Thinking of starting a new Blog

I think I might call it “cuppa spirit Joe” or some other buzzy sort of name.

I doubt I will settle for such a trite and off-cuff name but I think the final title will probably trite and cut-off-sounding.

I Study some kind of spiritual text every day. In the last month, the books I have referenced most have been these ones:

“My utmost for his Highest” - A daily Devotional from Oswald Chambers.

“The Jewel Tree of Tibet - the Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism” - book by Robert Thurman (I like to read this one while I work out on the stair climber at the gym - it tends to trance me out with all the imagery)

“Circling the Sacred Mountain” - a story/journey-journal by Robert Thurman and Tad Wise.
This book is cool: it re-counts the true-story journey of how Robert Thurman leads a group of buddhists (I write buddhists for all intensive purposes - most of them were practicing westerners) into the Himalayas in order to circle the base of Sacred Mount Kailash. Thru the whole journey from Kathmandu to Mt. Kailash and back again - Robert enlightens and challenges them with “The Blade Wheel of Mind Reform.”

“The Journey Home - A Kryon Parable” Kryon as channelled thru Lee Carol
A Story about a man who was visited by and Angel and taken to the Spirit realms - just as the poor guy was ready to give up and chuck it all.

“Seeking Him - Experience the Joy of Personal Revival” - by Nancy Leigh DeMoss & Tim Grisson
I got this beauty from my uber-christian Grandma when I was in Texas earlier this month. It’s a workbook. What I like about this book is how it helps me study the bible better. It references passages that pertain to the messages about personal faith and revival of a relationship with God, written in the workbook. There’s questions and quizzes and ways to do it group-style. I’ve been having lots of fun with this. It helps to have something of a guide when studying the bible.

“The Artist’s Way - a Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity” - by Julia Cameron
I just signed a new contract for the next 12 weeks yesterday. This is another workbook-like thing but it’s obviously geared towards artists with blocks. In the book - Julia says everyone is an artist. I decided to commit to the 12 week process because at some point in my life, I would’ve liked to have gotten thru the whole program. Not to mention - I’m a bit blocked right now anyway - I’ve got some major choices to make and new roads to walk.

“Holy Bible - New Living Translation, 2nd Edition” Tyndale House Publishers
This bible is wonderfully easy to understand quickly. The translators took the ancient Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek text and did their best to translate accurately to contemporary readers.

I love daily wisdom booklets. I think it comes from my love of Far Side desk calendars.

On April 29th’s entry in the Oswald Daily Devotional - it talks about uncertainty.

Now, obviously, this is a primarily Christian God context but if you just let go of any petty bs you might have about how the christians have destroyed the world - you can get some good wisdom.

“We tend to be so mathematical and calculating that we tend to look on uncertainty as a bad thing” When the truth is - we don’t know anything about nothing that’s going to happen. All we have is the certainty of what we see in front of ourselves at this moment. All the rest is dust.

To make a long story short (and a long post longer) there are two ways you can be in relationship to god:
1. you can have your beliefs about God
2. you can relate to God as a living, evolving and uncertain presence in all things/times

This little book urges it’s reader that if you have a real, alive relating to God/Divinity, then while that uncertainty is still present, the way life plays out becomes more gracious, more miraculous.

Regardless of what you believe - uncertainty is the truth of life. No matter how many numbers you crunch - there can always be cosmic curve balls.

In this little book - the advice is to have excitement around this uncertainty! Don’t bemoan uncertainty!

Based on simple Law of Attraction study and personal experience - spirit, god, and what you need or don’t need will show up - based on how you are FEELING about what MIGHT come.
IN other words - KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, YO!

I am the worst at getting caught in circles of my own negativity and fear. Guess what!? I totally attract more life circumstances that make me feel justified in that fear. When I’ve been happy and expectant - more often than not, my results have been awesome and beautiful.

Don’t fear uncertainty! (if I have to do this - then you might as well too!)
Embrace it! Love that uncertainty and you might just get “gracious uncertainty!”