AN "AHA" EXPERIENCE ... What IS it???

In spiritual study circles, we have often referred to "becoming aware of the Presence of God." The eminent psychologist, Carl Jung, has carved over the front door of his house in Zurich, and these words are also found on his tombstone:

"VOCATUS atque non VOCATUS Deus aderit"

"Bidden or not bidden, God is present"

Believer, or non believer, God is still Present, is closer than the very breath we breathe, and, in fact, actually breathes us. I personally believe every longing we have is a longing for our Oneness with God. We are constantly "Looking for God in all the wrong places." I believe that true joy comes to us when we discover that it is our task to become aware of this Presence and what It is for each of us.

I have often asked myself what does it mean to be aware of the "Presence of God?" One morning I went into meditation asking for clarity of what exactly IS this "Presence of God." I came out of meditation and suddenly had an AHA experience, that is, A Holy Awareness! Of course, the "Presence of God" was EVERYWHERE! EVERYTHING I saw was created by the mind, heart, and hands of God expressing through SOMEONE. The carpet, the very threads, the colors, the delivery, sales, purchase, ... ALL was the PRESENCE OF GOD expressing through one of God’s “choosing” people.

Have YOU had "AHA" experiences??? ... How about sharing them with us?

In Love, Rev. Sandra

Sandra Rae Hymel

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HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL!

"Hope springs eternal to the human breast. Man seldom feels, but always WILL BE, BLEST." [Alexander Pope] In these days of our being badgered with news of seeming chaos everywhere, it behooves us to remember there is always HOPE. There are many in our New Thought movement who fail to acknowledge HOPE as a gift, they fail to acknowledge HOPE as a choice for an affirmative attitude amidst seeming disaster. They instead leap to FAITH, without acknowledging the necessary beginning of HOPE as that which must lead into faith.

Webster tells us that HOPE is=to cherish a desire with expectation of fulfillment = to long for with expectation of attainment and is=also, trust or reliance. I say HOPE is our final opportunity for the last flicker of the Christ Light to push through our consciousness before we slam the door of hope and instead choose to allow toxic thought to bring us to a final point of despair. All it takes is one instant of HOPE-less-ness to push someone over into the edge of darkness.

"Christ in you, your HOPE of glory!" is forever true, no matter how dark life may seem to be. This is well expressed in the words of a song entitled THE FUTURE by Leonard Cohen: "Ring the bells that still can ring, forget your perfect offering, ... there is a crack in everything, ... that's how the Light gets in."

Dr. C. Rick Snyder, a psychology professor at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas did a study of HOPE in relation to life and he has this to say about HOPE: "HOPE has proved to be a powerful predictor of outcome in every area of life we've looked at. HIGH HOPE people are much more likely to reach their goals. Abilities are important, but oftentimes HOPE is the factor that energized you so that, in fact, you do get where you want to go." [KIWANIS article p 40, February, 1994]

In extend an open invitation to you to join the HIGH HOPE CLUB: a club that is composed of folks filled with OPTOMISM in the face of any challenge; folks who remember to give themselves an "ESTEEM" bath daily; and folks who look for the opportunity for new beginnings in seeming chaos.

Indeed, "HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL" as we move forward into each new day expressing the attributes of the CHRIST. That in you that is "YOUR HOPE OF GLORY!"

What saith YOU???

In Love,

Sandra Rae Hymel

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DARK STUFF IN SPACE ... from Hubble 3/12/09

REPORT FROM HUBBLE 3/12/09

"When it comes to finding dark matter in space, astronomers need to go on sort of a ghost hunt. Dark matter can't be directly seen or isolated in a laboratory. Yet it makes up the bulk of the matter in the universe. It (DARK MATTER) is the invisible scaffolding for the formation of stars and galaxies. Dark matter is not made of the same stuff that stars, planets, and people are made of. That stuff is normal 'baryonic' matter, consisting of electrons, protons, and neutrons. For 80 years astronomers have known about dark matter's 'ghostly' pull on normal matter. They've known that without the gravitational 'glue' of dark matter galaxy clusters would fly apart, and even galaxies would have a hard time holding together."

"Let us fix our eyes NOT on what is SEEN, but on what is UNSEEN. For what is seen is temporary, but what is UNSEEN is ETERNAL." [2 Cornthians 4:18]

WOW! ... In Truth it is that which appears empty that holds together all that is. This is the "stuff" of Spirit. Even contemorary physicists, such as David Bohm, protege of Einstein, tells us: "When physicists calculate the minimum amount of energy a wave can possess, they find that every cubic centimeter of empty space contains more energy than the total energy of all the matter in the known universe!" In fact, Bohm tells us that "space is NOT empty, it is FULL, a plenum as opposed to a vacuum, and is the ground for the existence of everything, including ourselves."

Let us sit with these thoughts and recognize that there IS a Divine Creator that holds ALL that is in PERFECT ORDER! ... the UNSEEN ENERGY that IN LOVE glues us all together as ONE. ALL is of God ... the LIGHT would not be seen if it were not for the DARKNESS. (Go to "Penned Poetry" here on my site and read about the dark room.)

How about YOU? How do YOU respond to such a report from Hubble? How do you FEEL about knowing these ideas? Does it make a difference in your quality of life?

I feel awe struck ... I think it is an AWESOME thought! How about YOU???

In Love,

Sandra Rae Hymel

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