Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Let Your Soul Light Shine Bright
Let Your Soul Light Shine Bright
My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters most to civilized, visionary people.
You are right in your assessments. The lustre and hubris some have aspired to while endorsing acts so heinous against children, elders, everyday people, the poor, the unguarded, the helpless, is breathtaking. Yet, I urge you, ask you, gentle you, to please not spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially do not lose hope. Most particularly because, the fact is that we were made for these times. Yes. For years, we have been learning, practicing, been in training for and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement.
I grew up on the Great Lakes and recognize a seaworthy vessel when I see one. Regarding awakened souls, there have never been more able vessels in the waters than there are right now across the world. And they are fully provisioned and able to signal one another as never before in the history of humankind. Look out over the prow; there are millions of boats of righteous souls on the waters with you. Even though your veneers may shiver from every wave in this stormy roil, I assure you that the long timbers composing your prow and rudder come from a greater forest. That long-grained lumber is known to withstand storms, to hold together, to hold its own, and to advance, regardless.
In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or un-mended in the world. Do not focus on that. There is a tendency, too, to fall into being weakened by dwelling on what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus there. That is spending the wind without raising the sails. We are needed, that is all we can know. And though we meet resistance, we more so will meet great souls who will hail us, love us and guide us, and we will know them when they appear. Didn't you say you were a believer? Didn't you say you pledged to listen to a voice greater? Didn't you ask for grace? Don't you remember that to be in grace means to submit to the voice greater?
Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take everyone on Earth to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale.
One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these—to be fierce and to show mercy toward others; both are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do.
There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it. I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate. The reason is this: In my uttermost bones I know something, as do you. It is that there can be no despair when you remember why you came to Earth, who you serve, and who sent you here. The good words we say and the good deeds we do are not ours. They are the words and deeds of the One who brought us here.
In that spirit, I hope you will write this on your wall: When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D Author of the best seller Women Who Run with the Wolves
I Love You All.
Herbert Gordon,
Consultant, Coach & Mentor
http://tinyurl.com/pby5m
"The Universal Law of Love"
But the primary law is The Law of Love;
All things exist within this law and are created out of it.
Love is the total and complete acceptance of what is.
Love allows.
Love is about allowing yourself to be who and what you are and allowing that same right to all others. Without the Law of Love, free will could not exist, for free will is free will.
It cannot and does not come in portions, for you either have it or you do not have it.
The Universe is a place of creation; it is a place of experience.
And you have come to this world by choice to experience yourself just as you have done in many other worlds and will do again in many other worlds after this one, whether they be physical or non-physical.
As a creator through experience, you have complete free will to create what you wish, and you create through the process of magnetism, the process of attraction, which is the second law, the Law of Attraction, or the Law of Increase, whichever term communicates this concept to you more strongly.
In order for the Universe to grow through experience, `allowing' or love must be in place, for there cannot be any limitation to the experience. For you to experience what you are, it is also necessary for you to experience what you are not.
This comparison pushes you forward, for comparison is one of the most efficient ways to assist you in deciding what you want. This comparison leads to desire, and desire is the mother of creation, for without desire, nothing would come into existence.
We are beings of absolute and total free will. Free will is the natural result of love, for love is the total and complete acceptance of what is. As love is the very nature of the All-That-Is, it is also your deepest desire, for it acts like a magnet upon your personality.
All that is not love is not natural to who we are, and all things seek to operate according to the natural laws of the Universe. Our physical reality was created so that we may experience that which we are not. In experiencing that which we are not, we began to experience that which is not love, that which is not acceptance, that which does not allow.
As a soul we began to focus our self more deeply into the physical world; we began to associate our self more fully and completely with physical existence. And this has led us to believe that the physical "Us" is the "total Us," and that this "Us" which we know as us will die along with the demise of your body.
As you look back at human history, you can observe that we have been gradually moving towards greater levels of allowing. This movement has become increasingly more apparent in the past 100 years and the momentum of this directional move is increasing exponentially with each passing decade. Embedded in each of us is something we and science at best describe as an atom. This atom holds within it our will to love. We all have this will to love, for that is the very nature of the Universe.
Love is the prime quality of universal consciousness, so there is not a consciousness that does not have this atom. Our will to love draws us automatically towards the state of love, of allowing. We cannot deny this will to love, we cannot resist it and we cannot flee from it, although we can pretend as many do that we don't have it, and indeed there are many who act as if it were not there. Some may even fully experience a reality or a range of feelings that may seem to be devoid of love.
This atom, however no matter how faint it may appear, is within us all, and it is magnetic to the Greater _Expression of Love, the Universal love, the love of God.
It is this will to love that draws us forward in your development; it is what stimulates us to growth through our many incarnations, and from one cycle to another. This is the game of the Universe; we have decided that we want to experience many different ways of going home to love, of returning to love and is why with each new year we embark upon new cycles and new adventures.
We have had many lives on planet Earth, and we have completed this entire cycle from "lovelessness" to unconditional love in many forms, on many worlds, each one adding to
our experience and knowledge of total and complete love.
The Universe seeks to experience itself in love in all its forms and in order to do this, the Universe holds within it the experience of "not love," the experience of darkness, the experience of separation, all for the sake of love.
With this atom within us, it does not matter how far into the 'darkness' we go, we will always eventually be drawn home to love. This is a given, it is not any other way, and cannot be any other way.
As love is the very nature of God, and as all exists within the mind and being of God, then all within it is of God, and therefore is of love. This is the highest truth. All is love. All action, all beings, all things are love, for that is the foundation of all creation.
Love is our greatest longing. We seek to accept and allow. The Universe, or that unifying field of consciousness that we have come to call God, is a benevolent place that operates with equality and fairness, and operates according to Universal Laws.
Love is the complete and total acceptance of what is: it is allowing-allowing all others to be who they are, and allowing our self to be who we are. We are beings of free will, and as such, we are held in a place of total acceptance and allowing. We are dearly loved!
By beginning to know that we are loved and accepted beyond all measure, we can begin to master the Universal Laws to create the life we want.
(Omni through John Payne, from the book, Omni Reveals The Four Principles of Creation) - www.findhornpress.com
I Love You All
Herbert Gordon,
There is so much good in the worst of us
And so much bad in the best of us
That it hardly becomes any of us
To talk about the rest of us. ~ Edward Wallis Hoch
"The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains."
"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time." ~ Edith Wharton, Author
"Giving and receiving affection is the key to happiness, and compassion is the key that opens our hearts to affection." the Dalai Lama
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. ~ (Albert Schweitzer)
Three Word Phrases That Will Enrich Every Relationship
Three Word Phrases That Will Enrich Every Relationship
Read Them Daily - Contemplate on Them and Use Them.
They Are Very Powerful.
I'll Be There
If you have ever had to call a friend in the middle of the night, to take a sick child to hospital, or when your car has broken down some miles from home, you will know how good it feels to hear the phrase "I'll be there." Being there for another person is the greatest gift we can give.
When we're truly present for other people, important things happen to them & us. We are renewed in love and friendship. We are restored emotionally and spiritually. Being there is at the very core of civility.
I Miss You
Perhaps more marriages could be saved & strengthened if couples simply & sincerely say to each other "I miss you." This powerful affirmation tells partners they are wanted, needed, desired & loved. Consider how ecstatic you would feel, if you received an unexpected phone call from your spouse in the middle of your workday, just to say "I miss you."
I Respect You / I Trust You
Respect and trust is another way of showing love. It conveys the feeling that another person is a true equal. If you talk to your children as if they were adults you will strengthen the bonds & become close friends. This applies to all interpersonal relationships
Maybe You're Right
This phrase is highly effective in diffusing an argument and restoring frayed emotions. The flip side to "maybe you're right" is the humility of admitting maybe "I'm wrong". Let's face it. When you have a heated argument with someone, all you do is cement the other person's point of view. They, or you, will not change their stance and you run the risk of seriously damaging the relationship between you. Saying "maybe you're right" can open the door to further explore the subject, in which you may then have the opportunity to get your view across in a more
rational manner.
Please Forgive Me
Many broken relationships could be restored and healed if people would admit their mistakes and ask for forgiveness. All of us are vulnerable to faults and failures. A man should never be ashamed to own up that he has been in the wrong, which is saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
I Thank You
Gratitude is an exquisite form of courtesy. People who enjoy the companionship of good, close friends are those who don't take daily courtesies for granted. They are quick to thank their friends for their many expressions of kindness. On the other hand, people whose circle of friends is severely constricted often do not have the Attitude of Gratitude.
Count On Me
A friend is one who walks in when others walk out. Loyalty is an essential ingredient for true friendship; it is the emotional glue that bonds people. Those that are rich in their relationships tend to be steady and true friends. When troubles come, a good friend is there indicating "you can count on me."
Let Me Help
The best of friends see a need and try to fill it. When they spot a hurt they do what they can to heal it. Without being asked, they pitch in and help.
Go For It
We are all unique individuals. Don't try to get your friends to conform to your ideals. Support them in pursuing their interests, no matter how weird they seem to you. Everyone has dreams, dreams that are unique to that person only. Support and encourage your friends to follow their dreams. Tell them to "go for it."
I Love You
My favorite and perhaps the most important three words that you can say. Telling someone that you truly love them satisfies a person's deepest emotional needs. The need to belong, to feel appreciated and to be wanted. Your spouse, your children, your friends and you, all need to hear those three little words "I love you."
I Love You All.
Herbert Gordon,
http://BornToManifest.com
10 Ways To Raise Your Consciousness
1. Truth - Truth raises your consciousness. Falsehood lowers it.
First, accept the truth. Whatever you’re afraid to know lowers your consciousness.
Secondly, speak the truth. If honesty is a challenge for you, it’s because you aren’t being honest enough with yourself. Lies you tell others are shadowed by lies you tell yourself.
The more you’re able to accept and speak the truth, the more conscious you become. Raise your consciousness by uncovering and dumping all traces of falsehood from your life. Allow this to be a gradual process. As your consciousness increases, genuine honesty will come more easily to you.
Yes, there may be consequences when you switch from lies and half-truths to the full truth, but highly conscious people know that crossing that bridge is well worth the effect.
A short-term adjustment is nothing compared to the joys of living honestly and openly. It’s so much easier and less stressful to be yourself and allow others to do the same. Not everyone will appreciate the real you, especially if they’ve grown accustomed to a false version, but that won’t matter once you accept and appreciate yourself.
2. Courage - Courage raises your consciousness. Cowardice lowers it.
Courage is the gatekeeper between unconscious growth and conscious growth. As long as you remain on the unconscious side, life will keep throwing problems at you until you step up and take charge. When you face your fear, the fear vanishes, and problems transform into opportunities. But when you run from your problems, your fear only grows.
A powerful guiding principle to adopt is, “Whatever I fear, I must face.” The more fears you face down, the more conscious you become. As you master this lesson, eventually courage becomes less necessary.
Once you develop the courage to face any fear life throws at you, you stop attracting so many fear-based experiences into your life. This is why courage is the dividing line between unconscious growth and conscious growth.
The mastery of courage gives you the power to decide how you’ll grow instead of being a victim of the whims of fate.
3. Compassion - Compassion raises your consciousness. Cruelty lowers it.
A great way to become more conscious is to search for signs of unconscious cruelty and disconnection in your life. This can be very difficult to do since it also requires courage. We naturally resist facing our own cruelty, but it’s there just waiting to be uncovered.
Compassion is the root of unconditional love, a feeling of connectedness with everything that exists. Do you feel connected to yourself? To others? To animals? To all living things? To everything that exists? The more you develop this connection, the more conscious and aware you become.
4. Desire - Desire raises your consciousness. Apathy lowers it.
When you get clear about what you want, such as by setting a goal, you raise your consciousness. Clarity focuses your mind and gives you the power to think and act intelligently. You can feel this effect whenever you think about something you definitely want.
On the other hand, when your desire is unclear, your consciousness is muddled. Your thoughts lack focus and direction, and you merely spin your wheels.
Strive to become more clear about what you truly desire most, and your consciousness will expand.
5. Attention - Attention raises your consciousness. Distraction lowers it.
Improving your ability to concentrate will make you more conscious. Pick up a rock and give it your full and complete attention, and notice what happens. But allow your mind to be riddled with distractions, and your consciousness will sink. A distracted mind is a powerless mind.
Meditation is a great way to practice attention and concentration. Sit quietly, breathe deeply, and focus your mind as you do your best to tune out distracting thoughts. This is simple to learn, but it can take a lifetime to master.
6. Knowledge - Knowledge raises your consciousness. Ignorance lowers it.
First and foremost, know thyself. Think deeply about your life, and keep a journal to record your thoughts. Ask questions to which you don’t know the answer, and then search for those answers.
Look around you as well, and soak up knowledge like a sponge. Interact with your environment with a sense of curiosity and wonder. Study it. Learn from it. Experiment with it.
Strive to understand reality, including your role in it, as accurately as possible. The more accurate your beliefs about reality are, the more conscious you become.
7. Reason - Reason raises your consciousness. Irrationality lowers it.
Logic is a powerful tool of consciousness when used correctly. It lends structure and substance to thought.
However, the great challenge of logic is the avoidance of false assumptions. A single false assumption can throw off a lifetime of otherwise logical conclusions. So challenge all of your beliefs, and never have too much certainty about those that rest on clouds.
8. Conscious people - Conscious people raise your consciousness. Unconscious people lower it.
Seek out others you perceive to be at a higher level of consciousness than you are. Talk to them, ask questions, and enjoy their presence. Allow their ideas and awareness to infect you, and you’ll find yourself expanding in all directions. You’ll become more honest, more courageous, more compassionate, and so on.
But spend time with people at a lower level of consciousness, and you’ll gradually sink to their level. Their thoughts will infect you as well, causing you to become more dishonest, more fearful, more apathetic, etc.
Strive to find a balance between spending time with those who raise your consciousness vs. spending time with those you can help. Learn from those who are a little more conscious, and help those who are a little less conscious than you. In this manner you serve the highest good of all, expanding consciousness everywhere.
9. Energy - Energy raises your consciousness. Disease lowers it.
Take care of your physical body, for it is your primary means of interacting with the world. Energy gives you an ongoing flow of vital life experiences. But without energy you starve your consciousness.
Eat with an awareness of what you’re consuming. Exercise with an awareness of how you’re affecting your body and mind. Before putting anything in your body, consider its effect on your energy, not just in the short term but in the long term as well. Always ask yourself, “Will this produce energy or disease?”
10. Intention - The intention to raise your consciousness raises it. The intention to lower your consciousness lowers it.
Consciousness has the capacity to self-expand or self-contract, just as you have the capacity to grow or to commit suicide. In any given moment, you have the freedom of choice.
By genuinely voicing the intention (or by offering the prayer), “I intend to become more conscious and aware,” you will initiate the expansion of your consciousness. Holding the intention to improve in any of the previous nine areas will yield a similar effect.
Alternatively, you are perfectly free to lower your consciousness at any time. While it’s unlikely you would choose to do so directly, you can achieve the same effect indirectly by lowering your performance in any of the previous nine areas. By choosing to lie, to succumb to fear, to commit acts of cruelty, to remain ignorant, and so on, you put out the intention to lower your consciousness. And in so doing, you initiate a process that will attract more falsehood, fear, cruelty, ignorance, etc. into your life.
Every thought you hold serves to either expand or contract your consciousness. There is no neutral. So choose wisely!
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