{"id":1123,"date":"2015-12-02T03:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2015-11-28T16:49:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T23:49:41","slug":"accepting-our-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2015\/12\/accepting-our-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Accepting Our Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Is there something lacking in your life right now? It could be any number of things:\u00a0 a satisfying relationship, a better or new car, the job\/career of your dreams, your bills paid and money in the bank. It could also be peace of mind, free from anxiety or depression.<\/p>\n

Our thoughts create our experience and we are responsible for the outcome. Many people balk at this, preferring to blame the Devil, the government, their parents or something else for their woes. Of course, no one plans a miserable life on purpose! But, we really do create our own experience. The problem is that most people do it subconsciously or in some cases, unconsciously.<\/em><\/p>\n

My father drilled into my mind that I would always have more bills than money and never get ahead in life. Nice, huh? It wasn\u2019t his fault. He believed the future was predicated by the past, recent or distant, and the direction of family wasn\u2019t toward affluence. Heck, we didn\u2019t even have a double-wide in our trailer park!<\/p>\n

Dr. Arleen Bump told me she was taught this by one of her teachers:<\/p>\n

The world knows you in terms of your history, but God-Mind
\nonly\u00a0knows you in\u00a0terms of how you are knowing
\nyourself at this present moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In other words (sorry, Papa), the experience of the past doesn\u2019t have to impact our present or future, unless we allow it to do so. In my case, I\u2019ve battle issues of financial lack for nearly my entire life. I\u2019m finally financially stable, but it\u2019s taken a great deal of energy to get where I am, probably a lot more than was necessary if I\u2019d had a better belief system in place.<\/p>\n

The question then is not whether or not our good is available, but rather if we are willing to accept it. How does this lack of acceptance show up?<\/p>\n