I Don't Feel Perfect

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I Don't Feel Perfect

by Bruce D. Schneider, Ph.D.

Some of the most difficult questions I've ever been asked are: If we

are one with God, then why wouldn't God have created us with that

thought to begin with? What is the purpose of not knowing? Why don't

we feel perfect?

I meditated upon these questions for two decades before I was ready to

see the answer.

Before we are born, we choose to exist and decide how best to help

ourselves and the One Spirit in the process of re-discovery. This is

because each individual soul develops as it wishes, while assisting

all other souls in their journey. All are experiencing and gaining

more of an understanding of the nature of Love. We choose who we will

be and to whom we will be born, to best serve that purpose.

We also choose to experience " transformational amnesia " , to

temporarily forget our spiritual consciousness in order to adjust to

the physical world and allow us " real " physical experiences. If we

knew we were invulnerable spiritual beings, the effects of these

physical experiences would have little or no significance for us. We

would know they were not real.

Imagine that you are a passenger on a flight during a severe storm.

The plane is shaking and you see lightning all around you. The " fasten

seat belt " sign is illuminated and you start to get frightened.

There's a large blast of thunder nearby, and the lights go out inside

the cabin. People scream while the aircraft is bouncing up and down

like a toy, feeling as if it could break apart at any second. Babies

are crying and, as you look around, you can barely make out some

people praying in the dark. Your heart beats faster, you start to

sweat, your breath shortens, and panic becomes a possibility. You are

terrified, and understandably so. No one is telling you anything, and

you wonder if the pilots are in control.

Suddenly, the plane calms down and the cabin lights come back on as

you hear an announcement; " Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain

speaking. We are out of the storm now and it should be pretty smooth

for the duration of the flight. " Some passengers applaud, and you're

overwhelmed with relief.

What if you were watching a movie of yourself in this situation and

knew the ending? Would you have been as scared? What if you knew

during this predicament that everything would be OK? Would you have

had the same emotional experience? Of course not. You needed to live

through it without knowing, so you could gain a very " real "

experience. If you knew what would happen before it happened, it

wouldn't feel real.

This is the same with our entire physical existence. Before we are

born, we choose to forget who we are so we can get the most out of

what is available for us to experience. We're in this world to

experience all life's situations as " reality " , so we can eventually

know ourselves wholly, body, mind, and spirit, as Love.

If you realize you are here as a spiritual being, that suggests you've

had enough physical experiences to begin to awaken. You start to

re-member who you are and why you came here. You lose the feeling of

isolation and " re-member " yourself as part of the One Spirit. When and

if this happens, you are ready to experience a new perspective on

life. You either experience it firsthand or by using your memory,

knowing you are a spiritual being inside a physical body. You then

begin to realize, as psychologist Frances Vaughan says, " I have

thoughts, feelings, and sensations, but I am not my thoughts, feelings

or sensations. "

Because we must first forget, most of us get caught up in the

" reality " of what we think we see and have a difficult time

remembering who we really are. Until we begin to awaken, we remain

blind to the perfect process. Since you are reading this, odds are

you're awake, or are beginning to awaken, and are becoming aware that

the Higher Intelligence is within and all around you, regardless of

what you think you see.

The Universe created this entire process of re-discovery and it is

perfect. As part of this process we, in this physical form, play our

roles perfectly, whether we realize and understand it or not.

This article was excerpted from " Relax, You're Already Perfect: 10

Spiritual Lessons to Remember " by Bruce D Schneider, Ph.D. Info/Order

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About The Author

Bruce D Schneider is a spiritual psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, Usui

Reiki Master, psychorientologist, metaphysician, and the founder of

the Perfect Creation Foundation. His seminars, workshops, and

counseling sessions have helped others transform their lives. You can

reach him at: www.PerfectCreation.com The above was excerpted from

" Relax, You're Already Perfect: 10 Spiritual Lessons to Remember " , ?

2000 by Bruce D Schneider, Ph. D., reprinted by permission of Ebb/Flow

Publishing.