Spiritual Eyes and Ears

What if what we see around us is only a fraction of what exists? Jesus taught that we have "spiritual eyes" and "spiritual ears." Each of us is equipped with a third eye, a spiritual eye that sees and senses things that we cannot see with our natural eyes. Each of us has a third ear which has the ability to hear what is not audible to the natural ear. These spiritual eyes and ears are connected directly to our hearts. If we are attuned, we feel what our spiritual eyes see and what our spiritual ears hear.

Most quantum physicists agree that a part of us has always existed and always will. Even Ecclesiastes tells us that our spirit will "return to God who gave it." How can we return somewhere we've never been? Obviously, we came from God and we return to God. Mortality is simply a phase of our development. We come from a heavenly world with infinite possibilities. We chose to enter a human body and to temporarily experience what it's like to be mortal. A veil was put over our spiritual eyes and ears so that we cannot see, hear, or even remember the true enormity of eternity or our infinite potential. But on occasion (or perhaps with practice) the veil thins, and becomes almost sheer, translucent even.

The more we follow the light of Christ and the more faith we develop, the thinner the veil becomes and the more frequently we see with our spiritual eyes and hear with our spiritual ears the things of eternity. We gain glimpses of the marvelous being we truly are and our connection to God and to others. We learn that we are his children and because we are His children, we are brothers and sisters. We have the power to shape matter and energy. Spiritual creation is constantly going on around us. As children of the Creator, we are creators too.

What we create echoes through the halls of eternity. Whether literature, poetry, music, or art -- creativity echoes. What fellow humans never notice or consider could be a masterpiece in eternity. Songs that never made the billboard charts on earth may be sung by angelic hosts throughout eternity. Books that never rested on a bookstore shelf may be read and shared by heavenly throngs.

Kick the sides off the box of mortality and you see that people never die, they simply transition from one state of being to another. We are always creating, creating, creating and what we create impacts everyone – living or dead – born or unborn. There really is no difference. To learn more about using your spiritual eyes and ears, read this week's I Am Joyful lesson, "Eternity Awaits."

Comments

[Emily]

Amen sista! Though the spiritual is more important...I think it's the thing that's often missed because of the physical. THAT is something that people almost seem to worship.

[Neal]

You nailed it!