It’s Not About Balance - It’s About Integration

Trying to maintain spiritual balance doesn’t work in a physical world, and it is not meant to. Spirit is not physical and is not limited to physical rules. And this is why when we try to apply laws of balance to our spiritual nature, it simply does not work. So, how do we live a fully attuned, loving life in an imperfect physical body? Balance is not the way. Balance usually implies a precarious position, such as a need to shift from one leg to another to achieve walking, and if we don’t, we fall. Balance implies the need to control choices, such as certain parameters of when and how much we need to eat and sleep. All physical bodies, whether they are the human body or luminaries in space, operate within physical laws which include many laws of balance. Balance is important and necessary for our physical bodies - but not our spiritual ones.

It's Not About Balance, It's About Integration

What the Soul Is

The human body has basically two parts; body and spirit, and literally the two of them together makes a living soul. The spirit is the life-force gifted to us by God - we are a spark off of His flame, and the body is the physical domain in which it was created to reside. As humans, we were created to be fully both physical and spiritual. And just as there are many parts and layers to the physical body, such as the outer skin, muscles and fat, internal organs, bone and blood – there are also layers to the spiritual one, which might be likened to different vibrational qualities or densities.

The majority of our spirit has a medium density and basically looks like a golf-tee in the body, flowing down the spine with most of it in the head area. Then there is also a very tiny dense spot located in the upper-middle of the head that is the central core of our spirit, it is the main connection to remembering who God is and hearing Him, like a radio receiver receiving radio waves from a Great Transmitter. This core essence of our spirit contains all the facets of love we have already learned and also those we are currently polishing, and contains our full personality and memories, even when we let go of the body and die.

Yet there is another layer of our spirit that extends through and overflows any physical limitations of the body. This one is of lighter density and usually dissipates the further it extends out. This is the one seen by some people to be an aura of colors around the body. It is also the part that influences much of our emotional perceptions of the immediate world around us, such as feeling comfortable or uncomfortable around a person, place or thing.

We Control How Our Spirit & Body Perceive the World

There are conscious choices we make with our physical body, such as using our hand to turn a doorknob. There are also automatic workings in our body that happen on their own without us giving much thought to them, such as cell division, digestion, etc. This does not mean it is impossible to influence the automatic system. It is very achievable through mental determination to slow our hearts, lower our blood pressure or even stop our lungs from breathing for long periods of time. Sometimes people have made these choices consciously because they want to achieve something, such as diving deep in the ocean. However, sometimes when people choose to not live anymore, or feel extremely overwhelmed, they will begin by making firm mental choices - often unconsciously, that the body stills obeys. This can include signaling the body to stop repairing itself, and even stopping the heart from beating. The messages our mind and spirit send to our body are very real and immediate. Do you know what you are telling yourself?

Do We Influence Our Spirit Negatively?

Just as we can mentally influence unhealthy choices in our physical body, we can also with our spirit. Think of our spirit as similar to a dolphin’s sonar. Since our spirit includes receiving impressions and feelings from the area around us, if we have mentally determined NOT to feel those perceptions (perhaps because fear or a past hurt), we can lose much of what makes us aware and healthy humans. What would happen to a dolphin if they lost their sonar ability? They would have a very difficult life functioning in their world, and soon get sick and die. The same happens for us. How do we influence our spirit negatively? One big way is by ignoring our God-spot of connection and remembering the Divine Love we are made from and embracing the fact that we are important and loved. Another is by beating ourselves up by allowing past hurts, failures and fears override our opportunities for better choices and experiences today. Our mental state affects how well our spiritual mechanism works, and instead of receiving the vast array of information around us, we might choose to close in tightly around ourselves and miss out on many things that could bring us joy.

A compromised mind-set will correspond to feeling very much alone and isolated, even if we are in the midst of a crowd of people. And since the outer layer of our spirit normally connects and intersects with everything around us, we lose out on a myriad of intuitive impressions if we shut it down. These might be as simple as which fruit is perfectly ripe, or as important as something wrong with the car, or maybe even the proximity of a potential marriage mate! Remember that making a wall around oneself does not protect us from pain, but rather it makes a prison, one that we have built with our own hands. We must be consciously aware of what we think; we must be aware of how we are thinking deep within and how it affects our body, and let our spirit flow freely like it was meant to.

Our Free Will Choice to Think Differently

Our innermost thoughts also directly influence our free will choices, which is another reason to be mindful of what is repeating itself in our head (such as the negative concept “I don’t deserve to be healed" (happy; loved; etc.). and choosing to think differently. Free will is crucial to how we make choices on our life path, our body is strongly influenced by it, and God works with it too. This is also why if are praying for someone to get well and their spirit has made a decision to let their body die, we need to be OK with that – even if they have verbally told us something else. As we have noted, sometimes we give unconscious signals to our bodies that they obey, so a better choice is to spend time in meditation (time with ourselves) and prayer (time with God) to dig deeper and to know what choices we are really making. Consciously integrating our core spiritual desires and our emotional choices together makes a powerful package. This is the true meaning of working with our prayers, and will accomplish much more than being divided within ourselves with saying one thing and feeling another.

We have control over much of what goes into our minds and hearts, thereby affecting our spirit. Our choices of entertainment at the theater, internet or on the television; what kind of literature we read; and what we choose to speak of will give us a good indication of what is in our heart, for “out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” (Matthew 12:34, NIV) For example, do we search out TV shows that highlight the good things that mankind is creating and accomplishing and the beauty of the earth, or do we watch cheating and vengeance shows? Also, do we gossip and pass along information that is not encouraging, highlighting the faults of others? I know if I do not feed my spirit regularly, I can also begin faulty thinking and it can affect my confidence that God could utilize a person like me, or any of humanity at all for His work, thereby setting myself up for loss of hope and lack of faith, and feeling sad and insecure. I don’t like that feeling. And when I recognize it, I make a mental determination to shift it, which means I first make a connection in prayer which adds the Energy beyond myself to do it successfully, and then I relook at my choices and make better ones.

What Are You Feeding Your Spirit?

When our spirit is feeling unconnected and weak it makes it more difficult to embrace the gifts and blessings that Divine Love gives us. What are you focusing on? The apostle Paul was led to write: “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me – put into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” (Philippians 4:4-9, NIV)

So, what are some ways that we can strengthen and expand our spiritual awareness, helping it and our mind and body work together in peace and unity?

(1). Recognize that part of our spirit is ALWAYS in connection with God and hears Him, knows Him intimately, and that we are fully accepted, fully forgiven, and fully loved beyond what we could imagine or experience on earth. Really knowing this deep down changes everything!

(2). Stop judging your importance by only things you can see. Because we live largely in a fast-paced, result-oriented “show me” world, we often make the mistake of only counting as important or necessary the things that we can see, monitor or finish. In other words, we count only the physical aspects of our life – what we look like, what we weigh, what we have created, what we have earned, what we own. So recognize that unless you were divinely given a tangible gift that can be measured (such as miracles, healing, medical intuition, resurrection, finding missing persons, etc) the work of the spirit may be invisible, and you need to be OK with that. Having a gift that can be measured does not make any of the other gifts less important; in fact I personally think it takes more faith to know you are making a difference without seeing the results.

For example, everyone is given the gift of prayer – and prayer changes things – yet we may not have tangible proof that our prayers helped lessen a severe storm and turn it away from a town. And we may never have proof that our prayers helped aid a rescue worker hear an Angelic voice guide them to dig in a certain location in the rubble and save a child. We all have prayer and we all have personal gifts, and all of them take confidence and faith. “Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.” (Hebrews 11:1 NLT) And the greater the amount of faith and compassion we have, the more God can connect and utilize it.

(3). The spirit is ALWAYS hungry and always needs to be fed. Putting aside time for meditation, personal prayer, saying the Divine Decree prayers, doing our own study of the scriptures and buying out time for spiritual fellowship are all needed, and to be admirably congratulated. But, these intervals of time for the spiritual nature are not enough. More is needed! Never is the spirit comfortable or at ease living on spaced out meals, and it is not meant to. It is a constant eater! We have already seen that our spirit and body are intertwined to multi-task in this life together – both are fully here for us at the same time, and both possess unconscious automatic features and thought-activated ones. As such they are made to be utilized together at the same time as well. We do not have to live under the presumption that “this time is set aside for spiritual, this other time is set aside for physical.” Please notice that time is NOT an issue in integrating a fully spiritual life into your physical one, because there are no recuperation times needed for your spirit, there are no limits on spirit at all, only the physical body has limits, balance, and timing issues. This means that you are completely FREE TO BE FULLY SPIRITUAL at the same time as being a physical human being.

Spiritual & Physical Integration Keeps Your Tank Full

This may sound like a simple concept, but it takes some initial effort to put these lessons into practice. But once we have trained ourselves it becomes the second nature it was supposed to be. In our imperfect world we see so much dualism, the “this or that” of black or white, hot or cold, asleep or awake – that we have often categorized life into seeing everything that way. I myself struggled for years to find “balance,” between body with spirit, and because balance does not work, in my desire to constantly feed the spirit my physical body was often neglected. I used to weigh 150 more pounds than I do now, and eat anything that was handy to continue doing my spiritual work. But now listening better to the God-spot has aligned my spirit and body better, where I do not eat sugar or refined carbohydrates anymore, and eat healthy natural food and do prolonged water fasts consistently. And my body and spirit both work better together now. God does not need to wait on as much recuperation of the body when it is in shape. It is like having a car that is taken care of, tuned up and a full gas tank ready to go whenever and wherever Father says to go. Just remember the shape and fitness level for yourself is rarely the one the world says it should be. Listen to what is right for you!

It has been interesting for me to note that many healers I have seen and those who focus on spirit, also have neglected their bodies. Because along the way, most of us haven’t really cared, because the body has not been our focus. As for me, especially after my near-death experience with Jesus, I had mostly seen my body only as a constriction to be put up with until I could be free in spirit with God again. However, learning to be fully integrated in the body while continuing spiritual work adds power to make greater transformations in the world, much more than most people realize, since it is a place of faith in the midst of imperfection and struggle, and smiled upon as a place of obedience and grace.

So, how do we integrate feeding our spirit full time while living in a physical body? Only one thing – learn to live with one ear to the heavens, and one ear to the earth. We were created to multitask in our hearing, and we always hear a multitude of sounds at the same time. Yet, we can choose to be aware and focus, and pinpoint clearly one distinct conversation out of a crowd. Or hear our own dog barking out of all the others in the neighborhood, or our own quiet thoughts in the middle of a loud business meeting. In the same way, we can choose to hear the Spirit of God, the whisper constantly compelling our own spirit, and in our awareness make better conscious choices. If each of us did nothing else but this, our spirit would never have a moment of starvation again. This is the fully integrated life, living our lives in an undertone of prayer, tapping into the God-spot of our spirit full alive in Divine Love.

One Ear to the Heavens, One to Earth

God speaks to us in whispers in our mind and in our heart and in our spirit, and we can consciously choose to turn up the volume on that one voice while still listening to everything else around us while living successfully in our physical world. Until that comes automatically to you, why not set up a trigger every morning to remember to pray to ask God to help you recognize His voice and hear Him more clearly than anything else? This is about conversing with God in our mind, and listening for replies. Each one of us already talks to ourselves non-stop inside our brains – just ask God to join in, and even take the lead! If you have questions about if you are hearing God or yourself, I have an additional article on how to discern that as well, on my website.

Since we are spiritual beings currently living a physical existence, so to help us to remember our integrated nature we can use physical triggers to remind us, and these can take many forms. Placing these triggers around our homes, workplaces and automobiles can help us remember who we are until it becomes second nature. Any of our five physical senses – touch, sight, sound, taste, and scent – can help activate our sixth non-physical sense of conscious spiritual awareness. And what inspires or reminds one person of spirit may not remind another of the same thing, not all triggers are universal. Choosing what your reminders are is a very personal thing. For example, while putting up photographs of a sunset on a Hawaiian beach may soar the heart in one person, for another it may represent a memory of faded love. Remember that these spiritual triggers are there to remind you to listen and converse with Divine Spirit while doing physical things, so choose accordingly.

Here are some ideas that may help you choose your spiritual triggers:

(A). What colors make you happy to look at? Yellow? Purple? The rainbow? Splash these colors around everywhere – wall coverings, curtains, tablecloths, bedding, carpet, rugs, shower curtains, and also mirror it with the clothes you wear. Decorate with colorful silk flower arrangements in your favorite colors, etc., create the arrangements in your home into a visual canvas of joy!

(B). Are you inspired by creation? Bring unique rocks, wood or shells into your home. Paint a ceiling to look like the heavens with its shining stars and constellations, or a blue sky with sun and wispy clouds. Hang photographs or paintings of scenic views of National Parks or animals in their natural habitat. Remember to also place these where you work and where you do your activities, like near the sink while you do dishes, or above your computer. Make your home a natural history museum!

(C). Play recordings of sounds that you enjoy. Perhaps add the sounds of rain and thunder as you shower, or bird songs as you make breakfast, a babbling brook as you drive to the office, or crickets or waterfalls as you get ready for sleep. Wherever you can add instrumental music that lifts your spirit and inspires, favorite hymns or songs of praise sung by a favorite artist. Motion-activated bird and nature sounds are also available now online. Be inspired! Create an audio paradise that makes your soul sing!

(D). Divine objects of affection brings peace. Do you have a crucifix on your wall and above your bed? Favorite scripture quotes on your refrigerator or above your front door? A Bible in various places (including the bathroom for brief but consistent reading)? Paintings or replicas of Jesus, Mother Mary, Angels or the Saints? These objects can add a blessing to your home and help remind you of Divine forgiveness, perseverance and Divine Love.

(E). Incense or smells can be an instant trigger of emotions. Who doesn’t like the smell of a fresh Christmas pine bough or a warm batch of cookies? There are many scents available by lighting a candle, using automatic air fresheners or putting on perfumes and colognes. Fresh fragrant flowers on the table are always a treat. Potpourri anyone?

(F). Display photographs of your best life memories – holding your newborn baby or grandchild, a favorite wedding picture, an exciting graduation day, a first fish caught with grandpa. Make sure to choose only photos that inspire you without an indent of any accompanying anger or sadness.

Living in an environment that triggers you to ask, “am I listening?” will help you create a pattern that you will keep no matter where you go or what atmosphere you are in. Does this work? Yes! Does looking at a weight scale or an exercise device remind you of what you want to do with your health? Yes, it does. The benefits we receive when we exercise our spirit is a life without limits, even while living in a physical body. We become aware of our full connection with God and learn to hear and converse with Him constantly, in an undertone of prayer. We also learn to bring to our conscious awareness any mental or spiritual decisions and make better, Divinely guided choices. We also gain the peace of God that excels all thought and learn that while there is balance needed for the physical body, there are no recuperation times needed for our spirit, for there are no limits on our spirit at all. We can all live full, happy lives while being fully physical and fully spiritual at the same time. We were created for it, and that is our perfect balance and integration! END 2010 (C) Tiffany Snow

About the Author: "I'm Blessed Tiffany and I have information for you!" Tiffany Snow experienced the wounds of the Holy Stigmata 2005-2009 and three NDEs. Modern Christian Mystic, Miracle Healer, Spiritual Teacher. She shares answers from God that humanity is currently asking, to help each of us remember who we are, and who He is too. Blessed Tiffany and her husband Fr. Billy Clark are not financially supported by any church or organization. This allows them to speak freely without restriction about everything God has shared for ALL of His children, no matter where they are on their path. Free Distant Healing Prayer, Articles and Videos with unique information for our times. God Info. | www.BlessedTiffanySnow.com