The Mirror
Ego is a thinking process that's programmed to maintain your individual sense of self by creating illusion of the judgments you hold about you and projecting them into your outer world. In this way, your world is a presentation composed of people, things, circumstances and events that mirror what ego keeps hidden from awareness.
According to the feeling that you created for your self at the time you judged that you were subject to limitation, that feeling is triggered in you every time the essence of your held judgment manifests in your perception. What you perceive is only a demonstration of your beliefs, and when your awareness is absorbed by your dissonant feelings (instead of in observance of them), self pity prevents you from seeing the message being presented to you - by you - and for your own evolution.
Moreover, every time your judgment is made manifest and you believe the manifestation to be real, you are tempted by mind to create more belief that's logically associated with the underlying judgment - thus compounding your judgment's power of attraction.
Every feeling has meaning, and whatever you feel is a form of the emotion that binds your judgment to your self image for this life experience. When one exercises sufficient presence of mind to experience the feelings evoked by perception while observing the thoughts associated with those feelings, they allow the Light of Awareness/God/Source to burn through layers of delusion until the underlying judgment is also exposed and dissolved.
There is nothing else to do! All limitation is a phantom that dwells in darkness, and once exposed to the Light of your Awareness - it simply dissolves.
* Note: The ego is the master of illusion - it can hold many of judgments and beliefs hidden beneath mental and emotional layers that can divert one from the truth even as they are sincerely seeking it. If you are inspired to dissolve the trappings of mind, I encourage you to find someone willing and able to be your 'mirror' for the purpose presenting you with what you are not seeing on your own. If you are interested in engaging my service for this purpose, please contact me via email.
The "Sword" of God
The material self is nothing but energy projecting form. That energy is the source of all awareness and the creator of every individual reality. Our true identity is the energy behind the projection of form, while the material body and personality represent that energy as it has been filtered by ego (individual sense of self) through the layers of mind.
Energy creates every individual form out of nothing but thought, and energy experiences this time-space reality through the individual's awareness - even the blade of grass is a depiction of energy having an experience from that perspective. The creator aka God is not separate from any individual field of awareness (energy projecting a life form), so in essence every individual is God - both having a unique experience through their perception and projecting for the future with every thought.
Peace is the expression of Love, and Love is the essence of God. Biblical references to the sword of God are parables that point to the death and destruction humans create by continually following thoughts of dissatisfaction. These thoughts separate our awareness from the essence of God, and in Aramaic (the original language of the bible) that separation is the definition of "sin". "Sinful" thoughts command the creative force to manifest every variation of what we perceive as punishment or dis-ease in the world.
All is created by God - thus all killing, starvation, cancer and other disturbances perceived in the world are also the action of God - which is always perfect based on all thought that has come before. In this regard, it's the responsibility of every individual to keep imagining the reality that they desire and stay focused thereby in order to shift the energy of the creative force in the direction of the Soul's desire to experience its true essence.
It takes great courage to project thoughts of peace in the midst of perceived chaos, but each of us embodies the source of all power; and as we become more expressive of that power, Peace and Love are created through the particulars of our lives - giving evidence that we are walking the path of the eternal Self - and no longer creating from mental limitation.
There is nothing to do but follow but the soul's subtle guidance toward stillness - delivered through feeling - where individual awareness is merged with Godliness and eternal peace prevails. We are truly blessed!
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Self Compassion Heals Suffering
The level of intelligence of any living being dictates how specifically they are able to create for themselves and for the world. Human beings aren't victims or villains. We are the most powerful creators to ever walk this planet, and just like everything else, we are created and sustained by the energy of pure Love.
When we notice anyone suffering, the ego naturally seeks to protect the self image by ignoring the pain of another person, judging them for having created their circumstance or projecting thoughts that feel like victimization. All of these create an energy of disempowerment and reinforce the pattern of pain which manifests in our lives time and time again.
Everything in our experience is a reflection of ourselves. It's human nature to lay blame on “others” for creating things that disturb us, but the truth is that each and every one of us is responsible because everything in our world is created by consciousness, and we are that consciousness.
Likewise, when we feel defeated for ourselves or for anyone else, we add our energy to the current that has created and sustains the thing that we do not like. Surrender instead to the way things are, and gently shift your perspective toward feeling more Joyful about the possibilities.
Anything is always possible but we cannot be receptive to possibilities for the change we seek while we are focused on what we perceive as "problems".
Compassion is the key to creating new momentum for the one suffering and for everything else. This means allowing the pain to be what it is without judgment, and consistently returning our thoughts to focus on that which brings us Joy in the present moment.
This is not lying to ourselves because the authentic Self aka The Observer orchestrates all life circumstances for the benefit of the being, and is Joyful no matter what. Have compassion for yourself first for creating something that disturbs you, shift your thought-based energy to project your Joyful perspective, and heal the world with your presence.
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Judgment Sparks Creative Inspiration
Each person is infused with spirit that is powerful, pure and capable of having a life experience independent of the reality that society has created for us. "Right" and "wrong" are only concepts of mind based on individual perception. The idea that anything ever goes "wrong" is self limiting and creates a sense of victimization. In reality, everything has always gone perfect given all thought that has come before.
The system of greed that currently runs our world requires our cooperation in order to sustain itself. That's why we are conditioned to support it through education, religion and media. But it has always been we who hold the power to free our minds and transform our world.
It's just a matter of clearing the fear-based beliefs that we need anything outside of ourselves to create a Joyful reality. From the mindset that we cannot live without something, our words, deeds, and thought based energy attracts disharmony.
We have the ability to judge whether we like anything or not and direct our focus accordingly so that we may experience the aspect of Self that is pure Joy aka Love aka Understanding - which is the driving force of our human existence. When we honor our own judgment and focus our thought energy on what we want, we harness the power of creation to fulfill our destiny. We only set ourselves on a one way train to mental anguish when we keep focusing on what we do not like, do not have or have not become.
Humans are the judges of the world, and we are constantly passing judgment about how things are. But when we do so with awareness, we transform judgment to acceptance and fear into inspiration.
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Love Transcends Judgment and Fear
It’s commonplace for spiritual seekers and especially Christians to deal with judgment and fear as part of a belief system. Seeing the world and fellow humans through these filters resists the Joy that we are meant to radiate through our physical existence while creating more of what has been feared and judged.
Judgment of any kind is choosing one thing over another, which creates energetic patterns that resist our Christ essence. Fear is in complete misalignment with the vibrational rhythm and flow of God, and is the creator of all conflict and struggle until it is used to expand our consciousness.
There is a beautiful Jesus quote in the Bible that says: "Judge not lest ye be judged". Every thought creates a resonant manifestation in the material world, and in this way we create judgment upon ourselves. Upon perceiving the manifestations of judgment, fear is felt, and instead of facing our fear, we cast more judgment – and so that cycle continues through time and space – just as this programming has been etched into our subconscious mind.
Nothing we do is negative or positive unless we perceive it that way. Judgment and fear resist something in creation - and that which we resist is multiplied.
Conversely, unconditional Love judges not – but accepts and appreciates all things in creation, moves in the direction of that which feels Joyful, creates more Joy, and glorifies God. Fear is the BEGINNING of wisdom, but it is only the beginning. In order to garner that wisdom, the fear must be used to discover what has been hidden from one’s awareness.
Through unconditional Love, fear and judgment can finally be used as tools to glimpse the true essence of our own Godliness.
God cannot be known to the human mind, and thus "respect and awe" may be the depth of one's thinking experience of God. But God can be known to the soul, and by tuning our energy to the rhythm of our true identity, we allow the part of us that is unified with God to be preeminent though our material body and mind.
Every soul is blessed and unconditionally Loved by God. We have only to allow our own presence in our lives, and God takes care of the rest. This does not happen through any set of rules, but through feeling and understanding.
Cultivating Kids Creativity
Newborn babies come into this world with no knowledge of right, wrong, good or bad. They are just like us, but they have not yet been conditioned to our way of life. Since we believe it is our job as parents to shape and mold them into model human beings, we get started on it shortly after birth.
To begin, we put them on a feeding schedule and subject them to painful medical procedures. By the time babies cut their first tooth, they have already learned that their needs don't matter all that much. As they mature, we continue to mold our children’s behavior through coaxing, discipline, rewards – whatever gets them to fall in line with “normal” society.
Beginning at the tender age of four or five, we force our kids to attend school whether they want to or not. Young children are made to sit at desks for hours on end, and if they upset their teacher, we punish them. If they are resistant to the punishment, we put them on drugs. We manage their behavior and exert control over our children until they graduate High School, and some of us even retain our control during college years.
Most adults live in a reality with possibilities that are familiar yet stale. But a child's reality is unlimited in creative possibilities, and thus they are unlimited in their ability to create anything they want.
The younger the child, the purer their creative energy. But as our children grow older, their memories become clouded with expectations, judgment, shame, etc. Instead of seeing them as equals, the most well meaning of us view our kids as being in need of some fixing.
They rebel at many different ages, and we punish them into submission. If we succeed, the child becomes an adult who knows that life is difficult, and that we win by conforming and competing against one another.
Through our own conditioning, we have led ourselves to believe that without discipline our kids would turn out all "wrong". Discipline is essential for a fulfilling life, but can be developed organically as Self Discipline. Instilling discipline from the outside inward creates a form of self discipline that is based on feelings of fear, guilt, shame and self doubt.
When anyone behaves a certain way for fear of punishment, they develop a habit of being led toward what they believe to be "right" actions through uncomfortable and painful emotion. The emotions of fear, shame, and guilt are prevalent in our society today, and they are the driving force behind a majority of our thoughts and actions.
As adults, it is our overwhelment with these emotions that causes conflict in our minds which translates to conflict in our lives and conflict in our world. Emotional instability is also the source of all addictive behavior. Conversely, adults with an emotional slate as pure as a child’s are naturally peaceful, loving and productive as they joyfully pursue their life's purpose.
Children are strongly connected to their truth, and they act in their own best interest. If we allow them to cultivate this, and couple it with worldly knowledge being gained through their own curiosity, they will make the determination that their best interest is always created when they honor their higher Self. When the higher Self is honored, all things benefit from our presence in the world.
It is the children who have the most potential to improve our reality in ways we do not understand, yet we do our best to stop them from creating anything that has not already been created. If we could simply see past the limitations we have created through our self image, and accept these young creators as our saviors, we will be supporting and encouraging the creation of an amazing new world.
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