In light of Laws

Anyway, a couple of things have been happening lately that got me to thinking about spirituality and manifestation.  I mean, could we really manifest that which we so desire in our lives?  Do we really have that kind of power?  Here are some brief examples.  

I've been learning a lot about spirituality lately.  I've been reading this book, This Thing Called You, by Ernest Holmes.  For those of you who don't know who he is, well, I'm just learning myself, but apparently he basically founded the Religious Science movement.  And, it's often a disclaimer, when you mention Religious Science that it's not to be confused with Scientology.  They are not the same.  Not even close.

Mr. Holmes talks about how the Law of Spirit is no different than the Law of Gravity.  For instance, we don't disagree that things stay put wherever we place them.  Gravity holds them in place and this is pretty much a certain fact of life here on Planet Earth.  If we want to put a horse in our living room, we can.  It doesn't make a lot of practical sense in many respects, but the Law of Gravity will keep the horse right there until we move it.  We have the power to rearrange things within the context of the law.

Just as gravity works without fail, spirituality or faith, rather, works the same way.  God/Goddess/the Universe/Spirit always is open to you and you to it.  You are connected because you are one and the same.  Therefore, the Universe is abundant with limitless possibilities and that means that you have access to the same; but only is so much as the manner in which you apply the law.  It makes no sense to say that you are worthless and undeserving of God's gifts.  How does that serve you or those around you?  It's like putting a horse in your living room.  However, you can rearrange those same thoughts, under the basic premise that you are connected to God and are the way of God, and say that all the goodness the Universe has to offer is available to you.

Mr. Holmes says at one point in This Thing Called You, "Spirit withholds nothing from you.  To believe that God refuse the good you desire is to deny the goodness of God.  It  is a refusal to accept the profound conclusion of the one who said, "it is done unto you as you believe."

I used to think this was bull-hooey.

But; I live in this tiny studio apartment with my 2.5 year old son and to say the least, it's cramped.  It was always supposed to be a transition house until I was able to afford and have the means to move to a larger place.  I mean, literally, it's only been 6 months since I took us out of an abusive home and had to start all over again.  So, I am trying to be patient with myself.  Every day I wake up and I breathe in and out and thank God/Goddess/the Universe/Spirit for having a safe place to live.  To wake up next to a sleeping, beautiful toddler is the most precious gift I can think of....

I've been praying, however, to be able to upgrade from my studio to a real home a lot lately.  I put an image onto my Vision Board I made at the Moon Girls Gathering last full moon.  I place the intentions out when I drive around my neighborhood.   And the other day, I was receiving a reading from a trusted Medium and she specifically called out a 2 bedroom apartment in my future.

I often start my day checking Craigslist to see if the perfect, two-bedroom cottage, with a fenced yard and storage space in a quiet, safe midtown neighborhood, in my price range apartment, available.  And today, there it was!  It was posted just minutes before I went online!!  I went to see it on my lunch break and it's exactly like what I've been imagining.  Sure the paint is peeling and it's right next to the train tracks, but it's AWESOME!  I can finally have a garden again.  My son can play safely outdoors without me fearing he'll get hit by a car.  He'll have his own bedroom in which to grow into a little man.  Granted I'll miss waking up next to him, but a small price to pay for security of a HOME.

So I tried to calm down.  I tried to breathe and let it go out to the Universe so that it would be able to manifest.  I went to do other things to distract myself.  But something drew me back to the place in the early evening.  As I pulled up onto the street, a woman approached me.  She was walking her dogs.  I asked her if she lived in the neighborhood and she said yes, just a few blocks to the left.  I mentioned I was looking at one of the apartments.  She asked which one.  When I told her, she laughed.  That was her old place.  She met her husband while living on this street a few years ago and now lives just a few blocks down.  She said the street was wonderful.  

How wonderful.   What a wonderful mystery the Universal Power of Spirit is.  Let's offer this blessing unto the Universe and let it manifest as it should.  I am open and willing to accept the gifts of good that seek to find me.