connection - SE Members Blog post - syndication express2024-03-29T10:30:36Zhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/connectionDo You Belong?https://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/do-you-belong2015-08-26T01:38:31.000Z2015-08-26T01:38:31.000ZStephen Edgecombehttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/members/StephenEdgecombe<div><p dir="ltr">“Now you are no longer strangers to God and foreigners to heaven, but you are members of God’s very own family, citizens of God’s country, and <strong>you belong</strong> in God’s household with every other Christian” (Ephesians 2:19 TLB).</p> <p><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3818732945,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="120" class="align-right" alt="3818732945?profile=original" /></p> <p></p> <p dir="ltr">Why is belonging so important?</p> <p dir="ltr">“Because as humans, we need to belong. To one another, to our friends and families, to our culture and country, to our world. Belonging is primal, fundamental to our sense of happiness and well-being” (CNN Columnist Amanda Enayati, The Importance of Belonging )</p> <p dir="ltr">In his “Hierarchy of Needs,” the atheist psychologist, Abraham Maslow, got at least one thing right. He named “belonging” as one of the most basic needs of humanity. Only physiological and safrty needs such ad food, water, air, and shelter were higher on his scale of needd. Maslow thought that the need for belonging had to be met before one could have self-esteem and what he called “self-actualization.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Maslow’s psychological theory recognized what others had claimed for centuries, that humans have an innate need for belonging. Yet, this awareness of the need does not explain its origin. From where does our need for belonging come?</p> <p dir="ltr">Augustine of Hippo, (Third Century) said, “Thou hast made us for Thyself, O God, a</p> <p>nd our hearts are restless until they find their rest in Thee.” Augustine believed that God made us with this desire for connection.</p> <p dir="ltr">Before Augustine, Jesus prayed that this divine connection would be restored, not just between man and God, but also between believers.</p> <p dir="ltr">Jesus prayed, “I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they</p> <p dir="ltr"> may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity” (John 17:20-23 NIV).</p> <p dir="ltr">Christ’s prayer is being answered. When we believe in Him and are adopted into God’s family.</p> <p dir="ltr">Yet, the three enemies of this oneness remain active. The flesh, the world and the devil, all continue to work to divide and isolate us from God and His family</p> <p dir="ltr">Their voices are loud. They scream of hatred and racism. They point out our differences and the hypocrisies of others. They urge us to get even and never forgive. They push us to pull awa</p> <p dir="ltr">Jesus calls us to Belong to one another!!y, to abandon, to divorce, and even to kill.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><span><strong> We are Better Together!</strong></span></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Join a family...join Karatbars... join the <a title="Karatbars" href="https://www.karatbars.com/landing/?s=4747gold">GOLD RUSH</a></strong></span></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p></div>What is your connection style?https://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/what-is-your-connection-style2014-06-02T15:00:00.000Z2014-06-02T15:00:00.000ZMeredith Elizabethhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/members/MeredithElizabeth<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://according2meredith.blogspot.com/2014/06/human-usb.html" target="_blank">Human USB</a></p><p>Connection is vastly under appreciated and scientifically proven to have numerous benefits. They are still discovering more of what happens, decreases and increases in our physical and metaphysical bodies involving touch, synchrony and communication- all dealing with connection.</p><p>Please read on to my post. <a href="http://according2meredith.blogspot.com/2014/06/human-usb.html" target="_blank">Human USB</a> (same as header link). Thank you in advance! You are the good in the world that I cherish despite the hard times. Blessings.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align:center;"></p></div>Burn Out finding you spell againhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/burn-out-finding-you-spell-again2014-02-08T23:58:15.000Z2014-02-08T23:58:15.000ZPeter Gibbinshttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/members/PeterGibbins<div><p>Living Wealth Coaching A guide through Burn Out.<br />We have six CORE needs for a satisfying relationship whether at work or at play. Certainty, Variety, Significance, Connection, Growth & Contribution. These contribute to the relationship cycle and longevity through the Spring of Connection, the Summer of Contentment, the Autumn of Creation and the Winter of Reflection. Learning the art of weaving the spell that brings them all together is the soul of a relationship. Burn Out breaks the spell.</p><p>Variety is lost when you are unable to think clearly about your preferences and see any fun in your future.</p><p>Significance is lost when you can't find your friends in the snarl of your confused thoughts.</p><p>Connection is lost when there is no chemistry of attraction</p><p>Growth is lost when you cannot see the new horizons.</p><p>Contribution is lost when you shrink back from the world in fear.</p><p> </p></div>A reminder of my connection with God...https://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-reminder-of-my-connection-with-god2013-06-28T12:30:00.000Z2013-06-28T12:30:00.000ZRichard Mathiasonhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/members/RichardMathiason<div><h2 style="text-align:center;"><span>The Daily Meditation 06.28.2013</span></h2><h2 style="text-align:center;">A reminder of my connection with God…</h2><h2 style="text-align:center;"><span><span>Kathy Azar, RScP</span></span></h2><p><a href="http://www.riograndecenterforspiritualliving.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Kathy-A..jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.riograndecenterforspiritualliving.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Kathy-A.-216x300.jpg?width=151" width="151" class="align-left" style="padding:10px;" alt="Kathy-A.-216x300.jpg?width=151" /></a></p><p><strong><span>As I sit here this morning I am thinking of a dear friend who is going through a very difficult time right now. She is a woman of strong faith, but during this time of crisis she finds it very hard to remember her connection to Spirit. So, she reaches out to all of her friends and family who know her Truth and can hold that for her. When I look at the mountains that she has already climbed and the hurtles she has yet to overcome, I see her strength of character. I am reminded that we are never alone. God always resides deep within us. As a great man once said, “We do not open our hearts to let God in. We open our hearts to let God out.” So, my prayer today is for my friend.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>I absolutely know that there is one Truth….one magnificent Source…….one great Power in around and through all things. I choose to call that source God. We are always and in all ways completely immersed in God’s love.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>I know that I am one with that Source. I am always directly connected to God’s love and power. My thoughts are God thoughts…….my words are God words. I am God in form walking this earth. And as I know this to be true for me, I absolutely know this to be true for my friend. She is always directly connected to God’s love and power. Her thoughts are God thoughts…….her words are God words. She is God in form walking this earth.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>I now affirm for her……perfect health and healing. I know that she is cradled in God’s loving, healing arms. I affirm that her spirits are high and she knows and feels her direct connection with God at all times. I know that she is blessed with loving friends and family who encourage and support her. She moves forward with courage, strength and grace fully knowing that she is never alone.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>I am so grateful for this knowing. I am grateful for the teachings of Science of Mind that allow me to know that we truly can co-create our lives. I am grateful that this connection with Spirit is available to everyone. I am grateful for my friend who is a beautiful manifestation of God’s love and grace walking this earth in form.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>So, with a grateful heart, I release these words fully knowing that they are already manifest and cannot come back void.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>And so it is!!</span></strong></p><div><p><span><strong>Kathy Azar is a Practitioner at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico</strong></span></p></div></div>