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How to beat Murphy's Law
Thought for the Week
Murphy's Law states, "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." There are times in life when it seems that the only law operating is Murphy's. With a little bit of thought and discipline we can steer clear of Murphy and his Law and learn how to go with the flow of life.
As we go through life, there are two plans we can go by, our own mental plan which we have worked out logically or Life’s plan. (We can substitute the word ‘Life’ for the Universe, Higher Power, God, Holy Spirit, etc.) Working our own plan can be fun until we hit problems and Murphy's Law kicks in. When this happens we are beginning to go against flow of Life. Our plan is driving us in a direction which doesn't fit with the other Souls and events around us. At times like these we need to step back and see what other options are available.
The arrival of the results of Murphy ’s Law, into our life can also be an opportunity to learn. We have just come to a point where we are now in a new territory. This is somewhere we haven’t been before. Somewhere we need to learn about and study so we can progress beyond this point. Our problems can be the beginning of something new and special. Here’s an old story to illustrate the point.
‘We’ll see’ story
There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. His neighbour said.
“Such bad luck,”
“We’ll see,” the farmer replied.
The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses.
“How wonderful,” the neighbour said.
“We’ll see,” replied the old man.
The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses, was thrown, and broke his leg.
The neighbour said “Such bad luck”.
“We’ll see,” answered the farmer.
The day after, the army came to the village to draft young men to fight for them. Seeing that the son’s leg was broken, they passed him by. The neighbour congratulated the farmer on how lucky he was.
“We’ll see” said the farmer.
In this story was the farmer a victim of Murphy’s Law or was he going with the flow of life? The neighbour saw some of the events as Murphy’s Law and others as good luck. The wiser framer saw it as the flow of Life.
Go with the flow of Life
The opposite of Murphy's Law is probably, The Law of Love, with an emphasis on going with the flow of Life. We are moving our focus from power to love. We are no longer insisting on having things our way but going with the flow of events as they come to us. We are now open to changes to our plans, we are flexible. Instead of a fixed plan, with very specific outcomes, we still aim for a goal but we are more flexible in what the outcomes are.
It's a different attitude. It's like Rodney Jones mentioned in one of his recent posts, "Things in life don't happen to me, they happen for me". It begs the question, why is this thing happening for me? What benefit could I possibly get from the pain and trouble I’m going through at the moment? To get the answer to such a question requires a spiritual exercise of some sort.
Contemplation, Meditation or Prayer
A good way of getting into the flow of Life is to do a contemplation, meditation or say a prayer. The prayer should go along the lines of, ‘Let thy will be done, not mine’. In contemplation we can sing the holy word HU. It can be found in Alleluia (Allah and Hu put together). Here’s how we can use it.
Take some time to be quite and peaceful, with the attitude of calmly looking for a better understanding of the situation. Close our eyes, sing HU on our outgoing breath, for a maximum of fifteen to twenty minutes. Afterwards we should be a bit calmer and more tolerant of the situation. This HU exercise is something we should get into the habit of doing daily. It can help us connect with our true happy part of our selves, Soul, and help us get into the flow of Life.
To avoid Murphy’s Law we need a change of attitude. We are a partner with Life. We are part of It and It is part of us. When we get this partnership working to the point where we begin to accept that Life happens for us, then Murphy’s Law no longer applies. What happens in our life is all part of our learning, it is part of the plan Life has for us, to discover that we are Soul, a part of It, a part of Life.
Let’s go with the flow.
*Ed Parkinson
Murphy's Law states, "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." There are times in life when it seems that the only law operating is Murphy's. With a little bit of thought and discipline we can steer clear of Murphy and his Law and learn how to go with the flow of life.
As we go through life, there are two plans we can go by, our own mental plan which we have worked out logically or Life’s plan. (We can substitute the word ‘Life’ for the Universe, Higher Power, God, Holy Spirit, etc.) Working our own plan can be fun until we hit problems and Murphy's Law kicks in. When this happens we are beginning to go against flow of Life. Our plan is driving us in a direction which doesn't fit with the other Souls and events around us. At times like these we need to step back and see what other options are available.
The arrival of the results of Murphy ’s Law, into our life can also be an opportunity to learn. We have just come to a point where we are now in a new territory. This is somewhere we haven’t been before. Somewhere we need to learn about and study so we can progress beyond this point. Our problems can be the beginning of something new and special. Here’s an old story to illustrate the point.
‘We’ll see’ story
There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. His neighbour said.
“Such bad luck,”
“We’ll see,” the farmer replied.
The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses.
“How wonderful,” the neighbour said.
“We’ll see,” replied the old man.
The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses, was thrown, and broke his leg.
The neighbour said “Such bad luck”.
“We’ll see,” answered the farmer.
The day after, the army came to the village to draft young men to fight for them. Seeing that the son’s leg was broken, they passed him by. The neighbour congratulated the farmer on how lucky he was.
“We’ll see” said the farmer.
In this story was the farmer a victim of Murphy’s Law or was he going with the flow of life? The neighbour saw some of the events as Murphy’s Law and others as good luck. The wiser framer saw it as the flow of Life.
Go with the flow of Life
The opposite of Murphy's Law is probably, The Law of Love, with an emphasis on going with the flow of Life. We are moving our focus from power to love. We are no longer insisting on having things our way but going with the flow of events as they come to us. We are now open to changes to our plans, we are flexible. Instead of a fixed plan, with very specific outcomes, we still aim for a goal but we are more flexible in what the outcomes are.
It's a different attitude. It's like Rodney Jones mentioned in one of his recent posts, "Things in life don't happen to me, they happen for me". It begs the question, why is this thing happening for me? What benefit could I possibly get from the pain and trouble I’m going through at the moment? To get the answer to such a question requires a spiritual exercise of some sort.
Contemplation, Meditation or Prayer
A good way of getting into the flow of Life is to do a contemplation, meditation or say a prayer. The prayer should go along the lines of, ‘Let thy will be done, not mine’. In contemplation we can sing the holy word HU. It can be found in Alleluia (Allah and Hu put together). Here’s how we can use it.
Take some time to be quite and peaceful, with the attitude of calmly looking for a better understanding of the situation. Close our eyes, sing HU on our outgoing breath, for a maximum of fifteen to twenty minutes. Afterwards we should be a bit calmer and more tolerant of the situation. This HU exercise is something we should get into the habit of doing daily. It can help us connect with our true happy part of our selves, Soul, and help us get into the flow of Life.
To avoid Murphy’s Law we need a change of attitude. We are a partner with Life. We are part of It and It is part of us. When we get this partnership working to the point where we begin to accept that Life happens for us, then Murphy’s Law no longer applies. What happens in our life is all part of our learning, it is part of the plan Life has for us, to discover that we are Soul, a part of It, a part of Life.
Let’s go with the flow.
*Ed Parkinson
Consciousness
Consciousness, the picture, is just finished. Here it is and in the Thought for the Week I’ve given some ideas of my thinking behind it. (Click on the image to enlarge it).
Exploring our different levels of Consciousness
Thought for the Week
We have several levels of consciousness operating within us. They all run simultaneously. Some are more subtle than others but if we can become aware of them all, we can have more harmony in our lives.
Physical
The first level of consciousness is our physical. It relates to and interacts with the physical world around us. The Soul in this detail, is concentrating on building up its physical assets like, money, buildings and goods. While this is necessary for our physical survival, it shouldn’t be the sole focus of our lives.
Emotions
The next level is our emotions and determines how we react to the world around us. We can be fiery with anger or cold and hostile. There are numerous emotional states we can experience. We can be fearful, warm, angry, caring. Our emotions affect our physical world and can be helpful or damaging to us. The fire of anger can burn and destroy parts of our world. The coldness we show can freeze our growth. Our warmth and caring can nurture and bring life to us and those around us.
Memory
The next level of consciousness is our memory. Here we keep files and information on all the events, people and situations in our lives. We constantly refer to our memories to help us make decisions and choices. Some of us can tap into memories from past lives. We all do it subconsciously and can be seen in our ‘natural’ skills and abilities. Some of our past life memories show themselves as ‘irrational fears’ like the fear of heights, spiders, snakes, or water. If we suffer fom any of these fears, it is probable we had a traumatic experience with them in a previous life.
Mind
The next level is our mind. This often seems to be the highest part of our inner selves. Our mind works on logic, observes the world and situations and will have a range of tried and tested solutions for every situation that comes along. It doesn't like change and easily gets set in its ways. The mind is an excellent machine, like a computer and helps us find our way through life. Its logic can build routines, systems and solutions to deal with daily challenges and requirements. We have to be careful not to get over reliant on its systems, which can lead to a monotonous and boring repetition of events, day after day, week after week.
Intuition
Intuition is an aspect of our inner selves which is quite subtle. It is that part of ourselves which often gives us a hunch or a feeling about something. Sometimes an intuitive hint we've received, may not make logical sense. Our mind can have trouble reconciling the intuition to its logical systems. However our intuition usually offers wise options. It can take time, practice and discipline to connect with this part our selves but the effort is well worth it, as we discover a source of new, inspired and positive solutions and ideas.
Soul
Our intuitive wisdom comes from our next level of consciousness, the true and happy part of ourselves, Soul. Often referred to as ‘the still small voice within’, it can be lost among the noise from the lower levels. We can connect with Soul by using spiritual exercises such as contemplation, meditation or prayer. Our search for happiness in life is really a search for Soul. We often get diverted by thinking that, if we can get things like, money, security, the company of certain people, lots of alcohol or drugs, we will be happy but we are eventually disappointed by them. Connecting with Soul, the pure loving, happy part of ourselves, is the primary goal of our life.
Consciousness flowing
You may have noticed parts of the higher levels of consciousness flowing into the lower levels. The stars from Soul, go to all levels below it. The stream of intuition does the same. The pattern of the mind surrounds those below it and the same applies to the files of memory and the fire of emotions. In this picture I’ve shown each level of consciousness individually but in reality all of these levels are part of us. We are using all of these levels to operate and survive here in the physical world.
Connection with a high spiritual wisdom
Another aspect of this piece is the connection each Soul has to a higher consciousness. This is the connection we have with a high spiritual wisdom. This often makes itself available through a spiritual master or inner guide. Depending on your belief system, it could be Jesus, Buddha, Mohammad, the Dali Lama or the Living Eck Master. This vehicle serves as a connection to the higher consciousness, until we can establish ourselves there. A connection with such a master can help us relate our lower levels of consciousness to our higher levels. By reading, listening and experiencing the teachings of these spiritual guides we can begin to understand how our lives work and our spiritual destiny. We can learn a lot from those who have travelled the path ahead of us.
Let’s enjoy our lives, learn what we can and be happy now.
With lots of Love
*Ed Parkinson
We have several levels of consciousness operating within us. They all run simultaneously. Some are more subtle than others but if we can become aware of them all, we can have more harmony in our lives.
Physical
The first level of consciousness is our physical. It relates to and interacts with the physical world around us. The Soul in this detail, is concentrating on building up its physical assets like, money, buildings and goods. While this is necessary for our physical survival, it shouldn’t be the sole focus of our lives.
Emotions
The next level is our emotions and determines how we react to the world around us. We can be fiery with anger or cold and hostile. There are numerous emotional states we can experience. We can be fearful, warm, angry, caring. Our emotions affect our physical world and can be helpful or damaging to us. The fire of anger can burn and destroy parts of our world. The coldness we show can freeze our growth. Our warmth and caring can nurture and bring life to us and those around us.
Memory
The next level of consciousness is our memory. Here we keep files and information on all the events, people and situations in our lives. We constantly refer to our memories to help us make decisions and choices. Some of us can tap into memories from past lives. We all do it subconsciously and can be seen in our ‘natural’ skills and abilities. Some of our past life memories show themselves as ‘irrational fears’ like the fear of heights, spiders, snakes, or water. If we suffer fom any of these fears, it is probable we had a traumatic experience with them in a previous life.
Mind
The next level is our mind. This often seems to be the highest part of our inner selves. Our mind works on logic, observes the world and situations and will have a range of tried and tested solutions for every situation that comes along. It doesn't like change and easily gets set in its ways. The mind is an excellent machine, like a computer and helps us find our way through life. Its logic can build routines, systems and solutions to deal with daily challenges and requirements. We have to be careful not to get over reliant on its systems, which can lead to a monotonous and boring repetition of events, day after day, week after week.
Intuition
Intuition is an aspect of our inner selves which is quite subtle. It is that part of ourselves which often gives us a hunch or a feeling about something. Sometimes an intuitive hint we've received, may not make logical sense. Our mind can have trouble reconciling the intuition to its logical systems. However our intuition usually offers wise options. It can take time, practice and discipline to connect with this part our selves but the effort is well worth it, as we discover a source of new, inspired and positive solutions and ideas.
Soul
Our intuitive wisdom comes from our next level of consciousness, the true and happy part of ourselves, Soul. Often referred to as ‘the still small voice within’, it can be lost among the noise from the lower levels. We can connect with Soul by using spiritual exercises such as contemplation, meditation or prayer. Our search for happiness in life is really a search for Soul. We often get diverted by thinking that, if we can get things like, money, security, the company of certain people, lots of alcohol or drugs, we will be happy but we are eventually disappointed by them. Connecting with Soul, the pure loving, happy part of ourselves, is the primary goal of our life.
Consciousness flowing
You may have noticed parts of the higher levels of consciousness flowing into the lower levels. The stars from Soul, go to all levels below it. The stream of intuition does the same. The pattern of the mind surrounds those below it and the same applies to the files of memory and the fire of emotions. In this picture I’ve shown each level of consciousness individually but in reality all of these levels are part of us. We are using all of these levels to operate and survive here in the physical world.
Connection with a high spiritual wisdom
Another aspect of this piece is the connection each Soul has to a higher consciousness. This is the connection we have with a high spiritual wisdom. This often makes itself available through a spiritual master or inner guide. Depending on your belief system, it could be Jesus, Buddha, Mohammad, the Dali Lama or the Living Eck Master. This vehicle serves as a connection to the higher consciousness, until we can establish ourselves there. A connection with such a master can help us relate our lower levels of consciousness to our higher levels. By reading, listening and experiencing the teachings of these spiritual guides we can begin to understand how our lives work and our spiritual destiny. We can learn a lot from those who have travelled the path ahead of us.
Let’s enjoy our lives, learn what we can and be happy now.
With lots of Love
*Ed Parkinson
Consciousness
The various elements of this piece are coming together. Here we see the six basic levels of consciousness in sequence, from left to right: Soul, Intuition, Mind, Memory, Emotions and Physical.
How can we see Spirit in our lives? (part 2)
Thought for the Week
Continuing our chat from last week, where we discussed that Spirit, the Life Force, God or whatever name suits you, is part of our lives and maintains the stars, our planet, the human race, and our body systems.
It seems obvious that we humans can not claim responsibility for any of these magnificent elements which help maintain the worlds we live in. We are just here for a short while to play our part.
Look at nature
If we look at nature to see how things work, like:
The seas, rivers, clouds, the Weather,
Plants, growth, germination,
Animals, Birds, Insects, Reptiles, Bacteria.
Let’s just look at one element of nature, water. Water is usually in constant change and goes through several processes.
It begins in the oceans,
When it’s heated it forms clouds,
The clouds rain on the land.
The rain forms rivers.
The rivers water the land.
Animal, birds, insects, plants and humans drink the water to stay alive.
For us humans, the water is an essential element in the make up of our tissue, skin, muscle, blood, etc. A similar process occurs in animals, birds, insects and plants. It becomes part of the organisms which absorb it, allowing them to grow and live their lives.
Whatever way we look at all these different elements and systems in ourselves, in life around us and in life way beyond us, there is no way we can say, we are the ones who created them. We can’t even claim control over our own bodies. If we could we would prevent them from aging, be able to kick start our heart if it stopped, be able to control the amount of weight we allow on to our body. There must be something else running our world, call it Spirit, the Life Force, God or whatever suits you, but there is definitely something more powerful, more loving than us humans, running our worlds.
Spirit maintains our worlds
This Spirit has given us our world, our human race, our community, our family, our human body so we can discover who and what we really are. It is the love of Spirit which keeps our worlds in place, keeps our bodies working, keeps nature running, keeps the weather operating, maintains the planets and universes. Spirit sustains our worlds so that we can discover ourselves, discover that we are a part of that Divine essence, a part of Spirit, we are Soul.
We are each individual. Each of us is unique despite the fact that there may be six and half billion humans on this planet and probably billions more on other planets orbiting around the stars we see in the night sky. We have been given the opportunity to live and learn n this world. While living here, we learn about interacting with each other, using our will, our gifts, our talents, our bad habits, our evil tendencies, our power, our passions. We have the freedom to do as we wish but we must also reap the benefits and results of our actions. That is, if we do something good and beneficial to others, we will receive a return of similar benefit. If we do something evil or misguided we will suffer a similar deed to ourselves. This is often referred to as the law of karma.
Discover the spiritual side of our lives
In the process of using and abusing our freedom, doing good and bad deeds we learn what is good for us and those around us. We learn slowly over many lifetimes how to do things better. We learn how life works, how we need to act in order to have a happy life. As we progress we begin to see that we are an individual, like all the other individuals around us. We then see that Spirit is maintaining our worlds so that we can learn about ourselves. Then we begin to explore the worlds of Spirit, what it is, how it works and our part in its world. We discover the spiritual side of our lives.
We eventually realise how Spirit communicates with us. We see that our good and bad deeds bear the fruit of the seeds we’ve sown. We begin to see that there is more to life than forcing our will to get the things we desire. We learn that Spirit keeps all our deeds and the deeds of all other Souls, in balance.
What life is about
Once we grasp this idea we begin to see what life is about. That we are here to:
Realise we are in the worlds of Spirit.
Discover we are Soul, a unique and individual part of God or Spirit.
Learn about the love of Spirit, which maintains us and our worlds.
See Spirit in our lives.
This is not an easy task and it’s not meant to be. Our worlds are designed to keep us busy doing stuff and distracting us from our goal of discovering who we really are.
Let’s go for the goal of seeing Spirit in our lives.
*Ed Parkinson
P.S. One of the ways of seeing Spirit in our lives is using our Intuition, this article How to recognise our Intuition may be useful. This article How to ask for Spiritual Guidance may also be of interest.
Continuing our chat from last week, where we discussed that Spirit, the Life Force, God or whatever name suits you, is part of our lives and maintains the stars, our planet, the human race, and our body systems.
It seems obvious that we humans can not claim responsibility for any of these magnificent elements which help maintain the worlds we live in. We are just here for a short while to play our part.
Look at nature
If we look at nature to see how things work, like:
The seas, rivers, clouds, the Weather,
Plants, growth, germination,
Animals, Birds, Insects, Reptiles, Bacteria.
Let’s just look at one element of nature, water. Water is usually in constant change and goes through several processes.
It begins in the oceans,
When it’s heated it forms clouds,
The clouds rain on the land.
The rain forms rivers.
The rivers water the land.
Animal, birds, insects, plants and humans drink the water to stay alive.
For us humans, the water is an essential element in the make up of our tissue, skin, muscle, blood, etc. A similar process occurs in animals, birds, insects and plants. It becomes part of the organisms which absorb it, allowing them to grow and live their lives.
Whatever way we look at all these different elements and systems in ourselves, in life around us and in life way beyond us, there is no way we can say, we are the ones who created them. We can’t even claim control over our own bodies. If we could we would prevent them from aging, be able to kick start our heart if it stopped, be able to control the amount of weight we allow on to our body. There must be something else running our world, call it Spirit, the Life Force, God or whatever suits you, but there is definitely something more powerful, more loving than us humans, running our worlds.
Spirit maintains our worlds
This Spirit has given us our world, our human race, our community, our family, our human body so we can discover who and what we really are. It is the love of Spirit which keeps our worlds in place, keeps our bodies working, keeps nature running, keeps the weather operating, maintains the planets and universes. Spirit sustains our worlds so that we can discover ourselves, discover that we are a part of that Divine essence, a part of Spirit, we are Soul.
We are each individual. Each of us is unique despite the fact that there may be six and half billion humans on this planet and probably billions more on other planets orbiting around the stars we see in the night sky. We have been given the opportunity to live and learn n this world. While living here, we learn about interacting with each other, using our will, our gifts, our talents, our bad habits, our evil tendencies, our power, our passions. We have the freedom to do as we wish but we must also reap the benefits and results of our actions. That is, if we do something good and beneficial to others, we will receive a return of similar benefit. If we do something evil or misguided we will suffer a similar deed to ourselves. This is often referred to as the law of karma.
Discover the spiritual side of our lives
In the process of using and abusing our freedom, doing good and bad deeds we learn what is good for us and those around us. We learn slowly over many lifetimes how to do things better. We learn how life works, how we need to act in order to have a happy life. As we progress we begin to see that we are an individual, like all the other individuals around us. We then see that Spirit is maintaining our worlds so that we can learn about ourselves. Then we begin to explore the worlds of Spirit, what it is, how it works and our part in its world. We discover the spiritual side of our lives.
We eventually realise how Spirit communicates with us. We see that our good and bad deeds bear the fruit of the seeds we’ve sown. We begin to see that there is more to life than forcing our will to get the things we desire. We learn that Spirit keeps all our deeds and the deeds of all other Souls, in balance.
What life is about
Once we grasp this idea we begin to see what life is about. That we are here to:
Realise we are in the worlds of Spirit.
Discover we are Soul, a unique and individual part of God or Spirit.
Learn about the love of Spirit, which maintains us and our worlds.
See Spirit in our lives.
This is not an easy task and it’s not meant to be. Our worlds are designed to keep us busy doing stuff and distracting us from our goal of discovering who we really are.
Let’s go for the goal of seeing Spirit in our lives.
*Ed Parkinson
P.S. One of the ways of seeing Spirit in our lives is using our Intuition, this article How to recognise our Intuition may be useful. This article How to ask for Spiritual Guidance may also be of interest.
Spiritual visions to appear in St. Stephen's Green
This coming weekend there will be many visions appearing around St. Stephen's Green. Over a hundred artists will show their visions in oil, acrylic, watercolour, pen and ink and digital art on the railings around St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin this coming weekend.
Among the artists will be Ed Parkinson who through his visions reveals the spiritual side of life. When asked why he produces his work, Ed explained "Life is spiritual but most of us think it is just physical. Through my pictures I want to show people the spiritual side of ourselves. I hope my paintings give people an insight into the inner part of our lives."
Other prominent artists who are expected to show their work around the Green will be, Simon Mettler, Thelma Mansfield, Michael Morris, Louise Mansfield and Derek Lyons.
Among the artists will be Ed Parkinson who through his visions reveals the spiritual side of life. When asked why he produces his work, Ed explained "Life is spiritual but most of us think it is just physical. Through my pictures I want to show people the spiritual side of ourselves. I hope my paintings give people an insight into the inner part of our lives."
Other prominent artists who are expected to show their work around the Green will be, Simon Mettler, Thelma Mansfield, Michael Morris, Louise Mansfield and Derek Lyons.
Consciousness
Consciousness, the piece I’m currently working on and it continues to develop. These are the other three levels of consciousness. Left to right:
Memories, with photos and files of information from previous memories.
Emotions, where we can be hot or cold, icy or fiery.
Physical, where we focus on the outer world of bricks, money etc.
Memories, with photos and files of information from previous memories.
Emotions, where we can be hot or cold, icy or fiery.
Physical, where we focus on the outer world of bricks, money etc.
How can we see Spirit in our lives?
Thought for the Week
How can we see Spirit in our lives? By Spirit I mean that force or energy which manifests or creates the world around us. People have different names for it like:
The Holy Spirit, the Eck, The force or Life-force
God, Allah or Supreme Being, the Divine,
Energy, the Cosmos or It,
If we can see this Life-force or Spirit in our lives we may be able to get a better understanding of how our lives work. We may realise that there is something outside of ourselves which is keeping our world alive and working. We begin to appreciate that there is something which has put this entire world in place, so that we could experience it, learn from it and discover our true selves in the process.
Look at the stars
If we look at the stars at night, there’s no way we had anything to do with putting them there. So how did they get there? Who put them there and why? If we see them on a clear night, we can see thousands of them, if not millions. It is staggering to think that there could be Souls living on planets revolving around those stars.
If each of those stars is a sun, like our sun, and it’s likely there are planets revolving around it. One of those planets probably has Souls in some form or other going about their lives, like we do here on Earth. Let’s suppose there a just a million Souls on each of these planets. We are looking at figures like this:
1,000 stars with one occupied planet
x 1 million Souls on each planet
= 1 billion
When you think about the population of our planet Earth, over six and half billion, and multiply that by the 1,000 sun/planets in the night sky we get a pretty big number.
1 billion x 6.5 billion, looks like this in figures:
1,000,000,000 x 6,500,000,000 = 6,500,000,000,000,000,000
That’s 6.5 followed by seventeen zeros. I can see the number above but I can’t imagine that amount of Souls, can you?
So what keeps all that running, what keeps it all in place? And we’re just looking at the number of Souls. If we look at the body each Soul on Earth occupies, the mind begins to boggle.
Look at our bodies
If we look at our bodies we can see they are very complex. Take any one function within our body, it is amazing how it works. We can look at our:
Eyes,
Ears,
Heart,
Nerves and sense of touch,
Hands,
Nutrition system,
Blood System,
Reproduction system and process,
And lots more.
Let’s look at the eyes for example. We are using them to read this piece of writing. We don’t just see the letters, we understand their meaning because our eyes are linked to our mind which translates the letters into something we can understand.
If we look away from this page we see different shapes, colours, light and shade. If we see a pen, we are able to pick it up with our hand and then begin to write with it. We’re now using the mind to get the hand to pick up the pen. The eyes, mind, hand and pen work together to write something. That’s a lot of things being coordinated at the same time, a complex operation.
Soul in a human body
There is no way we are responsible for building such a complex body. We are just occupying this body for as long as it remains alive. We are blessed with the opportunity to be here, learning about life. We are Soul in a human body. It is the love of this Spirit which maintains our world and our lives.
How can we see Spirit in our life? Let’s take time to admire the work of Spirit in every aspect of our lives. Enjoy the love of Spirit as it maintains life around us so that we can spend time discovering who we really are. Can we reflect some of the love of Spirit to the other Souls we share our lives with? Just by being aware of being Soul, being part of Love, being part of Spirit, we bring that Love into our lives, even if it is just for a moment.
Let’s look at life, see Spirit and see Its Love for us.
*Ed Parkinson
How can we see Spirit in our lives? By Spirit I mean that force or energy which manifests or creates the world around us. People have different names for it like:
The Holy Spirit, the Eck, The force or Life-force
God, Allah or Supreme Being, the Divine,
Energy, the Cosmos or It,
If we can see this Life-force or Spirit in our lives we may be able to get a better understanding of how our lives work. We may realise that there is something outside of ourselves which is keeping our world alive and working. We begin to appreciate that there is something which has put this entire world in place, so that we could experience it, learn from it and discover our true selves in the process.
Look at the stars
If we look at the stars at night, there’s no way we had anything to do with putting them there. So how did they get there? Who put them there and why? If we see them on a clear night, we can see thousands of them, if not millions. It is staggering to think that there could be Souls living on planets revolving around those stars.
If each of those stars is a sun, like our sun, and it’s likely there are planets revolving around it. One of those planets probably has Souls in some form or other going about their lives, like we do here on Earth. Let’s suppose there a just a million Souls on each of these planets. We are looking at figures like this:
1,000 stars with one occupied planet
x 1 million Souls on each planet
= 1 billion
When you think about the population of our planet Earth, over six and half billion, and multiply that by the 1,000 sun/planets in the night sky we get a pretty big number.
1 billion x 6.5 billion, looks like this in figures:
1,000,000,000 x 6,500,000,000 = 6,500,000,000,000,000,000
That’s 6.5 followed by seventeen zeros. I can see the number above but I can’t imagine that amount of Souls, can you?
So what keeps all that running, what keeps it all in place? And we’re just looking at the number of Souls. If we look at the body each Soul on Earth occupies, the mind begins to boggle.
Look at our bodies
If we look at our bodies we can see they are very complex. Take any one function within our body, it is amazing how it works. We can look at our:
Eyes,
Ears,
Heart,
Nerves and sense of touch,
Hands,
Nutrition system,
Blood System,
Reproduction system and process,
And lots more.
Let’s look at the eyes for example. We are using them to read this piece of writing. We don’t just see the letters, we understand their meaning because our eyes are linked to our mind which translates the letters into something we can understand.
If we look away from this page we see different shapes, colours, light and shade. If we see a pen, we are able to pick it up with our hand and then begin to write with it. We’re now using the mind to get the hand to pick up the pen. The eyes, mind, hand and pen work together to write something. That’s a lot of things being coordinated at the same time, a complex operation.
Soul in a human body
There is no way we are responsible for building such a complex body. We are just occupying this body for as long as it remains alive. We are blessed with the opportunity to be here, learning about life. We are Soul in a human body. It is the love of this Spirit which maintains our world and our lives.
How can we see Spirit in our life? Let’s take time to admire the work of Spirit in every aspect of our lives. Enjoy the love of Spirit as it maintains life around us so that we can spend time discovering who we really are. Can we reflect some of the love of Spirit to the other Souls we share our lives with? Just by being aware of being Soul, being part of Love, being part of Spirit, we bring that Love into our lives, even if it is just for a moment.
Let’s look at life, see Spirit and see Its Love for us.
*Ed Parkinson
People’s Art on St Stephen’s Green, Dublin
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On the 18th, 19th and 20th of September, the People’s Art Exhibition will take place on St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland. It is always a creative and colourful affair and if the weather is nice it is a good place to spend some time enjoying the art and artists of Ireland. I’ll be there somewhere and hopefully I’ll see you there too.
On the 18th, 19th and 20th of September, the People’s Art Exhibition will take place on St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland. It is always a creative and colourful affair and if the weather is nice it is a good place to spend some time enjoying the art and artists of Ireland. I’ll be there somewhere and hopefully I’ll see you there too.
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