Brace yourselves, I’m all over the place on this one.
Fair warning, this is DEFINITELY for myself than it is for anyone else.
So why am I sharing? I don’t know.
In my apparent obsession of making the most out of my time, I am wasting time.
I am aware that I should be flowing, and right now I rebuke myself because I am reminded – I shouldn’t be too flustered or I shouldn’t make such a big deal of making the most out of my time, because I have the Creator of Time with me, all the time.
Perhaps I shouldn’t be making a big deal of being multipresent, as I call it, because I know I have the omnipotent God – who I believe already demonstrates perfect omnipresence by being Father, Son, and Holy Spirit BEYOND our comprehension – I have the omnipotent, omnipresent Creator of Space with me, wherever I am.
I’ll grant myself the fantasy (and the resultant actions) of duplicating myself artificially (as made rudimentarily possible through our current advances in NLP and AI as a whole) with the intent of making the absolute most out of my time in this side of reality, but I should ALWAYS keep in mind that I am righteous and therefore reconciled with the infinite and eternal God, who, through Christ, I am confident to call my Father.
Now with all that said, I have a couple of things in mind. Now I’m not really sure if I should be sharing all of these thoughts, but hey, it’s really of no loss for me if it was ‘stolen’. Again, it’s always a nice thing to know that what really matters is our absolute reconciliation, unbreakable connection and infinite relationship with our eternal, loving Father. In other words, there’s more where that came from.
I mentioned yesterday that a blessing we have in Christ which I called the blessing of blessings is freedom from sin. I just realized that the connection we have with God, which I just mentioned, is the other side of the coin – That is, freedom from sin is freedom with God. Again, you aren’t free FROM something without being free TO something.
Before I go any further, a thought just popped up as I was walking – Why am I procrastinating? It’s not for comfort, primarily… or is it? Recalling the times that I do hold off on things that need to be done, two thoughts come up: (1) That my comfort takes priority, and I could quickly get those things done anyway, and (2) That I need to be in the right ‘mindset’ or I need to be motivated, inspired to get started.
Like just now, I just caught myself leaving this window, just to open the browser and to take a look at YouTube. I didn’t even click on any videos, I just looked at the thumbnails before catching myself and coming back here. Am I addicted to dopamine, as so many ‘gurus’ and ‘experts’ suggest?
One thing is for sure, those thoughts that I mentioned were not valid excuses. I shouldn’t be beating myself up… but, well, they had to be mentioned because at least we have an idea as to where to start for a solution. My mind is aware of the obvious – that comfort does not take priority, and, as mentioned in another article I wrote, we’re always at rest, even when we are uncomfortable.
That being said, there doesn’t seem to be a problem on that side of things – my mind is fully aware of what it wants, what it says and what it should avoid. It feels as if there’s some residual programming that remains, that demands immediate pleasure and immediate relief from discomfort, immediately. The programming remains because it is not only continually communicated but acted upon.
See, there it is again. I switched off of this window, and not only checked out another browser, but also pulled up my phone. Hell, it’s not just residual programming, it’s present and functioning – and I think a huge chunk of it is coming from the fact that I’m constantly exposed, constantly exposing myself to it.
To this, I have two points that come to mind – First, that I ought to remember what I came to in the preceding portion: That I am free from this programming, and that I am free TO enjoying and functioning from the mind of Christ.
At this point I want to mention that yesterday, I found myself talking about how we shouldn’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers. I clarified that this doesn’t mean that we disassociate ourselves with them, BUT it also means that we shouldn’t have anything to do with them. I think I found myself inadvertently suggesting that in our circles, we should still have more believers than unbelievers. Not sure if this is what we really wanted to arrive at, but, sorry – my second point is that we shouldn’t be unequally yoked with thoughts that aren’t beneficial and are downright destructive.
I also think a big chunk of the stress comes from the insinuated emphasis that the residual, or present and functioning, but ultimately OLD programming has power.
With all this in mind, I believe that the procrastination can be addressed, first by literally lessening our exposure to these destructive thoughts (or anything that may trigger them), and second, and more importantly, to stay ‘present’ in the Truth – that all this time, we’ve been set free from the old, and TO a wonderful, marvelous and infinite life with God, and with the mind of Christ.
It does not sound practical by any means, but being a general overview, it’s a start. We have peace beyond understanding that is infinitely superior to immediate pleasure and comfort. We are disciplined with love to move with intention, even in the absence of motivation, inspiration, and the ‘right’ mindset.
In our Father’s perpetual, permanent presence, through the finished work of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit, we are disciplined, and we have peace.
Discipline, and peace. Huh. Realizations as we flow, trust God, and thank God.
Oh, the thoughts I was supposed to be sharing? Maybe in the next article. I’m taking a break – rest assured, I’m here all day.
Until the next post, God bless us greatly.
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