Further thoughts for contemplation:
> What we talk about is where our attention goes and we start to notice more and more of the same.
How easy to change our world by simply changing the way we speak. But the tongue, can it be tamed? Yes, with practice and surrender, indeed it must be transformed!
> Words I've replaced and simply told TheSelf "I do not say":
"My"
"Try"
"Hard"
& "Struggle".
I've decided to tame the tongue by replacing "my" with "this, the or that" in applicable circumstances. For example, instead of saying "my anxiety" or "myself" or "my body" and "my money" (as if I own anything, or as if The True Self is the body.)
By saying "my" it's almost like saying "I AM" it's a way to identify ourselves with something, own something, or be attached to something.
Instead of defining TheSelf and identifying TheSelf with anxiety by saying "my anxiety", it would be much more empowering to label it as it is, "the anxiety" because it's not mine, it's not something that is part of my True Self.
I've also decided to tame my tongue by replacing the word "hard" with "challenging". Just test this one out for yourself, it is so empowering and liberating!!
Let's tame our tongues by completely refusing (to the best of our ability) to say "struggle", "should" and "try".
These words are so degrading!
Instead of saying, "I'm trying to eat healthier" It would be so much better to say, "I'm focusing on eating healthier", or "I'm welcoming a more healthy diet into my life." If you have the belief behind it (to where you can say it feeling honest) you could say "I am eating healthier" & just drop the try substitutes altogether!
Dropping the word "should" is so freeing! How disempowering it is to say "I should be this way" or "I should be doing this." It's better to use words like "I'm excited to be doing this" or "I'm allowing myself to be guided to the next step" or "I know I'm learning and I'm exactly who I need to be right now."
Dropping the word "struggle" is an obvious one, when you use the word "struggle" you're just welcoming more struggle into your life (by giving your attention to the things that are challenging). You could replace this word with anything that gives you a better feeling, such as, "I'm waiting for this to be resolved" or, "I am peaceful in the midst of this circumstance" or if you're not peaceful yet, you could say, "I'm desiring to be peaceful regardless of what's going on in my life" and so on.
> Our word is God in action; God’s Word.
Whatever it is that you are saying is keeping you at the level of which you are speaking. Words can drag you down or lift you up....or just perpetuate more of the same. Choose wisely.
> Taste & See The Kingdom of Fruition
The title of this painting was inspired by scripture, there's a verse in the Bible that says, "Taste and see that The LORD is good" and often Jesus talks of, "The Kingdom of Heaven."
So when titling this piece I wanted to inspire our hearts to desire Divine Love as our highest aim. In other words, to desire to be One with The Nameless One as our end goal.
Fruition is to embody completion. As Jesus himself said as he died on the cross, "It is finished."
It is completed. It is already done, already accomplished.
But what is "it"? Oneness, realizing The Kingdom of God within us!
To taste God is to taste the fulfillment of "Her/Him" within us.
> The Proverbs 31 Woman is said to have, "The teaching of kindness and council on her tongue" this painting is a prayer that I may speak wisdom and counsel to others as I have been called to, not shrinking back in fear, but openly speaking the inspired truth I am given.
This painting is also a prayer for the manifestation of fruition and fulfillment in this art career I'm pursuing, not as a completion of the journey, but as a comforting knowing that I am on the path God has chosen for me, not swerving off into the selfish ideas the ego has for me, but wholeheartedly surrendering to the Divine Dream God has for this Life I live.
There's beautiful balance of releasing all the outcomes of our dreams & surrendering them; giving up control.
It's in that place of giving up control that we have the most control, but we cannot reach that place with the intention of having control.
"Mastery of life is the opposite of control" ~Eckhart Tolle
"The Master takes action
by letting things take their course.
He does not collect precious things;
he learns not to hold onto ideas.
He helps people find their true nature
but does not venture to lead them by the nose.
Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
By forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe."
~Vs 64 of the Toe De Ching
“The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” ~Luke 6:45
"Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits."
~Matthew 21:43
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.” ~Proverbs 18:21
“By your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." ~Matthew 12:37
“Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.” ~Proverbs 16:24
“Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!” ~Psalm 141:3
“A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.” ~Proverbs 15:4
"'It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.' Then the disciples came and said to him, 'Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?' He answered, 'Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.'" ~Matthew 15:11-13
“The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.” ~Proverbs 15:28
“There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” ~Proverbs 12:18
💕Endless & absolute love be with you always, for together we are One Love💕