One of the first lessons I learned when I started on this journey was the importance of being still. Through the practice of meditation I learned the Power of Silence. And after several years I realized that the God I had come to know had no face and no name and my words, my prayers seemed only to diminish this wonderful Being I had come to know.
One night, while in meditation, I asked Spirit how to rectify this and a memory immediately flashed into my mind. I was picking my sister and her daughter up at the airport. My niece was only 2 but she and I were in love with each other already. When she saw me she broke free from her mother's grip and ran to me with so much love and excitement on her face it filled my eyes and my heart to overflowing. Even now, it moves me to tears. And the silent voice of Spirit said "That's me. That's how you know me."
Many years passsed before I would receive the next layer of learning about Silence. I was praying for support, strength and understanding because our son had just been diagnosed with autism. I needed to know how to make it through the day. After the internal screaming and crying had stopped the silent voice of Spirit was there. "Do you think I don't know the pain in your heart? Do you think I don't know what you need? I was here for you before you thought to ask. It is you that leaves me and not the other way around. And you're right" Spirit said, "you're son will not live an ordinary life. He will lead an extraordinary one!"
Many lessons have come to pass through the silent language of Spirit. In fact, everything I know has emerged from this space. Everything I create, everything I love, everything I am, everything there is dwells here waiting for us to listen. "Be still, and know that I am God."
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Process & The Present Moment
What descends to the earth as the breath of passion returns to heaven
in the spirit of contemplation. Edgar Wind
in the spirit of contemplation. Edgar Wind
For many years I've practiced present-moment living. Life in the now is easy in theory but very difficult in practice. Just because it's simple, doesn't make it easy! I didn't realize how much time I spent re-living the past and worrying about the future. I thought about home while I was at work, thought about work when I was at home and rushed through every task so I could get onto the next one. I was constantly stressed about things that were not in front of me and this perpetuated my feelings of being powerless.
After much contemplation I finally realized that the reason why it was so difficult to stay in the present moment was because I was fighting against process. I didn't want to be in process, I wanted to arrive! More than that, I needed to arrive in order for me to feel safe and content. I was fighting against being right where I was and I knew that was a losing battle. I had to ask myself why I needed to escape my life and how I could embrace it and then life got a whole lot easier. All I have to worry about is what's right in front of me!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Wholeness
Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry? Henry David Thoreau
When I think about how to bring peace to the world I have to, as always, return to the self. How can we hope to create peace in the world if we cannot find peace within our own lives. This is a question I posed to Spirit many years ago when I was asked to step off the landing of my new-found contentment and begin to climb towards bringing peace to this world. "What can I do?" I asked the Spirit one day. "This information has been around for 13 thousand years, there for anyone in the world to see. Why should I believe little-old-me could make a difference?" And the only response I got. over the course of many moons and much meditation, was "If one man can change, any one can change." I knew they meant me. If they could change me, they could change anyone and it wasn't MY job to do that. My job was to provide food to starving men. It was NOT my job to persuade them to eat. That would be between them and their God.
My work has been focused on how to provide people with tools that will help them find their way to Wholeness. I knew what wholeness meant to me but what did it mean to the world. So I looked it up in the dictionary, an enlightening little game but we'll talk about that another time! It was defined as complete; having all the essential or original parts in their proper constitution. The only thing I knew that was complete with all the original parts in their proper place was Nature.
The Old Ones taught, in many different languages, that we were a reflection of Nature and it's elements: fire, water, air, earth and metal. The elements were symbols of the many facets of ourselves like our creativity and passion, spiritual beliefs and our reasoning minds so created a 5-pillar system based on them. A life build on these cornerstones; emotional balance, a disciplined mind, a healthy body, great relationships, spiritual connection and purposeful work that brings great abundance, creates a firm foundation for a life of personal power and peace. It is on this foundation that we have created the programs for Paradiegma.
Only when we can be whole within our Selves can we be whole in relationship with another human being. When we learn to be whole within ourselves and with others we might have a shot at world peace. Sounds like a crazy plan, I know, but hey, everyone needs a hobby!
When I think about how to bring peace to the world I have to, as always, return to the self. How can we hope to create peace in the world if we cannot find peace within our own lives. This is a question I posed to Spirit many years ago when I was asked to step off the landing of my new-found contentment and begin to climb towards bringing peace to this world. "What can I do?" I asked the Spirit one day. "This information has been around for 13 thousand years, there for anyone in the world to see. Why should I believe little-old-me could make a difference?" And the only response I got. over the course of many moons and much meditation, was "If one man can change, any one can change." I knew they meant me. If they could change me, they could change anyone and it wasn't MY job to do that. My job was to provide food to starving men. It was NOT my job to persuade them to eat. That would be between them and their God.
My work has been focused on how to provide people with tools that will help them find their way to Wholeness. I knew what wholeness meant to me but what did it mean to the world. So I looked it up in the dictionary, an enlightening little game but we'll talk about that another time! It was defined as complete; having all the essential or original parts in their proper constitution. The only thing I knew that was complete with all the original parts in their proper place was Nature.
The Old Ones taught, in many different languages, that we were a reflection of Nature and it's elements: fire, water, air, earth and metal. The elements were symbols of the many facets of ourselves like our creativity and passion, spiritual beliefs and our reasoning minds so created a 5-pillar system based on them. A life build on these cornerstones; emotional balance, a disciplined mind, a healthy body, great relationships, spiritual connection and purposeful work that brings great abundance, creates a firm foundation for a life of personal power and peace. It is on this foundation that we have created the programs for Paradiegma.
Only when we can be whole within our Selves can we be whole in relationship with another human being. When we learn to be whole within ourselves and with others we might have a shot at world peace. Sounds like a crazy plan, I know, but hey, everyone needs a hobby!
13th Sign
Preconcieved notions are the locks on the door to wisdom. Merry Browne
Lots of people are asking me about the 13th constellation, Ophuichus, if it's "real" and what it means to them, so I thought I'd write a little bit about it. 13 constellations is very logical if you think about the fact that there are 13 lunar cylces in a year. Because the sun is in Ophuichus only 19 days out of the year and 12 worked outed so nicely, 13 is unlucky and a host of other factors, this irritating little truth was swept under the the rug. We see note of it as early as the 2nd century and Nostradomas predicted the sign would be revealed around the time of 2012. It's always been there!
The thing I find so interesting about the whole thing is how easily we we become emeshed in concept and how quick we are to define ourselves by it. This does not mean that astrology holds no truth. Our concept of gravity has changed over the past 100 years yet gravity remains the same. The truth seems to me to be that the gravitational pull of planets does affect us just as full moons make people a little crazy. The LABEL we put on it doesn't change IT at all! It's a perfect example to show us that we are not defined by lables or roles, the past, accomplishments or failures. A rose by any other name...right?
The new definitions are as follows but you can only read it if you promise to REMEMBER WHO YOU REALLY ARE and have FUN!
ARIES = APRIL 19 - MAY 13
TAURUS = MAY 14 - JUNE 19
GEMINI = JUNE 20 - JULY 20
CANCER = JULY 21 - AUG 9
LEO = AUGUST 10 - SEPTEMBER 15
VIRGO = SEPTEMBER 16 - OCTOBER 30
LIBRA = OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 22
SCORPIO = NOVEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 29
OPHIUCHUS = NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 17
SAGITTARIUS = DECEMBER 18 - JANUARY 18
CAPRICORN = JANUARY 19 - FEBRUARY 15
AQUARIUS = FEBRUARY 16 - MARCH 11 PISCES = MARCH 12 - APRIL 18
If you find yourself falling under the sign of Ophiuchus, like me, the qualities are as follows;
This is the only constellation that depicts a real man, the Egyptian Imhotep, the Christian Joseph and the Sumarian Enki and they should be studied to understand the qualities of this sign.
He holds a serpent, the serpent of healing that is shown on the Caduceus.
Interpretor of dreams and visions
Seeks peace & harmony, knowledge & wisdom
Expansion, Art & Science
Lots of people are asking me about the 13th constellation, Ophuichus, if it's "real" and what it means to them, so I thought I'd write a little bit about it. 13 constellations is very logical if you think about the fact that there are 13 lunar cylces in a year. Because the sun is in Ophuichus only 19 days out of the year and 12 worked outed so nicely, 13 is unlucky and a host of other factors, this irritating little truth was swept under the the rug. We see note of it as early as the 2nd century and Nostradomas predicted the sign would be revealed around the time of 2012. It's always been there!
The thing I find so interesting about the whole thing is how easily we we become emeshed in concept and how quick we are to define ourselves by it. This does not mean that astrology holds no truth. Our concept of gravity has changed over the past 100 years yet gravity remains the same. The truth seems to me to be that the gravitational pull of planets does affect us just as full moons make people a little crazy. The LABEL we put on it doesn't change IT at all! It's a perfect example to show us that we are not defined by lables or roles, the past, accomplishments or failures. A rose by any other name...right?
The new definitions are as follows but you can only read it if you promise to REMEMBER WHO YOU REALLY ARE and have FUN!
ARIES = APRIL 19 - MAY 13
TAURUS = MAY 14 - JUNE 19
GEMINI = JUNE 20 - JULY 20
CANCER = JULY 21 - AUG 9
LEO = AUGUST 10 - SEPTEMBER 15
VIRGO = SEPTEMBER 16 - OCTOBER 30
LIBRA = OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 22
SCORPIO = NOVEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER 29
OPHIUCHUS = NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 17
SAGITTARIUS = DECEMBER 18 - JANUARY 18
CAPRICORN = JANUARY 19 - FEBRUARY 15
AQUARIUS = FEBRUARY 16 - MARCH 11 PISCES = MARCH 12 - APRIL 18
If you find yourself falling under the sign of Ophiuchus, like me, the qualities are as follows;
This is the only constellation that depicts a real man, the Egyptian Imhotep, the Christian Joseph and the Sumarian Enki and they should be studied to understand the qualities of this sign.
He holds a serpent, the serpent of healing that is shown on the Caduceus.
Interpretor of dreams and visions
Seeks peace & harmony, knowledge & wisdom
Expansion, Art & Science
The Evolution of Floooow
The great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right. All things depend upon it to exist and It does not abandon them. LAO TZU
Even though I've not been "here" to tell you all about it, Floow has continued to teach me all throughout the year, as she has for many years. This year was extremely powerful and has shown me so many things about our perceptions and beliefs, lables we become victim to and how we resist the natural flow of energy and life-force that is all around us.
This constant flow is infinite and immortal. It knows how to make trees grow and when its time for universes to live and die. It never stops, always moving forward through time and space, like waves on a never-ending ocean. The waters that make up this ocean are the very air you breathe and with every breath you take, this life-giving energy moves through the all of you and on to be the being of the very next thing. And we float along these waves like a speck of pepper lost at sea, a drop in the ocean yet somehow feeling alone. This compels us to try and control the ocean because we are so afraid of all we have labeled "bad". Positive waves and negative waves are a part of this energy ocean but we fight against it, not wanting it to be so, continually breaking ourselves against the laws of the universe, against laws that do not break. We want the "good" to flow to us, most times faster than it can, because we need it, it defines us and makes us feel safe. We want to hold off the "bad" flow. Then when the relentless wave of fate topples upon us, hurting us and causing us pain, we hold onto it! Crazy humans! Living in the past, wasting the present and fearing the future might bring the same.
I invite you to ask yourself how you might be resisting the flow. How do you judge and then seek to "alter" the natural flow of life? Look, with clear eyes, at what you seek to control and why. Feel, with an open heart, what you are really afraid of and what makes youf feel whole.
I offer this pearl of this lesson because it will bring great peace to those courageous enough to dive for it!
Even though I've not been "here" to tell you all about it, Floow has continued to teach me all throughout the year, as she has for many years. This year was extremely powerful and has shown me so many things about our perceptions and beliefs, lables we become victim to and how we resist the natural flow of energy and life-force that is all around us.
This constant flow is infinite and immortal. It knows how to make trees grow and when its time for universes to live and die. It never stops, always moving forward through time and space, like waves on a never-ending ocean. The waters that make up this ocean are the very air you breathe and with every breath you take, this life-giving energy moves through the all of you and on to be the being of the very next thing. And we float along these waves like a speck of pepper lost at sea, a drop in the ocean yet somehow feeling alone. This compels us to try and control the ocean because we are so afraid of all we have labeled "bad". Positive waves and negative waves are a part of this energy ocean but we fight against it, not wanting it to be so, continually breaking ourselves against the laws of the universe, against laws that do not break. We want the "good" to flow to us, most times faster than it can, because we need it, it defines us and makes us feel safe. We want to hold off the "bad" flow. Then when the relentless wave of fate topples upon us, hurting us and causing us pain, we hold onto it! Crazy humans! Living in the past, wasting the present and fearing the future might bring the same.
I invite you to ask yourself how you might be resisting the flow. How do you judge and then seek to "alter" the natural flow of life? Look, with clear eyes, at what you seek to control and why. Feel, with an open heart, what you are really afraid of and what makes youf feel whole.
I offer this pearl of this lesson because it will bring great peace to those courageous enough to dive for it!
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