Consciousness

The voice within

Timing is an intricate part of life, and knowing when something is the right time is obvious. The experience of life flowing on its own while you ride the wave, is how life should feel. There are times when life feels like a chore interspersed with struggle. This simply means that you are not flowing with your life, but against it. This is a call to change, for change is constant and creates expansion.

Your first reaction to change is hearing the little voice within. If you are consciously tuning into your thoughts and are questioning them, then you will want to decipher which voice is responding. Listening to your inner voice is key to the process of change and knowing where you are within your life in relationship to your spirit. It is not easy to follow the guidance of the inner voice as it can speak of surrender, and sometimes that can take you to the highest vibration within the situation. On the other hand, it can also be the ego voice that is resounding out of fear when it feels threatened. The ego does not like change. This voice will want you to act rash and resistant. There might also be a small voice within that wants to react out of pain, for this is the unhealed part of you that speaks out for protection, and hopes that if it speaks its truth it can find peace.

Wisdom lies within the voice that hopes to find common ground with your life, and the change that is upon you. The decision to change does not lie in the situation, but within that part of you that responds to the situation, and where within the response comes from. Life offers you choices and healing opportunities if you are consciously aware of them, through change. There is always one clear choice and you decide how you want to get there. ♥

Forgiveness is for You

Forgiveness is the most challenging of the six virtues. Yet, forgiveness is the key to evolution! The other six virtues cannot carry the evolution of your being without forgiveness.

Forgiveness starts with awareness. Being aware of something or someone that warrants your forgiveness is paramount to beginning the process. There are two parts to forgiveness. Forgiving the situation or person, and forgiving yourself. One cannot be forgiven without the other, for if you don’t forgive yourself, the act of forgiving is nullified as the pain is still there and nothing has truly been healed.

Forgiveness is a process of removing the need to blame someone or something for the pain you are feeling inside due to something happening that you have judged as an assault upon your being. This can be something you consciously experienced or something you have been programmed to believe. Either way, you believe you have been robbed of an opportunity to be happy. We are all responsible for our own happiness; either in understanding that we were temporarily under someone else’s jurisdiction, or the judgements we make because of feeling powerless. This belief or judgment creates resentment and becomes the pain that we feel in relation to the person or situation at the center of our being. The belief that the other person knew that they were causing you pain further exacerbates the experience causing you to feed the pain with more grief, and allowing further injury to occur. This is a never ending cycle of blame and self torture that grows making you a victim of your own misconceptions.

Forgiving is not an easy thing to do as it requires you to be responsible for the pain that you are feeling. The only way to forgive is to feel responsible for the pain and resentment you are feeling. No one can hurt you unless you allow them to do so. You were willing to allow someone to hurt you that was injured themselves. No one causes anyone pain unless they are in pain themselves. The question to ask yourself when potential injury arises is; what part inside of you is weak and subjective to injury by the other? Once this is identified, how can you strengthen that part of you to avoid further distortion or injury? Finding a way to avoid the situation from happening at all is the mark of an expanded consciousness and willingness to take responsibility for your being. This is the mark of a spiritually mature being, and requires courage to move past the need for acceptance and approval. Once you have discovered the power within yourself to provide all that you need, forgiveness can begin. You will actually want to forgive those you feel have wronged you as the imprint of their pain upon you is gone.

Forgiveness is for you. Although you feel it may be letting someone off the hook, you do not have that power. The person was ‘on the hook’ already and that is why they injured you, otherwise the situation would have never happened. Bring yourself to the point of being willing to forgive and you have come more than half way! The joy and happiness that lies on the other side of forgiveness will take you to newer heights of love and peace within. No one can do this for you, this is your expansion and personal Spiritual Awareness that only you can heal and empower. There is much grace here for you. Feel it and it will give you strength and will.  Be Well Be Love ♥

Lighting the Way

Your conscious awareness is complex, as it can be easily distracted and functions on many different levels. Focus is the key to clear consciousness, as it is more than the mind. Consciousness involves many parts of your being as there are different levels; the mind, the subconscious mind, the body, the heart, your Soul Spark, and the coding within your cells, are just a few of the levels of consciousness that you coordinate every moment.

Genetic coding is the history of your biology that exists within the cells of your physical body. This cell memory operates without your knowing it, and acts like a type of program running in the background. The influences of this ‘program’ are obvious when you have some thoughts come up that are ‘preset’ ways of thinking and reacting. These codes are activated more and more as we mature due to the experiences that we have that connect to these codes.

When a situation or thought arises that brings up a preset response from you, question it. In questioning this you take a focused look at where the response comes from and whether or not you choose to keep the response the same. If you choose to change your response, you will dissipate the coding, or program if you will, over time. This is all done with intention through focused response. This may take time depending on your strength of will and intention, and whenever the situation or thought arises again, you will remember you are choosing to change your response until the program is adjusted or gone.

This is part of evolving and expanding to create your own energetic signature (we will call this Light) within the world. This is the unspoken part of you that surrounds you and responds to other energies (people, places) within the world. The stronger your Light, the more you can influence the world around you and be a force for good in the world!

Your Light is more who you are than any other part of you. Your light sets the stage for your life and your experiences. If your light is layered with fear, the things you fear will be drawn to you. At the same time the love that you have will also be drawn to you. It is easier to fear than it is to love. Fear is innate as it is embedded within the memory of your physical being and the programming that was set forth when you were young. Centuries of wars and economic stress is carried forward with the genetic coding (memory) of your cells. This is also why the programming of fear was so easy when you were young. Yet again, your experiences, reactions, and light is embedding and changing your cells as well. Love can heal all things, and when you choose focused love in your responses, it dissipates the fear. Love is stronger than fear, it just takes focused conscious awareness to initiate and integrate within your being.

The more you come from love, the more your light will help others to have clarity and want it for themselves. This is the change you can be in the world! Your light signature is unique, as is your journey. The more light you are the more light you become, and the more joy you will experience. Be Well, Be Love ♥

Truth

Opening to truth at times is not an easy task, and yet that is what you must do. Despite all of the distractions in your life it is important to reach into the center of your being; the truth of your existence.

You are here to experience your life through your perceptions and personality, as no one else can be you. This makes your journey unique and special. You will never experience anything the same way twice, which means that you are expanding every moment of every day opening to new ways of being, possibilities, and ideas.

There are many distractions to keep you from discovering the truth. Distractions cannot keep you from the truth unless you want them to. This means that you may fear the truth. Knowing the truth is claiming responsibility for knowing it. And, because you know the truth, you may feel you must do something about it. What if you discovered truth and didn’t do anything about it? This will not happen, as discovering truth shifts your consciousness and elevates your awareness to match the vibration of the truth. You cannot ‘unknow’ something just as you cannot ‘unbe’ who you are! When you vibrate to the truth, you increase your frequency to meet authenticity and genuineness. This in turn adds peace, happiness, and joy to your experience.

How do you find the truth? Ask, and it shall be revealed to you. The pure intention of wanting to know the truth will create circumstances to have it revealed to you. It takes a great amount of courage and love to create the intention of finding the truth, and yet that is the key to your evolution and expansion. You are here to evolve. That is the truth. If you find yourself faced with a situation that requires you to look at the truth within, know that fear is not the answer; as that is what might come up first. Understand that there is nothing to be afraid of except fear itself. Simply observe what your reaction is to the truth, and uncover the reason for your reaction. If you are not uncovering truth, you are not evolving.

It is not easy to accept truth, and for times such as those you can call upon the grace that is here for you. For accepting and living truth brings love into your life and grace is part of love. Do not fear the truth for it is who you are!   Be Well, Be Love ♥

Emotions, Feelings, & Changes

Emotions can be strong with many layers and varieties of feelings. This can sometimes make a situation more confusing and disconcerting. Trying to find your way through the mire of your emotions is a challenge and one that seems to take on a life of its own. There are differences between emotions and feelings. They are not the same nor do they come from the same place.

Emotions come from the mind and feelings come from the heart. Thoughts that you have invoke emotions, which in turn create feelings. Let’s observe the feeling of joy. When you think of a situation or event that brought you the emotion of elation and upliftment (joy), you felt it as happiness and love within your heart. Thoughts create the connection with the mind/heart. Emotions are what is created by the thought, and in turn the heart turns the emotion to a feeling. This creates a vibration within your being and reverberates through all of your chakras (energy centers) and either strengthens them or weakens them. What follows creates attitudes and reactions to these instances with the information being stored for later reference and recall. This is why so many situations may feel the same to you and your reactions to them seem to start to loop. Your heart remembers the vibration as soon as the thought creates the emotion. This makes it easy to react quickly to thoughts as your mind ‘compartmentalizes’ the information making your reaction automatic. This does not allow for evolution, change, or growth as your emotions, perceptions, and feelings do not change.

How then, can you keep this from happening? Within each moment lies the opportunity to create something different. This is a conscious act in the now, and you must be fully present to respond to the thought that is creating the emotion. Being present allows you to check the emotion that is being revealed about the thought and adjust it consciously, before allowing it to become compartmentalized. This allows for change, growth, evolution, and clarity within. Nothing will change unless you change.

Each time you change your reaction to something, it creates a different vibration which changes something (or your reaction to someone) within your life. This creates alignment that reflects back to you the life that you are creating for yourself. It has been said that we are Creators. This is a part of that power!

Allowing for differences within each moment, even if you are dealing with same situations or people, can reveal to you a different facet of thought or supposition to incite a specific response within. If you are evolving no two moments are the same, which means no reactions, emotions, or feelings are the same. Allow yourself to change, and your life will change too. You can have more peace, happiness, joy, and love in your life. It is up to you!
Be Well, Be Love ♥

Inner Self

There comes a time to remember Who You Really Are. Now is such a time.

Within the depth of your being lies your true self. This is the part of you that is beneath all the programming and layers of painful experiences you have had. This genuine, authentic, and loving ‘self’ is there always wanting to be felt and heard. It is full of beauty and grace, and has no judgments or inclinations to harm. There are many times when you have connected with this part of yourself and allowed it to flow upwards and out. These are times when you felt pure love and acceptance of self. It may also have been an experience that didn’t last long! These writings are meant to help you heal, and create balance within your being so that you may connect with your inner self without fear.

If you stay steadfast in your journey towards aligning with this ‘authentic’ self, you will become a light being assisting others in their processes. This does not mean that you will change or be someone different than who you are now. It means that you will stop feeling the need to control and judge others, change to align with your environment, feel the need to defend yourself, be resistant, and other uncomfortable states of being.

At the center of this alignment with your true self lies proper discernment and wisdom. Love is an emotion, and it is also a way of being in the world that does not threaten your presence nor anyone else’s. It is working towards the good of all concerned, and allowing without expectation, things to be what and who they are. The true self has nothing to fear, dread, or expect. This is the best you can be and feel, as you encounter life each day. It is possible and achievable. It comes with knowing what truly matters and what doesn’t. It is a conscious state of being and not ‘automatic’. It is not a sense of getting there, it is a process of staying there. Your journey in this life is not a destination. You have heard this before, and the meaning of this concept escapes you when things feel strained. When that happens, it is your ‘program’ accessing inner files for how to react and what to believe under the circumstances. If you were to take a few moments and allow yourself to consciously look at your reaction to the situation, you might find yourself to be resistant, defensive, judgmental, or controlling which takes you out of alignment with your true self. Is it a repeat of your ‘belief system’ that is kicking in and keeping you in a stymied pattern? Is it truly serving you and all concerned? Are you allowing growth and accepting the situation for what it is, or are you wanting to change it or perceive it in the same light as before? Is that for the best, and does it include evolution for yourself and others? If you were to connect with your inner self at these times, you might find a different attitude or reaction to the situation. For as you hold yourself and others in a ‘pattern of sameness’ with your reaction there is no healing, growth, or expansion. Your perceptions should they stay the same, will not allow change to happen for yourself and others. You cannot expect to expand or evolve which means that nothing will change and your life will stagnate. How can you want this for yourself or others? It is not easy to change your ‘program’. Your inner self does not operate within a ‘program’. Connecting with your true self will allow, align, heal, expand, and accept as it is all encompassing and will show you what is best for yourself and others. It is true love, and alignment with your true self that connects you to your Creator and the truth of any situation.

In a perfect world you would want this for yourself. It is not easy, nor is it a fast fix. It is something you can strive for if you so desire, and in finding this place within, more often than not, you will create a better world for yourself. Things will start to change around you and your life will have more flow! Opening to the possibility of this is a good first step. Be in touch with your heart, think with your heart, and find this balance of thriving. It IS possible!

Be Well, Be Love ♥

Peace within

Finding peace within can be a challenging prospect, however this is what matters most.

Peace starts within the mind, as that is where perspective originates. When the ego mind is active, it generates fearful perspective creating resistance generating defensive mechanisms to kick into gear. But what is there to defend? Defending yourself happens instantaneously and almost without your involvement! The feelings associated with these thoughts are painful, and your inner peace is nowhere to be found. How can you maintain your inner peace no matter what is going on around you? This is something that requires effort and focus.

Your feelings are your guide, for they radiate your place of power within. You can either question your reaction to what is going on around you, or you can surrender to the situation without giving up your power. Surrendering is not a weakness as you have been taught to believe. Surrender can be wise. It is not a matter of giving in, but a matter of choosing not to interface with something or someone to create or uphold a toxic situation. If something or someone is disturbing your inner peace, this means your perspective may be an issue, or you’re in a situation that may not be about you but the other individual(s) involved. At this point it is good to ask yourself ‘what is my path to peace in this situation’. This can give you a revised perspective or help you understand that sometimes doing nothing is best. If you choose to do nothing, this may look on the outside like surrender. When you choose to stay centered and peaceful within, you are generating the energy of love to all involved.

There can be many thoughts within your mind that want to create disturbance. If you question the thoughts you are having, you will find that these thoughts are related to past situations or events that may be unresolved within your being. If you take the time to write down the essence of these thoughts, you can work with them later. Many times these thoughts have nothing to do with the situation or person involved, they are merely the ‘trigger’. It may have to do with something within you that needs adjustment and healing, and the person represents the unresolved issues and mirrors it back to you.

Oftentimes, the answer is forgiveness. Not for the other, but for yourself. If you were to see yourself as your Creator sees you, there would be nothing but love for who you are. Now is the time of reconciliation. This brings peace within creating a heart/mind connection. The ego has nothing to do when you choose peace instead of war within! Find your path to peace and all can be well ♥

Self-Love

Self-Love is an important part of your spiritual evolution. This is the basis of your essence. Without self-love nothing in your world will work. Everything you are is based from this one expression. All your thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and actions come from self-love…..or the lack thereof!

Self-love feeds your energy and enlivens your spirit. This is a love of a spiritual nature that was created by Source to inspire and create within the world that was created for you. This love encompasses all parts of yourself, internal and external. As you care for your body you are caring for your spirit, for without the body your evolution on Gaia would cease. This is a heartfelt expression of your spiritual self. It involves seeing the good within and expressing virtuous actions toward yourself.

This love of yourself does not relate to the ego as this action of loving yourself is not admiration of the ego. You cannot love others without loving yourself first! The ‘you’ someone falls in love with, is the ‘you’ that you love first. If the love you have for yourself is superficial, then that is what someone else will love too. This would be the egoistic part of you expressing love for itself. This love arises in the mind (lower) and showers itself with materialism. This love is merely illusionary at best and hurtful at worst. It does not have any satisfaction and needs to be ‘replenished’ constantly. This is not self-love.

When you follow the thoughts of your higher mind, your expression comes from the heart. This is the love that you express back to Source. These acts of love are prayers of essence that combine with others to create an energy that reacts with Source energy. This loving energy seemingly reflects back to you, when in reality it IS you. When you give the love to others that you have for yourself, it comes back to you from all those you interact with. This then activates that part of you that is connected directly with Source and fills your life with all good things. This is experienced by internal peace, good health, happiness, and love. Love is our natural state of being. It is where we came from, where we are, and where we are going back to. Love yourself first, then you can experience the love that is around you! ♥

Virtues, Higher mind, lower mind

What are virtues? What bearing do they have in your life? What if any, role do they play? Are they important?

Virtues are prevalent with the alignment of your being with your higher mind. Virtues are the identifying factors of your inner self and the outward manifestation of the same. There are seven primary virtues of the spiritually balanced person. Those are: Tolerance, Patience, Forgiveness, Understanding, Compassion, Humility, and Valor. These are whole being virtues that are lived and practiced as part of who you are. These virtues can only be lived if the mind is in concert with the heart.

We have talked a lot about the ego in past blogs. The ego is not in alignment with these virtues. The ego expresses itself from the lower mind in the way of thoughts. Not all thoughts are ego based, but they are the loudest! There are two levels of mind; higher mind and lower mind. The ego expresses itself using the lower mind. This is the part of the mind that is mundane and automatic. It is the mind that ‘chatters’ all the time. It is also the mind where repetitive thoughts are generated. This lower mind is the generator of thoughts that keep you in crisis, chaos, and conflict to control you.

The higher mind is directly connected to the heart and your higher self. The higher mind exists behind the chatter. This is where the thoughts related to the seven virtues and the expression of your highest self are generated. The higher mind generates the ‘second thoughts’. These are the thoughts that are loving, kind, and courageous. These are thoughts that lead you to your highest good and that of everyone else. Aligning yourself with your higher mind will open you to new vistas of conscious awareness and perceptions. Once you practice recognition and focus upon identifying the higher mind from the lower mind, you will tune out the lower mind and ‘hear’ only the higher mind. This will lead to your true happiness and synchronicity with the world as it is meant to be. The more individuals that ‘sync up’ with the goodness and light of the world by working with the higher mind, the more your world will thrive and prevail. You are here to have a better world. That starts with each person finding their center and tuning into higher mind and the heart.

Our perceptions create the world we live in, and only those that match our perceptions can live in our world. If your perceptions are aligned with spiritual virtues and higher mind thinking, what would your world look like? It is there for you. Be Well, Be Love ♥

Within/Without

The conscious, energetic response to all within your world will draw the experiences to you that offer the greatest challenge and opportunities to evolve. There are no accidents or mistakes, as everything is on purpose for your growth and expansion.

Your Higher Self works in alignment with your being to connect with the seat of your soul within, and pull to you what you need to learn, heal, and awaken within your life for personal and spiritual evolution. This being the case, your conscious recognition and reaction to everything and everyone in your world is imperative to your succession!
The internal response you have to things will at times not be in alignment with the thoughts you have about the situation. This may create a conflict within that could complicate the issue. Which one will you listen to? When you get to the point that this happens frequently, you are awakening your heart and allowing alignment with your Higher Self. This leads to the evolution of your being and the awakening of your soul connection, creating spiritual accession.

You are all connected to the Source of your Being, and the conscious awakening to this connection raises your frequency and vibration drawing greater forms of expression within and without. There is no greater form of love than the understanding that you hold within yourselves to the purpose and plan of your life. Your reason for being equates and connects the dots to all that has happened and is happening in your lives. There is no greater place to find answers than understanding the patterns and associations happening within and without. There you will find the connections to all the facets of your life and the effect it all has on your plan and purpose.
The expression of your heart is apparent when you take a conscious look at your life. The conscious actions and reactions to the events and people within your world creates opportunities for growth and expansion on a personal level and emits vibrations of equal import. This then in turn assists others, and draws like experiences and higher frequencial opportunity for spiritual advancement.

You are in this world but not of it. Your happiness and evolutionary gain does not lie in the 3 D expression of the illusion this world creates. When you know that everything you do and every thought you have affects all things, and you accept the responsibility for your expressions within and without, you will find the happiness and peace you yearn for and be the carrier of change. This is the time to understand your purpose and live it to the greatest expression of who you are. This then will define your world and those within it. This is the true meaning of as within, so without. Be well, Be love ♥