{"id":112436,"date":"2025-08-05T18:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/?p=112436"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:42:47","slug":"how-to-live-a-beautiful-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/archives\/112436-how-to-live-a-beautiful-life","title":{"rendered":"How to Live a Beautiful Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

“There is an adventure here that is not going to go away. No one can control their life in this world. Just make room that you will have adventures. Then do something\u00a0in which\u00a0you learn how to handle\u00a0your life well.”<\/em> – John Morton<\/p>\n

This article comes from a John Morton Question & Answer Fundraising Seminar that took place in April 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What about discouragement?\u00a0 Why might it be intensifying in some way? It is whatever you have been through that would be disappointing. You say, \u201cI don\u2019t like this.\u00a0 This is not what I wanted.\u201d\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s even, \u201cThat\u2019s discouraging and sometimes I do it again or make it even worse!\u201d\u00a0 That is even more discouraging.<\/p>\n

Somewhere in there is courage.\u00a0 It\u2019s in the word.\u00a0 Just take out the \u201cdis\u201d and what would that be?\u00a0 Courage.\u00a0 If you disrespect yourself, you are discouraged.\u00a0 You take your courage off where it really belongs and with what would help you and be in your best interests.<\/p>\n

There is something about that in the world\u00a0that\u00a0is mysterious.\u00a0 We have something, but we think, \u201cI don\u2019t know how it\u2019s going to work. Should I hang back and wait?\u201d\u00a0 That is part of what happens.\u00a0 That can become a default.<\/p>\n

Another word \u2013 default.\u00a0 Do you want more fault?\u00a0 Waiting and holding back can become something \u201coff\u201d.\u00a0 That is discouraging. You may say, \u201cI was trying to learn what I needed to know.\u201d\u00a0 But at some point, you just get in and go have the experience.\u00a0 You learn.<\/p>\n

You are on a spiritual adventure.\u00a0 The Holy Spirit has a job.\u00a0 It is going to show you the truth.\u00a0 For a while it may be like riding a bucking bronco. You keep getting thrown off every time you try to ride and live the truth.\u00a0 You may say, \u201cIt bucks the hell out of my life.\u201d\u00a0 If you learn how to stay on, you could get really good at it.\u00a0 That horse might be an amazing vehicle to go where there are the kinds of experiences you need.<\/p>\n

There is enough in every experience that we can realize, \u201cI\u2019m doing things to myself that make it disappointing.\u201d\u00a0 Clear out the expectations you have about your life.\u00a0 There is still room for inspiration.\u00a0 You can be inspired and have your dreams and visions.\u00a0 Just make sure those are tied to your spiritual heart.<\/p>\n

I am saying that deliberately.\u00a0 There is something like an emotional heart where people say, \u201cMy feelings were hurt.\u201d\u00a0 Those are your emotions.\u00a0 Your spiritual heart doesn\u2019t ever get hurt.\u00a0 If you say your spiritual heart is broken, it\u2019s not.\u00a0 That is your emotional heart.<\/p>\n

You are becoming stronger.\u00a0 The reason you are getting stronger is that you are more capable.\u00a0 Capability can be taken into the negative.\u00a0 If someone becomes very powerful in negative ways, I would say they are wasting their power.\u00a0 Get on to how that power could do beautiful things that help others but help you as much or more.\u00a0 It works like that.\u00a0 When you are helped as you help others, it\u2019s a beautiful life!<\/p>\n

One of\u00a0Traveler\u2019s\u00a0jobs\u00a0is releasing what needs to be released.\u00a0 That is in negative forms.\u00a0 It is regret or things we do habitually.\u00a0 You may say, \u201cThat\u2019s just my dumb self, doing more dumb stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bodies come with a dumb self.\u00a0 It\u2019s issued at the factory.\u00a0 Then, it\u2019s about, \u201cWake up! Smarten up! Watch what you are doing!\u201d\u00a0 See if you can find the motivating purpose.\u00a0 Maybe you want a better life, but don\u2019t know how that is going to work.\u00a0 You may say, \u201cI don\u2019t know if I should take this job or move to another city.\u201d Life is like that at times.<\/p>\n

Going after what you want more of does not always match up with what is familiar.\u00a0 But there is a part of you that does know what we are directly connected with.\u00a0 It is alive.\u00a0 It is a living consciousness. Let\u2019s call it your God Consciousness.<\/p>\n

As you become more capable, you become stronger.\u00a0 There is another quality that comes with clearing.\u00a0 You have more clarity.\u00a0 My experience of clarity is a knowing that comes in that is confident.\u00a0 There is a confidence that has calm.<\/p>\n

When we don\u2019t know, we are like, \u201cWhat if it\u2019s this?\u00a0 What if that happens?\u00a0 I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure.\u201d\u00a0 When you know, it calms.\u00a0 It is solid.\u00a0 If something outside you says, \u201cI don\u2019t think you are so smart. I think that\u2019s stupid,\u201d that is a God of opinion.\u00a0 They are around.\u00a0 Some of them are inside.<\/p>\n

Sometimes we grow up in an atmosphere or environment where we\u2019re programmed and conditioned to doubt ourselves and be afraid of life.\u00a0 It\u2019s okay.\u00a0 You are coming onto something that is going to release your clarity.\u00a0 That is clear sight.\u00a0 You see more and more so you understand.\u00a0 You realize, \u201cI don\u2019t do that.\u00a0 I used to, but I don\u2019t even remember or relate to that self anymore.\u00a0 I have confidence now.\u201d<\/p>\n

How do I get confident?\u00a0 I start trusting myself. And I\u00a0start\u00a0being more\u00a0true to myself.\u00a0 Those two go together.\u00a0 Being truthful can take your strength, courage, and wisdom all at once.\u00a0 It leads to a greater knowing of who you are.\u00a0 It is clear so that you are not in things like, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u00a0 I\u2019m doubtful, insecure, hesitating, pulled back and afraid.\u201d There is so much less of that.<\/p>\n

You realize more and more that the truth is within you.\u00a0 This is a world where you check it out.\u00a0 That can be awkward.\u00a0 There is an adventure here that is not going to go away.\u00a0 No one can control their life in this world. Just make room that\u00a0you\u00a0will have adventures.\u00a0 Then do something\u00a0in which\u00a0you learn how to handle\u00a0your life well.\u00a0 If you make mistakes, don\u2019t repeat them.\u00a0 Learn by asking, \u201cWhat did I do that\u00a0I can do better?\u201d<\/p>\n

Life can be peculiar at times.\u00a0 I call it the \u201cBig Hand\u201d.\u00a0 What would God do to your life so what you need to experience will come to you?\u00a0 That is going to happen.\u00a0 The Traveler Consciousness is on that.\u00a0 Let\u2019s do the experiences that deliver the greatest learning and the most becoming of who you are.\u00a0 Let\u2019s do it in this lifetime.\u00a0 That is where you are.<\/p>\n

God bless you.<\/p>\n

Baruch Bashan<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a Beautiful Day<\/h5>\n

Dear Lord, we welcome Your presence this day.
\nWe know that it is always this day
\nin the eternal presence of who You are and what You are.
\nSo again we find ourself in Your radiant light,
\nYour unconditional loving,
\nin the consciousness that is the living truth
\nthat transcends all forms of negativity.
\nIn our wisdom we can see all negativity comes from nothing,
\nno thing, no substance, no disturbance.
\nIt is cleared, it is transmuted.
\nIn soul consciousness there is no record.
\nIt is gone, it is gone in such a way it never was, always and forever.
\nAnd Your blessings come present.
\nIn our breathing in and breathing out, we receive this anointing.
\nWe come to You openly, we present our heart to You openly
\nand trust that whatever You bring forward,
\nwe can fully embrace in all the ways that are good.
\nAnd You reveal it is always good.
\nWe take a moment to look at whatever is present in these blessings.
\nThis is a personal process for each one.
\nIn worship we can do this together, that You call us forward in this presence.
\nAs we do this together and in cooperation, in fellowship,
\nwe are in the oneness of who You are.
\nYou present to us peace and understanding
\nthat all can be restored into what it is.
\nAnd we have a conscience that rises above what it is not.
\nAnd whatever are the conditions
\nfor that critic, for whatever is in the conditions
\nin Your silence, You are always present with us.
\nYou are teaching us to let go,
\nto relax, to be at ease no matter what.
\nIt\u2019s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Baruch Bashan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From John Morton\u2019s book\u00a0Blessings Here and Now<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>available at msia.org\/shop<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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