The purpose of the Spirit Affinity is the promotion of spiritual awakening and optimal health among adults regardless of religious affiliation or background. The Spirit Affinity is centered on the concept that human spirituality is a form of sensuality~the use of all of the senses (not just the basic 5) to experience both worlds seen and unseen. Sensuality encompasses both the natural and the supernatural elements vital for the balance between body, mind, and spirit.
At some point during my adult years, I looked back on my life and realized I was a fraud. My physical world was drastically out of alignment with my spiritual one. It was similar to cooking an elaborate meal while starving, but not being able to consume it. I grew up in a very strict Christian setting dominated by Southern Baptist doctrines. Church every Sunday, choir, usher board, trustee board, Sunday school, morning service, evening service... the environment was filled with bible-toting scripture-quoting tongue-speaking hallelujah shouting folks! Fortunately, I was exposed to many people of integrity and positive influences that instilled in me priceless values. My parents emphasized education until it was drilled into my psyche. On the flip side, I was fed a lot of half-truths, partial truths, and altered truths by so-called well-meaning people. Ignorance, closed-mindedness, pride, & arrogance are likely some of the causative factors. Therefore, I impersonated what a Christian should look and act like based on deficient information. There was no valid connection between the worldly me and my higher self. I impersonated what a Christian should look and act like, but I had no real relationship with my Creator. I prayed to a God I was told to pray to quoting the prayers I was taught to quote. Like a soldier taking orders from his commanding officer: You do as you are told and trained to do whether you are feeling it or not!
Out of Nowhere
I am not sure what event triggered my self-realization, yet it was life-transforming. The process is nowhere near complete rendering an ongoing journey. A crucial part of my being that was sleep woke up and jolted me to the core. Sadly, many people live their whole lives and depart without recognizing that crucial element. My recognition of that element catapulted my mind to a higher wave length. There was a burst of clarity illuminating my understanding of almost everything.
One major area of enlightenment is human sensuality--the mother of physical intimacy. The religious forums that dominate the media treat it like it is nonexistent (unless a scandal hits the news) or something to shun from discussion. In contrast, sensuality should be celebrated and promoted within a God-ordained context. Consequently, inner eyes open, new ideas blossom, paradigms shift, and higher consciousness ensues.
Spiritual enlightenment brings about intelligence and inner peace. It is not about being a Biblical scholar or expert on religious topics because I am neither--far from it! I started this blog not just to disperse information, but to gain knowledge and expand my horizons. It is truly about making a connection with God who leads us to connecting with deeper aspects of ourselves. Those deeper aspects make up the true self...not our careers, bank accounts, personal possessions, or physical bodies.
Our Eclectic Universe
The physical universe is evidence that the Creator loves diversity. A child of the universe, planet Earth, clearly follows suit with its potpourri of life forms. Within the same life form is remarkable variation ( different species of fish, plants, human racial groups, etc). Does it not stand to reason diversity is expressed on every level of existence/consciousness? It does not matter if you are Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, etc. because you are a different expression of the same universe. Different cloths of fabric are required to construct the quilt. I discovered that all religions contribute knowledge and perspectives that are necessary to complete life's masterpiece. It seems as if everyone has a piece to the puzzle of the universe that may never be fully explained on this realm.
The paths we choose to take to self-realization are possible through the gift from God called freewill. I have discovered there are far more similarities than differences between the major philosophies that lend more support of each other than contradiction. Besides, I dare to count the numerous contradictions that exist just within the Christian faith. Historical and present events demonstrate other religions are plagued with the same multiple interpretations/variations. At one time, the news was flooded with horror stories of conflicts between the Sunni and Shiite Muslims...there is only one Quran is there not??? No one, no science, no religion has escaped the divisiveness of multiple perspectives. Conflicting interpretations give birth to confusion, disbelief, and disillusionment.
One will be greatly distracted if not focused on their own inner voice. It's the God inside of you and me. Ultimately, that is the key: Hearing your own inner voice because once that occurs everything else falls into place.
Hello my children. I am Mother Nature, the planet you live on. I am the only planet, as far as we know, that you are able to physically exist. I was created in perfect balance and harmony for millions of life forms to live and thrive. You humans, the Homo Sapiens, being themost intellectually advanced species, were mandated to protect and preserve me by our Creator...at one time that was true. However, as time passed, you became greedy, arrogant, and selfish. The circle of life, our ecosystem that sustains us all, has now been severely corrupted and shifted out of equilibrium. You humans, have caused this travesty and now we all are suffering and there is much more to come.
Your reckless practices have poisoned my air and waterways with industrial toxins. As a result, many life forms have died or have been sickened and mutated into something I don't even recognize. Your man-made poisons have literally eaten holes in my protective shroud or ozone allowing harmful cosmic radiation to seep through wreaking havoc on all forms of life. Some of you, who call yourselves scientists, have the audacity to tinker with my magnetic field. You know there would be unthinkable disasters if it was destroyed, yet you keep playing with weapons as if they were toys.
Your insatiable appetite for faster and faster has caused the release of deadly radiation into my atmosphere corrupting our genes, causing disease, illness, and death. Your greed and lust for material things have lead you to dig up a disproportionate amount of my precious soil and trees with your bulldozers erecting structures that are not even necessary. Consequently, shifting the foundation of earth out of balance while disrupting and destroying animal and plant life. Let's not forget how you hunt and murder animals for the sheer pleasure and consume flesh that was not meant to be consumed. If that wasn't enough, you have taken my seeds and mutated them in your labs into artificial foods and organisms that are void of real substance aka clones and GMO's...gross abominations!
How long did you think all of that would continue before retribution caught up with you? The Universal Law of Cause and Effect or Karma applies to everyone and everything and there is no escaping it. Therefore, my children, I am giving you a warning to stop ravishing our resources, destroying life to the point of extinction, and corrupting our ecosystem with your arrogant disregard for all the Creator has given us. Remember, the planet can continue without you, but you cannot continue without it. The Universal Law of Oneness says that everything is connected. If you do not take heed to my warning, you will bring about your own demise...no one to blame but yourselves.
"There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice."
John Calvin
We are manifestations of the Creator and the world is in our hands.
Treat her kindly and she will treat us the same.
Treat her badly and she will treat us the same.
What is your perspective on the fate of the human race on this planet? Do you think any of the damage to the planet can be significantly reversed or just halted from proceeding any further? Do you feel the current sociopolitical climate would support such a grandiose effort and how would it impact our daily lives?
