#spiritwithin

[littlefeather-wolf]

What were the roles of children in Native American culture ?

The boys followed the men around and were taught how to hunt and do men's chores ... Young girls followed the women around and learned to do traditional women's work like making baskets, working the fields, and cooking ... Children learned of the history and moral rules of the tribe from stories told by the elders and would practice them ... Namaste ¥ Ww ...

[littlefeather-wolf]

EVERY CHILD MATTERS 🧡 ✊🏼

[vinceleemiller]

The Forgotten Significance of the Spirit | Galatians 4:6-7

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. — Galatians 4:6-7

CALL OUT: I want to give a shout-out to Larry Wargel from Columbia, SC. Thanks so much for your partnership in the Gospel. Your generosity is much appreciated.

The Spirit is easily one of the most neglected topics in the church. Yet for Paul, the Spirit is significant and central. He is the sign of our sonship—not works of the flesh (e.g., circumcision) but the searing of our hearts by his Spirit. This is not something we do. It's something Christ did at the moment we believed. The Spirit was "sent into our hearts" with a clarion cry.

This made me wonder if we resort to works-based righteousness because we are unaware of the Spirit that God seared into us. We lack awareness of his searing and spiritual work. This is what Paul is doing here, he is making the church aware of the Spirit within them.

So let me do the same for you. If you believe in Jesus as your Savior and Lord, the Spirit of God lives in you. The sign of the Father is seared upon you, signifying your sonship. The Spirit makes you an infinitely rich son. There is no other thing you need, and there is nothing else you can do that will alter or increase this status. But you do need to learn to rely upon and rest in the Spirit. But it all begins by becoming aware that the Spirit of God lives in you. So acknowledge the Spirit today. Invite him to convict, teach, intercede, guide, comfort, and reveal the truth today.

God, thank you for the Spirit you have sent into us. Help me to become more aware of his presence, and help me listen to him as he convicts, teaches, intercedes, guides, comforts, and reveals the truth. Amen.

#SpiritualSonship #SpiritWithin #DivineInheritance #AwarenessOfGod #EmbracingTheSpirit

ASK THIS:

How does the awareness of the Spirit's presence within you change your perspective on your identity and inheritance as a child of God?

In what practical ways can you invite the Spirit to work in your life today, trusting in His guidance, comfort, and truth?

DO THIS: Invite the Spirit to work.

PRAY THIS: Father, thank you for sealing me with your Spirit and making me your son. Help me to live each day aware of His presence and reliant on His guidance, comfort, and truth. Amen.

PLAY THIS: Holy Spirit.

Check out this episode!

[janusrw]

#less #selfies and more know of #self. / Menos selfies y mas #saber del #ser. - #rubenmr #letmehelpyou #livingwithhiv #gaycdmx #spiritwithin #loveyourself https://www.instagram.com/p/BrcViyZnnga/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u5i29z9705xm

[tahitianstarseed]

#godiswithinyou #spiritiswithinyou #notoutsideofyou #weareinfinite #spiritwithin #lookwithin #magicwithin #wearemagical #magicalbeings #powerfulbeings #lovewithin

[brandimolitor]

We are all born with an innate wisdom. An inner truth. A guide. Our inner voice. Our spirit. It’s the wisdom that finds joy in creativity, community, contribution, collaboration, and love. It’s the spirit that jumps in mud puddles without abandon, throws on whatever creative outfits we conjure up, sings loudly walking down the street, and feels cradled and cared for in the arms of nature. It’s the spirit that stops to curiously watch with awe a bee pollinate a flower, or a storm roll in, or loses herself in a grove of trees as they bend back and forth with the wind. She doesn’t think constantly if this is OK, or how horrible her body is, or if she is really loved.

Then we change. In time, our spirits get bullied, told they’re wrong, to be quiet, sit down, stand up, go over there, be more of this and less of that, be bold but not too much, be smart and talented, but stay humble. Fit in or get out. The spirit and its voice get stripped down and quieted, and a new self emerges. The social self that’s trained and also very smart. So smart, it has a way to get us through life fitting in without ever being really present. So smart is has us believe this is who we are, no questions asked. So loud and powerful, it takes over the inner spirit’s voice until it’s a faint, if barely heard whisper, no longer in the mind, but finding solace in the body. The new self wins. 

But the victory is not forever.

While our spirit is silenced, we feel a dull ache in our hearts. A longing we can’t put our finger on. The feeling is familiar, but we can’t define what it is. Somewhere between the two worlds of the external world and the world of the spirit, we live, in the static, in the noise. In this space, our lives are often uncomfortable, leading us to insatiable cravings we try to fill.

The discomfort manifests itself in to a belief that something is wrong with us. Never feeling satisfied, we get seduced by concepts and ideas and materials looking for ways to “feel good.” Subconsciously, we are seeking ways to drive down the longing and ache from the spirit’s desire to emerge.

In this time when our culture is undergoing a shift, the external world we relied so heavily on is changing course, we are at various stages of grief. Some are accepting, some are angry, some are still in denial, and some could be a combination of all depending on the day. The system of which the social self built itself around is a moving target - and our social self is freaking out. The spirit, though, is steadfast and vigilant, and remains the same. Depending on where we are in our social self conditioning, we could be tuning in to the delicate whispers, or living our truth inside the giant roars. Our longing could be heard and satisfied, could be slightly louder than the dull aches and mis-identified cravings, or buried so deep within us we are experiencing physical and emotional pain. Because our conditioning is, in fact, traumatizing to the spirit, leading to disharmony (dis-ease).

I lived most of my 20’s and 30’s in this chronic state. I was spirited and driven with passion and desire — yet the society in which I lived and created around me didn’t approve. I grew up in a home where perfection and achievement was demanded. I had to be perfect for the external world to accept me, decide my worth, tell me I was valuable, tell me what to do. For the next 2 decades I fought for approval and my self-worth to be determined by others. Seduced by concepts, programs, fancy and expensive coaches touting they could fix me, over and over - thinking this will be the thing that makes me better, this will give me value, this will “fix me” and finally that longing feeling will go away. I tried to drink it away, run it away, green smoothie it away, relationship it away, move to different places to get it to go away, followed entrepreneurs and leaders who I thought were guru’s or smarter than me, just to get the noise to stop, fought my way up business ladders to find peace, changed my appearance to change the inner noise, and spent it away. Up and down I went on various rides and extremes, when all along, rather than constantly attempting to annihilate the voice, I only needed to embrace her, and listen.

I learned in order to become free, I needed guidance and training from those skilled in this area to undo the conditioning. We can’t see what we’ve designed to presumably keep us secure and alive, and we can’t seek guidance from sources that knowingly or unknowingly are designed around quieting the inner wisdom desires — only adding more conditioning on to what society deems as “goals” and “achievements,” encouraging us to go for the new house, car, trips, luxury experiences and helping us build up the means to achieve, without ever doing the process work to uncover the longing.

At first I resisted doing this. It felt too woo-woo and icky. I felt far more comfortable setting weight loss goals and celebrating a big purchase to cover up the pain. How could something I spent the last 2 decades on learning to master (I had all this material I knew!!!) be off? I worked so hard at finding a successful woman’s way in this world. I thought.

When I surrendered and became willing, showing up as my own hero, and not waiting for someone else to save me, I was reminded that all the hurt was helping guide me back to my inner spirit, and by leaning in just a little, allowing my spirit to emerge, the deep longing began to heal. The cravings I had in which I convinced myself could only be satisfied by external things; money, relationships, clothes, status, material items, (the list goes on) were attempts at my social self looking to be loved and liked. When all along, I simply need to tune in to my spirit and say, “I love you, I hear you, and I haven’t forgotten about you.” And day by day, I show up, surrendering space and time to allow her to show up and participate. And day by day, I lean in to my community of truth seekers and spirit guardians to guide me home to her.

I want to remind you, the pain, craving, or longing you feel is information for you.

I want to remind you, life doesn’t have to be hard.

I want to remind you, when you listen to her whispers, and give her permission to be heard, to be herself (the one who takes deep sighs when you have a moment alone, or dances wildly when no one is around), she is actually a force for a greater good, to help you shine your light on the world, and heal the world around you.

I want to remind you, you are safe to come home now.

She is waiting. The world is waiting.

There is no greater force than a woman tuned in to her spirit. In life, and in business. We know intuitively we are capable beyond what we are currently doing. Leaders like us pave the way. When the world changes around us, we are the eye of the storm. We root down to rise up. There’s nothing “out there” even close to the spirit of an unleashed woman, and there’s no greater success in life than loving her.

[littlefeather-wolf]

How I became a warrior ...

Once, I ran from fear

so fear controlled me ...

Until I learned to hold fear like a newborn,

Listen to it, but not give in,

Honour it, but not worship it.

Fear could not stop me anymore.

I walked with courage into the storm.

I still have fear,

but it does not have me ...

Once, I was ashamed of who I was ...

I invited shame into my heart.

I let it burn,

It told me, "I am only trying

to protect your vulnerability".

I thanked shame dearly,

and stepped into life anyway,

unashamed, with shame as a lover ...

Once, I had great sadness buried deep inside,

I invited it to come out and play.

I wept oceans, My tear ducts ran dry,

And I found joy right there ...

Right at the core of my sorrow.

It was heartbreak that taught me how to love ...

Once, I had anxiety,

A mind that wouldn't stop.

Thoughts that wouldn't be silent.

So I stopped trying to silence them.

And I dropped out of the mind,

and into the Earth.

Into the mud.

Where I was held strong

like a tree, unshakeable, safe ...

Once, anger burned in the depths.

I called anger into the light of myself.

I felt its shocking power.

I let my heart pound and my blood boil.

Listened to it, finally.

And it screamed, "Respect yourself fiercely now!".

"Speak your truth with passion!".

"Say no when you mean no!".

"Walk your path with courage!".

"Let no one speak for you!"

Anger became an honest friend.

A truthful guide.

A beautiful wild child ...

Once, loneliness cut deep.

I tried to distract and numb myself.

Ran to people and places and things.

Even pretended I was "happy".

But soon I could not run anymore.

And I tumbled into the heart of loneliness.

And I died and was reborn

into an exquisite solitude and stillness.

That connected me to all things.

So I was not lonely, but alone with All Life.

My heart One with all other hearts.

Once, I ran from difficult feelings.

Now, they are my advisors, confidants, friends,

and they all have a home in me,

and they all belong and have dignity.

I am sensitive, soft, fragile,

my arms wrapped around all my inner children.

And in my sensitivity, power.

In my fragility, an unshakeable Presence.

In the depths of my wounds, in what I had named “darkness”, I found a blazing Light that guides me now in battle, I became a warrior when I turned towards myself., And started listening.

- Jeff Foster ...

- Art By: Waya Wolf ...

[littlefeather-wolf]

https://spiritwithin.tumblr.com/post/646998283007426560/ancient-native-americans-were-among-the-worlds

Ancient Native Americans were among the world’s first coppersmiths

About 8500 years ago, hunter-gatherers living beside Eagle Lake in Wisconsin hammered out a conical, 10-centimeter-long projectile point made of pure copper. The finely crafted point, used to hunt big game, highlights a New World technological triumph—and a puzzle. A new study of that artifact and other traces of prehistoric mining concludes that what is known as the Old Copper Culture emerged, then mysteriously faded, far earlier than once thought.

The dates show that early Native Americans were among the first people in the world to mine metal and fashion it into tools. They also suggest a regional climate shift might help explain why, after thousands of years, the pioneering metallurgists abruptly stopped making most copper tools and largely returned to stone and bone implements.

Earth’s largest and purest copper deposits are found around North America’s Great Lakes. At some point, Native Americans learned to harvest the ore and heat, hammer, and grind it into tools. They left behind thousands of mines and countless copper artifacts, including lethal projectile points, hefty knives and axes, and petite fish hooks and awls. Read more.

[live4youministries-blog]

Stop striving and stressing for an external God and savior. Get still and go within. #truth #spirituality #spiritualgrowth #spirit #beyondthephysical #belief #prayer #faith #within #newthought #live4uministries #innerlife #instagood #instamood #facebook #followers #instagram #twitter #youtube #spiritwithin #god #source #love #omnipotence #omnipresence https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvzm1gZlnF3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15h56lvr9qw7q

[the-mystic-star]

It’s hard to believe the first expo at the Spirit Within is happening this Saturday! Come down and see me for a reading or a healing. You can also pick up the perfect gift for Valentines Day! 🔮 #mysticstartarot #tarotreading #newageexpo #spiritwithin #expofun #healing #reikihealing https://www.instagram.com/p/BtTs1yqHvgm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u90vpcbdf7qw

[littlefeather-wolf]

¥ OSAGE ¥

Both hands done!

[aliciabozza]

When we lose those that we love, it is so hard. Know that the love you had between you still lives every day. 1 Corinthians 13:8 says: Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit.~ Look for the signs. They are everywhere. They serve as a reminder that love never dies. #loveneverdies #signsareeverywhere #spiritwithin #God #transitioning #afterlife (at Tabor, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsvzCAwF_XE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12y929c4n0rp6

[jamiesonwolf]

This morning, I asked The Wild Unknown "What do I focus on today?" I drew the Emperor. He represents stability and strength. He is clarity of mind and wholeness, able to see into the distance and make a decision about which direction to go in. The tree is lit by the sun, so I will embrace the warmth and the fire within me today. 💫 I also asked The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit Deck "Which part of myself do I embrace?" I drew the Cosmic Egg. This is the last card in the deck and points to a harmony of spirit, mind and body. It represents true consciousness. I been treading on the path for so long and spirit knows this, knows the journey I have been on. It holds the cosmic egg out to me and welcomes me home. 💫 I love when the cards do this, mirror each other in the physical and the internal, the within and without. One of my intentions for this year, and going forward, is to feel at peace with my life, with all aspects of it. It's been a journey that I have been on for far too long and I'm just so darn tired of it. 💫 Why can't I love all of myself? More importantly, why can't I *like* all of myself? Well Spirit is saying that I can and will and I'm almost there. I just have to stand tall and look out at the world around me, as I wrap my arms around the world within, and be grateful for the journey I am on. 💫 Awesome! 💫 #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarottribe #the_wild_unknown #spiritwithin https://www.instagram.com/p/BsQcV8insWV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ucvsrxrogmti

[thegodbeyondreligion]

Marshall Vian Summers releases a new revelation online | Your Relationship with Knowledge

Read more here: www.NewMessage.org/RelationshipKnowledge

"Knowledge within you is joined with Knowledge in others, so there is no separation in Knowledge. There is no “your” Knowledge and “my” Knowledge. There may be your evaluation versus my evaluation. There may be your comprehension versus my comprehension, but Knowledge itself is entirely uniform in all individuals. This is the part of people that is already intrinsically and totally joined. Knowledge has a function because it has a purpose in the world. Beyond this function, it is pure experience, eternal and complete.

Through Knowledge come all the means for your spiritual advancement, mental development and physical accomplishment because your Knowledge has a purpose. It is the Greater Mind speaking through your individual mind. You are part of this because Knowledge is your true Self. Yet it is not a self that is apart from others."

#greatermind #trueself #spiritwithin #relationship #knowledge #holyspirit #spiritualadvancement #god #newmessagefromgod #marshallviansummers

[saefinnur]

we are both beings.

[sinojikai]

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