Trusting YOU, Trusting The Universe

Things We Can't Control

Allow, Trust

The idea of trusting the universe is a popular one these days, but many of us don’t know what this really means and we often have a hard time doing it. This is partly because the story of humankind is most often presented as a story about struggle, control, and survival, instead of one of trust and collaboration with the universe. Yet, in truth, we need to adhere to both ideas in this life.

On the one hand, there is much to be said about exerting control over our environment. We created shelter to protect ourselves from the elements. We hunted for animals and invented agriculture to feed ourselves. We built social infrastructures to protect ourselves and create community. This is how we survive and grow as a civilization. However, it is also clear that there are plenty of things that we cannot control, no matter how hard we try, and we often receive support from an unseen force – a universe that provides us with what we cannot provide for ourselves.

It is a good idea to take responsibility for the things in life that we can control or create. We work so we can feed, clothe, and shelter our loved ones and ourselves. We manifest our dreams and visions in physical form with hard work and forethought. But at a certain point, when we have done all that we can, we must let go and allow the universe to take over. This requires trust. It requires a trust that runs deeper than just expecting things to turn out the way we want them to. Sometimes they will, and sometimes they won’t. We develop equanimity and grace as we learn to trust that, with the guiding hand of the universe, life will unfold exactly the way it should. We are engaged in an ongoing relationship with a universe that responds to our thoughts and actions.

In this day and times, I thought this was a very timely article. With so many of us undergoing major changes in our lives and routines, we just have to acknowledge that this is the way things are supposed to be and or happen. If YOU accept this premisen and, listen to your inner guides/angels/self, more than likely YOU will come out just fine. The way it was intended.

"Your Life Is Within",

Bobby Sharpe Bobby Sharpe's " Opyn Mindz": Alaska Volcano Ready To Blow? Bobby Sharpe's "Witch"

YES, Can YOU Say It?

Making The Decision

Saying Yes To The Universe

The hardest thing about saying yes to the universe is that it means accepting everything life puts in front of us. Most of us have a habit of going through our days saying no to the things we don’t like and yes to the things we do, and yet, everything we encounter is our life. We may be afraid that if we say yes to the things we don’t like, we will be stuck with them forever, but really, it is only through acknowledging the existence of what’s not working for us that we can begin the process of change. So saying yes doesn’t mean indiscriminately accepting things that don’t work for us. It means conversing with the universe, and starting the conversation with a very powerful word—yes.

When we say yes to the universe, we enter into a state of trust that whatever our situation is, we can work with it. We express confidence in ourselves, and the universe, and we also express a willingness to learn from whatever comes our way, rather than running and hiding when we don’t like what we see. The question we might ask ourselves is what it will take for us to get to the point of saying yes. For some of us, it takes coming up against something we can’t ignore, escape, or deny, and so we are left no choice but to say yes. For others, it just seems a natural progression of events that leads us to making the decision to say yes to life.

The first step to saying yes is realizing that in the end it is so much easier than the alternative. Once we understand this, we can begin examining the moments when we resist what is happening, and experiment with occasionally saying yes instead. It might be scary at first, and even painful at times, but if we continue to say yes to every moment through the process, we will discover the joy of being in a positive conversation with a force much bigger than ourselves.

This thought and expression kind of ties in with the "go with the flow" post I put up a couple of postings back. YOU have to be able to use "yes" in order to appreciate and live to the fullest.

Acknowledge it with "YES",

Bobby Sharpe Dragon, Book of Shang Amazon.com: Dragon: Book of Shang: Books: Bobby Sharpe

Meditation, Prayer & YOU

Asking And Receiving

Prayer And Meditation

Prayer and meditation are similar practices in that they both offer us a connection to the divine, but they also differ from one another in significant ways. Put simply, prayer is when we ask the universe for something, and meditation is when we listen. When we pray, we use language to express our innermost thoughts and feelings to a higher power. Sometimes, we plumb the depths within ourselves and allow whatever comes to the surface to flow out in our prayer. At other times, we pray words that were written by someone else but that express what we want to say. Prayer is reaching out to the universe with questions, pleas for help, gratitude, and praise.

Meditation, on the other hand, has a silent quality that honors the art of receptivity. When we meditate, we cease movement and allow the activity of our minds and hearts to go on without us in a sense. Eventually, we fall into a deep silence, a place that underlies all the noise and fray of daily human existence. In this place, it becomes possible for us to hear the universe as it speaks for itself, responds to our questions, or sits with us in its silent way.

Both prayer and meditation are indispensable tools for navigating our relationship with the universe and with ourselves. They are also natural complements to one another, and one makes way for the other just as the crest of a wave gives way to its hollow. If we tend to do only one or the other, prayer or meditation, we may find that we are out of balance, and we might benefit from exploring the missing form of communication. There are times when we need to reach out and express ourselves, fully exorcising our insides, and times when we are empty, ready to rest in quiet receiving. When we allow ourselves to do both, we begin to have a true conversation with the universe.

For me personally, meditation is the ultimate connect with the universe, the Earth and, myself. Whatever works best for YOU is what YOU need to follow to make YOU happy and complete.

Elevate & Meditate,

Bobby Sharpe Dragon, Book of Shang www.myspace.com/akuasharpe

Question? Spirituality & Abortion

While riding around Orlando, Florida today, I passed an abortion clinic with all the "usual suspects" out front with their "religious" signs, posters and propaganda. After looking at these uninformed narrow viewed "lost souls", I wondered, "how do spiritualist view/deal with abortion"?

Based on my studies and beliefs, synchronicity is everything. Nothing in this life or any other, happens by chance. It is all synchronized to take place before your soul even reincarnates back to this world and this dimension(3rd). Each soul that does come back, has a mission and purpose for being here. Each soul, to my knowledge and understanding, has chosen how they wish to reincarnate and return to the Earth plane. Some souls make bad choices. Other souls that have made correct choices and are here, may have a mission to stop some other souls from reincarnating in their current choice. This is, or could be, done through abortion.

So then, "is abortion wrong" if you believe and it is done in this context? As a spiritualist(YOU), does this make sense. Are YOU just doing what the Creator and the Universe have sanctioned? These are the thoughts that went through my mind via my inner spirits after passing the abortion clinic.

What are your thoughts on this matter? I would love to hear from some of my fellow spiritualist and their thoughts. Please, leave a comment or, email me direct if YOU choose. reggae8@aol.com

"Opyn Mindz" are the key to the Universe and beyond,

Bobby Sharpewww.myspace.com/akuasharpe