The Spiritual Benefits connected with a Cosmic 2 x 4

By Rev's Bil & Cher Holton

Perhaps you have proclaimed, Wow! I've been struck with a Cosmic 2 x 4? This kind of expression is conventional theology dressed up in New Thought clothing. The expression "cosmic two-by-four" suggests there's something or someone beyond us hoping to get our interest in order to teach us an essential lesson. The implication is the fact that God, the universe, something "out there" plans to manage us for our very own good, even if it implies doing harm to us or causing us discomfort. The concept that something desires to acquire our awareness to compel us to accomplish what's "right" so that it can show us something is often a viewpoint that abdicates individual choice along with responsibility. Additionally, if we don't "get it" the very first time, the attack gets steadily worse till we ultimately take notice.

We wish to declare, "Get Over It!" There isn't any Cosmic Two-By-Four. Make sure you examine that phrase again! Once more. Thanks. There isn't any Cosmic Two-By-Four-pine, oak, treated wood, galactic laser, or otherwise. Since there is really only One Power and One Presence in the universe, God the Good, this "wooden" expression moves against the grain of the most ancient and most respected Truth Principles. We don't believe that God, the Good, punishes us using two-by-fours, hardwood paddles, willow branches, baseball bats, or some other "wooden explanations."

The strictly human, definitely not cosmic, two-by-four is within our very own hands! It's our bad choices along with errant activities which punish us and pain us, not God. So long as we continue to keep making poor choices we'll continue to keep getting bad outcomes.

A 2 x 4 moment is an opportunity to experience an "aha" however, we can keep creating 2 x 4 moments if we neglect to learn from our experiences. "Aha's" are the result of a change in perspective, an insight which comes from an intuitive leap in consciousness. Two-by-four moments occur when we suddenly realize that our own stale thought patterns and belief systems are no longer valid. If we keep beating ourselves up with the metaphorical 2 x 4, perhaps it's time to pause and reflect on the thoughts, choices, and actions we've taken which lead to our self-flagellation. This awareness is an inside-out realization.

One of several self-denigrating presumptions we encourage you to compost would be the belief in a cosmic 2 x 4 - that there's something or anyone "out there" hoping to get your attention to teach you a crucial lesson. Not one person has ever been struck by using a cosmic 2 x 4. It doesn't result from that direction.

Here's a substitute expression you can consider: "I've created a 2 x 4 moment!"

About the Author:

Combine a flair for the dramatic an in-depth understanding of metaphysics combined with the teachings of Jesus plus a zest for ministry and you have described Revs. Bil Cher Holton the energetic couple that serve as co-ministers for Unity Spiritual Life Center Durham NC. Where they educate you on straightforward techniques to increase spiritual awakening and achieve spiritual enlightenment.

Spiritual Life Coaching: Self Realization

By Jason Lincoln Jeffers

In the movie, "The Matrix," Morpheus says to Neo, "You are living in a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch; a prison for your mind." Just after college, I worked at a psychiatric hospital where I observed and recorded the behavior of schizophrenic patients. It was apparent to me that they were incarcerated in their own minds.

The schizophrenic patients displayed abnormal behaviors such as: incongruent speech, delusional talking, pacing, posturing, blank staring, talking to self, and repetitive movements. But there are plenty of people who society deems as "mentally healthy" who are to varying degrees, also locked in their prison minds. They may not do a lot of pacing or blank staring but they do frequently resort to emotional and physical violence to defend their own opinions. If other people have opposing opinions, they are immediately declared as "the enemy." Stirring up conflict, debate, drama, and emotional violence is what they live for. Now, I ask you, which is the worse form of insanity?

Ultimately, the purpose for us all being here on Earth at this time is to evolve in to conscious beings. Once you can recognize your ego, you will start to realize that it alone is responsible for all the drama, conflict, abuse, and chaos that has been a part of your life. Consciously recognizing your ego in action and the dysfunction of it is the key to self transcendence. A Spiritual Life Coach can help you to move beyond your egoic mind so that you can begin to understand who you are on your highest level, and from there you'll find that there is no suffering.

Moving toward non-suffering means becoming One with your higher Self. This is the meaning of becoming "Self Realized." Unconscious infliction of emotional violence onto others will inevitably bring suffering to both the prey and the predator. The predator will eventually, in some way, come to suffer the consequence of the action. This is called karma. This perpetual suffering eventually leads to humility. From a place of humility you naturally become still, present, and reverent. You start respecting and honoring what is. From here, you begin to allow the universe to manifest the serendipity that would have been there all along if you had only been open to it. Humility also affords you to appreciate the beauty and wonder in everything, including your "imperfections."

You don't have to wait until you return to your home in heaven to be in heaven. And you don't have to wait until the rapture to ascend or become One with your higher Self. All you have to do is refrain from identifying with your ego. See its emotional pain-body as an exit sign for releasing your imprisoned Self. If you have a heavy pain-body, you will suffer until you become conscious. From suffering, comes awakening. Looking back on the pain-body that I carried for over thirty-five years, I am grateful now for the wisdom that it has revealed to me. As the saying goes, "What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger." It wasn't until I was able to face my pain for what it was; recognize it, accept it, and live with it consciously, that I was able to finally transcend it and let it all go. Ignoring, resisting, or attempting to escape the pain only serves to strengthen it.

The ego inevitably leads to suffering because intrinsically it is a false self. The wounded ego from childhood trauma creates an "unknown face" that Carl Jung called the shadow. Then we project all of this repressed trauma onto others in the forms of judgment, condemnation, blame, intolerance, and derision. The reason we suffer is so that we can fully experience the dark side of our nature which is the impetus for the soul's return movement back to Spirit. After we've experienced our dark side, we can then finally move past the ego and evolve. Therefore, evolution is the ultimate reason behind all suffering. Suffering is never at random or in vain. To the contrary, all forms of suffering have their origins at some point in the collective. All suffering is part of a higher effort to bring us all home--to awaken us to our eternal Self.

About the Author:

Personal Life Coach, Jason Lincoln Jeffers is the founder of The Art of Transformation, a company with a mission to teach Self Realization to the world. His Personal Life Coaching program uniquely synthesizes spiritual wisdom with self transcendence, holistic wellness coaching, predictive astrology, pain-body counseling, heart-based manifestation, and relationship coaching.