Our Life's Task

In my previous post I layed out the idea of us having pre-existed in the spiritual dimension before we ever came to earth to be born in human form.  I believe there is a lot of evidence that this is a true portrayal.  Now I want to look at another dimension of this idea.

That dimension, mentioned in passing in the previous post, is that we not only pre-existed our earthly incarnation, but that we actively participated in the decision to enter the material world.  I believe that in our prior spiritual state we were part of the discussion about the stage we were in along our spiritual progression, what lessons we needed to learn, and what sorts of experiences we could use to learn those spiritual lessons.  I believe that we then participated in the decision as to where we would be born, at what time, and to whom, in order to give us the best chance possible to go through these tests and experiences and learn from them.

You've heard the saying, "I didn't choose my family, but I sure as shootin' can choose my own friends!"  Well, now I wonder if that is entirely true!  Maybe we did have a hand in choosing our family.  Oh dear!

All of us are at different places in our journey through life.  For many of you, these ideas may seem acceptable and true.  But for others they may seem really "out there".  Ideas like this open up dimensions to the spiritual world around us that we may never have considered.  Living in our scientific, material world, it is often difficult to conceive that there may be a whole other dimension surrounding us.  The writers of the scriptures and other ancient works had no such trouble.  To ancient cultures the spiritual dimension was as natural and real as the physical dimension.

I believe that our last couple centuries of living with a predominantly scientific, material mindset  has radically dimmed our perceptions of the spiritual domain.  As Christians we give lip-service to this domain, but do any of us truly believe that it exists?  Do we wonder about it?  Do we fantasize what it might be like?  Do we seek to explore this dimension?

Well, I offer some observations and conjectures of this dimension, perhaps opening the wee-ist of glimpses into the spiritual world around us.

You may or may not have picked up from previous posts that I believe quite strongly that history is heading pell-mell toward some sort of culmination.  Our time on this planet is limited.  Things cannot and will not continue to go on as they have.  There is coming a shift of some sort, a change in our world, a transition into another way of being.  I don't know what this will consist of.  I do not know what life will be like on the other side of the turning which is coming.  I do not know if this transition will be gradual or sudden, violent or benign.  It might be convulsive, or it might be smooth.

And I believe that we who are alive today have all participated in the decision to come be part of this transition.  I believe we came to earth deliberately to facilitate this shift.  I believe that we live in a tremendously exciting time in Earth's history, and that we have a very important role to play in this time.

There are many among us who are very in tune with God and the spiritual plane.  I mentioned those who have experienced NDE's in my last post.  There are many others who are intuitive, who can hear God's Spirit speak clearly, who receive messages and visions from the spiritual dimension.

Over and over I am reading and hearing that the message from God to us in our day is that we are tremendously privileged to live during this time period.  We are especially gifted and equipped to aid in the coming transition time.  Many of us are highly evolved spiritual beings who have made the decision to come to Earth at this time for very important tasks.

I don't know, dear reader, how you are receiving all of this!  For myself, I feel incredibly encouraged and heartened to contemplate these sorts of things.  When I read these kinds of encouraging messages from beyond I feel excited; bring it on!!

We each have our part to play in the coming events.  Our part may be small; there may be a few of us called to play large parts in whatever is coming.  But I believe that for all of us, we are called to live lives of integrity, love, hope and compassion; we are called to reach out to each other, to depend on each other, to live in community with one another.

By the way, the whole concept of sin, that great bugaboo of the Church which messes up so many minds, is linked to this concept.  The clearest definition of "sin" is:  missing the mark, or falling short.  In this context, "sin" can be seen as missing our life's task, falling short of the goals we came to this Earth to accomplish.  It is so easy to get sidetracked by the agenda of this world we live in.  It is so easy to get sucked into the fear and anxiety which prevail in our culture.

Our Life's Task, number one, is to live without fear, to live in trust!