Spirit Search--What Is Real

As I went outside tonight to look at the stars, the sky was crystal clear. Planets and stars sparkled and danced across the sky. I was awestruck by the beauty. Gazing at the heavens, I had a real sense of expansion and connection. The myriad of stars, planets and galaxies couldn't help but open my eyes and soul to what is real.

As humans, we face a great deal of difficulty during our lives on Earth. Some people come into the world pampered and secure while others are not as fortunate and find themselves in the midst of poverty. It is very easy to see how physical reality sometimes overshadows that of the spiritual.

The Earth is a planetary classroom where we come to learn how to deal with emotions and distresses as well as enjoy the opportunity to live in a human body. We take the good with the bad, and in doing so, we learn what it means to be human. While not all of life's experiences are fun or enjoyable, even the hard things in life are good for us because they help us grow.

Through our lives, we begin to sense there is something missing--a lack of connection to what is our true nature. We strive to find the missing piece of ourselves--and sometimes we lose ourselves in pursuit of pleasure, objects, and people, thinking the missing piece resides with them. That is not the case. The missing piece of us is our light-link with the heavens above.

Reconnecting with the Divine is as simple as looking up into the dark starry night and realizing where we are as a race of humans. This grounds us into what is truly real. (When was the last time you realized we are in outer space?)

Regardless of the obstacles and crises we face, there is something more to us than the physical. No matter what someone may say about us, we must remember that we are the Divine in human form. We are light. And it is because of this light that we are able to move forward and function in this Earth school.

We need to remember our true light nature because when we discover the real truth about ourselves, we will begin to live as the lightbeings we are. We can't help but have a longing for home. When that moment of longing comes upon us, we must remember to look up and take solace in the fact that from the stars we have come, and to the stars we will return.