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"Suffering Teaches How to Become Masters of Love, Podcast, Part VI"
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This is Part VI of a six part blog. In order to understand and make best use of what follows, please see my previous entries of 11/30/09 for Part I, of 12/07/09 for Part II, of 12/14/09 for Part III, of 12/21/09 for Part IV and of 12/28/00 for Part V.
Below are a series of affirmations or phrases I have created and use to help me to stay in a place of unconditional Love:
Be assured that if you follow anyone other than your Self, you will surely get lost.
Take the time to really "listen" to your Self and all will become crystal clear.
God/Goddess loves you no matter what because in doing so, He/She loves Him/Herself.
Don't take your life's experiences personally, these experiences are not who you ARE! They are just steps on your path to Awakening! You ARE so much more!
Hang in there! You CAN do it! And actually you ARE doing it!
Trust the process and most importantly Trust your Self!
Fear is the ultimate illusion. Empowerment the ultimate Truth!
It's all a series of conclusions about a series of delusions.
When you appreciate something, you allow yourself to fully receive it!
Rather than "making the best of it," "make it the best!"
Love is being unconditionally present for yourself and another!
Make your Life a Meditation, not a Race; Proceed at the Speed of Grace and Trust.
In conclusion I would like to share a channeled passage from Kryon:
There seems to be so much sorrow on the planet. Can you work within the framework of the test before you? Can you put on your armor and shields of sacredness and walk through the sorrow, fear and disappointment of what other Humans have done, without judgment of them or without being discouraged? The more light you carry, the more you will see that which is sorrowful on Earth. Only the masters can "see" these things as reasonable within the scheme of why you're here. It is important that the Lighthouses are not distracted by the storms as they shine their lights. Otherwise, they become useless.
So, it is so, so important to not let your ego determine the perspective you have on the experiences you or others are having.
Please remember to go into meditation regularly and quiet your mind and open your heart so that you might allow the wisdom, love and light of your Higher Self to illuminate and reveal the path before you!
May you dwell Peace!
The gift that suffering bestows upon us is that it teaches us how to become Masters of Love!
This is Part VI of a six part blog entry.
Life Mastery's Friday Weekly Podcast:
"Suffering Teaches How to Become Masters of Love, Podcast, Part V"
(length 5:16 minutes)
This is Part V of a six part blog. In order to understand and make best use of what follows, please see my previous entries of 11/30/09 for Part I, of 12/07/09 for Part II, of 12/14/09 for Part III and of 12/21/09 for Part IV.
So, when you can unconditionally accept everything and everyone, you have learned the ultimate lesson of what Love is all about. It is in this state of acceptance that the illusions of lack, insufficiency, fear, and inadequacy all disappear and the reality of your beauty, majesty, wisdom, power and eternal value become very clear and bright.
All that you previously interpreted with your ego's eyes as failure and "suffering" is now seen as just steps leadings you out of the illusion of your separateness and aloneness and instead into the realms of Oneness, Light and Love that your Higher Self or Soul dwells in eternally.
Even the Awakened One, the Buddha, said:
But once all this "suffering" is seen as the illusion that it really is, then the true Light of who you really are finally awakens within you and then you can own, know, integrate and embody it in a way that it becomes you and you become IT.
So, let go of your ego's desire to have things always go your way, i.e. the way you "think" they should--that is, the way your ego mind wants them to go. Let your Soul instead be in the driver's seat.
Let go of the need to hold onto things that are already as you desire so they will continue to be what you want. Believe me, they never will remain the same. The only constant in this universe is "change."
Let go of trying to control others, you never will!
Let go of your fears, projections, illusions and defenses.
Let go of the need to make others wrong or right or to judge them.
Just dwell in the Light of your Soul by sitting in meditation and all will be revealed to you! "Be still and know!" Listen to the "still, small voice within!" It will lead you to your true Self.
This is part V of a six Part blog entry.
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"Suffering Teaches How to Become Masters of Love, Podcast, Part IV"
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This is Part VI of a six part blog. In order to understand and make best use of what follows, please see my previous entries of 11/30/09 for Part I, of 12/07/09 for Part II and of 12/14/09 for Part III.
Love is not an emotion; it is a state of being. It is a state of acceptance and profound understanding. It sees all experiences with the heart of unconditionality and it knows that all is in Divine Order and that all is moving towards the Highest Good.
Love from the ego has emotions attached. Love from the soul, does not. That's what it's all about: learning how to develop the "detached," "impersonal," and "open" heart. The heart and mind that are free from the fears, illusions and false beliefs that distort reality.
Many equate the word love with the human emotion that many mistake as and for love. Unconditional Love is a state of being and not an emotion. It is a stable, harmonious and balanced state through which there can be no judgment, no fear, no indecision, and no uncertainty. It is a pure state of acceptance, trust and knowing. It is a Soul state, not a mind state.
This state of love is not a denial of reality, but rather an acceptance and true appreciation of it! It is an understanding that all of life is an eternal journey into a greater and greater ability to love, appreciate and embrace more and more of one's experiences and more and more of the Universe!
This is part IV of a six Part blog entry.
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"Suffering Teaches How to Become Masters of Love, Podcast, Part III"
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This is Part III of a six part blog. In order to understand and make best use of what follows, please see my previous entries of 11/30/09 for Part I and of 12/07/09 for Part II.
Our purpose here on this planet is not to acquire information and "things," but to learn how to really love. And so when we are at our lowest and yet are still able to reach up to love, reach within to love and reach out for love, we then truly will have mastered what Love is all about. For by reaching out for love, we shed light into the darkness. We turn chaos into order. We transform lead into gold. We truly tap into the essence of love and become the Master Alchemist! We turn all our "suffering" or our illusions into Gold!
If in the depths of despair you seek Love's guidance and surrender fully to its loving embrace, then truly you have learned what it means to have "Love" and that "knowing" will remain with you and continue to grow within you throughout eternity.
Love gives eternity and meaning to life--nothing else can or does. But if, on the other hand, you just make love an intellectual exercise, you learn nothing about love and are left empty and unfulfilled.
So, when your body is not functioning well, but you can still love it, you then have learned what it means to love unconditionally.
When your best friend or lover has left you and yet you can still love yourself, you have learned how to truly love yourself.
When you finances have bottomed out, but you can still appreciate the wonder and beauty of life and of yourself and still know that you are good and can thrive, you have learned what it means to love.
And when another has harmed you and you can still love them and yourself, truly you have learned what love is.
This is part III of a six Part blog.
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"Suffering Teaches How to Become Masters of Love, Podcast, Part II"
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This is Part II of a six part blog. In order to understand and make best use of what follows, please see my previous entry of 11/30/09 for Part I.
We create our reality. Everything that "happens to us" is part of a master plan or blueprint that is helping us to "become," grow and heal in ways that will truly allow us to develop and manifest all the potential within us. Truly, all is in Divine Order and Divine Timing and as we learn to look at our experiences through the eyes and heart of our Soul and not through the myopic vision of our ego, we get to see the bigger picture and put it all into proper context and perspective.
It is our Soul that is leading us into the experiences that It knows will help us to truly come to know who we really are in the quickest and, believe it or not, the least painful way possible. Whether we presently get it or not, what looks, to our ego, like a long and torturous path, is really the shortest route to a true understanding and picture of who we really are.
Seeing our experiences through our Soul's perspective will lead us away from where our limited awareness is presently focused to an unlimited, eternal and infinite vision of who we really are and will put into perspective why we are experiencing what we are experiencing.
So, it is those who have experienced the greatest sense of loss and suffering in their lives who have risen to the greatest heights and depths of wisdom and love.
This is Part II of a six part blog entry.
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"Suffering Teaches How to Become Masters of Love, Podcast, Part I"
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This is Part I of a six part blog,
The gift that suffering provides us is that it teaches us how to become Masters of Love! But how you might ask?
That which we call "suffering" is an experience we create for ourselves so that we can refine or increase our ability to love ourselves, love another and love the whole of the creation. When we "suffer" we ultimately feel abandoned and alone. As well, we feel that we are unworthy and unlovable. But all of this is just the ultimate illusion, an illusion that has us believing that we are somehow separate from God/Goddess and somehow undeserving of His/Her love.
We are meant to have dominion over or be the stewards or nurturers of all of creation. But that dominion or stewardship is not one of "possession," but it is a stewardship of love. It is the dominion of one who is the caretaker and caregiver. It is not a "hording of things," but it is a stewardship of nurturing and caring for all. And the way that we earn that dominion is to be more and more able to love, appreciate, nurture and embrace it all, no matter what.
But how does one learn to "love/appreciate" it all, no matter what.
Most of us believe that suffering is something that is inflicted upon us by an outside force. Whether it is illness, financial ruin, relationship issues, natural disasters, etc., we see ourselves as a "victim" of circumstances.
The problem with this way of looking at the experiences you are having is that by seeing yourself as a "victim," you are giving away your ownership of the situation and are therefore, giving away your "power" to change it.
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9) Will a different reality.
What you expect, you receive. Whatever you are looking for or looking at is what you see. Use the power of your mind to see the best in all and in yourself and you will experience the best. Keep your thoughts clear, pure, intentional and purposeful by using your will and you will create a new reality. Be clear and you will have clarity!
You are not a victim. Look at your thoughts and the predominant emotions that you have and if any of them are of a low quality, change them. You and only you have the strength and power to change them and you can.
You are a powerful creator! You created what you don't want; what makes you think you can not create what you do want.
You create your reality.
You create your experiences.
You give them meaning.
You get to choose!
You are a Master of your Life!
I hope that these reflections are helpful to you.
We really do create our reality and give meaning to our lives and experiences by the way we choose to interpret them and the perspective we choose to bring to bear upon them. Our happiness does not arise from anything we do, but by virtue of what we believe and think.
Do you live by choosing to experience your life through the eyes and heart of your Soul or do you choose to live by hiding in the shadows of your ego?
Reflect on these things!
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This is Part IX of a ten part blog.
8) Go within and bring in the God presence over and over again and you will be free of all this suffering. Then you will have attained "perfection over the illusion."
Take the time to regularly sit in meditation and there in that Silence, where the ego mind is still and your heart is open, you will be filled with the Presence of God/Goddess and there you will know who you are and without a doubt you will know deep within you that you have eternal everlasting value. As well, you will also know that that value is inherent in you and in every living creature.
There is nothing you need to do or become or possess in this lifetime in order to realize your value. You are already THAT! You are God/Goddess in finite form who has taken on a temporary personality in this lifetime in order to manifest and embody Love. Period!
That's why you are here. It's not complicated. By realizing this, you will have attained "perfection over the illusion" and you will know your eternal value.
It's not about what we "do" with our lives that matters; it all about who we "become." So, open your heart and quiet your mind regularly and consistently and you will then come to truly "know ThySelf."
But to attain this awareness you must consistently take the time to go within over and over again so that you can touch in with "Reality," that is, God/Goddess. Otherwise the world of illusion will drag and beat you down and you will forget who you really ARE.
This is Part IX of a ten part blog.
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This is Part VIII of a ten part blog.
6) I am a Divine Spirit. I have everything that is needed.
You truly are a Divine Spirit having a human experience. You are here to learn "love," give "love," receive "love," and become "love." Within you, you have all the Wisdom and love to create the best possible life for yourself.
You were made in His/Her Image. You are a co-creator with God/Goddess of your own reality. God/Goddess is infinite potential and all He/She asks of you to believe in your eternal, infinite Self and by doing so you can embody and manifest all the potential that is within you. Everything is possible, if you believe that to be so.
You are a chip off the old holographic block called God/Goddess. Why not begin to claim your birthright and become who You are!
7) Know without any uncertainty that your fears and insecurities are not your true self; that your true self is totally integrated, totally capable of handling every thing over time in the right way and with enough patience it can accomplish what it came to accomplish.
When you feel inadequate, fearful, disconnected or like a victim, you are identifying with your "little self." That part of you that has forgotten who it really is and what you are really capable of. Everything is possible for you! You can do it! And you can truly know what it is that you came to fulfill and accomplish in this lifetime.
This is Part VIII of a ten part blog.
This is Part VII of a ten part blog.
4) There is no insufficiency in you. You will get past it. This will work for you!
When you feel down and out and disempowered, you're basically feeling that you are deep down at your core inadequate or unworthy and that there isn't anything you can do to bring yourself out of it. The fact of the matter is that you are never given a challenge that you can't overcome. It's only your thinking about your thinking that makes you feel that way.
You are not a victim. You are a Master. "I am not a victim; I AM a Master." Keep repeating this phrase to yourself because it is true! This is what be a Master is really all about!
5) "When I awaken tomorrow, no matter what comes my way, I am more than adequate to handle it! I will find all of the solutions through my objectivity and my own inner spiritual power."
You are a very powerful spiritual being who has come forth to embody the gifts and strengths that are who you really are. Claim your Divinity and your strength. Know without out a doubt that you are a Master of your Life and a powerful, creative soul. By stepping back from the fears and insecurities of your ego mind and witnessing them objectively rather than getting all caught up in their drama, you can, in that objective place of Silence and meditation, find solutions to all your "problems" and reclaim your power.
This is Part VII of a ten part blog.
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This is Part VI of a ten part blog.
3) Don't fall out of agreement with what is happening because when you do, you create a lot of emotional turmoil and resistance.
What you resist persists!
Embracing who you are and where you are in your life presently is the quickest cure for tension and anxiety and for resolving those very issues that you wish were not in your life.
Where you are is where you are!
To deny it or try to push it away only creates more of it. As you embrace and then honestly face the situation you have created, you can then let go of it enough and step back far enough from it to now see the bigger picture and get broadest perspective.
By stepping back in this way and giving some "space" to the situation, you can and will be inspired to take the right action that will lead to the Highest Good for all involved. As well, it will help you to transmute the energies of what you don't want into what you do want. In other words, by doing this you will see "outside the box" and thus you will be led to find empowered solutions.
As Albert Einstein said, "you can't solve a problem at the level it was created." You must see the bigger picture by seeing the situation with the eyes and heart of your Soul. You must quiet the fearful ego mind and all the drama it creates and instead listen to your Soul.
This is Part VI of a ten part blog.
This is Part V of a ten part blog.
1) Today I am going to create a day of peace and harmony.
You get to set the tone for your day. If you wake up grumpy and unfocused, you will attract more of the same. But if, when you wake up, you set a clear intention that you are looking to create peace and harmony in your day today [guess what?] peace and harmony is what you will mostly experience.
So, upon awakening, rather than allowing for random thoughts and feelings to enter, instead, clearly focus on peace and harmony and then think, feel and imagine the events that are coming up in your day to be filled with peace and harmony. As well, during the day create periodic reminders that help you remember that above all other things it is peace and harmony that you want to experience this day.
The more you do this, the easier it gets to do and the better and more intentional your life becomes.
2) I can look at these things going on in my life now and say, "I am in charge here and can be in a place of profound peace."
No matter what you are experiencing, know that you are not a "victim of circumstances," but a Master of your life. You get to make the "best" of any and every situation you are in and you get to choose how you feel about what you are experiencing. You can make lemonade out of lemons. You can see the Highest Good and the Divine plan in it all.
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This is Part IV of a ten part blog.
Over the years I have come up with numerous phrases, thoughts and interpretations that have helped me to raise my thoughts/energies around everything that happens in my life. It has made a world of a difference in terms of how I have experienced my life.
So, what I would like to do now is to share some of these with you. These are the ways that I use to see the Highest Good in all situations and to do my best to see everything from a Divine perspective.
You and only you get to give meaning or an interpretation to the experiences you have. What someone else thinks or believes about your experiences or about you doesn't matter at all. All that matters is what you think or believe about yourself or your experiences.
And, yes, you get to choose how to "see" the things that happen in your life. Coming to know that I get to choose how I interpret the events in my life is the most important thing I have learned. Because of this understanding I have created a great deal of peace, joy and empowerment in my life.
So, I will now share with you a number of of these phrases, thoughts and interpretations that I have used over the years. As well, I will offer some commentary as to what they mean to me and how I use them.
This is Part IV of a ten part blog.
This is Part III of a ten part blog.
So, let's begin with the following questions:
What creates your reality?
What creates your experiences?
Who or what gives them meaning?
You and only you do!
If you resolve to have a different reality, you will experience a different reality.
So, how do you resolve to have a different reality?
You do so by observing the thoughts and interpretations you have about yourself and about your experiences and then you consciously and intentionally choose thoughts and interpretations that place everything in the best light. You seek to see the Highest Good in every situation. You seek to see yourself and the events in your life from God/Goddesses' perspective.
As well, you very carefully and very honestly observe what your beliefs about the Universe are and what you expect from it. And if any of it is anything less than what you would ideally want, you change it.
In other words, get quiet for a minute or so now and ask yourself: Is the Universe a friendly and supportive place; or is it a neutral one; or is it "out to get me?" What do you really believe?
This is really worth taking a few minutes to sit quietly with and meditate on. It can and will make a world of a difference for you if you honestly and lovingly look at it. So, please do so before reading on.
Your underlying core belief about what kind of a Universe you live in has a huge impact on what you experience in your life. Usually this is an area that is unexamined by most people. But I can assure you that it is extremely important to look at.
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This is Part II of a ten part blog.
Our ego mind is meant to be the servant of our Soul and not the other way around. Our Soul is meant to be in the driver's seat of our lives for it sees the whole picture and understand the context and purpose for all that we experience in our lives. We are meant to live a life filled with inspiration and revelation and not one that is filled with perspiration and frustration.
So, learning how to get out of your head/mind and instead live from your heart and Soul can be a challenge. But I have found that living an authentic and empowered life can never be achieved if I solely identify myself with my ego and with the "things" in my life. I must instead come to know my Self, that is my Higher Self, and then live an empowered and passionate life that springs forth from the depths of my Soul and heart and is filled with life-sustaining, creative, vibrant energies.
There is a great depth and breadth to this "gift of life" that we have all been given and it is only through mastering our minds and opening our hearts that we can access a fulfilled, authentic and empowered life.
So, what follows are a series of techniques with which I have learned to master my mind. By learning to master my mind I have begun to live my life as an empowered person and not as a victim. I trust that you will find these techniques and the reflections about them of value to you on your path up the mountain of your own Self-Mastery.
This is Part II of a ten part blog.
This is Part I of a ten part blog.
In this series of ten blog posts beginning today, I will explore the concept that "we shape and create our reality and experiences by the thoughts we focus on." As well, I will give advice on how to master the thoughts that we have and thus create the life we want.
Usually we are quite unaware of the predominant thoughts we have. As well, we usually are unaware of the worldview and general belief systems we have.
Most people, without questioning, just follow the dominant thought patterns and worldview of their culture, country or family. There is little reflection about the beliefs that they hold or the way that they look at themselves and others.
Their worldview has been passed down for generations or it is a mish-mash of corporate- fed faux journalism that is often very disconnected from reality and is really just selling advertising. Unfortunately, most people just follow along, never questioning the dominant cultural beliefs, their lives, their own beliefs or themselves.
But as Socrates once said: "The life unexamined is not worth living."
It is a struggle and challenge to rise above the lowest common denominator thinking that is so dominant in our culture. As well, it is not easy to understand that our thoughts affect our reality; and that how our ego or "little self" interprets the events in our lives is never how our Soul does.
This is Part I of a ten part blog.
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This is Part IV of a four part blog.
In reality there is no ego. It is an illusion. There is nothing to get through, accomplish, destroy or strive for. There is only SELF. And SELF is God/Goddess.
The only issue is the state of mind we believe to be true and base our lives on. Which do we choose to be: self-absorbed or SELF absorbed? Do we seek the God/Goddess within or do we look without and try to control and manipulate.
As Neale Donald Walsch wrote, “If you don’t go within, you go without.”
If we could release all of our false, limiting beliefs to this state of Beingness or Silence, the Silence would embrace, transmute and dissolve them all. For in this Silence the ego mind is quiet and it is there in that Silence where we can eavesdrop on God/Goddess. It is there that we can finally hear our Selves, listen to our Selves and become our Selves.
Here the superb essence of SELF and its infinite attributes, qualities and potentials are revealed. So ultimately knowing yourself as SELF is the goal. It is the end of all seeking, sorrow, struggle, and suffering; and in “knowing” your SELF you gain real SELF confidence.
“So seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven and all will be given unto you.” Are you seeking the treasures you can store in heaven or are you seeking transient and ephemeral trinkets and experiences?
For my self, I have found that it is all an “inside job!”
This is Part IV of a four part blog.
This is Part III of a four part blog.
The miraculous benefit of coming to “know” this state of Beingness is experiencing the power of an incredible ease, freedom and real sense of Connection with All That Is. This ease and sense of Connection can and does transmute the “issues” that we resist, deny, and project onto others and that somehow manage to persist no matter how much we “look at” them and “understand” their origins.
After all is said and done, giving up on the notion of trying to “fix” or change ourselves, another, or a situation is the key to this whole new way of Being. This is the surrender necessary to enter your own “knowingness” of perfection. Once you “know” this state of well being as reality then everything not of it can be accepted, embraced, blessed and transmuted.
If we examine ourselves honestly, we will see that we are living in a state of constant striving. Ego, in one word, describes this state. The Buddha identified this state as the root cause of all our suffering.
Ego or our “little self,” has chosen itself as the master of our lives and has decided that its job is to enforce this striving, controlling opinion of reality. There will be no deviation as far as it is concerned. But what it doesn’t get is that it is meant to be the servant of the Soul and not the master. That is why anyone have any experience of the real SELF is an extraordinary occurrence.
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This is Part II of a four part blog.
This third state, Beingness, is a state of well being that is, has always been, and always will be. It is a feminine state of openness and receptivity. It listens to its Self first and then acts out of inspiration. Its opposite is the first state of consciousness which is always calculating with a heartless mind and is always trying to “control” people and events. This state of consciousness sees everything and everyone as “objects” to manipulate.
As well, this third state of Beingness is not caused by any particular action on our part and is present everywhere and in every human being. It is our inherent nature. In the past this state was was only attained by saints and masters and everyone else was at a loss. But Beingness is our natural state, the birthright of each and every one of us. It is in our blueprint, our DNA. We can no longer deny or ignore it.
For millennia we have believed that it is our purpose to labor, attain, and then preserve our external accomplishments. We have been promised that this mode of behavior would give us a sense of security and well being. But the results of this belief system have manifested in a soul less life of solving one problem after another in the pursuit of happiness but with no end in sight and with little happiness to show for it.
As Albert Camus reminded us in his essay The Myth of Sisyphus, modern man’s plight is much like the story of Sisyphus who eternally found him self rolling a big boulder up a hill only to have it roll down again so that he would have to go down the hill and roll it up again. There was not much happiness or sense of purpose to Sisyphus’s life as is the case for so many modern people.
This is Part II of a four part blog.
This is Part I of a four part Blog.
Have you ever just wanted to be your Self? I’m sure you have. But who is this Self that you want to be?
I hope this series of blog posts will help to bring some clarity to you about what this elusive being named the SELF (Higher Self) really is. And in doing so help you to “be” and “find” your SELF.
This is an amazing time in history. On the one hand, there are wars and rumors of even more wars. There are famines and starvation. There are leaders whose consciousness is extremely self-centered and delusional. There is a world-wide economic system based on greed and hoarding that is collapsing.
Yet on the other hand, a whole new paradigm of consciousness is emerging in people who are opening to the Wisdom and Love within themselves and are seeking for answers from within and no longer just looking with out!
Both of these were based on a sense of separation, of otherness and of duality.
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This is Part VI of a six part blog. In order to understand and make best use of what follows, please see my previous entries of 02/12/07 for Part I, of 02/14/07 for Part II, of 02/19/07 for Part III, of 02/21/07 for Part IV and of 02/26/07 for Part V.
Be assured that if you follow anyone other than your Self, you will surely get lost.
Take the time to really “listen” to your Self and all will become crystal clear.
Below are a few phrases that will help you to keep your focus clear in this regard:
God/Goddess loves you no matter what because in doing so, He/She loves Him/Herself.
Don’t take your life’s experiences personally, these experiences are not who you ARE! They are just steps on your path to Awakening! You ARE so much more!
Hang in there! You CAN do it! And actually you ARE doing it!
Trust the process and Trust your Self!
Fear is the ultimate illusion. Empowerment the ultimate truth!
It’s all a series of conclusions about a series of delusions.
When you appreciate something, you allow yourself to fully receive it!
Rather than “making the best of it,” “make it the best!”
Love is being unconditionally present for yourself and another!
Make your Life a Meditation, not a Race; Proceed at the Speed of Grace and Trust.
In conclusion I would like to share a channeled passage from Kryon:
There seems to be so much sorrow on the planet. Can you work within the framework of the test before you? Can you put on your armor and shields of sacredness and walk through the sorrow, fear and disappointment of what other Humans have done, without
judgment of them or without being discouraged? The more light you carry, the more you will see that which is sorrowful on Earth. Only the masters can "see" these things as reasonable within the scheme of why you're here. It is important that the Lighthouses are not distracted by the storms as they shine their lights. Otherwise, they become useless.
So, it is so, so important to not let your ego determine the perspective you have on the experiences you or others are having.
Please remember to go into meditation regularly and quiet your mind and open your heart so that you might allow the wisdom, love and light of your Higher Self to illuminate and reveal the path before you!
May you dwell Peace!
The gift that suffering bestows upon us is that it teaches us how to become Masters of Love!
This is Part VI of a six part blog entry.
This is Part V of a six part blog. In order to understand and make best use of what follows, please see my previous entries of 02/12/07 for Part I, of 02/14/07 for Part II, of 02/19/07 for Part III and of 02/21 for Part IV.
So, when you can unconditionally accept everything and everyone, you have learned the ultimate lesson of what Love is all about. It is in this state of acceptance that the illusions of lack, insufficiency, fear, and inadequacy all disappear and the reality of your beauty, majesty, wisdom, power and eternal value become very clear and bright.
All that you previously interpreted with your ego’s eyes as failure and “suffering” is now seen as just steps leadings you out of the illusion of your separateness and aloneness and instead into the realms of Oneness, Light and Love that your Higher Self or Soul dwells in eternally.
Even the Awakened One, the Buddha, proclaimed:
But once all this “suffering” is seen as the illusion that it really is, then the true Light of who you really are finally awakens within you and then you can own, know, integrate and embody it in a way that it becomes you and you become IT.
So, let go of your ego’s desire to have things always go your way, i.e. the way you “think” they should.
Let go of the need to hold onto things that are already as you desire so they will continue to be what you want. Believe me, they never will remain the same. The only constant in this universe is “change.”
Let go of trying to control others, you never will!
Let go of your fears, projections and defenses.
Let go of the need to make others wrong or right or to judge them.
Just dwell in the Light of your Soul by sitting in meditation and all will be revealed to you! “Be still and know!” Listen to the “still, small voice within!” It will lead you to your Self.
This is part V of a six Part blog entry.
This is Part IV of a six part blog. In order to understand and make best use of what follows, please see my previous entries of 02/12/07 for Part I, of 02/14/07 for Part II and of 02/19/07 for Part III.
Love is not an emotion; it is a state of being. It is a state of acceptance and profound understanding. It sees all experiences with the heart of unconditionality and it knows that all is in Divine Order and that all is moving towards the Highest Good.
Love from the ego has emotions attached. Love from the soul, does not. That's what it's all about: learning how to develop the "detached," "impersonal," and "open" heart. The heart and mind that are free from the fears, illusions and false beliefs that distort reality.
Many equate the word love with the human emotion that many mistake as and for love. Unconditional Love is a state of being and not an emotion. It is a stable, harmonious and balanced state through which there can be no judgment, no fear, no indecision, and no uncertainty. It is a pure state of acceptance, trust and knowing.
This state of love is not a denial of reality, but rather an acceptance and true appreciation of it! It is an understanding that all of life is an eternal journey into a greater and greater ability to love, appreciate and embrace more and more of one’s experiences!
This is part IV of a six Part blog entry.
This is Part III of a six part blog. In order to understand and make best use of what follows, please see my previous entries of 02/12/07 for Part I and of 02/14/07 for Part II.
Our purpose here on this planet is not to acquire information and “things,” but to learn how to really love. And so when we are at our lowest and yet are still able to reach up to love and reach out for love, we then truly will have mastered what Love is all about. For by reaching out for love, we shed light into the darkness. We turn chaos into order. We transform lead into gold. We truly tap into the essence of love and become the Master Alchemist! We turn all our “suffering” or our illusions into gold!
If in the depths of despair you seek Love’s guidance and surrender fully to its tender embrace, then truly you have learned what it means to have “Love” and that knowing will remain with you and continue to grow within you throughout eternity. But if, on the other hand, you just make love an intellectual exercise, you learn nothing about love and are left empty and unfulfilled.
So, when your body is not functioning well, but you can still love it, you have learned what it means to love unconditionally.
So, when your best friend or lover has left you and yet you can still love yourself, you have learned how to truly love yourself.
So, when you financial situation has bottomed out, but you can still appreciate the wonder and beauty of life and of yourself and still know that you are good and can thrive, you have learned what it means to love.
And when another has harmed you and you can still love them and yourself, truly you have learned what love is.
This is part III of a six Part blog.
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This is Part II of a six part blog. In order to understand and make best use of what follows, please see my previous entry of 02/12/07 for Part I.
We create our reality. Everything that “happens to us” is part of a master plan or blueprint that is helping us to “become,” grow and heal in ways that will truly allow us to develop and manifest all the potential within us. Truly, all is in Divine Order and Divine Timing and as we learn to look at our experiences through the eyes and heart of our Soul and not through the myopic vision of our ego, we get to see the bigger picture and put it all into proper context and perspective.
It is our Soul that is leading us into the experiences that It knows will help us to truly come to know who we really are in the quickest and, believe it or not, the least painful way possible. Whether we presently get it or not, what looks, to our ego, like a long and torturous path, is really the shortest route to a true understanding and picture of who we really are.
Seeing our experiences through our Soul’s perspective will lead us away from where our limited awareness is presently focused to an unlimited, eternal and infinite vision of who we really are and will put into perspective why we are experiencing what we are experiencing.
So, it is those who have experienced the greatest sense of loss and suffering in their lives who have risen to the greatest heights and depths of wisdom and love.
This is Part II of a six part blog entry.
This is Part I of a six part blog,
The gift that suffering bestows upon us is that it teaches us how to become Masters of Love!
That which we call “suffering” is an experience we create for ourselves so that we can refine or increase our ability to love ourselves, love another and love the whole of the creation. When we “suffer” we ultimately feel abandoned and alone. As well, we feel that we are unworthy and unlovable. But all of this is just the ultimate illusion, an illusion that has us believing that we are somehow separate from God/Goddess and somehow undeserving of His/Her love.
We are meant to have dominion over all the creation. But that dominion is not one of “possession,” but it is a dominion of love. It is the dominion of one who is the caretaker and caregiver. It is not a dominion of “the hording of things,” but it is a stewardship of caring for all. And the way that we earn that dominion is to be more and more able to love, appreciate and embrace it all.
But how does one learn to “love/appreciate” it all.
Most of us believe that suffering is something that is inflicted upon us by an outside force. Whether it is illness, financial ruin, relationship issues, natural or human-made disasters, etc., we see ourselves as a “victim” of circumstances.
The problem with this way of looking at the experiences you are having is that by seeing yourself as a “victim,” you are giving away your ownership of the situation and are therefore, giving away your “power” to change it.
This is Part I of a six part blog.