Jan 2012
January 30, 2012
"Life is never about the whys of anything. Its about the emotions behind them" ~ Robert
January 30, 2012
Q & A cont.
Q)
I keep hearing about this term about mediums. They have filters. What's a filter?
A)
A filter is an emotional carrier generated by the energy of thought as it passes through a belief construct. This originates from the Spiritual energy body then passes through the energy organs through the ego or personality facet's beliefs and it's information is interpreted by the brain. What that means in real terms is that in most cases, every communication passes through emotional perceptions based on beliefs, values, and assumptions about the self. Now as to the degree this happens, it is as wide and varied as their is types of communication. Not only that, each "event" is unique.
Many have said that every medium has a filter. Some save said that there are certain types of mediums who are more open or participate in full deep trance do not have a filter. I am not addressing that or those claims. But I will say that most communication is a blending of connecting energies. This can appear as inspired, direct, automatic writing, independent voice, transfiguration, many types of trance channeling, or conscious channeling of various degrees. It can also appear in obsession, attachment, overlays, and physical sharing of mutual agreement. I wont get into the myriad ways these can happen or appear. Each of these techniques can and have varied outcomes that are not necessarily consistent. But most such experiences as a part of the energy blend are affect by beliefs, perceptions, perspectives, feelings, thoughts, ego, assumptions, labels; both from the incarnate, but the dis-incarnates as well as the observer!
Methodologies and outcomes aside, This is what a filter is.
January 29, 2012
I was talking to Eric last night about how painful it was to relive or re view some memories and why that was. I told him it was like what Erik M. always says about leaps of mental associations or mental diarrhea. It just hits you sudden and you can't seem to help see and feel it.
Since working with Reiki, I've always found that intense emotions often need to purged to make room for new growth. I've been taught that nature is in all things even our emotional states. That we renew what's old, redirect it, transform it, replace it, or cut away what no longer grows. We have to purge what no longer feeds us. Sometimes this happens in ways we least expect and something that frustrates us, causes our memories to leap from one memories to seemingly unrelated memories in a chain of interconnected emotions. When it stops we often find ourselves at a root of that emotion, where by we proceed to beat ourselves up for it and wonder how we ever got to land on this horrid memory to dwell on it, to re-visit it. Many times it becomes a self fulfilling torture.
He said something like,
"Ponder the moments that seem to linger
Whats reflected upon does not have to reflect
Nor does what replay have to burn
See what you will for who you are
And let what you may pass with age
When you find visions
Memory gaze
To painful to bare
Drop what your doing
And say no,
That's not who I am.
To reaffirm is not to take away pains edge, but it does allow for the opportunities for releasing it's hold on you."
January 28, 2012
There is no trick to riding a run-away wagon. You can run it aground, you can try to redirect it, you can jump out, or you can look to what pulls it. Success might be had from luck or intervention, but mastery of the situation comes from experience. Feel what drives the movement but don't let the fear of it run away or you will go with it. Keeping a hold on the reigns only comes from a calm mind, a steeled hand and sure will. Practice can contribute to a perfect ride.
January 27, 2012
Q & A cont.
Q)
OK Inquiring minds WANT to KNOW..
WHY, Why does it feel like they are sticking their fingers IN my ear? WTF?!
Kidding kidding... but no really,,,,
A)
From my guides
"Well,.. Since you ask so politely.....' Energy based organisms must penetrate or merge with your own energy so that it registers in whatever physical expression you have built. On earth, humans have energetic information centers around each of the organs. These are spiritual organs. Within your aura and penetrating into your 3d flesh are energy organs that connect with your nerve endings and dna. To get your attention and to better facilitate communication we expand outward to your construct and contract a portion of our energy through or into your own energy. As there is one of these organs near your ears, and because we are so familiar it is often easier to just quickly send you a blob of so called information and energy that you interpret as wet ear. Although, we know you get a kick out of it and we do pull on them.:"
ooookkkkk... there ya have it folks...
January 26, 2012
"The parade of lives are the universes that you ride on wheels of spoke'd experience. Each turning brings forth the same carriage yet over ever new ground. Some roads you have traveled before, only now you see the sights in new ways. On other roads you travel untrod ground. Much of the time you travel on paths joined by many others going your way. No matter the journey, the promise of a new vista is ever in your mind. To explore your world riding each universe is the trip of a life time. To the traveler in it for the journey, in it for the adventure, the promise of understanding is rich in return! Do not sit by the road side waiting for a shift in scenery. Take to the road. See what you can today, for the wheels of your carriage ever turn to more exciting roads." -- Voices of Spirit
January 25, 2012
Q & A cont.
Q)
Is it possible to contact deceased loved ones consciously through the practice of lucid dreaming, or dream yoga? And how do you know it is really them, and not a projection of the mind?
A)
Great Question! There are a couple of ways to think about this topic. One is, does the "vision quest-er" wish to initiate the contact or do they wish the dis-incarnate to initiate the contact. Secondly, What is the intent, and involving whom? Results vary by experience and energy. Third, technique-patience-energy-dedication-belief. Lastly, how does the quester define contact and consciousness. I know this is beginning to sound way more complex than most are interested, but there is a point.
To start, the short answer is Yes. The long answer is, It depends....
Spirit to incarnate communication via dream and vision is one of the most common ways employed. It is very similar to what one experiences with the so called 'clair abilities'. I think of the the neatest things about visions and dream questing is that they are just as complex, diverse, and historied as any spiritual tradition. As such, the bottom line is the same as anything. What does it all mean to you?
From my own research validation can come from many places. Synchronizations, symbology, audio, visual, phsycial, data, other mediums, other spirits, and my favorite--The bedside visit. I'll explain the last one. All the others can be found in the huge plethora of material in print or online about dreams, astral travel and out of body experiences. From my personal experience, the bedside visitation is often a combination of out of body experience from astral travels and folds into a lucid dream scape. The key for validation is how it feels. For many these dream like visitations are so real, that they are described as more real than real. That they felt it deep within them with all their being. And it impacted their thoughts, feelings, and perceptions to such a degree as to radically impact their life. Every moment of the experience is keenly remembered and felt. There is zero doubt in the mind of the experiencer.
Although most lucid dreams are not so vivid. They can feel just as valid to those experiencing it. It is often afterwards that the individual compares the experience with their beliefs and their feelings about themselves in that belief, that doubt, rationalization, worry and fear creep in. Although in many cases where such emotions are experienced as a reaction...... The whole experience itself is often one of the "life lessons" they were to experience. To see who they are in a greater context and really has nothing to do with the spirit.
So that said, How does one go about looking for such contact? Before I dive in, know that there are many avenues of approach. To be fair to yourself one needs to think about how one see's consciousness and place in the universe. How does one view spirit communication? I say this because, if you were standing in front of me and asked me, "How does one know if communication is not just a projection of the mind?" I would ask you, "What is a projection?"-- "What do you mean by 'just?" -- Tell me how you see your mind?" Describe to me how you feel about consciousness.
I'll let you off easy. You can either attempt to come up with measures that fit your idea of reality, or you can experience and look at how it feels to you.
To start down the path of lucid dreaming one needs to set the intention. Sincerely decide that this is something you wish to dedicate yourself to exploring or come clean and simply say you want some love from the other side. If you only are interested in receiving some love, just ask your angels and relatives to work with your energy and higher self to bring about a visitation. Be patient. Some emotions and situations require much more work.
If on the other hand you are approaching this topic from a spiritual development point of view, after setting your intent you will wish to steel yourself with dedication, forbearance, and patience. Connect with your guides or angels and decide which technique you will try to work with. There are many. Everything from shamanism to trance, to drugs, to meditation to mental techniques to jump from the astral, obe, to lucid. Or pursuing it through clairvoyant exercises.
Once a technique is decided upon, you will want to keep in mind that lucid dreaming frequently is heavy on the symbolism even though it seems psychically linear. At this point I highly recommend reading about lucid dreaming before hand. Now that said, *Note-- All Spiritual communication is a co-created experience. You many intend for Spirit to approach you and be in control. Or you may seek them out. But know it is a team effort. Frequently it is a team effort on their side as well. Meaning it often takes multiple spirits pooling their energy to get through to us. Especially if we have set up belief or behavioral barriers.
For example. Say I wish to contact a departed relative. So I say to the universe I want to meet them in a lucid dream. I can either wait for them to help facilitate one. Or I can use a technique. Once the event happens, I may have a lot of beliefs or feelings about spirit communication that influences what I see and how I interpret it. I may get confused by their thought projections or my fears create thought forms that I don't understand or scare me. So then the whole dream is affected. This often comes from approaching this task with too much emotion.
It is better to treat this like a science project or a weekly phone call home. Just experience it, immediately or as soon as possible write about it, and then let yourself mull it over for a few days. Then re-evaluate. Dream Yoga is a bit more like a traditional vision quest or clairvoyance. In that there is more conscious control over two way communication. Again, validation will come in how it feels to you, and what you take from it. I know that sounds cliche, but it's like asking people, "how do you know the sun is shining? Or how do you know rain is wet?" You know because you experience it and you come to an understanding of how you feel about yourself within your beliefs. Now once achieved, communication will depend on how you view the term conscious. Do you mean verbal ease of two way speech or do you mean awareness or do you mean some other mode of communication or some combination? As well at what level or depth of complexity? All ranges of conscious communication are possible, depending on your expectations.
Perhaps someday our science will be advanced enough to measure and understand the connections between body and soul with the inner spaces of the universe. Until that time, we look within.
January 24, 2012
**Musings on love
Some people want love that finds them. Others seek it all their lives hoping for something to make them whole. Some find easy passion, thrills, and excitement but yearn for secure comfort. A few find it. Many realize you will only find, what you try to give. Others battle the inner sensations or drive to prove they are worth love. One thing is for sure, even from the great beyond, through time and space, love will always be returned in ways we have never imagined possible...Try not to flee in fear. It's only love. I think maybe only when we surrender to love as the eternal perpetual default will acceptance of all its many facts seen seen as light from the same source....
Receiving love is only limited by what you give. When you realize that, you are love, one with another, you open yourself to expressing yourself unconditionally. When you say that you can not love someone as yourself, you are unable to love yourself unconditionally. This condition sets up a separation between you and what you observe. This can only be overcome when you allow yourself to feel as one to another, and surrender to the moment of just being you without the resistance of what you think you should be......really its not complicated. If its not love, its not you....and if its not you, why allow it to rule your life? What will you focus on today?
***Random Thoughts***
It is often said there is no time like the present. I find it is often useful to remember the timelesness of our souls. Then I can feel more at ease having all the time in the world. Less worry that way.
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Its interesting to note that people wish to understand, but not experience. They want to know, but not others. And when confronted with sudden awarness they often exclaim, speak--but I didnt know.....I've experienced these myself from many points of view. I often struggle with relating to others that which seems inexplicable, as very often they dont really feel up for understanding....Because of that, I am not sure of anything other than you have to let people decide on their own terms in their own time.
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Sometimes i find it hard to relate to people as what I experience hasn't caught up to what I know or visa versa. They hear inspired or channeled content and expect me to be a master, when I am the same as them. It can be lonely
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The difference between listening to whining, and enabeling is the degree of safety you're willing to provide. Many times it's your own comfort level that is key. Not in having to deal, but in guiding the speaker back to look within themselves without judgement.
January 23, 2012
When you focus on what you can do, rather than what you have yet to do, you will be a whole lot happier. You may not get what you think you want, but you'll be given what you need.
January 23, 2012
Emotional resistance seems to be a feeling about an event or circumstance. But really it is a blind reaction to what seems a part of you. It is a reaction to a situation, an assumed belief, that you did not independently explore with conscious intent.
It is only when you combine imaginative emotion that you think you are perceiving and look at yourself in relation to your belief about the situation, that you will be able to actualize a new perspective into your reality.
This work is not just mental, it is the spiritual process through which physical action is taken. It is never separate from you, but employed by you. Do not sell your self short by denying yourself the inner resources at your disposal, just because you did not see them as such before. Focus is a tool only available to those who allow themselves the awareness that they do not have to be defined by a physicality.
Most people do not see themselves in anything that appears separate from their body. This is because they believe certain things about their existence, but without fully understanding the totality of their experience their conscious focus is limited in perception. Now. As assumptions about ones place and actions are experienced, you feel your way through what you imagine to be fact based on your belief. But should you experience something that challenges such belief, then an opportunity for conscious expansion occurs. You may reevaluate the relativity of your perception of self. You may find yourself in and amongst a shifting of awareness. This is not unusual or new, but when participated with others of like mind, new experiences you had not thought possible then become probable. The possibilities are endless and eternal. --- My Spirit Teacher
January 21, 2012
Some fairy tales are more real and more imaginary that we could possibly imagine...
"Once upon a time,
someone shared their judgement. I trusted them because of my love. So their fear became my own. Carried inside me I nursed it in ignorance until it grew larger than me. All grown up, I believed my fears said something about me. I raised them the best I could, and yet I hoped for more. One day it came time for what I raised to leave the house. I wanted to see if what I created, could live on its own. What I discovered was that without me to feed it, what I raised could not exist with having my love. Outside of me it was ugly, sad, and lifeless. For many a moment I lamented the time, effort, and energy I'd spent raising it. It, that could not return my love. So I the left fear and returned home. My mind lost, I looked back at my heart and bravely felt what remained of such shattered illusions. My heart spoke and my body felt with an honesty that moved me. Never having tried to live from my heart, I thought I might be crazy. But what was crazy was simply me shocked at love looking back at me. Not understanding, I feared more fear, but then I surrendered to let myself love, though it seems I don't know how, I am feeling it the best I can. Like every new parent, birth is hard, discovering what you can raise is even harder. Will you help me raise love?"
Fini~
January 20, 2012
"YOU are NOT your emotions. Your emotions are a reaction to a set or series of beliefs that form the structures of your "perceived" reality. How you see yourself and what you take away from life, does not define WHO you ARE, except by that which you allow it to. By surrendering to love of your highest possible self, it is possible to alter, change, and manipulate your root assumptions about your beliefs. This will drive your emotions to engage your imagination and manifest a new reality more in line with how you see yourself. This is a journey of consciousness. This is a shift." --- Voices of Spirit
January 19, 2012
Ten spiritual tips for shifted perspective.
*You may live many many years. Live as many as you can looking at separation and seeking to live without it. Separation is painful. Try to live what is not.
*Give yourself time to understand what and who you are. What is behind your wants. Take baby steps. No rushing.
*Learn to give trust even when you are out of faith. This will engender hope in your love.
*Don't be angry for long and don't seclude yourself. You will only be punishing yourself.
*Keep talking, keep asking questions. Even if no one understands, hearts feel words.
*Be aware of how you treat others. You will always remember how they felt.
*Before you strike out with words or force, remember only you can choose how to react. You can choose love or not, so too can everyone else, how do you want to be reflected?
*Before you judge discover what and why you believe.
*All ages come again, including you.
* Everything is easier if you seek company, but everything is harder if you share no love. Seek what you can give as opposed to what you have not.
January 18, 2012
"Any perceived separation, be it in an Earth life, or be it with those who are learning to navigate the dimensions; Any separation can be healed by joining Love. Some would say that to descend is painful and full of a morass of thick visceral sensations. What bridges any fear is the light you bring to it through your intention to serve others as yourself. Questions of evolvement and advancement fly away when the actualization of unity is brought to bare. The light of conscious love is never limited to place, space, nor body. It is limitless and knows not any separation other than what you allow yourself to feel. This hope is not limited to your present life, but is a reminder to you as you journey from place to space, as you ever expand and grow." -- voices of Spirit
January 18, 2012
Q) Someone asked, "what can we do to remember our loved one's death anniversary, that will make them happy?"
A)
Niki's son Eric says, "the best thing anyone can do for their loved ones in Spirit is to really believe that they are still around. Not around as in Standing next to you on earth, but they are and always will be linked to you. We still exist, we still feel your thoughts. We are still connected. People tend to think we need to move on, or will move on, or we are separate from them. This is only true as for the beliefs and perceptions you hold. Your imagination takes a belief and lets your emotions run away from you. If you truly believe in the continuance of your own soul, know that we are you."
January 18, 2012
Never let circumstances discourage you. Believe that if not for purpose, every experience is an opportunity to a possibility, where you may get something out of it. With open thought, and a brave heart, you have the chance to find peace free of worry.
January 17, 2012
What we fail to understand is simply inexperienced. What we have not experienced is unknown. To understand is to know whom we may be. Whom we might be is the experience.
January 16, 2012
Q) How will I (we) know when or whether or not this is our last life. I don't want to come back.
A) First of all, no one will tell you this. Because there are no rules, or regulations or guide to tell you how many lifetimes on "earth" you should live. Nor is there a "have-to" involved. What drives incarnation, whether it be on earth, on another planet, or in another system of realities is your drive to know yourself. To pull in the threads of what might be and make a determination for the facet of your soul experiencing this life would be to take away your free will when you don't yet have access to a bigger picture and to take away your future free will to change your mind. It might be more comforting to think of a lifetime as a tool to understand. Or better yet to understand an ecosystem. Think of it like a nature preserve. You decide you wish to explore the bear in you. So you set up a preserve. But you need to explore before you can understand how much you wish to set up as a preserve. You explore valleys, hills, mountains, streams ect. You discover new species of flora and fauna, how they work together and how they don't. You then set up rules and beliefs about this environment which change over time, and so then your rules and regulations about such a preserve change. New ideas emerge and opportunities for learning increase as well as opportunities for teaching. Who says when everything that can be learned has ended? Sure, the determination can be made, but then that is a limit. As it pertains to your own existence and experience, only you can make that choice. --- Voices of Spirit
January 15, 2012
Each soul in a soul group is so privy to each others experiences that expansion, growth, and evolution are greatly sped up. The great circle or wheel of life then becomes great chains of shared experience. Interlocking chains, and circles form great cosmic gears of spiritual industry that move whole worlds.
January 14, 2012
It is not that we come to earth for a challenge in evolution that is greater than in heaven, it is in that of the focus earth provides. Such self limiting focus at once provides enough resistance to encourage growth and strength, but at the same time such narrow focus provides extraordinary opportunity for expansion of vision, imagination, and perspective. When successfully played out, understanding of a greater reality can be shared. The sharing is not something born out of rank or senior attainment but born out of understanding selfless service creating more love. The highest attainments are those who understand such service and work to share this love through their experience. To lead you must master yourself, serve all, and seek to express love wherever it can be shared.
The symbols of literal thought are as complex a reality as the one you see yourself. Those same symbols are as elusive or tangible as what you grasp. Their meaning contains all the values with which you view or conceive of. Mysterious? Yes, but then uncovering yourself is the greatest of adventures...
---Voices of Spirit
January 13, 2012
The unintended thought is like the hammer hitting mud, but the intended thought is the chisel shaping marble.
Spiritual awareness is simply focus. How tight or open you perceive yourself will determine personal aperture. The light is always available to you. One simply needs to frame it.
A shift in awareness, in who you are, is not a one time event. Nor is it a one life time event. It is a step by step progression in how one feels, sees, understands one's self, within and without all that is. It is best achieved over and over again with new perspective. So to embrace all that you are within a life time should not be feared as each inward look you take or make allows you to shift into being more of who you always have been.
January 12, 2012
The moment you feel the most alone in the world is the moment it becomes possible to understand that you are the world. Your connection to the singular point that is you can only be truly felt when you understand that what you give defines your experience. Giving when connected to that which is singular in you, is always about sharing love. In this, you are never alone, but connected to God. Your understanding of this experience will define who you are.
January 12, 2012
Release comes from looking within at what the belief feels like. Acknowledge who you are in this reflection. Understand what you can and then replace what isn't you with the light of your soul. This will allow you to let go and grow. The expansion you feel is you reconnecting with all that is. All that you are and can be. It is a shift.
January 12, 2012
I know many feel this way or have felt this way before.
Dear --spirit family---, I miss you. I miss your laughter, I miss your smiles, I miss ur hugs. I miss hearing your voices, The feel of your presence. Aside from what I already experience when I reach out to you and what/when I want. I know, but I miss the clarity of you. Just saying. I miss my memories. I suppose that's true for all those I've shared with. I think that's one of my biggest aches right now. How to find comfort in building, creating, and remembering a greater reality. To embrace something so ephemeral, to such a degree of trust that it is like coming home. A mothers arms. A child's kiss. A lovers eyes and a friends love. Is such a feeling even possible here? Or are we forever waiting, forever longing. I don't want to miss, I want to feel again.
So, just a remember to hang in there. It will get better. We are here to do hard work. We are here for the greatest job ever. To understand ourselves and explore. You are not alone in what you feel. It's ok to feel. Youre normal. You are loved.
January 10, 2012
The path to paradise is lined with tears, in the hope that we can see ourselves in their reflection.
Fallen from us lost not into dust, but onto verdant growth.
Jungle or meadow, we tend where we walk.
January 10, 2012
To look without internalizing, to feel without ownership, to study without attachment and to release with intention is to truly feel another's experience and honor our own.
The difference between passion and apathy is bridged by allowing emotional balance. This feels like contentment and happiness. The difference between apathy and despair collapses into emotional resistance which brings loathing. Ever wary of extremes, peace holds to neither but embraces all.
January 05, 2012
All life we experience is a reflection of Spirit.
As such you will see various interpretations of experience reflected from spirit in the smallest cellular structures to the the largest solar super associations, to animal behaviors and actions of people. All of these can be understood and experienced by maintaining a certain energetic conscious focus and many different dimensional points. One such focus is what is termed as a group focus. It is often where groups of individual consciousness associate with like mind, thought, and energy for a particular experience, task, or exploration. You encounter this all the time with communication from Spiritual beings or inspirational thought. You are subconsciously connected to those of like association with you. Now you experience this in differing ways in the incarnate as well as the dis-incarnate. While in Spirit, one such option is to consciously merge your awareness into a group focus and to feel as a unit at whatever action so directed. You will see this reflected in your physicality as well. Take flocks and herds and schools of animals. They act and move as a unit of like association. They form a type of group consciousness and move as one in response to environment or intersecting action or form. So too when you hear of a group entity. This is one of the ways that a spirit can seem to be in more than one place at a time. There is much more to it than that, but it's interesting to note and remember that life as you perceive it is a reflection of spirit. Look around and see yourself.
--Voices of Spirit
January 05, 2012
It is better to experience what you can with open eyes than to read with a closed heart.
January 05, 2012
The point of personal power is not in the desire for action,
but rests where decision meets belief.
Life's warriors are not made with sword or words,
they are born from the inner fire that feels it's understanding of conviction.
Living life's edges are not about the risk of falling, but rather it's about eagerly traversing fine lines across exciting gulfs of creation held and supported by those who love you. Don't fear falling. Nets and stage lights wait to illuminate the end of your act. There are always higher feats to achieve.
The lives we loose are but moments selflessly shared with another. Forever remembered.
Of these feelings those born in love remain where we coexist for all eternity.
The capacity to counter what we encounter is only limited by our capacity for bravely expressing our imagination.
January 04, 2012
The broken ink across faded clouds bring meaning out of mist.
The landscape of the soul is best seen stark across the subtleties of life.
Splendid Koi
surface float
dappled light
feeds color.
Hidden fish
current struggle
filters mud.
January 03, 2012
The pearls of life do not have to come on a string.
The best treasure is not always from a map.
January 03, 2012
If it doesn't feel like love, why give it attention? If by focusing; Is transformation probable, or possible? If it doesn't feel like love, can you find love in it? Can you express love through it? If not, then why worry? Is love probable? Then why worry? Is it possible? Then focus on it without worry. You are love and can not help but to express it.
January 03, 2012
The other day I was reading blogs online. There was some discussion in regards to physical vs/ mental mediumship in relation to objective and subjective proof of continence of the soul.
I was once told, "And there upon will come a time, where upon the weight of subjective evidence will be so great that you will have no choice but to surrender to the experience and enrich your life so that you may share with others." Since that time, I have found the statement to have defined my objective reality.
I know for many the idea of the subjective, can never become an objective reality. That's OK. For many, the whole point of life is to explore the perception of self within the subjective and objective. Understanding the nature of personal reality can be quite the subjective exercise. Theory of different realities, the nature of consciousness and soul playing against what can be felt in physical form can be quite consuming. That's why I always smile when I hear those with the desire for personal proof of an afterlife or consciousness in Spirit or energy form.
I would ask them how they see their objective experience of self, and what it feels like. What we are has always been the subject of any experience. Who you are will always be self evident to you, one way or another.