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SFTK I recently had printed on a small piece of paper the acronym SFTK. I have it placed on my desk as a reminder of one of the best pieces of advice attributed to Jesus. It stands for Seek First The Kingdom. Often you will hear it put as, “seek first the kingdom and all else will be added unto you.” Here Jesus points out the necessity to see how we have reversed the creation process and constipated ourselves in the process. We tend to look out at the world, see it as real and believe that it is the source of all things in it. But one of the big lessons imparted in this statement is that all of creation is made up of the energy of the creative spirit that emanates from within each of us and from each and every thing one might see. In fact, any physical object is actually spent creative energy already in the process of returning to source. Dust to dust, as it were. Any object you may behold is already in a state of decay and is releasing energy back to its free natural state. It only holds its shape for a time. This is also the meaning of the Buddhist doctrine of Impermanence. Believing that the world we see is reality, we bind ourselves its laws. In that mindset, we have to go out into the world and play by its rules to obtain the necessities of life. While it is a good thing to play the game of life seriously—striving to do the best we can with what we have and can obtain—we need to know, and to identify with, the real source of everything. When one quiets the mind and emotions and stills the body, it becomes easier to feel the creative spirit, the animating force of ourselves. This is the energy we really function on and of which we are made. Seeking the kingdom can, in this sense, be seen as identifying the force and understanding the unity of ourselves with the One. There is nothing in our lives that does not come from here. There is nothing that can be obtained from any other place. There is nothing more important than realizing the truth of this and operating in awareness and cooperation with it. In times of plenty, tapping into the kingdom will increase the flow of abundance. In times of dire need, there is no other place to seek sustenance. When the wolf is at the door the most important thing is to know where everything in your life really comes from. At the time of greatest crisis, the only refuge is within. At all times, seek first the kingdom. |
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