Question:<\/strong> How can I remember that I am Divine?<\/p>\n Answer:<\/strong> Do you know about the Net? Not the internet, but the Inner Net? The Inner Net is an aspect of who we are in the Spirit that catches all things. So when we slip, falter, forget, miss, or start going toward ruin or disaster, we\u2019ve lost track that there really is no such thing as ruin in the Spirit. It\u2019s more about something of this world, and we\u2019re judging what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not to say that there are not lots of aspects about what\u2019s going on in this world that are difficult, painful, disturbing or upsetting. However, what I find in the Inner Net is a new opportunity is created for us each and every time. There\u2019s a new opportunity always present to learn and to grow.<\/p>\n It may not seem so. It may seem as though the end is near or it\u2019s already the end, it\u2019s too late, or it won\u2019t work. It may seem like there will be no opportunity ever again.<\/p>\n The reality in terms of what we\u2019re looking for, truly looking for, is that there is a new opportunity always. What I find is that this Inner Net allows us to realize the perfection in every circumstance. So whatever\u2019s happened, it\u2019s still part of the perfection.<\/p>\n At times, it\u2019s difficult for my mind to get around that thought. I often have a perception that something isn\u2019t perfect. I sometimes think there\u2019s no way a loving God or a good God or a God \u201con the job\u201d would do something I see occurring in the world. Yet, there\u2019s another perception I also have that something else is going on.<\/p>\n When we start considering that who we are is not our body, what if we\u2019re not our perceptions either? We\u2019re not our personalities. We\u2019re not our histories. Well, then what are we? We\u2019re something much larger than that.<\/p>\n What MSIA<\/a> teaches is a way of transcending what goes on in the world. That calls us at times to let go. Let\u2019s say that we experience the fall. Maybe it\u2019s the classic fall from a high place or otherwise, but nevertheless we\u2019re falling. Rather than contract, scream and bemoan what\u2019s happened, we have a realization that the Net is going to catch us.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve had dreams where I\u2019m falling. What would happen for years when I would have a falling dream is I wouldn\u2019t get to the bottom. Although I had been feeling like I was falling, specifically to my death, I would wake up, often feeling startled. Then one time I reached the bottom. What I found out in the dream is I didn\u2019t hit. I had landed, and I was stunned. I had landed intact with not even a bruise. In fact, I remember thinking, \u201cIt\u2019s really beautiful here. It\u2019s great here!\u201d<\/p>\n Something about that dream for me was more than a dream. It was an experience about the sense of falling that isn\u2019t really about falling. You can say, \u201cWell, what about your body? Bodies don\u2019t often survive such a fall.\u201d<\/p>\n Well, you\u2019re not your body. Did that ever occur to you? And if you\u2019re not your body, then what are you?<\/p>\n A large part of what we focus on in our spiritual practice is to find out our consciousness which is to be aware beyond the body. We look to be aware of who we are as a soul that\u2019s in a body but is not of the body. That soul consciousness also goes beyond our personality.<\/p>\n As we become more and more aware of our soul, we discover that there is no threat. There\u2019s nothing to fear. But until you have that experience, that it\u2019s your experience and not somebody telling you, \u201cOh, have no fear,\u201d it may not work. But having that experience does work.<\/p>\n The Inner Net refers to that aspect of our divinity which catches everything and leaves us intact so there\u2019s no real threat. As you learn from your experience of your divinity, you can realize to relax. There\u2019s no threat. You can be at ease. The protection of God has you. God is with you and knows all the circumstances. God knows what\u2019s transpiring before it happens. So then what are we doing?<\/p>\n Finding out more and more that there\u2019s less and less for us to do until one day there\u2019s nothing to do. So as long as we\u2019re up and awake, why not do some good? It\u2019s just that simple.<\/p>\n So have a good day or good time. Enjoy yourself. Appreciate what\u2019s around you. Find the value in what\u2019s around you. That to me is the reality.<\/p>\n Disturbance is in the form of an illusion. When your body, mind or emotions are experiencing a disturbance, it may be difficult to remember that we\u2019re bigger than the disturbance. It may be difficult at those times to remember we are divine. However, once we experience that ability, the awareness that we are divine, then we\u2019re more able to handle the disturbance in a way that\u2019s uplifting. That\u2019s really what we\u2019re teaching in MSIA.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not that somehow the negativity and disturbance of the world is going to vanish. It\u2019s not. We are going to vanish one day. In other words we\u2019re not destined to stay here. Maybe that doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense at the moment. So I encourage you to check it out.<\/p>\n There are ways that we teach to move into these experiences of the Inner Net so they become yours. They\u2019re not what we tell you. They\u2019re simply experiences that you have for yourself. Then you are your own authority for what you know. It doesn\u2019t require adopting some belief system or something like that.<\/p>\n One of the ways we look at the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness <\/a>is ancient truths — truths that have been on the planet all along and are alive now. It\u2019s a living scripture that is in the heart of each one of us. What\u2019s outside in the world is something to use as a tool or a reflection for our learning, growth and upliftment.<\/p>\n We all need to find out what\u2019s true inside of ourself and to have a practice or a worship that allows us to meet up with the Spirit, the Inner Net, what we know as our divine source. So spend more time in that divine presence. Find quiet times where you allow yourself to be open and listening, watching, praying, however you do that, so that you have that experience with the Spirit, your Inner Net, that loving presence that is your divinity.<\/p>\n Baruch Bashan<\/p>\n One of the the ways to help you experience your Inner Net is through this guided meditation with John Morton, The Inner Master Meditation<\/a>, available as a CD or MP3 download. To learn more, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: How can I remember that I am Divine? Answer: Do you know about the Net? Not the internet, but the Inner Net? The Inner Net is an aspect of who we are in the Spirit that catches all things. 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