Who Are We To Question Spirit's Perfect Design?

As normal as it is for us humans to judge what is happening as bad, wrong, and negative, who are we to question the Divine Perfection that is always out-picturing itself?

As we move through life, most of us are more or less limited by our perceptions, which in turn are strictly limited to whatever our physical senses inform us.

Spirit, on the other hand, is infinite, unlimited, and boundless; it sees all, and it knows all.

So rather than fighting that which is, we are wise to trust the omniscience and benevolence of Spirit and trust that even in the midst of this - All is Well.

Join me as we explore the pillar of Unconditional Trust and Surrender.

Transcript

Blessings and welcome to the path to freedom,

This beautiful path we get to walk,

We get to travel,

Where we get to set ourselves free.

Free to be in ever-expanding love and joy and peace,

Harmony,

Abundance,

Wholeness.

Free to soar,

To shine,

To glow.

Free to forever allow for the next and the next and the next and the next iteration of who and what we are to emerge.

The next expression of who and what we are.

Where we get to,

Just like the caterpillar gets to release its littleness and allow for something greater to emerge,

The butterfly.

So I'm happy to be here and I'm happy that I get to share this space,

This path with you.

My name is Daniel Rocchio and thank you for being willing to do this work,

For being willing to walk this path,

For being willing to break free from herd consciousness,

From collective consciousness,

From the small and the limited,

From old narratives and paradigms,

For being willing to set yourself free,

To be a shining,

Glowing example and exemplar of what it is to walk this path.

So the theme for today is who are we to question Spirit's perfect design?

Who are we to question Spirit's perfect design?

And I was reminded of this earlier today as I was having my breathing space and I was contemplating recent events and recent twists and turns in my life.

And having had this breathing space,

It's been quite rare over these last six months or so for me to give myself,

To grant myself that space of just sitting,

Just sort of taking on an overview or overhead view of my life and where I'm going and what I'm moving towards.

And I became aware of the egoic structures of the surface mind sort of questioning the direction that my life has taken,

Which is completely different from what I could ever have imagined just a few short months ago.

And I'm sort of questioning,

I'm finding myself sort of questioning how my life could have taken this turn,

This twist.

How it used to be all about knowing God and showing up as God and being God's humble servant and instrument.

And now it's taken on a more pragmatic nuance,

More materialistic nuance.

It is not so much about,

Let me take that back.

It is very much about me and my relationship with God,

With Spirit,

But it is not as much about the inner realizations as it is about outer demonstrations.

And to my mind,

The work that I'm being called to do,

The direction I'm being called to walk in,

To move towards or move in,

To the surface mind,

It is not all that spiritual,

Which in and of itself is very beautiful because everything is spiritual.

As there is only one mind,

As there is only one power,

As there is only one intelligence,

It means that everything is spiritual and every single moment offers an opportunity for us to go even deeper into our spiritual realizations of being one with God,

This benevolent loving presence,

The universe,

Higher power or whatever we want to call it.

But the point here is that who are we?

And in this particular case,

Who am I to question that?

That which is happening is not just perfect for me.

And I can absolutely see when I take a step back,

I can absolutely see that the space that I'm being moved into or pushed into or pulled into and whether or not I label it as being pulled into or pushed into or shoved into or forced into,

That varies from day to day,

Depending on where I am.

On the days when I'm grounded and centered and balanced,

Then I feel the pull,

I feel inspired,

Compelled to do this work,

To move in this direction.

And then on other days when I perhaps am not that balanced,

All that grounded or centered,

Then there's a tendency for me to label it more as being pushed or forced into.

But regardless of our perception,

There is only one mind,

There is only one intelligence,

And this one mind,

This one intelligence,

It knows all,

It sees all.

And as we're having our intentions,

And I have my intention,

I have a number of supreme intentions,

But there's one that has sort of been moved into the spotlight this last year.

And it is for me to live a simple,

Peaceful and quiet life,

Unbound by time and place.

And as it is with all of our intentions,

Visions,

Dreams,

And goals,

For them to be realized,

We need to change.

For us to be the vibrational match to whatever good it is that we wish to experience,

We need to be that vibrational match.

We need to be the expanding conduit through which the new may emerge,

Right?

Which means that old ways of being,

Which means that old structures,

Which means that old beliefs and thought patterns and judgments and opinions and all of that,

Need to be released,

Need to be let go of.

If we're holding on to the past,

If we're holding on to who we used to be,

There will be no rebirth,

There will be no expansion,

There will be no midwifing of something new.

But as the beautiful principles of transformation remind us that,

And particularly the last two,

If we don't change,

Nothing is ever going to change.

And also when we begin to change,

Everything begins to change.

But once again,

Coming back to our tendency,

The mind's tendency to want to judge,

Not want to judge,

But to judge,

To have opinions as to what should and should not be.

But who are we,

With our finite minds,

With our close to infinite inability to see the full picture,

To see beyond our very limited perception?

Who are we to question the perfect design that is always happening?

As we say yes to our intentions,

As we say yes to our visions,

Who are we to believe that we know what needs to happen and how it needs to happen,

When it needs to happen?

Of course we don't.

I mean,

Of course we don't.

I don't even know what's going to happen two seconds from now,

Let alone like tomorrow or next week.

So who am I to even believe that I know which direction I need to move in to get to a particular destination?

It's not about the destination,

There is no final destination,

But just to make a point,

Let's use this vocabulary.

As we're continuously being called,

All right,

So we're going to,

I'm going to finish what I'm about to say and then we're going to have that breathing space.

But for us to continuously move into the new,

Into the unknown,

Into uncharted territory,

We cannot,

We cannot,

We must not rely on old maps,

We must not rely on old experiences,

We must not rely on anything that has been.

But we need to trust that in every single moment,

Perfect preparation,

Perfect unfolding is always happening.

So let us have a moment of resetting,

Let us have a moment of reclaiming our minds,

Coming back to sanity.

So I invite us in this now moment to close our eyes,

First of all,

To put a smile on our face,

Second of all,

And then take a couple of deep conscious breaths.

Breathing in and releasing.

Another deep breath in,

And let us now join in saying out loud,

To remind ourselves to treat our minds into knowing that all is well,

That something wonderful is happening,

That everything is working for our highest good,

And that perfect preparation and unfolding is always happening.

Because this benevolent loving presence,

The all there is,

The all in all,

That is every space and place and being and moment and object,

That is all of creation as well as the creator,

That is limitless,

Boundless,

Eternal,

Infinite,

That knows all there is to know and sees all there is to see.

And as we are unique,

Perfect,

Whole,

Complete expressions of it,

It is who and what we are.

So as we're being guided,

As we're tuning into that still small voice,

Giving it permission to guide and lead and move us,

As we're flowing with the go of life and going with the flow of life,

Being clear on our intentions,

Our visions,

Being clear on what it is that we wish to experience,

Having said yes to it,

Surrendering to that which is always happening,

Surrendering to this benevolent loving presence in essence saying,

Thy will be done,

I'm not going to attach myself to my limited perceptions,

I'm not going to attach myself to my tendency to want to dictate and manipulate and have it my way,

This is about thy will be done,

Not my will be done.

And as we're doing this work,

Make ourselves open and available to be guided and moved and led,

Eternally sourced,

Fueled and funded.

We're placing our lives,

We're placing ourselves in the hands of this loving presence,

For it to guide and lead and move us,

Not along the linearity of time,

Because in spirit there is no past,

There is no present,

There is no future.

There is only an infinite now,

Where all possibilities,

All paths,

All opportunities,

All potentials are fully present now.

So this loving presence absolutely knows what needs to happen and how it needs to happen and when it needs to happen,

And even why it needs to happen.

And we don't,

So as I'm being moved along paths that I could not ever have thought I was going to be moving along just a few short months ago,

It is my charge,

It is all of our charge to trust that that which is happening is just perfect,

That divine perfection is happening now.

It doesn't matter if I don't like it,

It doesn't matter if it's not a preference of mine,

It doesn't matter if I think things should be different,

This is what is and it is perfect.

Because the only thing there is,

The only thing that is happening here,

The only thing that is happening now is this benevolent loving presence that has given birth to everything,

This infinite mind,

This infinite intelligence,

This one mind,

This one intelligence,

It is the source of everything,

It's the only source and look how beautifully it has created,

It has allowed for beautiful creation to come into being,

We have plants and we have flowers and we have skies and we have clouds and we have human beings not always acting in the most loving way but still a beautiful creation.

There's mother earth,

There's birds,

There's the sun,

There's the moon,

There's the solar system,

There are galaxies,

There are universes,

There's the cosmos,

Everything so beautifully orchestrated.

The sun setting and rising at the perfect time,

Seasons coming and going,

Our hearts beating,

Our bodies mending when hurt,

Our body is digesting the food,

Making sure that the body has enough air,

I mean perfection is everywhere and we didn't have to meddle in any of it,

We didn't have to micromanage one bit of it and yet it is all beautifully happening.

So who are we to question that this one mind that has given rise to all of this beauty,

All of this harmony,

All of this wholeness,

Abundance,

That it dropped the ball on us?

Who are we to even for a second believe that God made a mistake with us?

That this benevolent loving presence during the blink of an eye turned away from us,

Left us to our own vices?

No,

No,

Not at all.

God cannot abandon itself,

Spirit cannot contradict itself or ever go against itself,

But it is always,

Always,

Always one with itself and as such it is always for itself and as such it is always for us,

Every single one of us.

So our job is not to figure out,

Our job is not even to judge.

Yes,

We are wise to be mindful and to continuously ask,

Am I moving in the direction of the good that I wish to experience?

Because we do have our free will,

We do have the ability to make our own choices.

So we need to come back,

Become still,

Turn within and make little course corrections when need be,

But even that is divine perfection.

Every single challenge,

Every single experience,

Every single so-called failure,

It is not us going backwards,

It is not us messing up,

It is simply us learning something that we apparently needed to learn so that we can continue to move forward even more steadfast,

Even more firm in our moving forward toward the good that we wish to experience.

So let us have another set of conscious breaths,

Centering ourselves and grounding ourselves and anchoring ourselves in this now moment.

So once again,

Let us close our eyes,

Let us put that smile on our face,

And let us take a deep conscious breath,

Breathing in and releasing.

Another deep breath in and let us say out loud,

I am exactly where I need to be.

Everything that is,

Is just perfect.

I release my tendencies to want to micromanage and judge and I step fully into unconditional trust and surrender.

Taking on the absolute knowing,

The feeling,

Deep feeling tone that all is well.

Right here and right now.

I remember doing a talk a while ago called God is our GPS and it is just like that.

I know that there are individuals that have had experiences where the GPS is not working or not necessarily guiding them to where they want to go,

But spirit is infallible.

God knows and even in the case of these GPSs,

Maybe it was us who made a mistake entering the destination or not reading the instructions or listening,

Paying attention to the instructions or whatever.

But with God,

There is no such thing as haphazardness or luck or chance.

God is always expressing itself perfectly,

Which means that we're always being beautifully guided along the unique path that we all have to walk.

Yes,

We absolutely have the right and we have the mandate and the,

What's the word I'm looking for?

It doesn't matter.

But we do have the freedom of choice,

Which means that we can,

We get to choose whether or not we want to take the scenic route,

Taking our time,

Just cruising,

Chilling,

Or if we want to take the more direct route.

It is all up to us.

When we tune into that still small voice,

As we release our doubts,

Our fears,

Our worries,

Our small and limited ways of showing up.

Now we're on the highway,

The direct route.

If we want to question,

If we want to challenge God,

If we want to have it our way,

Now we're on the scenic route.

We get to choose and only we get to choose.

I mean,

As I'm moving through this space,

I could hang on to,

This is not supposed to be.

I could cling to,

I wanted to look this way,

Or I want to go this way.

Absolutely.

And God will say,

Go right ahead.

I'm not going to force you to go where I want you to go.

I'm not going to force you to go at the speed I want you to go.

But I've made you free,

So you get to exercise that freedom.

So who are we to question?

That's a very relevant question for us to ask.

And that's the invitation that we are to ask,

Or the invitation for us to lean into.

To first and foremost observe and witness our minds as to where we are holding on to judgments and thought patterns as to how things should be different.

Maybe the presidential election,

Maybe wars that are raging,

Or bigotry,

Or whatnot.

Where are we holding on to judgments as to what should and should not be?

And the question for us to ask is,

Who are we,

Or who am I?

Who am I to question the divine design,

The divine and perfect design that is now outpicturing itself?

What do I know of what is needed,

When it is needed,

And how it is needed,

For anything to come into its highest expression,

Most profound expression?

What do we know of what is needed?

What do we really know of what is needed for a wound to heal,

For seed to grow?

I mean,

There's so many things that we have absolutely no knowledge about at all.

Yes,

The wound needs to be clean,

But apart from that,

What needs to happen?

I have no idea how wounds are healed and mended.

I have no idea.

I know that a seed needs temperature,

The right temperature,

And humidity,

And all these kind of things.

But when these conditions are given,

How is it that the seed grows from being a seed into seedling,

Into a magnificent tree,

Or flower,

Or whatever the case may be?

So,

If we want to challenge anything,

It is ourselves.

It is the small and the limited that we are holding on to.

That is what we want to challenge.

Not the divine perfection that is always revealing itself,

Outpicturing itself.

So,

Thank you so,

So much for tuning in,

For participating.

As always,

Until we meet again,

I bless,

Bless,

Bless our days,

And I bless,

Bless,

Bless our ways,

And I invite you to say with me that I do so in the full knowing that all is well,

That something wonderful is happening,

That everything is working for our highest good,

That perfect preparation and unfolding is always happening now and forever.

Much love.

Many blessings.