it’s time for a change, it’s time for our true natures to be freed, restored and realized, its time for the truth of love. The world and its events are an emanation and a reflection of what we (humanity) are being, the world and its events are important, but they are not a true representation us - we may be in this world, but we are not of it, you and I are here to shape the world and not be shaped by it.

The fear that pervades this world and the resulting separation has produced some very strange ideas, so much so, in fact that the love that created us has trouble being heard. For example, the idea that some lives matter less than others, ‎go figure it’s crazy, really crazy and bears on relation to who we actually are, or for that matter to what life here on Earth was intended to be like.

So, who are we meant to be? Who are we, really? And, what is the true nature that is hidden by fear? We are love; we are the unending non-judgemental acceptance called love and by definition an expression of God.

What is love? Love is the absence of judgement. - Dalai Lama

Believe it or not, despite all the fear and separation that you see all around you, you are made in the image of unconditional, unrestricted love. It is who you truly are and who you are meant to be expressing, radiating and being in this life. If you were expressing your true self, you would be patient and kind, you would not envy or boast and you would not suffer form pride. You would not dishonour others or be self-seeking or, for that matter, easily angered. It would not occur to you take offence or keep a record of any wrong, you would delight in the truth of love and always be protecting, trusting, hoping and because love never fails, you would always be preserving and never judging. Doing no harm to yourself, to others (who are just the same being, the same body, life, being expressed differently), or any to any part of this living creation.

Matthew 25:40 & 45 …‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’… ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

You are the branch and he is the vine, we are ALL “gods” member of his, the one body, we are made one with him, we are a part of him and he’s a part of us, EVERYTHING he is, we are and EVERYTHING he has done and is doing, we can do also. He not only lives in your spirit, he IS your spirit, believe me nothing and I literally mean nothing is impossible for you, for you are limitless.

You realize don’t you, that there is only one body? You realize don’t you, that when you harm or hurt another you are only hurting yourself? You are diminishing who you are; you are denying the true nature of who you are and missing most of the joy that life could bring. We are missing opportunity after opportunity to bless and be blessed and we are missing the whole point of life.

Got it yet? You and I are not meant to live a life of fear and anxiety; we are all of us made in the image of unconditional, unrestricted love. I know what fear might say, but, you have complete freedom to choose and to be whomever you want, so choose your deepest hearts desire. You may have days when you feel powerless, but believe me, it is you who has the authority in your life, not some figure you‘ve given authority to, you do, you are the light and the city that cannot be hidden. We/You/Me/Us are limitless creative beings, if we don't like what we see we can choose something new and change it. We can recreate ourselves you are, and we all are, expert re-creators made from and in the image of the one creator.

You know he sends us nothing but angels? Most of the time their wings are invisible not only to you, but to their owners as well. Believe it or not, but you are an angel in the lives of so many, showing up right on time just when you were needed. It’s time to be who you were always meant to be, it‘s time to be authentic and true, it’s time to stand up and set the captives free.

Consciously choosing our actions as apposed to unconsciously reacting to a circumstance, cultivating the ability to think for ourselves, knowing our own minds and not just adopting the ideas of others. Renewing our minds, leaving the mistaken identity and its attendant fear behind and realizing the power inherent in who we are.

Doing No Harm and Setting The Captives Free

Faith = Action taken from a position of certainty, knowledge and trust that our intended goal, dream or desire has already been accomplished. It is an unswerving confidence in the process and creator of life, that which we call God. The fuel that powers such trust, such complete faith, is the unending acceptance called love.

Links: Genesis 1:27, 1 Cor 12:12&27, 1Cor 13:3-8, Ps 82:6, John 14:11-12, John 15:5, Romans 8:17, Romans 12:4-6 , Eph 4:25

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LIMITLESS FREEDOM in WHOLENESS

God did not create you to have limits.
You are made in the image of EVERYTHING; you are an expression of the ALL. You are the very image and the likeness of freedom, expressing itself without fear or restriction. You can choose to be any part of the “everything” you wish to experience and express any part of the whole, in any way you wish. It is in the nature of what you are to express freedom that nature is why we resist the restrictions that others may place on us.

Smile you are in control, I know the phrase that is most often used is “God is in control”, but here in this physical life, it is us that have dominion, we (humanity) have complete freedom to create, express and experience anything we can imagine. It is essential for you to be able to experience yourself as you truly are, and to express the freedom of your will, you can even say no to God. Saying “no” to your creator does have consequences in this relative world however, not that you would be judged or punished for your negative response, but that your life will not “take off” in the way you dreamed it would. In this physical, relative realm our choices have consequences and outcomes; there will always be a harvest from our seeds.

The struggles and restriction we experience are artefacts of our level of awareness, it is a measure of the level of fear we still allow in our lives and an indication to the level of reality we ascribe to the physical world. Fear has us so tied up in knots that we can’t see the truth, we can’t see ourselves, and we’re hidden from ourselves by our trust in this negatively imagined reality.

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead."--Nelson Mandela

Time to begin travelling through this life consciously, to begin deliberately choosing your path and creating a self, a life and a world where freedom is truly experienced and expressed. Wholeness, fulfilment and utter complete freedom are your birthright, you are a free being and being completely free is who you really are. Shift from a limited idea of who you are, move from a narrow view of what the nature of physical reality is and realize (make real) in your experience the expression of the limitless and free being you are.

Ephesians 4:15 (NLT) Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.

Practice love and compassion towards everyone you encounter, starting with that good looking gorgeous one in the mirror. Why? Because the very definition of limitless freedom is love and the first person we all need to learn to love is ourselves, that “gorgeous one in the mirror”, second share your love with all others. We are all perfect for the lives we came here to live.

God did not create you to have or experience limits, the only limits in life are those placed on you by you. You are created to be utterly free to express and experience a life of wholeness, free form the limiting negativity of small thoughts. Limitless freedom comes with the realization of our true nature (wholeness/oneness) and with the movement into wholeness the realization of limitless freedom. The circle is complete.

By the way, how is all this chasing after stuff working for you? Does it bring you the happiness and fulfilment you seek? It doesn‘t? Well, that’s interesting huh!

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Thoughts on Compassion

Have compassion for yourself, go easy on yourself, you are doing your best you don't need to be beating yourself up. You are so brave, and strong it takes so much courageousness on your part to go out and live your life the way you do. Understanding this about you is the beginning of wisdom. Understanding this about yourself opens the door to you understand that everyone, at any particular moment, is doing their best.

“So have compassion for yourself. You are courageous and good, and you deserve it” - Neale Donald Walsch

Not that you couldn't or shouldn't aim higher, compassion is about not judging yourself (or others) if you (or they) don't live up to expectations. It is about accepting ourselves and each other as we are. We grow and reach our potential one step at a time, become the person we choose to be one day at a time, try not to judge either yourself or others if you (or they) do not achieve everything in one big leap. Life is a process, a journey don’t be to hard on yourself is things don’t happen as fast as you would like.

Compassion gives us strength in the face of an apparent evil event or action, to see the perpetrators’ of such events and their actions in a new light. Not to condone such actions of course, but to look at that action from a new perspective and to understand that to those committing the action they “…did the right thing” or did what they “… had to do” (given their understanding of how life works).

Compassion knows a person may be acting from a place of hurt or emotional turmoil and are therefore doing the best they can in the circumstances and therefore will not judge. Most of us are so distracted by life; the world keeps us so busy, so it should be no surprise that people rarely fulfil their potential. Compassion knows this and so, with love, will give them (everyone) the freedom and opportunity to be all they can be.

Compassion is love expressed as an action; it has empathy for and shares the suffering of others. The compassionate response is always to end the suffering and pain of others and to do all it can to return them back to a state of wholeness. That, by the way, is the source of your desire to end your own pain or suffering, your soul has compassion for you too.

One last thought. Compassion will always do the right thing, acting from a place of non-judgment, love and understanding.

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