What Flavor of Pie are You?

I’ve heard it said before that we are Spiritual Beings having a Human Experience. I’m not sure who originated that saying, but it’s one that I think many of us can identify with.

I believe that as spiritual beings, we share many characteristics of the Source or the Spirit from which we come.  As Wayne Dyer would say, a slice of pie is likely to be the same kind of pie as the pie it came from! You wouldn’t have a piece of apple pie that was cut from a whole cherry pie.  (A simple yet profound metaphor to ponder….)

So, if I am created in the image of the Creator and I come from the “stuff” of spirit, what am I? Yes, a spiritual being (in a human experience), and furthermore…

Eternal
Creative
Wise
Abundant
Powerful
and most of all…
Loving.

Now, do I always experience myself that way? Nope! Sometimes my experience is quite the opposite. Sometimes I feel weak or dumb or not terribly loving.

In those moments, is that the “truth” of who I am?  Of course not!  I just sometimes forget who I am.  Sometimes I forget I am powerful, loving and wise.  Somtimes I think I am slice of dutch apple from a cherry pie; a blueberry on a grape vine.  Sometimes…

I am an Abundant Being having an Experience of Scarcity.

Sometimes, unexpected bills and expenses arise.  Anticipated income is derailed, delayed, or just doesn’t show.  Sometimes, I wish I wouldn’t have bought two properties in 2007 shortly before the market crash.  Sometimes, I experience struggle and lack.

But is that the reality of my true nature?  Hardly!  It’s a temporary feeling (not to discount the power of feelings), a moment of forgetfulness, an illusion that will not remain.

As author Victoria Castle would say, we’re caught up in The Trance of Scarcity.

“A trance is a semi-conscious state, a daze, a predisposition: under its spell we accept what we’re told without question.”

The Trance of Scarcity is the belief that we’re not enough.  Not only are we not enough, but there will never be enough of the money, love, or attention we crave, because there simply isn’t enough to go around. It’s a life lived in contraction and fear.  A life that far too many people are now living.

Uber-successful information marketer Eben Pagan (aka David DeAngelo) revealed in an interview his journey from living in a trailer park to making $20 million dollars a year.  (And I loved the fact that Eben and his spirited interviewer agreed that the trailer park wasn’t such a bad place to be, that actually, owning a trailer — which Eban was very pround of –and having an $8-or-$10 an-hour job still put the early-days Eben in a comfortable position compared to many in the world. Maybe that grounded, grateful perspective is one reason these men are so successful.)

Eben talked about a mentor who helped him on his journey from struggle to plenty by revealing to him the key question he must answer on his way to success: “Is the Universe a friendly place?” Indeed, this was the question that Albert Einstein is rumored to have said is the most important question we could answer.

In Eben’s words, “When you believe the Universe is a friendly place, you trust more, you have a friendly, open, inviting attitude, and everything responds that way.”

Was this truth a blinding flash of insight that took place on a Tuesday morning at 11:11? Not exactly. Eben says that “for years” he wrote affirmations on a daily basis, painstakingly examining and slowly recreating his belief systems. (He says he still does this periodically.)

Eben took new actions, sought new mentors, and thought new thoughts. He asked different questions and started to see the world through different eyes.  Slowly but surely, he started to embody the new beliefs and started to see himself as deserving of all the success that he could attract. He started thinking in terms of the value he could contribute, not what he wanted to “get.”

Lately, I’ve been remembering my true nature more than forgetting. Lately, I’ve been alert to the magic that resides within me, as well as all around me.  I’ve been laughing at my worries and expecting the best.  Confident in myself and in a friendly universe.  Present in the joy of the moment, and grateful for what has been and what will be.

“The time is right to see what life is like when we live in freedom from the Trance.  Fulfilled people––those who have ready access to their greatness and aliveness––are resourceful, generous, resilient, peace-making folk.  A world full of such people has a very different future than the one we face now.  Each one of us holds a piece of the larger solution.  Each of us plays our part by making the contribution that is ours alone to make, the one that we’re itching to bring forth.  That’s where the real fun is.” – Victoria Castle, The Trance of Scarcity

Perhaps I shall remember my true flavor from now on.  Possibly, I shall embody the truth of who I am.  Positively, I come from a very abundant Source!

Doesn’t that just make you hungry for some Abundant Cherry Pie?

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