{"id":856,"date":"2014-07-13T21:27:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T21:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batesonline.org\/triciablog\/?p=856"},"modified":"2014-07-13T21:27:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T21:27:03","slug":"july-13-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triciabatessmith.com:443\/index.php\/2014\/07\/13\/july-13-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 7-13-14 The Seeker"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Every soul has a definite task, and the fulfillment of each individual purpose can alone lead man aright; illumination comes to him through the medium of his own talent.” ~\u00a0 Bowl of Saki, July 7, by Hazrat Inayat Khan<\/em><\/p>\n

Happy Sunday!<\/h2>\n

As I thought yesterday and early this morning about what I wanted to reflect on for today’s blog nothing came to mind.\u00a0 Life is good and I haven’t had anything troubling me that I couldn’t recognize as just disturbing my ego.
\nI watched Joel this morning hoping for some inspiration; he was speaking about having faith that the rain will come when living through a time of drought.\u00a0 When there are those things that we want, to have faith, to speak faith, to act in faith, and that God will provide those things that he has put in your heart.
\nMany of the books I have read in this last year have spoken about the power of intention, intention as a field of energy, or a primal function of the Universe; very big ideas to consider.\u00a0 Many teachers say that to understand this you can create what you want.\u00a0 I haven’t gone very deep in considering these ideas because I can’t past the basics of “what do I want?”
\nThere are many things I want for others: I want happiness and growth for my loved ones, I want happiness, growth, and prosperity for my sons, I want all of humanity to evolve into the loving peaceful beings I know we are on the inside.\u00a0 But what I want for Tricia I am not sure of.
\nI am going to take that statement back because as I am considering what to write I realize that there are levels of wanting just like there are levels of awareness.\u00a0 I have wants at a basic everyday level such as I want my car to run and look cute, I want someone to help me clean my house, or I want to go out to lunch.\u00a0 Then there seems to be the level of bigger society wants such as wealth, good marriage, or successful career.\u00a0 This seems to be the level that many teachers speak about using faith, prayer, or intention to get what you want. I am happy with what I have and also, I know that God will give or take what is necessary for my growth.
\nWhy does God intervene on this level? Because there is the next level of want, this higher level holds the desires\u00a0the\u00a0heart is truly seeking.
\nMy inspiration came this morning from recalling my “Bowl of Saki” email from last Monday.\u00a0 The last paragraph said the following:
\n“Everything a person does, spiritual or material, is only a stepping-stone for him to arrive at the inner purpose … When the desire to live brings one in touch with one’s real life, a life which is not subject to death, then the purpose of that desire is accomplished. When one has been able to perceive fully the knowledge of one’s own being, in which is to be found divine knowledge and the mystery of the whole manifestation, then the purpose of knowledge is attained. When one is able to get in touch with the Almighty Power, then the desire for power is achieved. When one has been able to find one’s happiness in one’s own heart, independent of all things outside, the purpose of the desire for happiness is fulfilled; when one is able to rise above all conditions and influences which disturb the peace of the soul and has found one’s peace in the midst of the crowd and away from the world, in him the desire for peace is satisfied. … It is in the fulfillment of these five desires that one purpose is accomplished, the purpose for which every soul was born on earth.” ~ Bowl of Saki, July 7, by Hazrat Inayat Khan<\/em>
\nHerein lie the desires of my soul, five of them Hazrat Khan names for me:<\/p>\n