A Communion of ONE, part 2

Behold, I stand at the door, 

and knock: 

if any man hear my voice, 

and open the door, 

I will come in to him, 

and will sup with him,

and he with me.

Revelation 3:20 (KJV)

You have within you an invisible doorway, a "narrow gate," that enters into your sacred soul, your inner sanctum, that space where you commune with God and your higher self.  It is your own entrance into eternity.  Right now it may only be a closet of space.  But, your consciousness is so powerful that when you simply consider and imagine such a place, your mind can find the soft invisible entrance behind your physical heart. And, without fail, as you search, you will find it and are able to enter.  

As you enter it, you open also the door into the Christ consciousness, and enter a space which also opens into an infinity of consciousness. Unlike places in our world, you cannot bring weapons, defenses, blood feuds, anger, hatred, jealousy, fear into this space. In a sense, it has a filtering system that these negative emotions cannot enter. You will leave them at the door.

If you've ever been angry and tried to center yourself, you know that those heavy emotions are a huge distraction to entering your own inner holy of holies. If you find, by chance, that it is a clear day for you emotionally, if you are feeling good and at peace, you may attempt to enter and if you are lucky enough to enter, you will encounter total acceptance, love, peace and a sense of universal presence. It may take a few attempts and this is where discipline is important. Try to empty your thought bin, your mind racing to be successful. Those are thoughts of the external world and they are only a deterrant in this one. It is a space of just letting go and letting it be. It is a space of just being present. Just show up and watch.

It is the realm of the Christ consciousness and we can invite the graciousness of Christ to reveal himself, to speak to us. He is there and he will speak to you if you are open to his voice. You hear him whether or not you know it. You may think his voice is your voice, and in a funny way, his voice is your voice. You just don't realize it yet.

Try to recognize his voice separately from all the other voices from others in your life.  He has a distinctive message and a presence that almost feels closer to you than you are to yourself. (A quality St. Augustine mentioned also.) His voice calms you, affirms you, loves you and teaches you how to fly.  He will not restrain or restrict you.  

He will tell you that you have free will and any automated behavior of yours, any trained route or learned behavior, any automatic reactions that you have or do because you think you should, needs to be reevaluated.  He will invite you to be more authentic than you have ever been. He will invite you to think about what you think about because of the power inherent in your thought.  He will ask you to become more conscious in general about your thoughts, actions, life choices. 

He will give you permission and even the courage to be yourself, true to your own heart. He will tell you that you are free to be who you were always meant to be.  He will tell you that you are loved beyond your wildest imagination and that when you realize that, drink deeply of that cup of awareness, you will finally find that joy, that peace, that love that passes earthly standards.  

You will need a lot less from the outside world.  You may even want to return.  He will knock.  He will call.  Eventually you will find that what you experience in that sacred inner place is what we all experience.  You will also hear his voice and you may find that he is saying the same things to all of us.  We are all beloved.  We are all free.  We are all children of God, sons and daughters of God.  

In that awareness, we enter into a deeper chamber, where he is also, but it is that space that all our souls enter.  It is endless, beautiful and as spacious as the starry night sky and perhaps even more beautiful.