I was introduced to a concept that we all live on all the time in all areas of our life. I was introduced to this both through prayer and a book called Re-Inventing Yourself. It is the understanding that we all live on a ladder. The top of the Ladder is Spirit, then right under that is Imagination and Creativity. Then Thinking, then under that the Emotional level then the Physical is at the bottom.
If we are just living between the physical and emotional level we are in survival mode. These means everything is hard, filled with drama, heavy, negative. This is where co-dependent relationships are born. Where poverty lives. But if we go up to imagination and creativity if we use this in a positive, uplifting, good way, it takes us up to spirit. That is why being creative always makes us happy and opens us up to the spiritual world. If we use creativity and imagination in a bad way it takes us down. We plunge. Living at the level of spirit is where all joy, light, happiness, peace, expansion, miracles, beauty, love, kindness, gentleness, joy, abundance lives.
We can use all levels to take us up to the level of spirit, or we can use them to plunge us down. If you are unsure about this, think of all our language. Heaven is up, hell is down. We are down cast, down in the dumps, down and out, we get down, get down and dirty, fall down, hit rock bottom etc.
On the other hand we get high, fly high as a kite, have high ideas, high ideals, are on top of the world, we soar, fly like and eagle, look up when we are hopeful and happy, look down when we are depressed.
If we think of any part of our life, we can take it up to imagination, creativity and spirit, or down to the emotional level where there is just drama.
All anger, criticism, harshness, abuse, being judgmental, fighting, hardness, coldness comes from the lower levels, the lower rungs of the ladder.
Love, understanding, kindness, generosity, giving, sharing, forgiving, romance, seeing the best in others and our selves, blessing, virtue, righteousness, all comes from the level or rung of spirit. When we are new with in a relationship we usually are up there at the level of imagination and creativity and spirit. But after awhile we can plunge down and live only on the emotional level with another and then things get sticky, heavy, hard, unkind, dramatic and this is where divorce lives.
The good news is we have the power to pull ourselves up to the higher rungs on the ladder, even if it means we need to pray for help. We do have many tools to help us get up there. I suggest writing a list of all the tools and ways we can employ to get us up living on the higher rungs. Through out the day we may find ourselves plunging down the ladder, that is normal, we need to just be aware and gently help ourselves back up. I have noticed for myself since I have been aware this, I am really aware now of where I am on the ladder, and even in conversations where it goes up or down the ladder. My thoughts, my words and even my actions all take me up or down. But now we can all be aware and take some control of this. Not just be yo yos totally unconscious of whether we are up or down. We can consciously take ourselves up. I have been doing this and I have to say it is fun!!!!
I now am conscious of all the ladders in my life, and am aware throughout my day of what rung I am on from moment to moment. I deliberately choose thoughts, words and actions that take me up to Spirit in all areas of my life.
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