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Fear is Your Enemy

21 Feb

All these words which I have typed on this blog have been said or written many times before. If we look at or listen to our world they are all around us. They always have been, just as our spirit remains in constant connection to the Source. It is only our Awareness of this that fades away or brightens.

It is MY experience that FEAR is our stumbling block, a prison, a tormentor, and what many describe as a devil. My fear kept me from attempting to seek my dreams, because I wanted to avoid the crushing blow of their tumble. Fear has separated me from people I love because I worried that it would be too painful to let them inside my heart. My fear holds me… until it doesn’t anymore…

When we begin to recognize what fear is and stand up to it ALL THINGS are possible. The only limits set in life are the limits we set on ourselves. The only thing to fear is fear itself. Heard these things before? When you look at them, REALLY LOOK, you will see how strong you really are.

So how does one conquer fear? To believe it could be done overnight, I FEEL, would be a prideful thought. It is a journey, an ongoing mission – if you will – to self-improvement and development that then leads to community, city, country, and world. But all of that journey begins in the hearts of human BEings. If OUR hearts do not BECOME the change and all we do is desire – it will never reach us. Our prayer will never be answered because it is a prayer of lacking. Technically it IS being answered. Our intentions are there, but we’re just asking for the wrong thing – BEING the wrong Way.

If what we desire is Change and Peace on Earth and Good Will Toward all Men – a Richer, prosperous, equally abundant HOME – Then let’s BE that on a personal level and Thank God for bringing it to everyone else. GIVE the gift of this to others in prayer – so that they too might see the Holy Light. Thoughts are powerful – that is why prayer is powerful. God Gives what you ask, whatever is reflected in your HEART. This is key because sometimes a prayer is spoken and the heart says another. The Source gives from your heart. When we believe we are BETTER than someone or HIGHER and we try to give, we miss the point. We are ALL the same. We are all God’s Children.

Fear is ruling this world with an iron grip. It holds each one of us and unfortunately that sometimes bonds us together in fear. Fear nothing, but not in defiance, because that will only bring forth rotten fruit. This is EGO telling you FEAR is CONQUERED! It is EGO telling you I have no fear. However, it is also EGO that tells you fear is nothing to worry about, carry on and fear away. In both these bravados hides a fear in and of itself and one day fear ultimately will conquer the ego when it is not faced.

The way to challenge fear each time it shows its face is to KNOW WHO YOU ARE! If you know who you are there is no need to fear, because God is with you. Fear is powerless to this awesome Truth and Light. Fear is Darkness and it can not touch the Light. It desperately wants to and only inside YOU, the Vehicle, is there space to share. But darkness is not light. It can not harm light. It is simply an illusion – the fear – that it will. Darkness passes through Light and fades away into the depths below. All we must do is release it from ourselves to be free, yet we insist on carrying it.

I invite you to begin YOUR journey of releasing your fears. I feel so fortunate, and at times, unworthy to stand by these beliefs. I do not measure up to them, but I try. My journey continues to this day.

Honesty with Self is the only Way to See.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2013 in Change, Fear, Light

 

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Seven Sins and Virtues – The Circle

19 Feb

In religious scripture and in practice some of us put an emphasis on sins and virtues, good and bad, black and white – thus Division. In mainstream Christianity there are Seven named specifically. Some sects break them down into more, but I’m going to stick with Seven. These are seven traits of Men (meaning both male/female) that are seen as “evil” and seven traits that are seen as “good”.

The sins: Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth, Lust, Pride, Wrath.

The virtues: Chastity, Temperance, Charity, Diligence, Kindness, Humility, Patience.

Now, looking simply at the these WORDS – I would rather live in a world that was guided by the seven virtues. It seems like a much nicer place. The alternative is a dark and hateful stew, but it raises a question in my mind – Do we have the self-control (temperance) to maintain that lifestyle at all times, with every human on the planet?

I see this being a supreme struggle, because it is part of life to experience one of these things to KNOW the difference of the other and appreciate how great it truly is. You can not KNOW and APPRECIATE the relief of a cool air conditioner, if you did not first FEEL the swelter of a hot summer day. Switch that around. You can not KNOW and appreciate the inviting warmth of say – a campfire – if first you have not been standing in the cold. Is it possible to experience life another way? I encourage you to think about it. If all there existed – in that experience – was cold, how would you FEEL about it? How would you live with ONLY cold? You have nothing to compare it to. All there is – is cold. There would be NO feeling, NO life, nothing to experience from that interaction.

But that’s hot and cold – you say. Well, let’s go back to the sins and virtues. Obviously when we are victims of someone’s Wrath we FEEL the difference between it and Patience or Mercy. FEELING this allows us to decide whether we want to repeat this experience or choose something different for ourselves. Unfortunately I SEE many people in the world making the same choices over and over again, bringing them the same “bad” experience. They FEEL that it is unpleasant or does not represent who they are – they would not do this to another – yet THEY continue to choose things in life that bring Wrath or Envy to them over and over again.

This can change NOW, Today. As you are reading this you are already thinking differently. Look at your life and see which parts don’t reflect who you are. Don’t HATE these things or JUDGE these things – for they are gifts from God – allowing YOU to better know YOURSELF. With this new understanding of your world you can thank an abusive boyfriend or husband for allowing you to SEE that YOU are not THIS. Then remove THIS from your life. This is the Truth and the Truth shall set you free. This is why you must turn the other cheek – because the person before you has not yet come to the same realization as you. They WILL, if they CHOOSE to, but don’t judge them – for they do not SEE. Forgive them, for when they DO see there will be much remorse for their actions. They will then FEEL what you FEEL and they will do this “evil” act no more.

It is my belief that mankind alone can not win this battle with ourselves. Only with the help of God can we bring balance to our world. BUT – do not believe yourself powerless – THAT is what has brought the world into its current state. All our actions and words and thoughts are creating the world around us. It is a constant prayer that is being answered by God. Think about THAT! What have you done, or said, or thought lately? Has it been your highest thought? Your softest words? Your grandest deed?

No? Change.

No human being is perfect. We are all flawed. We all stumble and make mistakes, but that is why we shouldn’t judge each other, because we ALL stumble and we ALL fall. Life’s a learning process and that’s been forgotten. We all rush to tell each other we are wrong and convince the OTHER we are right, but how could the other know if they have not experienced it for themselves?

I see many in the world telling others that cold is better than hot, so stay cold, but these others don’t know what hot feels like, so there’s confusion and rebellion, especially when this process of experience is tampered with by US. It is our EGO that makes us believe we should control everything and THEN we try to control EVERYONE. We must remember that life is a journey on which we never stop discovering who we are. To stop in the middle and say THIS IS IT, is to miss the point of life itself.

Life is change and development, a circle that revolves. One experience that then helps to define the other. Ying and Yang. But this is not Two different things, but One, for together they ARE life itself and both come from God, The Source, and Creator of All Things.

So how do we insert some change into our world? Simply praying alone will not be enough. We must pray, believe, and then BE the change in our lives as much as possible. These seven sins and virtues are tools for you to define yourself. You have been asleep until today, in darkness, creating unaware. Look at yourself and YOUR actions. Don’t judge, just SEE the Way to change. Forgiveness of self is most important – because you must do this before you can truly forgive another.

Before you have asked God for anything, The Source has given it. THIS is the part we all have trouble believing. This is FAITH. Say the words of your request and FEEL it in your heart. Receive forgiveness and then sing about the Truth to others. Not a forceful song, not a song that pins another down, but one that opens – a soft song – for those with ears to hear.

Thank you Lord, through the Spirit of Christ, Amen.

 
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Posted by on February 19, 2013 in Change, Light

 

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Being Change

16 Feb

I laid in bed this morning, not quite awake, drifting in the awareness of NOW, but still firmly connected to the Everything. It is in this place that your mind can be reshaped, remolded, and set free – but it is also a place where parasites can come to feed off of YOU, if you are unaware.

But back to my bed… I lay there, my thoughts drifting over the world as if I were flying just above it – an observer perhaps – and I saw many things from this perspective. Hunger around the world, war in many nations which have lived this way for most of their history. I ALSO saw people of the world watching these things happen and doing nothing about it. I saw valuable ecosystems destroyed for short-term profit, ecosystems that destabilize the entire planet when missing… but still, as an observer, I saw that we do nothing.

I believe we feel powerless and sit on our hands. I have felt this way most of my life. We see these problems of the world and they hurt our hearts. Not all have grown apathetic, yet we continue to surrender in the face of these issues, almost becoming blind to them – because we FEEL powerless to stop them. Why?

Let ALL reading these words HEAR - you are NOT powerless, but you are the vehicles of change. Do not wait for something to be delivered to you, while you watch the planet crumble around you. This will only result in failure for ALL life on the planet.

Many readers will say a challenge and end to hunger and war are brave words. How could they be true? The Truth is that what we see every day, what we lament over and all desire would end — is OUR creation.

When you look into the world and see that there is racial discrimination, just as one example – what feelings inside of you does that summon up? Do you judge your fellow-man for what HE has done and what he continues to do? Instead, turn that judgement, that careful eye, towards yourself – for the world is simply a reflection of self. Do YOU have racially divisive thoughts in YOUR head? Why do you have them? Think about it, honestly, sincerely.

Many people when faced with that question want to reject it. No one WANTS to discriminate, but we do it. We want to identify ourselves as NOT that, but is that how we REALLY are? Is that how we ACTUALLY FEEL? As long as the feelings remain the cycle of separation will continue. This is the same for all other matters – hunger, war, pollution, etc. But this is not an endless cycle. If we decide to stop, we can.

Until we begin to look inward and identify the parts of OURSELVES we don’t want, the parts that DON’T define who we are and who we WANT to be, change can not occur.

So that takes us to the next step – if you identify that you are the problem STOP! NOW! Do it today. It is a conscious decision, a right that every human being is born with, the ability to make a choice.

Don’t judge yourself and feel guilt and shame, this is destructive and solves nothing. Forgive yourself. Relieve the evilness from the act and just know that it does not represent you any longer, then change. Don’t judge others. Allow them the TIME to change as you did. Not everyone changes at the same pace.

This is why we have so many conflicts with laws. People are not given TIME to change, to learn that they are not THAT. When you FORCE someone to change they will rebel, resist, often running towards the opposite of your desired result. No human wants to be FORCED to do anything. It is a God-given right to have freedom of choice. Let them make it, but take it a step further and let them make it WITHOUT your judgement. People WANT to make the higher choice – they are born with it in them, despite all the darkness that has covered them up inside – there ALWAYS burns a light connected to God and that higher choice. We all want to do the right thing, but we keep getting in each other’s way, because of JUDGEMENT.

Make a list of the things in the world you dislike and desire to change, then look inward and identify what is about YOU that continues to turn this cycle of destruction. It doesn’t have to be this way, choose a new WAY. The straight and narrow. You will begin by yourself, for how could you change the world if you first did not change yourself?

Then BE the change you are looking for. LIVE it, SAY it, Speak the Truth. People fear change and so it has become a demon. Real or imagined – it will be up to you to decide. Either way we all feel the influence – THAT is real and until we conquer the FEAR and DARKNESS inside each of our own hearts we will continue to struggle, for those fears and that darkness ARE hidden demons we all carry with us. And they bind us because we don’t know they are there and we allow them to stay. We are only restricted in our freedom because we allow ourselves to get this way. This does not have to BE so.

Every day is a new chance to turn YOUR life in a new direction. Stop worrying about the past. Stop holding onto its pain. It is gone. What can you learn from it? What must you NOT do again? How can it heal you?

Stop thinking of the future, it hasn’t happened yet and is forever changing, altered with our every thought, word, and deed. Our choices RIGHT NOW create the days you will see tomorrow, so NOW is the time to make a change and then BE the change. I’ve read this statement before, in other places, but never before now did I realize how true it really is. The moment of NOW is where we all need to be. How many of us are here? Are you here me now? Are you going to stay with me?

Don’t wait for a group or a government to BE the change for you. The only one that can save YOU is yourself. When YOU change and then BECOME the change, THEN others will follow. Then together we can make the change.

Together we rebuild our paradise.

Again – I stress – Do not force another to change and do not judge them for their decisions. Everyone deserves the right to make choices, to walk their path, and see their revelations in the way that it unfolds for them. Your judgement only denies them that. Instead of judgement, live your highest choice, BE the Truth, and find others who will share it with you. Change will not be overnight, but there is a lot to change, so perhaps that is good.

All my thanks to God for the inspiration. Without this grand Source of ALL THINGS I would never have found my Way.

 
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Posted by on February 16, 2013 in Light

 

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