The Book of Life: Universal Truths for a New Millennium

By Laurel Geise

In The Book of Life: Universal Truths for a New Millennium, readers of all ages will be treated to a daily journey of contemplation and illumination about living life in a new millennium. As the path unfolds, universal truths are interwoven with modern questions that provide for all a healthy journey to wholeness. Each chapter carries us forward on a current of perennial wisdom as we explore the impact of universal truths on daily life in the 21st century. Each topic affords us questions upon which to meditate as we reclaim our personal power and discover our true reason for being on this Earth.

The journey of our life is a miraculous adventure of magic and mystery. By applying the wisdom found in The Book of Life, your authentic self will emerge. This will allow you to share your personal brilliance with the world. Light up your life and the world around you with the principles in The Book of Life.

The Book of Life is destined to be a classic text of spiritual unfolding and exploration. It is a book that will be passed from hand to hand in love and hope as it is shared with loved ones around the world. It is a book where the message of universal truth will spread by word of mouth as we embrace the potential illumination of our life. Read The Book of Life each day and watch the miracles of your journey unfold right before your eyes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 5, 2000
• ISBN: 9781477172636

Laurel Geise

By combining her expertise as a business executive with her teaching and lectures on spirituality, Laurel Beth Geise shares inspirational messages and practices in The Book of Life that are easily understood by all. She integrates perennial universal wisdom with principles of modern living that can be applied to our personal and professional lives. Laurel Beth is dedicated to facilitating the emergence of authentic human potential both individually and collectively. She is the Chief Spiritual Officer of The Health Institute, a non-profit organization that provides educational programs, materials and research to empower individuals and corporations in the pursuit of wellness.

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Faith

To have faith is to have a belief

in the true unfolding of our divinity.

Today we shall talk about the universal truth of faith—faith in our being, faith in our becoming, and faith in our love for others and ourselves. Faith is a part of the energy of the universe. Faith can bring us to higher states of consciousness and to a higher state of belonging. We all have faith in something in this life be it faith in our work, our love, or our being.

We must focus our attention and our intention on our faith. What do we believe to be true? What do we believe to be our highest purpose in life? What do we believe we need to do to follow our hearts to our destinies?

We all have a purpose in life. We all have special gifts and talents to use to serve others. Ask yourself: What is my special gift? What is my special talent? If you have faith in your heart and faith in your journey, you will discover the unique gifts that you have to give. You will discover the talents that you can use to serve others.

To have faith in ourselves is to believe what our heart tells us. It is to believe in the beauty of a life worth living. A life worth living is a life worth giving! Giving of ourselves to each other is the highest form of energy flow. It supports our evolution as we move forth in our journey. To faithfully follow our path in life is to live and love the journey as we grow and evolve.

Faith in this world gives us feelings of joy and ecstatic laughter as we begin to know our true self. Faith is the connection to who we really are. It is the basis for all of our actions, words and deeds. By being in touch with our authentic self, we learn to listen to our heart. We pay attention to the clues and look for the opportunities that are presented to us each day. We look for the signs of confirmation assuring us that our actions are evolutionary for ourselves and all of those around us.

To have faith is to believe in the true unfolding of our divinity. Inside each one of us are the seeds of divinity. As we learn to have faith in our abilities and our purpose, these seeds begin to grow into the flower of our becoming. It is the joining of our true Spirit with the one Source of the universe that leads to the blossoming of our authentic being. All that we are meant to become in this lifetime unfolds petal by petal as our divine being is introduced to the world. As we continue to have faith in our journey, our petals continue to open very gently and delicately. They reveal a brighter and shinier new being. The aroma from our unfolding petals drifts from us to others who breathe in the beauty of our becoming.

The true meaning of faith is to have faith in ourselves, faith in our becoming, and faith in our ability to give our gifts to the world.

This then is the universal truth of faith.

Harmony

There is an inherent movement towards harmony

in all of God’s creatures.

Today we shall talk about the universal truth of harmony—harmony within ourselves, harmony with others, harmony with our Earth and harmony in the universe. There is an inherent movement towards harmony in all of God’s creatures. Our being moves towards what is pleasant for us, nature moves towards what is in balance for her, and the universe moves towards an equilibrium in all that it creates.

We create the world around us through perceptions of our relationship to all of life. Deep within us, there is a powerful Source that connects all that exists. We are part of the giant web of life, the web of being. As part of this web, we naturally move towards the light of being, and the light of our inter-being.

In this universe, we are all connected through what we think, say and do. We are interconnected beings in an interconnected universe. All that we do affects everything around us. We are one being. We are all connected. Become aware of how your actions affect all of those around you. Notice how your thoughts affect your perception of each situation you encounter.

It is through this interconnectedness, our inter-relatedness, that we find the principle of harmony at work. We know that we affect our environment and that our environment affects us. As we look for balance in our life and seek to re-center our being each day, we must be conscious of the environment around us. We must be aware of the people, the plants, the animals, and our Earth. All of our actions touch all of creation around us.

Let’s start by looking deeply within ourselves to seek our harmony. What is not in balance inside of me? Are there relationships in my life that are not healthy? Are there emotions within me that need to be released? Do I have dreams and ambitions for a greater good that want to be expressed? What is my highest purpose in life? How can I reach my true self, my authentic self? How do I allow my radiance to shine from within me to express my truest essence?

We each have special gifts and talents that we can give in service to others. Giving is the life force of the universe. It moves the energy from one being to another, from one plant to another, and from one animal to another. As we look within ourselves and find the gifts we have to give, we begin to express our divinity through our dreams, aspirations and actions.