Sunday, January 29, 2006


Rice and Peas for the Soul - Conscious Living.

I believe “Spirit” or “the Energy of Life” causes all things to become created (made manifested or visible) therefore I further believe the essence of the ever present “Spirit” will forever be the essence of whatever was created by it. Hence it is safe to say “Spirit” will continue to support and nurture that expression of itself in the manifested form (your physical body, the birds, the bees, the plants, the trees, the seas) and give to its expression everything needed for continued expression of its manifestor (creator) .

That expression can be seen as a channel or “opening of Spirit”, in fact the truth is; it is Spirit made manifest, hence there is really no you or me, plant or trees, birds or bees, river or seas but just energy in visible expression as various manifestation of the one Spirit or Energy Frequency called Life.

With this as your belief system you may then embrace the concept that as a “Spiritual Being” having a human experience (manifested physical expression of spirit) we have within us - the Realm of Infinite Ideas (Kingdom of Spirit/God/Allah/The Tao….) from which we can pull (to think and process thoughts) and create in our visible (our manifest World as we know it) Earth based on our desires (intention).

To do this, we need to master; (like Moses, Jesus, the Buddha, Gandhi, Mohammed and the many others like them) the following:

1. The Value and Power of Thinking

It is through thinking that man forms that which he has in his life.

2. The Law of Demonstration

The Law of Mind Action: Whatever you think about you bring about. Jesus said "Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven". Using this law we can bring forth whatever we have in mind. Be it Productive or Destructive (negative) to ourselves; therefore whatever is productive; think on those things only.

Practice: -

  • Positive Thinking, which then will produce positive words
  • When you attached those positive words to the right Feelings
  • That will cause the appropriate actions for you in every situation
  • And ultimately resulting in right reactions

So to benefit from Spirit fully, you need to Aligning your mind (this is our link to Spirit - it is all in the Mind and that's what Jesus did; when he lift his eyes onto the hills from whence cometh his help and also when he went to the Mountain Top) with Spirit then All things with be added on to you. Your alignment with Spirit is "Seek first the Kingdom of Spirit".

This is done by turning within (within your mind) for Guidance and Direction which will come in the form of Ideas. To caught these ideas\Inspirations from Spirit; we must become Still (quite in the Mind) to Listen, Hear and Feel the Spiritual Flow that is forever having its "being" in and through us.

3. Practicing the Presence

Being aware of the Activities of Spirit in the Now moment.

  • Prayer: Communication with Spirit.
  • Meditation: Conscious thought on aspects of Spirit.

"The soul that has embraced and accepted death (transition of its physical body) made a conscious choice to do so. I will be supportive of that choice and give thanks for its earthly expression." -- Shirvington Hannays (November 2001)

Saturday, January 28, 2006

Rice and Peas for the Soul - Spirit and Spirituality


As a child, teenager and young adult in Guyana, Barbados and then Jamaica; the word spirit or its most popular used form “spirits” meant mainly an invisible evil (negative) force or presence that was always waiting to overcome any form of good that might exist. A presence and force that I lived in fear of until about eight years ago.

So why and when did the change occurred?
I can not say that it happen with a bang but it certainly starting with me being fed up being fearful of something I could not see and had come to fear with a passion. So armed with my resentment for my fear of “Spirits” I set out to investigate my deep belief about "spirit" or "spirits" for myself and confront my fears.

Yes, I had many, of which the Devil was high on my list. Without going into details, I can safely tell you that I no longer live in fear of “the devil” or “spirits” of people who are dead or as I now say “made their transition out of this physical world”.

Today I view the concept of the "Spirit” as the one universal energy force that sustains every thing visible and invisible in this world and Universe as we know it. Put another way I now hold the view that “Spirit is the energy that sustains All things as Life and causes All things to BE (that is - to Exist)”.

Therefore since Spirit causes All things to BE (become manifested or made visible), then it is safe to say that the essence of Spirit will continue to be the essence of anything that it caused to be.