26 - Becoming a Portable Sanctuary

The "Living with Heart" Podcast is brought to you by Chip Dodd Resources (www.chipdodd.com) and The Voice of the Heart Center (vothcenter.com). To consult or setup a session with Bryan, you can e-mail [email protected].   Episode Highlights   We cannot escape the way God designed us. (Only addiction gives us the illusion that we can.)   There is no escape from our design. We’re designed by God as feeling creatures who are spiritually hungry and craving. We’re designed to do one thing in this life, live fully. And we can’t live fully unless we are doing so in relationship with ourselves, others, and God. And being fully alive, expresses God’s glory. “The glory of God is man fully alive.”  Saint Irenaeus A human being who is fully alive as God created us to be, is God glorified, because He created us to shape, make, do, multiply, create, serve, help, etc. It means to care when others quit; to continue on when others stop; and to walk when others lie down.    Where do we draw the strength and courage to carry on? It comes from God Who generously gives it to us. Given to us so that we can give it away to others. God made us to live like that.   Once we give ourselves to The Process, we have gotten off The Ladder. We are living in the River of Euphoria. The river takes us forward to becoming a Portable Sanctuary.   More on Euphoria River in Episode 18, “Living Fully in ‘The River”   FREE DOWNLOAD > River of Euphoria    What is “The River of Euphoria” or “Euphoria River”?  Euphoria means “good bearing.” The River of Good Bearing. It means to bear life well. Live the good life. It’s a flow. It’s a promise. It’s a process.   The river is where we meet God’s faithfulness. We want to live fully in The Euphoria River. This means we are moving in a particular direction, going somewhere specific. And it leads us to a place that is called a “portable sanctuary”.   Euphoria means “to bear well”. Hyperphoria is an escape to action. It is anxiety-driven. Hypophoria is an escape to apathy or escape-to-control. Both hyperphoria and hypophoria are about escaping having to feel.   The Three Movements of living fully, that move us into becoming Portable Sanctuaries are: Awaken-to return to or awaken to feelings, needs, desire, longings, and hope and imagine what can happen if you enter living fully again. Acquire-gaining the skills required to live my passion and my purpose.  Arrive-you have become a portable sanctuary, a person who others can come to. You can relate to them, and they can relate to you. You can have your feelings heard and your needs addressed.   Once you awaken and begin to be in pursuit of the life you’re made to have, you need to know how to do hurt, sadness, loss, celebration, grief, hope, desire, needs, and fear; in other words, we live life as feeling creatures who have to struggle.   Click here to continue reading the highlights.