Inspirational Writing Examples

Examples of Inspirational Writing
Poetry and Articles by Barbara Casey (and Spirit)

POETRY:

The fabric of life
Is woven by my own hands
On a loom as big as the world.

A whirlpool of brilliance -
The Light seeks to enter in
My open heart and mind
But shadows within
Know not where to hide
And so resist
This intrusion of bliss.

Immortal,
Impartial,
Imbued with Light
We come to earth
To learn the trick of loving
Firsthand.

Soft as the touch of a feather
Strong as a backbone of steel
The presence of Spirit within me
Is proof that my life here is real.

I came to this earth for a reason
And now that I've figured it out
I'd rather be writing with Spirit
Than flitting and gadding about.

I've made a decree, and I mean it -
To master my subconscious mind
To learn in the higher dimensions
And bring back to earth what I find.

My mind stills.
Silent thoughts float
Into the corner of my consciousness.
A light glows from above
Chasing shadows from sight,
Revealing a richness of contemplations.
I ask for the one
That is needed today.
A shaft of light,
Brighter than others
Shoots straight for my heart
And I am one with the Light
Just now.
Floating above darkness,
Embraced by blissful peace
And serenity
Seeing through new eyes
My Path in bright illumination
And I know, at last,
That I am ready.

ARTICLES:

The Cobra of Truth

The unbridled meanderings of a footloose wordsmith occasionally stumble upon the Truth.

At the damnedest times, Truth will rear up, like a cobra ready to strike.

Most of us run when faced head-on with the stinging barb of Truth.

Unaccustomed as we are to experiencing Truth, it feels like the enemy.

What happens, then, when we look this Cobra of Truth in the eye?

If we're smart, we love it.
If we're brave, we embrace it.
If we're wise, we own it.

At all costs, we must acknowledge the presence of Truth. Try as we might to avoid it, work around it, or ignore it, once we recognize it, there it sits - that silent challenge to our status quo.

Living "with" the Truth is a little like sleeping with the enemy. You know it's there, but it's not you.

"Living" the Truth means you become that cobra, embodying the truth you see.

Truth comes from love. Love comes from the Infinite. The Truths of the Universe are inviolate. Your personal truths are based on Universal Truths.

Living your Truth brings you into harmony with All That Is, so that your light may shine more brightly and the way be seen more clearly.

This is all that has ever been asked of us.

That we see the Way.
And show the Way.
And be the Way.

The Way and the Truth. I am, you are, we are all of that.

And so it is.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Air, fire, water, earth are the elements needed for gardening. The air blows the seeds into the earth to be nourished by water and sunfire. Shoots struggle forth to claim their birthright under the sun and the strong survive until harvest.

Ideas born in the ethers take root in our minds. Sparks from the flame of love feed the life force that propels the thoughts to action. Actions breed more thoughts and on it goes.

The sparkling workers of Light help create from Light ideas, Light actions. It is easy to do this when you are close to the flame. Much harder is it to carry the memory of the flame out to shower the shoots in their gardens.

Many sparks together create a new flame and so the fuel of life draws closer to the garden itself.

But shoots don't walk, and so the sparks of Light must glow and glow to hasten to maturity the tender growth. Outward to the garden and inward to the flame, the dance of Light unfolds and enfolds -- as the sprouts unfold their leaves and soon enfold their seeds, as ideas unfold to action and germinate the future plans, as the members of Life Expressing unfold to their glorious presence and offer safe harbor to those coming forth.

The sprouts need the sparks of Light as much as the sparks need each other. Carriers of Light must return to the flame to regenerate and recharge. But in the end, the harvest still takes place in the garden.

The Dharma of Good Business

A group I once belonged to had an interesting discussion on "Dharma." I couldn't believe how many different dictionary definitions we all came up with. I, myself, checked three sources looking for guidance on a word whose meaning I didn't yet understand.

In a nutshell, I discovered that "dharma" represents the principles on which the universe functions -- the natural laws that govern all of life, including yours and mine. Dharma was also defined as "right behavior," as outlined in religious or moral paths such as Buddhism and Hinduism.

It stands to reason that "right behavior" must ultimately follow the Universal Laws of life. Even the antics of our own free will cannot alter natural law.

In business, for example, the dishonest marketer has to work twice as hard because he literally repels repeat customers. The Law of Cause and Effect sees to that.

The business owner who feels strongly about the worth of his products and who desires to serve to the highest of his capability - and can communicate this - will attract customers who are likely to remain loyal over time. His higher-placed intentions are more likely to bring to him a higher quality of clients, according to
the Law of Attraction.

The Law of Correspondence is the one that describes best how individual and cosmic dharma work. Each component within a system retains its own characteristics and also takes on the characteristics of the system as a total sum of its parts, says the Law.

Each one of us has our own "beingness" or essence, which determines our consciousness. Our personal consciousness determines the nature of our dealings with customers, and the development of our business success. But we are each also connected with everything that exists. Physics has proved this by now, surely. So, what occurs elsewhere affects us... and what we do affects everything else.

Knowing that everything you do affects everything else in the universe, how would you choose to conduct your business? What additional level of responsibility does this place on you to: (a) make sure your products are the highest quality; (b) provide consistently impeccable service; (c) reach all the people who need you?

If each of us were to make a conscious choice to enrich the world with every business transaction, imagine the positive effect this would have - not only on our customers - but on all of creation.

Millions of us have agreed (at some level) to do just this - to enrich the world. And our business is the vehicle through which we've chosen to reach people. It behooves us, then, to become as knowledgeable as we can about marketing - about effectively communicating with the people we desire to help.

There are many high quality tools from which to learn good marketing principles and ideas. I have assembled over 100 pages of them on this website.

I figure we're all on Team Universe. As we become more familiar with the rules of the game, our lives and work become more meaningful and enjoyable. And our "right behavior" -- getting in step with our dharma -- puts us on the scoreboards of both Profit and Enlightenment.

Go Team!

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