The Bible writes that Man was created in the image of the Creator. This is a powerful lesson, which unfortunately is misunderstood by many, and therefore its many lessons and ramifications are lost as well. If we truly understand, internalize and live the meaning of this verse our lives will be completely transformed. The Creator in this verse is teaching us one of the most fundamental of spiritual understandings: we have, imbued within our being all the powers and abilities of the Creator. Simply put, anything the Creator can do we have the potential of doing. This means that we have within us the potential to heal, bless, and assist others in the deepest way�and so much more.
We should take the time internalize this lesson. We cannot even begin to fathom the awesome powers that we can and are meant to have.
Once we understand the powers that we are meant to reveal we can begin developing ourselves to activate this potential. This is the process of our spiritual development in general, but specifically we need to remember that the best way to activate our amazing Creator potential is by eliminating our ego and as the Kabbalists refer to it, the desire to receive for the self alone. There is no greater barrier to revealing our Creator potential then our ego, and there is no more powerful way to reveal it then by proactively diminishing the ego.
It is important that we remember also that this is not simply a nice spiritual lesson and concept; rather this is, exactly, our purpose in this world. Our purpose in this world is to reveal our awesome Creator potential and with it to assist others and ourselves. This is also the only way to achieve true and lasting fulfillment.
Imagine if Jonas Salk instead of developing his medical abilities and pursuing his research decided to spend his time doing something else maybe travel the world, relax more, collect stamps whatever� So many people would die and suffer because he chose not to develop his innate abilities. We are all in this position!
This should be wake up call for all of us. We have unbelievable potential within we should not let it remain undeveloped. Not only for the sake of all the people we are meant to help, but also because it is the only we can achieve true and lasting fulfillment for ourselves. |
