dancing with god
(Sample of Talk given by Susan Eby, November 2014)
"Walking with God
is a lot more like a dance. When you
walk with someone, there’s not much interaction. But when you’re dancing, you are moving
together, each step followed by another, synchronized and balanced to create a
beautiful harmony. Our life with God,
should be like a dance. He embraces us,
we embrace Him. He leans, we lean. He steps, we step. And this giving and receiving relationship
creates a dance that leads others to see His glory." (Wayne Dillard)
Oneness… moving
together in harmony. Synchronized and in
touch with Spirit completely. He
embraces us, we embrace him. No
separation. He leans, we lean, He steps,
we step. Movement and joy. A giving and receiving relationship like no
other. A relationship that is complete
and unconditional Love.
Integrated with
God. Dancing with the Good. Synchronize means cause to occur at the same
time. There’s no separation. There’s no imbalance. There’s only perfection in our dance with
God.
He reaches into our
mind and body; heart and soul to teach us the dance. All we have to do is breathe it… feel it…
follow it… become it… Bring it into
us. Then we are dancing with God. But, like anything that’s done well, it needs
to be practiced.
To be balanced means
the ability to move OR remain in a position, without losing control or
falling. We have to ability to
move. In Acts, Paul said, “In Him we
live, MOVE, and have our being”. We have
the ability to move or remain stagnant.
It is up to us. Our part of the
dance to learn and to practice.
Sometimes God asks that
we move… from a negative thought or action to a positive one.
Are we listening? This is part of the dance. To dance through life
filled with joy, abundance, gratitude, health and love and harmony and we can’t
do this if we’re caught up in negativity.
The negative dis harmonizes
(is that a word?) the dance. We have a
misstep. We lean too far backward and
lose our balance. Or we forget the
embrace and go off dancing by ourselves; sometimes into all types of painful
and unnecessary situations. Sometimes we
seem to lose control of the dance, but the secret is… we’re not leading. When we start to lead we lose control. There’s only one leader in the dance. And that leader, for us, is God. We choose to go his way. When we don’t follow His steps we get out of
sync. Our life becomes
unmanageable. But, there’s hope, because
even though we may not feel the music or the steps don’t seem to come
naturally, we’re still capable of dancing with God because God is always
dancing.
Dance has been around
forever. Dance comes naturally to us.
People even danced in the Bible.
In Psalms we read: Let them praise His name
with dancing. Praise Him with tambourine
and dance. (Gary, did you bring the
tambourines? No, ok, maybe next time.) "Jesus invited us to dance." (Steve
Brown) I found that quote on the web, and I do believe Jesus taught us to
dance… he taught us to dance love, music, and harmony. He may have also taught us to square dance
and hula, but I haven’t found any evidence of that. God invited Jesus to dance,
and as we all know Jesus danced beautifully. When we dance, we connect with
God, even when we dance in brokenness.
Even when we are
feeling separated from God we are not, because there is always the dance. It lives in our hearts. We dance from our soul. Even we are broken… sad, lonely, angry, hurting, depressed, anxious, anything that
takes us away from God, we can immediately reconnect with Him through this
dance.
Here’s a quote from
someone we all know who was very broken: "Consciousness expresses itself through
creation. This world we live in is the
dance of the Creator… I feel my spirit soar and become one with everything that
exists. The Creator and creation merge
into one wholeness of joy."
(Michael Jackson)
Michael Jackson said
this. We all know what a painful life he
had, yet he also had great joy. He knew
how to dance with the Creator. Part of
him knew the truth about who he was, yet for some reason he couldn’t hold onto
it. I think like many of us, we forget
how strongly we are connected to God.
Our minds take over and our hearts grow quiet. Spirit speaks to the heart, the dance comes
from the heart. Maybe this is how we
forget. Maybe this is how Michael
forgot.
It’s so easy to get
caught up in the world. We always seem
to have so much to do! I think for
Michael Jackson this was all too true and it became too much. But, in his heart, he understood the
connection. He just couldn’t keep hold
of it. Let me read what he said one more
time.
What a beautiful
description of the dance. Of
co-creation. When we become one with
God, when we dance with God, that beautiful becoming of togetherness, that time
(all the time) of completeness with our Good, we become One with
everything. God expressing through
us. Us expressing throughout the
world. I think this is the most powerful
dance of all. Maybe a tango or a salsa…
co-creation. What a powerful concept. Expressing God, through us, through our
uniqueness and individuality into the world. Being what God needs us to be in this world. Being God in this world.
Each of us is a unique
aspect of God. Just as we are. Without any adjustments or changes we express
God in the world. We need to stop saying
to ourselves: I can’t, I won’t, I’m not
good enough, I’m not smart enough, I’m
not good looking enough. What we must
affirm is We are children of God, and perfect in every way. Every aspect of my being comes from the
Good. I am light, I am light, I am the
Christ.
Jim Lee, a Unity
minister in Detroit talks about a 10 second meditation. When we do this we are experiencing God, not
thinking about God, but dancing with God.
He says to breathe in and relax; think about something that gives you true
joy, that makes you smile. Harmony is in
that moment, we start to have clarity.
Then, just go about your business. Renewed, refreshed and totally
connected to the Source. No longer
broken, no longer feeling disconnected.
"Movement is
freedom of the body ; stillness of the mind." (Marty Rubin) This, I think, is what Reverend Lee is
talking about. That 10 second stillness
of the mind, that allows us to reconnect with God. That movement that is the dance.
I usually think about
dancing with God in those ten seconds.
It brings me joy and peace. It
brings me to a place where dance is sacred.
A prayer for the moment.
Reminding me of my single most purpose: To be a conduit for God. To co-create with the Creator. To fully express the Good in my world and the
world.
I say to God… “Your
whispers are gentle echoes that sway winds of harmony in the symphony of
life. Each word is wrapped in rhapsody…
Dance with me, within my soul. Let me
Love You”. (Oksana Rus)
You can’t dance
wrong. Even if you have two left feet
(Gary…) your dance with God is perfection.
Even if you can’t dance at all, your dance with God is perfection. We are drawn to the start of a sweet melody
that stirs from within. We smile. Reminded that our hearts and souls can dance,
even when our feet cannot. My point is…
there are no limitations. Our body doesn’t
have to be perfect, because we dance with God in our heart… in our soul. We move and sway, perfectly in rhythm with
the Divine. Limitation is nonexistent
when we are dancing with God, and we bring unlimited joy into the world. God teaches us through the dance, and this is
part of what he is teaching us here.
"You can dance in
the storm. Don’t wait for the rain to be
over… You can do it now. Wherever you
are, right now; you can start… right now in this very moment." (Isaelmore Ayivor) We don’t have to wait for that “perfect” time
to connect with God. We can do it
RIGHT NOW! Wherever we are, God is, all is well. And, wherever we are, we are well, because
God is our comforter. God is our
partner. God is our dance partner.
Difficult to say to yourself. Believe me, I know. This is why the 10 second meditation is very
powerful because we affirm the truth of who we really are. Perfection.
Right here and right now. Like
the people say, “God doesn’t make junk”.
And like I say, God invites us to dance our perfection with Him in the
world… as Him.
"There is a
vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you
into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this
expression is unique…." (Martha
Graham) You have to keep yourself open to the urges that motivate you to keep
this channel open. We need to dance with
God on a regular basis. Not just in
meditation, but carrying the Truth always in your heart and soul. This dance has no beginning, no ending. It’s a flow that has always existed and will
always exist. All of us belong to this
infinite dance… without time, without space, without limits.
"To dance is to be
out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful,
more powerful. It is God’s glory on
earth and yours for the taking."
(Friedrich Nietzsche)
You can have it now, my
friends… you can dance with God… you can feel the connection. You need never be separate from it. You are never separate from it.
And, so it is… Namaste.
Meditation is similar
to the dancer. You need not reach
anyplace, you just have to delve deep into yourself to find the true self and
become a soul searcher.
And, with that, let’s
take a deep breath and prepare ourselves to dance with God…
(We hope you enjoyed this talk and are ready to try some meditation; it takes practice, just like dancing... but it is well worth it.)
In Joy and Peace,
Gary and Susan Eby
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