to look at life this way....
School (work, etc) is a means to discipline the physical to succomb to the whim of the Spirit- i must decrease for I (Christ) to increase...it's an inverse function.
The "daily grind" is a wormhole for confidence in the Spirit's guidance.
There is no day in/day out, no monotony or repetition, but an eternity we currently mark by sunrise, sunset, day, and night.
To dwell on these temporal matters is a figment of our infatuation with self.
Labels: christ, discipline, life, monotony, self, spirituality
posted by Chelsie @ 12:07 PM
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I still must disagree, you are not Christ. Christ is Christ. You are a new creation, not a re-creation. You are the temple of God, you are not God. If you are Christ who do you worship. Yourself? surely not. I'm sorry Chels, but there is NOTHING in the Bible that remotely points to us being, in fact, Christ. I know the whole container/ contents analogy. but it is a false analogy. the jar simply houses the jam, it doesnt not become jam itself. We house Christ, but we are not Him.
I am a spiritual being. Christ is inside me. He is the Spirit of me. So my spiritual identity is Him and not Chelsie Harris. Now, who is Christ?
The old creation I depart from is the self, Chelsie Harris. The new creation is who I realize I actually am. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter (yoda), but spirit. :)
The jar you speak of is the self. You're correct when you say the jar is not the jam. Self cannot be Christ, for in Christ there is no selfishness. I recognize these parts for what they are and forsake the self/jar/container for Christ/jam/contents because the latter is real and true; the former is a facade and sad excuse for the real thing. Which, then, would I rather live for? Obviously, I would rather live the reality of the kingdom over what man has dreamt himself to be.
i, who am chelsie, is not Christ. I, who am spirit, is Christ. If we are not the Life within us, we are dead, are we not? And in this, the more i let go of Self, the more i embrace the Not-Self. What are the characteristics of self and what are those of Christ? Which in your opinion are better to increase? Now, what is the matter with the desire to decrease the characteristics of self and increase those of Christ? Do you think we should keep the flawed self 50/50 with perfect Love? I daresay you'd go with 100% Love, and a cherry on top, please. To this endless end I go, and we all go, whether or not we decide to live it as reality now.
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