This Sunday we are celebrating Palm Sunday in commemoration of the day that Jesus rode into the city of Jerusalem on the back of a donkey and was met with crowds of people celebrating him with great joy and laying out palm fronds in his path in honor and appreciation.
Metaphysically, Jerusalem is “The habitation of Peace” or our spiritual center in consciousness. The donkey or ass is identified as the animal part of the human consciousness and the palm fronds realize the unlimited resource of strength in our spiritual nature.
So, Jesus, our master teacher and symbol of our Divine center, entered his center of peace and divine consciousness, in control of his human self, and showed us that we have an unlimited resource of strength in our spiritual nature.
The message for this Sunday then becomes, we have an unlimited source of love, strength, ability, and resources in our spiritual nature to overcome the fears and doubts promulgated by the animal nature that we call our ego or human self. We gain control of the human nature by an expression of joy, appreciation, and gratitude for the Christ within us, and honoring that Christ as the dominate presence in our consciousness.
1 Timothy 4 says, “For all things created by God are good; nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.” So, Jesus shows us how to overcome our human nature and stay in our divine Self by seeing, hearing and speaking only words and thoughts of praise, gratitude, and appreciation.
We live in an abundant, loving universe. Our experience of that Universe is created by the thoughts words and actions that we vocalize and think as we go about our lives. Want to change things for the better? Let’s start expressing gratitude and appreciation for all events, people, situations and challenges in our lives. This might just be the secret that we have been looking for to live a life of peace, love and joy. Lets dig into these ideas on Sunday and explore the possibilities.
I love you,
Rev. Robert