Are You Ready
FROM CHAPTER TWO: ARE YOU READY?
ARE YOU READY TO BLOSSOM?
The blooming of the flower represents liberation from the bud. Our liberation comes from freeing ourselves from our present state in order to become what we can be. Liberation for us comes from the realization of our potential; just as the seed of the flower contains its full potential, so does the seed of life within us. We do not have to look outside ourselves or to another to blossom. We do not have to become someone else to blossom. We do not have to have permission to blossom. We do not have to be in someone else’s garden (theology) to blossom. It is within us to do what God and nature have given us to do.
BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE
Blooming spiritually is releasing ourselves from the tight bud of the limited idea of life as our human nature sees it, and living in the fullness of our God Nature. We are here to blossom as our true Self, the Higher Self, and the full idea of life as God intended.
The problem with this idea seems to be that we look at the lives of those who have lived their God Nature and believe it is impossible to measure up. Blooming spiritually does not mean that we perform miracles, walk on water, or do things that would start a new religion or cause a Bible to be written about us. Blooming spiritually means taking our life from where we are right now and seeing past the illusion of separation we feel from our families, friends, community, and world.
From the poem:
I Heard God Was Giving Out Buds Today
“I heard God was giving out buds today;
The white ones are especially rare.
But all colors hold a dream to dream,
So take one, if you dare.”