INNER LIGHT MInistries Journal Volume 22 Number 3
December, 2010
The Divine Flow by Jim Gordon, President of ILM
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(from Giving Attention To The Divine, 5/2/10)
editation is nothing more than waking up to the truth of who we are, and if done correctly, is simple. God is simple. Loving is simple. And waking up to the truth of that simplicity is simple. We must begin by sitting down, by letting go of those things that stir within us, that distract us down into the world. We must hold our focus at the Seat of the Soul, hold our attention on the Sacred Name, and begin to move inward and upward above the mind, above all the elements of this creation. The challenge is that the mind doesn’t understand simplicity and it is ever tugging at us, ever wanting us to participate in the world. When we first begin to meditate we may find that it is difficult to let go of the body, the emotions, the mind – they are strong at this level of the physical, and the soul is weak. But if we meditate consistently, hold our attention at the Seat of the Soul and focus on loving God – you, the soul, the living loving essence, will begin to take dominion over the physical consciousness; and eventually the soul will become stronger than the physical. In order to truly share Loving with God we have to be open to share that Loving. We can’t have barriers or be in separation. We have to move to that place of centeredness, of strength, to where the Loving resides within us. In that same action of opening, we also allow ourselves to receive – as we give, so shall we receive. Every meditation is just that – if we focus first on God, first on loving God, we then become open and ready to receive God’s Loving. If we are meditating regularly, we will find that we are living in this river of Loving – where we are living in the continual flow of giving and receiving of God’s Loving. Remember, the soul is of God and is God’s essence. And so this continual flow of giving and receiving is just God loving God … loving God … loving God … loving God …loving God … until finally we don’t even know if we are the one giving or receiving in the moment. All we know is that we are in
the Loving and in the movement of the Divine flow. Once we begin experiencing this Divine flow in our meditation, then we can then truly live the Loving in our daily lives; we can take the Loving and God and awareness into every part of our lives to where we live as a living prayer, as a living meditation. We live it fully, and we become the living, loving essence of the Lord that we are. And yes, the mind is going to tell us that there are things we have to fulfill and accomplish in the world. When we begin to live more in the centeredness of the truth of who we are, of where the stillness resides, we will find that we can be very participatory in the world, successful and creative in the world, but not be caught up in the winds of the world. First, we begin to wake up to our Loving, and then we can go out in the world and do good works, do good deeds, participate in actions of service, and truly do what God intended – to be in the world but not of the world. Jesus said that over two thousand years ago now. Don’t be going out into the world looking for the answer, the solution. There’s nobody, nobody, nobody in this world who knows the answer to what we are asking, to what we are needing, to what we are longing for better than we, ourselves, do. And where does that answer lie? It lives within us. It doesn’t live within our gut, nor in our physical heart, and it doesn’t live in our mind; the answer lies within our own soul. Only our soul knows the truth of who we are. We begin with a simple action of sitting down, closing our eyes, going inside and holding our attention upon the Lord – God first and God only, and waking up inside first. We sit and chant inside the Name of God over and over, ever holding our focus inward and upward, ever sharing our Loving. And then, somewhere in our meditation, we’re going to find a moment when things become still, things become quiet, and we’ll open to receive God’s Loving.