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If you think that you know well in truth of Brahman, know that you know little. What
you think to be Brahman in your self, or what you think to be Brahman in the gods--that is
not Brahman. What is indeed the truth of Brahman you must therefore learn.
I cannot say that I know Brahman fully. Nor can I say that I know him not. He among us
knows him best who understand the spirit of the words: "Nor do I know that I know
not."
He truly knows Brahman who knows him as beyond knowledge; he who thinks that he knows
knows not. The ignorant think that Brahman is known, but the wise know him to be beyond
knowledge.
immortality.
Through knowledge of Brahman comes power. Through knowledge of Brahman comes victory
over death. Blessed is the man who while he yet lives realizes Brahman. The man who
realizes him not suffers his greatest loss.
When they depart this life, the wise, who have realized Brahman as the Self in all
beings, become immortal.
That stillness is the Self.
The Guru is both exterior and interior. From the exterior he gives a push to the mind
to turn inward; from the interior he pulls the mind towards the Self and helps the mind to
achieve quietness. That is Grace.
Hence there is no difference between God, Guru and Self.
by Gloria Wendroff
"Reality"
God
said:
Light and energy are the
same, but energy is not always what you have thought. There is an energy that transcends
the energy of activity, which varies from day to day and moment to moment. The light of
which I speak is non-variable. Call it soul energy, if you like. Call it God. Call it
whatever you like, but know that there is an energy within you that is immutable and
irrepressible. In sickness and in health, you have it. You are it. You are light eternal.
The torch you carry is Mine.
You are meant to light up. You are an ignited being. Your flame is perpetual. I
fanned light with My breath, and you came into existence. You were never non-existent, but
you became existent to your own awareness. You were incepted in the same breath I was,
only it took a little while before your eyelids lifted and you could begin to bring
yourself into view.
You are My being breathed upon earth. You are My being, My blessed being, My
creation of Eternal Oneness, My hallowed thought.
Today, if you can, or on another day if you cannot, be silent. Converse with
yourself and Me alone. Conserve your light energy today. Let it flame larger and savor it.
This self-same energy is the energy of trees and the grass that grows. It is
universal energy. It is a river of love, and it all flows from you to everyone and
everything and from everyone and everything back to you, even though you and I alone are.
You are saturated with it. You are entranced with this light of being.
Take your attention off yourself today and put it on this fabulous connection
between Us. It is not even a connection. It is Oneness itself.
When you look at a tree, you are involved in looking at the tree. Look at the tree,
and then close your eyes, and within the circumference of your heart, you can begin to
feel the essence of the tree, this same essence located somewhere unlocatable within you.
Close your eyes to yourself for a moment, and soak in that essence that is the
essence of you. It is also the same fluidity within every other being that is or ever was
or ever will be regardless of where they are or have been.
We are talking about more than the eye can see. We are talking about more than
words can say. Nevertheless, We are talking about that which you can imbibe and express
and get intoxicated on, this fulsome silence of Oneness that underlies you eternally.
This Oneness is sustainable energy. It is foremost. It is everywhere, and it is
free. You are always drinking it in. Now it is for you to notice. Look not for the glass
it comes from. You are the glass. And you are its contents, and you are the one who drinks
from it. And it is all beyond you.
Eternal omnipresent you, My beautiful child. We dreamt you together. Any partition
between Us is dreamed up. It can never be true, this picture of you on earth.
There is you and there is I, and We alone are. Anything else is explanation of that
which cannot be explained. There are no words for Our Oneness that spans across
everything. Everything is only that which We imagined long ago. We are in reverie, you and
I, and all this worldly existence is but a passing fantasy, but We, you and I, are always
and forever, and there is nothing else but this Supreme Oneness that only seems to pass
between Us.
"Life Is Your Medium"
God
said:
No matter how marvelous and
exquisite your life is right now, if it were locked in as it now appears, you would feel
unsatisfied.
Steps in life once taken have been taken. In life, you are one who moves. Neither
life nor you can be immobilized. There is always a direction you move in. You move
towards.
Of course, it is I you are always moving towards. Even though I am fully in your
life, you are moving towards Me. You ascend. You are always ascending.
Even when your heart drops, you are ascending.
Even when you are at a low point, you are ascending.
There is no stepping out of life. You are always in the swell of it.
You have no other recourse in life but to live it. Life has been given to you to
move in. Be graceful. Life is a high card you have been given. Be grateful.
It is the opportunity you have been seeking. Life is what you have been seeking.
You think you have been seeking outcomes, but it is the vitality of life itself that you
have and yet seek.
This is a good search, your search for more in life. It is the search for you to
come to know yourself better and to express yourself more fully. First you find out who
you are. And then you express yourself to yourself. Become a good listener.
You are on your way. This is splendid. You are always on your way. It is easy. It
only becomes hard when you become stubborn. What is so hard about moving in life except
when you refuse to?
Life has its way. You can balk all you want, but you cannot refuse it. When you
accept life, then you move on in it.
Life comes to you, but you also rise to meet it.
Life is a metaphor for your travels in consciousness. You have a consciousness that
far outsteps your life, and you are on your way to meeting the consciousness you have
never been separated from and have always known, even when your eyes have been closed to
it.
You are consciousness moving in a Human body. You don’t really think it is
your body that I speak to, do you? You don’t really think I speak to time and space?
I speak to the only thing in the world that truly exists, and that is you, the
consciousness of you. You are the response to the love in My heart. You are Creation. You
are My Creation. I created you so you would discover yourself and Me. By whatever name you
may call Me, however long it takes you to think of calling Me, you are trying to find your
origin. You originated with Me. I am your Source.
Yet there is no beginning and no end to you. If there were an end, it would be I.
We began together, yet there was no beginning, and there is no end, for there is no
beginning nor ending to Being. You are Being, and you live now as a Created Being.
This manifestation of you in a Human body is such a minor thing. It is almost
irrelevant. It is irrelevant, and yet it matters, and this existence in life exists so
that you may know who you are. You can never be anything but what you are. And you are
being temporarily housed in a Human body. You are housed but not imprisoned.
Just as these words fall from My lips, so does life fall to you. Here are My words.
Here is your life. Do with them as you will. Make of them what you will. Surrender your
life, and then you move your life faster and higher -- and less hesitatingly.
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Inspiration # 14
"Four Poems by Karen
Murphy"
Light Bridges
The bridges are the beings of light
Who stand and show the way
They form the link between our worlds
Hold steadfast come what may
They usher in the world unseen
They merge and blend the two
Heaven and earth entwined as one
Just as me and you.
They whisper to the sleepers
You never stand alone
The veil will be lifted soon
The whole world will be shown
Just beyond the realms of thought
The highest faculty of mind
We will dance across the bridge of love
The two will be combined
The salty tears of separateness
Will wash away the past
Heaven and earth entwined together
All are one…… At last
The Mirage
The planet if illusions is where we’ve come to stay
Quite simply just a mirage which changes day by day
The illusions are but work tools
As the potter has his clay
To mould, reshape and perfect ourselves
The mirage here to stay
It’s time now to remember
Just what we came to do
To evolve and grow spiritually
Nothing else is true
We’re blinded by illusions
Which hold us in our fear
The creator’s breath is ours to breathe
To hold forever dear
Lost in the mire of thought and deed
Our anxious minds do play
All is but a mirage
The mirage here to stay
Our Journey
We carry
such a heavy load
It’s
really hard to bear
We want
to put it down sometimes
But
simply don’t know where
It seems
we’re on a journey
With a
veil across our eyes
Trying to
remember
So we may
surrender our disguise
Our
naughty little ego’s seem altogether quite real
They’re
just our manufactured selves
They hold
no ‘real’ appeal
We need
to learn the essence
Of
staying in ‘the now’
If I ever
master this technique
I’ll
surely tell you how
We walk
our paths so bravely
Our
destiny unknown
The
creator’s plan so perfect
Our seeds
already sown
A whisper
of a memory
A love we
cannot feel
The two
emotions, love and fear
But only
love is real
The winds
of time tear savagely
Till our
minds can stretch no more
We will
succeed our mission of peace
Hold
strong our mighty core
Thoughts
Independence of
thought
Freedom of speech
The will to
survive
The wisdom to
teach
Hold the truth in
your heart
When there
whispers a doubt
The strength to
remain true
The courage to
back out
When it hurts to
look back
You are too scared
to look ahead
Look beside you,
God will always be there for you
Your heart is free
Have the courage
to follow it
Karen
Murphy: karen.murphy43@ntlworld.com
Inspiration # 15
"Mary's Message" by Irene Kaye
I
am now totally convinced that there is life after death.
Mary was 93 when she
passed. My parents were her neighbours and had cared for her for the past twenty years. As
for me, I helped them out now and again. Looking back now, maybe not nearly as much as I
could have. My parents did everything possible to have Mary stay independent and in her
own home right to her end. And as for Mary, well she was feisty and stubborn enough to
maintain her independence. She was a very personal woman. Other than my parents, no one
really knew her. I wouldn't even say that, in the long run, my parents knew her all that
well, despite their lengthy relationship.
Around the end of January, 2003, Mary
had definitely taken a turn for the worse. Physically,
she struggled to stand up and walking around her home was challenging for her. But being
typically Mary, there was no discussion of a walker, cane or any other helpful devices. We
were truly amazed when she allowed handrails be placed in her bathroom. When the time came
to take her into the hospital, we knew this would be her last trip. She lasted for about
two weeks in the hospital.
This is my story of Mary's last day. My
mother called me at home about 11:00 a.m. The hospital had placed “the call”. Mary’ condition was quickly deteriorating. I
told Mom that I would get dressed and pick her up so that we could go visit Mary. Mom agreed, reluctantly at first. She said she had
lots of laundry and cleaning and “stuff” to do. Then Mom went silent and simply
said “I will still see my stuff, I may not see Mary again. What truly counts?”
I took my time. I showered; dressed;
even made myself toast and cream cheese before I left. The trip to Mom's is at worst half
an hour. I picked up Mom, and off we drove to the hospital. This was another twenty-minute
trip.
We entered Mary's room.
She was very, very frail, visibly
agitated and apparently in pain. Her eyes were all spirit - white. She was non-verbal. All
medication was stopped. The nurses had "made her as comfortable as possible."
Her breathing was irregular and laboured. Mom and I stood at the foot of her bed.
For a very brief moment I was
speechless. I took some deep breaths, centered myself, asked for Divine Guidance and began
Therapeutic Touch and Reiki. Beginning at her feet, I moved the energy down her legs and
out through her toes creating flow. I moved up to her hips and kept moving energy, down
her legs and out through her toes. I worked my way upward, her abdomen, solar plexus,
chest, thymus, down her arms and out through her fingertips. By the time I reached Mary's
throat, my mother commented on how settled both Mary and her breathing had become. From
agitation to calmness. From shallow irregular breaths to, well sort of as deep as
possible, but steady and rhythmic. Once Mary
seemed a little more settled, I stood at the bedrail by her bedside. Mom and I watched in amazement as Mary's frail
hand reached through the bars to my thigh, up my thigh following the rails and found my
arm. She followed my arm with her feeble hand to my fingertips. Finding the palm of my hand with the palm of her
hand we joined. It was an incredible hand to heart connection. I became an open channel of
Love, Light Energy. My only thought was that
Mary takes what she needed in the moment for her highest and best. My mother looked on in
awe. Mary was at rest and very peaceful. We stayed connected to a brief yet eternal
moment. It was long. It was short. It was everything.
Nothing outside of our connection existed. Our connection transcended time. It
transcended space. It was beautiful.
It was at this moment
that I told my mom that Mary had a message to share and asked whether she wanted to hear
it. Mom was a little taken aback as she quite clearly witnessed Mary's inability to speak.
Nevertheless, Mom nodded her head in affirmation. "It's
not about money," I intuited. "It's all about people and your relationships with
them."
Mary had spent her life gathering
"stuff" and money. She made it no secret how money was the most important thing
in her life. Mary pushed everyone away. Even the church ladies who would come and friendly
visit were nastily evicted from Mary’s home. Other
than my parents, Mary had no one.
When Mary was resting and calm I told
her that Mom and I were going to go downstairs to the hospital cafeteria to have a cup of
coffee. We would not be gone long. There was
no obvious response. We knew she heard us. We just knew. We left for our coffee.
Not only did Mom and I have coffee. We
ordered and ate lunch. We also chatted at length about the meaning of Mary's message.
Finally, we went back upstairs. Checking
in with Mary, I found her to still be at rest, however, a little agitated again. Her breathing was still regular but much
shallower. It was becoming shallower and
shallower with each laboured breath. Once again, I did some T.T. and left her room to ask
the nurse to find a priest to administer Mary's last rights.
Mom and I sat at Mary's bedside. With
mom by her shoulders and I around her abdomen, closer to her feet. We began to quietly chat. Mom told me of her years
working in a palliative care facility. How the people who had money, family and friends
were taken to special rooms to pass on, while those without caregivers, the seeming
"no body's", were left by themselves with the curtains simply pulled around
them. Mom told me it broke her heart to witness such isolation. Mom told me of how she
would kneel by their bedsides and pray while they passed. Mom told me of the nuns that
would stop her from praying and chase her out to go do her work instead of being with the
dying. Mom told me that was the real reason why she left her job. She simply couldn't take
the unfairness anymore.
There we sat: Mom, Mary and myself.
Starring out the window, I was partially listening to Mom and part wondering whether I
should be doing something more for Mary. I was wondering about my own life meaning. I was
curious about how Mary was feeling. What she was going through at that moment? In this
stillness, I realized that there was a shimmering whitish energy shadow that began rising
on the side of the wall outside the window. It was similar by comparison to the heat
rising off the road where the sky meets the pavement. I knew it was not there before. Somehow I also knew Mary's time was at hand. At
the very same instant as I recognized the rising energy on the wall, I heard Mom say,
“It is time.” Synchronicity? Coincidence?
Mom started praying. Not the
repetitious prayers taught and memorized, but using her own words for Mary's peaceful
transition. I wasn't quite sure what to do. In an instant it occurred to me to pull the
energy from bottom of Mary's feet upward. With my extended hand palm down, I began at
Mary's toes. With a deliberate upward motion I helped move the energy from the bottom of
her feet, all the way to her thymus and open up my palm upwards. But to where? The
Heavens? Another dimension? At that instant I realized there was a magnificent dove
hovering above us. The dove was at the top of a golden fountain ray of light. I have no
words to truly describe one of the most spectacular experiences I have ever witnessed. I
was embraced in the realm of Spirit while fully conscious. The veil between heaven and
earth was lifted. Mary breathed her last.
My mother said that Mary's passing was
the most peaceful she had ever experienced.
It
was three o'clock when Mary passed. I looked at Mom in amazement. It was as if time had stood still. Quickly doing
some mathematics from the time I received the initial call to three o’clock, I knew
that a "time-thing" had definitely happened.
Looking back now at the events of this day, I have to admit that there's a part
of me still that wishes I, too, could have gone with the Golden Light. It was so peaceful.
I know there's Light. I know there's Love. I know we are one with God’s Love
in the here and now… in this moment. I cherish the privilege of the Experience. I
pray that Mary’s message always guides me ……
"It's all about people and your relationships with them."
Following her intuition, Irene resigned her corporate position as a Purchasing
Manager,in 1987 to study and pursue a helping role in Social Services. For the next twelve
years Irene provided counseling and community development in northern Etobicoke and
Mississauga. She co-ordinated and implemented drug awareness and youth initiative
programs. In 1999, after a year of illness which resulted in major surgery, her life
had yet to realize a major turn. Her long-time interest in meditation, spirituality
and self-development, which hitherto was an avocation, now forefronted her life’s
purpose. Today, Irene is a facilitator of self-awareness workshops, meditations and
traditional Usui Reiki & Blue Star teachings. Two of her meditations have been
recorded and released on her new CD, “Touched by a Rainbow.” Her written
articles have been published in the Spirited Woman Newsletter, In Touch Newsletter
Magazine and The Canadian Iridology Magazine. Her inspirational support groups based
on the nine insights of “The Celestine Prophecy” meet weekly in
Brampton. Irene's work with meditation for children has been highlighted in Owl
Magazine. Her practice includes Reiki, Energy Balancing, Therapeutic Touch, on-site chair
massage and Ear Coning treatments, in addition to personal and group consultations.
Irene’s company, Inner Outlook Corp., together with songwriter/musician Mel
Harrietha, has also researched and produced the Vibrational Colour CD ”Risings
1” which plays in the full colour spectrum based on Sir Isaac Newton’s treatise
on sound-colour relationships. Each colour is aligned with its universal energy
vibration, providing relaxation, healing, energizing and balancing chakra energies.
Irene's website is www.InnerOutlook.com
"May the Love of the Creator's Light shower you and yours with many
blessings" - Irene
Inspiration # 16
Poems
by Aaamir Aziz
Amorous Episodes
Can you forget those summer afternoons?
When we made promises to confront the
world
Along the dynamic stream, in the shade
of the harvest.
And a sudden free fall of a ripened
mango,
Perspired us the very next moment.
When exuberance of youth deceived us
both.
Those recurring avowals of love and our
fool's paradise
Those dreamy afternoons and sleepless
nights of our romantic illusion
Remind me of our feverish and playful
self imprisonment
How narrow our cosmos was, where no
dream came true.
Our timely escapade, from the emotional
cage to the dusk of reality.
Though grim and strange it seems,
struggle and perseverance its message is.
Here tears follow cheers and
pains enjoy monopoly.
The silent victim counters the jesters
but what for?
His mind becomes a whirlpool of
unanswered questions
He sings a song of melancholy and
remorse, but for whom?
Who will solve this earthly riddle and
escort us to the shore,
And who will rescue these hostages to
fortune,
Who are in a dreadful insomnia, a
painful prison.
O ignorance is a bliss and knowledge
retards our reversion
And this brings the drop scene of our
drowsy amorous episodes In complete
fiasco
On Eulogizing The Eleciac
The captives of twin provinces of life
and death
Opt rope dance for their favourite
pastime
Tumbling feet either drown them
Or the angel of death snatches the rope
During his ghostly wanderings
In the streets of prison lands
And rewards each contestant with an
opaque garment.
These innocent souls mitigate their
emotional shock
By inventing another sister sport
Of talking and fighting over the
thoughts of immortality.
Hence these hastened visitations of the
eternal escort
Further contaminate the rumour of life.
Whether their account be of innocence
or of evil
The damages of pangs and wounds are
incurred a must.
Ensnared in the web of cravings and
spiritual slum,
And While enduring the belligerent
cudgels of time
The general caravan of life progresses
In the echo of unheard swan songs.
Capital Punishment
Simple it seems but complex it is
Collection of inspired follies for
some, a challenge for others
A story without a title, a journey
without destination
A prolonged joke for some, a momentary
pause for others
Starts as a friend and deceives as a
foe
A bed of roses for some, an unending
marathon for others
A frank deceiver,a bargainer who always
won
A loose structure incident for some, a
nightmare for others
Yesterday, today, tomorrow and so
on......
A meaningful nonsense for some, a tense
snare for others
Philosophers' ever green question and
historians' foster child
An equivocal notion for some, a
plausible interlude for others
Real it seams but dramatic it is
A mirage in the desert for some, a
concrete impression for others
A meaningless enigma, a purposeless
clamour, understood by none
Still..an optimistic wait for some, a
detestable weight for others
The Alms of Living
In this infernal cyclone,
Immersed in brine till shoulders I am.
You know this was not my natural
habitat.
A moment's annoyance of the Deity,
Made us the theme of these tumultuous
events.
However, an artless though splendid
fight continues,
When I splash my blind route,
While swimming against the current,
And become a laughing stock of seasoned
mariners.
My thirst could never dry this ever
rising reservoir.
And a lasting scuffle with the water
giants,
Won me nothing except an opaque watery
grave.
And my heavenly nativity dissolved in
dismal sea beds.
Now I firmly resent having these alms
of living.
Praise be to destiny for condemning us
to live!
Epileptic Confessions
Here I celebrate the loss
of my seventy third year of birth.
At the top of a stony cliff,
in the light of a half lit candle.
The knife of confessions will mark
strange cuts on my conscience.
Ironic clap session will ensue,
with suffocating chuckles and smiles.
Those reminiscent omissions of my past,
evoke a flood of painful sighs.
For my wistful heart
which once shared everybody's secrets
The youthful feelings took me
to the shrine of Heer.
Became a disciple of the hermit
but I was not worthy of it.
Turned to mystics
but my hollow passions dominated noble
Ishq.
Man was my ideal, experience my guide
and happiness my destination.
Love became my religion;
still I was taken for an ignorant
atheist
Every growing moment
brings wisdom in real sense of this
world.
This never occurred to me,
I feel like an ignorant old bear
Which always surrendered before fate
and could not kill his bestial self.
Today I am a mature fool
who lived in the name of abstractions
and words.
I feel convulsions in my heart;
wish me during these last humble
breaths
Happy birthday to you........happy
birthday to you.......
Aamir Aziz, 2-W-A Madina town
Faisalabad , Phone # 041-713075 , E-mail to: aamiraziz82@hotmail.com
Inspiration # 17
Poem
by Pamela Covert-Slater
JUST
ONE THING
If there was
just one thing
That I might share
with you
If I only had a moment
To speak with you one
Truth
It would be to Love
Be Kind ~ Be Fair
Be gentle with words
For they linger out
there
Remember ~ your
Strength comes from your Heart
Live with Courage ~
Love with Faith
Don't be afraid to
risk disgrace
Just be yourself ~
Loving and True
And All God's Good
Will come to You!
Pamela
Covert-Slater, Canadian Healing Arts Centre; e-mail: light03@sympatico.ca
Inspiration # 18
"The Path of Bahkti" by Kali-Joya
What is
Goddess Worship?
To me, Goddess
worship is reverence. It is a total appreciation and dedication to the Mother of all
creation. It is a surrendering to a source that “knows,” when all my mind can do
is “think that I know.” It is finding and diligently following my own personal
path to freedom, experiencing and dissolving all obstacles of my soul’s
“return” back into the arms of the Divine Cosmic Mother, the path that leads me
back through what the Hindu Religion calls the Nada Bindu.
What
happened to you in your life that has you dedicated to this path?
When I was five
years old, I was sitting in the back seat of my Mother & Father’s car as we drove
by a graveyard. My parents were talking about someone who had died, and who was now in
that cemetery, one of our relatives. I remember looking out of the back window at the
car’s headlight’s behind me, and thinking to myself silently, “That is not
the truth about life. That is not why we are here on earth.” At five years old, I
KNEW!
How would
your life be different right now if you were not on this path?
If I were not
devoted to this path, I would be doing worldly things. What I mean by that is that I have
chosen a path of renunciation. My path does not include my owning material possessions. It
does include the knowing that all things belong to God, and therefore are not mine or
anyone else’s to own, possess or control. My life would still be about making money,
working, eating, sleeping, watching TV, and all the things that I still do with a very
different “point of view.” My point of view now is complete surrender to my
Mother/Father/God, not taking any actions upon myself, asking them to take my head off of
the pillow each day. Before, I resisted being told what to do, and now I KNOW that this is
really the truth about who I AM. I am unconditional devotion.
Why have
you chosen this path?
I have chosen
this path because of the tools that I have been given along the way. First, I studied with
“Terry Cole-Whittaker,” who taught me to experience life in a much freer, less
conditional manner. Her gift to me was compassion for others and myself. Then I studied
with Michael, a meditation teacher, introduced to me by my sister Gaya, one of my main
teachers throughout my life. All of my family taught me unconditional love and
appreciation for life. Then I studied with don Miguel Ruiz, Mexican Shaman and author of
“The Four Agreements,” who taught me how to energetically clean my emotional
body, i.e., the programming of my mind; the belief system I carried throughout my life
that had me make inaccurate judgments and assumptions about myself and others. And
finally, I studied with Swami Kaleshwar in India. Swami taught me the path of Bahkti.
What is the
path of Bahkti?
To me the path
of Bahkti is truly experiencing the pain of separation from God, and being willing to
experience that pain until the hurt is transformed into unconditional love. It takes a
pure soul, which has been totally cleaned of all aspects of earthly needs and desires to
be the “divine mirror” for your soul. This light is the unconditional love of
the Mother, and is the essence of who we really are, the essence of creation, the Nada
Bindu.
Contact:
kali-joya, author of AVE MARIA! and founder of The Family of Light World Peace Ministries joyacomeaux@yahoo.com
http://www.joyacomeaux.com
Inspiration
# 19
"Four Inspirations" by Leiah Bowden
Inspiration # 1: A TIME FOR SINGING
It is the time for singing. For running into the fields and declaring
our names, for embracing whomever we want to embrace and declaring our love; for sitting
quietly in solitude and listening.
These things are not exclusive. They are all flavors of being human.
No matter what is happening on the outside, what we are and who we are becoming, growing
from our soul-seeds, are the matters with which we must align ourselves. In a monastery it
may be easier to do this, without the external distractions. In the nursery, where we are
alone with our babes in arms, it is also easier, focused in the milk letting down and the
immediate need to relieve the pressure.
We have built complexity in layers around us. What is primary –
the need for food, warmth, shelter – many of us obtain through a maze of interrelated
activities. Our schedules are not “go find wood” but a day’s hourly list of
tasks, many of which will not reward us with the warmth of a satisfying belly-full of
completion for weeks or months.
The paycheck feeds us and may provide us with entertainment as well
– the extras. So we do not find our pure delight connected to the striving for our
primary needs. We have grown to expect work to be dour, for our rewards to shower us with
light and relief in some other place and time: the theater, the game room, the watering
hole, whether private or public.
Maybe humans never did stop to smell the flowers on the way to the
hunt, never did pause long enough to enjoy the scampering of a chipmunk to feel lightness
in the heart.
No matter what did or did not happen in simpler times, we are living
here and now, and our thoughts and actions reverberate throughout dimensions we perhaps do
not even dream of.
We know better. We can own the path between and through our
multi-dimensional realities and bring healing to hem all by the thoughts and actions we
enact in this one. Let us do so with intentions to heal and to find the joy in our every
day awarenesses.
Inspiration # 2: A TIME FOR HEARTBREAK
There is a time for heartbreak, the tilling
of the soul.
God dresses as a small brown Merganzer chick
spending every ounce of its new life force paddling against a river’s strong early
summer current. It falters, loses its advance, and surrenders its body to the river.
Oh, God, I ask, what is this lesson? What is the lesson, beyond the fact of death?
God answers, "The lesson is
simply in your response to what you saw. Lessons don’t necessarily emerge as
sentences or even thoughts. Heartbreak gives birth to new worlds unimaginable beyond the
womb. This is the womb: maelstrom. Drift, be blown, notice what is inescapable, hold onto
nothing, for it will be torn from you in this journey.”
Inspiration # 3: NO MATTER WHAT HAS GONE WRONG
No matter what has gone wrong, our eyes can rejoice in the new
day’s rising sun, our hearts in the burbling of our babies, in the victories of the
heart and spirit in every way they come to us. Everything is needed in the healing of the
self and of the world: singing, weeping, caring for our friends and even strangers,
writing to our Congresspeople, meditating and praying, the making of powerful art, making
casseroles, bringing medicine and support to our wounded brothers and sisters.
Rejoice. Sing. Pray. Hold each other closely and send messages of
hope in every way possible. Claim the sweetness that will not melt. Name it. Send it into
every space around you and listen for its homecoming.
Inspiration # 4: WHEN YOU RISE I RUN AHEAD
When you rise I run ahead, preparing the field with the flowers you
love most, and pave your path with singing stones cool and cushion your weary feet.
When you open your mouth I create melodies and poems of beauty and
healing so that all of My Spirit shall find release through your willing voice and
graceful form.
Know that not for an instant are you not my vehicle, whose voice,
dance, yearning heart and healing hands are a blessing tome in all my guises and
dwellings.
Know
that every time you stumble I weep and laugh at my failure to have encompassed you more
fully, to have informed your atoms more completely.
Leiah
is a lifelong meditator, an artist, a poet specializing in commissioned commemorative
poems, and a writer whose essays and channeled writings appear in several print and online
journals. She creates
Energy Portraits, activating tools for personal growth and moving into the next rung of
the spiral of our individual journey. The reading and resulting Energy Portrait,
along with an audio tape of received guidance, singing, and chanting, helps people identify and
connect with their soul path, and helps them acknowledge and begin to deal with the steps
they are taking on their spiral journey.
She
presents “The Art of Energy Portraiture” workshops nationally as well as
creating Energy Portraits for individuals. She is astounded at how glorious we all are
beneath and beyond our skin bags and is grateful to be able to help people see themselves
as beautiful and powerful beings.
Leiah is a joyous and loving collaborator in the Bridging Heaven & Earth
International Art Project and her Website is: www.EnergyPortraits.com
Lightspeak
Transformational Arts
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Inspiration
# 20
"Shoes
For The Soul" by Donna Hymkosky
I've got a pair of black Liz Baker shoes, bought them last winter on
sale for $29.99 at the JC Penney Store. I could only wear them a few times because
they pinch my toes.
Just can't stand to wear them now, you know how some women shoes
are. Shoemakers design them for elves. Thought I'd send them to the
"Shoes for the Soul". I heard about it on the Bridging Heaven and Earth
Show, it's called ......."Shoes for the Soul"
Don' think they will take used shoes though, so I'll go down to the
Payless shoe store and buy some brand new shoes.....it's all for....."Shoes for the
Soul".
Maybe they'll take a gift certificate...from the Payless shoe store..
going to send it out to "Shoes for the Soul".....I saw it on the Bridging Heaven
and Earth show....where I live in my area.....somewhere on Long Island...this guy, Allan,
hosts the show...this time it was for ....."Shoes for the Soul".
You don't need much money to buy shoes for the kids...they'll be well
taken care of when they get shoes from...."Shoes from the Soul"...
Imagine the look of happiness on a child's face, when they can wear a
new pair of shoes...it was all given out of love from.... "Shoes for the Soul".
It doesn't take much to furnish a new pair of shoes, you can find a good
pair or two to fit your budget and send it out to a child with love to ...."Shoes for
the Soul"...it's a really good organization funded to help less than fortunate
kids....it's called.... ..
"Shoes for the Soul".
It's run by a nice lady...with an open heart...I saw her on the Bridging
Heaven and Earth Show.....remember it's called......"Shoes for the Soul".
Imagine the happiness on a child's face when they are given a new pair
of sneakers or shoes for school...all from ....."Shoes for the Soul".
No more hurt feet, no more bare feet...now they've got a nice new pair
of shoes....all from......."Shoes for the Soul".
Their feet are happy now, no more squishy feet in tight old fitted
shoes, they've got a nice new pair of shoes from......"Shoes for the Soul".
So, I have a pair of black Liz Baker shoes, I bought them from the JC
Penney store last winter...gee, they hurt my feet when I wear 'em. This prompted me
to contribute to....... "Shoes for the Soul".......
Inspiration # 21
"Who
Am I Supposed To Be And How Have I Turned Out" by Gina E. Jones
Gina E. Jones
is a daughter of two, sister of one, mother of one, author of one, and radio show host of Flying
Higher. She studied architectural design at Louisiana State University. Her passion is
metaphysics, spirituality, prophecy, and ancient civilizations. In addition to being a
patent-holding product designer, the former Atlanta resident had a 27-year career as a
flight attendant. She retired from flying in January 2006 and now lives in California. Her
novel, Flying Between Heaven and Earth, has just
been released.
Sound interesting—maybe even impressive? The
more recent accomplishments would have never occurred if I hadn’t asked “Who am
I supposed to be?” During a time of great restlessness and dissatisfaction with my
life, I looked to the heavens, and a few psychics at the Inner Space, for the answer. I
was startled by what I soon discovered.
Like everyone
who is born into this world, there are expectations and decisions made on our behalf
before we arrive. I know my parents certainly had grand visions of what they wanted me to
do with my life. And my grandparents had even grander visions. However, while growing
up—playing the role of daughter and granddaughter—this character I was
portraying didn’t match my feeling of
who I was. The forced lines in my family’s script didn’t match the one’s
that ran effortlessly through my head. As much as I loved family, as much as I tried to be
what they wanted, I discovered later in life that somehow I had already chosen who I was
going to be and what role I would play on this vast stage called life. What I didn’t
understand is that I chosen my character long before I joined this cast of characters
called my family.
Fifty years
ago when I was born in El Paso, Texas, the script for my life had already been written. My
personality, my idiosyncrasies, and even my limitations had already been determined. I was
born right on cue when I entered this third-dimensional drama on Earth at 11:55PM.
According to western astrology I’m an Aries, represented by the Ram. In Chinese
Astrology I’m a Rooster, and in Mayan Astrology my day sign is 4 Eagle.
So how do a
ram, a rooster, and an eagle come together in one person?
Our society
has shunned the wisdom and knowledge of the ancient civilizations and what they left
behind to guide us to a greater understanding of ourselves. Astrologies from around the world
overflow with amazing accuracy offering revelations in understanding, interpreting, and
organizing information about personalities, human affairs, and other terrestrial events.
As above, so below. Even the hidden knowledge revealed in esoteric sciences like tarot,
numerology, kabala, and palmistry are not fully utilized in our society. And the same can
be said for psychics.
As my life
played out, I too was unaware of the gift of wisdom from our ancient ancestors. Like others, I had to struggle through the
grueling schooling years of brain-washing and mindless programming. I floundered in
numerous unfulfilling relationships, and even contorted myself to fit certain jobs along
the way. I was like so many who struggle in silent misery to understand themselves. Like
others, I tried therapy to figure what was “wrong” with me—why I
wasn’t happy and fulfilled by trying to fulfill everyone else’s expectations of
me!
Because of
fear—because of rejection, loss, and the unknown—I kept trying to be something
that I was not. So many are trapped by fear—so many are desperately trying to be what
others want them to be—and are dying inside.
Each of us
arrives in the world with our destinies already mapped out. But it’s not determined
by our families, society, our teachers, preachers or even our governments. No, it comes
from a much higher source. At any given moment there are numerous planetary energies that
correspond to what is happening here on Earth. As above, so below. And so it was April 9,
1957.
It is said
that knowing yourself is the key to a successful life. And knowing
what makes you unique and being aware of your potential is a big part of that. In the
ancient Maya civilization, they understood that anyone born on a certain day actually
chose that day to be born and they would have all the characteristics and challenges
associated with the energy of that day. This wisdom and knowledge about who people were
and why they were here was so profound, that they gave everyone the actual name of the day
when they were born. Back then, my name would been 4 Eagle.
Now that is a
very interesting concept! If I had known the meaning and significance of my existence from
my very first breath, I would have understood what my natural gifts are, what sort of work
would have brought the most satisfaction, how I would interact with others in my personal
relationships, and what challenges that I would have face. I would know all this and so
would everyone else, including my family!
Eagles are
free spirits who escape problems by looking at them from a higher perspective. They would
like to take off for parts unknown but usually have some complex relationship issues to
deal with. Eagles are usually a bit ahead of their time when it comes to ideas. They are
people who pioneer change and further new developments in the social world. To most Native
Americans, the Eagle was a messenger that brought with it hope and faith on the wings of
the spirit.
Now this part of my Mayan Astrological profile blew me
away! “Beneath their surface personality lies a set of conflicting needs. Part of
them wants to please, the other is not all that happy about a compromised life.” Hmmm. Sound familiar?
It
wasn’t until I had read my western astrological profile and had several psychic
readings that I had ever considered myself to be a writer. That was an interesting concept
since I didn’t care for English in school. Yet, this information gave me the courage
to write my first book. If I had listened to my family—if I had stayed in Atlanta
playing out someone else’s script for my life—my book would have never been
written, nor its screenplay.
After
retiring from Delta over a year ago, I have found my own wings. I’m now flying solo
and it’s an amazing journey. Being a flight attendant gave me the foundation for my
novel. It’s a story about an airline of angels who are here to help humanity before
the end of time in 2012 as prophesied by the Mayan Calendar.
Like my
Chinese symbol the Rooster, I have bravely faced the darkness, bravely faced the unknown
while others were sound asleep. I have waited patiently so that I may awaken those around
me at the right time when the light of day rapidly approaches! My book, Flying Between Heaven and Earth, is destined to do
just that!
Has it been a
smooth ride you might ask? Absolutely not! There has been a lot of turbulence and
deviations along the way, but my final destination is in sight! So, please return your
seatback and traytable to the upright and locked position for landing—oops, sorry!
Some things never change . . .
Gina E. Jones is now an author and radio show host in California,
USA. Her internet talk radio program, Flying Higher,
can be heard worldwide each Sunday at 7:30-8:30PM (PST) on BBS Radio Late Night at www.BBSRadio.com. Gina is the author of the recently
released novel, Flying Between Heaven and Earth.
For more
information, please visit: www.FlyingBetweenHeavenAndEarth.com
Inspiration
# 22
"Reality"
by Stuart Geoffrey Hatch
Shakespeare quoted all the worlds a stage,
A meaningful message he tried to convey.
His passion was to help humanity to grow,
Let me reinstate the seed that he sowed.
How scared would you be,
Knowing you control the power of your own reality?
How easy would it be switching channels on a TV?
What would you change for things to succeed?
Remember Every Action
Lived Is Thought Yielded.
What does this mean?
A powerful knowledge, a gift a tool ancient civilisation once all understood,
Taught with importance from childhood.
When a single thought is generated within a
human mind,
It’s generally automated and created blind.
The more minds that share with the original thought create such a vast power,
For its energy unites and becomes one,
Its effects were seen when you dropped the atom bomb.
The amalgamated energy can create such a vast power base,
And vibration, it becomes created through manifestation.
That insignificant automated single thought generated from one human mind,
Has gathered such power and strength it can destroy humankind.
I have such love for you all,
Please try to understand the importance of this tool.
Every thing you see, live and experience is known as reality,
Created by a million human individual thoughts,
Yes, especially when you feel distraught.
For you to understand your primal reason and primal
purpose,
Universally, love was granted an ancient powerful gift,
For you to play and create with.
This gift is to be
controlled with the use of your mind,
To evolve your love which
becomes defined.
This gift is to help you define love through who you are,
Does your idealistic reality appear distant and afar?
Please be aware of the real power to this tool,
Designed to store information that you’ve created to define,
And creates the energy from a thought within your mind.
Re-member, for you are the power that creates thought
within your mind,
Energy from that thought creates a space and time
that,
Activates automatically a new creation line.
Life’s process now begins to create from the
thought of your choice,
Individual colours are attached to that new creation
line and your,
Thoughts create colours that always attract like for
like,
Yielded to manifest until it appears in your life.
Do you see the gift of power you truly
are?
With this awareness take
back your right for control,
When you accept and know this knowledge,
You can stop the automated unwanted thoughts of your uncontrolled minds,
And change your thoughts that manifest in time.
Look at your life, your reality,
How do you truly feel?
How do you truly see? How do you hear?
What do you taste? What
do you smell?
Question your life you
have created from your minds,
For evolution is ready to
evolve this time.
It’s an
impossible prospect indeed and never will be,
For you to destroy nature
by your chosen reality,
Evolution of thought has
evolved and is now calling at your door,
It is this new direction
of love, which you are to explore.
Accept its vast
responsibility,
And its love will become
your reality,
What you experience in the reality of your life is a true
reflection of what lies within,
This measuring tool will help you to define and begin,
Non-awareness of this
ancient knowledge is life’s only true sin,
You cannot make mistakes;
neither is there wrong nor right,
For you are the designers
and creators of life.
When you measure your
internal self through your refection of your own reality,
You will start to take
the control from your untaught mind,
A difficult process you
may truly find,
You will become aware of
the things you see,
Through your experience
of your self created reality.
Do you experience
Judgement, Dislike, Hate, Disease, Discontentment, Anger,
There are many different
things you all experience and will see,
Including pitiful
jealousy,
Your unnecessary
expectations, dislikes, beliefs and morals create thoughts for a desire,
Quench these tested
thoughts to put out this fire.
Learn to love yourself
unconditionally and change this deep-rooted cause,
Nature will work with you
and its love will reward.
The more thoughts of love you create in your powerful
minds,
Will attract and evolve the world to its destined place,
And love will rain down upon the human race.
By Stuart Geoffrey Hatch
6 Whitefriars Meadow Sandwich, Kent.
CT13 9AS. England
hatch.stuart@tesco.net
Inspiration
# 23
"Pain"
by Stuart Geoffrey Hatch
Enduring pain whilst you are in attendance,
You envelop the body to a world of a
transparent darkened state,
Love is our future you cannot
conquer the great.
For you can only manifest into
our reality through peoples thoughts,
Your falseness will be seen
and your ignorance will be taught.
When a soul experiences great
suffering and they lay that to blame,
It ignites through them to
create a thought of pain.
The Persistent
Activeness In Negativeness becomes so strong,
We all feel its force and all
will be wronged.
Drop your pain into a calm lake
its ripples spread far and wide,
And unknowingly you’ve
created yet another negative tide.
We all suffer and experience
pain,
This is but a worldly blame.
Pain has attended our needs
for thousands of years,
It
mirrors our world and drives our fears.
Helping mankind to understand
love is suffering through to pain,
It will cease the day when
love will truly reign.
Man
v
Man
Ignorance
v
Ignorance
Race
v
Race
Rage
v
Rage
Oppression
v
Oppression
Religions v
Religions
Wars over land and needless
religious beliefs, terror has now been born,
This is but an ancient pain,
which is still being formed.
Deaths after deaths humans are
all the same,
Throw your stone of pain and
you add to the worldly blame.
However difficult and fearful
you may find it to be,
We can stop this with one
simple change of reflection,
Place
love in the middle of your pain for that is the only connection.
By Stuart Geoffrey Hatch
6 Whitefriars Meadow Sandwich, Kent.
CT13 9AS. England
hatch.stuart@tesco.net
Inspiration
# 24
"Strength"
by Stuart Geoffrey Hatch
Time has come,
The ancient gates closed for thousands of
years is now opening,
And your
drums beat once more,
Your light to
encompass the worldly soul,
And
strengthen its communication,
Ratify and magnify with your
verification.
The gentle flower entombed
beneath,
The material
reality of hardened steel made by the hand of man,
Will explode towards the sun,
Knowingness will be gained,
Words will loose all meaning,
This will show your light and humanities
newfound freedom.
You are a
warrior yet do not kill,
You have true
knowingness yet command not,
You have great power yet use
no force,
You have
great wisdom yet judge not,
You are limitless in
strength yet are so gentle,
You gain
great strength and power from competing yet compete not,
You are
assertive yet do not offend,
For you have come to help the
world transcend.
You light
this world with yellow for its meaning will be explained,
But its
knowingness will be given through feeling to be gained.
Its splendour
will bring influence and destroy peoples fears,
Strength is
released through man crying tears.
Superior Thoughts Releasing
Energy Now Going To Humanity,
Your primal purpose here is to change this world’s reality.
By Stuart Geoffrey Hatch
6 Whitefriars Meadow Sandwich, Kent.
CT13 9AS. England
hatch.stuart@tesco.net
Inspiration
# 25
"Anger"
by Stuart Geoffrey Hatch
Anger! Anger! Anger!
Anger is only a thought of a
negative mind,
A simple tool to understand,
Perceive this perception for
the future of man.
When you or another create an
energy from a thought such as this,
Its primary cause is
negativeness.
Especially when you meet
another’s anger full on,
You fuel the intensity and its
energy becomes strong.
Your negative thoughts
generated from your infant mind, manifests itself into reality,
Anger, meeting anger, meeting
anger, suddenly, it explodes,
This thought is capable of
murdering an innocent child,
But for anger, even this is
mild.
If you changed your perception
and this understanding of knowledge was gained,
And you plant this new seed,
what a wonderful world this would be.
In order to move forward to
make this world a happier place,
Eliminate all anger from the
human race.
You see, when you truly
understand the primal knowledge of how anger occurs
Which is a mere negative
thought from a limited mind,
It struggles to manifest
because you are no longer blind.
Active Negativeness Generates Evolving Repercussions,
You have lived this a thousand
times over for thousands of years,
You still haven’t learnt
it creates nothing but tears.
Now you have this primal
knowledge,
Allow your self to expand and
make a world for a place to shine,
You will be happier and walk
with a smile.
By Stuart Geoffrey Hatch
6 Whitefriars Meadow Sandwich, Kent.
CT13 9AS. England
hatch.stuart@tesco.net
Inspiration # 26
"Time"
by Stuart Geoffrey Hatch
The Immediate, middle and end,
The past, present and future,
The left, middle and right,
The now, there and when,
Do we see the connection then?
This Illusion Manifested Earth.
The theory of time is only
relative to this plane.
Designed for us humans whilst
we play out this game.
Every instance of every
thought shapes your future,
Every instance of every
thought shaped by your future is reality,
Every instance of your future
reality is your present moment,
Every instance of your future
reality of present moment is coloured by your past,
Every instance of your future
reality of present moment, coloured by your past, becomes your action,
Every instance of your future
reality of present moment, coloured by your past, becomes your action, which is your
reality.
So, every instance of thought
is you living,
Relent the past trust the
future and become a human being.
In every instance of every
thought you shape all,
The Immediate, Middle, End there is,
Go forth aware and now try to
learn to live.
If there is only one time of
every thought of every instance of your action,
Try to avoid any future
negative reaction.
By Stuart Geoffrey Hatch
6 Whitefriars Meadow Sandwich, Kent.
CT13 9AS. England
hatch.stuart@tesco.net
Inspiration
# 27
"Passion"
by Stuart Geoffrey Hatch
Before you arrived in your
worldly plane you all agreed,
Who would do what and who
you’d be,
Pre Agreed Self-Serving Inner Ordered Needs,
Or some people call it
destiny.
Passion isn’t a thought,
a want, a material need,
This becomes clearer as you
begin to succeed,
Congratulations for finding
your passion a journey has now truly begun,
All becomes equal, all becomes
one.
It is your passion, which gives you a reason, a
purpose,
It allows your feelings to be
freely expressed,
So, forgive the people, which
hold it suppressed.
For your passion helps you
to understand love,
The love of yourself and the
love of all others,
To love your enemy like a
child does a mother.
When you find the path of your
passion,
Your spirit is ready to grow,
You
will now start to re-member with your,
UN-experienced Knowledge, which NOW becomes knowN.
Passion gives you the
understanding to experience,
Patience, humility, fear,
solitude, hate, pain, death and all you can ever conceive,
This is your weakness, which
you all agreed.
Your soul’s gratification
is its treasure,
Happiness, peace, Love and
Joy,
Is what you yearn to see,
For this you agreed your
destiny.
By Stuart Geoffrey Hatch
6 Whitefriars Meadow Sandwich, Kent.
CT13 9AS. England
hatch.stuart@tesco.net
Inspiration
# 28
"One
Night I Had A Dream" by Nina Goncharova
It was a great and shining flight,
I reMEMBER that fantastic stream,
I know what it is to be a simple light:
I WAS IN THE DEPTHS OF CREATION,
IN THE AWESOMENESS OF A STARRY LAND,
I WAS NOTHING FLYING IN ADMIRATION,
I WAS ALL, I WAS LOVE WITHOUT END...
Inspiration
# 29
"Awakening
From Sleep Walking" by Magda Sabet
Writing is a great tool for
venting or expressing views sharing them out loud with whoever is willing to listen or
read.... you are also hearing yourself out loud because it matters to you.
You are a sleep walker if you don’t make your own rules.
Being spiritual is a way of life, a path that you choose for yourself deciding to make
your own rules... You awaken to who you really are & so you reject whatever it is that
"was" being imposed upon you. You realize that everything is fake &
illusory, what you used to believe or think before is an illusion. What you used to
believe was right is no longer the case, everything dissolves before your eyes & all
the structures collapse. This world is nothing but a fleeting illusion, it is another
dream state that will end & you will eventually move from dream to dream to
dream.......
Being spiritual does not mean that you shouldn't vent, get angry or criticize, on the
contrary, it is always for your own good that you frequently release what we call
negativity & toxins from your system so that they do not become blockages &
eventually turn into diseases in the body... it is how you release & express your
"toxins" is what matters... Being aware of your thoughts & feelings is the
first step, then consciously choosing the best way for you & for others to express
yourself is the second but a little more difficult step. I think writing is one of such
ways to do that, through writing you transform whatever it is that you call negative into
what you call positive because you release these thoughts that do not serve you on paper
which allows you to look at them & decide whether you want them to affect you anymore.
We live in a world of dualities.... we label things & we say right or wrong, black or
white, good or bad, positive or negative.... but in truth, there is no such duality.... In
fact, there are things that serve us & things that do not serve us but what does not
serve us, doesn’t make it bad or negative. Each one of us needs to decide for
him/herself what serves him/ her & what doesn’t, it has to come from within you
& not allow anybody else to decide that for you.
We were born & grew up in a society & a culture that dictates to us what is
supposed to serve us & what isn’t supposed to serve us....what we should think
& say & not how to think & talk.…so many shoulds & musts were imposed
on in us that we are not supposed to question. We took all that for granted & it
became who we are but that's not who we are, that's who somebody else used to be.
Do you want to be yourself or want to be an older idea from the past walking on two
feet?... or better say a "skeleton"?
If you accept not being true to yourself, constantly asking yourself questions &
wondering if what you have become is who you really are & who you want to
be?...Constantly asking whether a thought or a belief that comes up is really yours or
unconsciously borrowed from somebody else? Then you are stuck in old patterns ingrained in
you from other people in the past (& probably they still do).…you are actually
playing out the past, you are not you but you are someone else's past... You are a walking
recorder of old soap operas, playing what others "used to" say & think over
& over, you are an old idea of older people walking around..…you are a
"sleep walker"
Being a sleep walker is self betrayal.…so choose now to awaken & be who you
really are…it is not easy but the long term benefits are great because you have
acknowledged yourself & loved who you truly are.
When you are a sleep walker & being just a reflection of other people, you do not love
yourself, no matter how many times you strongly defend yourself & affirm that you love
yourself, I can still see through your lies & self denial…I can see that you are
a sleep walker & that you are not who you are.
One of the most obvious symptoms of not loving one's self, is the fear of sitting by
yourself alone voluntarily..…the fear of discovering the truth about yourself &
listening to your own voice, the fear of finding out that you do not love yourself...
But why you don’t love yourself? because you have become a self that isn’t
really you & you unconsciously dislike it, your true inner self (the soul) dislikes
the fake outer self (the ego).. so there is a very good reason for that & it is
justified, you inner self (the soul) is begging you to give it a chance to come out &
shine through you but your fake outer self (ego) does not let it so, in fact, both your
inner self (soul) & outer fake self (ego) are at constant war &
conflict…that's why you constantly run away from your self, avoiding to face that
conflict…your fake outer self wants you to dislike your inner self, while on the
contrary your inner truth is divine, it is the presence that you are afraid of..…you
are afraid to acknowledge your true power that comes from within.
If you can not sit still with yourself then you do not enjoy your own company because you
do not enjoy the company of the fake self & the fake idea you have invented about
yourself.…but until you find your true inner-self that is hidden under layers &
layers of your fake outer self, the conflict will stop & you will enjoy being on your
own, feeling no need for others company to fill up what you may perceive to be your
emptiness (that emptiness is the illusory creation of the ego) because your own company is
amazing, you are no longer afraid of yourself because who you found yourself to truly be
is magnificent.
When loving yourself becomes real & not illusory, it really wouldn't matter if you
gain the approval, love or acceptance of others or not, it wouldn't matter if they agree
with you or not & it wouldn't matter if they like what you have become or what you do
because acceptance & love comes from within you…your being is filled with that
love & self validation that you don’t need to seek it from outsiders... you no
longer feel the need to manipulate or play the role of a victim, a villain or a lover
because you don’t need others to validate you or give you the energy & love you
perceived you lacked...You are filled with it & it is infinite.
You leave your past behind, looking at it with a grin but you realize that what matters to
you most is enjoying that eternal moment of Now with no need to look ahead into the future
out of fear & insecurity.
When you love & validate yourself you realize that you are divinely guided by God
& your soul, when you know that, you won’t even need another human being to guide
you because you will rely more on your inner compass to do that & nobody knows
what’s best for you than your own self.
That is not to say that you eliminate others from your path, but it is to say that you no
longer need them to fulfill a need…you will only enjoy their company & the
moments you spend with them for what it is & nothing more, you no longer expect
anything from anybody & so you won’t be frustrated or let down.
I call this awakening, the road less traveled
There is much more to say to no end but that's enough.
Inspiration
# 30
"A
Delicate Inquiry" by Michael Edan
I approach slowly-
a taste of caution seasoning my restless mind.
This is territory undiscovered, not yet ripe enough to be known,
and yet the gentle pull of anticipation, like a silken cord
delicately unraveling, mingled with something more adamant,
perhaps need – gestures . . . “this way”
What is here?
Waiting to reveal itself inside the darkened caverns called body?
Somehow weaved among the strands of nerves, sinews and bone,
undulating
through the rivers of blood, is another substance . . .
foreign, that has no form.
But something is sensed.
Something is there –
Its pulse discerned within the canopy of Awareness –
and I pause, listen,
attentive to the still hidden mystery,
providing it the space of presence, like a prayerful Magi
offering homage to some living unearthed treasure.
And it is from this delicate inquiry,
curious, available,
like the innocent singing of a child,
that allows the unformed to form -
yet what emerges is vague, a substance lacking lucidity -
gestating moment by moment, its molecules of consciousness
dividing, burgeoning, until the ever-new moment reveals
the quickening of recognition electric in its birth –
“Oh . . . this is what that something is about”
And can I keep that company?
Welcome its entrance into the Cathedral of compassion?
Even if its been in prison many years?
Even if it’s the jailer?
Even if it seems unable to utter sound or move because
of some unnamed terror?
Even if it seems ravenous to savor another’s blood?
Even if it damns what has been framed as most sacred?
And as I pause with this question,
that which knows what it is to live says yes -
be
with -
allow –
receive -
welcome the unfolding –
listen to its story with fresh wonder.
And
from this simple action I discover trust is not needed,
only a willingness to be present.
And the challenge of that invitation
beckons like a distant lighthouse,
illuminating the possible,
showing me a way to navigate
the seeming darkness of the midnight sea,
guiding me always
home –
Michael Edan
Copyright 2008
