True & False

I am a very visual person.

I will be talking about this a lot more, I think, after the weekend I had with my Becky.

I feel that I choose to be much more faithful when I know the WHY.

Yes, you can go ahead and giggle at that.

I CHOOSE to have more faith when I know why.

That's not actually faith, I know. 

But, stick with me here.

My mind is all over the place on this post.

I have so much that I want to say and express and teach.

I know that Heavenly Father knows this about me.

Thankfully, He is so patient with this quirk of mine.

Our Heavenly Parents teach us line upon line, precept upon precept...

This way of teaching does not require us to know the "end" result.

It simply requires us to start on the PATH.

And, when we have righteous desires - those come from our Heavenly Parents!

SO, when we act upon those righteous desires (I'll give you an example in a minute), THEN the Father can help us to BUILD upon those steps.

Example:

I have a desire to pay my rent with my Farmasi check each month.

Along with that desire, in the last few days, I have also had a great (very LOUD) desire to work with the youth to teach about the principles of worth, validation, vessels, self-expression, cleanliness, modesty and beauty.

Well, up until the last two months I would have just thought about it and then turned up the noise of the world.

NOT NOW!

NOW, I am all-in.

I can't promise this post is going to all tie together, so sip on some Coke Zero and stick with me here.

Recently, I have really learned (because it's in Heidi language) about our true self and our false self.

Our true self is our divine nature. It is our DNA that comes directly from our Heavenly Parents.

Our false self is the natural man. It is noisy and seeks validation from the world. It is not where we should do our work!

When we are in our false self, we work almost entirely in fight or flight mode.

We are in the noise of the world.
This alludes to confusion, stress, fatigue, and untruths.

When we are in our true self, we are in our rest and digest mode.

We are clear on our purpose and we are working in co-creation with God.

We are more sure, we are able to work more efficiently, and we are doing His work.

 So, here is how we get there:

This is my first step:

AM and PM are sacred times.

When I wake up in the morning, I do NOT look at my phone.

I immediately make my bed, go to the bathroom and then sit to pray, ready my scriptures, and meditate.

Period.

This allows me to be in a state of my true self, without the noise of the world.

The last hour before I go to bed, I turn off my phone (not to look at it again).

I pray, meditate, write my gratitude for the day, read and study.

Then, I go to bed.

When we go to bed in our true self, we are going to sleep with our mind on things of the Spirit, rather than things of the world.

We are in our true self.

This is such a simple first step, but it is HARD.

Hard is good.