Myswizard

There is nothing that has ever happened in one’s life that one cannot atone and be forgiven for. You cannot go back, but what you can do is witness where you were when you were “that”. The intention, combined with the action to not to be “that” anymore is all you need for your consciousness to transcend. That one thing is all you need for instant forgiveness. The past is just that…past. Say goodbye and let it go.

The planet is the proving ground for your soul. All you need is a thought infused with intention to change everything. Once you do this, you’re on your way to transcending what and who you were. Your intention and constant commitment to what you are becoming will keep you moving forward.

Prayers, Jim Carrey and Bruce Almighty

I am a huge Jim Carrey fan. His humor is slapstick, but his messages within his movies are real and he delivers them with a punch. If you haven’t already seen Bruce Almighty, it’s worth a look even though it’s about 2 years old now. Bruce, a downtrodden reporter who ignores the gifts in his life, loses a promotion and his job. In desperation, he begs God for his help. Of course in Jim Carrey style, he ignores all the signs and signals that are practically falling in his lap, right down to a number on his pager from God.

Morgan Freeman plays God and is wonderful in the role. He gives Bruce a gift…to see what it’s like to be God for a limited period of time, to see if he can do a better job. This is the premise of the rest of the movie. It has its hilarity, as well as it’s touching moments, as we see in his girlfriend (played by Jennifer Aniston) who prays for him. The obligatory foregone conclusion of course is we cannot play God, as we often think we can do (a better job of).

Freeman as God gives us some heartwarming thoughts about life. When Bruce is asked to pray for something by “God”, he asks for the usual world peace and health and happiness for everyone. God tells him, “That’s great if you’re running for Miss America”. Bruce digs deep and now prays a selfless prayer for his girlfriend to be happy even if it means never seeing her again. Now, that’s a prayer, Freeman (God) proclaims!

Of course the movie has a happy ending, (sorry if I’ve divulged too much). The entire point of this discourse is about prayer and God.

Unless we’re praying well, we may not be praying at all. We’ve all asked for “things” and made empty promises to God, only to be disappointed when we haven’t received. Just imagine being God and receiving all these selfish, empty prayers from the infinite amount of spirits in the universes. Sounds ridiculous? Yes it is. Firstly, we cannot “play” God, but as long as we are here, we can make this life the best one humanly possible. Lastly, we cannot know “The Mind of God”, or God’s Will. It’s wiser to just be “Godly”.

There are karmic propensities (Ref. article on Karma), God’s Intention and God’s Will. When faced with Divine Potentiality, God’s Will, God’s Intention, and karma, we may just want to be a little humbler when praying. I have a few prayers of my own, (See Devotional Nonduality), but keeping these words in mind may help: surrender, forgive, forgiveness, unconditional love, intention*, and will (Divine).

Be the prayer, live life as a prayer and surrender it all to God.

*Intention must be pure of heart, unconditional, and integrous. Affirmations must ring with the same qualities.
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Intention and the Ego

Intention is a driving force. The power of intention is a magnificent, creative tool to see what we desire become manifest. What of the intention behind our actions? Why we do what we do is more important than the action itself. It is the intention behind what we do that is important.

We all know others who are helpful, kind, and appear to be wonderful. We take all that at face value… We don’t have to feel suspicious of every good deed done in the world. There are many wonderful, altruistic, spiritual people, doing great deeds. But..what if behind the helpfulness is the “need” to be liked, popular, indepensable, want something in return, or to feel important. Then the “intention” behind the action has a hidden agenda. When the ego becomes involved, the motives behind one’s actions are suspect. The intention behind our actions must be unconditional; otherwise the motive negates the action. The lesson would be to create no negative karma for ourselves. This also applies to shifting blame, judgment, and all other negative intentions towards ourselves or others. Feeding our animal(ego), while appearing to be doing good, is not being on the path.

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