Wayne Dyer is one my most recent "fav" authors. Currently, I am sifting through his book, Real Magic. It is good stuff.
This world is "temporarily" filled with lies that permeate our existence and fight against our being [or perhaps they just add texture to our lives]. First, families pass down both their legacies and their ignorance to their children, and each one of their encompassed individuals must discern this truth for him/herself [Maybe the individuals will glean wisdom from outside sources and predecessors. Maybe they will not]. Furthermore, schools educate according to state standards and federal mandates that slip through the system aided and abetted by government officials and their various agendas (whether well intentioned or not). [Perhaps ordinary citizens concur with the mandates, and perhaps they do not.] In addition, televisions, advertising and media services, and the Internet woo people with their various organizational versions of "supreme reality." Religions dictate dogma and doctrine in the name of aggrandized improvement. The "Smiths and the Jones" influence the local neighborhoods and the larger communities. And, I am sure there are many, many more sources for personal "truth and guidance" in America and in the greater world.
In my opinion, all people deserve to be the being they were designed to be in the beginning---before they entered the earth plane. [And on some level this is already beginning to manifest because it is our Divine destiny.] {Furthermore, I believe, at some point, there will be COMPLETE enlightenment which will usher us all into a new life understanding that will ease our struggles as we grow and develop, and perhaps even totally transform who we are.} But right now, most individuals throughout the world have been shrouded in some form of darkness. The darkness is not bad. Rather it molds us and gives shape and depth. [Consider a painting or a piece of sculpture that has no black or dark gray areas.]
Ironically, there are, also, some people that believe they are so light that they disable themselves from discovering the greater world around them. The newsworthy issue at hand of the polygamist sect in Texas is one such extreme example.
The men and women of the "cult" compound are so sheltered and so "guided" that they fail or refuse to see any reality outside of their own regimented belief system. {We are all that way to some degree.} It is of no matter to the compound residents that the country they live in has laws designed to protect and defend the innocent. The "cult" as a whole is above the law. The compound supports a tiny world of coersion and obliviousness. According to the greater world, the "cult" leaders are "authoritatively" leading its people down a primrose path; and, the people are naively adhering to the "ill-intentioned" will of the leaders.
But, not all cases of the "darkened consciousness" are so purposefully driven and controlled. Though, perhaps, I am being naive. Certainly at this stage in my life I can look around and realize how many influential scenarios are occurring in the greater world. The bottom line is that we all succumb to some form of untruth in our daily lives.
I had this boyfriend once upon a time that liked to roll a die every day to determine what he would believe and how that particular system would be enacted. It was a fascinating exercise for him. It was mind blowing to me. What can I say, I like creative people! But, I suppose the exercise had its value in the area of detachment. [And, he was brilliant in the realm of detachment!!!] But, in that mindset, one day one's way could be all truth while the next day one's former way was total untruth; and this is what I want to focus on, this sense of relativity.
As we grow older we start to realize that life is far from black and white. If we fail to realize this, disasterous effects can come into play. And what I am fast learning is that our lives are really quite malleable all the time. Some will diagree with this because of their upbringing and/or spiritual convictions. But let's look at the concept more closely.
Dyer supposes that there are a number of "lies" that we each may fundamentally connect with within the United States. They are:
1) I can't help the way I am. I have always been this way.
2) It is my nature. I inherited who I am and it can't be changed.
3) My personality is controlled by my chemistry and my metabolism.
4) My family is responsible for my personality.
5) I can't escape culture and times.
Real Magic, Dr. Wayne D. Dyer, p. 176-179
Dyer denies all of these beliefs. He purports that we are each here to create our own magical personality [and thus a magical life], and he said that even the biggest pessimist can overcome his/her self-made limitations by teaching the pessimist a new set of cognitive skills. I feel like I can jump on his bandwagon and wave bright colored flags that say, "Yes!" In fact, anyone who knew me more than four years ago can probably tell you how negative I could be [ BTW: I am still a recovering negativity monger!]---to the point of hospitalization.
But, despite the horrible existence I was leading at the time just prior to my life altering events in 2004, I did FIND a new and brighter Way for me to live. After a very desperate and life-threatening episode, I cut loose a lot of my self-limiting thoughts and behavior, and I moved into a world that quickly "became" the birth place and eternal vessel for love.
I say "became" because from my perception there was "no light at the end of the tunnel." There was only darkness and grayness almost incessantly. I would create little worlds inside me to help me survive from day to day; but to me, they were just imaginary---nothing more. So, even they were, in the end, worthless to me. I was lonely and terribly sad. Sad to the degree that I became medically depressed.
I cannot relay in this blog the events that marked the beginning of my new Way because there were several and it would take too much time to try to articulate. The aspect I want to highlight from that time period is the shift in my paradigm. I gained a strength that propelled me forward into a place of faith and trust. That place enabled me to start designing a new vision for myself.
I took the love I knew and I cultivated it so that it would grow and become immense. As I became conscious of futile thoughts and/or situations, I dumped the dead weight. Some of my friends found this to be horrific. They saw me as leaving the everlasting God of Christianity. I saw myself as holding onto Him with all my focus and might! There was a great transition that occurred in my life at that time. I took steps to announce and then step into my intention(s). I hit on the brass tacks of who I was and what I needed to be. I gave the people I cared for in my life a "heads up" so that they could transition with me, they could watch me move away from them slowly but surely [perhaps creating "glass menagerie" type relationship], or they could move completely in a separate direction from me.
I stopped listening to others before I listened to myself! It wasn't easy [and I often still practice the action] but it gave me the breath of life for the first time in a very long time. My life became mine.
This is where I merge with Dyer's positions of creating our own magical existence. Dyer plants the seed that we are MIRACLES---all of us, any life form. He then begins to build on the premise that we create in our invisible world that which we want to see and experience in our physical world. He doesn't minimize our inner being the way I did for ages. He expands it! And he determines that it is the most important thing we can do to affect change in our lives.
Six key factors to make ourselves the people we see in our mind's eye are:
1) Create a "fantasy" in your mind of exactly who and how you would like to be. This is the founding principle for your new personality and your new Way.
2) Visualize the optimal talent that you would like to have. Simply see yourself in possession of that illusive commodity.
3) Determine how smart you would like to be. How does the label genius next to your name feel?
4) Use your "magical powers" of inner persuasion to challenge everything about yourself. Your personality is made up of hundreds of habitual ways that you use to conduct the daily physical affairs of your life. Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
5) Imagine for yourself the ultimate miracle, a slowing down or an elimination of the aging process. This miraculous view will have an enormous impact on the state of aging in your body.
6) You have infinite possibilities for how you can live emotionally. You are the creator of your emotions. They originate with your thoughts. The emotional reactions are actually physical in nature. Whatever emotions you are choosing with your thoughts will take up residence in your body.
p. 182-193
Dyer contends that we have, from day one, been creating our life. Every choice we have made has culminated into the person we are now. He further contends that we can recreate ourselves at any moment. I did this a few years ago.
I was doing a lot of reading about Carolyn Myss' beliefs. And I bought this Sacred Contracts "game" she had manufactured that lead me to a new perspective. I won't delve into the "game," but I will say that it had to do with Jungian archetypes. One of the four common archetypes to all mankind is the Child. Myss broke the Child down into four subcategories: Wounded, Magical, Divine and Nature.
I was inspired by the Magical Child archetype. For years I had identified with the Wounded Child. When I learned about the Magical Child I "saw" a door to healing. I did much work regarding my inner children prior to declaring myself Magical. I learned how I envisioned myself; and then, for the first time, I felt I understood how to pull myself out of the horrible quagmire I had given myself over to (consciously and subconsciously). This point is important: There must be awareness in order to illicit lasting change in our life.
Each one of us has many "children" caught in the microcosm, "Web of life" of our inner worlds. And, whether we know it or not, each child has a different need and/or want that is continually making itself known in our present existence. [Many people will probably get confused by the terminology I am using at the moment. Suffice it to say that some of us stopped growing mentally, emotionally, physically, and/or spiritually when various events occurred in our lives. We subsequently "lost" a part of ourselves.]
The good thing is that we can cause the growth to restart, we can reclaim each lost part if we can become aware of our core being. So if some traumatic event severed "ties" to a part of yourself, that hurt can be left behind and a renewed part can be instilled in you. You can find that lost part by getting in touch with your center, exploring your life, and then fearlessly confronting the damaging aspects of the event.
Before you know it, little people will begin to surface all over the place in your inner world! In my case, most of the time, I just dragged my "children" along with me throughout my life. I was wounded. Terribly. I kept dragging my hurt parts along so that one day I could heal them. You know, when I got big enough to make them all better!
Eventually I had to realize that all those girls inside me were getting too heavy to hold onto. And I started throwing them off to the side so I could continue to move on. This "disposal" caused even greater lamentation inside my soul and wounded more of my physical body. Before I knew it, I was a very injured and sick adult. I had so many wounds and so many lost parts I began to "give way." It was overwhelming to say the least.
When I started playing with the Myss "game," I came upon a new vision for myself. [This worked for me because I am a creative being that likes imagery. Something else like, perhaps, a new "music" body could be your release. Open yourself to whatever comes your way. Whatever works. Don't get hung up on details!]
That year I had been injected with a little bit of self love that stemmed from a hospitalization and a new mixture of medications. The self love enabled me to grow in my mind's eye into a beautiful creature with wings, magic and power. In addition, I witnessed my youngest niece that I had a special relationship with; and I felt her spirit inside my own heart. It was amazing! She was fully present most of the time. She showed me the joy of a young girl's being; and since she had my family's blood coursing through her veins, I felt a part of her. She was not my child, but she was all that I needed to overcome the pains of being left behind.
I created a collage image to represent my new self, and I began to develop thoughts and feelings about myself that pushed me past all the darkness in my world again and again. My momentum sped up. I was Magical. And I was both woman and child all at once. I knew empowerment on a grand scale. It was wonderful!
Dyer says if you take the six keys above, you can transform every aspect of yourself. You can discover and renew that which is malleable in you and waiting for you to recognize its power for change. I recommend, if you are interested, taking one step at a time and really dealing with the various parts of yourself. I think sometimes self help books are targeting a "like-minded" audience. In other words, I think the books are speaking to certain people who are completely cognizant of the subject discussed. The books might address everyone, but not everyone is ready for the material.
I see myself as a bridge. I attempt to breakdown information into easier and more recognizable packages. I try to meet people where they are at. Life is often complicated. People need a helping hand. Awareness can be difficult for some people to grasp, but in the end, they can grasp it. [Remember, there are varying degrees of people that resemble on some level the Texas "cult" compound.] If a person is heavily connected to his/her tribe, personal work may be excessively strenuous to identify with. The tribe's needs must be met before the individual can be considered.
Dyer provides a number of steps to help each one of us implement the change we want to be.
1) Remove all doubt about what kind of person you can become.
2) Stop using sentences in your material world that reflect what it is that you do not want to be.
3) Stay focused on what you are for rather than what you are against.
4) Remind yourself daily that you are a purposeful being.
5) Totally trust your intuition for a day at a time.
6) Know that there is a secret buried deep within your invisible self.
7) Inventory the behaviors and characteristics that you exhibited as a child but that are no longer applicable to your adult life.
8) Create an intention inventory for yourself. An inventory not a wish list that you intend to create within yourself.
9) Begin to act in your physical world as if that person whom you would love to be were already here.
10) Learn to preplay who it is you want to be in your mind before you put anything into action. Slow down!
11) Remind yourself that if you have judged yourself to be lacking in any personality variable, you will continue to manifest that lack as long as you focus on it in your mind.
12) Seek out NO opinions on your own personality.
13) Develop your own personal excellence program, first in your mind, and then start putting it into practice in your daily life.
14) Use meditation regularly to create the inner harmony and peace that will allow you to become the personality that best suits your magnificent, divine purpose here on this planet at this time.
15) Use your meditations to see yourself free from the labels that you have placed upon yourself and to become free of the big lies about your inability to change certain things about yourself.
16) Be patient and compassionate with yourself.
p. 199-209
One thing that Dyer mentions is that "body chemistry controls a great deal of how we conduct our lives."
But, he says, "We must come to an understanding that is fundamental to our humanity. If we are to have magical bodies, we must have magical minds. Our body chemistry is always being affected by how we choose to think."
Dyer "does not dispute that little invisible creatures are in our bodies."
But he states, "That we need to take a look at the enormous power that we have in our minds to contain and/or retrain the creatures to work for us rather than against us."
p. 178
This information is especially important to me since I have been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, and I have been living with the disease for almost 16 years. After my last hospitalization in 2004, I began to shed the diagnosis I had been handed back in 1992.
It is important to realize the ramifications of health care situations. I have become very familiar with the personality of my illness. And despite all that I know, I began to support the case for my wellness four years ago. Eckhart Tolle mentioned in his new book, A New Earth that he had encountered Stephen Hawking before Hawking was a renown mathematician and physicist. Hawking was given less than 5 years to live when Tolle crossed his path. Hawking has now gone well beyond that time frame to extend his life span and create the miracles he has become famous for.
My path to wellness has been slow and methodical. Again, I think this is important when body magic is performed. Know what you have been up against. Take an inventory of all that has been said or done. Then, step by step discard the information that no longer serves you. Replace trashed information with new helpful, life-shifting data. Believe that anything is possible, because, in fact, it is. [For example, recall that Christopher Colombus was told the world was flat.] But, truly listen to yourself and the world around you. Delusion is not what you want to achieve. Magic is what you want to create. Again, determine to be patient with yourself and the process. Take tabs on every success that manifests. Celebrate each one. Be compassionate with any struggles you might come upon.
Discover the unlimited possibilities you harbor within yourself. You are a miracle. You are a child of God. Magically transform your personality and your life from this day forward. It is not only possible, it is probable! You hold the keys to your new identity---to your new world.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
"Be naked in the splendor of the truth of who you are." ~ Gangaji ~
"Self-Observation is itself the Beginning of Transformation"
---Dennis Lewis
"I (my ego & personality), Do solemnly swear to love, honor and obey my soul, my path to realization and relationship with a higher, deeper creative power, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, from now and forever more."
---Alex Grey
"Everything within my life - without exception - is a revelation and expression of That which is the Source of my own inevitable Awakening."
---Unknown
"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."
---Carl G. Jung
"Listen to the reeds as they sway apart;Hear them speak of lost friends. At birth, you were cut from your bed,Crying and grasping in separation. Everyone listens, knowing your song. You yearn for others who know your name, And the words to your lament. We are all the same, all the same, Longing to find our way back;Back to the one, back to the only one."
---Mevlana Rumi
"Open to me, so that I may open. Provide me your inspiration So that I might see mine."
---Mevlana Rumi
"Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly...Suddenly I awoke...Now, I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming that I am a man."
---Chuang Tzu
Ok, ok, I have made it through CD#2 of Eckhart Tolle's new book, A New Earth. It is quite good. I recommend it. [And as a reference, I prefer the audiobook to reading Tolle's work.] The man's brain is seriously huge (OR, should I say his power for awakening and understanding his expanding consciousness is quite huge.)! I look forward to my gradual awakening CD by CD. But until that transpires, I will concentrate on knowing my heart. I like the Hicks' book about the emotional guidance system. Their book seems far easier than Tolle's to contend with at this moment. I think I am ready for Tolle, but his work is always a great challenge!
http://www.kriyayoga.com/english/encyclopedia/ego.htm defines, "The Ego as that part of your present personality and your wholesome being including your astral body, Causal body and soul that is different from God and prevents you from becoming instantly one with God."
I like to think of the ego as my lower self. From my perspective, the Higher Self is defined as,"One's True Self that is capable of attaining the knowledge of perfection, and approaching divine self-consciousness." www.el-aura.com/terminology-e.html - Definition in context
I do not consider the lower self to be less worthy than the Higher Self. I think that both of the selves are necessary at this time in our evolution. Truly, at some juncture, I can see that the ego will begin to dissipate due to a large awakening. People will begin to immediately know their True Selves and the "step-ladder" for consciousness, the ego, will no longer be needed.
But for now, the ego remains an integral part of who we [are]. Our mind identifies strongly with the ego. But our heart identifies strongly with the Higher Self (our essence the spirit). From where I stand, as a result, it is the heart that must be followed first.
Many people have entrusted themselves to their "tribe." The "tribe" can be a family, a societal structure, or some other group that governs as such. People are often completely unaware that a "tribe" oversees their thoughts. As a result, people cease to know their True Selves. They give themselves over to a groupthink. I suppose one illustration of this type of goverance is when a person wakes up and realizes that he/she is beginning to sound and/or look like his/her parent.
It may be the path of least resistance, but becoming like our parents is definitely not a necessity. For example, look at the "disease" alcoholism. Yes, there may be a natural draw for certain genetic types to desire to drink problematically. But, through education, support and commitment, alcoholism can be overcome. It is the same way with any patterned thinking or framework.
First, people must become aware of a problem or a potential problem. Then steps must be taken to empower people. In the case of alcoholism, a 12-Step Program is often created to help problemed drinkers see all their options. In such a venue, the entity alcohol is disempowered while the person's ability to choose is highlighted and promoted.
Tribal mentalities are often extremely intense to conquer [that may be because they are still necessary for the group of people involved]. Carolyn Myss, a famous medical intuitive, lumps tribal programming into the first three chakras. She states that the stronger the tribal influence the weaker the personal power will be. This tribal influence includes biological factors, socialism, patriotism and globalism. According to Myss, "People that are tribal do not create their own reality, their tribe does it with them and for them."
Furthermore, Myss says, "Each one of us is destined, at some point in our evolution, to break free from the tribe and develop our chakras four through seven which are outside the scope of time and space. Myss coins the stage individuation (after Carl G. Jung's work), and she says it is inevitable for every person to go through it." But in the interim, all issues involving our biology, our sexuality, our finances, our need to control others, our interaction with others and all our physical contacts are wrapped up in chakras one through three; and it would behoove us to be cognizant that all people are not operating from the same playing field.
The ego is the self that seeks identity. The Higher Self has no need to do so. It recognizes its immortality and its role in the infinite. These two selves (Higher and lower) are fascinating to me because I think we all stem from the Source (which I call God). A few days ago my blog discussed the eternal Oneness which we all ARE. I imagined that at one place in Time we were God unfurled. And then all at once we were not.
This is where that Torus Tube comes in handy. "Sacred geometry and ancient teaching mystery schools stressed that the One force or consciousness behind existence through the laws of geometry made extensive use of the shape [[A Torus resembles a donut]]. Even the human embryo has a Torus shape during its first stages of existence. According to the ancient teachings, in the beginning there was a great void. This void is the Creator, with no body shape or definition [Creation requires a definition of space (as well as direction)]. The Torus Tube provides this kind of definition by using the inside, outside, and infinity. In that way it can be used as a philosophical model of creation itself."http://www.merkaba.co.il/Torus.htm
Human existence really can be seen in terms of this ancient, sacred geometrical element. Just when we think we are seeing the whole life picture, the universe shifts and we get a different view. Sometimes we recognize the inside and outside simultaneously. But, if we are positioned in the inside of the tube we only see so much. If we are positioned on the outside, we, also, only see so much. But, if we can imagine the Torus in its completion, we can possibly recognize the holographic universe in which we live.
"University of London physicist David Bohm, for example, believes Aspect's findings imply that objective reality does not exist, that despite its apparent solidity the universe is at heart a phantasm, a gigantic and splendidly detailed hologram.
To understand why Bohm makes this startling assertion, one must first understand a little about holograms. A hologram is a three- dimensional photograph made with the aid of a laser. To make a hologram, the object to be photographed is first bathed in the light of a laser beam. Then a second laser beam is bounced off the reflected light of the first and the resulting interference pattern (the area where the two laser beams commingle) is captured on film.
When the film is developed, it looks like a meaningless swirl of light and dark lines. But as soon as the developed film is illuminated by another laser beam, a three-dimensional image of the original object appears.
The three-dimensionality of such images is not the only remarkable characteristic of holograms. If a hologram of a rose is cut in half and then illuminated by a laser, each half will still be found to contain the entire image of the rose.
Indeed, even if the halves are divided again, each snippet of film will always be found to contain a smaller but intact version of the original image. Unlike normal photographs, every part of a hologram contains all the information possessed by the whole.
The 'whole in every part' nature of a hologram provides us with an entirely new way of understanding organization and order. For most of its history, Western science has labored under the bias that the best way to understand a physical phenomenon, whether a frog or an atom, is to dissect it and study its respective parts. A hologram teaches us that some things in the universe may not lend themselves to this approach. If we try to take apart something constructed holographically, we will not get the pieces of which it is made, we will only get smaller wholes.
This insight suggested to Bohm another way of understanding Aspect's discovery. Bohm believes the reason subatomic particles are able to remain in contact with one another regardless of the distance separating them is not because they are sending some sort of mysterious signal back and forth, but because their separateness is an illusion. He argues that at some deeper level of reality such particles are not individual entities, but are actually extensions of the same fundamental something. "
"The holographic paradigm also has implications for so-called hard sciences like biology. Keith Floyd, a psychologist at Virginia Intermont College, has pointed out that if the concreteness of reality is but a holographic illusion, it would no longer be true to say the brain produces consciousness. Rather, it is Consciousness that creates the appearance of the brain as well as the body and everything else around us we interpret as physical.
Such a turnabout in the way we view biological structures has caused researchers to point out that medicine and our understanding of the healing process could also be transformed by the holographic paradigm. If the apparent physical structure of the body is but a holographic projection of consciousness, it becomes clear that each of us is much more responsible for our health than current medical wisdom allows. What we now view as miraculous remissions of disease may actually be due to changes in consciousness which in turn effect changes in the hologram of the body. Similarly, controversial new healing techniques such as visualization may work so well because in the holographic domain of thought images are ultimately as real as reality. Even visions and experiences involving non-ordinary reality become explainable under the holographic paradigm. "
"In a holographic universe there are no limits to the extent to which we can alter the fabric of reality."
http://www.crystalinks.com/holographic.html
In my mind, we are moving toward total conscious awareness. Despite the various stages of life's growth and development seen throughout the world today, I believe we are all heading back to our origins. But as Willy Wonka said at the start of his magical confectionary tour in the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, "We must go forward to go backward."
Consciousness is constantly in flux. Our egos are growing, growing, growing, expanding, expanding, expanding. Our Higher Selves are leading the Way. The two selves are somehow becoming One. They are filled with the force of love and they will take us where we need to go. We need only trust. The selves know their "final" destinations for part one of humanity.
This is where stuff gets so amazing for me. I literally start thinking thoughts that already exist in the universe. And I do so from my connection to the Collective Unconscious of which I am engaging with. Who knew??? I certainly didn't at one time. And I just think it is so cool!
One extremely fun representation of such thoughts is the concept of synchronicities. A couple years ago I began to study the controversial psychologist, Carl G. Jung, and in doing so, I began to track "the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality." http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synchronicity
Life began to look so differently. I began to expect meaningful relationships in every aspect of my existence, and THEN, I began to experience those meaningful relationships.
For awhile I was quite on top of the phenomenon, and then things just seemed to spiral out like a jetty and I couldn't keep up. Currently, I am trying to find my place, again; but so far, nothing.
Yet, this past weekend I got walloped with the powerful relationships! As I did brunch with three ladies I know, I quickly came to the realization that these new friends of mine not only found regular occurence of the meaningful relationships in their own lives, but the ladies were, also, invested in how the meaningful relationships "spoke" to each of them. Furthermore, I spent the rest of the afternoon with a different friend of mine that connected some synchronistic phenomenon to actual interpersonal relationships we had between the two of us.
So, now I must think my consciousness is actively involved in creating a more rich context involving the connection of symbolic relationships that will educate me and take me somewhere new. Somewhere unexpected. Somewhere my heart ultimately desires to go; and that is exciting.
Discussing my ego's growth and development, I must, also, think that each one of us is destined to explore the fullest expression of who we ARE and that incorporates the "identity seeking" lower self. Since my childhood I have imagined that God brought forth each one us so that we would be the most definitive and unique creatures. As my Higher Self guides me through my Way, I am coming into my own. Yes, at times I (will) cling to things that will soon be abolished because there is no longer any need for them. But more importantly, I am learning the path that will leave me satiated with love and new discovery.
From choice, I remember my favorite moments shared with my precious nieces and nephews, and I KNOW that life is happening just as it should. My biggest challenge to date is to explore the Torus (while it is moving) called existence until I find purpose in each breath I take. This is not easy, but like most other things I spend hours and hours extrapolating about, it is simple. Practice brings us closer to perfect! Be compassionate with yourself as you cross the "pebbles" of life. If you awaken slowly, no worries. You are exactly where you are supposed to be. If you awaken at light speed, count your blessings. You, too, are exactly where you need to be.
---Dennis Lewis
"I (my ego & personality), Do solemnly swear to love, honor and obey my soul, my path to realization and relationship with a higher, deeper creative power, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, from now and forever more."
---Alex Grey
"Everything within my life - without exception - is a revelation and expression of That which is the Source of my own inevitable Awakening."
---Unknown
"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."
---Carl G. Jung
"Listen to the reeds as they sway apart;Hear them speak of lost friends. At birth, you were cut from your bed,Crying and grasping in separation. Everyone listens, knowing your song. You yearn for others who know your name, And the words to your lament. We are all the same, all the same, Longing to find our way back;Back to the one, back to the only one."
---Mevlana Rumi
"Open to me, so that I may open. Provide me your inspiration So that I might see mine."
---Mevlana Rumi
"Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly...Suddenly I awoke...Now, I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming that I am a man."
---Chuang Tzu
Ok, ok, I have made it through CD#2 of Eckhart Tolle's new book, A New Earth. It is quite good. I recommend it. [And as a reference, I prefer the audiobook to reading Tolle's work.] The man's brain is seriously huge (OR, should I say his power for awakening and understanding his expanding consciousness is quite huge.)! I look forward to my gradual awakening CD by CD. But until that transpires, I will concentrate on knowing my heart. I like the Hicks' book about the emotional guidance system. Their book seems far easier than Tolle's to contend with at this moment. I think I am ready for Tolle, but his work is always a great challenge!
http://www.kriyayoga.com/english/encyclopedia/ego.htm defines, "The Ego as that part of your present personality and your wholesome being including your astral body, Causal body and soul that is different from God and prevents you from becoming instantly one with God."
I like to think of the ego as my lower self. From my perspective, the Higher Self is defined as,"One's True Self that is capable of attaining the knowledge of perfection, and approaching divine self-consciousness." www.el-aura.com/terminology-e.html - Definition in context
I do not consider the lower self to be less worthy than the Higher Self. I think that both of the selves are necessary at this time in our evolution. Truly, at some juncture, I can see that the ego will begin to dissipate due to a large awakening. People will begin to immediately know their True Selves and the "step-ladder" for consciousness, the ego, will no longer be needed.
But for now, the ego remains an integral part of who we [are]. Our mind identifies strongly with the ego. But our heart identifies strongly with the Higher Self (our essence the spirit). From where I stand, as a result, it is the heart that must be followed first.
Many people have entrusted themselves to their "tribe." The "tribe" can be a family, a societal structure, or some other group that governs as such. People are often completely unaware that a "tribe" oversees their thoughts. As a result, people cease to know their True Selves. They give themselves over to a groupthink. I suppose one illustration of this type of goverance is when a person wakes up and realizes that he/she is beginning to sound and/or look like his/her parent.
It may be the path of least resistance, but becoming like our parents is definitely not a necessity. For example, look at the "disease" alcoholism. Yes, there may be a natural draw for certain genetic types to desire to drink problematically. But, through education, support and commitment, alcoholism can be overcome. It is the same way with any patterned thinking or framework.
First, people must become aware of a problem or a potential problem. Then steps must be taken to empower people. In the case of alcoholism, a 12-Step Program is often created to help problemed drinkers see all their options. In such a venue, the entity alcohol is disempowered while the person's ability to choose is highlighted and promoted.
Tribal mentalities are often extremely intense to conquer [that may be because they are still necessary for the group of people involved]. Carolyn Myss, a famous medical intuitive, lumps tribal programming into the first three chakras. She states that the stronger the tribal influence the weaker the personal power will be. This tribal influence includes biological factors, socialism, patriotism and globalism. According to Myss, "People that are tribal do not create their own reality, their tribe does it with them and for them."
Furthermore, Myss says, "Each one of us is destined, at some point in our evolution, to break free from the tribe and develop our chakras four through seven which are outside the scope of time and space. Myss coins the stage individuation (after Carl G. Jung's work), and she says it is inevitable for every person to go through it." But in the interim, all issues involving our biology, our sexuality, our finances, our need to control others, our interaction with others and all our physical contacts are wrapped up in chakras one through three; and it would behoove us to be cognizant that all people are not operating from the same playing field.
The ego is the self that seeks identity. The Higher Self has no need to do so. It recognizes its immortality and its role in the infinite. These two selves (Higher and lower) are fascinating to me because I think we all stem from the Source (which I call God). A few days ago my blog discussed the eternal Oneness which we all ARE. I imagined that at one place in Time we were God unfurled. And then all at once we were not.
This is where that Torus Tube comes in handy. "Sacred geometry and ancient teaching mystery schools stressed that the One force or consciousness behind existence through the laws of geometry made extensive use of the shape [[A Torus resembles a donut]]. Even the human embryo has a Torus shape during its first stages of existence. According to the ancient teachings, in the beginning there was a great void. This void is the Creator, with no body shape or definition [Creation requires a definition of space (as well as direction)]. The Torus Tube provides this kind of definition by using the inside, outside, and infinity. In that way it can be used as a philosophical model of creation itself."http://www.merkaba.co.il/Torus.htm
Human existence really can be seen in terms of this ancient, sacred geometrical element. Just when we think we are seeing the whole life picture, the universe shifts and we get a different view. Sometimes we recognize the inside and outside simultaneously. But, if we are positioned in the inside of the tube we only see so much. If we are positioned on the outside, we, also, only see so much. But, if we can imagine the Torus in its completion, we can possibly recognize the holographic universe in which we live.
"University of London physicist David Bohm, for example, believes Aspect's findings imply that objective reality does not exist, that despite its apparent solidity the universe is at heart a phantasm, a gigantic and splendidly detailed hologram.
To understand why Bohm makes this startling assertion, one must first understand a little about holograms. A hologram is a three- dimensional photograph made with the aid of a laser. To make a hologram, the object to be photographed is first bathed in the light of a laser beam. Then a second laser beam is bounced off the reflected light of the first and the resulting interference pattern (the area where the two laser beams commingle) is captured on film.
When the film is developed, it looks like a meaningless swirl of light and dark lines. But as soon as the developed film is illuminated by another laser beam, a three-dimensional image of the original object appears.
The three-dimensionality of such images is not the only remarkable characteristic of holograms. If a hologram of a rose is cut in half and then illuminated by a laser, each half will still be found to contain the entire image of the rose.
Indeed, even if the halves are divided again, each snippet of film will always be found to contain a smaller but intact version of the original image. Unlike normal photographs, every part of a hologram contains all the information possessed by the whole.
The 'whole in every part' nature of a hologram provides us with an entirely new way of understanding organization and order. For most of its history, Western science has labored under the bias that the best way to understand a physical phenomenon, whether a frog or an atom, is to dissect it and study its respective parts. A hologram teaches us that some things in the universe may not lend themselves to this approach. If we try to take apart something constructed holographically, we will not get the pieces of which it is made, we will only get smaller wholes.
This insight suggested to Bohm another way of understanding Aspect's discovery. Bohm believes the reason subatomic particles are able to remain in contact with one another regardless of the distance separating them is not because they are sending some sort of mysterious signal back and forth, but because their separateness is an illusion. He argues that at some deeper level of reality such particles are not individual entities, but are actually extensions of the same fundamental something. "
"The holographic paradigm also has implications for so-called hard sciences like biology. Keith Floyd, a psychologist at Virginia Intermont College, has pointed out that if the concreteness of reality is but a holographic illusion, it would no longer be true to say the brain produces consciousness. Rather, it is Consciousness that creates the appearance of the brain as well as the body and everything else around us we interpret as physical.
Such a turnabout in the way we view biological structures has caused researchers to point out that medicine and our understanding of the healing process could also be transformed by the holographic paradigm. If the apparent physical structure of the body is but a holographic projection of consciousness, it becomes clear that each of us is much more responsible for our health than current medical wisdom allows. What we now view as miraculous remissions of disease may actually be due to changes in consciousness which in turn effect changes in the hologram of the body. Similarly, controversial new healing techniques such as visualization may work so well because in the holographic domain of thought images are ultimately as real as reality. Even visions and experiences involving non-ordinary reality become explainable under the holographic paradigm. "
"In a holographic universe there are no limits to the extent to which we can alter the fabric of reality."
http://www.crystalinks.com/holographic.html
In my mind, we are moving toward total conscious awareness. Despite the various stages of life's growth and development seen throughout the world today, I believe we are all heading back to our origins. But as Willy Wonka said at the start of his magical confectionary tour in the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, "We must go forward to go backward."
Consciousness is constantly in flux. Our egos are growing, growing, growing, expanding, expanding, expanding. Our Higher Selves are leading the Way. The two selves are somehow becoming One. They are filled with the force of love and they will take us where we need to go. We need only trust. The selves know their "final" destinations for part one of humanity.
This is where stuff gets so amazing for me. I literally start thinking thoughts that already exist in the universe. And I do so from my connection to the Collective Unconscious of which I am engaging with. Who knew??? I certainly didn't at one time. And I just think it is so cool!
One extremely fun representation of such thoughts is the concept of synchronicities. A couple years ago I began to study the controversial psychologist, Carl G. Jung, and in doing so, I began to track "the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality." http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synchronicity
Life began to look so differently. I began to expect meaningful relationships in every aspect of my existence, and THEN, I began to experience those meaningful relationships.
For awhile I was quite on top of the phenomenon, and then things just seemed to spiral out like a jetty and I couldn't keep up. Currently, I am trying to find my place, again; but so far, nothing.
Yet, this past weekend I got walloped with the powerful relationships! As I did brunch with three ladies I know, I quickly came to the realization that these new friends of mine not only found regular occurence of the meaningful relationships in their own lives, but the ladies were, also, invested in how the meaningful relationships "spoke" to each of them. Furthermore, I spent the rest of the afternoon with a different friend of mine that connected some synchronistic phenomenon to actual interpersonal relationships we had between the two of us.
So, now I must think my consciousness is actively involved in creating a more rich context involving the connection of symbolic relationships that will educate me and take me somewhere new. Somewhere unexpected. Somewhere my heart ultimately desires to go; and that is exciting.
Discussing my ego's growth and development, I must, also, think that each one of us is destined to explore the fullest expression of who we ARE and that incorporates the "identity seeking" lower self. Since my childhood I have imagined that God brought forth each one us so that we would be the most definitive and unique creatures. As my Higher Self guides me through my Way, I am coming into my own. Yes, at times I (will) cling to things that will soon be abolished because there is no longer any need for them. But more importantly, I am learning the path that will leave me satiated with love and new discovery.
From choice, I remember my favorite moments shared with my precious nieces and nephews, and I KNOW that life is happening just as it should. My biggest challenge to date is to explore the Torus (while it is moving) called existence until I find purpose in each breath I take. This is not easy, but like most other things I spend hours and hours extrapolating about, it is simple. Practice brings us closer to perfect! Be compassionate with yourself as you cross the "pebbles" of life. If you awaken slowly, no worries. You are exactly where you are supposed to be. If you awaken at light speed, count your blessings. You, too, are exactly where you need to be.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
"Honest emotions keeping the soul intact." Thomas Moore
"You cannot resist something to which you grant no reality. The act of resisting a thing is the act of granting it life. When you resist an energy, you place it there. The more you resist, the more you make it real, whatever it is you are resisting. "
---Neale Donald Walsch
“Often we may feel that something in us doesn’t want to be understood or healed. We don’t want to go to the doctor. We decide against taking a class. We’re tired of the friend who always tries to change us, give us advice, or figure us out. These feelings, sometimes dismissed as resistance or defense, may be Daphne sensitivities, honest emotions keeping the soul intact.” From “Soul Mates”
--- Thomas Moore
"The heart of the matter is that there is nothing the matter with our hearts. It is not love that is to blame. But each of us has resistance to the very love we desire. We also have resistance to the space and independence we need. So we go back and forth, not letting ourselves have one or the other. Sometimes it is difficult to accept that it is our own resistance, rather than other people or the world, that is responsible for our problems. Try on the idea, though, because it has powerful consequences. It means that you are in charge again, and you are in a position in which you can do something about how your life goes. It boils down to this: Are you willing to have your relationships be a pathway to fully revealing yourself and your potential? If your answer is yes, real intimacy can be yours on a daily basis."
---Gay Hendricks
"Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance."
---Steven Pressfield
"The Law of Allowing is really where all of your personal power lies."
---Esther and Jerry Hicks
I am reading a book called, The Astonishing Power of Emotions. Recently I had a pitfall in one of my relationships and it made me go searching for my truth. "Was the truth circulating through my life the same truth that lies inside me?" I had to question in order to be sure. And in the questioning I discovered the title above. I read a bit of the book at the bookstore. I, also, needed to be sure that the title was what I needed before I took it home. I wanted to leave no room in my mind or heart for confusion. My answer was affirmative. I bought it.
A year and half or so ago I got hooked into the concept of the Law of Attraction. I became interested in the law after watching the marketing genius, The Secret. But I was still very skeptical. United States' marketing ploys drive me crazy [must be due to the family of salesmen that I belong to]!!! I wanted a deeper understanding of the law before I conclusively decided what I thought of it. Esther and Jerry Hicks wrote several books to define the subject better, and that is where I got started in my pursuit to attract.
The Law of Attraction is completely neutral. It is not magic or mumbo jumbo. It simply supports the premise that like attracts like, nothing more. It is similar to how the Law of Gravity works. In other words, we don't fall up, we fall down. There is no way to fall up. That would defy the Law of Gravity. That is how direct the Law of Attraction is as well.
I have become cognizant of how I think since I learned about the Law of Attraction. I have determined to attract what I want rather than what I do not want. I think knowing about the law has helped me create a more positive and dynamic outlook, a better life. Furthermore, I think it has enabled me to become much healthier.
But, The Astonishing Power of Emotions, gives me something far greater than the Law of Attraction. It gives me ease; which I think, is fitting given the last couple weeks of my life. The relationship I mentioned a minute ago, the one that I fell into difficulty with, actually called EASE to my attention before things "went south." My friend gave me an affirmation for both of us to use. It went something like, "All of life comes to me with ease, joy and glory."
Voila! The new concept I embraced with Astonishing is the upstream/downstream analogy. The new premise is that nothing desired is upstream. Everything wanted is downstream. And, the Stream of life is benevolent and wise. We need only trust and allow the Stream to do what it was designed to do...take us downstream. The Stream of life, thus, takes us toward all that we want as long as we allow it to. Therefore, the Art of Allowing is simple. It is about gently guiding your thoughts in the general direction of the things you desire. That is it! Ease...
"This process is mental. It is not action-oriented. We do not need to take action in order to achieve results. We just need to align our thoughts with what we really desire. This means that you are focusing your thoughts in the direction of your desire rather than looking back at the current conditions that gave birth to the desire." p.25
Life is constantly growing, expanding. We want to keep up with the growth and expansion we are living. We want to let go of any resistance to be the person that we actually already are. So we do just that. We learn to evaluate whether our thoughts are pointed upstream or downstream. We do this by feeling our emotions. If something feels good and positive, we are pointed downstream. If something feels awful and/or full of fear, we are pointed upstream. If we are pointed upstream, we just drop the "oars" and stop working. We let the Stream of life take us where we want to go.
"When you are able to keep up with You, the exhiliration of that Connection will be delicious." p. 23
"The awareness that you want to have is how you feel. An example of upstream/downstream analogies is:
I can beat this. [upstream] You are holding yourself in alignment with the unwanted versus the wanted.
This is a very scary diagnosis. [upstream] You are resisting.
Improvement is natural. [downstream] You feel positively about the situation." p.52-55
"The Hicks would like you to understand, however, that as you begin to approach your world in terms of vibration rather than action, and in terms of thought rather than in terms of time and space and distance, your ability to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be will be much more efficient.
Also, please remember that if you feel you need to overcome something, you will automatically be pointed upstream, so drop the oars.
When you are no longer paddling against the Current---when you release your oars and relax into your own natural Well-being---the Current, which is ever moving in the direction of that which you have become and all that you want, will carry you toward your desires." p.39
"In the creation of everything that exists, thought always comes first. Everything that you see around you was once a thought or an idea---a vibrational concept that matured into what you call physical reality. Nothing exists that is outside of this process of creation." p. 15
"As you live your life, having personal experiences and observing experiences that others are living, you often see things that you clearly do not want. And each time that occurs, a clarification of what you do want erupts within you. Occasionally the experience is so dramatic that you could clearly state, 'I don't want that! And I now understand that what I want instead is...'
You always know more clearly what you do want when you are faced with what you do not want. But whether you are consciously aware of it or not, all day, every day, you are giving birth to new desires that are being born from the details of the life you are living out on the Leading Edge of thought." p.14
"In the moment that a new-and-improved version of life is born out of the life you are living, you have the option of aligning with the new idea or of resisting it." p.15 This choice is what brings joy or misery.
So to move downstream with the Current, you need only to recognize your thought processes and how you feel. If the vibrational pattern creates a positive feeling, recognize that this is the thought you want to align yourself with...EASE. If the vibrational pattern creates discomfort, drop the oars, lay back in the Stream, and look forward to your desires being met.
One last point: Don't put a motor in your boat to carry you downstream faster. This will do just the opposite of what you want. The Current will carry you as needed. Trust the wisdom of the Stream.
---Neale Donald Walsch
“Often we may feel that something in us doesn’t want to be understood or healed. We don’t want to go to the doctor. We decide against taking a class. We’re tired of the friend who always tries to change us, give us advice, or figure us out. These feelings, sometimes dismissed as resistance or defense, may be Daphne sensitivities, honest emotions keeping the soul intact.” From “Soul Mates”
--- Thomas Moore
"The heart of the matter is that there is nothing the matter with our hearts. It is not love that is to blame. But each of us has resistance to the very love we desire. We also have resistance to the space and independence we need. So we go back and forth, not letting ourselves have one or the other. Sometimes it is difficult to accept that it is our own resistance, rather than other people or the world, that is responsible for our problems. Try on the idea, though, because it has powerful consequences. It means that you are in charge again, and you are in a position in which you can do something about how your life goes. It boils down to this: Are you willing to have your relationships be a pathway to fully revealing yourself and your potential? If your answer is yes, real intimacy can be yours on a daily basis."
---Gay Hendricks
"Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance."
---Steven Pressfield
"The Law of Allowing is really where all of your personal power lies."
---Esther and Jerry Hicks
I am reading a book called, The Astonishing Power of Emotions. Recently I had a pitfall in one of my relationships and it made me go searching for my truth. "Was the truth circulating through my life the same truth that lies inside me?" I had to question in order to be sure. And in the questioning I discovered the title above. I read a bit of the book at the bookstore. I, also, needed to be sure that the title was what I needed before I took it home. I wanted to leave no room in my mind or heart for confusion. My answer was affirmative. I bought it.
A year and half or so ago I got hooked into the concept of the Law of Attraction. I became interested in the law after watching the marketing genius, The Secret. But I was still very skeptical. United States' marketing ploys drive me crazy [must be due to the family of salesmen that I belong to]!!! I wanted a deeper understanding of the law before I conclusively decided what I thought of it. Esther and Jerry Hicks wrote several books to define the subject better, and that is where I got started in my pursuit to attract.
The Law of Attraction is completely neutral. It is not magic or mumbo jumbo. It simply supports the premise that like attracts like, nothing more. It is similar to how the Law of Gravity works. In other words, we don't fall up, we fall down. There is no way to fall up. That would defy the Law of Gravity. That is how direct the Law of Attraction is as well.
I have become cognizant of how I think since I learned about the Law of Attraction. I have determined to attract what I want rather than what I do not want. I think knowing about the law has helped me create a more positive and dynamic outlook, a better life. Furthermore, I think it has enabled me to become much healthier.
But, The Astonishing Power of Emotions, gives me something far greater than the Law of Attraction. It gives me ease; which I think, is fitting given the last couple weeks of my life. The relationship I mentioned a minute ago, the one that I fell into difficulty with, actually called EASE to my attention before things "went south." My friend gave me an affirmation for both of us to use. It went something like, "All of life comes to me with ease, joy and glory."
Voila! The new concept I embraced with Astonishing is the upstream/downstream analogy. The new premise is that nothing desired is upstream. Everything wanted is downstream. And, the Stream of life is benevolent and wise. We need only trust and allow the Stream to do what it was designed to do...take us downstream. The Stream of life, thus, takes us toward all that we want as long as we allow it to. Therefore, the Art of Allowing is simple. It is about gently guiding your thoughts in the general direction of the things you desire. That is it! Ease...
"This process is mental. It is not action-oriented. We do not need to take action in order to achieve results. We just need to align our thoughts with what we really desire. This means that you are focusing your thoughts in the direction of your desire rather than looking back at the current conditions that gave birth to the desire." p.25
Life is constantly growing, expanding. We want to keep up with the growth and expansion we are living. We want to let go of any resistance to be the person that we actually already are. So we do just that. We learn to evaluate whether our thoughts are pointed upstream or downstream. We do this by feeling our emotions. If something feels good and positive, we are pointed downstream. If something feels awful and/or full of fear, we are pointed upstream. If we are pointed upstream, we just drop the "oars" and stop working. We let the Stream of life take us where we want to go.
"When you are able to keep up with You, the exhiliration of that Connection will be delicious." p. 23
"The awareness that you want to have is how you feel. An example of upstream/downstream analogies is:
I can beat this. [upstream] You are holding yourself in alignment with the unwanted versus the wanted.
This is a very scary diagnosis. [upstream] You are resisting.
Improvement is natural. [downstream] You feel positively about the situation." p.52-55
"The Hicks would like you to understand, however, that as you begin to approach your world in terms of vibration rather than action, and in terms of thought rather than in terms of time and space and distance, your ability to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be will be much more efficient.
Also, please remember that if you feel you need to overcome something, you will automatically be pointed upstream, so drop the oars.
When you are no longer paddling against the Current---when you release your oars and relax into your own natural Well-being---the Current, which is ever moving in the direction of that which you have become and all that you want, will carry you toward your desires." p.39
"In the creation of everything that exists, thought always comes first. Everything that you see around you was once a thought or an idea---a vibrational concept that matured into what you call physical reality. Nothing exists that is outside of this process of creation." p. 15
"As you live your life, having personal experiences and observing experiences that others are living, you often see things that you clearly do not want. And each time that occurs, a clarification of what you do want erupts within you. Occasionally the experience is so dramatic that you could clearly state, 'I don't want that! And I now understand that what I want instead is...'
You always know more clearly what you do want when you are faced with what you do not want. But whether you are consciously aware of it or not, all day, every day, you are giving birth to new desires that are being born from the details of the life you are living out on the Leading Edge of thought." p.14
"In the moment that a new-and-improved version of life is born out of the life you are living, you have the option of aligning with the new idea or of resisting it." p.15 This choice is what brings joy or misery.
So to move downstream with the Current, you need only to recognize your thought processes and how you feel. If the vibrational pattern creates a positive feeling, recognize that this is the thought you want to align yourself with...EASE. If the vibrational pattern creates discomfort, drop the oars, lay back in the Stream, and look forward to your desires being met.
One last point: Don't put a motor in your boat to carry you downstream faster. This will do just the opposite of what you want. The Current will carry you as needed. Trust the wisdom of the Stream.
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