I was standing on the flybridge of a sightseeing boat,
Feeling the wind in my hair and the sea spray on my face.
The boat was moving underneath me as if it was a living thing,
And I was riding on top,
Aware of the world and awake to myself.
The captain warned me not to let go of the railing because the ocean was a bit rough,
And other people who had stood in this same place had gone flying off the boat when a wave hit.
I held the cold metal in my hands as the boat rolled up and down another wave.
I looked to my right and the beautiful cliffs and hills,
Mountains of the Nepali coast of Kauai,
Was my visual reference point.
I went on,
Opening as each wave unfolded under the boat,
And in this glorious experience,
I asked my usual question of God,
Please help me be more like you.
In the past,
Whenever I'd asked this question,
There had always been silence,
And I had just given up on ever hearing an answer.
But this time,
It was different.
Maybe it was the beautiful setting,
Maybe it was my expansiveness,
Maybe my heart was open enough to hear the answer.
And instead of silence,
After I asked my question,
I heard the following,
Please let me be more like you.
I almost flew off the flybridge,
But I felt my soul quicken,
Even as my mind protested.
God wanted to be more like me?
Wow,
That seemed incomprehensible.
But I took several deep breaths and allowed my mind to settle,
And I felt God's presence.
God wanted to be more like me.
That invitation had always been there,
But I had not been open enough,
Aware enough to listen and to respond.
All the times in my life where I had closed God out,
Flashed before my eyes,
And I realized that all I had to do was say yes.
Yes,
God,
Please be more like me.
So why am I sharing this with you?
Well,
I have been caught in ego-based,
Fear-based messages for many years,
Until I finally decided there was another way to live.
And this was before this experience on the boat.
I had begun my spiritual journey,
And I knew that my mind was not going to get me there.
It was my soul,
My source of unconditional love that would lead me home.
And one day,
This helped me before I got on the boat,
But one day I passed a sign on an old country road.
You know how churches put up signs and they change the messages?
Well,
This particular sign in this particular small town changed my life,
And I am still learning more and more about it.
And what it said on the sign crystallized how we create in the physical world,
But who we really are.
We're not who we create.
We are divine spirit,
Divine energy in a human body.
And the message on that sign captured this with four words.
Being human is divine.
Being human is divine.
That was another aha moment for me.
Being human.
What does that mean?
Well,
Being is the spiritual nature of ourselves.
It's our inner world.
It's our connection to God.
And so when we connect to God first and then look to the outside world and show up,
Respond,
Act,
Do,
We are being human.
So this was also crystallized for me from a passage from Conversations with God by Neil Donald Walsh.
And let me just read this quote to you.
And then I'll tell you what happened on the boat,
That sightseeing boat,
After I said yes to God.
So chapter 85 of Conversations with God states that there is a difference between being and doing.
Most people emphasize being,
Excuse me,
Most people emphasize doing not being.
And then they find themselves dissatisfied,
Disinterested,
And disillusioned.
To avoid dissing yourself,
It's important to understand the difference between being and doing.
If you choose happiness,
Joy,
And peace,
You receive it as your experience,
Whether you do anything or not.
If you choose reunion with God,
Deep understanding,
Endless compassion,
Total awareness,
And absolute fulfillment,
It won't happen because you did something.
You experience it because you chose to become that.
So do you see the difference?
We are spiritual beings living in a human body,
But we get so caught up in the doing that we forget about being.
And this really helped me understand this.
Doing is a function of the mind and the body.
Being is a function of the soul.
Remember,
The body is always present.
It's always active.
It's doing all the time.
And it doesn't matter what your soul is.
It's the quality of your life.
But your soul is always being,
Regardless of what your body is doing.
And if you think your life is about doing this,
You'll never understand why you are here.
Your soul doesn't care what you do for a living.
When your life is over,
You won't either.
Your soul only cares about what you're being,
Not what you're doing.
And it's the state of beingness that the soul is after,
Not a state of doingness.
So do you see the relation between being spiritual and being spiritual and human?
When we create from the human doing side,
The mind and the egos are in control.
The soul is silent because it's not the source of energy from which you're creating.
But when you start with beingness,
Your soul is alive and active,
And you are in flow with the universe.
So again,
This is from Conversations with God,
Another quote.
The soul is concerned with what you are being.
Are you in a place of fear or love?
When you are open,
Caring,
Considerate,
And confident versus closed,
Distant,
And resentful,
What are the results?
If you choose higher states of beingness,
Such as goodness,
Mercy,
Compassion,
Forgiveness,
Love,
Or even godliness,
What would be your experience?
Beingness attracts beingness and produces experience.
You are not on this planet to produce anything with your body.
You are on this planet to produce something with your soul.
Your body is the tool for your soul.
Your mind is the power that makes your body move.
It's the power tool for the soul's desire.
So can you see that the order now is different?
Being human starts with soulfulness,
Starts with that energy from a different outside place,
Infinite energy.
And when you start with beingness,
You invite God into your experience,
Just like I did standing on that flybridge,
Flying over the waves.
God became my experience.
And so as I was standing there on that bridge,
And the waves,
And the wind,
And the seagulls,
And the beautiful scenery,
And I said yes to God.
What happened was I was no longer was no longer the individual me.
I merged.
I became one with everything.
And through that opening,
God poured into me,
And I felt so loved,
So blessed.
And all of the tiny limited beliefs and thoughts I'd ever held about myself just went away.
They dissolved.
It was like those limiting beliefs were the spray of the waves.
And as the next wave came,
That spray went back to being part of the whole.
I became whole and holy.
And as I was just reveling in this joy,
In this blissful moment,
I heard some chirping.
And I looked down at the front of the boat,
Was about eight or ten dolphins.
And they were celebrating with me.
They were laughing and dancing in my joy,
In my bliss.
And of course I started crying.
It was a moment I will never forget.
And it was a moment that I still think about and go to when I want to experience that again.
God wants to experience you.
Remember that.
Remember that you are from God,
Of God,
And loved by God.
And you are here to expand the good,
The beautiful,
And the holy.
And to allow God to experience what you experience.
Because that's how the universe expands.
That's how we become one.
And when this realization lands,
When you accept it,
When it becomes you,
You'll never be the same.
You'll see other people spiritually amnesiac.
They're not aware.
And their behavior no longer hurts you.
Their behavior no longer threatens you.
Their words no longer make you angry.
Because you know the truth.
You know the reality.
You know who you are on this planet.
So thank you for following me and thank you for listening.
Being human is how we are supposed to live.
Namaste.
