Evolving

"Evolving" spiritually tends to be a gradual process on planet earth. However, depending on what the ears hear and the mind is fed, could very well expedite the process.

From an early age - if children are raised with

principles of love, kindness, caring and charity, putting the "ethics" into practice becomes second nature.  However, as children grow and experience life, they encounter experiences that test their ethics.

There’s no guarantee that a maturing child that has been taught positive principles, will respond with positive "reaction" when their ethics are met with opposition.

Human beings confront "opposition" in their lives - daily. It’s how we approach and respond to situations that reflect where we are in our spiritual evolution; whether we look in the mirror or not, we carry our inner house around with us; we experience our inner emotions.

"Self actualization" develops as our ethics are challenged by the opposition in the world. The tests we encounter impact the core of our inner being; causing us to question our character. Howbeit, the question remains: can human beings become benevolent beings by our own initiative?

Can we change our heart to "cause and effect" situations in a manner that creates a lucrative outcome for all parties involved; an outcome that leaves the initiator pleased with their inner emotions? Or, does it take a higher power other than "human nature" to supersede taught values, ethics and our natural heart?

In the Bible 1^st Corinthians 13 states that Love overcomes all things… (racism, prejudice, hate, envy, jealousy) it goes on to state that love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things.

I ask you, "are we Love?" Do we have the power to

overcome all things by human accord?

By our own accord -- are we spiritually evolving?

Or does it take hearing and being fed a higher level of consciousness by a benevolent God in order for spiritual evolution to take place?

It’s your choice however, I encourage you to read 1^st Corinthians 13:1-13 and decide for yourself whether or not you believe yourself to already be the embodiment of the knowledge before you, or whether you need a higher power to transform you to become the embodiment of the knowledge!

                              EVOLVING

Picture by Jana Svojsova

Written by Betty Alark