So How Do You Feel?
Thought for your day #27, Fri 9/22/00.
So, how do you want to feel?
We are often led to believe that feelings are things that just happen. Like the clouds, rain and sun, our emotions come & go, but we cannot control them.
A weak or diseased person cannot control their body. But an able athlete has the 3 essential elements to all health:
 | Strength |
| Flexibility |
| Endurance |
And often, as in the case of a concert pianist, for example, these 3 elements are developed and controlled down to the tiniest detail.
Yet, we are so often led to believe that the limits of control stop at our bodies. Emotions just happen. We cannot control our desires. And thoughts are a fickle, uncontrollable thing. Right? And yes, there are huge vested interests that want you to believe that.
But it is not true.
I Will Be What I Choose To Be. Ahyh Asr Ahyh.
This is simultaneously
| a VISION of what is possible, |
| a PROMISE for all time, and |
| a TOOL to gain access to that promise. |
Though you may not believe it, it IS possible to control your thoughts, desires and emotions. "I Will Be What I Will Be" is God's still, small voice within, reminding you that you do not have to be constantly tossed about like a ship on the ocean.
In English:
| A "bad day" does not mean you have to be sad or depressed. |
| A setback does not mean you have to feel frustrated. |
| No one can make you mad. You can choose to react that way, but no one can force you to have any reaction. This is, whether you realize it or not, utterly within your control. |
You can be anchored to the core of your being, where God Himself resides. And there you fill find the strength, flexibility and endurance that are the keynotes of health, and find the ability to apply them to all aspects of your being.
In the Heart of YHWH, anchored in the realization that Ahyh Asr Ahyh is your birthright and destiny, you will find
| you can control your thoughts |
| you can control your emotions |
| you can control your desires |
No, you cannot absolutely control the outside world. The Signed Promise is not "The World Will Be What You Want It To Be," but rather that "YOU Will Be What YOU Choose To Be."
Your life can be looked at like a Castle. Outside the Castle walls are thieves, dragons, thorns, earthquakes, disease and fires. Yet inside the secure Castle walls, inside your own soul, YOU are the King and Queen; YOU have absolute say. Nothing can enter or leave the castle without your Sovereign Permission.
Life is, indeed, 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you choose to react to it.
THAT is enlightenment, THAT is truth, and THAT is inner health.
The purpose of Real Religion, rather than give us a bunch of silly things to mindlessly parrot and believe in and fight about, is to equip us with the tools needed to become genuinely healthy, in all the beautiful ways that word can be used.
