“Would you bring into your life more power? Get the power consciousness. More health? Get the health consciousness. More happiness? Get the happiness consciousness. Live the spirit of these things until they become yours by right. It will then become impossible to keep them from you. The things of the world are fluid to a power within man by which he rules them.

You need not acquire this power. You already have it. But you want to understand it; you want to use it; you want to control it; you want to impregnate yourself with it, so that you can go forward and carry the world before you.

Day by day, as you go on and on, as you gain momentum, as your inspiration deepens, as your plans crystallize, as you gain understanding, you will come to realize that this world is no dead pile of stones and timber, but that it is a living thing! It is made up of the beating hearts of humanity. It is a thing of life and beauty.

It is evident that it requires understanding to work with material of this description, but those who come into this understanding are inspired by a new light, a new force, they gain confidence and greater power each day, they realize their hopes and their dreams come true, life has a deeper, fuller, clearer meaning than before.”

Excerpt From

The Master Key System - Week 1 Introduction

Charles F. Haanel

And this was the verse of the day as i finished my bible study. Get the blind and deaf out here and ready— the blind (though there’s nothing wrong with their eyes) and the deaf (though there’s nothing wrong with their ears). Then get the other nations out here and ready. Let’s see what they have to say about this, how they account for what’s happened. Let them present their expert witnesses and make their case; let them try to convince us what they say is true. “But you are my witnesses.” GOD’s Decree. “You’re my handpicked servant So that you’ll come to know and trust me, understand both that I am and who I am. Previous to me there was no such thing as a god, nor will there be after me. I, yes I, am GOD. I’m the only Savior there is. I spoke, I saved, I told you what existed long before these upstart gods appeared on the scene. And you know it, you’re my witnesses, you’re the evidence.” GOD’s Decree. “Yes, I am God. I’ve always been God and I always will be God. No one can take anything from me. I make; who can unmake it?” - Isaiah 43:11-13

Something new happened today, and I hope to be able to do this more often. An old customer from my Cell phone selling days reached out to me ready to make a purchase. He realized I no longer work there and through talking, we ended up here. Where Dave touches on the fact that it feels like a “spiritual reading”.

* I was listening to Dave, I wanted to see the world through his eyes. From his perspective, and we touched on a lot of topics.

* Being scared of isolation and being unable to have your loved ones.

* How different it was being a kid on a farm compared to today.

* Violence on TV and how it isn’t accurate enough.

* How parents no longer exemplify Love Thy Neighbor.

* His concerns for the planet.

* The 3rd grade mentality politicians are exhibiting.

* How dogs - caring for something else - has kept him alive.

* And so much more.

Dave also shared with me some of his regrets, stories of his family and his career. Of his the Love he’s experienced and with a very light feeling to it, he talked about the tough times. Brushing right over them as if they weren’t important. “Just keep working” is how he got through them. He didn’t always know how, but he always did.

Dave is an awesome guy and this started out as a fun idea, but it got me thinking, and I’d like to find out more. It has been revealed to me, that these stories are “Truer than truth”, and what I mean by that is, regardless of the details, what it meant to Dave, and what he perceived and felt, is universal. There was so much wisdom baked into these stories and Dave and I were just shooting the breeze, only in review did I see the depth.

Now, I want to sit with more people that have stories to tell, that don’t feel like they are being heard. Even if it’s just me that listens, I know how positive that was on both sides of the conversation.

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Temporary description till I can come back and listen and write a blog based on this enlightening conversation.

1 What delight comes to the one who follows God’s ways!

He won’t walk in step with the wicked,

nor share the sinner’s way,

nor be found sitting in the scorner’s seat.

2 His pleasure and passion is remaining true to the Word of “I Am,”

meditating day and night in the true revelation of light.

3 He will be standing firm like a flourishing tree

planted by God’s design,

deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss,

bearing fruit in every season of his life.

He is never dry, never fainting,

ever blessed, ever prosperous.

4 But how different are the wicked.

All they are is dust in the wind—

driven away to destruction!

5 The wicked will not endure the day of judgment,

for God will not defend them.

Nothing they do will succeed or endure for long,

for they have no part with those who walk in truth.

6 But how different it is for the righteous!

The Lord embraces their paths as they move forward

while the way of the wicked leads only to doom.