Sometimes, there seems to be gray areas in life - no decision is "just black and white." Lots of variables come into play when making decisions. But do they have to?
This post comes to mind as I read a recent Bible Lesson, which denounces "mesmerism and hypnotism," also known as mortal mind or error - beliefs in powers other than infinite God, good.
I realize that I am guilty of finding the gray area sometimes - I would do this, but for this condition ... I would not do that, unless this happens too ... et cetera. But from a spiritual perspective, there is no true gray area - when one is thinking about spirituality, there are two options - infinity (all) or nothing.
For example, God is all, infinite. If He is All, then everything not of God is nothing. If God is infinite - that is, everywhere, all the time - there is no space for anything un-God-like. If God is good, there is no room for evil. And so on. In spiritual terms, there are two sides to the scale, and we must choose one side.
God or Devil? Infinity or nothing? Spirit or matter? Life or death? Truth or lies? Health or disease? Love or hate? Good or evil?
On the one side are all the "God qualities" - infinity, Spirit, Life, Truth, health, Love, good. On the other side are the un-God-like qualities - devil, nothing, matter, death, lies, disease, hate, evil. These aren't in separate scales, where we can pick a side in certain situations - everything is piled on one scale simultaneously. If you're for God in one instance, you should be for him in all instances. Why? Because God is infinite. He is everywhere, all the time, in all situations. Spirit, Life, Truth and Love are all Biblical synonyms for God, so if you choose Spirit over matter, then this should be always.
There are beliefs that say that certain things don't exist after a certain amount of time - for example, Life is here until we turn 105, or we get hit by a car ... the life no longer exists, and we are dead. There is a belief that good is "struggling" against evil in the world - that evil exists. We can love our friends and family, but there are those we "hate" with every fiber of our being.
Spiritually speaking, these are all impossible. Life is God, and because Life is God (and our lives were created by God), Life is infinite and eternal (which means "no time," not "forever" like is commonly used). When it's infinite, it's everywhere always, so death can never appear (though our mortal bodies may "appear" to die - matter, however, has no inherent life because it is the opposite of Spirit, God). If God is good and is always infinite, then evil cannot possibly exist and "struggle" against good for supremacy. Love is God, and our love (for ourselves and others) is equally infinite and unconditional as God's love is for us (His children). So if Love is infinite and unconditional and universal, then there is no place to hate.
Like a player on a basketball team can't change teams from game to game or season to season just because he wants to be on the winning team, we all have to pick a side (team) and stick it out in every game, in every situation.
But if you pick one side in particular, you will always (infinitely) win.
Choose your side today. And if you get stuck, e-mail me and I'll be happy to help you decide.
Thanks, David! This makes me think of Elijah and "Choose ye this day whom ye will serve," God or Baal. And I think the choosing does imply the serving, because as we think about something, as it's going through thought, that really is a form of worshipping--so either we're choosing/worshipping Spirit, God, or we're choosing/worshipping God's opposite. And I think if we all looked at it that way, none of us would CHOOSE God's opposite! I also like what you said about it being all or nothing. Definitely a nice thought to carry around. :)
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