If you take a drop of water from the ocean, the same properties in that drop is in the larger body of water. The only difference is in the quantity. We are one with the Creator. We are made in His image and likeness. The Fall, however, left us continuously seeking the mundane and vain things through unbridled desires.

But, in our regenerated state, we manifest the divine. Regeneration sees us returning to the original state of redemption. Now, it is instructive to state that once this drop is taken out of the ocean, it is no longer a part of the ocean because it abides in itself. Separation renders it unable to live and manifest purpose. The drop is not relevant when it is separated to itself.

This is the same thing that happens to us when we separate from God, when we separate from His precepts, from His word, ordinances and statutes. We become nothing. It is imperative that we stay with Him from the point in which we receive information-- His words, His instructions, that we take in, which in turn inform our thoughts, fuel the imaginations of our hearts, and empower us in the habits that we engage in.

Because we are informed afresh by His statutes and stay informed by same, these habits give us the divine character and nature. By meditating on His words and praying in same, we maintain a constant relationship with Him. We stay in the communication link through having ceaseless conversations with Him.

This is about consistency as opposed to intensity. We must constantly be in touch with Him through our orisons, the application and activation of His word, and as we carry out His instructions. We cannot say this too much. It is the very life that anchors. In Him we live and move and have our being. No matter who you are and what you achieve, this is your Source of life.

Talking about the divine nature and character, our ability to activate the word of life sees us living by faith in all our ways. Living by faith means trusting what God says completely. Betimes, we are consumed by situations in the secular so much that we do not pay attention to what the Spirit is saying. We even think when we hear the voice of the Spirit that it is us. How wrong we are!

Imagine you driving and you are stopped by law enforcement officials for a routine check and you begin to shout and have bitter exchanges. You know how angry many of us are with our law enforcement agents. In those moments, you may hear: "A soft answer turneth away wrath", or "Settle with your adversary while you are in the way with him"; and oftentimes, we are so irked that we ignore the voice. The consequences are usually costly.

Our streets are full of all categories of beggars. And you indeed know that there is hunger in our land. You cannot walk a stretch of 2 kilometers or more and not find at least 5 persons: Male, female, old, young, haggard or even good looking, asking for alms. If you are not the type that is given to a lifestyle of giving alms, or programmed to such, your first reaction would be to ignore.

At those moments too, while you are consumed by the thoughts and activities of your own issues, you may hear: "He that asketh of thee, give", and such still voice in muffled tones speaking to you.

Almost as immediately as you hear the voice urging you to share from the little that you have, you simultaneously hear: "This one, nothing is wrong with him; can't he go and work?" You hear: "These people who take their collections and go to do evil with it", and such under-whispers; and then you walk away not giving heed to the first voice that speaks. You know how the majority of us are wired through our upbringing. Both voices are always present to talk to you. Which one do you listen to? ...

When you see pictures, motion or otherwise, you both hear words and take a trip or many trips with images. The medium could be the television, it could be face-to-face, or any other. It does have the power to transform if it resonates with you or if you adopt and own it.

This transformation could happen in different ways. You may get to the point where you begin to speak like the characters, dress and act like same. You could modify portions of it, and mix it up with something you had seen or known before and use it in special or different ways that you create something that is completely different from what you had encountered.

Genius is born this way. It depends on how it is received. Minds of men [humans] are influenced this way. Models and patterns are created this way and people across the board live their lives based on influences that were both alien and quaint to them. It is an amazement because of the complexity of the human nature.

When you read content, you engage differently especially when the content slows you down. You play with the words in your head and the more you play with these words, the deeper they go into you till they reach the depth of your inner recesses. There you can no longer reject them.

You soon begin to speak those words aloud to yourself as you take notes and meditate on them. You take the step of endeavouring to manifest them by applying them. Those written words begin to form a part of you. You begin to own them. They gradually become you through use.

This is the true process of learning taking place. The manifestation of these words creates something new and intrinsic to you. You understand the words in your own way based on the use you put the content to. They shape you.

There is a shift; a transition from one place to another; from one point to another. Growth begins to happen. Change happens this way. While you are not the creator of the content, you have owned the content in a different and special way. This is not commonplace because only a handful walk this quaint path of learning.

Oftentimes we seek strength and power from all the wrong places. We look to people to do for us things that we have been equipped to do for ourselves. We seek interdependence before independence, putting the cart before the horse; and by so doing, we depend rather than be independent.

While many seek power knocking at the door of the acquisition of material possessions and riches, money, positions and authority, what they should actually seek are the intangibles which are able to make them the wealthy masters of their being through the deliberate practice of self-awareness, self-development and self-regulation.

The focus of this post is to seek to help us see the wealth that dwells within us but which many of us are completely ignorant of. And this ignorance prevents potential from becoming actual. The lack of this knowledge keeps us in the dark and negatively affects everything that we do. Many are kept in subjugation due to their ignorance of this fundamental concept.

I often use observation and pay attention to things that many are oblivious of. For example, I notice my nails after they are cut. They grow in less than 24 or 48 hours. I shave daily in my bathroom when I take a bath. If I take a bath in the morning, by evening, I am already itching the stubble of hairs on my chin. The same thing happens when I cut myself. In few minutes, the blood clots and the healing process is instantly activated. These things get me fascinated always.

Oftentimes we hear of the need to have a sound and healthy mind and I think that this fact cannot be overflogged because the mind is the seat of sanity and an absence of a sound mind means the absence of a healthy mind. This spells doom, regardless of the angle we look at it from.

A clarification of what the mind truly is needs to be made before we venture further. What the mind is, is indeed a controversial discourse. The mind is not the brain though the mind works in the brain. The mind is man's consciousness. The mind works in the totality of our living and lively systems. Suffice to say that your mind is in every living cell in you; your essential intelligence.

The mind is intangible. It is not a physical thing. It is not hidden in the cranium of the skull though it operates in the grey matter, which the skull protects. The mind is the software that operates our entire hardware. Let me say that the mind is the software of the heart. When you think of the mind, do think in and of the abstract, never the concrete.

Your first wealth is a sound mind. Without a sound mind you are far from healthy and you are not able to put yourself together. You do not and cannot amount to much. One who lacks a sound and healthy mind has no gumption and is far from the ability to self-manage.

A sound mind is a healthy mind and a healthy mind, a sound mind. The ability to build the mind and sustain its soundness through continuous development guarantees it against rust. Such a mind would save and deliver the owner in critical and otherwise moments.

What you feed the mind determines its quality and output. The development and maintenance of a healthy mind is a must and resourceful information is the tool and commodity that the mind requires in order to thrive.

Knowing this is just one step. Deliberately engaging in the art is stepping into greatness. It is a choice that we have to make to equip the mind with valid resources. This is one key that we must never lose if we do not want to be locked out of our own mind because of the wrong information that we take in.

If people know that the mind is more complex than a software, they should be deliberate about regularly updating their minds. Decluttering then becomes a constant in order to keep the mind healthy and rich in service delivery.

How do we develop a sound and healthy mind? The following ideas and thoughts should suffice:

An engaging conversation between Emmanuel Olusola and Joseph Ayeni on the concept on FINDING FULFILMENT in what you do (Part 2). The discourse centres on:

It is a compelling, insightful and enlightening conversation that should add tremendous value to your thought-process; something you don't want to miss for anything.

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An engaging conversation between Emmanuel Olusola and Joseph Ayeni on the concept on FINDING FULFILMENT in what you do. The discourse centres on: 

It is a compelling, insightful and enlightening conversation that should add tremendous value to your thought-process; something you don't want to miss for anything.

Often, I talk to people online and offline about a wide range of issues: family, relationships, job satisfaction, business, just name it. Quite a number of issues are thrown up in the process, and while some of the characters hold on well, some others, indeed the majority, are not able to hold it together. And this is so real that it almost threatens to asphyxiate them.

Some young persons have jobs that they prayed to get and soon or long after they secure such jobs, they are disconnected one way or the other. Some love their jobs but do not find it financially rewarding. Some others love the pay but do not find any fulfillment whatsoever and they are in despair each day from the moment they awake and while at work, they are stressed by bosses who breathe down their necks and throw invectives at them. It can be that crazy.

Proverbs 22:2 KJV

A friend shared a post on Facebook. It was about the marriage of the son of Abubakar Atiku to the daughter of Nuhu Ribadu. One statement from the post is: How many times have you heard their kids marry the average Nigerians? Someone made a comment in response to the statement thus: Where will they meet the average Nigerian now? It was a question and many funny responses kept pouring in. Then I threw the above scripture in: "The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all." Moments later, I got a response thus: Joseph Ayeni not by worldly standards, the unseen demarcation is just too large.

As a human being, you are born with specific senses. As you arrive on the scene, you can see, hear, smell, talk or feel touch automatically because you are a living being. There is a surety to this except there is an impairment or handicap of some sort. These are mere human attributes.

Now, just as your physical senses operate, your spiritual or mental senses of feeling, memory, conscience, imagination and reasoning work. When a child is born, these physical and spiritual senses automatically serve the basic living purpose of the child in the physical space as the child grows...