Sunday Service May 3rd 2009

Have you ever wondered why so many people walk around feeling empty even when their lives are seemly so full?

Why are so many people dissatisfied with life?

Why are there so many additions in every form: food, alcohol, drugs, work, relationships, etc?

Why there is a sense of non connection in so many areas of life?

We often are puzzled by peoples actions or reactions to events in life , or even worse, no action at all.

There are many explanations, and I am not saying this is  the only answer. It is just a possibility that you might want to think about.  A theory that may make sense to you.  Here at Pathways, we never profess to have all the answers, or to be the only way.  We like to share with you information, like when we say, have you panning for gold.  We ask that you listen, and keep what makes sense to you, and release the rest.

We speak about energy.  That all that has been created by the One, holds energy and life vibration.  Rocks, trees, earth, water, air, fire, plants, sun, moon, 2 legged, 4 legged, those that swim, and those that crawl.
What if in the divine plan, all these things hold an energy that completes the other?  All are essential to survival, not by just what they provide, but also and more importantly, the energy that is exchanged?  What if in our busy, mind driven lives, we are not completing the connection energetically, and we are losing our “power source”?

Recently, I had a conversation with Merlin,  channeled through a dear friend and gifted channel & healer, George Rosvally.  He spoke of the disconnect of people with the environment around them.  It got me thinking of how many times we can see something in our daily lives, and not have any connection with it energetically. We merely look at it, ignore it, or use it to serve our needs at the time.
He mentioned food.  Our food sources may not only be nutrition, but do they supply an energy that fills not only hunger, but re-fills life force energy that can sustain us in a greater way. The more natural the food, the more life force energy it contains and transmits.  Processed foods can be void of this energy, and what is maybe more important, if we have no energetic connection with what we consume, are we losing the energy exchange that can fill a void that many experience? Does this lead to overeating?

“Primitive man” had a connection with the food supply.  Planting the crops, picking the fruits, even raising and slaughtering the animals or fishing was done as an exchange and honored. The things taken  were praised in rituals and ceremonies of gratitude and honor. Rituals of the seasons also centered around the things that the earth provided us with. Did you know that 1 tree can produce 260 lbs. of oxygen a year; oxygen that is essential for our lives. 2 trees can produce enough oxygen for a family of four. Should we all be tree huggers?

This apparent lack of energy connection is also true in other relationships that we have.  Feeling the suns energy and warmth, connecting with the rain as it feeds the earth, and not just seeing rock, and flower but connecting with them, and establishing an exchange with them.  For if we need them, they also need us; our energy, honor and Love (which is an energy of the highest form).

Lets go beyond the food and earth, animals and nature, and lets look at the exchange of life force energy between people.  How many people do we see and interact with everyday?  Do just words get exchanged, or is there meaningful exchange of energy between us.  If we are cognicent of anothers life force energy, their souls essence, is there a greater meaning? If we are indeed many and one, then connecting energetically creates this oneness that can fill a void that many feel.  How many times have you heard or even experienced yourself being with many people, but still feel alone?  Is it that we are not connecting because of our idea of who and what they may be rather then the deeper energetic knowing that we are all the same at the core of our being? The same Divine Light and essence of Universal energy and Love.

How many relationships fall apart not because they were not meant to be, but rather because the energy exchanged stopped at one point, and all that was exchanged was empty words, or worse, hurtful non connected words, as the true life sustaining connection was lost? And from the spiritual aspect, do we practice our faith and worship with empty words, gestures and rituals, or do we connect to the Source of all energy and life, the ONE, GOD/ GODDESS, or by any name of  your belief?

Maybe we all, as a people, need to learn to  be still. And even more acutely aware of universal energy. This does not mean we stop creating and bringing our gifts into this world. It means plugging into life as a generator to recharge our existence on this earthly plane. Can true connection help us heal the wounds of loneliness, isolation, despair, anger, judgment, and even some of the additions that we seek to fill the void?

Open your hearts to all before you. Send your Light to all things. Be aware of the beauty in all things. Love yourself as a Child of the One and Love all things through the flow of Light energy that connects us all.

Rev. Judith Grant