| Shakti: The Gift of Spiritual
Power by Bob Fickes Excerpted from the introduction of the book Shakti: The Gift of Spiritual Power. Human life was created in the image of God. God's Consciousness is within us and Spiritual Power is our birthright. But, God has not been locatable, a mystery; and Spiritual Power has been lost in modern life. Modern science has trained our minds to think of life only in the physical: What we can see is what is real. Unfortunately, we have lost the ability to see beyond the physical and discover the hidden Spiritual Truths that our ancestors once believed in. The scriptures of all cultures tell us that we lost Paradise. Heaven became far away from our sight and the gifts of God's Grace became unusual and rare. If Paradise was once a reality, where did it go? The truth is that Paradise never left us; we left Paradise! We lost sight of God and lost the ability to perceive the gifts that we once possessed. Returning to Paradise is the goal of human life. It is necessary now more than any time in history. If we fail to find paradise soon, our world will be destroyed. Not by God, but by human ignorance. We have become disrespectful of other forms of life and cease to honor the world around us. Life was born out of God's Consciousness and is to be lived with God's Eternal Presence. Life was designed to be fulfilling. Our lives were designed to be successful. If Paradise is all around us, why do we fail to see it? If our Spiritual Powers are our birthright, why don't we use them right now? The answer to these questions is quite simple: We are only using a small portion of our Consciousness and can therefore see only a small portion of Reality. Physical perception occupies only a small portion of the entire field of Consciousness. This entire field of Consciousness that we are referring to is infinite and all-encompassing. It is truly God's Consciousness within us. Usually we think of our self as an embodiment of the soul. But, the soul is limited. It is just a portion of the entire field of God's Consciousness. Our soul is an embodiment of God's Consciousness. God's Consciousness has taken on a personal identity as the soul. This soul has a mind, senses and a motivation to fulfill its desires. But, who fulfills these desires? God's Consciousness moves through our soul and motivates our physical life. God's Consciousness is Infinite and Eternally Silent. It resides at the fundamental basis of all Life. At the very center of our being there is a field of Consciousness that is Eternally Silent and Infinite. It is the Source of all Life and the origin of all experience. This field of Eternal Silence is God's Consciousness within us. It is the Eternal God/Source that experiences life in embodiment. Gaining the experience of God/Source is essential for life to be complete. Otherwise we are living only in the more superficial arena of physical reality and lack the ability to draw upon the deeper energy and Spiritual Power of God within us. Spiritual Power is Life Force. When we develop Spiritual Power, it adds power to life. It makes us healthier and makes our minds more powerful. It makes us more positive and more confident. Our life becomes more filled with love and our future more filled with hope. Anything is possible with God. The first stage of developing Spiritual Power arises from the direct experience of Eternal God/Source as profound Silence. Spiritual Power arises when the mind has the capability to directly and consciously experience the subtle currents of energy deep within. The origin of all Spiritual Power is God/Source. During meditation, waves of Spiritual Power rise up out of the Ocean of God/Source as Shakti. This experience opens the door to miraculous powers and extraordinary abilities. Bob Fickes, founder of the Fulfillment Foundation, will travel from his home in Thailand to speak on the topic of this article one night only, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Lake Harriet Spiritual Community, 4401 Upton Ave. S., Minneapolis. Admission is $33. Bob Fickes is a clear channel and Master teacher. He has been a custodian of the secret teachings of the Masters for more than 30 years. He has a direct disciplic relationship to three ancient traditions of Holy Masters: deep meditation, tantric channeling and healing. Jean Wallis, who edited this article for publication, is a local teacher/healer using the Fulfillment Foundation offerings. She can be reached at (612) 874-1453 for more information or to purchase the book, Shakti: The Gift of Spiritual Power. Copyright © Bob Fickes |
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