{"id":882,"date":"2012-06-07T22:09:09","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T14:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mothermaryswords.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/07\/you-are-the-artist-of-your-life-20\/"},"modified":"2012-06-07T22:09:09","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T14:09:09","slug":"you-are-the-artist-of-your-life-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/2012\/06\/you-are-the-artist-of-your-life-20\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are The Artist of Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I have explained on many occasions that if you have trouble with the word God that is fine. But I do invite you to look at the old beliefs, views, and stories you are carry about it. \u00a0We should look at these concepts we carry of God every 5 years. \u00a0When I was a child growing up in catholic school I carried around the idea that Jesus died for me, that I was born in sin, that God was a super human who was watching all my thoughts, and who would punish me if I wasn\u2019t living rightly. \u00a0Those views have changed over the years and my view of God is of unconditional nature. \u00a0So to help us all with the view of God, I like to use the word unconditional, so you will notice as you continue to read this blog, unconditional will be used rather than God. But let us be on the same page, it is the same to me. \u00a0Just like using All That Is, words can not express the vastness of this presence. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

So this unconditional presence which already is expressing, is looking for acknowledgment from you. When you sit quietly with the unconditional presence and realize there is no separation between you and another, between you and anything, and you get past the duality of the mind and rest in the unconditional presence of life, you will discover like Jesus discovered that you are the wave of the ocean. \u00a0Each of us is the wave. Pretty cool! Which means, that when you connect to the unconditional presence that is, then you are the artist of your life. \u00a0 YES THE ARTIST who is one with the ARTIST itself. \u00a0So you take complete responsibility for your creation. \u00a0You are the painter of thoughts, actions, words, and love. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Some artist when they don\u2019t like their paintings, simply throw them away. \u00a0But when we don\u2019t like what we have created, we sometimes have to forgive and create again, or simply create again and again. \u00a0The one thing I like about artists, is they throw themselves into their life\u2019s work. So as an artist of your life, throw yourself into LIFE. The past is done, you have made your choice in it, whether you judged, were kind, loving, critical of yourself or another, it doesn\u2019t matter, all you can do is forgive it and move forward. \u00a0Once you authentically forgive, all is forgiven in the unconditional, I think that is pretty cool. So as an artist create your masterpiece and learn as well.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I was able to have conversation with a client who was upset with his lost relationship, and some other things in her life. \u00a0I said, \u201cWho isn\u2019t upset with something, can\u2019t you learn from it and move one?\u201d He looked at me and was was taken back, \u201cHe said well that doesn\u2019t seem loving.\u201d I listened and said, \u201cActually that is love, love is responsible for the creation, love is not a victim to it.\u201d \u00a0He laughed, \u201cGood point.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

When you realize your life is a work of art then you can play, laugh, and learn all the time. \u00a0Not only will you be confiding in love, but to confide in love inside yourself is to have confidence. You begin to listen to the small the voice inside of you and listen to how you feel about things. \u00a0Forgiving doesn\u2019t become a another job, but it becomes a way of life. Forgiving becomes an eraser of your creation. \u00a0Love is life and life is love and as an artist of your life, you are a lover of it too. \u00a0Love is all giving, it doesn\u2019t need or want anything but to love itself and see it in another.<\/p>\n

So when you withhold love from another, play games with another, not fully embrace a relationship, well you are missing life and missing the most important opportunity in life, to dwell in the unconditional presence itself. \u00a0By not being engaged in a relationship, then I am sure you are not engaging other aspects of you and your life as well. \u00a0<\/p>\n

When you engage life as an artist and fully create with your pallet of colors (Words, thoughts, actions, and intentions) then you can\u2019t help but be present in life and love. \u00a0There is not time to think about yesterday, or analyze \u00a0the past or people. \u00a0You realize that life is all and all is life. YOU ARE THE ARTIST! So what are you creating today? How are you using your pallet of colors? \u00a0You are the artist of life, what type of painter do you want to be, one of fear and separation or love and oneness? It is really up to you, no one can be the artist you are, so stop listening to them, and start creating your work.<\/p>\n

Questions, sessions, and speaking gigs. Email David: semajse64@gmail.com<\/p>\n

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