A Paradigm of Oneness: Part 12
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A genuine experience of the spiritual dimension is a subjective event that takes us into an understanding beyond that of God merely as a partner or as the supplier of material goods. The activity of God, we gradually begin to see, is the very fountainhead of our being. The actual experience of God makes us less inclined to inform God of our needs. We become more interested in exploring the deeper levels of Being that are available to us. The experience of the soul’s oneness with its Source is the one thing that fills the yearning for home that we feel at our center. The moment we have even an inkling of spiritual realization, we know we have touched something real and important and our interest shifts accordingly.
We are spiritual beings expressing through a physical experience. As such, we have material needs. There is no material acquisition we can make, however, that successfully addresses our yearning for freedom. We labor under the thought that solving our material issues will give us this freedom. Observe yourself. You are probably better off materially than you were at some earlier time. Are you also freer? Are you closer to the type of self-realization that generates inner peace and poise?
The idea of seeking first the “kingdom of God” is of great practical value. When you seek God, you find yourself. When you find yourself you understand that God, your living source, is the true fulfillment of all you need. Consciously connected with God, your material life reflects the freedom and abundance of your eternal Wellspring. “The Father knows you have need of these things,” Jesus pointed out, referring to what we shall eat, what we shall wear, and what is needed to shelter the body.
The paradigm of oneness is the formula for the kind of freedom we seek. God is our source, we are living expressions of God, and there is no possibility of separating ourselves from God. When this realization drops from our head to our heart, we shall have found the truth that sets us free.
