LIVING INSIDE OUT December 24, 2009
Posted by cosmicsandbox in Energy Awareness, Spiritual Transformation, Stress Relief.Tags: angels, Christmas, commercialism, Financial Crisis, love, peace, peace on earth, Scrooge
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There is a no more critical time to live inside out than at Christmas – especially this Christmas. We think of being turned inside out as a form of torture, but in truth it is the ultimate goal of life as a human being. Everything that happens in our lives is geared to helping us learn how to live from inside ourselves; to live in love from peace in the heart.
Our world has been going through a punishing period on a global scale since the beginning of this century. The cause of the violence, famine, plague, financial collapse, poverty, etc. is mankind living from the outside in. The whole message of Christmas is peace on earth good will toward mankind, but too few hear it. It is a message drowned out by the noise of commercialism. But now when there is such financial hardship, it is devastating to have neither peace and good will nor material stability.
Human nature is such that we only allow major change under dire circumstances. Only when things get bad enough are we willing to choose between what we perceive is the lesser of two evils. In the famous Christmas story, A Christmas Carol, we don’t see Ebenezer Scrooge having a change of heart until he is shown his death; and the extensive grief his greedy lifetime of “scrooging” caused. But are we any different?
His loyal worker, Bob Cratchit and his family, never said a harsh word about Scrooge; but rather, kept a grateful attitude for what little they had focusing on keeping their son, Tiny Tim alive. Since the Cratchit family was already living inside out they didn’t need extreme visits from reality angels. Scrooge, on the other hand, was so grossly unaware of others that his heart had become like lead. He probably didn’t even realize he had a heart or soul!
Will living with a grateful and loving attitude bring us peace and justice as it did Bob Cratchit’s family at the end of the story? It’s hard to say. There are many variables at play here. There is one thing we can know for sure though. The Cratchit family lived the Christmas message all year long from their hearts. A polar opposite of Scrooge, they had nothing on the outside (material) and everything on the inside (heart).
When shown the reality of his employee’s authentic loving life by the ‘reality angel’, it broke Scrooge’s heart open. No one lecturing Scrooge about how he should change his ways would have ever worked, but experiencing true love and compassion made all the difference. Transformation is an inside job; and only experience can reach the inside. Words lay on the surface. Few ever penetrate our protective armor of self-interest.
The experience of loss, confusion and even despair in some cases, that many are enduring this Christmas season and beyond will either break them wide open or close down and harden them. If too much has been invested in their outside material life, then the choice is almost made for them. They cannot see any other option. They can’t feel their heart. This is tragic. Thankfully, most can feel a spark inside that can reignite. They can recognize that as long as they can love and be loved they are wealthy.
All light is born in the dark. These difficult times that try men’s souls are meant to transform the lead in us to gold. That is the mystical meaning of Christmas. Into the darkest of nights the Light is born. We are turned inside out and then we see the Light, so to speak. We then know that we aren’t our possessions, our bank accounts, our degrees or fame. We are love incarnate. All the trials and tribulations serve to burn away the leaden dross.
I saw a “For Sale” sign on a house the other day. The sign rider said “I ’M GORGEOUS INSIDE!” I chuckled to myself wondering what it would be like if people wore signs like that. How would we behave if we felt gorgeous inside? I think it would be amazing. And what would be even more amazing would be if tons of us joined our gorgeous insides together. I believe the Earth would shift. There would be “peace on earth, good will toward men”. It could happen.
FROM GRATITUDE TO GRACE November 21, 2009
Posted by cosmicsandbox in Religious commentary, Spiritual Transformation.Tags: Devil, God, Grace, Gratitude, Scripture, Thanksgiving
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There is an immense and profound connection between having an attitude of gratitude and being a recipient of grace. November is the season during which we are encouraged to focus on being thankful for all our blessings. However, at this time in history, as well as the period of the first thanksgiving in America, there was very little for which to be thankful. In the first thanksgiving many had died and living conditions were extremely harsh. Today, many have also died from war, disease, destitution and despair, and living conditions for millions are extremely grim.
Yet, we are encouraged or even admonished in Scripture to be thankful in the midst of trials and tribulations. “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” I Thessalonians 5:18.The key word in this scripture is IN everything, not FOR everything. There is a big difference between feeling gratitude in painful situations and being thankful for the situation itself. It isn’t impossible, but it takes a little longer to be able to get a larger perspective.
Confusion about gratitude stems from of Judeo-Christian traditions that taught we should be grateful for everything in our lives because it all comes through a loving God. However, in reality, we don’t believe it. Most wrestle with the huge contradiction of a loving God allowing tragedy in our lives, and then expecting our gratitude for it. So then in addition to feeling confused, we feel guilty because we can’t or won’t comply with the commandment.
The conflict in understanding the true purpose of the commandment to be grateful in all things stems from the mistaken belief that light and dark, good and bad are mutually exclusive and separate realities; and therefore, only light and good things come from God who is also light and goodness. The dark and bad things come from the Devil, who is dark and bad. It follows naturally for our minds to conclude that if we are grateful in or for bad things, we are aligning with and empowering the Devil.
However, many scriptures in the Old and New Testament of the Bible refute this line of thinking. They refer to God as being One, including the light and the dark, the good and the bad. God told Moses, “…I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore, choose life; that both you and your seed may live.” Deuteronomy 30:19 Choosing life would be a no-brainer one would think. However, humanity has been stumbling over it for 4,000 years because most people can’t wrap their heads around God allowing the dark and sad aspects of life.
Here is where it becomes crucial that we understand the bigger picture of the underlying purpose of the principle. Because if we don’t; we stay locked in a destructive belief system that keeps us cut off from grace; and therefore, victimized by every difficult situation. God’s plan out of this dilemma is that we go through tribulation via gratitude IN all things, which activates divine grace to transform our understanding of the trial. Only through the experience of grace can we understand that “all things work together for good to them that love God and are the called according to his purposes.” Romans 8:28
Without grace bestowed through gratitude, the world does indeed become a living hell. We writhe in a state of chaos and confusion, continually asking “Why?” Our reasoning mind believes we can find a reason for everything. But reality is too complex for simplistic answers. We must trust there is an unseen purpose for each seemingly random act. Ultimately the reason for everything is our understanding that through gratitude, which activates the experience of grace, we can know whatever happens is for our instruction and edification to bring us into an intimate relationship with the All One/God.
We take the first step in faith by being grateful in our trial, and the Spirit of Grace infuses the situation transforming it from darkness and death into light and life. Immediately we have turned the corner and we aren’t fueling the curse anymore. Gratitude opens the spout where the grace comes out. It is the experience of the grace that fills and lifts us, transforming the dark matter in our hearts to light.
REVOLUTION OF/OR EVOLUTION November 11, 2009
Posted by cosmicsandbox in Cosmic Consciousness, Energy Awareness, Quantum Shifts, Spiritual Transformation.Tags: 2012, End Times, Epigenetics, Evolution, genetics, New Age, new Earth, prophesy, quantum shift, revolution, science, victim conscioiusness
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“We don’t need a revolution in the United States. We already had one, thank you. What we need now is an American Evolution, where We the People evolve into the citizens the country’s founders dreamed of.” Swami Beyondananda
Science, through the Human Genome Project, has recently discovered that our genes don’t control our physical and behavioral traits. This new discovery is akin to the discovery of fire! Up until now the old theory of genetic determinism imprisoned us into believing we were weak, frail victims of our heredity. “If mom died at 50, I probably will too.” Or, “My whole family is fat so I guess I just inherited those “fat genes”.
The new science called Epigenetics means “above” (epi) genetics. And “above” they went. They learned we don’t have very many more genes than lowly animals. What then accounts for the increased complexity of humans if not the genes? What influences whether or not you die at 50 like your mom or are fat like uncle George? The answer will shock you because it shocked the scientists.
First of all they discovered the nucleus wasn’t the brain of the cell that determined the health and nature of that cell. Rather, the cell’s brain was in its membrane. This is akin to the discovery of the wheel! Healthy cells in a Petri dish placed next to a dish of sick, toxic cells became toxic. They weren’t physically intermingled. It was strictly environmental influence. In cloning research, they discovered by placing neutral cells next to a dish of liver cells, the neutral cells became liver cells! The stimulus from the surrounding environment determined cell identity and not the genes.
In humans the emotions are the stimuli for our cells. Our thoughts via the brain create the emotions in our bodies. Emotions of love joy and peace build healthy cells and strengthen our immune system. Conversely the opposite emotions over time tear down the cells and weaken the immune system.
At this major crossroads as a civilization we are being gifted with this wisdom to enable us to abort a destructive mission of humanity and our planet. Our ancient ancestors knew all this viscerally of course. In our pride and arrogance we dismissed their knowledge as either too primitive, pagan or New Age woo-woo. But now we can accept it because science has proven it in the laboratory. Whee! However, on the flip side, we also have learned how some ancient civilizations destroyed themselves because they chose selfish power over selfless cooperation. They became like cancer cells that greedily take over the whole organism until they kill it. (Sounds like large corporation cells).
All of Nature including humans grow and increase on this principle of creation through cooperation. It is not survival of the fittest as Darwin proposed. It appeared that way on the surface, but upon closer examination, and with advanced technology, we now know that isn’t how life works. We must abandon all beliefs based on this violent non-cooperative model.
We must avoid horrific apocalyptic movies and books that scare the life out of us because they transform our healthy cells to toxic cells. Besides, apocalypse simply means “change”, not annihilation. The Mayan prophesy about 12/21/2012 does not say the world as a planet will cease to be. It says “business as usual” will cease because a change is happening to consciousness in all of creation. We are even seeing U-Tube videos of animals who are normally enemies playing together. Could this be a fulfillment of Isaiah 11:6 which says “The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child shall lead them.” This passage is thought to be a prophesy of the coming of a millenium of peace aka the New Heaven and the New Earth?
The implications of these new discoveries as to how life works are staggering, and put us in the driver’s seat instead of the trunk. Each of us is a mini-world. We are each a self-contained universe with 50 trillion cells in one body! Can you imagine? If each cell was a whole body they would fill 7,000 Earths. In addition to that, most every cell has its own nervous, digestive, respiratory, musculoskeletal, reproductive, and immune system!
Imagine each of us creating an environment of peace and cooperation; joining with other like-minded souls to create a tsunami to cleanse all toxic cells from the Earth. Can we do it in time? I believe we can. If it was impossible we wouldn’t be flooded with all this wild, wonderful and enlightening information. I say, let’s believe we can. We can start by acting “as if” it is possible to make a quantum shift in consciousness on a universal scale. Let’s start today!
NOTE: Information for this article is from a new book Spontaneous Evolution, Our Positive Future (and a way to get there from here) by Bruce H. Lipton and Steve Bhaerman, aka Swami Beyondananda
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ARE YOU RELIGIOUS OR SPIRITUAL? September 27, 2009
Posted by cosmicsandbox in Religious commentary, Spiritual Transformation, The Real Jesus.Tags: intolerance, Jesus, Letter of Law, Love Enemies, Religion, Spiritual
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RELIGIOUS OR SPIRITUAL
We hear many people today say, “I am not religious. I am spiritual.” What is the difference? Aren’t religious people spiritual? The spiritual group perceives religion as being a rigid belief system of rules that discourages, if not forbids, acceptance or investigation of other religious faiths. That perception is based on prejudiced statements by the religious establishment down through the ages such as, “The equal tolerance of religions is the same thing as atheism.” Pope Leo XIII, 1885.
Our weary world has been suffering under the crushing weight of religious intolerance for millennia; long before Pope Leo issued his limiting edict. Whenever any ideology is taken literally, it can foster hate and division. Literally following the Law to the letter doesn’t prevent one from verbally assaulting another soul. In fact, that is what Jesus accused the priests of his day of doing. He put the Spirit of the Law above the letter of the Law.
Following the Law religiously is different than experiencing the Spirit of the Law. Spiritually we can feel a heart connection to our fellow man, even if we don’t know him or what his religious or political beliefs are. This is because we are born with inherent empathy, which is our Soul/Spirit. But when we go unconscious or get buried under stress, then it is all too easy to stay in our heads, setting ourselves apart and judging others with different beliefs as being wrong, defective or just plain evil.
If anyone stands up and says, “Wait a minute. This action we’re taking doesn’t make sense from a compassionate, loving perspective.” they are labeled a rebel, a heretic or a subversive. Our self-righteous judgmental minds definitely don’t want to hear things like “Love your enemies. Do good to those who despitefully use you. Turn the other cheek. If one takes your coat, give him your cloak also.” as Jesus taught.
Since we all have a mind, we are all guilty of falling into its divisive clutches and existing in the limited thinking box that separates us from God and each other. But we have also been gifted by our Creator with the Spirit; and It is omnipresent Love residing within our hearts. In fact, all world religions have the same Golden Rule. Where religions have failed is in hiding this magnificent Truth from the masses by teaching exclusivity and separation. They shun unity and cooperation with those of different beliefs.
Our views of religion and the spiritual could expand if we viewed all sacred scripture as poetic love letters written to each individual human soul. Scripture, like poetry, was created using symbols and metaphors to fully express the essence of its meaning. It wasn’t intended to be taken literally. Emotions and deep spiritual truths cannot be dissected and understood by the reasoning mind. They are only experienced in the Soul.
To really appreciate and benefit from religious texts one must embody them as one would take in a work of art. If just read as a linear history or a doctrine of social behavior, the transformational purpose is lost, its power made impotent. To fully experience the Spirit of scripture, one must be willing and able to understand the symbolic and metaphoric meanings of the words and pictures they paint in our mind’s eye.
Read the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament. It is written to be read on many levels of meaning. On one level, it is a poem of the wedding of King Solomon to his bride. On another level, it is about the symbolical marriage of the Creator with us, His creation. It is a lavish description of the intimate and extravagant devotion God has for the beloved, which is you and me.
This indescribable Love is the unconditional love we all long for. We continually seek it from one another, but rarely if ever find it in human form. This is because we were created to receive this deeper love from Spirit first, which enables us to love and accept ourselves. The more we are able to receive the unconditional love of Spirit and “fill our cup”, the more we are able to love and accept others because our “cup is overflowing”. It is a spiritual experience. It is not a religious doctrine.
SPIRIT OF THE GODDESS September 10, 2009
Posted by cosmicsandbox in Quantum Shifts, Spiritual Sensuality, Spiritual Transformation.Tags: America's God Talent, Compassion, Goddess, peace, Sacred Feminine, Spiritual healing
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The other night I was watching America’s Got Talent. Barbara Padilla was the last contestant to perform. I think that most people were in awe as she sang “Ave Maria” from a pedestal aglow with white light in a gown that flowed around her to the floor.
(cut and paste this into your browser to see her performance 9/8/09)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6sUaRagfDA#watch-main-area
Please watch the video of her performance through to the end as well as the judges’ comments. Notice Sharon Osborne’s comment at the end as she bows to her as a cancer survivor herself and as a woman. Piers said people would remember where they were and what they were doing on the night they heard her sing, (almost as we knew where we were on 9/11/01). It really was quite extraordinary. I felt so strongly that the essence of the Sacred Feminine, or the true personification of the Goddess was and is personified in Barara’s spirit and her voice.
She is not a virgin Mary, a holier than thou religioius saint, an evangelist for an ultruistic cause or any of that. She is a living breathing, sensuous, beautiful example of a complete woman. Her manifestation of the sacred side of femininity is actually able to bring spiritual and physical healing to others, because she is coming from the fullness of her heart.
I am always “beating the drum” about the need in the world for the return of the Sacred Feminine to offset the destructive, warrior nature of the patriarchial world we’ve endured for millenia. People generally misunderstand what I mean by that, and have flashbacks to the women’s liberation movement. That movement helped women come out of servitude, but it turned many men and women against women’s rights because it too had a warrior nature.
But now we have been blessed to experience a world performance of what the restoration of the Sacred Feminine looks like in 2009. Men and women alike acknowledge the rise of a transcendent awe and love that fills them in the presence of this beautiful energy.
Barbara inpires all of us to know that the Spirit she manifests is in each and every one of us. If each of us could go through our day with this open hearted feeling of love and compassion that we feel when hearing and seeing Barbara then world peace would not be far behind.
DON’T WORRY…BE HAPPY! July 20, 2009
Posted by cosmicsandbox in Energy Awareness, Spiritual Transformation, Stress Relief.Tags: Einstein, fear, Gratitude, Happy, Imagination, Law of Attraction, Money, Stress, Visualization, Worry
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Remember this charming song from several years ago? Our world was in a bit of mess then too, but not nearly as seriously as now. It’s a little harder today to sing this little tune and pump oneself up. However, it does convey a universal truth that will work if we work it.
We’ve had movies like The Secret that explain a Law of Attraction in our Universe, which teach us how and why people and things show up in our lives. We attract what we think about, or we attract what we love by paying attention to it. And yes, it’s true that some of us love drama and problems and chaos, even though we don’t like to admit it.
Of course, none of us is doing a jig over the financial mess. Most of us feel pretty helpless when it comes to doing anything to help correct it. But that aside, we can take responsibility for our own attitude moment to moment regardless of the outside circumstances. In fact, controlling ourselves is all we can do.
So with that in mind I would like to share a little something I stumbled upon from one of the internet sites I visit frequently called A Space of Love hosted by Heather Mcauley. Years before The Secret appeared on the scene, Heather taught her five year old daughter, Amelia, to imagine whatever she wanted to have or do as if it was already real. Then she told her to stop thinking about it and just be happy and grateful. Amelia’s been manifesting trips, horses, and all types of fun for the past several years. Now around age twelve Heather asked her what she would advise adults who are “freakin’ out” over lack of money.
She said that instead of “freakin’ out” about a lack, picture what you want and imagine it like it’s happening. Then don’t think about it. Go about doing your normal thing and be happy. If it doesn’t work it’s because it depends on what you think will work for you. (We’re back to you are and have what you believe).
Next you should empty your mind, focus on what you want and not worry at all. You can meditate to help empty your mind. Do the normal things you do, and don’t worry about it. Be happy and picture yourself with money, but not a whole house full of money. Then people may come in try to steal it!
When asked if she pictured herself with money, she said “No. I pictured myself going to Disneyland and stuff like that”.
Amelia went on to say that if you have a child, you might want to play with him or her for awhile. There is something about children. They can feel upset if their parents are preoccupied and not there for them. She concluded with these words of encouragement:
“Love is the strongest thing in the world. It makes people feel good, it makes them feel better, and it always brings happiness, no matter how sad you are, knowing that you’re loved.”
Out of the mouths of babes comes great wisdom. Speaking of wisdom, Albert Einstein is known to have said “Imagination is more important than knowledge”. He ought to know. His imagination brought us the theory of relativity that changed the world forever! He also said “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”
There is another internet person who is storming the world with what he calls Mind Movies. He teaches you how to make a movie of your imagined life so you can literally watch your dreams come to life in your very own movie. You obviously are happy, excited and enthused while watching your movie; and therefore, the joyful feelings crowd out worry and fear. Then, guess what. Yep, you guessed it. Money, love, peace and joy begin to manifest in your life, just like it did for Amelia. So you can sing, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”.
You can go high tech or low tech, but do indulge yourself in your delightful imagination and partake of life’s “coming attractions” NOW.
BE CHILDLIKE – NOT CHILDISH May 13, 2009
Posted by cosmicsandbox in Dreams, Spiritual Transformation.Tags: Buddha, Chaos, Child-like, Childish, Dahli Lama, Dreams, Free Spirit, Innocence, Jesus, Joyous, laughter
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Have you noticed that the most enlightened beings on the planet are and have been the most childlike? The mischievous twinkle in their eye hints at a secret no one else knows. The Dahli Lama comes to mind. Then there is the Laughing Buddha. Even Jesus was accused of being a heavy drinker of wine with questionable friends by his critics.
Most all free-spirited souls are childlike in that they are innocent, without guile, totally present all the time, laugh easily and rarely take themselves seriously. They are probably judged as being childish by the majority who take themselves quite seriously. But the serious ones are actually the most childish in the negative sense of the word.
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Worry and anxiety are like lead in our backpack. Very difficult to get lift off weighted down by lead. We have to be able to lighten up so we can ascend high enough to get the bigger picture. Otherwise we are like the blind guys describing an elephant based on the one part each could feel.
All stress and fear is caused by stories we tell ourselves based on what we think we see or hear from a very narrow, restricted viewpoint. We can spend our entire lives in a maze going in circles. But if we could rise above it, we could easily see how to get to the exit.
What does seeing the bigger picture have to do with being childlike? We can’t achieve the level of trust we need to surrender control of the Universe unless we become as a little child. As long as we mistakenly believe that we have control over others and circumstances, we will suffer and remain stuck in the maze. The child innately knows he only controls his own imagination. He creates his world each day the way he wants it. No one can convince him his world isn’t real. He doesn’t attempt to control the grownups and their world.
As grown up children we have forgotten how to totally trust our imagination and our innate knowing. The light of it has been almost snuffed out to the point we act like joyless robots! There is one time though that we are forced to let go of the controls and trust. You know when that is? Every night when we sleep, our imaginative mind comes out to play.
The part of us that comes alive in our dream state is our inner child self. It is the part of us that is like the Masters with the twinkle in their eyes and lightness to their step. As the little jingle “Row, Row, Row your boat” states: “Life is but a dream.” The more we can live from that reality the more wonderful, magical and enchanting our lives will be.
The reason being childlike works is because it is grounded in love and trust. Our inner child expects good and trusts it will show up. Since we get what we expect, it serves us well to be expecting the best. The childish group will criticize this stance because misery loves company. They are frustrated controllers that expect to eventually be able to control their universe if they just try harder. They don’t appreciate the childlike free spirits who enjoy life’s twists and turns and take themselves lightly. But if we are here we might as well enjoy the ride. There’s not much point in getting on otherwise.
The message of the Masters has always been to let go and trust as a little child. This is the way to peace and fulfillment. The “let go” is the most difficult part for the grownup. Especially in this chaotic time we are experiencing now, it is more difficult to let go. But unless we come to know down deep that the Universe is unfolding as it should and It is conspiring for our good, we will be driven to grab the reins. However, if we do that we most likely will drive ourselves right off the cliff.
The best choice is to let go and let your inner child soul self guide the way just as you do when you sleep. Pleasant Dreams!
YOU ARE NOT YOUR STORY March 9, 2009
Posted by cosmicsandbox in Cosmic Consciousness, Energy Awareness, Spiritual Transformation.Tags: conformity, control of choice, fear of unknown, free to create, inner child, playacting, real you
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Most everyone is living their lives primarily from memorization. We have memorized our family’s history and believe we are one of the characters in that novel. We believe we are what we know from school and work over time. We’ve memorized the various scripts for the character(s) we chose to play, as well as the parts that might have been forced upon us when we were too young to know what was happening.
Conformity is the flavor of the day – everyday. The non-conformist who is marching to a different drummer isn’t rewarded unless he excels to greatness. The majority never even try to venture out of their comfort zone no matter how miserable their situation. A rut is a grave with both ends removed.
When we believe we are our story, we are living life through the rear view mirror. Our future will be just like our past. Scary thought for most. Of course, we aren’t our thoughts either. We are the thinker having the thoughts as well as writing our stories. But what if there is no story?
Imagine suddenly finding yourself with amnesia with no memory of the past. You don’t know your name or where you live. However, you still exist. You are breathing. You fog a mirror and you can see yourself in it. Now, who are you? You are your awareness that you exist. Everything else is just a story piled on top of this basic truth. Do you see that you are choosing which plot and part you want to play in your melodrama, tragedy, comedy, mystery or adventure? Only you control your choices or think your thoughts. No one else can make you think or feel anything.
The reason it is important to get a grasp of the fact that we are not our stories is that we must wake up so we can take control of our own lives and creatively choose the best direction in the months and years ahead. The danger of believing that we are our stories means that the past equals the future and we are destined to repeat it.
Every day we write the script for the coming attraction. If we are living from memorization we are just like the computers we have created. They will only give us what we have programmed into them. You know the drill, “garbage in, garbage out or same stuff, different day”.
The real YOU is your imaginative, intuitive soulful Self that creates form out of the formless. Everything was once a thought in someone’s imagination that took form. However, we can’t create a new life path using our old stories. We can be new every morning if we so choose. But we must let go of our fear. We fear the unknown, and without our story we feel lost and out of control.
Well, the times we are experiencing now have thrust all of us into the unknown whether we like or not. It really is a whole new world, in which our old stories do not work. We can’t afford to remain paralyzed by fear. We can take our power back and co-create a new story of freedom born of cooperation and compassion. The old story (his-story) has been based on rugged individualism and competition. The theme was “As long as I have mine, I don’t care if you get yours.” With the collapse of the global economy and no one knowing how to solve it, we have a golden opportunity to create a new human story.
We each have the power to write a new story in our own lives. We only need the courage to venture inside and discover it. Ask yourself who were you and what were your passions when you were a little kid before you disappeared under your parents’ story of you? That creative, intuitive unblemished child can be resurrected, because he/she is still alive and well in your heart. Listen to the real story and give it a voice.
None of us can afford to act out anyone else’s story anymore. There is a sifting going on and only the “real” will remain to change the story.
CHRISTMAS – BIRTHDAY OF LIGHT December 14, 2009
Posted by cosmicsandbox in Religious commentary, Spiritual Transformation, The Real Jesus.Tags: Christians, divine child, Jesus, Light, Saturnalia, Virgin Birth, Winter Solstice, Wise Men
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Many of our holiday traditions are borrowed from earlier traditions. For example, the Winter Solstice marks the beginning of the long dark winter nights and the symbolic death of the sunlight on December 21st. The sun is then “reborn” on December 25th, which is the first day it appears to remain in the sky longer.
Most likely Jesus, the Light of the world, wasn’t born in December. However, early Christians in the Roman Empire, to avoid persecution, celebrated his birth during Saturnalia, the holiday honoring the birth of the Sun god, on December 25th. Christmas, or Christ-mass, celebrates the birth of the Christ Light into the dark world bringing hope of “peace on earth and good will toward men” as proclaimed by the angelic choir on Christmas Eve.
We can miss a lot of the deeper meaning of traditions, rituals and their symbolism if we only focus on the literal details of the story. For example: in a symbolic sense, each of us is a type of a virgin mother, pregnant with a child of light in our souls that is yearning to be born into our dark world. This child is innocent, perceives no separation between itself, the Divine or others, lives in the present moment and is full of joy and wonder. This is the real, true essence of each of us. It has remained perfect and whole, unaffected by all the storms or traumas of our lives.
Why aren’t we aware of this part of ourselves? It has been hidden deep within our hearts, buried under a lifetime of conditioning and worldly cares. Our divine child can be coaxed out at Christmas because it is a time of joy, bright light, festive music, vibrant colors, succulent sweetness and infectious play. Can we allow the birth as Mary did? Will we stop our disbelieving lives and set aside time to let our sacred Child Self of light be born?
Just as in the Christmas story, our world isn’t ready for this birth of light. There is no room being made for its arrival. No one seems to know or care about it at all. The world is too busy stumbling around cursing the darkness. Like Mary, each of us must be willing to give birth to our precious child of light alone, witnessed only by a few shepherds and cattle in a manger. The Sacred only shows up in humble mangers, not castles of convenience.
It doesn’t matter whether or not anyone else understands the miraculous transformation happening within us. A select few humble, unassuming type people like the shepherds will notice the light in our eyes and the spring in our step. They will rejoice with us. However, the ones we thought would notice our transformation and be happy about it either ignore us or would rather dispose of us. These unfortunate souls are trapped in fear, negativity and cynicism. They would rather put our light out because it reveals their fears and anxiety. They become furious that we can be joyful and peaceful in spite of the darkness in the world.
Mary and Joseph had to flee to Egypt to keep the Christ child safe from King Herod’s murderous rage. Society, like Herod, is fearful that it can’t control the free spirit inherent in the children of light. The powers that be know they can never enslave one who knows in their heart they are free. This is why it is vital that we stop at this time of deep reflection and make space for Spirit to birth the Light within us and out into the world.
When we do accept our sacred Self, the three wise men will come bearing gifts of grace. They are divinely guided to find us wherever we may be. They offer us gold for divinity or Christ consciousness, frankincense to transform the mundane into the miraculous, and myrrh for humility and continual dying to our small selves. These wonderful wise men are symbolic of the sages, teachers, mentors and guides that grace our lives at every stage. They remind us that we are never alone; and that there is no limit to how far our Father/Mother God will go to make sure the divine child not only survives but thrives.