Who knew discontentment can be such a great thing and very necessary for our advancement in this life to peace-joy-happiness. Discontentment is what fuels us to set out on this awakening journey for the “more!”
Kids have such a special of way of helping us to evaluate our lives and to recognize what is truly important!
As my grandsons begin their journey of a life filled with love, fun, excitement, disappointments, hardships and loss, all for the purpose of awakening them to who they truly are as spiritual beings of light and love. I began to ponder the path that lays ahead of them and the different stages they will go through, until they have arrived at their destination of peace, joy and happiness.
I’ve realized that this awakening journey has 3 stages; Having-Doing-Being! How long we stay at each stage really depends on when we will no longer settle and compromise our happiness, but instead we are willing to surrender all that we thought would make us happy!
1st Stage or Trimester is Having: Following the False Self/Egotistical thoughts, perspectives and beliefs, that were created by our past experiences, we set out on a journey to find happiness and fulfillment in having; material possessions, careers, relationships, popularity, money, vacations etc. After we’ve spent some time acquiring these things and still feeling empty, frustrated, and lonely, many of us turn to either sex, drugs, alcohol, or our attention to inner healing and volunteering in organizations, where we can help others, in hopes of feeling loved, wanted and needed. This is where we are now transitioning into stage 2 “Doing.”
2nd Stage or Trimester is Doing: Like I mentioned before, this is not just about helping others, it’s also having a willingness to do whatever is necessary to work on ourselves and heal the mind-body-spirit. Religion would say, “go to church, pray, read your Bible, tithe, serve” etc. Spirituality would say; “meditate, do yoga, heal your Chakra energy, do Riki, sound bowls, tapping” etc. We often see a great deal of healing during the “Doing” stage as we pull back the ego blockages to what we are as spiritual beings, however we will come to a point of discontentment and wonder if we will ever be completely healed in this life time and if we will ever experience that “peace that passes all understanding” that the apostle Paul talked about in the Bible. Pastors, practitioners, Gurus and spiritual leaders. tell us we are like onions with endless layers that need healing, and that we’ll never be fully healed during this life time! However being a spiritual being, one with Christ, we have this deep knowing, that this is not true, we simply can’t accept this explanation for our lack of peace and need to therefore, continue our journey to the Kingdom of Heaven within us, which is righteousness, peace and joy, rooted in our relationship and guidance with the Holy Spirit.
3rd Stage of Trimester is Being: We begin to enter stage 3 when we start realizing our oneness with Christ (which is The Gospel of Jesus Christ.). We start knowing that we are powerful beings, co-creator’s with Christ. The “human being” we invested in our whole life to find us peace and happiness, is really not who we are. It’s merely a role we are playing in this game called life. We now accept and embrace the fact that our human body suit, is just a speck of dust in the grand scheme of thing.
Word of warning:
As we enter Stage 3, disillusionment can try to set in when we realize everything we have been striving to have, and do in order to be happy, fulfilled and at peace was futile. The things we did from a poverty mindset to get something for happiness, is now done from a place of knowing all that we already possess these things in Christ. For example; I work out now, not because I want to loose weight, get fit and healthy, but knowing working out is what fit healthy people do, which I am! I manage my money well, not to get more money, but managing money is what people who live in abundance do and I live in abundance. I don’t spend time with family and friends to develop “special relationships,” but to extend the love and light that I am in Christ to them. This is all walking by faith and not by sight.
Three things to remember on this awakening journey:
1. Each stage requires humility, forgiveness and a willingness to surrender the ego.
2. The False Self/Ego doesn’t want us to know who we really are and live in peace, therefore it creates bridges of judgement, judging those in the stage we have just transitioned out of, wondering why they won’t do the same! This judgement will stall our ability to continue on our journey. Therefore we need to release all judgement with the understanding, that everyone advances when they are ready and to force them to do what we’re doing is not helpful, but rather hurtful. It is a loving thing to let people transition from Trimester 1, to Trimester 2, to Trimester 3 when they have matured enough and are eventually ready to be “born again!”
3. Needing to be “special” in relationships, career, body image, social media status, spiritual beliefs etc. will also hinder our growth and transitioning. Therefore it’s imperative that we live in awareness of our thoughts and feelings of needing to be “special,” and instead walk in the Spirit of humility!
Rhonda Ferguson
Identity Theft Restorer, teaching people who they really are, and their purpose in life in order to free and empower them.