Review

Connect with the Divine



In the first post I asked a question and encouraged you to consider something you might refine in your life that will help your spiritual well-being. Whatever you decided to refine consider it as the traces of footprints in front of you day to day. It is like the Ox Herder.

We are confused. We are uncertain. We sense something and want to follow it.
We see something that might help us. We don't know where it will lead exactly. But we begin to follow it day by day in our ordinary day to day life.

Perhaps you've hit a snag and feel wobbly. You stumble and drop it. You feel discouraged. POOF! You are out of steam.

You need power. Power, like electricity, is being plugged in. And like electricity it needs to be aligned in such a way that it runs through the wires out the socket to the cord and switched on. The power is never apart from you right where you are.

Your power comes from alignment. If you feel wobbly, flickering and confused like a light about to go out you need to align your body, your breath, your molecules and your mind.

Align your body. Sit up or stand up straight. Straighten the power conductor in your back that runs from your tail to your head; your spine.

Align your breath. Find your breath and follow it. Follow the small sense traces along the edge of your nose.

Align your molecules. Stay still, steady, upright and silent. Stop the interference of the sense doors, (seeing, touching, tasting, smelling, and thinking) and remain quiet. You may use your ears to help steady the molecules by following sound.

Align the mind. Find your focus and place your focus on "things above." In other words, disconnect from the dead past, the fears of the future and the worries of today. There is no power in these fragmented and distorted pops in the mind.

Now, you're a little more powered to follow the traces of faith you've put before your self.