Believe it or not, we are born into the field of the Spirit. Our lives are filled with the glory of the Alaskan wilds, with the promise of God’s creation to both live in and absorb internally throughout our lives. As humans we can grow to the majestic heights of the Scots Pine or lose our way and only survive as an arctic lichen. It is our choice.
To live in the field of the Spirit, we must allow that Spirit to grow within our soul, the eternal Soul, which is God. There is no other way to flourish in eternal Life. However, we must also face the reality that our lives as humans are not always sweetened with the flavor of bittersweet dark chocolate. The reality is that we create our own hardships.
As mortals, we create an unproductive need of suffering. We race through our lives without down-to-earth acts of love and compassion. We avoid these gifts from God. We confuse our monetary worth with eternal life’s blessing, becoming nothing more than a spreadsheet on a ream of paper. We get wrapped up in the unrealistic social stratification of false security and importance.
Our need for self-gratification is both unchristian and inhumane. If you live in the field of Spirit, you live a life of deep authentic Love, noy selfishness, not greed, not ego. You no long worry about what others think of you for your actions are based on the sharing of God’s Spirit dwelling within you. You are free share a unique freedom and joy with all people. Others may not even know your name, but they will know God’s Spirit.
What does Job ask? “Where shall Wisdom be found?” I believe it is in the place of understanding, God’s Field of the Spirit.
©Russell Kendall Carter
Meditating to Heal 
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