{"id":3105,"date":"2015-09-04T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=3105"},"modified":"2015-08-28T16:04:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T20:04:55","slug":"spiritual-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2015\/09\/spiritual-discovery.html","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When cleaning out the car seats, I discover a hundred dollar bill.<\/p>\n<p>How is this discovery different from a spiritual discovery?<\/p>\n<p>The first case involves a physical element.<\/p>\n<p>Every day we discover things. I\u2019m not saying the physical discoveries should be discounted, they usually shouldn\u2019t, however they aren\u2019t spiritual discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>Spiritual discoveries are mental.<\/p>\n<p>Who can make spiritual discoveries?<\/p>\n<p>Anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Over the millenniums, many philosophers and religionists have discovered what they call an infinite Being, or God. In the last fifty years, however, scientists, cosmologists, and biologists have also discovered the infinite. They continue to discover, that which they can&#8217;t see, when they study the effects of energy, the universe, and cells.<\/p>\n<p>Choreographers, musicians, and artists discover the infinite in that there is always a new dance to dance, a new song to sing, and new art to manifest.<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t see, hear, or describe the infinite. It is a spiritual discovery. We can\u2019t pick it up, carry it around, or hand it out to someone else.<\/p>\n<p>So, no one person created a spiritual discovery. No religion owns the infinite. No science has a monopoly on spiritual discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>Look to divine Mind and discover.<\/p>\n<p>If presence is infinite, can we discover infinite health?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When cleaning out the car seats, I discover a hundred dollar bill. How is this discovery different from a spiritual discovery? The first case involves a physical element. Every day we discover things. I\u2019m not saying the physical discoveries should be discounted, they usually shouldn\u2019t, however they aren\u2019t spiritual discoveries. Spiritual discoveries are mental. 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