The Magnificence of Flowers

Driving through the Texas hill country this time of year, one is astounded and awe struck by the beauty of the wildflowers. Bluebonnets blanket the meadows, hills and roadsides with splashes of brilliant yellow, red, pink, and purple. These flowers are freely given for us all to enjoy. They enfold us in their aroma and mesmerize us with their beauty. Flowers for me are the exclamation point of creation, the final touch.

Teilhard de Chardin suggests that "Consciousness is humanity's flower; it is our unique way of expressing the loving spiritual presence within us. It also is the God-given tool we must wield in the creative process."

Awakening to our consciousness and becoming aware of our oneness is the evolution of humanity toward Spirit. It is the unfolding of the rose, the pressing forward to full expression. It is the game we are here to play.

After seeing this years bountiful expression in wildflowers, I am excited about the unfolding of my life into full expression.

The Loving and Compassionate Father of the Buddhist Prodigal Son

The father in the Buddhist story is also loving and compassionate. He longs to be reunited with his son just as the Biblical father. I find it inspiring to see the Buddhist father realizes that his son's mindset will not allow him to accept his true identity and to live an abundant life. The son's consciousness is limited and restrictive.

Therefore the wise father knows not to force himself and his wealth onto his son. It is a gradual process of raising the son's consciousness. The father meets him where he is, he dresses down as not to instill fear and/or discomfort. The father patiently offers the son more and more responsibility allowing the son time to grow into the realm of higher consciousness.

It is only when the son's consciousness has expanded to that equal to the father that the son is willing and able to receive the inheritance of the father.

This is a great analogy for many people. I have seen many times when a family has a business and they turn it over to the children. The children are emotionally not prepared and have not worked diligently to develop the skills and discipline needed to maintain the business. Therefore, in many cases, they loose the business within a few years which took decades to build .

This is another analogy of our spiritual lives. God meets us where we are in our consciousness. God is present in the depths of our misery, struggles, and unworthiness constantly providing for our needs and protecting us from harm. God gently guides us and expands our minds into a higher consciousness until we are willing to take our rightful place in the Kingdom.

In both prodigal son stories, the father-God longs for and awaits the son's return, loves and accepts the son where he is, and celebrates the son's awakening to their rightful place in the Kingdom of God.

We are all wayward prodigal children of God, it is important to know, that God is anxiously awaiting our return or our awakening to our truth that we are the heirs to the Kingdom. God is waiting with baited breath to bless us abundantly. The question is, "What are we waiting for? How long do we what to suffer and stay apart from our Creator? It is our choice.