Luminous

Are you luminous? I know you are saying what the heck is that? Luminous means emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light. So are you luminous? Are you giving off light and is that light "self generated." There are two verse of scripture that come to my mind with this definition to help you see if you are truly luminous.

"Your eyes are windows into your body. If you open your eyes wide in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar. If you pull the blinds on your windows, what a dark life you will have!"

Matthew 6:22-23

You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven."

Matthew 5:14-16

So first are you living with a greed and distrust of life itself? Or are your eyes wide open to all the wonder and belief that God is everywhere and everything is beautiful? Live this way and your body, your thoughts, your life will be full of light and hope and love and compassion. If you are filled with light you cannot help but give this light off to others. You know this to be true. You have been in a room when someone walks in living a life that is full of greed and mistrust. You do not want to be around them. They drain your energy. They just feel dark and angry. You can also think of those people who enter a room and you just cannot wait to be around them. They give off this energy, this presence, that everyone sees and is attracted too. They are full of hope and love and you just want to get a small piece of this feeling. This is the second verse. We are here to be light to the world. We are here to be luminous. We are here to attract others to God with an energy that is irresistable. I read a something about this and it said, "Illumination is not of this world. It lifts us above the lies of the world by helping us to detach form them. Illumination is both our source and our destiny, the reason wew came here and the reason we stay." We are to acheive an "uplifted" mode of being. To be light. To be luminous and give off this light that is generated from our connection to God.

Namaste'