My husband has said to me,
"Living without you would be like living without my legs, arms, eyes and ears".
I feel the same way about him. God is being Bob and God is being Gail. Living without the
being of God would be impossible. Although complete individually, we are also complete
collectively.
How can one be except he be one with every thing and every one?
Marriage vows, today, are usually meant to last as long as a couple feels like staying
together. "For richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, til death do us part"
has no meaning in a society of divorce, separation, criticism, and separate interests.
Holy matrimony does not mean being married in a church or temple. Holy matrimony
does not mean being married by a priest or minister or rabbi, or repeating vows
made during a religious ceremony. Holy matrimony is a spiritual consciousness,
above physical attraction, where divine marital perfection is realized.
Holy matrimony
is when two people see and express God on a daily basis, no matter what.
Holy matrimony
is two people, sharing their earthly existence with each other, who also understand and
share a spiritual existence.
Holy matrimony
is being wedded to the Christ within, to the Spirit of God, and realizing one's partner
has the same relationship.
God is being each of us and when I look at my husband and see
the presence of God, knowing there is Oneness with all things, there God reigns within him
and within our marriage.
It amazes me that so many people believe in a Oneness with God, whom they cannot see, yet
fail to understand that same Oneness is with everything and everyone they can
see. They believe in a Oneness with God, but feel a separation from their spouse, failing
to realize it is the same Being, the same Life.
Married couples today have their own professions and their own interests. Often couples
have differing spiritual beliefs, or non at all. Is it no wonder there's no sense of
Oneness in a system that perpetuates "each doing his own thing"?
When faced with relationship problems, instead of critical comments and thoughts, be still
and know the truth of Being - that God is all there is. See beyond the
"person"ality. Spiritual reality far outweighs trivial human pettiness. Raising
one's consciousness above seeming lacks and social behaviors establishes peace. Peace
attracts rightful companionship.
Oneness with God includes oneness with a partner. With the realization of
the truth of this matter comes a new understanding of marriage.
Some may ask, "But what do I do when my wife or my husband doesn't have the same
beliefs as I have?" "What do I do when my wife or my husband does things I don't
approve of?" "What do I do when we don't get along?
The answer is "Know the truth". First, if necessary, know it intellectually. If
you already know what the truth is, realize it. Remind yourself."
"What is the Truth?" you might ask.
"That only God IS. There is no human personality greater than
God's omnipotence. There is no power greater than the Spirit of God. There is no
power other than God. God is being all that is. God is the essence and substance of all
Life."
Meditate, think upon, consciously ponder spiritual passages or teachings. Apply it to
every situation. Truth is universal and just as personal as it is impersonal.
There is nothing that God does - God just IS. Discovering the nature of
God as Love, for instance, and realizing that God is being one's spouse,
all of a sudden that spouse is seen as loving, lovely, loveable and loved. Even if he or
she knows it not, doesn't take away the truth of his or her being. Even if he or she is
not expressing it, only due to ignorance, this also does not take away from the truth.
In poetry we find expressions of Oneness with nature - with animals, flowers, sunsets.
Spiritual realization brings an understanding that God is being all
things and in feeling one with nature, we are feeling one with God. In marriage, that
doesn't have to dissolve when problems arise.
My husband and I are one in LIfe and in Spirit and Soul. The "I
am" of me is the same as the "I am" of him. We both embody the same Christ.
We both embody the same spirit of God. And, we both have this realization
of who we are. We have a spiritual union, and as such, we share every human
activity and experience together.
This is Oneness in marriage. This is holy
matrimony.
All is well.
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