April 2005 - Make It Heaven Newsletter

Bringing Heaven to Earth: Becoming a Spiritual Scientist
“In the Hands of Your Master Consciousness”

Spring-time finds me cleaning out closets, drawers, cabinets making a place for the promise of new growth and possibility. This month I spent 15 days in retreat sweeping out my inner space, letting go of old, limiting beliefs and self-judgments that no longer served my choice to cocreate with God.

This sacred experience reminded me of getting on a roller coaster ride at an amusement park. As I settled in my simple cabin that first night of the spiritual retreat the tingling of anxiety mixed with excitement was undeniable. I was in for a ride!

The thrills and chills happened each time a chunk of who I thought I was fell away. It is said that while sculpting David, Michelangelo chipped away everything that 'wasn't David.' Something in the slab of marble that was to become David illuminated a form so vividly that with each chisel stroke, the master sculptor was able to bring it into
expression.

In collaborating closely with spirit, each of us, like David, become gently molded and fashioned into who we really are. Some people undergoing this sculpting process feel as if unseen hands are lovingly peeling away defenses that no longer serve them. Others remark that they are no longer preoccupied with the struggle of their soul to extricate itself from beneath a heavy boulder. A fisherman once told me that when he started following the calls of his heart, 'barnacles' affixed to him decades before
began falling away.

Cooperating with this process asks me to light up, lighten up, and begin to see myself, and in time others, as I am seen - perfect, complete and good. I can feel this happening each time I choose to expand rather than contract, to love rather than
fear, and to forgive rather than condemn. All the while, my master consciousness is hard at work, and with every wedge of conditioning it chips away, I come to see this master sculptor as myself - the spark of the divine within.

Here are a few ways to participate fully in the process:

• Have a conversation with your divinity wherever you feel at ease speaking intimately: outdoors in nature, over a canvas or set of paints, in the bath, by a roaring fire, journaling, in prayer, meditation or contemplation.
• Let this indwelling source of wisdom know you'd like its help in seeing more clearly and in using your energy more impeccably.
• Listen closely for guidance, trusting that it may not come immediately. Be open to the unexpected messenger.
• Give your master consciousness free reign over an aspect of your life, letting go of your urge to control.
• Check in often - perhaps once a day, for renewal and refocusing your attention and intention.

Be prepared for paradoxes. In seeing more you will know less. Statements of certainty will give way to uncertainty. The more you admit you DON'T know the more that will be revealed. And enjoy the ride! Very few things in life produce this kind of aliveness and constant newness that brings a freshness to each moment. Cocreating with God is thrilling! But don’t take my word for it – begin your own discovery.

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By Rebecca Skeele, author of
You Can Make It Heaven:
How to Enrich Your Life with Abundance and Loving

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Rebecca Skeele, President of Make It Heaven LLC, is an author, speaker and master facilitator supporting people to cocreate their personal heaven on earth. She is the author of You Can Make It Heaven: How to Enrich Your Life with Abundance and Loving and numerous articles supporting personal and spiritual growth. She combines her extensive years as a spiritual counselor and coach, two Master’s degrees in Spiritual Counseling and Spiritual Science, her certification in the noetic field of consciousness and her study as an non-denominational minister to support conscious choice and awakening to the truth within. Her new course, Becoming a Spiritual Scientist: A Course for Cocreators is offered in Santa Fe, NM.  Visit http://www.spiritual-scientist.com for more information or email Rebecca at rebecca@makeitheaven.com

Copyright 2005, Rebecca Skeele. This content may be reprinted or forwarded in full with author’s name and contact numbers.