Enlightenment

So It's looking like enlightenment is a completely different way of seeing the world and understanding it.

According to this perception the way most normal people think is quite backward and insane.

God Consciousness

Human consciousness has the potential to realize 
God consciousness.

Do you remember who You are?!

Grace/The Gift

The gift and the Giver are one.
Divine consciousness becomes form and supplies us with the material realm.

Grace conceives of something,
Grace enacts the creative process,
And Grace is the final product.

I once loved Hafiz's lines:
Now the time has come to contemplate the impossibility
That there is anything but grace.

This makes perfect sense now.

Selfless Mercy

When Mary came to me
I felt kind of silly offering her ethereal tea...

All she wanted from me really was prayers.
She appears not to cease for a moment
From making perpetual prayers for the planet,
Imploring on behalf of the suffering, for those on the other side of the world,
For those in our hearts, and minds.

So we prayed together for a little while,
And then said Amen to each other's prayers,
And I am certain that they will be fulfilled. 
Selfless, merciful prayers always are.

I Hate the Wanting

Sometimes I want ephemeral worldly things,
And I hate the wanting.

Was there a time when men's hearts were sincere
In their love for Divinity?

I am His,
What business do I have with desire.

Sight

Some people see occasional signs from Him,
I want to improve my sight until I don't see anything except for Him.

The Only Remedy

Mother Mary surprised me this morning,
Sitting next to me when I awoke.
We were surrounded by a garden of flowers.

She said 'I know you suffer sometimes on this earth'
And tears streamed down her face as she felt compassion for me.
'The only remedy for the loneliness of this existence is worshipful obedience' she said,
'The ONLY remedy'.

Note: So I googled worshipful obedience to figure out exactly what she was talking about and found this benefit "5. And beyond all our imagination, God is wont to give direct answers to prayer, and gracious, comforting acknowledgments and rewards to worshipping souls". Yes this makes sense.

The Divine

These days He doesn't let me bow,
I try to, but He tells me, 
The Divine is that which is bowed to.

Absolutely Divine

My doctor friend said something beautiful today,
'If you look at the complexity of the human body,
It's absolutely divine'.
Isn't that an exalted perspective,
That we can see God in our organs, blood, and atoms;
He is in the beating of our hearts.

Drinking Companions

I need drinking companions.
Is there anyone absolutely drunk on God's love
That could hold a conversation with me?

The Keys to the Kingdom

I shouldn't be surprised,
I know the parable about pearls and swine,
But I am still shocked;
There are days when I hold the keys to the kingdom in my hands,
And men walk by unaware.

Remind Each Other

I have a companion,
When we talk it's so sweet
Because we share a common Friend.

It's as if we are born from the same Father.
If we don't see this Father on a particular day,
We can share stories of how He is with us,
What He does for us,
And remind each other of His love for us.

Drown in Love

I'm so lucky He usually chooses to drown me with love,
Instead of making me fight battles on the stormy seas of my mind and emotions.

Draw Out Holiness

God, let me be a magnet
To draw the holiness out of
everyone I meet.

Showing Off

There are days Iike today when nature is so beautiful,
Sometimes I think He's just showing off.

No Effort is Lost

Take advantage of every spiritual crutch that you have,
Every crumb you are thrown,
Every word that proceeds from the mouth of God can nourish you.

Observe holy days,
Pray prayers,
Fast if you're strong enough
Give charity if you're not.

And know that no effort is ever lost.

Ressurecting the Divine Mother/ The Most Accurate Depiction

Today God reminded me of the days when mankind knew His softer side.
There was a time when God was a woman,
When people respected their mothers, daughters, priestesses and wives.
Giving birth and dying were part of a divine cycle of life.
Nature was a womb, a comfort and our friend.
Don't forget the softer side of God,
Honestly, I think it is the most accurate depiction.

The Sweetest Things

God said the sweetest things yesterday,
When I gave a friend some useful spiritual advice,
He sang me a song that I've heard before,
He said "You know that I could use somebody,
Someone like you, and all you know, and how you speak..."

Use me God,
That's what I'm here for.

The Only One

In eternity how many relationships go and come?
But He is constant,
The only One.

Grateful for God's Love

I had someone that I was remembering,
And I was grateful for all of the kind things that he did,
As that showed God's love for me,
And I was grateful for all of the "unkind" things that he did,
As that showed God's love for me too.

Divine Unity as a Cheat Sheet

I use absolute divine unity as a cheat sheet for life.
Knowing that God (Love) is the only reality
Solves every problem.

God Said I was like Starlight

God said I was like starlight,
And reflecting on this I realized how incredible that is.
Starlight reaches for millions of miles,
And stars still light up the earth thousands of years after they are gone.

Tell Me a Story

I lay in bed and said,
God tell me a story about me.
And He said,
You were a star in the Heavens
And we knew eachother well.
Then you came to earth and learned to shine through the earth
As brightly as you shone in the sky,
And you reminded those around you how to shine,
Then you came back to Me.

When I Bow

When I bow in His presence
I know something is wrong,
There's still a separation.

Who is left to be bowing to the
Only One who exists?

One Actor (or Read Grace Between the Lines)

Someone took offense at something I'd said.
Is it my fault, I asked my Lord?

No, it cannot be.
The fault is always on the part of the one who chooses to take offense,
Because in every case
There is only one Actor.

It's You

Sometimes I have to do things that I don't want to do
But then I remember,
Oh, it's You who's asking me for this.
That changes everything.

Things Are Looking Up

I collapsed at God's doorstep
From efforts I'd made,
And like any kind host would,
He took me in.

Things have been looking up since then.

For Just One Day

For one day I tried to pray and was blocked,
Spiritual reading was uninspirational,
Prayers left only a feeble warmth in my chest,
Meditation barely felt electric,
Not worth the effort really.

Now I know how the average person feels,
And I feel great pity and compassion for him,
And immense gratitude for my soul.

Be grateful for any signs of the Divine that nourish you.
Chip away with little efforts until one day the Kingdom dawns.