Metaphysical Meaning of Mary's Song in Luke 1:46-55

I wrote a Christmas letter to send out in my Christmas cards this year and included Mary's Song from Luke. Prayerfully I have meditated on the verse and this is what I came up with.  Metaphysical is simply other than physical. God is Infinite. How can any finite human being claim they know anything 100%?   The information below is my guidance that I am sharing with you. I suggest you read each line of the verse and ask God / Higher Power / Infinite Spirit to give you guidance about each verse. You have the Kingdom of God within you as much as I do, or any one. Luke 17:21

Mary’s Song - Luke 1:46-55.
"And Mary said: 'My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for He has been mindful of the humble state of His servant.  From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me — holy is His name.  His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.  He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in their innermost thoughts.  He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has lifted up the humble.  He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.  He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and His descendants forever, just as He promised our ancestors.'"

I love Mary's response to finding out from an angel that she is pregnant: "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior, for He has been mindful of the humble state of His servant." Luke 1:46-47 Wow. What a response!

When Gabriel visited Mary, she could have ignored his visit completely - she could have been skeptical and doubted that she even saw him. We all have free will. God is ALWAYS sending us messages. It is NOT God who doesn't hear, it is us not hearing Him. It is always our free will CHOICE to magnify ALL things that come our way in the light of God's love, or to magnify whatever comes into our life as a bad thing. Mary could have said, "I'm pregnant and not married! What will people think?" 

Gabriel represents or comes to a person who is One with God / Higher Power / Infinite Spirit and ready (or pregnant) to carry forth or demonstrate the Creative Spirit of the I AM.  On page 18 of the book "The Secret of Secrets" U.S. Anderson says, "God, First Cause, Unlimited Consciousness, Infinite Intelligence involves Himself in the matter and manifests in myriad forms, not to prove anything, not to separate right from wrong, but only for the pure joy of expression." 

Mary received the news of being unmarried and pregnant with Jesus from Gabriel (Luke 1:26-38) with pure joy of expression. She BELIEVED what she was being told by Gabriel as good, and she was GUIDED to be a vessel of God to give birth to a demonstration of the Christ Consciousness in the world.  

Lines 48 and 49: "He has been mindful of the humble state of His servant.  From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me — holy is His name.  His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation."

Whatever you believe about Jesus - CLEARLY the mind of Jesus Christ made a huge impact on our world.  Instead of doubting what she was told, Mary called the news Gabriel gave her "great things" and believed she was being blessed! How many of us would have chosen to believe as she did if we were in her place?  Then Mary goes on to include all who fear God generation to generation in her song / prayer in lines 50 to 55 because of Gabriel's guidance / prediction. To this day Jesus is called the son of God by many people.

Mary believed in a miracle as a possibility. She did not doubt what was happening to her. She based her expectation of the event Gabriel told her about on the belief that it was a great thing. She did not doubt. She used her free will choice to have faith rather than fear. She had the same mind in her that Jesus would have - the mind of Christ, as Paul calls it.

Here are some of my other blog posts: The Practice of the Presence of God and The Secret Place of the Most High and Entering the Secret Place and Quieting the Mind in Meditation, Looking into Infinity and Yin Yoga: Surrender and Receptivity of Body, Mind and Spirit. If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Thank you, Terrie Harmer

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Live, Love and See Beauty Anyway

No matter what happens or has happened, we control our own thoughts and responses. Jesus showed us the way. We are all one in the Infinite Presence. Love is the fulfilling of the law. Hate never brings love.

If we are to rise above all forms of hate, it will be with love. Easy to say, but much more difficult in practice given the things we hear and see on the Internet.

The Internet has given us access to the world. What used to be unknown is now up in our faces. Wireless, hand held communication devices were things of science fiction movies just 50 years ago. Just 100 years ago most of our modern conveniences did not exist. Most people back then probably said, "that will never happen - impossible."

What is possible? In an infinite universe are there infinite possibilities? Who created an infinite universe? What is beyond infinite?

I'm certainly not the one to answer those questions, but then who is? Shall finite man answer questions about infinity? Finite man tries to do that on the Internet.

All I can do is keep going and do my best to live, love and see beauty when and where I can. Life will unfold anyway. I can decide to love or hate. I do my best to love. It is easy to say it, but much more difficult to practice.

Thank you for reading.

Copyright 2015

I Know Something Good About You

Wouldn't this old world be better
If the folks we meet would say,
"I know something good about you,"
And then treat us just that way?

Wouldn't it be fine and dandy
If each handclasp warm and true
Carried with it this assurance,
"I know something good about you"?

Wouldn't life be lots more happy
If the good that's in us all
Were the only thing about us
That folks bothered to recall?

Wouldn't life be so much better
If we praised the good we see?
For there's such a lot of goodness
In the worst of you and me.

Wouldn't it be wise to practice
That fine way of thinking, too?
You know something good about me.
I know something good about you!

Louis C. Shimon

2015 - Remember God

No matter what you call our Higher Power, the Infinite Almighty Power that gives us life and breath, remember our Higher Power.  My 2015 new year resolution is to remember the Infinite Almighty Power which gives me life and breath every moment, moment by moment. When I forget and become distracted by the world for a moment, I will take another breath and allow that breath to remind me that I have no life other than by the Loving Grace of the Infinite Almighty Power who gives me life.

2 Corinthians 1:3 "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father the source of all our comfort."

Deuteronomy 8:18 "Remember the Lord your God, for it is He that gives you strength to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He swore to your forefathers, as it is this day."

Quran 2:152 “Therefore remember Me (by praying, glorifying), I will remember you, and be grateful to Me (for My countless Favors on you) and never be ungrateful to Me.”

Bhagavad Gita Chapter IX, verses 30–31 “Even he with the worst karma who ceaselessly meditates on Me quickly loses the effects of his past actions. Becoming a high-souled being, he soon attains perennial peace. Know this for certain: the devotee who puts his trust in Me never perishes.”

Praise be to the Infinite Almighty Power who gives me life and breath.

With love, Terrie

 If you enjoyed this post, please go on and read my post Quieting the Mind in Meditation, and The Yoga of Jesus and also my post Power in Surrender. If you enjoy this blog, please share a link to it with others! Thank you, Terrie

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