The body of my talk Sunday Aug. 26th, 2012.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its
ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is
stupid.” One of my favorite quotes by the brilliant Albert Einstein.
How often do we find ourselves believing we are less than or
stupid? Whether it is in our physical being or our consciousness? How often
have we allowed others to judge us by what we do, or how we look? And on the
flip side, how many times have we judged others?
Let’s look at the first four words of the quote. “Everybody
is a genius.” It doesn’t say only scientists are geniuses or bankers are
geniuses or this race or that religion is genius. Einstein said everyone.
EVERYONE is a genius.
In Roman times, the Latin origin of the word genius meant,
the guiding spirit. The noun, genius is related to the Latin verb gigno, which
translates, “to bring into being.”
Wow, of course we are all geniuses. Just by being born into
this world, we get to own the definition, genius. When we are brought into
being, Infinite Intelligence, or God, places within each of us the guiding
spirit; that intuitiveness deep within us that keeps nudging us onto our
spiritual path. Some people call it their still small voice, or an inspiration
that floods their consciousness with ideas. Some of us might define it as that
cosmic rack a pop on the back of the head. However you can relate to it in your
own mind.
Isn’t that wonderful, to know that each and every one of us
are geniuses! So as we relate to that, as we swim in the greatness and
glory of being a genius, there is something else we have to understand and then
embody.
The second sentence of Einstein’s quote… “But if you judge a
fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it
is stupid.” Now I wanted to relate this to others judging us for who we are
and what we do, but I couldn’t. I felt the need to relate this to our own
consciousness. Because the only way we are going to change the world around us
or the way it treats us is by changing our own consciousness about how we fit
in it.
So often we judge ourselves and never think twice about it.
Any time we say “I am” and put something negative or limiting behind it, we are
judging the fish for not climbing the tree.
We all have a purpose. Proverbs 16:9. A man’s heart devises
his ways; but the Lord directs his steps. And thank goodness we each get to
live our purpose in a unique way. Just as a fish demonstrates perfectly its genius
as it breathes and swims in the water; just as it’s body has “brought into
being,” the ability to live life entirely in water...so are we designed to
embody and live our lives in our own life experiences.
We are all familiar with the saying, It is done unto you, as you believe. It doesn’t say, it is
done unto you as someone else believes. Or that your life is the result of
someone’s thoughts or beliefs. We have all been given the freedom of
thought, the power to choose how we live our lives.
How empowering is that?
When
Jesus said, “Go, let it be done to you according to your belief,” in Matthew 8:13,
he was basically announcing that your life is the result of your thinking. So
it only makes since that if you want a better life, get a better consciousness.
I will tell you I like to challenge and ask questions,
dissecting words and meanings about passages or books that strummed a chord in
my spirituality. I always felt that if I am going to invest my time and
spiritual(ness) into anything; I am going to question things I don’t understand
and embody the things I do. That’s why I found Religious Science so perfect for
me. I was encouraged to ask, study, and take from the belief system what worked
for me as a youth in this teaching.
Einstein stated, “You can’t fix a problem, using the same
level of consciousness that created it.” Pretty powerful huh? We can’t fix
anything in our lives if we are coming from the same belief or thought patterns
that created it.
If we want to have Peace in our lives; we can’t go around
cursing people out for cutting us off on the freeway. We want success in our
business, how are we talking about our occupations to others? Are we giving the
best part of ourselves to everything we do, or are we holding our hands out
expecting someone to fill it with what we think we lack.
When I came to the realization that I am responsible for what
happens in my life; that what I focus on grows in my life, I decided to change
my mind about everything around me. Because there is nothing more powerful than
a made up mind.
As easy as I make it sound, it’s anything but…trust me on
that.
Just as habits and conditions that we have embodied didn’t
appear over night, so is it with changing our beliefs. It takes daily practice.
It takes conscious living. And it takes the faith to do it. But we must be
willing to recognize when we fall back into old patterns and forgive ourselves
when we do. If we can learn and move from a situation a better person, we’ve
accomplished something grand.
We don’t have to worry about how it is going to happen or try
and map out how spirit is going to work in our lives. All we have to do is have
total faith that IT knows what to do and how to do it.
We stop judging our
short comings and start basking in our accomplishments, no matter how small. Rejoice
when our lives open up to something greater. You got up today and came to hear
me speak. Celebrate the fact that you’re here. Give thanks for everything in
your life, no matter how small. Because as you do that, as you transform your
thoughts and ideas from judgment and condition, to Love and Peace, you begin to
see what your true purpose is.
When you praise the sun for shining another day,
or the refreshingly deep breaths that keep filling your lungs, your consciousness
opens up to the Universe and your life unfolds to your unlimited possibilities.
Suddenly you will find yourself grateful for the new job you have, the
abundance in your bank account, the health you are celebrating, and all the
other wonderful things that have opened up to you. What will happen is you’ll
see the genius in your life and you will realize it was who you were all along!
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