I am sure there are many people out there who are tired of seeing all the getting in touch with your spirituality posts spreading across the internet these days. To some, it may seem like “hippy-dippy” fantasies—something people cling to because they need a sense of purpose. Some believe they simply hold onto these ideas in the hope that they have some kind of control over how things happen in their lives, trying to deny the fact that life is often random and unpredictable.
For much of my journey, life has indeed felt random and unpredictable. Despite the good people I’ve encountered, I still see them getting the short end of the stick, while those who act selfishly seem to have things handed to them. Their lives often appear easier, better, compared to those who try so hard but face endless struggles.
I hear stories of people working three jobs, never having a moment to themselves, just to save up enough money to go to school, get an education, and create a better future. Then, just as they are close to achieving their goals, they get into a car accident. The injuries not only drain their savings but also leave them in debt for years. Suddenly, the path they worked so hard for is gone, leaving them in a position they never imagined.
I watch the news and see tragedies every day: train explosions killing hundreds, earthquakes and tsunamis destroying entire cities and families, school shootings, rapists, child predators, and sadistic killers altering lives forever in mere moments. Drunk drivers selfishly change lives as well.
I see mothers dedicating their entire lives to their children, never giving themselves the time to reflect on who they are as individuals. Once the children leave, moving far away and rarely calling, and when their husbands pass on, these mothers are left in melancholic isolation. They die realizing they never truly lived for themselves.
I see shy people living vicariously through their more outgoing peers, wishing they could be funnier, louder, more interesting. They spend their lives trapped in their misery, wondering what it would be like to be someone else. Their depression creates a dark aura that follows them, making people uncomfortable in their presence. No one wants to be around a “downer” because it spreads bad energy.
But here’s the thing: this person’s outlook on life—constantly wishing to be someone else—is creating their own misery. If they embraced who they truly are, became more outgoing in their way, cracked jokes here and there, and accepted their authentic self, I’m certain their energy would shift, and they’d attract people who resonate with them.
If we have even a little bit of control in this chaotic, random world, why not take full advantage of it?
Spirituality is about focusing on the human spirit or soul rather than material or physical things. It’s about understanding what’s happening inside of us, rather than getting lost in what’s happening around us.
Isn’t it fascinating to consider that we can understand who we truly are on a deeper level? To get to know ourselves so well that we can control our thoughts, emotions, and ideas? Imagine being able to filter out the bad and focus on feeling, being, and achieving whatever it is we desire. As “hippy-dippy” or fantastical as it may sound to some, this is a reality anyone can experience if they’re willing to try.
I won’t go too deep into it all right now. Instead, I’ll break it down in a simple way, as Anthony Norvell does in his book Metaphysics: New Dimensions of the Mind.
His introduction to the book:
Throughout history there have been great and illumined souls who have been able to use the power of their higher minds to perform seeming miracles. These men and women used a Cosmic Force which is in the universe and which anyone may use, when he once learns how to focus this higher power within his own mind.
There are stupendous miracles such as healing the sick; causing the blind to see; making the crippled walk, but these are not the only miracles with which we are concerned in this Metaphysical study.
There are the little, every-day miracles, which you may begin to perform immediately that relate to your health, to your work, to increasing your income, to finding happiness in love and marriage and to healing your mind of confusion, discord, and unhappiness, so that you may find inner peace and security.
You will learn in this study that you too may become a miracle-worker; that you may wave the mental wand of Faith and create out of the substance of your thoughts and inner dreams the concrete things that you desire in your life.
You may tap the power of this higher Cosmic Mind and create magnificent works, even as did the geniuses of the past who used this Miracle-working power. Beethoven used this higher mind within to create beautiful music, even though he was deaf; Edison tapped this power of the higher Cosmic Mind within and created over three hundred inventions, from the motion picture camera to the electric light bulb, which bless our lives today. Edison used the power which we shall study together, and there is no reason why YOU may not achieve greatness through this self-same Metaphysical power.
Lincoln was a miracle-worker, and although a martyr, like Gandhi and John F. Kennedy, he brought the miracle of unity and greatness to a strife ridden nation.
J.P. Morgan was a financier and industrialist, but he used the Metaphysical Miracle power which we shall study together to build one of the great financial empires of all time. This miracle power is not dead today; it is still being used by men like Paul G. Getty and Howard Hughes, Ford and Rockefeller to create wealth that not only benefits the ones who create it, but also blesses the world through the public libraries they endow, the research foundations they create and the artistic gifts and treasures which they give to our great art galleries and museums.
The Miracles of Lourdes are well known, and I have stood in the sacred Grotto and I have seen the discarded crutches, wheel chairs and braces that the sick have left there when their miracles of healing came and they walked away healed by a miracle power that worked for them, but which does not seem to work for others.
I have many other posts that delve further into how to tap into this metaphysical power. I have personally seen great changes in my life already, which I also discuss in other posts under the Power of Mind category.
I began by believing it was possible and started reciting a mantra to my “Father within,” which is what Norvell calls this inner power. My Father within has blessed me in many small ways already, and I couldn’t be more excited to see what the future holds.
I’m not trying to sell you anything here—I have nothing for sale on this site. My purpose is solely to show people that life can be different. Things can be better, and no one should settle for mediocrity if they once dreamed of more. You can have all that and more if you’re willing to put in the effort.
I highly recommend Metaphysics: New Dimensions of the Mind as your first or only read on this subject. It’s all you really need to start believing in this tremendous power we all have within us.
If you do pick it up, happy reading, and I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
