We are all engaged in building our consciousness during every waking hour. This work is invisible, silent, and consequently overlooked by the bulk of mankind. Nevertheless, it is the most fundamental and the most far-reaching activity in life. Hour by hour, and moment by moment, we are building good or evil, failure or success, happiness or suffering into our life by the ideas that we harbor, the beliefs that we accept, the scenes and events that we rehearse in the hidden studio of the mind. This fateful edifice, upon the construction of which we are perpetually engaged, is nothing less that our self – our personality, our identity on this earth, our very life story as a human being.
That wondrous building, the spiritual consciousness, is called in the Bible the Temple of Solomon, and we are told two wonderful things about that building. It was built without any noise (and we know that thought is soundless), and it was built upon a rock.
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building (1 Kings 6:7).
… be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me (Psalm 31:2).
What type of temple are we building each day. Are our thoughts, words and deeds building a life of love, hope, faith, joy and peace? Or are we building a monument to worry, fear, anxiety, anger or disappointment? The choice is ours. Only we choose which kind of house to build.
Today, we can choose to build a strong house filled with gladness, gratefulness and love. We can walk in the glory of God’s garden by how we think, feel and act. So, What do you think?
Building love,
Z gardener
Z it seems that you like self improvement and you are a religious person.Can you give me your email adress so we can talk more about this,if you want?Keep up the good work!