tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60914594400248992082024-03-05T08:19:14.194-05:00What I Am To BeA Look Into the Human & Spiritual Evolution of One WomanMaria Lynn Gattusohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437890064627085410noreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091459440024899208.post-28437016993721205852023-10-03T13:29:00.001-04:002023-10-03T13:45:20.642-04:00Grief, Gratitude & Life Just Got A Whole Lot More Complicated<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVC1Q7SFUmzOOXK5BCnbikMkp6pNM8c6Uc_wq-O_RZXANtsoZBdo-dFNUrg_8vYdEBF-Vp-HrreOM95-Apnb0Yd8Dfuv3hsq1t1TtH-HBGrDsJMKPMZhAMKlSe0VYOrQSrr2WZnNhln4rGIoQYjfQmnWjLlGzhHq8-Lg7UMREm0Kp0NlYla0AWS-D6sB2J/s640/IMG_8653.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVC1Q7SFUmzOOXK5BCnbikMkp6pNM8c6Uc_wq-O_RZXANtsoZBdo-dFNUrg_8vYdEBF-Vp-HrreOM95-Apnb0Yd8Dfuv3hsq1t1TtH-HBGrDsJMKPMZhAMKlSe0VYOrQSrr2WZnNhln4rGIoQYjfQmnWjLlGzhHq8-Lg7UMREm0Kp0NlYla0AWS-D6sB2J/s320/IMG_8653.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> God Bless </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Joan Craig</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>April 23, 1940 - July 16, 2023</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Writing this blog was a labor of love and then it became a chore on some subconscious level because the desire to blog just waned after my father, Frank Vincent Gattuso, transitioned from this life. That was the subject of my last blog in 2017. It just didn't flow the way it had for so many years before. I suppose that's what happens as you age, you have less to say, and more to ruminate over.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But, all of that has changed with the transitioning of my beloved Mother, Joan Mary Craig. Mom transitioned this July and my heart ... oh, my poor heart, has suffered a blow unlike any other. Mom got diagnosed with terminal lung and throat cancer this year, more specifically, in March - the beginning of Lent. Ironically, I had chosen to try and give up using cuss words but I literally forgot all about that until months later. Giving up my Mother was what was on the table and I had to get in alignment with it. This was my Mother's journey way before it was mine, or ours as a family. She was calling all the shots and this blow, this most devastating news got even worse when we were told that she barely had 3 to 6 months to live. The diagnosis the doctors provided was fatal and shocking, and time became of the rarest essence.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Somehow, some how, my beloved got in her Highest wisdom, grace, strength and in alignment with this diagnosis and we, her family, were immediately called upon to begin to take the action necessary to journey with Mom moving, providing, witnessing, anchoring, supporting, protecting, medicating, feeding, and deeply, deeply loving her along her last chapter riding the high tides and rip currents. The Winter was also waning but the chill of the Dark Night of the Soul was just beginning for all of us.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mommy lived alone in Brooksville, Florida and needed to relocate immediately to my sister's house in Tampa. Debbie has a on suite guest room that Mom stayed in whenever she would go visit so it was a very natural and easy transition from visiting to living out her last days. I say "easy", because our Mother made it look so. I do believe my sister and I struggled with it the most. All the unknowns. All the pressure of the what ifs and the responsibility for someone who is becoming so frail and sick. All the pain of watching your most precious loved one receive this death sentence and all the while she is smiling and so completely present in the moment. Once Mom moved in and gave up just about everything, Deb would began a new 24/7 life, on call for Mom, on duty, absolutely no rest for the weary with an ever listening ear to see if she needed anything and I travelled back and forth providing relief and taking the reigns a total of four times in five months. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I flew down to Florida and my sister began making arrangements that none of us were really present to. You kind of go through the necessary motions of what life throws at you and it isn't until weeks, months, years, or maybe even lifetimes, that any of it makes any sense and even then there really are no promises. We all just do the best we can with what we've got.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When I got to Brooksville, I was so happy to see Mommy and to hug her and kiss her and spend time doting on her in any way that I could. I don't know if I was as grounded as I had thought I was in retrospect these mere ten weeks later. At the time, it was not evident that Mom was dying. She looked amazing, while she had been on oxygen, her spirits were so high, and while she was tired and coughed and needed rest, she also was on her way to 83 years old, so there seemed at least for me, some denial as to how bad it was and how bad it was soon to get. And, when I say bad, it wasn't as bad as it could've been. We've all heard horror stories and have seen some terrible suffering and our Mother absolutely suffered, but never have I ever seen anyone do it with such grace and strength. Perhaps Mom was protecting us from her true emotions, but I don't believe that because her eyes never lied. Her lips never lied. And, Mom's heart was so completely love the whole time she was walking through this valley. I swear her head was high looking toward the horizon for the first light the whole time. I didn't see her blink. I didn't see her sweat or even cry. Deb said Mom cried when she first found out. But, not to me. On the contrary. I cried when she told me. But, her response was, "I will tell you when it's time to cry, Maria". And, well, Mom transitioned and she never did tell me it was time to cry. THAT's how strong our Mom was. I was her baby and she absolutely protected me from the inevitable grief that I would feel and that I am feeling as I type these words. And, crying? Well, let's just say that my Mother, Joan Mary Craig is and will always be an incredible heartbreaker to anyone who knew and love her and I've not stopped weeping. I cry every single day sometimes all day. If I allow myself to fully feel it and I do, I can go for days. The past week was like that. The weather is changing, its been dark and rainy and it triggered all the grief that I've been storing for lifetimes. At least that's what it feels like.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When Mom first transitioned, I felt like I was having a heart attack. I had the worst pains in my heart and really thought, "oh, this isn't good", but just rode the wave of grief until the tide went back out and took my pangs and literal heart pains of grief with it. I have heard of people dying of broken hearts and I can, after feeling that deep level of grief, totally understand that. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My quest here now is a deeper understanding. Evolution is a process and grief is a major player as to how we cope with the life and death of it all. Sure, we've been doing this for eons but not one of us truly knows until we actually have the experience ourselves. I honestly believed I knew what grief was before my parents died, and to some extent, I did. But, as evolution, information, learning, experiencing and expanding are concerned, this is part and parcel of the journey. How well we cope in this lifetime will dictate to the future generations how to cope and we share all of this information on the cellular level over time and each one of us is having a very unique experience and adding to the whole.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, when it's our turn to experience something like the death of parent, we show up ready or not and take our lumps and rise to the challenges as best we know how knowing the whole time we are ill equipped and are falling short just like all those that came before us and it's just absolutely perfect in its imperfect unfolding.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I was literally on the couch watching something on tv and hit the pause button, came upstairs and for whatever reason, started to blog after 6 long years and the subject that is driving this message, that is typing these words and that is trying to mend this broken heart, is GRIEF. Grief and gratitude.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I Am grieving. I Am grateful. I Am That I Am.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Maria Lynn Gattusohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437890064627085410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091459440024899208.post-23861889348587261772019-01-31T11:06:00.000-05:002019-01-31T11:09:45.257-05:00In The Grand Scheme of Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>Frank Vincent Gattuso</i></b></div>
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Writing, as most of you know, is a huge passion of mine. It is a great healer for me. I created this blog over 13 years ago (numbers are important). It was and still is cathartic for me and shows the evolution of my writing and my life.<br />
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Two months before my last blog post, I declared that I was going to write more often, blog more often, really connect the dots. And then, my beloved Father, Frank Vincent Gattuso passed away.<br />
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The above photo of my Dad was one of his last professional modeling shots taken. It was taken for a magazine only a few short months after having his second open heart surgery which was reconstructive and a surgery that would afford him only another precious 5 years on this planet. He was 75 in this shot and passed away 5 years later at only 80.<br />
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I don't mind saying that my Father was an extremely handsome man with a smile that could light up the cosmos! He did not look 75 in this shot, nor did he look like he was recovering from a very brutal surgery. He was a fiercely determined man. He was almost invincible and almost fearless. I know he had some concerns about his health and surgeries and such, but he had tremendous faith in the medical sciences, his doctors and his own mind. He never wavered when it came to what was going to happen. He was going to overcome. He was going to get back to his life. He was going to get back to his passion which was his life's work in front of, around and behind the camera. He just kept moving forward. He was his own ride or die, for sure. He was his own very best friend and his way of thinking was completely responsible for his successes, health related and otherwise.<br />
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My Father was an incredible alchemist. He took advantage of every opportunity that came his way. He would contemplate the best possible outcomes and if a situation or opportunity didn't benefit him in some way, he would not pursue it, quickly moving onto the next thing.<span id="goog_1259107950"></span><span id="goog_1259107951"></span><br />
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When he died, he took all of that with him, or so it would seem. As a matter of fact, the day he died, the sunrise was incredibly bright showing no signs of shadows to come. It was a beautiful, clear and sunny September morning. At 12:12 pm (numbers are important), my Father succumbed and took his last and final breath. The sun was still shining but within the hour and right on time, the clouds came and so had the rain. In our part of the world, the Earth steamed from the cooling rain, the sun hid behind the clouds and the wind scattered the hand we had just been dealt all around. My world, and my family's world darkened that day. A shining star to many, but to us, we lost our brightest light.<br />
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As I drove home for the last time from the hospital where I had spent the better part of seven days, the rain, wind and weather offered a refreshing cleanse, a respite for the deeply painful emotional rollercoaster I had been strapped into and riding on my whole life. I needed the rain in that holy moment. I needed this breath of grace. It was a rite of passage moment, a ceremony, a sacramental baptism into a world I had never known before; the world of losing a parent, and the most significantly important human being in my life. This was day one in a school I never wanted to attend and one I will never graduate from.<br />
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...to be continued.<br />
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...and, on that note, I begin my blog and writing again. I won't make any grand claims like before except to say that I will be writing more on this topic and more in general. I live in the mOment and set the best of intentions. I can and promise to only do my very best.<br />
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Stay tuned if you want to read more. And, thank you for hanging around. I really do appreciate it.<br />
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With great affection,<br />
MLG xo<br />
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<br />Maria Lynn Gattusohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437890064627085410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091459440024899208.post-8675190827713277582017-07-16T08:12:00.001-04:002017-07-16T08:12:20.752-04:00Let's Get Connected<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What a powerful time we're living in. So much has transpired, shifted and changed in such a short amount of time. If you're like me, and you're doing your work, you have seen great progress in the clearing of your own energetic system. We do not respond the same way anymore. We are closely watching our own thoughts, reactions, and choices. We choose the highest possible outcome for all involved now, and it's getting much easier.<br />
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Are you feeling this? Are you still struggling to find your way? Trust that there will always be challenges and friction to help us maintain our newly found perspectives. Trust that you will overcome if you are patient, kind, and loving, mostly to yourself first. This is all about you, my love. All of this has always been all about you.<br />
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I am setting an intention to blog more regularly as I am trying to expand my reach along with the lessons and teachings I've gained. I have connected my Instagram Page and FaceBook Pages. You can find me under EnergyReaderRee, or Reiki Master Ree. Going forward, I am mostly interested in working with more of you on a regular basis, whether it is through Speaking, Teaching, Coaching, or Writing. Today is the rebirth of all of this. We need to keep going and growing, don't we? We live in an amazing and expansive Universe. We live on the edge. Let's unite and create the world of our dreams. Let's help one another return to what we have always been.<br />
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Thank you for your support. My prayer is that you will always remember that you are the peace you are seeking. It all resides inside. It begins and ends with you. <br />
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You got this!<br />
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Come back and visit with me often. I have created this space with all of us in mind. I love us! <br />
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And, if you would like to book a healing session with me, whether it be via phone, or in person, feel free to email me at DynamicView@outlook.com. Additionally, I am also accepting group speaking engagements with various topics including Heart Space Healing, Chakra Work, Meditation, Reiki, The Importance of Energy Medicine, and much, much more. Whether beginners or advanced, these topics are customized for maximum impact. In addition, I also offer Angel Card and Akashic Record Readings! Contact me today to set something up. I can not wait to work with you.<br />
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Namaste and with love and pure light always,<br />
Maria LynnMaria Lynn Gattusohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437890064627085410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091459440024899208.post-53333824259539114142017-02-06T11:11:00.003-05:002017-02-06T11:11:39.070-05:00A Rebel Grows in the Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My life is always a little sweet and a little savory, a little sour and a little salty, a whole lotta hot and a whole lotta cold. You know it. You experience all the textures, just like I do. Some feel better than others, at least that's what we tell ourselves. Truth is, it's all fucking beautiful! All of it.<br />
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When you observe life through the unrestricted lens of the "<i>non-attached</i> observer", and judgment and criticism goes by the wayside, it's a pretty beautiful view. Arrogance, fear and control also can not exist on this plane. The only thing that exists is, <i>trusting</i> in All That Is. And, "All That Is" is <i>beautiful</i>.<br />
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Come on up to the mountain top (this is a real place of peace within). Sit. Breathe deeply. Softly gaze at all there is to see. I spend most of my time here now. I now navigate my life from this perspective. It's taken my whole life to get here and I loved every step. It has been an amazing climb. There were plenty of times I thought I wouldn't make it. There were plenty of times the thought of quitting occurred to me. But I never quit. I had a lot of help! I asked, pleaded and prayed for help, strength and guidance and by the grace of God, and by my sheer will, I persevered. <br />
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Needless to say, I shall not be going back down any time soon. I'm going to enjoy this warm mOment for now.<br />
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Close your eyes. Look and breathe <b><i>from your heart</i></b>.<br />
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There is a mighty tender view here, a most holy circumstance. The only things that exist here are you and now, your beating heart, your breath, your incredible capacity and ability to see and deeply love all of creation, with your intention. Source is also here doing the same thing, loving the whole of creation. Through you, in you and about you, Source (God, Jesus, Great Spirit, Creator - the One who has many names and no name) is, always was and ALWAYS will be. <br />
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Breathe all of that in. This is a really beautiful place to see. I love seeing from this view.<br />
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There is still plenty of time to be all that you came here to be. It only takes a mOment to lean into the softness of the magic soul soil again, to come down from fearful, lofty illusions and climb into one of the inner, soulful mountains of trust and deep knowing. Look again with the eyes of your inner child who smiles towards the Cosmos that you are. Take one purposeful step up inside toward peace again. Lean your whole life and soul in this time. It's deeper, wider and higher than you remember. It's more than what you thought from that old, arrogant perspective. It's always more real and vibrant than we give it credit for. It never dulls. It always shines. It's light after all. And, LIGHT is more you than you are you.<br />
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Look up with hands in the soil of your life again. You are planting a beautiful garden of memories and stories, successes and failures, beliefs, myths, reasons, patterns, and programs. This is the technology of your life. You can become a proficient and skilled Master of this technology. All the keys and directives are deep within. Yup! Sure you can read inspiring and very thought provoking materials, but the Godhead, Source, Light, Spark of Divinity lies deep within. You must go within. There are mountains (beautiful mountains that your soul deeply knows and desires to return to, more than anything) of love just waiting for you but it does take some beautiful effort getting to, otherwise we'd all be here together by now. There is an exchange for information. You lean in, you put forth the effort, you sweat a little, you climb a little, and you get way more in return than you could have ever bargained for. <br />
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You know with just a little sincere introspective, a key (code, instruction, idea) will be given to you. A key, when used, will unlock the next part of the path that leads to the most amazing love vistas and love plateaus. It's all about expanding consciousness and connecting to your Creator on a very deep and very spiritual level.<br />
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You probably have some keys lying around the house just begging to be used. You may have thought they were useless, you know the ones; forgiveness, unconditional love, non-judgement, service to others, selflessness, kindness, goodness. Perhaps they didn't shine just right, or perhaps they were tiny and seemed insignificant. Perhaps you were concerned about what others would think of you if you used them. So what?! Who cares what others think? (The Ego that's who, but that's a chakra of a different color ;). Use them. Use those keys!! You must. They are precious gifts. They are precious alchemy. Not one should ever be wasted. And, no new keys are given until all keys are used anyway, so if you're stuck, and you cannot move forward, go find the key that opens up the door that seems to be blocking your progress. <br />
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It's just cosmic sense. <br />
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This is all about becoming the peaceful, loving, light Source energy being that you truly are. Whenever we go in the opposite direction, there is a real drag of energetic frequency. You feel it. Everybody does. Vibe up. Breathe. Smile. You got this. <br />
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Remember, it's much easier leaning into happiness than holding onto an energetic grudge of any kind. It takes much more energy and effort to do the latter, so embrace the former and let it go! Then you will truly be "going with the flow" of energy in it's most natural and most powerful state. Just be sure to clean up the energetic residual with a ritual, i.e., a sincere conversation to 'clear the air', apologies, forgivenesses, hugs and sincere desires to move forward from a healthy, supportive place, sage, palo santo, etc.. Healthy growth happens in healthy souls and environments. The land must always be tilled before new seeds can be planted. Again, just cosmic sense ;) tee hee.<br />
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This beautiful life is all about becoming the master of your own vibration, the master of your own co-creations, the master of your own emotions and experiences. No one is making you anything. You are doing it all. Look inside at all that you've created and if there is anything you do not particularly love, look at it again with more love this time. Thank it and make a prayer about good change that could come to it. Create something you love right there using the old bones of what didn't work. Bless your creation. Do not criticize it. Let it be rocket fuel to your growing knowing. Gratitude and appreciation will bless everything you do if you welcome it in and add it to your garden.<br />
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Our lights surely shine together. We can root new seeds of passion in this beautiful light, a much higher truth. We can unite and we can root new seeds of kindness, becoming and growing into so much more together.<br />
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This is my vision of beauty and love. I love peace. I love beauty and I love love (I also love gardening lol!). What else can I say? This is what I have become. <br />
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Oh, and I couldn't have gotten here without a rebellious attitude. It's been too much for many, and not enough for some. It's been just right for me. <br />
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Here's a rebellious video for you below. You've probably seen it before, and I just love it. I am not the status quo. God forbid. No, heaven did not make me that way. Put it this way, I love vanilla ice cream, but there is nothing vanilla about me.<br />
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Understanding that life is a mystery brings unconditional love to a majestic place. It just stands alone and yet it touches and emanates from every soul to some extent, or another. Not everyone is comfortable with unconditional love. They think it must be conditional. They think that because deep down they do not unconditionally love themselves and it shows. It's quite evident. </div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">If you truly understand that love exists in your darkest shadows, then you are standing in your full power especially when you soothe those shadows with more love. It's a process of evolution and the shadow is the best place to start. But, most will not go there. Most believe it will be too painful, or just believe there is no need. They believe that it's okay to feel badly, everybody is doing it. But, it's not okay. Who wants to feel badly all the time about anything?</span></div>
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Love is always the elixir for me. Finding beauty and being able to transmute anything that isn't serving the highest level of my existence to love becomes the game I play avidly. It really is a game and we can become quite proficient at it. But, it begins and ends with self love.</div>
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Listen to the song I posted below and look lovingly at yourself. Can you? Can you stare, or do you need to look away? Why? What is it? How do you feel when you see your reflection? How do you feel when you see your body? How do you feel when you look outside of yourself at your relationships? Are you truthful? Honest? Loving? Or, do you pretend?</div>
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Honesty lets the love light in but consciousness is the first to arrive, flipping the switch to have a look see. If you don't like what you see, do not judge. Soothe with love. Accept. Forgive. Be kind to yourself. Watch your self chatter. Watch you chatter about others. Are you bitter? Are you jealous? Are you judgmental? Are you sarcastic and cynical?</div>
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It's okay if you are and if you love the way this thinking makes you feel. It's okay if your philosophy is making others happy and kinder. But, if your thinking creates more static, more negativity, more disconnection, than perhaps a little unconditional love is what you need.</div>
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Just sit and take a deep breath. Do not judge yourself, or anyone else. Just be. Allow. Become the non-attached observer and see all that there is to see. Perspective is important here. Looking through a straw at the world will allow only the tiniest bit of light to flow but broaden your view and compassion will surely arrive in tall order.</div>
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Non-attached is the operative word here. This means no judgement. Just observe. Watch the mind and how it calculates many outcomes. These are just options. You always get to choose from the menu. The mind is a computer but the heart...the heart is a love pumping machine. Connect these two and then look at your options again. </div>
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Surely looking through the eyes of non-judgment and unconditional love for self first is key. Doing your own healing work and raising your vibration to the highest level possible will resonate out into and back out of the multiverse. </div>
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Make sure it's the best possible frequency you can emit. </div>
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I choose love. I always choose love. But, if you know a better way, I am open to hearing about it.</div>
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<b><i><u>Keepers of Light and Love</u></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">written by Maria L. Gattuso</span></i></div>
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We understand love songs<o:p></o:p></div>
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and long</div>
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drawn out goodbyes<o:p></o:p></div>
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We understand the hand </div>
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that never shakes<o:p></o:p></div>
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never touches<o:p></o:p></div>
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never feels<o:p></o:p></div>
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The tips of fingers revel in their knowing</div>
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they understand what</div>
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touching a beating heart can do</div>
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the busy mind tries to figure it all out</div>
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repeating what it has heard until we gain control</div>
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Our light and love eternally, easily and effortlessly</div>
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soothe and comfort</div>
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the soul's knowing</div>
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and it is truth unto itself</div>
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Breath is damp and purposeful</div>
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expels in the light of creation</div>
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It is born and born again</div>
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our alchemic magic</div>
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our resonance</div>
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But who is speaking</div>
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what is going</div>
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miraculous spirit humans</div>
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Who is willing </div>
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to understand these mysteries</div>
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Who is willing </div>
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Me? I have been running and flying my whole life and I'm only just now getting really good at it. I finally know what it feels like to soar and feel really good for no apparent reason except that I exist in the here and now. I have learned not to attach my joy to anyone, or anything, except myself. Don't get me wrong, other people, places and things are wonderful but without the proper mindset, all of those things can fall sour. I just decided not to give my power away anymore to anything outside of myself. I am choosing me and my power first. </div>
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I have become an avid Energy Reader through the dismantling of my own energy system. We are one and while our experiences are unique, the energy system is pretty standard across the board. There is vibration and there is resonance and regardless of where you are, energetically speaking, your vibration and resonance are detectable. Surely you have felt your own energy, as well as everyone else's, but perhaps you did not make the distinction between the two. </div>
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Reiki works in the very same regard. Inflammation, illness, disease, sadness, anxiety, resentment, bitterness, depression, hopelessness, etc., all live in the body and emit a very low vibrating frequency that most times will eventually lead to even more serious illness. A Reiki Master Healer just needs to be familiar with these energies, or have had been in the vicinity of them to detect and move them out of the body. Qi is the propellant coupled with intention and a system that is clear, grounded and emitting light frequency. I have worked exceedingly hard to obtain this ability which anyone can obtain if they are willing to do the self work. It's not easy. I'd be lying if I said it were. It is some of the hardest work I have ever done. But, it is by far the most rewarding because after healing myself, I am able to use this knowledge and experience to heal others, and that makes all the woe worth while.</div>
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Learning to fly is all about navigating your life. As long as you are living a happy, peaceful, healthy, prosperous, adventurous, and love filled life, you are emitting a frequency of energy that lifts up the world, and you should absolutely share that! The world is in desperate need of really good healers (great healers Masters the Art of healing themselves first) and if you have any interest in pursuing the Healing Arts, I highly recommend it. Will you heal the world? No. There are 7 billion peeps on this planet and most of them are not even conscious, but you will heal yourself and that's the only place to start. The knowledge and healing you gain will indeed effect the world, and everyone in it, so go for it. Teach yourself how to fly.</div>
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It wasn't until I grabbed the scalding hot handle of the frying pan that my mind stopped racing. I had been cooking, ranting, crying, expressing great disappointment and sadness. I put the already hot frying pan in a 400 degree oven for a few minutes to finish, promptly took it out with an oven mitt and placed it on the stove, all the while still weeping. I turned to get some utensils and turning back to the white hot frying pan, tears streaming, heart bursting with sadness, I grabbed that handle with the grip of ten women. In the split second it took to grab that scorching hot handle, I became present enough to accept the burn as part of the lesson. After all, it was too late at that point, my skin had already been seared like my dinner, and now, I finally slowed down enough to get it. I dropped the pan and allowed myself just a little more sobbing, ranting, crying and expressing great disappointment and sadness while running my hand under cold water.</div>
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Maine is one of my favorite places to visit and Jimmy and I were so looking forward to this trip. We loved to take long journeys in the RV and this was a big one for us driving from our Garden State to the furthest most point in the Eastern United States. We were both very excited, busy with preparations, plans, discussions and details. It was also my birthday week and I was very happy with the prospect of celebrating in Maine, on Cadillac Mountain! We were deep in conversation crossing things off of mental lists and the next thing I know, I am falling backward looking at Jim but he's too far away to save me. Everything slowed down and in a warped split second in time, I was on the basement floor, holding my broken wrist and I hear myself crying, "I <i>BROKE</i> it". Then I hear Jim saying, "<i>NOOOooo</i>"! I grabbed my wrist and began doing Reiki, speaking healing, but similar to the burn experience, presence of mind was somewhat lacking and then, I went into shock. </div>
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Jimmy and I had a nice little bit of time at the ER that night to come up with all sorts of answers. We got to ponder it for quite the long while after that having to endure our beautiful vacation with a brick on my arm, followed by six weeks of occupational therapy once the cast came off, and healing bone glory that lasted just about a whole year, all to regain the use of what was my perfect hand just prior. </div>
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I was thinking many exciting thoughts simultaneously, and I was planning a lot of things, but I was not <b><i>present</i></b>. While speaking with Jim, lost in thought, planning and talking, another part of me was reliving my teenage years remembering riding a skateboard barefoot in the street. In my defense, I am a bit of a tomboy so, naturally, I absentmindedly stepped on the back of that skateboard that had been in my garage for a few years, brand new, never used, wrapped in plastic. I had taken it from the garage earlier in the week in preparation of giving it to a friend with younger brothers. I obviously did not give it away fast enough. Stupid? Yes. Daring? Absolutely. Did I remember to step on the front of the board and not the back? Yes, as soon as I hit that terribly hard, slate floor, my right wrist bone fractured and I could no longer use my hand. Funny how the mind works like that. </div>
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I became quite proficient using my left hand that Summer. The lessons came one right after the other, I'm sure you can imagine, brushing your teeth, brushing your hair, feeding yourself, cleaning yourself, showering, all with your non dominant hand. It became so exceptionally hard to do anything and everything that I also became quite proficient in overcoming. </div>
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I have the word '<i><b>joy</b></i>' tattooed on my left wrist and the burn from my stove came so close to it. It actually has two places with second degree burns, and the rest is clearly first. The symbolism is not lost on me. There is something inside of me that still needs to burn, transmute, change, no longer be and what ever it is, it is burning me on the inside and out. It has the potential to steal my joy, if I allow it, if I am not careful, present, discerning. I know I am not alone in my challenges. I know there are many broken and distracted hearts out there in our beautiful world. I am wondering when I will be truly whole enough to help them. I know it all starts with me and I am putting my thoughts and energy into myself, not outside somewhere.</div>
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Without me, there is no story. Without me, there are no victories, or losses to learn from. Without me, there is no game and while I have suffered, I have also overcome. While I have lamented, I have also rejoiced. While I have cried, I have also laughed so hard, tears of joy have streamed down my cheeks onto my chest. I have been soaked in joyful tears, as well as sorrowful ones, and I will always choose to overcome and bounce back. </div>
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But what if others around aren't joyful? What if they do not choose joy? Well, don't worry about them. Just <i><b>be the joy</b></i> and they will see your radiance and be perplexed by it. They won't understand it but they'll be drawn to it. Just shine your light, no matter what happens and know that with each experience, each joy, each sorrow, we are growing in knowing who we are, what we are, what we want to experience and what we don't. Don't accept the situation. Challenge it. Challenge yourself to be more present, to go slower and to appreciate the abundance, endless choices and possibilities life affords. Life is really so very magical to me and despite a lot of hardship, I am such a happy person. Deep down in my soul, I am happy and have enough to spare. I love to make people smile, warm and happy. I love to uplift a sorrowful heart. I love to turn a frown upside down. :) Sounds trite again, but it isn't. Your smiling face is like the rays of the sun beaming out to the world. If you're sad, let it out. If you're angry, let it out, get it out, but don't cook while you're doing it. Do one thing at a time, right on time, and do it well. You will have less scars in the end and you'll be able to enjoy your dinners and vacations a whole lot more. </div>
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If nothing else, learn from my experience. It is leading me to what I am to be.</div>
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There are some hurts that go way
back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some hurts go as far back as to
when we were first created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the realm
of all possibilities, some of us were planned and waited upon with
sheer delight and excitement, and frankly, some of us were accidents, mistakes, unwanted,
and even burdensome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To that end, we came
in whether we were wanted or not, and we kicked and screamed settling down into our new
homes, new lives and new families.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We are all so unique while
sharing so much in this life experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All one needs to do is ask the person sitting next to them and they will
tell you their version of this experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There have been millions of stories, plays, books, novels and epic movies and documentaries written describing the journey from embryo to elder, all
very different one from another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With
all the commonalities, why all the differences?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why all the unique experiences?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why donât we all just shuffle in through the conveyer belt of life,
travel on down the ramp to get shot out into space and call it a day?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not just be enveloped by stars and comets
and nebula?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why the human interactions
if weâre star beings?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Because we are Spirit having a
human experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Weâve all heard that one by now,
and if you havenât, well chew on that for a mOMent, if you will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you cannot relate to Spirit, perhaps this
is a good time to review your life experience looking for the Divine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps youâve not spent enough time in that
domain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps itâs just not concrete
enough for the human in you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps you
are the type of human that needs stimuli to believe.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I suppose weâre all like that to
some extent needing love and tenderness and caregiving from the moment we were
birthed, and those of us that did not get that love, well we probably need a
heck of a lot more stimuli to feel alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Love is the only truth that gives life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All else is just a pale substitute that youâll be seeking more of until
you take your last breath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will
never get enough because it was never meant to fill you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thatâs where the hurt comes in.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As infants, we get what our
caretakers were given and rarely does the cycle evolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stories, patterns, reasons, beliefs, myths,
legends, all keep the system in place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When something comes up that doesnât fit, the caretakers do the only
thing they know how, they ask the same source they always ask and get the same
answers they have always gotten, resulting in doing the same thing they have always
done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes, when new inspirations
come, as they always do, fear grips the system and the inspiration is left
hanging in the wind until it is proven to be effective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Proof is the bottom line for everyone in
third dimensional living.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seeing is
believing so weâll just do it the way we always have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That satiates a lot of people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When people come to expect the status quo,
the status quo will always be more than enough.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But what of rebels?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What of revolutionaries?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What of out of the box thinkers?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What of star seed souls that shine light all
day, every day, no matter what?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What of
those that got the status quo and rejected it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What of those that came in with their own ideas contrary to the status
quo?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What happens to those?</div>
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Most adults are conditioned
thinkers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have been molded by a
system that keeps them in a very tight niche.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are categorized by conditions; health, education, occupation, status,
finance, assets, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most are quick to
define even themselves describing the exact path they took to get to this exact
place, and why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have they arrived
somewhere other than where the rest of us are going?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do they see themselves as separate, divided,
in a league all their own?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs
interesting to note that these are the same adults that bore children and
taught them the same conditioned thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Very few believe in magic, joy, or a Divine Omnipotent Being swirling
all of this together for the good of all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The âgood of allâ is lost on so many because they see themselves as
separate, one in the sense that theyâre all alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have not come to the realization that
everything is being observed and unity is the only way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oneness
is altogether different and lost of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Everything being connected just sounds trite and boorish.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Along with the conditioned
thinking is a disproportionate amount of fear based living.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if you posses all the money, all the
land, all the people, animals and resources in the world, your soul could very
well be trapped in fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are
moments of happiness, but they donât last.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are moments of love and tenderness, but they also do not
last.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They can not last when fear based
thoughts are lurking in the psyche and sub-consciousness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the contrary, a soul that has not embraced
the Divine relies on ego and self to navigate the cosmos, is a fear based
navigator to say the least, and definitely not a high ranking navigator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there were ranks in Spirituality (and
there are but theyâre referred to as levels), this low ranking traveler would not
be the one to follow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The low ranking
path will be one fraught with great contrast to cue up optimum travel which is
based in truth, God, love, unity and a oneness that has not taken root in this
soul yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contrast will surely separate the
wheat from the chaff allowing all souls to rise in levels of
consciousness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The eternal being has a
journey to evolve in this experience from the 3D human version to the 5D and
higher Spirit Being version.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where are
you in the process and what about the old hurts?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do we get from third dimensional
experience to a fifth dimensional experience?<o:p></o:p></div>
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L O V E.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love is the way, the only way and the truth
of the way of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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We withhold so much of ourselves
for fear of being hurt, rejected, ridiculed, mocked, abused, taken advantage ofâŚand
certainly, some of our experiences have brought us to these feelings of hurt,
but you do not have to stay there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
people do stay there though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have
no earthly idea what to do with their hurts or insecurities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank God for Spiritual Healers!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would not still be on this planet if it
werenât for these God seeking souls.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When your soul is hurt, where do
you take it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where have you taken your
hurts and sorrows for healing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Itâs
never enough to tell the story once or twice to yourself, or someone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The response, while compassionate, is not
powerful enough to move the hurt to healing most times. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Especially, when you are confiding in someone
whose soul is in worse shape than yours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mirror work speaks to this most directly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You surround yourself with what you are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have conflict in your life, you are
conflicting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have moodiness and
sullenness in your life, look in the mirror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You probably do not smile regularly at the most mundane things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may need a lot of stimuli just to feel something,
and anything is better than nothing when it comes to the human and the need to feel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Human needs five senses to navigate
the earth realm; sight, sound, taste, smell and touch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through these five senses we determine what
we are seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling and touching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When one of these senses dulls, one usually
becomes heighted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If two or more senses
fail, the human struggles, ultimately failing in accuracy especially if they
solely rely on these senses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add trauma,
hurt, grief, depression, or sadness to the human and the senses become
extremely sensitive (and simultaneously dull) avoiding at all costs those
situations that cause more harm by numbing, choosing not to see, not to hear,
not to smell and not to taste that which causes discomfort even if it was meant
to deliver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The human does not fully
grasp the evolution process like the soul does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The soul knows the body was never meant to last and that its' decay began
day one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The soul knows the senses are
tools and uses them proficiently to find the Divine and that which will live
eternally, without suffering, confusion, disease, and dysfunction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The soul knows this human journey is a fortuitous
journey gathering alchemic experiences, hurts and all, and uses every single
thing as it was meant to be used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nothing is cast aside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not one person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not one experience.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If Oneness is our anthem, our
goal is congruency.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Can you even imagine a world at
peace?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What would it take to get us
there?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does it come naturally to you to fold
your hands in prayer and ask for directions?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Does it come naturally to you to ask for forgiveness for deliberately hurting
someone you love because you needed to feel something that day?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does it come naturally to you to bow your
head to a Creator that is far beyond your comprehension?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does it come naturally to you to know that
your mind is limited in its capacity to think and know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or, does your ego laugh at those notions
convincing you that it has it all figured out?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Does your ego tell you that it has everything it will ever need?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does your ego tell tales of past victories
won despite the carnage?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many of us
would need to open our hands extending our dirty little palms to the Divine for eternal cleanliness?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many of us would need to release our
tightened, bloodied fists, ask for forgiveness and let down our guard?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many of us would need to destroy our
weapons and artillery?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many would
still want to wear their armor and keep some guns just in case?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is third dimensional thinking, breathing and fearfully living, and it has run
its course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Too many rivers run red with the
blood of the innocent, mine included.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iâve
shed enough tears to fill an ocean for the innocent, for myself, for all the
souls starving for true belonging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
never found this on this planet in human form, only in Spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not yet anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I have a few very powerful and
beautiful souls here, and we all have one thing in common, we love
unconditionally, like weâve never been hurt, and weâve all been hurt so very,
very deeply.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thatâs fifth dimensional
thinking, breathing and fearless living, and it has only just begun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When was the last time you
forgave someone without them having to ask for forgiveness by saying âIâm sorryâ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When was the last time you gave someone your
last dollar knowing that you will always be provided for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When was the last time you gave someone
something that they desperately needed without judgement?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
was the last time you spoke to the pain in your body lovingly, asking it why it's there, and what you need to learn from it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When was the last time you looked in the
mirror and appreciated every line, wrinkle, freckle, blemish, or beauty mark?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Do you love yourself and others unconditionally?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or, do the conditions have to be just
right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3D says the conditions have to be
just right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5D says there are no
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<br />
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I have just typed over 2200 words
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loving vibration, no matter what.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
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fearing child of the Most High God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
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a world that is mostly unseen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose
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All of these elements work
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without the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are useless
without one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We could no sooner
learn the meaning of love without one another as we could walk without bones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Try it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Try loving without your heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Try walking without your bones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Try having a meaningful life without all of the rest of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure, youâll have your preferences, but thatâs
conditioned love and thatâs like having no love at all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Look around you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is your life filled with love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When people talk about you, do they equate your
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Godâs glory and not your fear, but you choose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Every single second of every single day of your life you choose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Choose life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Anger is to an erupting volcano as comfort is to a freshly made bed
just waiting for the weight of your body after a long, hard day at work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Anger is a storehouse of energy scattering out in all different directions at once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is unpredictable, unrelenting and unabashed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are almost no rules and pity reigns supreme for anyone who dares
to defy it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when our highest self, with
clarity and foresight, speaks lightning fast wisdom, it too can get caught up in
the fire storm being challenged by the heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anger, very much like volcanic fire, is
indiscriminate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is eager and quite content to
go from this to that once sparks start to fly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beginning as a molten hot spark of discontent, its' greatness comes
after time spent isolated and nurtured in careful contemplation, even
meditation, ultimately to stoke and gain combustibility powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ultimately anything that is in contrast to
anger, everything and anything will be consumed. It erupts, and long after the embers have cooled, it retains its' memory and is still very inflamed.</div>
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Most people say they have never meditated before but
concentrating with focused precision on one thing repeatedly for an extended
period of time is surely a form of meditation (and attachment), and since
thoughts are energy, eventually thoughts will produce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That thought will multiply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anger energy when allowed will expand and
grow into other abilities and dark force powers. It becomes a magnet to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pride is one level up from anger believe it or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Desire and fear are lower and are never far
behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grief, apathy, guilt and shame are
all closely related and lower vibrations still. A cup of anger mixed with guilt and shame is a toxic elixir indeed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But, why so much anger in our society, in our culture, in our world? Why have we allowed ourselves to display this behavior, not only to others but to our own children and family? Our own children reflect our behaviors back to us and we shake our heads trying to figure out why they behave that way. We are all in such denial but thank God for families and closeness. Contrast surely shows up in close quarters to help strengthen bonds. When we focus on the lower energies, we may tend to judge one another and opt out of the relationship thinking less is more, but anger in one family translates to a lot of different types of manifestations, both passive and aggressive. Avoidance is a tactic the ego uses to keep a lower energy in tact. Look closely. Perhaps this is your situation. If so, surround yourself with light and know that the answers are right in front of you (in this blog :) and also within). </div>
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Anger is a fire that today, our society stokes, media counts on, world government fuels, entertainment glorifies, correctional institutions ignore, and individuals
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On a national scale, there has been so much bombardment of
the numbing agenda against the American people, we barely fight back anymore
with authority, we just fight with each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When anger becomes a resource of power for influential avenues to
manipulate, it becomes clear that the powers that be are counting on anger
playing a major role in their contriving and self serving designs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anger keeps the politicians paid, ratings up,
jails full, wars endless, weapons sold out, street and pharma drugs feeding soul
crushing addictions, the hungry unfed, the homeless homeless, the poor poor,
and the worst part is the rich richer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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But, letâs not judge the anger community and itâs many partners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That defeats the whole purpose of looking
deeply into it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is light at the
end of the anger tunnel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You just have
to keep digging beyond the illusion.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If anger were to enter into this discussion at this point it
would no doubt be angry about everything we are looking into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would brood and fester and act out showing
its contempt through various means potentially even physical violence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fear that anger demonstrates would become
all to obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you could slow down and
witness the anger energy objectively with compassion, you may see something youâve
never seen before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If unable to slow
down, the anger in you may resonate, rise up and match it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Youâve seen it all before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have any doubts just watch the old,
antiquated ânewsâ. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They seemingly keep unbiased
track of who is on what side, how many wars have been fought, how many targets
were hit, how much money was made, and whoâs side you should be on. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They keep track of the anger tally always from
the perspective of them, not us, and you just need to know who signs their checks
to know why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is anything but
unbiased, they know it, but do we?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
what of all this talk about anger and what if the angry person is you?<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">What is the foundation of our anger in the first place? </span></div>
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Desire and disappointments that
you've experienced are in the forefront of your mind and you hear
yourself say to others, <i>âYou just donât
understand.â,</i> '<i>Youâve never gone
through it, so you donât know." </i>You continue to allow the perfectly landscaped hedge of isolation to get stronger so your anger can fully mature into
a reliable yet sometimes unpredictable and combustible firestorm. Even when others suggest calmness or forgiveness as a
quelling solution, the anger speaks up defiantly because forgiveness, while
being a higher vibrating virtue, is perceived as weakness and since ego is in
charge, it rarely chooses the path of least resistance. It can not see past the illusion it has created for itself,<i> âWhat could possibly be more
important beyond me and how wronged I feel?â.</i> </div>
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As for calmness and forgiveness, the anger energy is just too big at this stage to tick down, but, and here's the beauty, it is absolutely doable, transmutable, healable, sealable. It's true. Just start with calm observation, breathing, slowing down, removing yourself when necessary to catch your power breath back. If you are aware of your anger and you've begun to dismantle it, forgiveness will surely arrive as a fork in the road up ahead. This is karmic, cosmic and circular as far as life lessons, choices and synchronicity's are concerned. What goes around, comes back around so know you will get another chance, many chances in fact if you do not get it. If you are truly unaware of your anger, don't worry. Your highest self knows and will be bringing it up to your attention when you least expect it, like a solar flare, blistering hot.<br />
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Keep in mind, when anger energy hits a high note it has all of your irrational power. It has the potential to take you out, to make you sick, to hurt others, to act in ways that are never in your best interest, and it is ugly. If allowed to grow, you may find yourself on the other side of a nasty outburst that could have been prevented, should have been prevented, and will be prevented once you know how.</div>
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Thatâs where the heart and love comes in. Yes, love. </div>
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Sadly to some, love is cliche which just goes to show you the level of discontent that exists in some of us. Ultimately, the hearts real job is to lovingly convince the
mind that itâs okay to let go of the old stories and replace them with new,
higher vibrating ones. Only love can do that. Only love can soothe the soul and smooth the ruffled feathers of ego and pride. Only love can forgive trespasses. Only a heart full of love for self first can give this gift. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">The love in your heart wants to grow just like anger does. We are used to allowing anger to grow, and we are used to displays of anger in all forms. But, when it comes to love, unconditional love, we resist because we just don't know how, or why, we should love ourselves, give unconditionally, or accept love from others. </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">How did this happen and are we teaching this to our children?</span><br />
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For me, my inner
child ran the show for many, many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She was hurt and disappointed and immature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She only knew a few ways to express herself
and acting out was definitely one of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She, (I), shut down my heart years ago and allowed all the lower vibrating
energies to take over, including anger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was proficient
at all of them and truth be told, that knowing does not diminish with
enlightenment, but it enabled
me to transmute the anger into an energy that is sustainable, manageable and
useable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I chose to allow the
anger to leave, and I chose to invite peace to take its place, and boy is it a
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When I realized how much pain I was in, how angry I was, and
how disappointment was crippling me, I decided to stop in my tracks and take human,
mental, emotional and spiritual stock of my states of being.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I realized that I am the creator of my life and I needed to see the complete design in my doing and creating, inventory was crucial. </span>I decided that I was worth the trek and the investment in uncoiling my
inner childâs heart. That led to the connection to my soul and highest
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Left to her own devices, my inner
child was hell bent on making sure everyone knew the <i>âin chains and boundâ</i>
stories that were collecting. The accumulation of wrongs were unconsciously indexed, categorized, and all available in the library of remembrance. Reality, after all, must be faced! That's what most people think but that's just not the way it is. Reality is created. It's what you make of it. Had I stayed in that state of despair, surely I would not be writing this blog or dreaming dreams of writing books and helping the masses. I'd be keeping an altogether different log.</div>
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Luckily, my higher self had a better story. My ever patient, ever teaching highest self, lovingly shined light on the inflection
in my own voice, so much so that when I would hear my own stories, they just weren't as satisfying as they used to be. I could hear my own bitterness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I started to see the pain. </span>I asked to be
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Healing happens in layers as much as all at once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The all at once part is typically a thought or feeling that usually starts a shimmering cascade of upward glimpses that lead to ultimate bliss and joy of the soul, but it is indeed
a stepping stone journey that begins with complete and utter self
awareness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Truth, to the soul of the
soul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You must be honest and if you have
trouble with that, sit alone in meditation. Being alone and meditating raises your consciousness to a higher level which illuminates that which no longer serves you. Meditation shines on all those things that stand in the way of true inner peace, be it people, places, behaviors, patterns, beliefs, associations, objects, addictions, etc. Once you see your obstacles, you can start to create a plan of navigation using everything you experience, keeping the good and truly learning from it, applying what you've learned, and recycling and sharing your wisdom. Nothing is cast out as useless, as refuse. All is used for the good of all. </div>
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That being said, be aware that whoever you yoke up
with in this state may just be the same reflection of your original condition and not
the step up that you were hoping for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When it hurts too much to grow, we take
ourselves out of the growing fields and place ourselves in the mourning fields with likeminded others where growth is much, much slower and can even be seen as stifled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> This growth typically produces dis-ease and illness in the body just as stagnant waters are unhealthy to drink, this state of being is unhealthy to true productivity. </span>But when hurt is planted in the truth fields,
much fruit is harvested, much growth is had, and much change for the better is promised. The future holds many flowering fields for healing hearts to flourish in truth.<br />
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So, bring your story into the light and tell your truth one last
time. Allow the light to cascade in and
all around you, your hurt, your disappointment, your fragile heart. Forgive again, yourself, others, people,
places, things. Forgive, ceremoniously,
that which holds you back. I assure
you, if you are brave enough to look,
you will see things that you can begin to forgive and release and then, you
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And, as you allow the new condition of your
mind to take hold, it will compassionately and lovingly alert you to lower
vibrations that challenge your peace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do
not take the bait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not pass go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not collect $200.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is where you slow down and say, "<i>No
thank you, I appreciate the offer, but been there, done that. I protect my peace now. I am the peace now."</i></div>
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When we raise our spiritual and emotional
currencies, and the peace in our minds matches the peace in our hearts, we will know strongly that this is just too valuable to waste on disappointment or anger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It feels so much better and just feels so right to go with the flow. We learn to l</span>et go of resistance and invite love and compassion in for ourselves and others, no matter what the situation. We know that there are lessons here for all to rise up. There is always so much more going on than meets the eye and at this
stage, anger energy will be transmuted and utilized in the way that it was meant to be. Energy to teach peace, love and tolerance. Energy to be used to raise everyone up to a higher level of consciousness and community. Energy to help those that cannot help themselves. Energy to help the weak and the lost especially ourselves. Energy to show the way to true justice and peace through the love, compassion and understanding of true human kindness. It's time.</div>
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Keep searching. Keep creating and reaching for the golden rays of peace, beauty and love, and don't be so hard on yourself. We are all here to rise up together and learn together, what is important. Peace, Love, Unity, Tolerance, Oneness, Kindness, Joy, Compassion, and Understanding....These are just some of the sustainable energies of the future. These are just some. Love yourself first.<br />
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So here you are stuck in your complacency, your guilt, your shame and you have absolutely no idea how you got here, or how to move yourself beyond this point. Your daily life consists of shaming yourself repeatedly and punishing yourself, consciously and unconsciously, deliberately, on time, like clockwork. You feel lousy but deep down, you really want to feel better. You do know one thing for sure, and you keep telling everyone that one thing, EVERYONE, over and over and over, and therein lies your freedom. Did you see it? Did you miss it?<br />
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What story are you telling? <br />
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The past leaves us with energetic impressions, feelings and emotions, all sorts of information, all sorts of stories that connect the past to the present in a very real and potentially harmful way, if perceived negatively. What we chose to do with these stories is paramount to peace of mind, openness of heart, and health of body and Spirit (who is quietly directing the whole show). That's on an individual level, but keep in mind individually we make up the global community, the global consciousness. There is a much bigger picture here. Individually, we effect the whole as much, or more, as the single human we perceive ourselves to be. <br />
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Thankfully, the Spirit wants what the Spirit wants, and what the Spirit wants is for you to be able to see yourself the way you really are, at this time, in all of your glory. <br />
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We are all works in progress but some of us are in such denial about our lives. Everyone else can see what we cannot, will not, and chose not to. In a flash, a reflection of light is shining on a very uncomfortable place inside, and the light gets blamed. It's easier to point our fingers and blame instead of allowing the light to fall all around us, instead of standing (or kneeling) in the light and admitting we need help, that we don't have it all figured out, that we're far from perfect and we missed the mark. We've all made mistakes, we've lied, we've cheated, we've gone beyond the promised boundaries of civilized living, worse than that - some of us are in terrible pain, petrified, paralyzed, depressed, sick and getting sicker. Dis-ease is forming.<br />
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That is a level of play that I know all too well, have traversed and I am now able to transmute. You can transmute yours too. You can choose to feel much better but first you need to believe you deserve it, you are forgivable, you are lovable, and that the best of your life hasn't even happened yet. That is a shift in consciousness that comes from self love and value, and in my case, it took some time to grow.<br />
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I am from the streets of Jersey City from two pretty cool, pretty tough parents at a time when our world was shifting in civil consciousness. I was born a year before JFK would be assassinated and five years before MLK and Bobby Kennedy Jr., would also be assassinated. There were many wars being fought when I came in, breach with one leg shorter than the other. Oh, I came in screaming, demanding attention, and showing the world my ass because I knew everything was upside down. <br />
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By the end, the 60's had become the decade of peace and love but you'd never have known it. Here we are in 2016, and peace and love is surely my mantra and I believe it is quite evident in the life I live, the stories I tell and the energy I emit. I have seen the turmoil and I choose love. <br />
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What we wrestle with is not outside of us. It is inside of us in our archive, in our stories, in our emotions, in our feelings, and in our actions. It's all inside acting out on the stage of life. We are the stars. We are the leads, the entire cast, the orchestra, the set and props, wardrobe and makeup, the lights and the shadow, we are even the audience. We bear witness to all things. <br />
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What is your testimony? <br />
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How will you describe the life you've been given when you are asked to give your account? <br />
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Do you believe that your account will be accurate? Will your account reflect the truth?<br />
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When you wake up in the morning, do you grab your script, put on your costume and begin the scene right from where you left off the night before? Do you play a part in life, instead of living life. If so, the part you play is small in that you only allow yourself to shine through partially and the parts you allow are not your best. As a matter of fact, there are even more lower parts of you that are kept at bay and when the lights fade, and the stage darkens, those other energies usually like to come out. They also like to ad lib in your perfectly scripted performance. Some things when left to their own devices become too strong for us to manage, or ignore. <br />
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You finish your scene at the end of the day, go back to sleep resting up to repeat your performance tomorrow but there has been some editing because the energy is growing. There are new scenes added that you are not aware of. Tomorrow, all of those energies that you've pretended do not exist, they get to perform without your consent. You will be tested and challenged to manage that which you have ignored. <br />
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The time has come. Take control. Admit your weaknesses and use your strengths to overcome. This is not a joke, but it is a playable game and it has rules. If you slow down enough, read and reread the signposts, you will see that peace and love are the main components to a happy life. Search for these two things in your life and your stories will be sweeter, there will be many more happy endings.<br />
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The truth is there are trillions of storylines; yours, mine and ours. But they are just stories. They are pliable in that there are no real scripts (only those that are self imposed), and along with an illusion of entrapment in many of the the storylines we play out, there is no trap. We can choose a different outcome even if the story has a real physical ending, like death, that leaves us raw, confused, grieving, hurting and often times so depressed. The healing process surely will take us to the other side where gratitude, peace and love are just waiting to expand our hearts. It's always a process of choosing to heal and doing the work. Otherwise, we arrive somewhere, somehow, unbeknownst to us and then the real work begins, trying to find our way back from an even more hurtful place. <br />
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We are choosing all of this.<br />
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Look again with love this time.<br />
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There is a clearing out of the archives that is necessary for all of us to truly operate at a level of sheer, creative magic. I get it now. I didn't for a really long time. When I was younger, I was completely tapped in, and then at twelve years old, human circumstances caused me to pinch off the best of myself, my creativity, my trust and my imagination. I lived the majority of my life in at state of treading water. I was in so much pain and denial and everyone knew it but me. If you are also, everyone knows it but you. We are the only ones that do not consciously. We do know subconsciously though. We know in our hearts. Our pillows hold the salty tears of knowing. God knows. And, now it's time to look deeply into the eyes reflecting back in the mirror. Gaze with love. Gaze with forgiveness. Gaze with compassion.<br />
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Give yourself a magical, blank slate in the morning. Start with gratitude and a prayer, a blessing. Ask God to give you clarity, compassion and strength to be authentic, full of integrity, humility and truth. Ask God to show you why you are really here, to show you what you really are. Ask your Highest Self to come closer. Ask your heart to love again, and to forgive. Imagine yourself living your best life, smiling, happy, surrounded by love and unity. Soothe any contrary voice, emotion or feeling going back to the source and filling it with love. Eventually it too will speak of only peace and love knowing this is the soul's journey. Peace and love are surely the way. Choose to be loving to yourself and peace will follow you all the days of your life.<br />
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I pray you see love and peace everywhere and in everything I love you. Namaste.<br />
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<br />Maria Lynn Gattusohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437890064627085410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091459440024899208.post-49638211709874082212016-01-09T14:17:00.002-05:002016-01-14T13:48:37.272-05:00How Bad Do You Want It?<div style="text-align: center;">
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The past few months, Iâve been doing so much energy work,
and the shifting thatâs been taking place is pretty remarkable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The side effects, if you will, to doing
energy work is that it works to clear out stagnant energies in the body, it changes the patterns and conditioned thinking in the mind, heals the wounds and
afflictions of the heart, and invigorates, empowers and grows the inner Spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The energy that we store shows up in many ways, most of
which are quite unique, comparing one to another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We could sit and chat and compare your pathways
to mine and the results would be terrific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The answer to the question, <i>âhow did we get hereâ? </i>becomes really
obvious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got here because we brought
ourselves here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter what the here
and now has in our lives, we are the creators so we best be happy with the
results. (If you are not happy with the results, change them.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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To that end, I shifted and cleared out some old patterns and
my biofield happily kicked up some sludge in the form of upper respiratory
infections, one right after the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There was no coincidence that doing a clearing as it relates to chronic
asthma led to these mucous producing episodes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am breathing better for it every day and I will continue to do the
clearing until there are no more symptoms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thatâs right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do believe I can
change the biology, chemistry, DNA in my body back to perfect health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course we can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, no sooner do you embrace these concepts
and then the miraculous shows itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of the resources and techniques show up and if you apply them, you
will not be disappointed as you clear, and lift, and rise and become one with
the Cosmic Source of All That Is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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blog that Iâve written on and off since 2008, you know that I am all together passionate about Spirit and everything that relates to it The point?
The point here is that I want it so badly, and everything in the Universe
knows it. And, I am (we are) loved so very much, that once you commit to truly being of the light, you will be tested. TESTED! Why? Oh, well, if it wasn't special everyone would already have it. Because it takes conscious, deliberate, intention filled demonstrations that you are sincere, able to discipline yourself, able to adjust, modify, yield, bend, sit, and be present. All of that implies testing. It implies that the heat will get turned up. The light is brightest when the fire is the hottest. That's why the Sincere Seekers will be tried and tested, just like all the Great Masters before us. Even today, the majority of people still doubt. The fire is not as bright as it could be. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Why, when I decided after the respiratory infections cleared
up to begin my yoga practice, was I tempted to quit?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put on my yoga clothes, I put in my yoga
DVD and when I went to use my remote control, nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hmmm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I could not navigate the menu with the dead remote.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not navigate the menu with the DVD
Player â no arrow to scroll and pressing play produced nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So there I sat, ready to do yoga and there
was an obstacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Sometimes it doesnât take much to take us off our higher
course of navigation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something still
lingers sometimes that is lazy and is not interested in doing the work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is really, in and of itself, the
work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recognizing that life will always
create flow and contrast for you to gauge where youâre really going, heading, and focusing because surely you will arrive at your destination.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I tried everything but it just was not going to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I, of course, went and got new batteries and
have been on my yoga schedule ever since, but looking back I see clearly
that the Universe was asking <i>âhow bad do you want it, Mariaâ?</i>, and I answered
and will continue to answer, <i>âI want it more than anythingâ</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Letâs see what I can do with that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What do you want more than anything? How bad do you want it? What are you willing to let go of to get
it? How serious are you? </div>
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Ask, and you truly shall receive. Become more aware and you will see that everything is happening for you.</div>
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Namaste, love and joy always,</div>
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Maria ~*~</div>
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Maria Lynn Gattusohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437890064627085410noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091459440024899208.post-61225738925091795892016-01-03T15:06:00.000-05:002016-01-03T15:06:39.188-05:00The Deep End to Enlightenment<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love metaphors. I can chew on them all day and when you get right down to it, they're pretty darn accurate when it comes to descriptors of life and all it's complexity. We oversimplify things, and we exaggerate, but sometimes a metaphor is like a lightning bolt ripping chords of illumination through the entire thinking process of our lives and we get <i>'ah ha'</i> moments, as the avatar Oprah likes to say. It is the ultimate equalizer. </div>
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At any given moment in our life experience we can choose a metaphor to best describe the complexities of it so that others can have a deeper appreciation of what our unique sensory translation is at that time. We all experience life differently. Our unique brains and even more unique personal past experiences are deciphering our sensory input on an exponential level and, I believe with our transcendence into the 5D realm, we are able to compute on new, express levels, if you will. But, we still speak pretty much the same language. There are some new words and phrases, as with anything new, but at the end of the day, we get it, whether we admit it, or not.</div>
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Technology is not the only thing advancing on the planet, heaven forbid. Technology is but a reflection of the advancement of the human that created it, and we have truly transcended, or so it would seem to a dedicated few in comparison to the whole of the world's population. This is where 'the deep end' comes in.</div>
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In this new age of transcendence, holding onto that which no longer serves you is going to be a little bit more costly than usual. Your spiritual, emotional, physical and mental currency will have to be utilized in this new dimension. Those that choose to remain in their old patterned mindsets will have to pay dearly because when the Universe, and Mother Nature, and Universal Consciousness decided that NOW is the time to ascend to a higher level of thinking, living and being, and the human chooses to defy this, well, it has a reverberation that will show up much faster than before. 2016 is promising to be a year of great change, the likes of which we have never experienced here on Earth before, and if what I am saying is true, if you haven't already decided, you will continually be prompted, repeatedly called to make the necessary adjustments, as we are one and no one is excluded, even those that exclude themselves.</div>
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The downside to the status quo may show up as grave illness, strife, stress, or depression that drowns itself. The good news is that if you choose to transcend, Spirit will never let you drown. In an instant you can choose to become more than you've ever been. It has always been your choice. There comes a time in one's life when you have to choose. You have to face a system of discontent that no longer serves the bigger picture. You have to decide, firstly, whether or not you want to admit that there even is discontent, and if you get that far in your truth, you can go further to the root of the cause. Once you get there, you can start to apply a loving, healing principle to transmute the discontentment into contentment, at the very least, or, ideally, a complete clearing back to creative energy.</div>
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But, most of us just 'throw out' (there is no 'out', btw) stuff in the deep end and hang out in the shallows. Who wants to do all that work? Why can't we just be happy and not talk about those things? Why can't we just say it's a new day and get on with it? Well, of course we can. And, the truth is, most of us do just that. We ignore our truth. We ignore others. We play pretend, or worse, we're the real ugly deal. But, when you live in the olympic size pool of life, you do not get to choose which depth you lead with. You bring the whole energy pool. You think you're swimming in pristine waters, you think you look amazing in your perfectly chosen suit of illusion, but water is transparent, and especially when it's not, everyone can see it. </div>
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So, how can we clean up the water in the entire pool (ocean of life, our hearts and minds), not just the deep end where everything accumulates? Always start with the densest stuff first. If there's bacteria, debris, poison or toxicity, it has to go first, or, the entire pool will become infected, remain infected, cause infection, be infection (or dis-ease). </div>
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For me, I didn't just store stuff in the deep end, I labeled stuff and had it all organized. I had all my stories, reasons, justifications, understandings, because's, you name it. Every single wave in the deep end of my life was weighed down, or tagged with something that even had an anchor to keep it in place, lest I forget to remind you. You could wake me out of a sound sleep and ask me to cue up one of those waves and I could with clarity, emotion, charge and expression frozen in time, recount every experience without an ounce of clearing. Completely exhausting, non-transcending, sickening really. And, I did get sick, and even though my body healed from all of that holding on, my soul, my heart, my mind were still creating the same old program: <i><b>take all pain and sink it in the deep end and then avoid it at all costs, pretend it's not even there, maybe it will just go away.</b></i></div>
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I've had to learn how to swim all over again, many times. I've had to find the instructors, study the lessons, apply what I had learned and enduring, excel at and pass quite the many exams.</div>
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Thankfully, I had a great swimming coach and program as a child. The coach was patient and kind and the program was simple. First, all the children were lovingly acquainted, then encouraged and acclimated with the shallow end of the pool and the cold water. We were taught to be courageous and not intimidated, respectful, yet playful. We were asked to sit down in a row on the pool's edge putting feet first in the water, where we were all taught to kick as one. It was a lot of fun splashing around adults with freedom and no fear of consequence. Once we got going, we never wanted to stop. This was great. If this was swimming, this was going to be a breeze. It was light and exciting, and one of the easier lessons.</div>
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Then, the instructor upped the ante and we were asked to stand in a row putting our faces into the clear, cold water and blow bubbles. He instructed us to turn our chins up and out to inhale, and then back down in the water to exhale blowing bubbles again. Some struggled with this, and rightfully so. They loved the blowing bubbles part, but the brain is wired to survive and submerging your face in the water without any prior reference point as to how to breathe life sustaining air except to GET IT OUT, is a natural response <i>until</i> you learn to trust in some very effective breathing techniques that when applied, make the prior, very real panic and attention grabbing notions of getting out, or freaking out, unreasonable. We all encouraged one another and laughed at ourselves. Deep down, no one wanted to get out. We all wanted to learn how to trust the instruction process, especially for beautiful, hot Summer days where you can cool off without a care in the world.</div>
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We were taught coordination putting arm strokes together with breathing while still standing in the shallows with the deep waters in clear sight. And slowly, we were inched into eight feet of water where we were all lined up along the side of the pool holding on with both hands. We extended our legs behind us and all began kicking as one machine. No one could touch the bottom of the pool and when we realized this we all giggled with excitement because of what we had achieved. </div>
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Then the day came when we asked to learn the meaning of perseverance while treading water in the deep end. With only a swim stroke between us and the side of the pool, we were asked to float and tread water until they told us to stop. At this point, endurance, sheer faith and determination ensues unless you never try that day. I don't remember anyone quitting. We all successfully learned to tread water and went on to the next level.</div>
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We practiced daily with exercises and the instructor was sure to let us have free swim and play time as well. We played and practiced and once we mastered all levels, we were allowed to begin to put it all together. How long can you hold your position without swimming just bobbing there kicking and flowing?</div>
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We all learned how to swim above and below the water, no matter what the depth. We learned to do laps, and we eventually learned to do deep retrieval diving, as well as high board springing. It was a most comprehensive and effective program to help anyone navigate any pool with gallons and gallons of clear, cold, refreshing water. We were all asked to do the same as everyone else, but it was obvious that we were all at different levels. It didn't matter. The goal was the same for everyone and if it hadn't been for this program, we would have just continued to pretend (as children do) to know how to navigate the deep end, as well as playfully, cautiously and effectively avoiding it.</div>
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It didn't end there. After the lessons of acquaintance and acclimation, love, courage, encouragement, respect, playful trust, coordination, perseverance, application techniques and practice, came the very public testing days where we were all gauged to determine where we were allowed to even be in the pool, at any given time. That decision was not your own until you reached a certain level where the instructors didn't have to instruct anymore, but the lifeguards still had to maintain a presence and an overall observance of all happenings.</div>
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Everyone is watching everyone else. It's the exciting and terrific day color coded bathings caps are given out clearly indicating who can swim where. Everyone can see each others progress which we were asked to display. Each had to humbly stand, practically naked in our swimsuits beside the seemingness endless amounts of water and each other, and follow the instructors prompts. We each had to jump or dive in the above our head water at around 8 feet, swim across to the other side and back, go down in and retrieve a metal pipe lying on the bottom of the pool floor, jump or dive off the highest diving board, we were asked to do it all. Some of us excelled as far as you can in the program and some were moderate to intermediate swimmers. I suppose there may have been a quitter or two, but I was unaware of them from my vantage point. It didn't matter. We were all in the same pool together given the same opportunity. There were shallows and deep waters. There were fears and obstacles to overcome. There were guides, counselors, teachers and lifeguards. There were experienced and first time swimmers. We were all there somewhere in the mix and, we were all one.</div>
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Can you imagine if the coach just threw us in the water without any instruction? Surely after that, we would never attempt the deep end and maybe not even the pool at all. Whatever was going on down at that end of the pool would just have to remain a mystery, but life is both the deep and the shallows. It's the shady chairs and it's the sun deck. It's the deep, rich tan and the palest skin. It's the warmth of the sun and the cool of the water. It's the smoothness of a babies cheek turned toward the sky, and it's an old woman's wrinkles as she lathers on sun screen. It's the instructor and the student. It's the life guard and the swimmer. Life is both the sparkling pool waters in Summer, and sparkling ice crystals in Winter. You would never deny one and only choose the other, well, you could try, but eventually balance wins.</div>
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And so, it's a new year. If you've not cleaned out the deep end of your pool yet, you may want to just take a walk around and look at what's accumulating. How does it feel to know that there's stuff down there? How does it feel to know that you are in charge and you are allowing this in your life? Can you truly feel free and clear knowing that you're running out of depth? Can you still truly feel good? Eventually, the water will have no room. Eventually something will overcome. Eventually, you may go to take a dip in your pool and find cement instead of what was once beautiful clean, clear, flowing water. </div>
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Maria Lynn Gattusohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437890064627085410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091459440024899208.post-80105701298240702282015-12-09T14:19:00.001-05:002015-12-09T18:18:33.670-05:00Clarity Would Disagree<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">
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If you think you've seen the ocean because you stand at the water's edge, think again. Perhaps you've sailed across the open sea communing with whales and sea birds, do you think to yourself, 'now, I have seen the ocean, now, I have seen the sea'? What if you've only flown over the oceans, from land to land, would that perspective be the one? One glorious sunny day, you swim with dolphins and snorkel with sea turtles and sting rays, does your mind satisfy the heart and say, 'I've seen this before'? And, sitting at a fancy restaurant, the waiter brings you a fresh sea bass dinner, do you think you know fish now?</div>
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Even the best of us can become hypnotized by the confusion with which the mind presents its stories. The best actors and actresses are portrayed on the stage in the mind way before a toe has ever graced a stage. What of all this drama? What of all this chaos? We channel it outward to space, to thin air, to each other, to our children, to everything with very little concern of the result. We are so sure of what we see. We are so sure of what we feel. We are so sure.</div>
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In my own personal journey, in my own personal mind, I have been disillusioned. I have been hoodwinked. Scammed. I have believed the epic story teller's tale of woe, fear and defeat. I have reaped the minds suffering of repeated dwellings, deep caverns of discontent and discord. I have believed others' stories too. I have believed the media. I have believed merchandise. I have believed that which has no soul. The mind is soulless. The mind is conflicted, quick to reverse its ego serving hard drive. The mind is a tool that can malfunction. The mind can be manipulated. It is one of the human souls' routing systems of all we have the potential to become, but the mind has to be controlled, corralled, soothed and calmed. The only thing that soothes the mind is the human taking control of it. And, might I add, if you don't control your mind, someone else will. Perhaps just an archetype run a muck, or perhaps it's someone else like government, or pharma. It is much harder to control that which you do not understand. Knowledge is truly power here.</div>
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It's been a long 40 years for me in the desert of my mind. Unlike the seas and oceans depth, my mind just stretched across for miles in the dust of scorpions. I am referring to the process that I allowed my mind to take when navigating my world. Sure, we all have issues, or past experiences, or things that have happened to us that we carry. We all do. And sure, some of us are more aware than others even convincing themselves that they're doing something different, finding a better solution, a more profitable outcome, but the results speak volumes. You are what you think you are, and I am what I think I am.</div>
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And, all of that is subject to change in a flash, like a comet streaming across the sky illuminating the shadows and dust that transcends. Give in to it. Allow. Stop resisting. Only silence and meditation can lead the way through the noisy hallways and persistent sign posts showing choices always, but definitives never. Courage. It takes courage to look within and to cultivate truth and integrity in a society that is dead set against your freedom. My freedom. I choose to carry my dust pan around on the inside and tidy up. I'm clearing out, with love, that which no longer serves me. With respect and gratitude, I silence fear and reach for trust. You are welcome to sift my ashes to find your own peace. The grains of sand have much to say and I gladly share, only asking you to use your own discernment, your own souls' affinity for truth, when seeking answers. Seek your own sands of truth. Truth wins, hands down.</div>
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We put so much emphasis on events in our lives, the ones coming up and the ones we've just experienced, but how often do we get excited for the sometimes mundane, here and now? I say mundane, but I surely do not feel that way. I say mundane, because I think most of you feel that way. Oh sure, cleaning the toilet or washing windows (if you're so privileged) may seem tedious at best and dirty at worst, it is being ever present within that task that actually transcends the task itself making it a moment worth pursuing. Being present allows consciousness to expand beyond the imposed limitations of disdain and drudgery into the visions of Heaven. One need only recognize these tasks have virtuous merit pouring out and over into every interaction, every connection, every moment. Having morphed through life's many challenging experiences, I recognize that the quietest moments can be so much more powerful than the marching bands (and we all know not all marching bands are harmonious, to say the least). Indeed, the quietest moments help us to stay grounded when the illusory marching bands come clanging by. Remember in the Bible in the Old Testament, God was neither found in the rushing wind, nor the shaking earth, nor the fire, but in the quiet whisper that followed when things settled down a bit.</div>
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I don't wonder as much as I'm challenged by some to reconsider my viewpoints, that perhaps I take things too far spiritually, and that my viewpoints are not realistic enough for the world we 'live' in. I understand the confusion. They think 'we' live in different neighborhoods, different worlds and different mindsets. I get it. There are plenty of 'differences' that create an illusion of separation, but I've never subscribed to that philosophy. I've always had a deep sense and knowing that everything is connected, and that there has to be balance in this very chaotic world. How else could humanity, nature, animals, and all living things have peace, love and harmony? These things are basic universal rights for all beings in existence, not just a choice few. When things are out of balance, the chaos takes over as in our world today. We're seeing that chaos mushrooming and reverberating through the whole system, all over the world. The earth has never inhabited this many people, or this much money, or this much power, or this much corruption. It's reaching epic proportions and it's becoming obviously more unstable.</div>
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The time has long come for unity and common sense. I pray as more things are revealed, more people will let go of fear and find their truthful voices, stand up and speak out with love, compassion and courage. We can face the lying giants together, and we can renew our own minds if we've been playing the game too long, or if we've given into the illusion. We're quite capable of anything once we find our passion, and life and living are just two primary things we should be very passionate about right about now. </div>
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One of the most important yet misinterpreted virtues is that of humility. Being humble in this day and age is misconstrued as weakness but that couldn't be farther from the truth. It takes IMMENSE humility, courage and love to admit that we are sometimes less than we could be, worse than we should be, or too proud to be what we would be - if we were walking in humility.</div>
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To walk in humility is to put others first and ourselves last. It doesn't seem to gel with the world in its current state or paradigm. The current paradigm is all about greed and arrogance, and do unto others before they do unto you. Just how much can we obtain for ourselves, even hoarding things or resources for our immediate or long-term survival, and actually live peacefully? Well, we all know money can't buy love or happiness and we've seen enough wars to know that, right now, this is the mantra for many and for many, it is creating a void that is leading to some very interesting behavior. How could money ever bring peace to the Spirit that lives within the human body? It cannot. Spirit has little use for these things unless we are giving them away to others less fortunate....then they become real spiritual gifts that return way more than they could ever give. Humility gives. Pride hoards and we've seen the damage this has done and it might just take another lifetime to undo and unlearn all that's been taught in the spirit of success, wealth, beauty and fame, If any of those things had any real value the ones with the most of it wouldn't live in such fear of losing it all. If those things had any real power the whole world would be cared for, elevated, and fed. Just look at our nursing homes in the USA. Get to a certain point in this paradigm and you are no longer useful for anything other than sitting in a chair with wheels staring out a window and a street sign that says One Way. Oh, surely there is more than one way. Question becomes, 'can we get out of our own way' long enough to contemplate the really profitable choices like humility?</div>
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While arrogance, greed and pride can come with what seems like power - it is fleeting. Someone will always be stronger, hungrier, more prideful and so the competition goes. Who has the power? Who is losing it? Who is gaining it? And for what? What is the purpose of all of this power? Perhaps just like anger can lead a soul to peace, this kind of power can lead to giving if the human only look into the margin of the mirror. The margin contains all that is stored up. All of the things we don't want to look at are there behind us, beside us, in front and behind but as long as we stare at our own reflection we are distracted from the light that illuminates us - all of us, good, bad and ugly. Take your gaze off of yourself. Look at your brothers and sisters, our suffering earth and animals. Look at your heart and how you have contributed to this destruction and if so inspired, make some changes.<br />
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For me, my personal inventory of what was in my margin led me to the wonderful Hawaiian Ho'opono opono healing prayer. Thankfully, I had help in obtaining this spiritual guidance. You must surround yourself with Spirit filled people...what you need comes. Broaden your horizon. You will find what you seek and I found it just in time.</div>
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We've all had magnificent pasts that have helped us, healed us and hurt us. It's holding onto the hurt and disappointment that creates ill in the body, the mind, the spirit, and our world. Bitterness, holding onto grudges, past offenses, not seeing people especially oneself as fallible, all lead to illusion, separation, confusion and God does not live there. </div>
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Humility can be a very hard concept for some and I think it should be a class in school throughout our entire tenure. We should learn about Humility before anything else and as a magnificent side dish there should also be a class called Forgiveness. We, as humans, need as much spiritual guidance as we can get to make clear the illusion of separateness. We think we're better than some people. We think we're smarter than some people. We think so many thoughts that separate and feed the illusion, but when you prayerfully contemplate existence there is an overwhelming love and peace that prevails inside that the outside just doesn't match up to. It's contrary. You deeply FEEL the truth that love is the bottom line not greed, success or wealth. Real connectedness is profoundly humbling. It's beautiful to contemplate. But, there are still those that hold on so tightly to what they've obtained that surely they will lose their grip or their grip will be loosened for them. This is not the way. This is not the truth of real peace and tranquility. If it were, I would know. I would totally be all in as I am with Spirit. I've seen fame, fortune and success. It is not the way, in my humble opinion. And while I am not famous I am wealthy in Spirit and consider that a great success. You define it for yourself. I'd be really honest if I were you. Take a good look in the margins. What do you live for? Who do you live for?<br />
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I live for God. Period. I aspire to please God, not men. I aspire to reach the heights of a virtuous life. I want my companions to be of the light, Godly, inspired, fast to forgive, quick to love, quick to share. I want to help everyone reach the heights of pure love, pure compassion, pure joy. It is possible to reach this exquisite paradigm in your heart. I have and I strive to stay there every single day and trust me, with this type of statement, the tests and trials come. Oh boy, do they come and that's why this prayer came to me. Just in time, not a second too soon. If it had come to me sooner, I might have disregarded it. I wasn't ready. Are you?</div>
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It takes a truly humble heart to pray this amazing prayer. I could not just describe this prayer without first setting the foundation as to why we should be humble to begin with. Perhaps you've been persuaded by the illusion? Perhaps you are wreaking havoc in your own life as you struggle with the anxious feelings of not having enough friends, love, money, power, fame, or even time left? That's a wrestling match we will always lose. When you place your trust outside of yourself how will you ever be satiated? Who has ever been truly satisfied with what the world offers? The world is at odds with the Spirit on so many levels yet when you tap into Spirit you are given eyes to see the world as it really is and you start to tread much lighter on her, on others, on yourself. You can no longer dwell in self service you can only rise to serve others, and one of the first ways is humility which leads to forgiveness. How do I know? Because I am so very human seeking super spiritual power. Humility and forgiveness are indeed supernatural, super powerful, super Spiritual. It's when you finally settle into searching your heart that this prayer becomes one of the most powerful healing resources you'll ever come across. Are you ready to forgive yourself?<br />
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Ego may answer that question with <i>'what have I done'</i>? '<i>What do I have to be sorry for'?</i> That is not Spirit. That is ego. Your highest self knows emphatically that you are a fallible human being and you have some stuff in the margins. Only a fool would think their hands are clean. Everyday, in every way, we offend ourselves and others. Every single day. I pity the fool who thinks otherwise and I also pity the fool who thinks this is a waste of time. This is the most profitable way to spend your human lifetime because it leads to virtues that indeed, the soul takes with it when it leaves this school of life and this body. What will be in your soul when you leave this planet? If you don't like what you see perhaps this prayer is for you, as it is for me.<br />
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<i>Literally, ho<span class="unicode">Ęť</span>o is a particle used to make an actualizing verb from the following noun, as would "to" before a noun in English. Here, it creates a verb from the noun <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pono" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pono">pono</a>, which is defined as</i></div>
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That's it. Simple yet profoundly difficult for some. It was difficult for me for quite a while until I understood that peace lives inside of me, not outside in the approval of others and anything that I'm holding onto is preventing me from moving forward with grace, love and tenderness. While I want everyone to love me, not everyone does, and that's okay but it's not okay for me not to love me, or them. I was so self destructive for so long believing that I was unlovable, unworthy, and just not good enough because of a few people in my life who just did not have anything of true value to give to me. I held onto this need thinking that this is the way it is, we obtain this esteem from others but that is not the case. I have all the self esteem in the world now and it depends on a much higher source of inspiration, One that never let's me down, ever. God's grace is sufficient for me but I wouldn't mind a few more super spiritual humans in my life. Perhaps offering this prayer out into the ether will bring them closer to me. I am ever hopeful.</div>
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Your energy is felt long before your words are spoken and grateful is the heart that hears the words the heart needs to hear. Perhaps your heart needs to hear these words today from yourself, or from someone else. Start with yourself as I did. Forgive yourself for all of it. ALL OF IT. Then you will begin to see the bridge that gaps the divide of the illusion of separation. Then, you can forgive others effortlessly and easily and the proof will be in the fruit you produce. You cannot harvest hate and love at the same time. The immediate harvest of love is the grace that flows through a forgiving heart. Humility melts the hardest heart. It melted mine and it will melt yours as well. <br />
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There is real healing power in this prayer, and in the heart of the human whose focused intention is to forgive self and others through immense humility. It becomes increasingly more difficult to perpetuate what you once thought of as profitable. Once you've crossed this threshold, what once deeply offended you becomes much easier to rise above and transmute into love. Once you've prayed this prayer to yourself, you learn to pray it to everyone and then, you can navigate your way to true peace and tranquility. The last leg of this journey is honoring all the virtues that you may have offended; Peace, Consciousness, Gratitude, Unity, Kindness, Holiness, Harmony, Compassion, Healing, just to name a few.<br />
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Imagine forgiving yourself for all and starting fresh. Imagine forgiving everyone for everything and erasing your memory of these offenses. Doesn't that sound amazing? It is. <br />
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Imagine being the peace. Imagine being the love. Imagine being the harmony. All of these virtues, and many more will fill your spiritual bag of resources and you become a brighter light that beckons peace, love and harmony. You couldn't prevent peace if you wanted to. You just are the peace through love and humility and peace begets peace. <br />
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This is the way. ~*~<br />
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Namaste,<br />
Reiki Master Ree<br />
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I just watched Jim Carey's Commencement address for the 2014 graduates of the Maharishi University of Management. It is interesting that the life I strive for is the one that he describes. I'm so excited to know that Jim has evolved and is using his influence to raise the vibration of the planet through his words and fine example.<br />
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There is a mighty distinction between "a dog that can eat you that is in your head, or a real dog that can eat you". And he's right when he states that most people do not make this distinction. They may not even realize that they are the dog in some cases biting off their own leg.<br />
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One thing is for sure, I needed to hear this to remind myself that I am not alone. That what I believe and how I live my life is the real deal. I am who I say I am, I have what I say I have, and I do what I say I do. For this, I am truly grateful. Otherwise, I'd be operating from fear and there is just too much of that going on these days. <br />
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Be aware of the wolf in sheep clothing that would try to persuade you to be the fear that they personify. God forbid. Be the light. Be the love and be the peace. Let the rest go.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><i>Bergen Community College </i></b></span></div>
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Now that we have covered what meditation is and how to start
to be the stillness the next step is to think about techniques to free the mind
of all that clutter, be it mild, medium or very strong clutter. In the beginning of my journey all I had was
this unquenchable passion, this magnetic pull and every time I would try to get
closer to the source of this pulling I would be confronted with all kinds of
obstacles from rouge thoughts to full on stories of a painful trauma or
situation that I had endured or survived.
The rouge thoughts were easily navigated around or dismissed
entirely. The painful memories and the
dense emotion that would come to the surface, well that was another thing
entirely. Why was all of this coming to
the forefront of my quiet time? I am
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For me, in order to fill this vessel with light it had to be
emptied of all the shadows, shadows being my past disappointments, offenses,
attacks of all kinds, jealousy, bitterness, envy, things I held against myself
as well as others, maybe even God. Itâs
when we get in the silence all these lists come to the surface. Why is there a list and what is this list
doing to us? Canât we keep the list and
just focus on the light? Yes. We keep the list while focusing on the light
but just as light reflects off a shard of glass, the light inside of us will
reflect onto and off of anything that needs to be addressed, released, and transmuted
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For example, you and a friend have had some cross words and
thereâs an event coming up soon that you will both be attending. Itâs awkward and there is friction between
you and you may think that as long as youâre not in the same room together all
is well but thatâs not entirely the case.
The thoughts and emotions created by this illusion of separation bring
real roots with it. This could be an
opportunity to transmute friction by making amends, having another conversation
with humility, forgiveness, whatever the case may be. Making no decision is a decision so if you
decide not to address the situation and just attend the event, bringing these
shadows with you, you run the risk of adding onto what was already a stressful
situation. This can become compounded
now because of the allowance of friction.
I realize we cannot control anyone, only ourselves so perhaps clearing
the slate prior to the event is the only path to peace. You decide to be the peace. You decide to forgive and keep no record of
wrong despite the fact that it hurt, you felt slighted, you felt wronged. Jesus said in Luke 23:34 <i><b><span style="color: red;">âFather, forgive
them, they know not what they do.â</span></b></i> âTheyâ
are you and me. We need more forgiveness
for self and others. We need to realize
we are all connected doing the very best we can do with the information we
have. Forgiveness is underrated and
holding onto grudges leads to all sorts of sticky, dense, and toxic energy in
the human body and causes internal and external wars potentially but it doesn't have to. Keeping a record of wrongs, well thatâs just
a trigger mechanism to relive and reanimate for whoever will listen to the wrongs
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But you are not a poor soul.
You are a very strong and capable being whose soul purpose is to bring
about peace on this planet at this time.
If we release these toxic shadows and transmute them into the light, our
meditation experience will be sublime.<br />
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Firstly, be brutally honest with yourself. Become aware of the feelings and emotions
that accompany thoughts that pull you out of center, out of the present moment
into the past. What happened? Becoming aware of these obstacles is the
first step. Keeping a journal is the
second. All of my mentors have taught me
to journal. Every one of them stating
the importance of taking these thoughts, emotions, memories and writing and
them down, getting them out so to speak.
Like a vortex of energy they swirl inside the brain and heart creating
all sorts of distractions. Once the
brain is allowed to relive and replay the emotions are sure to follow. Once you engage in a shadow thought and the
emotion starts it may seem like there is no end to your suffering and you are
quite right. If you allow your mind to
relive and replay and you allow your emotions to live on the inside of you like
a jack in the box just waiting for the right trigger to pop out, scare you and
other people, you are not living anywhere near center, near conscious living,
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Write it down.
Whatever is swirling around you on the inside put it on paper. Notice the emotion, if any, the tears, the
effect this thought has on your entire being.
Itâs no wonder you were having trouble focusing on stillness when this
troublesome thought lives like a weed on the inside whose only purpose is to
choke the life out of you and with no one cutting it back, eradicating it, or
even trying to until now, it has had free reign. Every
morning when you wake up write in your journal.
Write your cares, your fears, your joys, your doubts, your worries,
write everything down that is in your brain when you wake up. This takes some of the sting out of the
thought. This releases some of the
emotion associated with the thought. Are
you done now that youâve written it down?
No, not entirely. You may notice that this same thought is upon
you every morning. Itâs the same thought
or problem or hurt and itâs nagging at you.
Youâve already written it down.
Why wonât it go away?<br />
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Journaling is a very powerful tool in emptying the mind of
the human but sometimes itâs just one of many spiritual tools that one needs
and has access to. Depending on the
thoughts or emotions, a person may need to delve deeper to get to the root
causes in order to release. Prayerfully
journaling and prayerfully meditating work in tandem with Spirit to
miraculously heal and diffuse negative energies that live inside. You will know when you are free from these
thoughts because there will be a lightness about you that was there all the
time, but you were not aware of it. Once
we peel back the layers of thoughts and emotions we can tap into the true
source of our true infinite nature where shadows do not exist and if they do
exist, they do so to test and refine.
What we are dealing with now is our own creation and its purpose is
quite the same. Do not resist the lesson or the path. Itâs the same for all of us.<br />
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Affirmations, self talk, positive thinking and deliberate
thoughts that empower us to continue on our journey when releasing shadows are
extremely important. They are important
all the time. I liken it to keeping a
weight in your hand to constantly flex the muscles in your arm. Deliberate thoughts train the mind to
strengthen itself with positive fuel as opposed to negative toxic fuel which
makes us sick. It makes sense, doesn't it? What goes in must come out. Positive goes in, positive comes out. Negative goes in, negative comes out. We have the capacity to lift up the vibration
of the world with our delightfully positive outlook on life and we have the
power to pull down the vibration of the world with our toxic, worrisome and
negative outlook, but it actually takes more effort to frown than smile. Thatâs because youâre true nature is that of peace, dare I say love. </div>
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Once you release thoughts and emotions that no longer serve
you, you make room for thoughts that have a much higher purpose, vibration and in fact are
much higher; thoughts about world peace
and unity and healing and joy, thoughts about feeding the world and advocating
for all living things and our planet.
Our minds and our souls are on this planet for a much higher purpose
than just ourselves but it absolutely begins with each and every one of
us. When we take responsibility for the
state of our being, the state of our consciousness, we can then take the proper
steps to join in with the universal, if not just global oneness thought process
that includes and never excludes, that tolerates and respects, edifies and
supports, loves and has compassion for the entire human spirit not just the few
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Meditation is the tool if you want to get to the bottom of
who you are. Journaling and praying keep
you humble, accountable and somewhat scientific in your approach utilizing all the
spiritual resources available to you and taking very complex principles and
breaking them down into palatable, useable, techniques. You will turn to your journal over and over. You will see the Hand of God at work in your
life. You will see the scales fall off
of your eyes right before your writing fingertips. You will lament and purge and stain your
journal with sorrowful, salt filled tears.
You will turn the page and see and feel those tears transmuted into the
platinum healing light of God. You will
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What if it all gets to be too much to bear? Hang in there. Prepare a spiritual space for yourself that
you can return to with a feeling of being cared for. You are taking yourself on your life path
journey. Make it okay. It is okay.
Everything will be okay, no matter what.
Affirm this to yourself. Create a
vision board of you meditating and being free.
Remind yourself over and over that this is your time. Use some incense, candles, essential oils and
hemi-sync brain wave meditation music, go for a walk in the park. Stay grounded. Stay the course. Keep your inner eye focused on the
prize: Peace. Stillness.
Joy. Refuse to be
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As you further along on this path you will become lighter,
more joyful, more grounded. You will not
be so fully persuaded to react to lifeâs circumstances, pushing and pulling as
you had in the past. There will be space
in between your thoughts. You will react
less and thoughtfully respond more. You
will have raised your inner frequency and outer energy. People may notice. New challenges may present themselves. Observe them from a safe distance. Notice they donât have the same allure they
once had. Notice you may not want to
play the way you played in the past.
Listen to your newly honed intuition.
Pray about everything. Journal
your every thought. Meditate every
day. Keep on the path. <br />
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Your mind cannot comprehend what is waiting
for you in the stillness. Trust that the
light is pure and illuminating. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>"Faith is an island in the setting sun. </b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>for everyone".</b></i></span></div>
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I am an energy aficionado and I have a question. Why have we given over our faith energy to the pharmaceutical industry whose ads
confound us with their endless side effects and not Spirit and its endless and infinite possibilities? I have never heard feathered into any one of
these mainstream media medical ads at the beginning, the middle or the end, that this that or the other
drug will actually cure us. On the contrary, taking drugs approved by the FDA in this country comes with a plethora of possible side effects that will only lead us to additional drugs with an even longer laundry list of side effects. If proof is
the bottom line for every one the jury is in, the decision is final, just say
no to drugs. Perhaps there is another agenda? Well, of course there is, I'm being silly. You know it. I know it. The entire world knows it. So, how can we get around it? Are there any real healing and wellness alternatives out there for our maladies or are we doomed to pharmaceuticals for all eternity? How did we actually arrive at this state of being? Are we all really this ill that we need all of these toxins? Penicillin is less than one hundred years old and just look at how many drugs are on the market today with their corresponding illnesses that probably didn't even exist back then. </div>
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all just lends itself to my passion and how taking back our health is of optimum importance. I don't want you to just feel a little better, I want you to feel amazingly better. My goal is to teach as many people as possible that they are making themselves sick in a lot of cases with the substances they consume and absorb, the thoughts they think and project and ultimately the energy that either sustains or depletes them, I <i>work </i>with energy but what does this mean? This means that the subtle energies that
exist around us and are emitted from us are scientifically and humanly detectable and if you work towards that ability you not only can detect these energies in yourselves, but you can transmute the negative ones and help to
heal them where necessary, through the grace of God, of course. You can do this
just as easily as I can and it starts with intention, prayer and meditation and once you begin your practice there is no limit to what
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That's a rabbit hole of a different depth and I digress, but not really. Getting back to everything and everyone is
emitting a frequency that is scientifically detectable. Plants, animals, people, sound, light, scent, inanimate objects
all emit a frequency and these frequencies vibrate at different levels. The best way for me to describe the
difference and how you may have already been able to feel these frequencies, when
you walk into a room thatâs open and inviting and filled with flowers or plants
and children and loved ones you may notice the energy is very loving and
inviting, comfortable and healing. On
the other hand, if you walk into an environment where an argument has just
taken place or is taking place and you see and hear the argument escalating,
you may notice that your heart rate increases along with your blood pressure
and you may think this is a natural response for most of us and youâd be
right. A person just walking into
either of those environments can blindly absorb all the energy around them and
carry it around for days. A high vibration can linger just as long as a lower vibration only the lower vibration has an uncanny ability to destroy and cause disease while the higher vibration has an uncanny ability to calm and cause healing. What
energy workers try to teach is that firstly there is a detectable vibration and that we are either raising it or lowering it depending on our state of awareness. The second is that you are
emitting a vibration and you are responsible for where you point that thing! Donât be pointing your vibration in my direction
unless you know what youâre emitting. We are always emitting and absorbing but the goal and ultimate
objective is to become so aware that we emit only unconditional love, one of the highest possible compassionately healing vibrations. We then detect and shield ourselves from the lowest ones transmuting them into the positive and to
take this notion to its highest possible fruition, to heal the human body and
then for that healed human to heal other humans. <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> </div>
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Proof? Yes, yes. There is proof in Spirituality but how do you package an experience? In our Western capitalist culture we are manufacturers of product so where is the Spiritual product that proves that Spirit exists and healing exists? I personally use incense and healing crystals and anointed essential oils and all of them become useless without my intention. However, with my intention and the grace of God all things are possible and I've EXPERIENCED phenomena that Science would argue is not provable but what does Science have to do with God? Well, it has everything to do with God but people tend to get in the way. God reveals Him/Herself to each open heart as the open heart seeks, shows up, listens, taps into, reaches up, prays and meditates. You have to be in attendance and Spirit will touch you and provide you with all the proof you need. It becomes irrefutable. This proof is the kind of energy Healers, Yogi's, Priests, Monks, Sisters and devoted followers have been speaking about for eons. </div>
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Everyone emits their own personal frequency. Some people just make you feel better and some just don't. I leave it up to you to decide but try not to judge just try to become more aware. Personally speaking Iâve had my own
experiences with energy, which have lead me here today and my purpose is not to
convince you but you to teach you that energy is detectable, we all emit
frequencies and some of us work really hard to tap into higher levels of
consciousness so as to be able to detect and transmute the lower energies. Imagine a room full of negative ions and a
very high vibrating positive ion enters into the equation, well that positive
ion especially if it has the grace of God and intention to do so, has the potential to transmute
all of those negative ions into positive ones.
In translation, energy workers have the potential to turn negative energy
into positive energy through teaching, anointing, laying on of hands, through
prayer, primarily though the driving force in all of it; God, intention and the desire and love to help
people heal themselves from stress, heartache, suffering and ultimately
illness. There are many like me who walk
about spreading the great news that there is real healing in the world. There is also a tremendous need for more healers. Perhaps you're being called to take yourself to the next level in your own spiritual development. I say 'perhaps' but I know you are being called to the next level, we all are. The question becomes will you answer?</div>
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Meditation is one way to answer the call. It is a very powerful way to connect to source. Prayer and meditation go hand in hand like inhaling and exhaling. They work in tandem to bring life force energy into the breather. Meditation is a spiritual relaxation technique that helps
you to hear closely what the body needs, what the spirit needs, and what the soul
needs because it settles you into the core of your true being, your true
nature, your true essence. You think youâre
just human and letâs be clear, just human is a brilliant, amazing, incredible
mind blowing trip. But whatâs going on
inside of this human and how it connects to everything else thatâs alive and
everything else that exists is mind blowing on a level that you can only reach
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The sublime ultimate is pure spirituality existing in the
consciousness and intention filled, light saturated human being. The human that yields its outward fading
shine and inward miraculous mechanics to an infinite and omniscient spark presence
is surely a being that time would surely charm, per Axel Rose in November Rain âIf
you could heal a broken heart, wouldn't time be out to charm youâ?</div>
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Meditation takes you into the quiet, peaceful, tranquil, vast space of
your heart center. It is the place where
silence and stillness exists in the midst of your never still body. Your body is in constant motion, even when
youâre sleeping. You are a âlife force
beingâ who radiates energy vibrations, just like electricity. Some of us operate at full capacity easily
and effortlessly. Some of us are barely
operating. Some of us are somewhere in between. Some of us are sick and some of us on this
planet are so out of touch. So how can
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Meditation is a vacation within that teaches us over time
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Life has a way of pushing us around, literally and
figuratively. Sometimes we overextend
ourselves, we stop taking care of ourselves and allow ourselves to get away
from optimum health, we over eat, or over drink or over work too much, we lose
sleep, we get into arguments, we get disappointed, we get stressed out, frustrated,
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Unfortunately, the humans I've experienced
around the Northern New Jersey area in particular are quite interested in
pushing. They push on the
highway, in the hallway, in the grocery store, at the mall. You do not want a confrontation but if the
majority of the people are walking around with dense energies, you are
susceptible to that energy. You can
absorb that density and take on its traits and become short tempered, get
really stressed out and start to push back.
Weâre watching all over the world people being pushed by low vibrating
humans and then other low vibrating humans are pushing back, harder and more
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Meditation is the opposite of pushing. Meditation is the acceptance, release,
detachment and freedom from every day stresses that once you begin to practice,
seem to, over time, have less meaning.
Your frequency gets higher. The
denser energies of sadness, disappointment, anger, and stress, etc. resonate
less. When we operate from a low
capacity these denser energies resonate strongly since we are closer to that
vibration but optimally our goal is to raise our vibration, increase our
capacity to accept and release thereby creating freedom which I can associate
with the feeling of a really amazing vacation where you breathe deeply without
a care in the world. The secret is that
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Well it is. Meditation is the
easiest thing in the world to do. You do
not need any equipment (although Young Living Essential Oils definitely help),
you do not need any special clothing.
All you need is the desire to reach a state of being that is peaceful,
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Eat, drink, use the restroom, shut off all electronic
equipment and be prepared to sit comfortably, uninterrupted for at least 5
minutes the first time. Notice I did not
say there should be silence in the world.
There is no such thing. As I am typing I can hear the orchestra of
crickets outside my window. There will
ALWAYS be distractions. These will be
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Sit or lie down or hang from a tree if that makes you
comfortable, the key is to come to meditation with no physical desires EXCEPT stillness,
peacefulness and grounding. I use Highest Potential or Peace and Calming Essential
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After you've read all the way through, begin by closing your eyes. Take a few deep breaths,
inhaling deeply and holding it in at the top of the breath for a moment or two,
and then releasing slowly and fully.
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>âYou are a human being not a human doingâ.</b></span></i></div>
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Relax into your breathing, and begin to WATCH as your many
endless, contrary, opinionated, passion filled thoughts come to your mind to
distract you, to tell you of their urgency.
Relax and just let them float by, returning to your deep inhale, holding
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Every time you find yourself âthinkingâ, bring your focus
back to your breath and away from the mind.
The goal is to create space in between your thoughts. The goal is to quiet the mind and connect you to
your warm and loving heart center so that you can connect with your highest
self, your life force energy, your Chi, Ki or Qi.
With practice, you can learn to connect, tap into, turn onto, lean into,
and radiate from your heart center all the peace necessary to navigate this
world which is by far the most powerful way to go.</div>
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There is more positive energy emanating from a meditative
heart than anger from a bitter one.
Bliss, joy, love and peace are derived, cultivated, shared, taught and
learned from this energy center. They
are the highest vibrating emotions and intentions one can have. Meditation helps us to release anything that
holds us back from these and unconditionally loving ourselves first and then one another.</div>
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Now, with a deep inhalation bring your attention from the
breath in your chest to your heart center where all the love in the world is
stored. Place your hand on your heart
with the intention to love, honor, embrace and comfort yourself for all that
you do, have done or will do as a spirit being having a human experience. If you know you've done the best you can do,
love yourself. If you know you can do
better, love yourself. If you know
you've not done enough, love yourself. Try
and create a deep love for yourself and if possible, love deeper. Connect your
deep breathing with the slow, steady, rhythmic beat of your heart. This is the source and pulse of energy and
frequency that you are emitting. Others
coming into your presence can feel this emission before they speak with
you. Emit the highest possible frequency
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Inhale deeply. Think <i>calm</i>. Hold for a moment or two, exhale deeply and
<i>smile</i>. Congratulations. You
have just taken your first meditation trip to the place of beginnings. This place is your source of all calm, peace, bliss
and joy, even in the midst of hardships and trials. This center place is the
place you want to become intimately familiar with. The more you visit the calmer and more peaceful your state of being will become and the more your ability to cope with adversity increases. Naturally this will spill over into every cell in your body making them calmer and more peaceful and that increases health and wellness. Meditation is the first step to become aware of and taking control of your state of being and making sure you are on the right track. You can visit this place as often as you
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We have traversed this path many, many times and each time we pass, the Universe is hopeful that we will be travelling lighter, each and every time. Fall has come once again and it seems, almost a little too quickly for us northern New Jersians, who just endured one of the toughest Winters we can recall. But, we made it nonetheless, and with the seasonal changes come the consumerism nightmares. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for fun and laughter, warmth and gift giving, but we, here in the Western world, have taken this to a whole 'nother level and it's really quite despicable. Even the terrorists wait for us to fill the malls and stores so they can take as many of us out as possible, but we keep showing up, year after year, no matter what.<br />
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This country is in dire straits. Our soldiers are fighting so many unknown, unfamiliar, unnamed and named enemies and they're losing their lives. They fight for our freedom, so, what? So we can continue in funding the corruption that is in charge?<br />
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Most Americans are aware of what's happening. Most Americans are horrified by what has happened to our beautiful country. However, most Americans are still acting as if nothing is happening. They are still buying more than they need, throwing away what should be recycled, taking medicines and vaccines that kill, eating poisonous food EVERYDAY, polluting, and turning a blind eye, which makes it that much harder for the rest of us.<br />
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I just came back from grocery shopping and while I understand organic, or farm fresh food, is more expensive than mainstream food, is it that difficult to see what long term usage of these tainted GMO products will lead to? Haven't we all seen enough of the pharmaceutical business solutions to our health concerns? I mean, seriously....is anyone paying attention?<br />
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I am a cancer survivor. After having gone through a few weeks of radiation and hearing that a 'nutritionist' was coming to visit with me, I was excited, thinking I was going to get an inside track on what NOT to eat. That was laughable as her job was to just make sure I was still eating status quo. Makes sense, doesn't it?<br />
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As long as you continue to buy, buy, buy - change will not happen.<br />
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When my grandparents ruled the world, we had a much simpler life. Gifts were simpler. Food was simpler. Government was simpler. World domination and exploitation, while it existed, was not as healthy as the fatted calf America has become. Oh, we are ripe for the slaughter. We are passive, we are unhealthy, and some, if not most of us are not even conscious yet.<br />
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Haven't we suffered enough as a country. Haven't we been attacked and lost enough? How many more of our children need to suffer? How many more?<br />
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How will you address these issues this HOLIDAY season? Will you continue to fund the blind eye of corruption? Will you teach your children to do the same?<br />
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I am a child of the 60's and 70's and I miss the days when Americans marched on Washington. I miss the days when the megaphone blared on the corner with a wholesome alternative message. I miss the days of freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. I miss freedom period. We are selling our souls to the devil in the name of big corporation, con agra, big pharma, big consumerism - and where would they be without us?<br />
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Indeed. Where would they be without you? Perhaps this year we need to send a very loud message to our government, our congress, our President, our enemies. Perhaps America needs to get a back bone, stand up in our local communities and fight back and let Monsanto and all of these other corrupt, blood sucking, dark shadow forces know that we will not take this lying down. I, personally, will fight for this country through my words, deeds, testimonies, and overall life long philosophy, which is love one another, do no harm, help one another, edify one another, lift others up, put others first, feed the world, pray for the world, forgive the world.<br />
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I wonder if this season will be any different. I wonder if the American people will continue to fund what will ultimately be our demise. If we continue on this path and look back and ask, 'how did this happen', I will be right there to tell them they chose to close their eyes on the big picture and deceive themselves into thinking their backyards were the only ones that were important. America, wake up! Our backyards are all attached. We are all connected. We are all in this together and we have the power to change everything. We have the power to take back our country. Just think how one million people, who decided not to spend their hard earned money this year on the latest and greatest bs gadgets, could effect the economy if they took that money and put it into a fund for resolution, not a bank mind you, but a mutual fund. The mutual fund would be for the future of America. Keep your money under your mattress. Do not put it into the Federal Reserve. Do not take out any more loans. Do not apply for any more credit. The system is overloaded and being cloaked in deception anyway. We are only making them fatter and more aggressive toward us. It's time to take our country back and it starts today.<br />
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I challenge you to do things simpler this year. Buy less. Do not be the one who doesn't care how it's made, what creature had to die in order for you to be warm in it, how much it costs 'cause you got it like that. Believe me, money and power corrupt completely. Just look around. We have no one to blame except ourselves. Take the 'I'm taking America back' challenge and put your money in your pocket. Just watch and see what happens.<br />
Maria Lynn Gattusohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437890064627085410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091459440024899208.post-87835902300349260722014-09-19T13:56:00.001-04:002014-09-19T13:56:56.135-04:00Believe In What You Want To See<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Seeing isn't always pretty. Seeing is sometimes the hardest thing to do when your heart is wide open. You don't want to see everything there is to see but because of your awakening, you must. Perception is a counter balance, of course, but even in the balance the truth of what you see, witness, get close enough to be burned by, can be alarming. If I didn't have a spiritual life, faith, and a daily disciple of meditation, prayer and exercise, I might become overwhelmed.<br />
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Does anyone out there feel this way?<br />
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These are amazingly transformative times. You are either aware and going with this new energy, or you are unaware, perhaps still self absorbed by the ego and believing in the old status quo, the old paradigm. If you are the former, bravo, you've found your path, keep going. If you are the latter, there is still plenty of time to get onboard and change your life for the better, raise your vibration, and create more peace on the planet.<br />
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The fundamental questions remain, "What is your life really all about"? "Why are you here"? "What is your true purpose"? Perhaps you've already answered these questions sufficiently in your life and you are pursuing all of your dreams with passion and determination. Perhaps you've had a spiritual encounter or awakening that catapulted you to the next 'spiritual level' and you are now reaping a harvest and gathering the fruit thereof. Perhaps you've only just started to question your purpose and you haven't got a clue. Perhaps you really don't care and just want to play video games. Welcome to the club. We're all in this mix somewhere. We've all been on one overlapping path after the other. This is the human learning experience and one of the keys to a good learning experience is to be asking the questions. There are no wrong questions. Just keep asking them of yourself, of each other, of Spirit, of Almighty God. The answers most definitely come to the heart that is searching. Test the answers. Listen carefully and make sure you're not spinning the answer to keep you exactly where you are. Accept the truth and know that sometimes (most times) it's not what you think. Keep the faith and keep tapping into the quest for more knowledge. You, just like me, will not be disappointed. A true and pure heart searching for the truth will surely not search in vain. You will, indeed, find more and see more than you could ever have imagined.<br />
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Yes seeing is great especially in a world seemingly so blind to the damage that it does. The opposite of that is also true. The way this paradigm is set up, it is completely blind to the good that the world does even more. We have a skewed perception due to the media and the information we absorb when in fact, if we tapped into the spiritual perspective, we would see things very differently. There is good in the world, quite a lot of it. And rest assured, someone is keeping track. The world and the way it exists should tell us that history can be read through many, many divine and natural sources. The truth will always be revealed and you will know the truth when you see it.<br />
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So now that you're asking the questions and receiving answers through life experience, repeated lessons, prayer, and meditation, what do we do with all that we see?<br />
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Pray. Pray for the world to be peaceful. Pray for the hungry to be fed. Pray for the blind to see. Pray for the weak to be strengthened. Pray for the lonely to be comforted. Pray for the sick to be healed. Pray for the wicked to be enlightened. Pray for our enemies. Pray for the suffereing that the Holy Spirit would minister to them. Pray until you fall asleep from exhaustion and when you arise, pray some more.<br />
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If you can see what I can see, the world needs healers, prayer warriors, and spiritual leaders willing to pray the human race into the most amazing revolution the world has ever seen. Love will change the world. Love will heal the world. Love will cover a multitude ... and let's stop and look at that for a minute. I emphasize that a record is being kept....and the Scripture I'm quoting above - love COVERS a multitude of sins. Why would it need to be covered if in our sinful nature we purposely covered it? Who can see it? Who can see the wrong things we do in the shadow? ~*~<br />
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There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. There are no tears that will not be wiped away or any heartache that will not be mended. These healings are happening, in the here and now. You need not wait. If you want to see clearly, seek clarity. If you want to see with eyes of compassion, seek compassion. If you want to see the love of humanity, seek the source of all love, the Spirit of Love itself. You will not be disappointed when, with practice, your seeing eyes and your perception will reach a most effective level.<br />
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Pray for what you see, hope for what you cannot.<br />
Maria Lynn Gattusohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437890064627085410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091459440024899208.post-62131540655255337982014-07-28T20:51:00.000-04:002014-07-29T10:34:03.068-04:00Yielding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a great, little while since I've written, but I've been really well. I hope this finds you well also and I hope you enjoy the video I posted. I just stumbled upon it (HA - as if), and it just so eloquently delivers a mirror into my soul. I need to move to Hawaii. Don't be surprised if I do. I've been to Kauai and I'm just yearning to go back, more than ever. This just kind of clinched it for me. Reiki is pretty popular there (everywhere) and if I could find a job there - poof. Watch me.<br />
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Well, why not? I've got nothing to lose and I really have the limitless sky holding me back. And, if you're going to start over, why not in paradise? Oh no, it really is. Turtles, whales, beaches, rain forests, hawaiian culture and love. It's America, only paradise. It's on my list - and as they say, be careful because your worst nightmare comes true in the end...that's why, my worst nightmare is retiring somewhere on one of the islands of Hawaii. Why not? After this past Winter...<br />
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Some seasons are colder than others and spiritually speaking, the Winter of my soul is over. This I know. I am heading for warmer seasons. I feel it. Either way, I'm finding grace to be the order of the day and complete trust. Well, the other way around really. First, I completely trust and then the grace of God meets me and lifts up my heavy chin toward bluer skies. Truer skies. I'm liberated. I don't have to work at it. Effortless and easy becomes the awakening. And, what a great peace and deep knowing in "all is well", and "all is as it should be". I just keep showing up, meditating, praying, and setting healing intentions and know I am venturing into the manifestation territory of my future and dreams. I know I am stepping into that which God has carved out for me. I've heard that in my spirit many times. I know that the more I listen and the more I yield, the more God will lead. That really becomes the effortless and easy part.<br />
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I gave a Reiki lecture recently to some beautiful students of Bergen Community College, and I've been practicing Reiki regularly. I also aquired my Akashic Record Certification at a long weekend workshop. I've come a long way - or should I say, Spirit has led me a long way. Yes. Yes, that's what I will say. <br />
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Glory to the Most High God, who lives and reigns and has Her being in me. I'm so looking forward again. It's been a while since I've really felt the lightness and hope of that sentiment. I deserve it. Just me, just the way I am. I AM. <br />
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<br />Maria Lynn Gattusohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437890064627085410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091459440024899208.post-52029034301872368532014-03-18T11:12:00.000-04:002014-03-18T11:12:45.400-04:00Life Springs Forth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While Spring may be 24 hours away, I can feel the seeds of newness, joy and miraculous possibilities springing forth inside of me. I no longer feel that blanket of doubt and fear. I believe I have truly come out the other side. <br />
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My beloved Cricket is amongst the stardust as I type. My two favorite guys in the whole world (truth be told there are a few more favs) are on the glorious mend and I am happy, delighted, relieved and not surprised, that I am cancer free. <br />
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This moment is full of potential and life and while life may still be challenging, and who doesn't love a good challenge, I am completely up for it. I feel like a newborn looking out of new eyes for the first time and all that I see is glorious. I can't quite explain it yet. There is something more going on inside. I am not who I used to be and I think I am heading for some major changes that will propel me into the being I have been sculpted to be. There are no coincidences. There is a master plan and I feel that I have just stepped into the magical steps that are my life. <br />
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All is well and as it should be. It always has been, but there is a certain clarity, fearlessness, appreciation, and love that I am only just now beginning to realize. These have always been inside of me but life acts as the watering can to induce growth in stagnant places. Once you turn toward the light, the light springs forth and waters, nurtures and more than grows. There is some serious growing going on....just in time for Spring. <br />
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I am truly grateful and happy to be alive. I know I have work to do, souls to heal, people to teach. Thanks be to God for I am truly on the path to fulfilling my life's purpose.Maria Lynn Gattusohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437890064627085410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091459440024899208.post-4297186840024437912014-03-10T21:20:00.000-04:002014-03-10T21:46:22.787-04:00Trying Times<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I type this, I am sitting vigil with my beloved cancer stricken feline companion of over 13 years, Cricket, a.k.a., Cricksley Wicksley, Wicket, Wick. Cricket has been the most vocal, most anti-social, most fierce, love and attention starved being I've ever rescued. From the day I rescued her, I noticed that she was quite needy and traumatized from wherever and whatever. I rescued her from the local animal shelter, along with her sister Rosie, and now here we are. We have done all we can do for her medically and the vet gave her only a couple of days, so now, it's just a matter of time. I have been giving her Reiki, intentionally of course, and it's just flowing all the time now. Just thinking about her starts my hands up. I've learned alot about healing from her in the past couple of years. I am happy to say she's resting comfortably right now, having eaten and taken water, so there's still quite a lot of fight in her. She even managed to sit in the sun today - the thing she loves more than life itself.
I honor her. I love her and I am so very grateful for her loyal companionship. I hope that I have been everything she's ever needed and I truly hope that I am and will be all she needs now. This is just the craziest week for this kind of thing.
Tomorrow, I go for my yearly mammography.
That deserves a line all by itself doesn't it?
Dare I say that I have tremendous faith that I am cancer free? I feel well despite the radiation pneumonitis that I had 11 months ago. Truth be told, I feel really great. I mean, I am a fright to see right now with puffy eyes and a broken heart, but I'm optimistic about my health. Stay tuned. I will definitely update this blog.
Now, the only things left on the agenda are two of my most favorite people in the whole world having major surgeries this week. Two very dominant males in my life are going for surgery one day apart. I have been sitting vigil with Cricket for the last 24 hours...I think this is going to be a week and half for me. I promised myself I won't cry anymore today. I know with everything going on emotion is to be expected and I allow myself all the crying time I need until it's time to move on. Crying is a huge release of energy, and a cleansing as well. Then, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start all over again. I am doing just that. It's just that right now, this week, last week...tremendous pressure. It's good to blog about such things, processes and challenges, but most of all solutions, coping skills. Prayer, meditation, gratitude, consciousness...all tools in the coping skill bag of tricks.
I know that both of my guys are going to be fine. God is looking after all of us. We put our faith in him. He makes our crooked ways straight, He heals our wounds, He guides our steps. God bless you Frankie and Jimmy. I love you with all of my heart. I couldn't ask for better friends and you couldn't ask for a better prayer warrior.
God speed to all my beloved, no matter what they're facing. May the Hand of God protect them and heal them. I hope that when I look back and read these, or when you read these blogs, that you (we) learn something about human nature, human spirituality, divinity, prayer, belief, grace....cause this is the real deal. This is what life is all about. The yin and the yang. Finding the Face of God in everything. I am indeed learning to find the Face of God in everyone and everything.
Everything. That's a lot of stuff. That's all the stuff.Maria Lynn Gattusohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437890064627085410noreply@blogger.com0