The Man in the Mirror Project - ONE of our Gifts

"I wake up from dreams and go, 'Wow, put this down on paper.' The whole thing is strange. That's why I hate to take credit for the songs I've written. I feel that somewhere, someplace, it's been done and I'm just a courier bringing it into the world." 

                     - Michael Jackson quote from Rolling Stone 1983.

The outer experience of life is a constant, changing, passing picture that the outer mind has created in its imagination of being our real existence.  Accordingly, our attention is constantly fixed upon the outer, which alone contains the imperfections of our own creation and view.  We have forgotten our own divinity.

God is the giver, the receiver and the gift and is the sole owner of all the intelligence, substance, energy and opulence there is in the Universe.  If we learn to give for the joy of giving, whether it be of love, money, or service, we would open the door to such vast opulence that it would  be impossible to want for a single thing.

Unfortunately, most on earth are currently centered in selfishness and unprecedented condemnation of each other - it is the idea of claiming ownership to achievements and feeling superior due to the appearance of outer wealth.  We forget that there is but one L.O.V.E. acting, one intelligence and one power of substance - that is God, Allah, or the natural force that acts in every one of us.  It is foolish then for us to claim power of our own.  If in every act, God were given full credit, huge transformations would be taking place within us, giving full credit and power where it belongs.

There is little understanding of the law of supply and demand. There is positively abundant supply omnipresent, but the demand for it must be made before the Law of the Universe permits it to come into manifestation.

We, having free will, must consciously and with full determination make the demand.  When we do, it cannot fail to come forth into expression - no matter what it is - so long as we hold an unwavering, determined consciousness that the real power behind our intention will do the work.

The Feeding of the 5,000

This is also known as the "miracle of the five loaves and two fish" given that the Gospel of John reports that five small barley loaves and two small fish supplied by a boy were used by Jesus to feed a multitude.

Coptic icon of the miracle of "five loaves and two fish".

According to the Gospels, when Jesus heard that John the Baptist had been killed, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place near Bethsaida.

The crowds followed Jesus on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food."

Jesus replied, "They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat."

"We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish," they answered.

"Bring them here to me," he said.

Jesus directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.

**from Wikipedia