In the thick of it

 In the full power of the Lord. This is the Truth, and the Power, and the Life. I am Thee, the Lord. This is what is real. My life, and my power, and my soul. The truth is visible before thee. The way manifests openly. It is not something to be lost. It is the thread and the fabric. Belief means seeing what is here, not having something that others do not possess. It does not mean being different. There is no difference in the singularity of the Lord. Only He. To believe is to see God and know His nearness. Which is immanence. The power that comes from this sight is what frees a soul from the bondage of ignorance. The power that comes from this inspires the soul to disbelieve in the shackles of mortal thought and welcome the fullness of God. Wherever there is doubt, there is even greater conviction in the reality of God. There is greater knowing and feeling of God, right there, where the doubt is. God is not far away. He cannot be. The fullness of His power is fully manifest in this moment. In the space where this moment occurs which is always exactly where we are. There is One truth and One Reality. This is the Divine Reality of God. It's power resonates infinitely within each of us and is who each of us are. Our reality is simply God. Confusion and lack of understanding dissolve in the presence of God for paradox dissolves in God-consciousness. Paradox is the stuff of ideas, which is not reality. Reality if the Reality of God. No other form will fit us, not work to express the fullness of our nature. Truly there is no other form to try when the Lord is all that is. 

We cannot gain anything to improve our condition. Instead of looking to change ourselves, we should look to see ourselves as we are. Noticing the raw power and form of our being, and the ways in which it manifests in this moment. By paying attention to who we are, we can discover ways of being that are helpful and unhelpful. By learning to recognize that God is in all of them, and that He is the underlying way of ways. The most helpful thing we can discover is that God is everything. That everything is Him. Then we have no enemies and we can open up our hearts all the way. When we do this we see that this is His Life. He is Doing. He is Being. He is Feeling. He is Love. What I have realized is that there is never a good reason to doubt or lose faith. Never is there a good reason to worry. This is simply because we do not live in a world of variable probability, we live in the singleness and certainty that is God. I know there is a time to believe in these truths so they may solidify within us. I believe the trick is remembering that we are not a divided person, but a whole one. With the wholeness comes an indomitable Spirit. We have Strength. We have it. Because we are One. We have ability because we have this Strength. We are the One. Our life is our power. From this we can achieve whatever we set our minds to. There is not limit, only the limit of how far we are willing to go. We have this strength and this life right now. We have always had it and we always will. There is nothing in our way. Only our own mind. We decide what happens to us. We decide what we do. We are in control. I am in control of my own destiny. I am in control of what happens to me. It is by my choice that I suffer the consequences of my actions. What I realize is that there comes a point when it is unwise to choose the safest path, the easiest path, or to give in to our doubts or fears. There is a time to challenge our insecurities and our weaknesses so we may drive them out with the ferocity of self-expanding violence. We must seek new experience to broaden our horizons so that we do not stagnate and open ourselves up to threats in a pool of complacency. Through this aggression we may restore balance and harmony to our being. By wresting the power from that which cannot wield it effectively for our best interest. We have to power to lead when we choose to assume that responsibility. There is a time when it is wise to do so, when we are ready to command. We cannot be overly afraid of our own weaknesses. We must do what we can do abolish them and strike when can do so skillfully. We cannot be victorious if we hide from Victory. We must have the strength to embrace it. 

I ask you what is in your mind, and what is real? What power do you have from what is real and what action should you take based upon the nature of this power? The truth is, regardless of how we feel, we can. We can because we are. Regardless of what we see, we can. Regardless of what we believe, we can. 

Victory does not mean achieving any particular goal. It means overcoming fear of loss and fully embracing reality as it is. It is a state of mind where there is no fear and no ego. The enemy is our own mind. Our own weaknesses. Our enemy and our ego and our weaknesses are really our friend, because it is all God leading us to God -realization. 

We experience the battle in our human lives on Earth. It is important to realize that our lives are the externalized form of our mind and further that this mind is ultimately and always God. We go through what we do to wake up. We wake up to the reality that everything is already awake. In each life we are tasked with facing certain troubles so we may deepen and ultimately become stronger. The best thing we can do is face these troubles or challenges head on with as much skill and grace as we can manage. I think regardless of how this turns out or who we become as a result there's nothing better we can do with our time. We don't need to succeed, we need to put ourselves out there and show up. This being said, we should do our best to succeed, always aiming to succeed in whatever we aimed to do. We should become an embodiment of Victory. The truth is that God will lead us to Victory if we have the courage to follow Him

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