Part 5
Remember one step at a time.
"Information overload, too much, overwhelmed, too little time, too much going on in your personal life? You should know it's OK. You are here to work on your personal life. What you go through and experience within your personal life is very much the point of it all. Try not to hold on to worry. Change, Development, growth, and understanding only needs the simple basic intent of practice. Technique and method are not as important as intent and doing. If you can find a way to simply be and within your heart of hearts think of and "Know" that which you wish to work on; Then you are on your way. Step by step."--Voice of Spirit
Q & A's -
-What's my name?
Q-
What is my name in Spirit? Am I called by my most recent name upon each death? When I am in heaven between lives who am I?
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"Your-- Names are ephemeral, and fluid. They are collected like favored memento's of fond remembrances of vacations past. Some are put on display and some are worn like a badge of honor. Some are hard won. Some are given. Some are descriptive, some are a beacon. A light. A talisman of intent. Most of the dis-incarnate identify with the feeling of engendered emotion that resonates with how they currently perceive themselves. So upon greeting an old friend they think about the totality of how the friend feels to them. This is usually an emotional thought often encompassing an image. But names are used. People are people both now, then and forever. Names and language often have fondness that the Spirit enjoys retaining. But do not worry. They will own the name you know them by for so long as it serves you both. That bond is a bond of love and if true, it will not be picked apart. What matters is the shared experience and emotion, not a label. You might find it comforting to know that instead of addressing a past relationship by name, upon leaving your body you will think, "Father, brother, friend, companion of my journey. I rejoice in reunification once again. I love you" Or.. you could say, Hello Roger." Both will serve, but the choice will be up to you. Whatever aspect of your soul gives it an energetic thrill, color, feel, sound, experiential history-- is what you will be known by. While you can think of yourself with a fond label and it can be used, your true Spirit name is a growing thing, just like your soul. It changes with your description. It's like music, you can call a work of music by a certain title, but is that a good descriptor of all it's notes? Or does the impression of the sound of it's notes give a more accurate representation of it's being?" -- Voices of Spirit..
Perceptions of afterlife associations
--inspired by Spirit
Many people today worry about their continued relationship with the so called deceased; As well as their reunification once they also depart. One must be careful about perceptions of this topic. It is not a straight forward affair. There are many things involved. Many things to consider.
The first topic to consider is one of process and logistics.
Touched upon earlier. It can take time to get oriented to the other side. It's a process. Then we need to know, just as we have lives here, so to do they there. There are a myriad, a plethora of reasons on both sides of the veil that need to be taken into consideration in regard to communication difficulties. Everything from physical conditions to mental. Everything from experience to spiritual evolution. Perception to belief on many topics.
The second thing to remember is like attracts like within the Spiritual vibration. Everything in existence is attracted or repelled based upon reactions to shared information. The reactions are a part of our personal created realities. Everything in these realities can have a reason and purpose. Either on a conscious level or unconscious level. Spirits associate with each other based on personality, interest, work, past life associations, emotional sympathy, understanding of experience, and knowledge of self. Much like when one is incarnated. The only difference is when incarnated; we seem to have less choice in associations. In the afterlife, these choices and gravitation's happen instantly and are accelerated by intention through awareness of self.
The important thing to remember is to work on the relationship with YOUR spirit. To explore aspects of yourself that would engender becoming who you want to be. To become all of what your highest self can become. If you do this, and share it with whom you can, where you can, you will always gravitate to those like you bound in mutual affection.
True love never dies. Like attracts like. And if you find it is not attracting there is a good reason. This not not something to lament, but to understand and grow from. Bound despair from perceived loss can be released by greater understanding. Same with unrequited love. The point is not that you've lost something that which is yours, but that you learn how to manifest and attract that which which is like you.
Like Heaven, a relationship is not a thing or place per say. It is a state of being based upon your perceptions. These perceptions will engender relationships that are ever in motion. Love:-- Steady, but wave like will always attract an ocean of like currents. Same with so called fear based perceptions. Except instead of currents and eddies, you will get storms and windless stagnant waters.
Spirit groupings in mass are like oceans and are actually called "spiritual sphere's of influence". They are akin to factions on earth. But it is important not to assume what you think the term faction means. In this case it is an association of likeness of Spirit. These associations act mass as well as individuality to form a sort of awareness or quasi conciseness. So that the individuality within can act with unified purposes.
Even so this is not cause to fear. Bonds of love will always overcome the bonds of circumstance. And the love developed will heal all past grief. You are never alone. For within unified influences of like, you will always have ever closer families of love. And within these families are the great bonds of affection and love that will carry you through the eternity's of self exploration. If you feel a deep bond that is because it is part of who you are. It lives on always. Look for it and it will be there. The best way to retain a love connection is to work on unselfish love, endearment and gratitude for shared experience. Prayers of thanks on wings of affection through faith in eternal friendship will break the barriers of worry and feared loss.
Joy and Thankfulness, the eternal impulse.
Honor the impulse of your spirit, dig for simple joy at the core of your being. Seek simple understandings for little happiness of the moment.
If your life were to end in the next hour what about your past would you be thankful for and why? How does this make you feel? Within that gratitude can you find any moments of joy? If you had to choose one joyful moment to share with one person before you died, what would that be. These joyful moments know not death. They are who you really are. They are part of your eternal light and are a beacon to others. Sharing your personal joy is the among the greatest things you can ever do. If joyful moments of gratitude are hard to find. If all seems bleak and overwhelming. Just sit quietly and thank yourself for just being. You have something to offer others. You have something to say, you have something to share. You can make a difference. Give gratitude and have joy that this is available to you. It never goes away. It never dies. In this life or beyond, the simple possibilities of joy and thankfulness never goes away.
Q & A's --
Do loved ones wait for us?
Q:
Does someone who dies, ever decide to just stay and wait for their loved one?
A:
Yes, no, maybe, depends, but not like you think. Confused? Me too. But that's because it's not a yes or no answer. Just as your views, beliefs, perceptions and understanding changes throughout your life time, so to do those of those who are dis-incarnate. All this changes due to experience, and knowledge and understanding as they progress. Then as they progress, their reality changes. This is due to the changes and opportunities for new creation that are brought about due to new knowledge, new understandings and experience. When, and as all of this changes, how they relate to and interact with the incarnate change.
Now don't misunderstand. This is neither good, bad or otherwise. It's just about process, perception, and communication technique. For the purpose of this question we are strictly talking about the dis-incarnate. Here are some scenarios.
-Many times, upon death, the Spirit will have certain beliefs that are so strong, that they self-create a reality around them that is a per-verbally dense condition that prevents recognition of anything beyond the belief. In some, they then exist in this illusionary reality. Sometimes, they then, being unable to perceive more; due to various reasons including fear; They turn to past affections and connections, or even obsessions of various kinds. This then enables a side shift in existence which brings the earth plane back to view. They will then seek to enmesh themselves in a sort of half life on Earth. Or they will try to live around the life or existence of those who are incarnate.
-Most people are able to bypass such a unsatisfactory existence. Upon death they side step their souls into a in-between astral existence. All this means is that they are not trapped, but they can fully interact with those on Earth as if they are still there. But they have not had a chance to reconnect with their higher self or regain their memories. ect. During this transition time, although different for everyone.... they are able to surround, follow, and make the attempt to connect with the incarnate. And depending on success, experience, knowledge, or lack there of they are then progressed to higher existences. Afterwich, they can come back in various ways, ect, ect.
-Now once the basics of return, reconnection, and regain have been achieved; A dis-incarnate can return. But this is misleading. Because the various dimensions overlay and are within each other and are not linear. So it is better to think not of visits, communication, and interaction in terms of "being with" but rather of "connecting to". The dis-incarnate communication can take on many manifestations. And as mentioned before, All of it depends on the belief, perception, knowledge, experience, and understanding of both the dis-incarnate and the incarnate. And lastly intention of everyone involved. Whew! exhausting!
-You can be sure that they will hear love sent their way. They will feel need. They often desire to share your moments. Sad and happy. Remembrances and Holidays. They also join you in dream states. As you join them in their existences. Although it is rare you will remember. You generally only remember as your spirit approaches the return to physicality. Or your body's interpretation of the experience. This is just and OK as it is important to retain your narrow focus on the 3D experience or your longing for Spirit would endanger your higher self's goals.
-So after all that, A Spirit can choose via of any type of emotional connection to tune into an incarnate life. Be that following them around, guide, influence, chat-up, or just pester. And if the incarnates higher self, guides and angels ok it; for whatever reason, it will be allowed. But, at the same time this "tuning into" happens, the Spirit is not necessarily stuck or physically there 24/7 nor are they limited to an existence on one level or plane. They like us are multi-dimensional. And can exist or tune-into more than one "perceived place" at once. Think of a sun. It's light hits Mars and it's martian atmosphere just as much as Earths. Each planet has it's own realm or existence and they are very different, but the suns light goes there none-the-less. Is the light there on Mars, any less than on Earth? Perhaps, but it is a matter relating to the observer. How much the Spirit "tunes into" and in what manifestation, and for how long is often a choice. Often the choice is one born of a love connection. So they continue to tune into you. How this appears to "them" is dependent on their progress, evolution, experience, and perception. How it appears to you; it may seem like they wait for you. The details of how, what, and why are often beyond us. And really it doesn't matter. It is better to trust in the fact that mutual love connections can and do survive physical death. Fear not their loss. You remain.
Connecting with the true nature of your soul.
-- Seth, & partial excerpt from, 'Seth Speaks/Jane Roberts.
"One prerequisite for intuitively understanding your soul is having the desire. The intent. If the desire is strong enough, they you will automatically be led to, guided through, or will create experiences that will result in vivid, unmistakable subjective knowledge. There are many methods for connecting. Here is one: 'Close your eyes and try to sense within yourself the source of power from which your own breath and life forces come. When you feel within yourself this source, then try to sense this power flow outward through your entire physical being, through the fingertips and toes, through the pores of your body, all directions, with yourself as center. Imagine the rays undiminished, reaching then through the foliage and clouds above, through the center of the earth below, extending even to the farthest reaches of the universe.
This is not just symbolic. It begins with imagination, but it is based upon fact. The emanations from your consciousness and the creativity of your soul reach out and from the depths of forever you pull yourself in."
Is it easy for our departed loved ones to visit us?
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Is it easy for our departed loved ones to visit us. Is there a certain point they are prevented from visiting us? For example; why did I not hear from my grand parents in dreams that I can remember right after they died?
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Here is what I found out:
Although sometimes they may not visit due to their perceptions and beliefs. They may have a variety of reasons for not communicating. Such as discomfort for the denser planes of existence, or lack of affinity or affection. Or it may be that the needs of the incarnates development and evolution outweighs desired communication, there by communication would only occur upon reunification. Other times it may be that the incarnates energetic and emotional state is blocking communication, or that the disincarnate's knowledge is such that they do not know how to get around it, or seek or utilize help to get around communication problems. So the prevention of communication may be self inflicted by either party or it may be by choice, or by necessity.
I'll use me as an example. I was told by my guides that because my higher self's goal of learning to overcome fear was so strong, that I had blocked my abilities. And that the process of awakening me, needed to be handled in a certain self fulfilling way for education, and empowerment; that they actually needed to learn to hide themselves from me so that I could focus on and experience and learn what I needed to before communication could take place. Because if they had made them selves known to me early on, that I would not have encountered Spiritual fear, and then would not have learned to overcome it, or learn what I needed to. That I would have focused on them instead.
Now I have to be honest, I don't really like that. I want to know what the heck my higher self and guides were thinking. I don't mean that in a mean way or angry way. Just what I went through was exasperating. But at the same time, it's nice to know I can pursue a relationship with my grandparents on my own time, without all the baggage I used to have. Although frankly I feel guilty because I feel like I've not had time to pursue a relationship with them. They died when I was in my late teens and early 20's and I never knew them as an adult. So I am not really sure how to get started on that. But Like I am repeatedly told, I need to live in the now, not in the spirit world. Bleh. (eye roll)
Here is more from Spirit:
"Spirit wants to communicate but all is a further process. Many people upon passing rush to regale their loved ones about their new reality. Their strongest desire is to tell their loved ones that they are not dead. They they still live. Their new joy is often so great that they despair that you are in such pain. This joy, this new or rediscovered reality is so absorbing for some that it is only after some their ecstatic emotions is spent in new experience are they able to calm their senses and turn back to those still incarnate. Then comes the burning desire for reunification and comfort. Some Spirits of a certain perception flock to those incarnates that are sensitive to Spirit. They are like great ambling crowds at your great fairgrounds. These people often are not yet ready for the higher planes and the broader views. Their focus remains narrow and centered upon the self. Often for good reason. Other spirits of a more experienced nature will see this and not wish to even bother as they know reunification will approach soon enough. The very idea of the energy necessary for the attempt at communication is too much for them.
Then there are the variences of the incarnates energy fields. Such as the energy-mind warps particular to communication within the physical and spiritual make up of the incarnate; Some auras, some energy fields are so thick it looks like a jumble of junk in a trash dump. Impossible to sort out. Other people are entombed in hard skins or emotional rock that nothing but the harshest energy can pierce. And some are in soft webs of blured haze. Most of the time this is to ensure a focused life, but other times it can lead to mental handicaps. Lastly many sensitives have a master switch they can consiceously trigger. All of this is but a fraction of the possible within your self created reality."
*Jason's impressions-- I am not sure that any of this is comforting, but it did sort of answer my question as to my grandparents. I suppose. . . I just it's best to just use this information for what it is. That being, that communication is complex and dependent on many things. Sucks, but seems that it is so. meh....
The soul, The attainment of it's goals?
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To what degree, or goal should we attain to evolve our soul?
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"Evolution is but the vantage of perspective through experience. There is no end to degree, no limit, no end to your perception of progress in regard to your soul. How can you define or place a limit or label on the Creative Divine source of all that is? How can you ever hope to understand all that is encompassed in, under, and through the Light of All? Do you want to? If you do, what limits do you set for yourself? When do you stop? Where do you start? How fast do you wish to go? What do you wish to experience? Try not to get frustrated. Time is a self created tool for self expression and experiencing all that IS. It is perverbally on your side one way or another. You can achieve mastery of any given experience and incorporate that into who you are, who you wish to be, and what you have been." --Voices of Spirit
The Spiritual nature of grief?
Q-
Is it even possible or even right to have control or no control over grief. Does it matter? Is there a correlation between grief and vibrational energy, and is this right or wrong. Is there a correlation between being a better evolved soul and sadness or grief.
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"To understand grief is to break apart the word, and it's associated cause and effect as applied by the experiencer. Control is a poor descriptor as it is a tool of individual perception. Grief also can be a tool. So right or wrong the degree and style of grief is simply a tool to express the self based upon one's need or desire. Grief like many emotional expressions can be very healthy or very bad for one's well being. What do you do with it. The key is in fully exploring the root cause to which grief is applied. On one hand grief is an application of expressing sadness to certain degrees. This is a combined Spiritual, Emotional, and Physical manifestation. Actions such as tears to wracking sobs are natural, wholesome and cleansing and should not be feared. For within such basic reactions is the healing of the soul. This outpouring can be an expression of love.
On the other hand Grief can be harmful. For it can also be a tool for the lower ego to express selfish loss. But this is also not a black or white situation. As there are many considerations to examine as grief pertains to loss. There are a wide range of degrees that can be expressed through loss. So first examine the cause of sadness. If the sadness is based on love, and selflessness, then grief can lead to even greater love and healing into light and happiness. For example; the difference between missing a great love v/s resenting their loss. If the sadness is based on selfish perceptions of loss and individualized internal hurt; Then grief can lead to a self fulfilling prison of further pain and agony. Thoughts such as, I blame you for leaving me. How could you do this? I am nothing without you. I can't go on living alone.
This in itself is a Spiritual tool to narrowly focus the emotion. The Spiritual intent is to direct internal healing to the deep examination of the self perception. Once that is healed or changed, then the original sadness can be addressed. It is never an easy experience, But it can be a liberating one. Once you have overcome the self healing, you can move to thoughts such as; I miss you. I remember the love of your soul. You have been and always will be my love. The memory of you makes me smile. The thought of you brings tears of past joy to my eyes. I will see you soon. This type of sadness and longing is a better place to express grief from. Tears within these feelings can bring joyous release and can easily be shared with others. They can be great teaching tools for understanding the spiritual journey.
So you see, grief can be expressions in the light or in the dark. There is not true good or bad regarding grief. But it is yet another process of self realization. A journey, a degree of reaction within the spectrum of love and fear to understand one's experience on the path of self creation.
Now the manifestations of grief are expressed differently depending on vibrational state of being. But this is not a level or degree. All emotions are available to Spirit. The difference lays in the degree of Knowing and Understanding of experienced Realities. In Spirit, Grief is manifested to a greater or lesser extent based upon ones understanding of one's self. The lower evolved Spirit will have much of the other lower ego based emotions mixed in with Grief, Such as hate, fear, lust, desire, anger. And it can be sharp, intense and harmful. The more evolved being will express grief as a brief burst of pure love mixed with compassion, forgiveness, gratitude, and a longing for reunification of companionship.
Do not fear your standing on these matters. That you question and wonder is an expression of your right evolvement." ---Voices of Spirit.
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Kathy --Thank you for this wisdom, but l don't understand "right evolvement" what does it mean?
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April 19, 2011
Jason ---I think it was a reference to the origional question regarding, 'Is it right to control grief as a personal choice or action.
You are more than a body
"That you know you have a body, is taken for granted. What many do not realize is that you are so much more. Many do not care, nor are they interested in accepting their true natures. For some, this is fine and well. To them, the narrow unthinking focus upon the life around them is such that the intensity of being, or situation is warranted for a specific purpose. To the rest, you can facilitate a change of perspective. You can show them that they are not this fleshy body. You do this through the way you lead your life and how you profess your understanding of it. You always cause reflections of yourself in your environment. Whether this happens consciously or unconsciously is up to you.
Do not become overwhelmed with your lack of understanding. You will learn. Do not worry about what to do next. Ask and you will be guided. Do not fear. Seek and you will find yourself again. You always are in the process of returning to yourself through love. That you have a glimmer of awareness is enough to start.
There are ever greater experiences to have both in your current life and in Spirit.
Do not think of your body as who you are. Do not think of your soul as a body living on some plane of existence. Think of the essence of all that you are. You are a conscious energy existing in and through multiple dimensions at the same time. This energy is not a state of being, but your awareness of your relation to this energy IS. It is better to describe yourself as emotional energetic thought. This then reaches out through dimensional existences according to manifested experiences of love or fear. Which then feeds back in upon itself. You are a great cloud of cycling information that works like a great engine of data creating for itself a faster and greater processor. This gives rise to greater levels of not only self awareness but awareness of the interconnectedness of all energy manifestations. The more conscious you become to your true nature and all it encompasses, the more options you have for self expression. The more experiences you have available to you. The more you can learn, understand, grow. The more you can create. This is part of the divine process of creation. You move to creation of ever greater expanding realities to experience. There are no limits except for that which you place upon yourself.
The higher you become vibrationally, the lighter the elements that make up your Spiritual body become. The space between your subatomic makeup become greater and greater. This is because new vast distances that make up your existence are filled with ever Greater proportions of the God-force or universal Life-force. The highest levels of being burn with so much light that physicality is no longer needed." --Voices of Spirit
Do we always look the same here and there?
Question:
Do we look like "us" in each incarnation? What do we look like in the afterlife? Do we always look the same here and there?
A--
"It has been said that the Astral body in which you live upon death is a duplicate. This is a perception of the newly arrived based upon understanding within ones vibrational state. What is more accurate is this; 'Upon each plane of existence resides substance of matter that makes up that dimensionality. When the all-soul that is your high-self puts forth a tendril of thought creation or turns awareness through that dimension, it pulls the physical matter of that realm into a manifestation that is a bodily representation of the feelings and choices you wish to work through in accordance to the present state of being that is your personality. Within those choices are that of which blood and flesh family you will be born into. There are many reasons that make up this choice. This choice influences the appearance of the incarnate form. Reaction to this form influences how the Spirit form is precieved which then influences how you react to the reality you work through. This self creation over time creates patterns of similarity and consistency that is reflected in the image of the self aware soul. Preferences and attachments are developed."--Voices of Spirit
Your connection to Spirit is always one of Hope
Humanity has ALWAYS sought answers from the spirit world. Since the dawn of time, up through today. What people usually forget is that they are Spirit. The life all around them is a tool. How they interact with that tool has always been up to them. Although for many, a problem with the instructions has been experienced.; For some, they just flat out can't find the instructions, for others; They think they are reading a different language, then for others there are bits missing. a call to customer service is desired and warranted! That is where Spirit communication comes in.
So now we are running about the room looking for the phone. Some people throw their hands in the air and scream and cuss. Some people tear the room up. Some people put their hands on their chin and pout, then others calmly see the phone under the seat cushion and go get it. (then there are those who's blue tooth speaker is in their ear already!)
This metaphor is about communicating with Spirit. Most people see this as something outside of themselves and feel like it has to come from outside of themselves from someone who knows better. Or that the phone company needs to come over and plug a jack into their head. Not true!! You have a built-in hardwired direct line to your Higher Self, your guides, your angels and your loved ones in Spirit. What enables the connection is you not only wanting the connection, but you have to make time to pick up the phone!
In this present day and age there are so many new labels for eternal concepts. Some refer to channeling, some refer to telepathy, some refer to mediumship, some refer to techniques, modalities, all sorts of qualitative devices and methodologies. But here is a key to communication. That is Faith, Acceptance, Intent, through thought based action. This has always been about what is inside of all of us. The Connection to Spirit from that which is within.
That in you, that of you which is Spirit, is the tendril or facet of your Higher Self and it is not limited by Space-time. The energy connections that bind you to the 3d of this life is a vortex-warp of realized perception made real by the power of divine creative thought that is you!. Your connection to Spirit is meant to be. It is, always has, and will forever be a part of who you are!
Spiritual Trust in Spirit
One of the biggest personal problems I've had of late when it comes to spirits is that of "trust".
-It stems from:
*perceived hurt feelings and past experiences.
*lack of the big picture
*lack of understanding
*lack of knowledge
*improper value judgments
*my root fears of all types
*my attempt to label spirit and their actions, lack of, and motivations
The fact of the matter is that those in Spirit regardless of origin are self creating entities in their own right, just like me. The range of their experience, knowledge and understanding is beyond my current comprehension. Just as I grow, learn, and live through new experiences, so to do those in Spirit. Death and or dis-incarnation does not make my preconceived idea of a perfect being. Erik and the gang are not perfect. They learn just as much from us as we do from them. Don't believe that? What do you suppose "learning to be a guide" means to them? Do you suppose everyone in spirit desires this path or are interested in passing along wisdom?
Some incarnate people get really upset with those in Spirit who give less than satisfactory answers. Myself included. But there is so much going on that we really do need to step away and think about as many permutations as possible when thinking about Spirit communication. Now I am NOT implying anything about any one particular Spirit, but,
Here are some considerations: (in no particular order)
-origin of being answering the question. ie. Angel, Ascended Master, ET, Deity, Elemental, Lower evolved creature, cousin bob, ect.
-The experience of said dis-incarnate
-The emotional and Spiritual level of said being
-The unique personality of the being coming through the unique personality of the experiencer.
-The knowledge of the being. Knowledge and understanding through experience is not the same thing
-The free will of ALL involved.
-The greater good outweighing the good of the one
-Perceptions, opinions, and feelings of all involved
-Your higher self is King. It can and does over-rule guides, family, ect.
-Action, and lack of action can have consequences which can lead to Karmic debt or payment or freedom
-Your free will within your vibrational state has just as much validity as anyone else's.
These are just a few considerations. So you see it is important to keep such things in mind when undertaking Spiritual development that involves dis-incarnate communications. Mistakes can and will occur on both sides of the veil. But what is important is that you be conscious of your intent and original creative thought. It sounds like a small simple thing. But to master it will be among the greatest feats your soul will make. For by mastering it you empower all the potential self creation of your personal reality. Spirit can help you do this. While they make mistakes and come in all levels of perfection, your guides and angels do have your best interest at heart. Their intent in conjunction with your higher self is pure. By focusing on those two intents, theirs and yours, you can move your self to ever greater manifestations of your highest possible self. This is the root of all trust. Trust in yourself. It is not trust in Spirits but the trust that you are a Spirit on a journey to greater purity.
The Big Screen
Wisdom from across the pond.
http://spirit-lodge-diary.blogspot.com/
The guide of an acquaintance of mine in Britain, offered some wise words to contemplate. My friend was commenting with dis-satisfaction on the lack of definitive physical evidence of spirit. Such as materialization / vs , small spirit lights, or rapping on the walls.
The spirit guide (FC) said, "Watch the Big Screen". "the screen that is our world and beyond that, our universe."
My friend had asked for Spirit to make evidential phenomena clear rather than present phenomena that felt questionable. She asked Spirit to show her what they were capable of, beyond all doubt.
FC, the guide, reminded her that "we are all Spirit, living upon the earth plane in physical form. That all that is us, and all that IS, is as ONE. There is full scale evidential phenomena all around us.... That is the "Big Screen. This evidence, beyond all doubt."
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Jason here: And I feel he is saying,
'If you doubt that which is Spirit in you, if you doubt which is spirit all around you; How can you ever hope to experience Spirit of the Heavens? Or, that which of you IS so much more, and will ever be more." Have faith in the Spirit which is you. Have faith in the Spirit that lives in you. Have faith in the Spirit that lives through you. If you can realize this and hold it within your reality, you will come into ever greater awareness of the reality all around you.
Fear not the darkness, look to self mastery through love"
"Fear not the darkness. Fear not the unknown, Turn from doubt. To master your life is a process. One must not not think that progression is about mastering all of the possible experiences of all existences.
But, one must master all possible aspects of oneself. You do this through experience or you do this through awakening to understanding of ones self through self mastery. Mastership means balance of emotion within the varying observation points of the experience.
Mastership of passion, desire, intent, all of the higher and lower emotions, intellect, compassion, understanding; Understanding the flexibility and fluidity of changing your observation point within your life experience as you choose. You can view life from within the narrow moment of the now, or you can step back into and up through your self and view from afar at all the permutations that the experience manifests through your personality and will.
Then you try to understand the big picture as it relates to what your higher self wishes to understand. So you see, progression is not about living through every possible experience that is created from the source will, but it is about moving through the mastery of oneself
But do not be deceived into false categorization of this process. IN your present incarnation you simply do not have the facilities to comprehend or view what this entails.
We tell you that this is the journey of the ten thousand lifetime. But this too is but a turn of the phrase to get you to understand that you are so much more than you can understand.
Do not fear this. You move through light, you move to light, and you will move again into the light. Understand you are light. Do not get sidetracked on doubt, worry, frustration, and anxiety.
Work on the aspects of yourself you know to be good, pure, and whole. Work to understand and master those you need help in, and let go of those which you can not change.
It all is a part of who you are and your journey. Do not fight it. Do not burn that which you can not. Simply hold on to which you view with desired duty, goal, purpose, and the will of love.
You know in your heart what it means to progress and what it means to look for self improvement through love. Even should the dark linger, Continue to turn your eyes forward into the light. Responsibility for moving into love starts with you. No one, no spirit can do it for you. It must be a conscious decision that you wish to start. Start today, start now, start and lead through love.
Love and light,----
Voices of Spirit, Voices of Angels, Voices of Heaven to all children of the light. Peace"
Navigating the path
"One of the things we in life strive to achieve on our path to the enlightened self is the movement to that which is our highest self in so that we may offer what service we may to our fellow beings.
In the pursuit of that path we often run into limitations of self expression caused by the suffering of the ego. In part, this is necessary to navigate the trials of the 3D world that we wish to learn from.
This process inevitably involves a kind of sorrow that can be avoided. It can also give rise to anxiety. The reason is due to emotional desire and attachment. This is neither good nor bad, but something to work through for self improvement. A contrast to explore.
When we try to attain anything we perceive we lack or do not have, we often attach false desire to it. Then we fear to loose it, even should we acquire it or not. This clouds our judgment for then we become unable to see a broader perspective of all the facets of the experience.
This could be riches, power, position of status, fame, or obsessions of all kinds. This can be a big problem for us as individuals to overcome. Not only ourselves, but we need to take into account others views and reactions to our behaviors. Envy, depression, jealousy, and ill feelings are often a shared experience stemming from an act of self creation.
These emotional sufferings are much more common than one would think. Think about unrequited love! How many tales in your society and culture center around such situations? If such suffering is so common, and does appear to be part of the human condition, what might it's purpose be?
Such emotional experiences are a part of the human experience and can also be great sources of happiness. But when we step back and seek truth behind the truth of any emotional struggle we will find the strength to accept and turn from unsatisfied suffering.
What can any of us expect from such base and basic experiences common to all humankind? But know that you can be more than you are now. If this were not true how could ever hope to help your fellow Spirits with a offered hand
Seek that which in you is MORE. Look at all the little turbulence's in your life and know they represent your emotions and they all play off each other. From All of these little chaos's stem suffering. If you look for self acceptance, love that which you are, let go of what you can not change, strive to change what you can, and live each moment in ever greater serenity of the now, you too can find release peace and ever greater manifestations of love."
--- Voices of Spirit
"Though you doubt, you live your life not under the focus of the sun, but of Spirit. So, though you feel alone, you seek truth. Know that the truth of the matter is that you are ever on the seekers path. All that is, walks under and through the guided light of the divine. Seek meaning under and within the aspect of that Light shining through you."--My Spirit Teacher
"False or misguided devotion and true-felt upwelling of spirit is never wasted. For love is love. And that is what matters. How you channel that love will always be the trigger for change. While truth is good, you must know that thought, drowned in love and light, always comes back to it's source. Harm none, give charity to all, love without limits and you will always come back to yourself."--My Spirit Teacher
"Do not worry about any belief system that is not you. The only belief you need is in what I taught you. You are all that is needed. You decide what is right and wrong for you. Not even society, culture, nor governance will hide the truth. The truth is what is in you. Be the God in you. Be me, Be you, Be your neighbor. It is when you realize there is not just the truth that is in you, but that this truth is in all humankind. That is the God that is all love that is in you and through you. Ritual does not matter, signs do not matter, time does not matter. Only love matters. What you see, what you hear and what you know. Hold your true higher self in your heart as you hold me. Then live through this image."-- My Spirit Teacher
"Long for the best expression of your soul.
Angels of light and Spirits of love,
shall bring you love eternal.
That the greatest blessing is,
the one in you.
Do not deceive. Serve and be wise.
Honor your neighbor as your self.
Know you create yourself,
now and forever.
Learn, live, and fill your soul with,
that which is not but the work,
of your best desire.
Learn, think, and balance your thought.
Control emotion with thoughtful action.
Hold compassionate action on the cusp,
of loving thought.
Embrace family,
wherever you can.
Create in love.
Support in growth,
Lead by light.
Live through generous righteousness.
Help all,
Judge not through which you hold,
but through self love of all you do not."
-- Inspired by Spirit
"How you define, describe, and relate yourself will determine who you are. This will manifest reality around you. It will call others of like vibration to radiate around your state of being."
-- Voices of Spirit
Proof- vs. Free will,
A friend of mine recently started a discussion on the Divine providing proof of it's existence. What would happen to the world if verifiable proof was universally demonstrated. It is actually a very common topic. Subjective evidence of Divinity within objective experiences are all around us. It's always been up to us to discover which perceptions serve our current beliefs there by creating awareness of ourselves and whatever path we choose. So much of our "what if's" depend on personal belief creating our reality in an conscious or unconscious way. How one personally defines God, and evidence will manifest proof or keep one looking for answers. How one views free will and the nature of the universes interacting within these perceptions would define cause and effect as we know it. Many times, people; including myself, are frustrated with spirit communication. I've found that the result of asking for help can depend on the concept of "right topic, right point of view, asking the right person, in the right way." This all sounds very fishy and mysterious, I know. But what is happening is that we are often wandering around with a blind fold on. So we call out to someone who can see the big overview picture of the maze. But not only do we have the blind fold on; we have forgotten that we are supposed to figure out to use the walls to feel our way down the maze of life, solve the puzzle and get the cheese. And sometimes, we get a bad attitude or let ourselves get lost. So when we seek answers to solve the puzzle we might be asking the wrong questions, of the wrong people for the wrong reasons. Some times, the whole point of no communication is that what we need to experience or learn, but be done alone. That the rewards of that will be further enlightenment, that would not have occurred if the answer had been given. What is most important is Proper intent, Patience, Asking in the right way, Asking the right question, for the right reasons, and Practice without expectations. It must all happen on Spirits terms not ours. Faith, trust, and perseverance.--- my Random rambeling thoughts
Create the good life
Create the good life around you. Make friends, make family, love, and hold. There is so so many things that can distract you. So many hardships, so much pain. But if you surrender to life and just turn your head, but slightly and say to yourself. Where can I make a new connection next. Just a glimmer of hope will take seed in you. Quick, grab it hard and fast and use your clutched hope. Use it to force a turn to a new love, task, friend, duty, goal, compassionate action. Try this enough and you will find yourself more in the light than in the shadow.-- Voice of Spirit
Behind the cloak of reality is the heaven of your soul
Never forget that the glories of heaven are here in you now. Do not let the cloak of your reality blind you to the wonders of creation. No matter how chained to life you seem to be, never forget that the wonders of glory are but a change of consciousness. Do not fight life so hard, but open your heart to the light all about you. The wonder, the beauty, the possibility for self creation is in all of you. This is eternal and never dies! Heaven is not some distant place, but it is a realm of no limits within your very soul! -- Voices of light
The circle without circumference
The circle without circumference is the expanding soul scape of your personality that never dies. Reaching in and back through the dimensions you expand with each new experience. Building one upon the other growing ever BRIGHTER and MORE than YOU were before. EACH gathered understanding solidify's and expands the being that you EVER are. Fear not loss. Fear not annihilation. Fear not the change of new beginnings. For nothing is lost in deaths void. Nothing is lost in new life. Lost is but the temporary illusion of the moment. Nothing is lost- Everything is found. -- Angels of light
Write letters to your loved ones
I'd like to encourage everyone to write letters to your loved ones who have crossed over. Either on the computer (email, text file, or word), or on paper, in a journal. Even if it's one line on a post-it note. I assure you your loved ones will not only hear you, they may very well be looking over your shoulder. Your thoughts of love will instantly manifest into communication. And you might just be surprised at the result! Dreams, thought, visuals, or even words...not only that it will make you feel better. Elisa and I keep private channeling journals with Erik. As well, I often talk to my guides this way. You start, but just writing about anything you are thinking of or feel. Then if you feel that you have something to say in reply... write that down. Ask questions. Write down anything that seems to answer your question. If nothing comes to mind, just ignore it and go to the next thought. Carry on like this for some time. As time passes you will notice that you may wonder where certain thoughts in reply come from... Keep exploring and trust that your loved ones are paying attention!
Messages on Awareness
"The Path to Golden Consciousness and the highest of Spiritual planes are paved with daily effort and hard work. Not only work of the mind, or psychic skill, but that of life experience and understanding of experience. Ascension is about a Masterwork of Processes, not a sudden burst of insight."
"Introspection into your life should never contain dissatisfaction with your past. Nor, should you grumble about not wanting to experience certain circumstances in future incarnations. For what you are forgetting is that you pick and choose your lives based on what those lives can bring to certain aspects of experiences that you wish to learn from."
"The more aware you are of your higher-self, the more your higher-self takes interest in expressing itself through the particular vehicle of your currently perceived personality or body. The greater the attunement or awareness of this interaction the more discomfort you will encounter when you do not think or act in accordance to your higher self."
"You are not yourself. The life you perceive is but a microcosm within a fraction of a fragmented entity spread across multiple dimensions.. The more aware you are of this, the more control and interest your higher self takes in any given personality. The more it will desire to control the particular personality that is within the experience of growing awareness. The more that personality will be driven to live in light of, or to the standards of the higher self. Thus the more interconnection one has with the totality of the all-soul. This is moving closer to the Source and the source of your reality."
"Each tendril of the higher self is a fantastic journey in experiential self expression, all racing down prescribed paths that can change at any moment. The finish line is reunification, where instant replay is always available. "
"What seems like contradiction, can at times simply be a misunderstanding of your constricted view. Try not to worry so much as you will eventually gain clarity."
---messages from my Spirit Teacher
"To those in Spirit; Words are a base anti-climatic blanket statement. Even the most glorious prose do not come close to touching the reality of our lives here. Don't get discouraged. Your views are tentative, have faith. " --voices of Spirit
The right thing to do
The other night I was debating on what was the right thing to do.
My Spirit Teachers response: --
"Do not separate yourself from that which is uncomfortable and painful. Instead think about how you can rethink the experience through love colored lenses so that you may offer guidance and support, even if only living by example. Never separate and divide. Try to seek ways to bridge, heal, and uplift. Be a true reflection of the light you wish for your life."
What is awakening to awareness like?
Q: What is awakening to awareness like?
It is as if all your life you are walking through a rock filled mountain gorge. Twists and turns, you see light overhead. The filtered light at the bottom of the canyon is unique to that spot you stand. It colors the rock, illuminates, creates shadow. Scenes of dark, scenes of great Beauty, scenes of illusion. But before long, you come along a switchback. The path is narrow and steep and winds back and forth. All your focus is on keeping from falling and ascending to the top. But upon reaching the last bend, you find yourself on top of a great bluff and the entirety of the sun's light is upon you. And you realize that the individual qualities of light that made up your journey is but the one, of the glorious sun. All of it strikes your being, and you gaze out and can see the entirety of your journey far below. Thinking of your past path, you take in the journey with solemn reflection and it flavors your life from then on. So is, all the lives and manifestations of your soul. Each, a rock cut canyon into themselves. Now, at the top of the bluff you can see, and are aware of each of the trails. This gives you an understanding and broad picture of that which is around you.-- Voice of Spirit
"Everyone's experiences from past lives and present circumstances give them unique personality, predilections, and impulses; One must be careful that they do not create further obsessions that would distract from current life goals and the welfare of the world. Through this it is good to have clearly defined intentions of attitude. Hold these 2 thoughts, "Is what I am doing; what I am thinking; and how I am feeling-- helping make a better me?" "How can I express love to help others""
"Opportunity is about the possibility of useful."
"It is better to encourage with suggestion within care and respect than to criticise. Judge not others actions but judge what more you can give."
"Bring your personality into harmony with that which you wish to be. Why not reach as high as you can? Know that you have commonalities with all of creation. Think about what this means to your life."
"Your material world is an composite of moving Spiritual energy into elemental manifestations. These manifestations are only limited by unaware thought. The more you experience the more you can learn. The more you learn the more you become aware of the possibilities of manifestations. The more you can understand of this process, the more you can create. The more you can create the more forms you can create for yourself to experience that which you can imagine. Do not fear this out pouring of Spiritual energy. Worry not about it's process for all of the Heavens are behind your journey."
Message on the term "Greatness"
Q: I want to do great things. I want a great life. I wanna be great. Tell me how.
A: How great is your love? Are you willing to express it in unconditional ways? How do you see love in yourself and your life. If you know the answer to this you will find there is no such thing as greatness. Everyone is the same. You, God, your neighbor, the weeds next to your feet. Forget great and explore how you wish to live and impact life around you.
Humans use the term "greatness" as a descriptive tool without measurement. Frequently it is applied to people, places, and ideas. But where it might be better used is in conjunction with tasks pertaining to life journey. How great do you see the tasks you have put before yourself. How does this make you feel? Do you consider them great? Why? How are you measuring this greatness. The degree to which you work at understanding this will define greatness in your life.
When looking without oneself; Greatness is a viewpoint of others often backed with poorly explored intention or thought. When looking within; Greatness is often the ego wanting to quit. There is always better experiences to be had, and more service to offer. ---From my guides.
Musing on Compassion: Introspection into passion.
Compassion. Many meanings, concepts and connotations are associated with this word. It has been in the modern usage as both a state of being, and as a human emotion, and as a behavioral action. Regardless of language origin these concepts have been apart of the human experience since the very beginnings of civilizations. Not only that, it crosses the veil of life and death because it is of spirit not just the world around us.
As a state of being it is most often married with emotion. This is often described a feeling. A human emotional state. It is when you have an emotional reaction caused by the pain of others which then gives you the longing to relieve it. To this complex feeling is often assigned pity. But Pity is not always the same as compassion. Another emotion that can come about from compassion and pity is that of grief. Pity is feeling sorry for something that seems beyond your control. Grief is often the feeling associated with your guilt due to your or others perception of helplessness in the face of the experience. Adding these two extra emotions is often about loss and fear.
Compassion can also be understood in modern usage to be an action that one can take. By reacting through compassion towards something else. There is a great deal of debate and thought depending on ones personal view of how the world works, and religious belief, philosophy, and experience. But really, it's importance is what it means to you and how you apply it to the world around you.
At times we often associate other feelings with compassion as our mind makes leaps of association based on our surroundings and experiences. Some for good, some that are destructive. It is often a fine line that is only tread successfully by close examination of our thoughts. If you ask 100 people to describe what compassion means to them, more than likely you will get many different answers. Some solely based on examples, some based solely on religious texts, some based upon what others say, some based in fears such as guilt or defiance, or perceived wrongs.
What ever your perspective is on compassion, it is a good bet that the word itself causes a passionate response in you. This is quite intentional. For Compassion is a fundamental element of Spiritual development. It is one of the major tools in which we evolve our soul. For the word Compassion is about "Coming into passion stemming from personal emotion".
Again; What we all might want to consider upon contemplation of compassion is what else we associate it with while examining that which we are passionate about. What are some of those associated things? They are feelings, based on perspective which leads to intent which leads to action. What one might consider is: Are those associated feelings based in fear or love? Some of those associated feelings can be flavored in the negative: pity, grief, regret, apology, and anxiety... the list goes on and on. In an of themselves they are not necessarily negative, but when used in compassion without followup they become self limiting.
Look closely to see what you feel. For example: If you see someone in need and you feel sorry for them. Look closely at what that means. "Sorry for"......often dead ends without reaction or action. It is Better to use compassion as an opportunity for service or self evaluation of emotional perspective. Contemplative introspective thought on ones emotional reactions will lead one to selfless service that will not only lift up your fellow humans but carry your soul to experience ever greater manifestations of itself.
Musings on doom and gloom scenarios
Every now and then I run across postings online that are heavy into fear based thinking. Worrying about the future of mankind. Talk of end times, stress, anxiety, and fear of the future. Here's the thing about such stuff. It doesn't help you life NOW. How does this stuff help you manage your 4 year old? How does this help your community? How does such stuff help you experience love? Can you grow yourself, your family into something better by participating in speculative fear? Maybe you can. Maybe worrying about such things will help you. But it's not for me. I won't even ask Spirit about it. I believe even if the world is a scary horrible place, I believe we should seek ways to uplift and heal rather than be afraid. For only by asking how we can help can we move from this type of fear.
Prophetic visions, scenarios of end times, doom and gloom, can very often be sensationalism passed between the dis-incarnate and the incarnate. Many times the spirit world will toss out scenarios that are probabilities and likely hoods based on potential actions and reactions of societies at large or individuals. The future is rarely set in stone so to speak. The Spiritual Masters who have lived thousands of lives across multiple universes teach that there is no end to all the ways the divine source can, might, and will experience through all life. Life in all it's possible manifestations is utterly impossible for mankind to perceive. It is better to have faith that ever greater experiences await those who seek and to make every effort to live in the now the best we can. For why worry about unknown probabilities of future tomorrows when you can help your neighbor today?
Musings on Forgiveness
Q: -- How do I forgive someone who hurt you who does not seem sorry?
A: -- (Inspired by Spirit)
Many Beings, do not possess the emotional experience, tools, and understanding of a larger picture to give them enough perspective to see what effects their actions or lack there of have caused. They just do not yet see how an apology can bring you to experience forgiveness and peace. Many people are so blinded by their own experiences that they will never be in a position to see. It is often a personal lesson in emotional and spiritual liberation to not only forgive them for this short coming, but to forgive yourself for holding on to your emotional reaction. For it is important to not let your emotional response hold you hostage.
Other reasons can be more fear based for you! By not forgiving them is to let them have power over you. So what can only seem like the goal of having compassion for others, it is also about having compassion for oneself. To realize that you are worth growing from all experiences. That to pass through such difficulties one can emerge as something greater than one was upon entering it.
If your angry. You are angry at the hurt they caused or inadvertently caused. And your angry at your feelings. At your reaction, at your reality as a result of this and as a result of your feelings. You've probably spent a great deal of time and effort thinking about these feelings. You may even seem unable to let go. You are loosing your personal power to control your live by choosing to spend time on this. But if you forgive them it can be over. But forgiveness is not forgetting. Do not forget because it needs to be a lesson in the broad human emotional spectrum. It will let you understand a little bit more about human evolution and development. By working to understand this, you will discover you have more tools to deal with future experiences. And the more experiences you master, the more you will be able to control the outcomes in ever more positive ways. Thus moving yourself and others into ever greater states of being.
Forgiveness is all about YOU. Not the other person. Do not forget. If you forgive and forget you risk being taken advantage of again. Forgive and remove yourself from the situation, and actively seek better experiences. IF the other person comes to you seeking forgiveness and help, THEN you might consider helping them with love. For THEN you will have an opportunity to FURTHER ACT upon YOUR forgiveness. Forgiveness is an emotional tool for US to heal, empower and grow. It can lead to opportunities of unconditional love and helping others. It is just as much a teaching tool as anything else. What you do with it, what you intend with it, and what you learn from it, will help define you.
For in the end, the only thing you CAN control is your reaction. How you apply it to the world around you is a choice. The whole concept of forgiveness means "to give" regarding a reason. That reason should always be about developing yourself. Decide how you would have liked the experience to have gone better. When you think about what or how that might be, you will be focusing your original creative thought upon it with all your focus. This will automatically start to generate newer experiences that will let you grow in positive ways. This effort will come back to you in more and more positive ways.
So next time when you are debating whether or not to forgive someone. Imagine without expectation what you wish to happen the next time you encounter this type of experience, rather than what you don't want. Then you will find what you experience is more inline with what you DO want rather than what you don't want. If you focus on you instead of how the other or someone hurt you; YOU will grow ever more into what and who you truly are.
A message from Emily
Then I saw Emily throwing either little rocks or bread into a pond. And as each piece hit the water it would ripple out. Then it seemed as if all the world could be seen in the ripples.
She said,
"Yes, all the world is in the ripples. The ripples are the ones you make. What you see in the ripples is from the size of the rocks you throw into the pond. If you don't like the waves you've made. Throw something else into the pond to cancel them out. Try to see your reflection in the water as it undulates. It ripples and is confusing. One moment you see one thing, the next something else. It can distort, twist, and pretty soon you cant tell where you tossed what into the water. To end this reflection, try to remember that you do not need to throw anything into your life's pond, but rather, just float on it's surface in calm balance and just be. Do not add what is not needed to your pond. Stop looking around for things to calm your reflection, instead if you be still long enough you will just float through the glassy surface of your pond, carried by with nothing but the gentle breeze of life's wind. "
Moving through the ages
Human lives are similar to Earths great civilizations. Knowingly or unknowingly existing and moving through the ages. All come and fall under the dramas you create for each other. You dance in and through each others songs. Your greatest strength is to adapt, change, grow, learn, and absorb the wounds of your life's history. Use all of it to create greater experiences for yourself. It is a great gift if you let it be so. For you will always remain you, but every seeking a better you. Do not fear getting lost or losing your way. Remember a popular phase in your time, for it is very true. You are not seeking a God or Rules, or direction but you are seeking an understanding that God is in you and is living through you.--Inspired by Spirit
Message to have no fear
Last night one of my Teachers in Spirit, Meher Baba came to me and with my minds eye I had a vision. I found my higher self dressed in a white robe, and after being startled about this, I looked up and saw him in front of me with hands folded and smiling at me. He thanked me for passing along a message and told me the message remained as valid for me as well. He said it was meant to be a mantra to be used to raise my spiritual vibration. It was a message for all humanity not just me or another individual. That being, "Do not fear. Do not be afraid. Try not to worry so much. You are surrounded by love".
He took me by the arm and walked me to a park bench in the void of my minds eye. As we sat down it resolved into a garden park. And the sky was lit with stars. He said that we are all beings of light and love. Even from the darkest, most painful moments of every existence, there are sparks of light. It is up to us to be beings of light. To fan those sparks into roaring flames of light. There are many fits and starts, and sometimes the fuel is just to wet. But we need to keep trying to find fuel for our fire and burn as brightly as we can. For if we light that fire we can be light in the dark. There is no death. There is only love. He said, Keep going no matter what happens in life. He said, The ascended masters, who have lived innumerable incarnations in multiple universes got there by a determination to experience, understand, live, love, and serve all of creation.
He said our lives were like a geode. He held a gray round course rock in his hand. It seemed ugly, plain, unassuming. He said, this rock is hard, it can be dull, but cause great damage. But if we take the time to study it closely we will notice something delicate and subtle about it. We will see that it's inside is filled with precious gems and crystal. That opened and revealed in the light of day it is luminescent and radiates and reflects light. So you all are like rocks. Compress it enough through life's experiences and you might just end up with a diamond. Once you find the gems of your soul. Make sure you polish them. How they look and reflect light is really about how much effort you want to put into it. Remember to live and love the best you can.
How do we help those who are frightened in the world today?
Question:
How do we help those who are frightened in the world today?
-"Close your eyes. Make a fist. And tense your chest. Squeeze your heart and now-- Seek the song of heaven within the heart-fire of your all-soul. Say to yourself, 'I am strong in will. I am strong in love. I am strong in rightness.' I am a part of all that is good in this world. I am full of it's strength. I have have the power. The power to change. The power to help. We will succeed!" Pulse this idea with all your being over and over again. Bring up this desire to the surface of your awareness and hold on to it with all your might.
This will help you inspire yourself to approach others. Then you can help others with the courage to change. This is among the greatest works you will ever take part of. It is hard work. It requires much vigilance. For this is as much about evolving you as creating that which is around you. You are creating yourself!
You instinctively know how to live in peace with all creation. But you battle that ego unleashed by free will, that is reveling through darkness in blind selfishness. Be brave, be patient, have faith, dig deep, ask for help, give compassion, learn much, seek to understand, and throw selfishness behind you. Live, love, help; do this now and don't look back. Eyes forward live through love.
Do this and your light will shine. Do this and you become a guiding light. Do this and you will have moved into all that which is love. Fear not straying from the path. The very fact that you fear straying is proof that you are seeking the light. Turn your eye back to it and keep going. " --- Spirit
"Do not ask what is wrong with the world. Ask who am I and how can I help. Help yourself help others and you will help drive the changes you seek. Change has never been about divine intervention. Change for the greater good has always been about selfless selfishness. What do you, you --as a manifestation of the Divine, what do you want? How can you change. Change yourself through detailed examination of your reality. Seek to experience and understand everything within this examination and do what you feel is right. We tell you again, Seek love and live love with ever fiber of your being and you will do what is right to help bring the changes you seek. Never fear what you are capable of. You have the power to change the world. Go tell others and live life now."-- Angel of Light
"Children of the earth hear us now. We come to bless, uphold, and love you. Do not fear the ways of the world for we will always guide you to the love within yourself. You who now cry out for the woes of the world are our intruments. Your desires call out to us. We rush to hold you up. We see you do not think you can influence the darkness around you; what say you, about the pain in your heart? Can you do anything with it. Can you channel it into something beutiful? Can you mold it to your will? Do you want to be an instrument for change or do you simply want to quit? Stop thinking your are less than, and imagine everything you desire. Build what you imagine where you feel pulled. If you do not know or are afraid, ask for help. There are beings of light near to you that will rush to help inspire you. It is your world, It is your life, It is your path. So imagine it as best you can. Let loose your dreams. Live life how you feel it should be lived. Even in the greatest sorrow, even in the greatest darkness, from the depths of squallor and pain, love can be found. Sometime that love is a tiny light that you shine. Even light from the smallest cell in the depth of the ocean is a beacon of life. Live life the best you can and keep trying to see light. With light comes new life. Be a light today."--Voices of light
A message on Healing energy-Love.
A post based on 'the message of healing' from a spirit mentor of mine, Charlie.
Modalities, techniques, and methods of participating in healing energy are all tools with which to channel either your personal energy or universal source energy for spiritual, physical, and emotional healing. Tools for the mind. To access these imagine as clear as you might whom you wish to send energy to. Then while holding that image, imagine love as best as you can. Imagine love as a force of nature. Form does not matter. Imagine gathering it into your heart. Try to hold it there while picturing who you wish it to go to. Imagine if you will, that love growing and growing and growing. Then imagine yourself opening up to all the love in the universe. It's a bit abstract, but try to think about what it feels like when others love You! Imagine their love as a force coming to you and entering your body. Entering your heart. This is universal love and energy coming to you. It is limitless. Gather it there with your love. Imagine it gathering into a warm fuzzy ball. Now don't forget to picture the person needing healing. Now try to overlap the two images. The ball of love and the person. Let them merge. Tell the person. 'I send you this energy so you may heal for the greater good. I love you.' There. Your done. You've just sent healing energy using another tool. Your mind.
"There are so many in the world who would benefit from receiving love and light. You can make a difference even if it is to simply take time in your day to turn your thoughts to others."--Charlie
"Again. Sit quietly. Open your mind to love. Make it boundless without limits. As you breath in feel your chest expand and feel the love growing continue breathing deeply and with every breath feel the love grow and grow and be aware that is the universal source of love, and hold in your mind the concept that you would like this feeling to be shared with another individual, place, or group, and then you will be channeling like a river between this source and them. A light channel in the darkness. There are no limits. Every particle of light helps be it a candle, a torch or a light house. All is helpful."--Charlie
--- based on teaching of Spirit Teacher Charlie, my guides, other Teachers and my personal experience.
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Watering your Spiritual field
"You are like the farm girl who draws water from a mountain well, one small bucket at a time; Who then pours the water into a trough that runs down the mountain to water a thousand paddies of rice. As one you can only hope to water one plot- today! But if others in your village see you at the well they will know it's time to water the fields. Now the whole crop will be watered. The whole crop will now be likely harvested. So it is with drawing spiritual awareness for personal growth." -- Elizabeth, a Guide and friend
A message from Spirit
*Jason here. Last night I was overcome by Spirit and felt compelled to write. I kept being interrupted from family activities and felt overwhelmed to rush to my note pad. Voices called to me in my head and I wrote what they said. I feel it was voices of guides, angels, and our loved ones. I personally don't feel I can relate to much of it, but I was asked to present it anyway. Lots of love, Jason
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Voices of Spirit to the CE community:
"There are many who see their deceased loved ones as being silent. There are many possible reasons for this. But you must remember you are all on different journeys. You are all at different levels of perception, awareness, understanding and belief. So to, are those in Spirit. Every being is a force unto themselves. And you do yourself great dishonor when you assign blame to yourself for a perceived lack of communication. You must keep hope that your love will be true to yourself. That your loved ones evolution has engendered the ability to receive that love. For love never dies. Only our ability to experience love is influenced by the reality we create for ourselves. In the past, present and future, as well in other realities. Discovering this is a process of growth, learning, and evolution of personal awareness. For you and for your loved ones. It would be a mistake to assign blame or reasons for a perceived lack of communication. Rather it is it best to think about what you might learn about yourself from this experience and how you can share and support others in spite of your experience.
It is vital to never give up and to move your views and attitudes to how you can support those around you within love, without expectation. But do not fear this as giving up, giving in, or loosing your loved ones yet again. For even if they are stuck in a reality of their making, or their emotional state does not lend itself to communication, there is still hope. You can not possibly know all the reasons for a perceived lack of communication. Even if this experience is somehow part of your life plan for emotional experiences, you can still bring positive change. Prayer for those who need help in Spirit does work! It is always heard. All of those in higher spirit can hear your love projected. Your love will strengthen those who would go to your loved ones. They are flares of light in clouded darkness. They are calls of hope, calls of love. And upon hearing the calls your loved ones will eventually look up and reach out to Angels, guides, and loved ones of hope, to continue their journey of self discovery. Eventually upon doing so they will hear your love. Love never dies. It is only transformed. Have faith in yourself. Share it with others.
Never see silence as loss. Never see reasons of loss directed at you. Never fear, but see these experiences as an opportunity for personal growth.
Many times you experience great grief in your life at the loss of family and friends. During the process of dealing with this grief you often encounter evidence and experiences of the continuance of life. Many times as with this community, you experience fluctuation in communication levels, awareness, and a sense of closeness or nearness. And then as time passes you experience fluctuation in that spiritual presence. So that at times you feel the spirits of your loved ones seem to move on or become more and more absent from your presence.
The terms and phrases: lingering , moving on, holding them back, visitations; Can be confusing and incomplete when you try to give them meaning. They do not quite work like you think they do. This is because you are working with incomplete information. In part, information that will never be totally complete. But as humans you need to assign meaning to the world around you, to interpret your experiences.
View of dis-incarnate vs/ incarnate on these topics are really about a process. For the dis-incarnate spirit it is about remembering upon arrival in the so called afterlife. It is also dependent on variables of their personality and spiritual evolution. And it all changes based on their emotional state, spiritual callings, and interests.
Humans are often confused.They are trying to interpret objectively an experience that is always subjective to your point of view. To properly deal with these terms and experiences a change in thinking is necessary. A change in perspective. View loss as not something gone or taken from oneself, but to a view of a process of gain, growth, and discovery of every greater love. It is actually like raising a child or the process of growing up. Upon each new spiritual transformation, this process repeats itself to a certain extent. Being reborn; self discovery; remembering or finding out who you are; acting out; learning; careers; hobbies; family; then returning; new awareness.
All these terms really represent--Not loss, but a process of discovery to ever higher callings. This process is simply a continuation of what you go through in your time on earth. It is among other things, yet another process central to being human. These types of processes and growth do not change on the other side as you like to think. It is your perception that causes confusion.
Just like a forgetful teen going off on their own there are some Spirits who-new to the return to Spirit life; can seem to cause a misunderstanding in themselves and you by their perceived actions or lack there of. They have deep impulses toward self discovery so that in their current incomplete awareness they feel the need as you perceive to move on. But, what they discover is that rather moving on is a poor choice of terms to relate to their loved ones left behind. It is actually a process of realizing their higher self, NOT leaving you.
Another misinterpretation you make is that, one of the #1 things Spirit wants us to know, do, remember, is to live in the now and complete your life goals. Whatever you wanted to experience, learn. What you want to work on emotionally, spiritually, ect. So sometimes your loved ones in Spirit seem to leave or 'move on'. But, rather they are trying to turn you back to yourself. They are not gone but waiting for you to come back into proper thinking.
Higher Spirit never abandons but waits for healing and works in ways you can not currently perceive. They wait for changes in emotion, perception, and EXPECTATION, for the greater good. For even the highest of beings come to you or send their messages, messengers, love, and communication. Life is NEVER lost. And Love is ALWAYS transformed into higher and greater love. "
Emily says:
" The beauty of the universe is never kept from you. By seeking to grow every opportunity experience gives us you will reach higher more positive feelings and open more doors for communication. When you say, "you are gone from me, I can't feel you anymore, you must be free"; You often forget to free yourself. If you never give up and keep trying, you will come to hear us and see us through many aspects of creation. You will eventually find that you can create experiences that will help bring about such communication. Don't have expectations of Spirit, or communication. Do not grieve over your expectations or how you see things. But explore your expectations of how you wish to experience communication. Explore how you wish your life to be-- given your new circumstances. How might you change your reality for the better? If you don't know, or don't wish to be, live or go on; Explore those feelings. Look at them honestly. Only by staring at them in the face can you find out some of who your are and how you can help others through your experiences. Even if you can not see, now, then, or later. Its about the emotional process. Both now and for those in the here-after. In the end it will always be about moving into love."
Andy says:
"We are not asking you to let go and move on or saying that we can't be there for you. We are saying we want you to come back to yourself. This is about your journey. Not ours. We all love you so much and we want you to love again. We want you to remember that death is not a brick wall, it is an illusion. It can be confusing, it can seem like an huge hole. A grave is not a dead thing, it is a pile of clothes. We have new clothes now. We love you. We have lives here just like you have lives there. Just like kids who start off to college sometimes the kids and the parents each seem to get wrapped up in the new life, but as life happens we move back to those we love. When it matters we call home and love. We make visits. Just be patient and hang in there. We got school here, and you got your stuff there too. Just wait, pretty soon we'll all be home for the holidays, together again.
Chris says:
Same here. When I first came here I tried very hard to stay focused on those I left behind and my life here. It was wild. I couldnt believe all possibilities in the universe. So much to do, so much to see, I often didn't know what to do or where to start, so I just ran and ran and tried to get in as much as possible. It can really be overwhelming sometimes and exciting. At the same time I focused really hard on mom. But as my time here progressed I began to remember more and more of who I was and I realised new things about myself and what I wanted to to do and accomplish. But I felt kinda like a kid. I kinda knew what I wanted to do but I didn't know quite how to start. So I tried different things. And a lot of that came across as miscommunication and silence to mom. It was hard to balance what was best for me, and what her and her guides said was best for her. Also she has goals and plans and I can't interfere with them. I wanted to try to figure out ways to help her. That's part of what I want to do. Do those plans with her. Cause that's part of my goals too. When Erik came along he helped me with that. That's some of the work that Erik and others like him do. I just really want people to know that communicating with us is not a black and white thing. There is so much going on. Not only on your end, but our end too. Grief is a process for you, and remembering is a process for us too. Just make sure you don't view these in terms of a timeline. Cause it's different for everyone. Just don't give up.
Erik says:
You guys need to stop worrying about if your a freak show or not. You need to just feel! You need to get it out. If you need to work it out. You need to lean on each other for support. You need to be there for each other and hold each other as family as a community. This is what matters. Working out your experiences as emotional and spiritual lessons. If you need to cry, go for it. If you need to yell and swear, do it. Just let it out, but do not hold on to it. Do not obsess about it and punish yourself. Cause if you do that you are not helping yourself and others. These experience are painful. They will not go away because they are a part of you now. They are part of your experiences of this life. But they don't have to hold you hostage. You might feel that your weaker, stupid, broken from them. But here's the thing. Now what? Where do you go from here? Are you gonna give up? If you do you can, but how's that fair to those still living and yourself. If you wanna give up no one is going to stop you. But yourself. If you keep trying and try to keep living you might eventually find new things about about life. You might find more to love. You may not think so, but then you wont know unless you keep trying. So keep telling each other your stories. Keep giving each other love. Cause when you do your light shines brighter than the sun, and it's rays will heal and help others on their path too. Luv Erik
Golden Rule in the World Religions
Christianity All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
Matthew 7:1
Confucianism Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no resentment against you, either in the family or in the state.
Analects 12:2
Buddhism Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
Udana-Varga 5,1
Hinduism This is the sum of duty; do naught onto others what you would not have them do unto you.
Mahabharata 5,1517
Islam No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself.
Sunnah
Judaism What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman. This is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary.
Talmud, Shabbat 3id
Taoism Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss.
Tai Shang Kan Yin P’ien
Zoroastrianism That nature alone is good which refrains from doing another whatsoever is not good for itself.
What brings you joy
The other day I asked Erik and my guides how things were going with me. I was thinking about my life so far, the past, I asked them how I was doing and I said, 'What should I do now? Where should I go with all "this" What should I be doing?"
They said, " Whatever brings you the most joy".
I was a little shocked at the simplicity of the message. It's such a seemingly small idea that I think everyone always overlooks. They want elaborate heavy detailed instructions. But in reality what makes life truly worth living is finding joy and love where we can. We often think that it has to, or should be others that provide this for us. But what will always work the best is finding our own joy through love in whatever we do. I think much of the time we get wrapped up in improper guilt and shame over such an idea. I think it's time to get over that and see that we are worth finding and keeping that which is joyful.
Random experience of the day
Morning.. .. half of campus is shut down due to hot water outage. So I am gonna go on a short hike to find coffee somewhere. Am really tired and crabby this morning. I kinda hurt all over too. Sinuses to back to carpel tunnel.
Encountered more new spirits last night and this morning. But I found them confusing because they were mixing symbolism with partial minds eye vision. As if since my minds eye vision wasn't as clear as I'd like, they'd super impose a symbol or another image on top of theirs. Which was really odd looking.
For example; Erik came through to say good night. There was a female Spirit with him. She reminded me of and looked like Eriks grandma, who I met before. She was sitting in a rocking chair next to my bed and had her feet in hemp sandles or strapy shoes and feet on the bed. Erik was sitting facing her. she and Erik were chumming it up and laughing while he was rubbing my foot. I tried to focus on her face and couldn't get a clear image, so I asked her who she was. She superimposed an image of MY grandma in old age over hers and said, I am grandma. But then the image of MY grandma went away. My gut kept telling me over and over again that it was Elisa's mom on another "sleep-astral" journey with Erik.
I've also had some odd experiences that have to do with clairvoyance and Reiki. When I do Reiki, my clair junk is heavily involved. For me there is a very clear and distinct clairvoyent counterpart to any physical Reiki action, thought, or intent.
I've noticed since finishing my master Reiki training last week that when I do or send Reiki I'll have other spirits come in and act or seem to want me to do Reiki on THEM! Very odd. I am really not quite sure what to make of it. I've also noticed a bizarre thing with sending distant Reiki. If I try it in a crowded public area, Reiki balls bounce back to me. To actually send them Reiki, I have to send my higher self via clairvoyant vision to their higher self OR I have to visualize a vortex or tunnel through my mental/energy shields for the ball to get through. But once I leave the vicinity of the crowd of people I am fine, and everything works as it always has. My Reiki guide Elizabeth said it has to do with the empowerment's my final attunement gave my clairvoyance, that peoples auras and energies and their subtleties have a much greater impact with mine. There was more to it than that, but the gist was that my final Reiki attunement changed my clairvoyance and its just a matter of working it all out. I am not quite sure what to make of it exactly.
Responsible Thought
Topics:
-Thoughts are real things.
-Thought forms and karmic debt.
-Responsibility and right thinking within love.
Most people have little belief that their thoughts bring results into their life and those around them. They place little value in the power of personal creation.
Realize the power of your thoughts. The consequences of your action or inaction might follow you through future incarnations.
Take the alcoholic in any community. In your work place. You look at him and see the trouble he has brought himself. You see the toll on her children. You try not to judge, but deep inside you, you have the upwelling of disgust, pity, sadness, worry, fear that this could be you, relief that it isn't. You make the value judgment without knowing the whole story. This misunderstanding turns into a deep feeling that fuels a lasting thought. This is a thought form. On a certain level it has tangeable power. The thought would act on the person, through you, through others interactions of all involved, even at a distance. Uncontrolled, or allowed to grow, it could lead to further action or other thoughts. It could even intensify the negativity in the other person if there was truth to the value judgment. If it was a false judgment it might even trigger the possibility of coming into existence.
Within you often exists the balance of lower emotional judgments and the higher desires of love. And when you allow intense ego based emotional reactions and snap judgments to come forth, you frequently push your reality to the negative. In which case you have then entangled yourself in a negative way to the other person. This could then depending on the severity take several incarnations to work out.
It is always worth taking the time to study your views, perspective, emotional being, and intent. Upon examination of these, your thoughts will always have the opportunity to uplift as opposed to pulling down others.
It is important not to assign snap judgments and blame, for while they might be true, such thoughts will not help others. Take the action of positive thought based in love. Create good by wishing well, wishing success, wishing change based in love and peace, desire that guidance-light-love fill their lives to help them master their lower ego. All for the greater good. Do not blame, but rather bless and encourage. Raise people up even if you don't think they should be or even if you don't think you are capable. Give them the sliver of hope that will help them to discover their own power. -- My Spirit Teacher
Who will we be in the afterlife
Question to the Gang:
So I read and hear that "we" are multidimensional souls. Our soul is made up of many parts, levels, and has various functionality. Just like organs of a body. And that our soul experiences multiple 3D realities at any given time. Past lives, future lives, parallel lives, other bodies, other existences. So my question is, When our currently perceived body dies; Which of these perceived lives are we upon arrival in the afterlife? Who are we? what do we look like? Which one will be us?
E's Answer:
"Any thing you want! Whatever, whomever, and whenever you wish! That's the beauty of being a divine being. Your thoughts create your reality. Everything you ever were, Everything you will ever be, every 'thing' you are NOW, you will be and currently ARE in the here after. You are vast. You are an expression of all that is. Embrace who you are. Don't be scared, for you are eternal, wonderful, and the only limit to your experience is all that you can possibly perceive. Study your thoughts and live fearlessly and joyfully for you have an eternity to be an eternal being!"
Never give up
People often complain that they can not achieve Spiritual progression, communion, and advancement. So they focus on the problems of their reality.
This is a 180 in truth. They need to turn around and try to see that what they are seeking is the opposite of how they precieve life.
It is so important that you never give up. No matter how many times you think you fail at an experience; No matter how many road blocks you run into; Your reason for being, for living still exists. There are many things in your reality that is impossible depending on your progression. You can not climb a mountain until you know about the right equipment. And you can not understand how to use the equipment until you acquire that equipment; And you can not ascend the mountain until you arrive with all your gear at it's foot. This is life. Step by step by step.
In communion with Spirit these tasks are simpler. For you have the whole of the heavens waiting to help you. You have the whole of your divine power that you can use. So that by step by step and never giving up you can overcome, succeed, grow, and be happy with love found where ever you may seek it. You just have to take that first step.
---Spirit, Words of love.
Live mindfully by example
Many people follow Spiritual Masters of all persuasions. There is much good in the world. One of the most useful things we can do is to lay our thoughts on any topic next to those we look up to. Compare your thoughts to what you imagine theirs to be. Seek to remove any tendencies to extreme and lack of understanding. Either examine what does not feel right or let it go. Look within you for what you admire in your Spiritual Master and try to live up to it. Imagine what it must be like to be next to them. Hold your impression of them in your mind as best you can. And then ponder how you must look in their eyes. Ignore any imagined or real shame, fear, disappointment, anger and despair, and look closely at what you might want to change about yourself. For this will always represent a choice. The creative free will that will set you free. Imagine why such a being might love you. Try to accept it and strive to create more of it in your life. You can do this. You are surrounded by love and can reflect it back if you so choose to live mindfully. -- My Spirit Teacher
mastering myself?- Tips?
* My Question: What are some of the ways I can master my life experience?
"Avoid excess expressions of pride. The raising of individual enlightenment without justly sought work is a reciepe for disaster. Seek the meekness of the soft voices in and around you. For Angels ever whisper to you. Seek and ask for humble wisdom. Give gratitude and thanks when you find it. Whisper thanks with thoughts never seeking compensation. Forget pride and achievement of ego and seek pure paths of love for all of humanity. Enlighten your brother through unselfish love without expectation and you will raise yourself to further experiences of light and love. Undesirable thoughts and feelings must be changed. Try to end irritability. End hurtful speech. Service not amusement should be a goal. Think not what you want to do, but what you can do that will help someone else.
Time spent not in service is lost time. If you see darkness in yourself you must examine it and change. Practice will power. Watch for oportunities, Spirit can guide you but you and society must do the work. Try to deepen yourself all around to a life of utter devotion to service. Cultivate humility and self-sacrifice for service to others. Forget the selfish desires of your personality. Give opinions when asked only upon careful consideration. Before speaking try to understand how it will affect others. Never betray or comment upon others weakness's with out adjusting your view points. State what you know with modesty. Only the simple and pure intentions of thought can ride the waves of unaware society." -- My Spirit Teacher
*My reply: That seems overwhelming.
"You did say "Master" did you not? Try not to worry so much. Just try your best and don't give up. You'll get there. We all love you."
Random experience
So I stayed home sick today. Feel kinda crummy.
So I go to take an afternoon nap.
As per usual. One or more of the "gang" stops by to 'hang out'. First Erik pops in and out trying to cheer me up. Plays with the hair, pulls my hear. buzzes my face, tries to tickle me. He says, ' It's my job to harass the eternal 4 year old'. During these times my mind switches over to total minds eye vision. I have no clue as to anything else going on. It's the waking dream that is more real than real. A mirror or tunnel into somewhere else. Usually its the void in which full technicolor interactions happen. Frequently when Erik is involved they turn into rough housing. He creates visuals that interact with me; I create visuals that interact with him; and the visuals-thought forms in their own right, interact with each other. It 's often a case of one up-manship. So All of a sudden I find myself sitting in my porch swing in my minds eye. Then all of a sudden, Erik and Jill are swinging in a duplicate swing opposite of me. I stretch out my legs and grab on to their swing and try to make the swings go in tandem. And Erik is trying to force the swings to go in opposite direction and is giggling. I jump over to their swing and give them both kisses on their cheeks. Jill says hi, and Erik tries to wipe it off. So I am sitting in-between them and have my arms around them both. Erik squirms away and sits sideways and looks at me. I start complaining how ill I feel and how I am feeling down to boot. I start complaining about life in general. I ask Erik how this life compares in difficulty to other lives I've had. He says that I am doing fine. That in other lives I experienced physical pain and trauma; manual labor, and more gritty experiences and in this life I didn't have to fight for that. But in this life I had the spiritual traumas, the fears, the emotional battles of dealing with metaphysical experiences. He said it's just duality but on a different level or aspect. But that I am still doing ok but how hard I keep trying to get back up. He said sexuality and emotional issues were always something I worked on. Because it was just part of my personality. Then he put his feet on my lap. I pushed them off and he put them back on me. And then he turned them all hairy and gross, huge and smelly. Like a big foot or yeti! and He starts cackling with laughter. And I shove his feet off again and he wiggles them in my face. Then I drop an elephant on him. Yup. And then they fall through the floor and he jumps back up and threatens to fart on me. And jill shoves me off over to his side and says, "should I leave you two alone?". I start giggling and open my eyes and try to roll over. My entire left side of my head tingles with energy. I roll over and try to sleep.
No luck. I start to notice clairvoyently -- Emily crawling on the floor at the foot of my bed. Her and Erik are trying to sneak up on me. I said, "I can see you-you know.." She laughs and jumps up on my bed and kicks off her black shoes. They smack the wall and drop to the floor. I can see Erik and Andy sitting on the other side of the bed. Emily starts kicking her sock encased feet back and forth and crawls up the bed and over me and sits there and hugs me and says, "Stop whining, your making my head hurt. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and get up and do something". Then she rolls over me and lays on her belly and is doodling in a note book. I ask her what she is doing. And she turns to me and wiggles her pencil at me and says, " I write poetry ya know!, I write for mom."
I then sigh resigned to that I will get no sleep. So I feel compelled to get up and write this down. Like so much in life it's about just forcing your self to get out of bed and try again. Showing up is often half the battle. Those in Spirit will help you get the rest of the way there. There is always love. Even if you can't see it, it is there. Just keep looking cause your never alone!
Lots of love.
Keys of love
The most important meditation, the strongest mantra, the best affirmation you can say, do, or participate in is one of self love. It's a key to awareness. It's a key to remembering who you are. Only you can open that door. In the darkest night, during the worst of life; Sit now, and look at yourself in your mind. Look at the key in your hand and just say over and over again. I can. I am worth it. I will try again. I will love me. I will Love you, love others, and let others love me. Go now and seek that. It is a key. A key to life. One of the most important achievements you will ever do! Live love now. Any thing else gets you nothing. Seeking to live love now will get you everything.
---Voice of light on the wind of the minds eye
On proof of the Afterlife
"Many times, throughout your history, you have said, if only heaven would show itself. The world would then believe and change. There would be no doubt and the world would all be changed. And yet you refuse to believe such experiences right in front of your nose. You even fight over what those experiences should be.
We ask you to look back on all religious traditions throughout your recollected memory. Look at the messages that hold true with repetition and see how well they have been received. Read how many of your worlds religions made statements of proof vs belief. Look to the story of your Moses and the prophets. Look to the Buddha. Look to the Hindu Princes of Heaven. Your race is never convinced by afterlife proof. Not only that you do not hear the messages sent to you over and over again. You reject anything that does not come from your ego self. You reject anything that you yourselves can not prove through experience.
Why do you suppose this is? Why do you feel compelled to believe through experience? If this is true why should we take the time to tell you again.
The time has come and gone. It is now your time. Look within you now and you will find your answers. It is Time for you to take charge of your destiny. Take hold of your inner light and bring it forth from your own will and power. For this is the truth you are looking for."
--Voices of Light
Awareness of personal opportunity
Some of the greatest opportunities for Spiritual self advancement can be had by simply changing ones attitude. Turn your concentration on not what is wrong with the world but how you can help. How you can help others help bring about change.
Opportunity reveals itself all the time. This happens with those around you, and those you don't know. Cultivate the positive attitude you create for yourself. Use strength of will and bravery to tie yourself to desired thought. Look at your ill feelings in the face and say with all your might that they are not for you. Pass out trust, honesty and love with sincerity. Always strive to hold this to your mind.
You might not see the result or chain reaction of such taken opportunities, but it will cause real effects. It is the striving of these creative actions for the greater good that will change your world into a place of your desire. Person by person this will happen.
You can not force this realization of awareness on anyone or any group. But only by manifesting this awareness upon yourself can you hope to bring awareness upon others through you. Strive to radiate light from your highest self outward onto others in your daily life. In seeking this you will act out in a way that is for the greater good.
--Voices of Spirit--
Direct thoughts to love when connecting to Spirit
The intelligent and intentional use of your imagination directed to the idea, perception, and belief in mental imagery is enough to connect with the ethereal and astral realms of your body in degree to your personal vibration. Always examine with great care your intent, approach and expectations of any such endeavor. Do not seek connections if you hold onto undesirable emotion and or thought. So often distraction of intent occurs. This is due to mind and memory association leaps. Where thought jumps from event to event along a chain of connections until the original intent is lost. TO break this, carefully examine any ensuing thought that makes one uncomfortable or reveals a less than desirable emotion. Examine the origin of this message and why and where it might come from. Upon realization of this you can move away from that thought and feeling that does not serve you. If you find this too difficult. Hold on to your desire to change and call out to LIGHT for help. You must be active not passive. Think not how we or you can help yourself in in Spirit, but how you can help others in Spirit. Hold not the light around you to raise your vibration but seek to let the light fill you and all your being with the power of love. Do not ask how can I see, but ask how can I help? How can I see more clearly so that Love shines Through me?
-- words from my Spirit Teacher
Progression as opportunies of service
One way spiritual progress can be understood is by how well you recognize opportunities. One perception of "reward" is seeing more opportunities for service to others. Therefore expanding your opportunity to live up to expressions of your highest self.
To know a soul you must approach not from curiosity but from reverence, comprehension and sympathy to every path. Seek to see and help. So not criticize others from your point of view but by knowing and loving them.
--words from my Spirit Teacher
Random thoughts
Just as there are innumerable beliefs, opinions, perspectives, judgments, experiences, theories, and facts in the various fields of Sciences, Religion, and Sociology; So too in the areas of the so-called paranormal fields. Every thing is precieved in objective or subjective ways that get compared to our experiences. Who gets to say what is right or wrong? You? Me? Who gets to decide? These questions sure don't stop people from voicing their perceptive to others. And in the end, it's nice to remind ourselves it all comes down to free will and choice. Not only do we get to choose belief, action, inaction; but we also get to choose how we react to others. It's good to have these two contrasts for then we get to decide through free will and choice what if anything we will do about it. Erik taught me about not living in fear. His mother taught me about honoring and respecting others journeys as being as valid as my own. My guides give me further advice on applying this to my daily thoughts and behaviors. I am a work in progress. But I want to say thank you and show my gratitude. I choose to look for Spiritual love, not fear.
Spiritual development is often hard to see--fear not.
"It would be inappropriate for humanity to judge what extent any precieved failings affect Spiritual development. For mankind most frequently looks out from clouded canyons of existence. While we look down and out with the full light of the heavens. In many cases under the surface of perception the soul contains aspects of such quality that far out way any ill precieved impressions. Look within yourself and seek the decision that is in the best interest of all. For within this desire you will do what is best for you." --Spirit
Difficulties in communicating with Spirits--
(*Jason here. I realized after having this communicated to me, that some of this is not meant to be taken literal, but was presented in a way to get us to alter our viewpoint for widely different perspectives).
When desired Spiritual communication does not happen It is important not to allow yourself to fall into sadness. This sadness is often left unexamined. It should be avoided because this lowers your energy and makes it harder to make further connections. This sadness demonstrates that we are thinking of ourselves rather than the intent behind the desire for communication.
Common reasons communication does not happen:
*over analysis
*improper intent
*wrong perceptions
*grief laced with fear (as opposed to grief from love)
*anger
*pride
*self centeredness
*looking without instead of within
*doubt, faith and lack of dedication
*fear
*improper judgments
*nerves
*curiosity without proper intent
*boredom
*sensationalism
*viewpoints based on finding fault
*hurt feelings
*selfishness
How does one overcome some of this?
-Try to see yourself as others see you.
-Try to see yourself as other societies see you
-How does the child see you
-How does the beggar see you
-How does the tycoon see you
-How does the mother see you
-How does the thief see you
-what of you can you see that makes you uncomfortable?
-What of you makes you cry with joy?
-What if anything are you willing to do about these perceptions?
-How much are you willing to grow and develop that which is positive and based in the joy of love?
This intense self examination is among the hardest and yet most important Spiritual work one can do. Sometimes the light glares so badly that one turns away and awareness is ignored so that advancement seemingly drifts off. This spark of awareness does trigger further experiences in future incarnations to resolve what has been brought to light. So that such understandings will be eventually worked out. But the path becomes long and winding whereas it could have been steep and narrow. There is always a choice. Fast success takes bravery, dedication, a 'try try and try again' attitude. Never loose faith in the power of your will, but keep going. For this desire, this wish of will cause your soul to burn brightly in the night sky and ensuing Love will rush to you. ---Spirit
Striving for Spiritual Growth
"There are those who do not wish to pray. There are those who find it difficult to study. There are those who find meditation impossible. This does not matter. What can be done is to work at something that meshes with their idea of who their highest self IS. Do something for their neighbor. That doesn't mean that they should totally abandon all other methods of spiritual activity. For it is good to work on every part of our natures. "
--Voices of Spirit
"Do not worry that you will become so engrossed in life that you will not notice your loved ones in Spirit. They are still aware of you. While your mind may be distracted. And while they may be busy in another existence; Any thought sent their way will be detected. And while they may not be able to focus on you right then, they will hear you and send out their love and attention." --- Voices of Spirit
What are some good Spiritual goals to strive for?
-"Striving for perfection of your individual perception of physical and mental health in your current environment
-Development of Unselfish purpose
-Charity in line with your purpose
-Understanding and contemplation through acceptance of all existences
-Truthfulness in line with understanding and awareness of limited perspectives
-Faith and duty to Karma, outside of fear based emotions
-Courage in every situation
-Seeking to develop perception of one's spiritual bodies
-Sympathy for and appreciation of everything in subjective and objective temporary existences in relation to the Spiritual realms.
-Master the following to your highest self perception: body, inner and outer senses, faults, pain, mind, intellect, spirit, energy, thoughts, emotions, will, ego, desires, dreams
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This seems an impossible task. What and how can I possibly strive to any of this, I am nobody! (question)
---"Look out upon your entire world. Look at the entire globe. Look through all of history that you can comprehend. Billions and billions of souls. So many undeveloped and unaware. But in all those winking lights, sparks of soul, little lights reflecting the divine source, in all that thick clamor there are bright flames approaching. Even at great distances your light burns bright and lights the way for your fellow mankind. These flames are your gathering awareness of Spirit. You are beacons in the dark. Now stop looking out into the dark at their lights; and focus on your inner flame, and grow your light. Feed it greater and greater things so that your light shines for all. Fear not that you will not be seen. Trust in yourself. Your very desire for change was the wind that made your inner spark burst with divine flame! Angles of love come to you now."-- Voices of Angels
Examining failure
"Much of the time failure is not something thats gone wrong or lost, but it's more about a missed perspective. It's about looking outside of one's self and saying what's missing. What's missing can really only be found by looking within yourself and really studying your views, beliefs, points of view and expectations. Then once you really look at these; then you must decide what to do about it. This requires more internal looking because this is where your creative power comes into play. You get to decide. No one can tell you unless you want to give your power away. Once find the bravery to make this self examination, to do this work, and to make these decisions. You can then see that failure was never about loss or wrong, but about becoming aware enough create your self empowerment. Does this mean your going to be an instant success and life will be awesome? Well it depends on how you apply what you've learned to future experiences. Will you apply the same process of examination to future experiences? Of course not. This takes a ton of work. And you can't be CEO of YOU, if you've never ran the mail room. It's a process. So don't worry too much and focus on where you find manifestations of love and you will get there. If you slack off, that's cool, but if you do just remember, you can't forget about this new insight in self examination. Because if you do you will become overwhelmed again and fall back into old mindsets of looking externally instead of within." --Erik
How to progress the soul?
"Work, Do what you can to help the progress of your family, friends, neighbors, communities, countries, world. Start where you can. A little here, a little there. Seek ever greater and greater opportunities. Do all you can. Speak and be the best you can be. Eventually you'll gather the necessary will and qualifications to drawn ever up into a higher state. You will be helping your society evolve to it's highest potential.
Obedience to doing good because you heard it's a good thing-- is good. But, what is better for the progression of your soul, is Seeking the Original Creative Power within yourself because you wish it. What is even better, is to create that experience which will reap the greatest effect for the greater good. Seek this action, progress without debt and you will gain interest in your soul's progression.
The transformation of life should not be about waiting for good to happen. But to create that transformation where you can." --From Spirit
The awakening of awareness
"Anyone who wonders about their path in life; Anyone who has glimpses of self awareness; if they have any concept of what it all means; They are suddenly consumed with burning impulses to know. The more they hear, the more they become consumed with the wonder of Divine placement. The more they long to take part. This realization of a plan or purpose is not just a realization but a sudden awareness that the plan was and is created by themselves, and thus they are co-creators of the world around them. This emotional and Spiritual experience is the beginning of awakening." --Spirit
Mastering pure perception
"The purest perception of the soul takes great self-control, determined effort, and perseverance. This does not always manifest in obvious ways on the physical plane. The perfection of emotion and spiritual understanding is like feeding a fire. Only this fire is within you. You have to use the right kind of fuels. This is hard work. By striving to do the work of that which is perceived as Divine within you, you will bring yourself closer and closer to desired life. Strive to help your yourself and others on this journey and you will come closer to knowing about purity of self. Does this knowing serve you? How does it make you feel? If you see only love when applying it to your life then you are on your way to mastering yourself." -- Spirit
Knowing vs. Knowing through Experience
"It has often been said that to "know" a thing, we must experience it. And to have fully experienced it, is to fully know it. Often times this can be facilitated by simply knowing 'about' it. In that, until you hear, see, or know OF something, you can not possibly experience it. Often just the glimmer of awareness is enough to start this chain. But know; Knowing of something is not the same as KNOWING it. Thus the eternal progression of the soul in all it's experiences."--- From my Spirit Teacher
Manifestations and Perceptions
"Do not become content, complacent with simply observing perceptions of Spirit. Give contemplation to what manifestations of Spirit may mean. Seek the meaning of such experiences within your very being. These inner meanings are truly meant for you. Give into the the experience and realize all the subtle influences of Spirit in your life. Wonder at why you experience such. We do not seek to bring Spirit to you, but seek to bring back the realization that you are Spirit existing within Spirit. These manifestations come from our love. They are not games, they are not peeks into scientific discoveries, nor are they new definitions of religious ideas. They are simply conformations of our love for you. We are not shadow nor twists of the mind. We are here, now, amongst you all. Throw off old perceptions and look about anew, for there is where you will find us." -- CE Angels
Channel yourself
Erik says: -- "Creative force, imagination, feeling, belief, and intent create reality. Take all this - combine & begin to talk to the visualizations of your mind. Accept, let go & give into it. Want it, know it, feel it. Do not expect a certain outcome, but trust communication of some sort will happen. If you can't channel yourself; how can you ever channel others. Spirit uses our mind, and inner soul, imagination, feeling, belief, and visual centers in all it's forms to communicate. Do you believe it? Then it's true. What do you wish? Faith, Love, Trust, Acceptance, Know the soul and Love!"
Humanity and the Supposed-to's of Spiritual Evolution
Erik Says,
“The only thing we are ‘supposed’ to do is live life, experience it and grow from our experience. Same goes for the human race. We evolve as a group, consciously, unconsciously, as interconnected organizations. Individually we have goals, plans, desires, loves, dislikes, dreams, hopes; remember personality survives. Same goes for the race as a whole. All of this is about growing within the parameters of free will. There is no ‘suppose to’ other than what you set for yourself. That’s why it’s so important not to just live life for just yourself, but to interact with each other for the greater good. That way your creating what’s ‘supposed to be’ for you and humanity and earth. You create you and you co create human and earth evolution. Where do you want to go, the sky is the limit. We are not so much beyond a lesson as opposed to learning what we can from every possible experience that we wish to understand and know. So opening up to the highest possible potential of your soul is not so much about cracking open a shell of the human body, but more about self defining what you want to experience. And by reconnecting with your highest self and spirit you can remember that which is your highest potential. And by realizing this, realizing humanity’s highest potential. Life, Spirit, past, future, light, dark, the universe, the Divine; It’s all about understanding our highest emotional self, state of being, spirituality. Emotional and Spiritual awareness is the highest form of Communication in the universe. We learn about this through all of the possible experiences we wish to have in the successive incarnations of our existences on and on until we master ourselves. So a human limitation is simply a tool to achieve the experience of mastering this. Once we master one aspect of ourselves, we and society evolve to enable tools to continue on to the next experiences so then we are able to experience and understand another part of ourselves. Moving on ever higher to the greatest manifestation of ourselves. Even if your not ready you can still try. Try for yourself, try for others. Help each other reach for creating ever better understandings of themselves and Spirit.”
Random thoughts
I've been casually reading posts from people who report on suicide, spirit encounters and interactions there of. They often feel that the said spirit is lingering and needs to move on. Now before one runs off in attempts to cross them over, one needs to carefully examine 2 things. The belief systems of the observer and the observed. What does the phrase, "cross over mean to you". Are you sure enough in that precieved process to apply it to your experiences?
In my experience Spirits do not linger quite like you think they might. As far as I understand it. The various dimensions of the afterlife overlap ours now. Circles within circles. So while you might think they are lingering and need help. But, They could very well already be where they should be according to their souls evolution or spiritual vibration. And then of course they are simply "tuning into you".
That you can pick this up is a good sign. That means you are getting in touch with your spiritual awareness. Also one cannot be quite sure how they currently precieve their so called afterlife. Your perceptions might need a slight adjustment.
Now your asking, "so how the heck to I judge what's going on?" Well the answer of course is to judge the,- over all messages, images, perceptions that you or others pick up on. Are they from love, or fear? An interesting tid bit for thought.
Now, while there are lurking spirits and Spirits who won't move on to where they should. It is allowed. Free will and all...; I find a lot of times, people, the incarnate are not actually experiencing a haunting per say, but are in fact mediumistally tuning into Spirits on their (spirit's) dimensional level.
Remember your soul is comprised of many parts across a wide plane of existence. Much of the time a part of you is simply interacting on a different plane and the experience is simply being filtered down to your brain. People don't want to give themselves credit in their own abilities. They somehow think that they aren't worth a visitation or communication by the Spirit world. That somehow that communication is a bad thing. Well, as has been said before by many; You are not a human that has spiritual experiences, you are a Spirit having a human experience. You are Spirit first. -- Just some things I was thinking about this morning.
We sing to you
We sing to you,
When the heart strings feel unable to strum it's beat. When you feel lost, it's call so weak. So soft the beat is dull. Know we sing to you. When your heart breaks, it's blood is spilt, all sound is hollow. Know we sing to you. We gather you up and pull your soul close. Listen child for we will put you back together. We heal your wounds. We'll hold you dear. We sing to you. Are you willing to listen? Hear then these words and seek that which is Other, inside of you Now. Hold not onto what you feel lost but, what is born A-new. Listen to the sound of True Life beyond your current awareness. Take action and listen with all your will. We are but a heart beat away, For we sing to you. Now, Here, with and within you. --Voices of Angels
Ripples in the pond
Every Spiritual entity or being working in the light for the greater good creates a ripple in the pond which radiates with tone outward in the universe inter connecting and bouncing into other ripples to create a turbulent sea of spiritual activity. We all bob and bounce in the ripples of the pond trying to stay afloat. Our life vests are love and we are pulled along by our guides and Angels. Each peak and valley in the sea is our experiences. Across the water, above, below and within are experiences to be had.
Be a light
Everyone's life is like a candle. You pick it out. You can choose a long hard one, a short soft waxy one, a floral beautiful one, or a dull cold one. You light your candle with your inner flame, or you sit in the dark do not see anything. Your inner light can illuminate your way. It can light others candles. It can be warm and comforting, or it can burn and destroy and be extinguished. For the most part these experiences are all controlled by the being that holds the candle. What will you do with yours?
Individual perception
and the evolution of our soul
Individual perception can become a distraction to the point, that it hides and turns thoughts from that which might serve us better. Not knowing or comprehending a greater picture of the nature of your reality, you will not fully understand the world you have created around yourself. Your view of it will be distorted. Upon viewing this distortion you will then create causes for the misguided effects that you desire.
This then also applies to the Spiritual unseen world. There by it is important not to make value judgments based on incomplete information. And the only way to understand this incomplete perception is to attempt to examine the nature of our reality in it's many facets. By comparing this examination with that which is the highest possible perception of our highest self we will approach greater and greater perceptions of truth to explore.Thus creating more and more ever greater experiences, thus the evolution of our soul.
Tool Time with Erik
Erik says,
"Tool time.
K, so yall asking bout prayer and meditation.
Basically these things are bout tools. See, the average Joe, is window shoppin. Looking in store windows, peeping in others windows, or looking out their own windows. They are doin this while driving by in their pickup. Lookin through the car window out. And a good chuck of them think their windows got a crack in it, broken, busted, blown out, or all dirty with bugs. And their out of washer fluid. Or so they tell themselves. Then they make all these judgements about their vehicle. My ride is shitty, I am on the looser cruiser, even grandma wouldn't want my car. So instead of lookin within and seeing that they picked out this car for a reason, or looking at the classic they have, they think they need better and better. When really all they need to do stop and get out and go for a walk and smell the fresh air.
A lot of people do DO this. But they are walkin to the strip mall. They are still window shoppin. Some think they can walk into the health food shop and buy some vitamins and swallow a cure-all. Or tell their neighbor about this or that remedy. Some got in the pet store, get someone to share their problems with. Some go into the hardware store. And a lot of shoppers are awe struck at the rows and stacks of packed tools. Shiny tools, sharp tools, blunt, heavy, small, hard, easy, power tools. Shit they even have tools to blow shit up! BOOM! heh heh, oops, wrong tool, wrong job.... (grin). A lot of you are already jumpin ahead and thinkin, oooh right tool for right job... NOPE. Your putting others human assumptions and value judgements on not only which tool to pick out, but on how to use it, how well it works, and if it's right for your skill level, knowledge, or job. The thing is there is no such thing as a right spiritual tool for the right life. That will always be what you make of the tool you create.
Because these spiritual tools are manifestation, focusing, and exploration tools. First thing you gotta ask yourself while shopping is; what do I already have? A lot of the time, it's not that we need to build shit, It's that you gotta clean it off, so you can see that awesome car inside the garage. Can't take the t-bird out for a spin, if you got it all caked in dust, with a tarp thrown over it. You dont' need tools for that, you just gotta reach in and hose it all down, uncover yourself. Other questions you gotta ask is, what am I am going to create? How big do I "think" my job is? What do I have to work with? How do I feel about this? Do I "really" need a new porch or do I just need to mow the lawn? Don't be lookin at your neighbor to tell you what to do with your yard. Your only gonna grow what you plant yourself. Once you figure out some basics like this, you can go back to that hardware store and look at some tools.
Now back to those tools. You wanna put something together. Cause you feel like there is something missing right? You wanna fix you. Change out the hardware? It's like I said earlier, Peoples physical experience kinda wobbles on the tip of nail. Don't see much... Only see from a tiny point of view. That's what looking into the dense lumber of life is like. Ever so often your house shakes as though life is being pounded on. Well.... That's because in Spirit you are not that nail tip. Your not even the nail. Your the dude driving the nail into the wood looking down at what your building. Your creating something. Your getting better at it all the time. Someday your gonna be a master craftsman! Your gonna see the big picture then. But if you really wanna get into what's being worked on. Just look back up inside yourself and feel each of those shakes and follow that feeling back up into the nail as it passes through wood, and into the hand. It's only by following those feelings that your gonna see where the next nail is gonna go.
Don't worry about what kind of tool you have to pound your nails. I can use a screwdriver, a brick, a 2x4, heck even a rock to pound a nail. Just because I use a rock don't mean the house aint' gonna get built. or that my neighbors house is somehow better built. It's about feeling yourself as you build that house. Feeling who you are inside as you pound that nail. How does all that sweat feel? What does it make you think about? why?
Another thing is people think they gotta build an addition to their house. They look around and they think if only everyone could fix their house, or if only we could save the world and toss more money at it, or if only someone else could fix it, if only people would learn how to do this or that home project, the neighborhood wouldn't be goin to the dogs.
Well, that's bunk. That's like going out in your back yard and you see the fence leanin down. Instead of just taking the fence out, and planting flowers, you wanna have that separation, so you go get the duck tape and staple gun and go to town on it. Now you fixed your fence, but it looks and feels like shit, and your neighbor thinks your nuts.
Do you see what I mean with all this? Spiritual tools like prayer and meditation are about inner focus, manifesting, and looking within with intent. Ask yourself, what am I using them for. Don't say, I want, I need, I don't want. Look within and focus. Visualize what you have, what you will create, what you can share and help others with. No matter who you pray to, or what you believe, visualize that as being already a part of who you are. Don't pray for unity and healing if you really believe you are separate and can never be joined. Study your house plans. Look at what you have to work with. Don't go running off to build an addition, when all you need is to throw out what you don't need any more. Don't horde all those tools. Ask yourself if you can get by with just focusing on how your hammering right now. Getting that fancy power hammer and learning how to use and maintain it is not for everyone. Some tools require intense maintenance, dedication, discipline, and practice. Some tools take more than one lifetime to master. If you get that fancy tool, but are overwhelmed, well then it just sits there and you've spent a ton of dough and time. Not to say that's bad, just maybe not in your best interest at this time. Really who's to say what the "right tool" is. Your the one who has to use it. Your the one with having to live with what you build. Your the one doing the work.
Speaking of work. Using Spiritual tools can be work. But like any work, you get what you put into it. There is a certain energetic rhythm to work. It can have a swing, a certain music to it. If you go with the flow, time will slip you by and the next thing you know you'll have a barn built. You'll look around you and think. Hey, look at all these neighbors. I am so glad we got together to build this barn! It was so much easier. Look at all the power we channeled into this project? Look how fast that roof went up! wow. I really feel apart of everything. Like we made a difference. Together we can get stuff done. wow.
So you see, tool time can be a tv show, or it can be your life. But it's about the process not the tool.
ps. Be good to yourselves. Don't be a tool.. (laughing). " --- Erik
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pps. -- From Erik
"Follow up: I wanna let people know prayer is a type of channeling. Only some folks are always channeling outside of themselves without focus or direction. They unknowingly, unaware, they want to get closer to all that is, what they are connected to, to God, Source, their inner self. They think tossing a bunch words at or to something is going to give them what they want or don't want. That's not really useful. If you focus your intention. Feel it, visualize it, and then do the same for whomever you are praying to or at. Then the same for who you want to help or connect with. Your working with energy here. Not signing a petition. There's a lot of schools that have you give over control, results, problems, etc to a higher power. That's all well and good for some. Especially since this alleviates worry, doubt, and fear. But without that inner focus, study and inner focus on your beliefs and feelings, your not helping much but increasing your anxiety. Also people strongly believe that they are communicating to or at higher spirit. That they are heard. If people would realize that all thought is energy and directed energy must go somewhere, they'd realize that their departed loved ones can hear them just fine. If they really want to communicate, but are struggling with doubt, look to prayer as an example of channeling. Only know that not only are you heard, that just as you direct focused thought and feelings.... know that spirit can and does send focused thought and feelings back to you. That this channel works both ways. Thought and feelings."
"Just because you had doubts, guilt, and went through a lot of angst over what to do or not to do, doesn't mean that you weren't worthy to have experienced what you did, or that it wasn't worth something. What's more important is that you have inner peace, balance, comfort and self assurance that how you feel right now is something that you presently identify with. It's that emotional center that is going to ground you, planting you a solid foundation for what ever comes next in life. Don't discredit what you've lived through. To progress, evolve and move on, you have to experience, pass through, and feel. That's going to create movement and allow you to purge what you need to let go of and understand what was separation and what was unity. Experience only has as much meaning as we give it on an individual level. But it's not a stagnant singular assignment. It's a living value. It's a feeling that evolves over time and changes with each new perspective, or awareness. So don't give into worry when you have all these desires to judge and label yourself and what you've experienced. By default you are forever in motion. Fluid. Constantly changing focus. But to be aware of it on a conscious level you have to allow yourself the trust that you can honestly honor your feelings and know that whatever happens you will be as you should. Trust that and you'll discover a lot more peace in letting go of what no longer serves you." -- Erik