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Jun 10 2020

The Heart of the Nation

The heart of the nation is raw
With fear and violence
Burning anger and rage
Beatings, smashing, and killings

And still we do not see
That we are part of the cause
We are the blinded ones
We are hiding from the darkness

We live in safe communities
And hope the discomfort
Quickly passes us by
With little disruption to our lives

Let others do the marching
Let others deal with the fall out
Surely this will “return to normal”
Sooner than later, as swiftly as possible

But the images are so bloody
What if we were one of those
Being singled out for our skin color
Being chased and killed through hatred

We want protections from this happening
We want everyone to make this go away
We want the cops to stop being racist
We want those killings to cease and desist

But it is not only the killings
It is living in abject fear of being singled out
Living with constant need to keep one’s head down
Every single day in public and never feeling safe

This causes entrenched resentment
Deep anger, righteous indignation
Mistrust and more segregated communities
Mistreatment for all while everyone lives in fear

When one among us is at risk
We are all at risk because we tolerate
Those among us who are at risk
And go about our lives as if we are separate

Nothing works when this is the response
No one learns to change, when isolated
No one practices compassion unless
Closeness is personal and meaningful

Beware, our feeling bad does not change a thing
The compassion felt from TV news touches no one
The shaking of one’s head and returning to normal
Leaves those at risk, still at risk

All have to stand for justice
For freedom, for goodness for all
For opportunities for all
For good systems available to all

This has to be the way forward
To stem the flood of sorrow and grief
Beyond simply patching up the brokenhearted
All have to banish racism in all forms

Then all become truly safe and whole
No other way works for all people
And so it is, for now and for always
With determined hearts, so it can be.

Oct 03 2018

The Other

My heart aches and hurts
The hatred of the Other is just everywhere
In hearts, in words, in news, across the globe
In the fabric of the past
In the trajectory of the future

I so need a respite from hatred of the Other
From the darkness of the fear around me
From the active hatred of those who are seemingly different
From the unexamined actions of the fearful
From the harmful experiences of one against another

We are from the same cloth, the same Light, the same Oneness
But bitter darkness comes from within you
It is externally aimed but inwardly cultivated
The we-ness and the they-ness continually fed
A well worn path of judgement, costing all in body

Seek within, seek the Light, seek Forgiveness
Seek to clear the anger, the fear, and the pride
Consuming you and all you come into contact with
This is not your true self
Only a step along your eternal path

This too shall pass if you make it so
Profoundly enter Silence, be Kindness, hold Peace
These paths lead to healing
Lead to release from fear and terror
Lead to another way to move forward

There is really, truly, no Other
Their seeming presence is for our learning
We get to learn these lessons
Lifetime after lifetime
Varied circumstances, same lessons

We come here to heal the we-ness, they-ness
Take this up with yourself
Stop the madness around you
Seek Peace and Forgiveness
Begin to love yourself within and loving the Other will follow

Jul 25 2018

Experiencing God From Within

“God is in the heart and soul of every being. And when you open within yourself the secret temple in your heart, then with the all-knowing intuition of the soul you shall read the book of life.” Paramahansa Yogananda (1)

What does this mean? You have to go within to fully actualize who you are. You are vastly more than the localized body and life you live day to day. You are connected to the non-local energy of All That Is, all the time, whether you know it or not. If you want to fully reap those benefits, you have to go to Silence within and listen to the still small voice of God which is delivered through the intuition of your soul, your eternal self.

Yogananda continues, “Then and only then will you contact the living God. Without this feeling in your heart, there will be no answer to your prayers. You may attract what your positive actions and good karma permit you to have; but to receive a conscious response from God, you must first attain Divine attunement with God.” (2)

Divine attunement with God refers to actively going into Silence with the express purpose of making conscious contact with the energy of God/Divine Source. As you discover imbalances within, you clear them and come into greater attunement with Divine Source. You have to want to have a personal exchange with Divine Source to have that manifest. Attunement means coming into balance, into the same frequency as God. This only happens in the quiet conscious seeking of Divine Source.

You may be afraid of what you will feel or be told about your faults if you expand your personal relationship with the living God. The truth is that you are so loved, way beyond the ability of your imagination to comprehend this. You are first and foremost here to develop a two-way relationship with All That Is. You are here to heal that which is not who you truly are; your fears, your anger, your unforgiveness, and your self-criticism.

You are here to seek peace and joy within. You can’t do this anywhere else. You can’t do this when you leave your body or when you take a different form from your human body. You have to find this path to the living God while in a human body. That is the reason you are in body. When you find this path to God, you can create the life, relationships, peace, and loving wholeness you are seeking. You get as many chances as you need to do this.

Begin now and expand the time you currently allot to experiencing connection with God. Every moment you allot to connect with Divine Source comes back to you one hundredfold. (Mark 10:30, King James Version)

Conscious Seeking of God

1. Find a place where you will not be disturbed

2. Open Sacred Space (even if you are unsure about what that fully means just yet)

3. State your intention for being with Divine Source/God/All That Is/The Oneness

4. State your hesitations, your concerns, your troubles, your hopes

5. Be quiet, listen and be present

6. Give thanks silently or through writing to All That Is about what you are learning

7. Return frequently to experience clearer direction and connection with the energy of God, that energy within you and surrounding you throughout the Universe

Remember you are already hard-wired to Divine Source! You are simply amplifying that connection. There is no one right way to do this. There is only the way you learn to make space in your life for a living connection with God.

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Who is Paramahansa Yogananda ( 1893-1952)? He is widely regarded as one of the preeminent spiritual figures of our time who draws on his own direct experience of God. He teaches us to seek and pray the way that saints, sages, and mystics have sought God over the centuries- the way that brings life transforming responses. He has introduced millions of readers to the enduring wisdom of the East through his life story in Autobiography of a Yogi.

Notes 1 & 2, Yogananda, Paramahansa, In the Sanctuary of the Soul, Los Angeles, CA., Self-Realization Fellowship, 1998.

Jun 27 2018

Journeying to Peace

Did I come willingly seeking Divine Knowing?
Absolutely not
I came kicking and screaming
Furious and in severe pain

I came with profound anger, rage, and indignation
I came with pride and ego in unhealthy portions
I came with self-condemnation and judgement
I came broken beyond belief

I eventually gave Divine Source the time of day
The doors were astoundingly still open to me
In all my disillusionment and blame
In my self-created darkness, I could still enter

I was so full of rage it took years to clear the inner sources
Years to write out all of the furiousness of my existence
Seven years of daily digging up pain brought me to
Know I was eternally loved, warts and all

The warts were the point of this life
I was to look at all my issues, name them and cast them out
I was to work in partnership with Divine Beings
Those who had already done this and knew the way

This journey is available to all beings who seek
Ask and you shall receive
More than you can possibly imagine
We are here to journey within to Peace

Apr 18 2018

Confronting Rage

Rage is unbridled anger spewing out. It is usually aimed at someone or something and we call it rage because we have no control over when it erupts or who it hurts. It is worth addressing directly!

Where can you start if you have raging reactions with yourself or with individuals? The good news is that it is possible to clear your own energy field of the underlying issues manifesting as rage. Begin by listing the issues that trigger your anger and rage. What situations get you into your state of rage? There are reasons for rage, but if they have not been addressed for years and years, these reasons may simply feel like part of “who you are”. Rage in not a personality trait. Rage is a response to deeply hurtful issues which have not fully healed. Only you have a sense of what triggers your anger and fans the flames into rage.

Rage is tricky when power issues are also involved such as with blowing up with your children, with a spouse who makes less money than you, or with an employee who works for you. Saying you are sorry for your anger or rage response is a necessary first step but it is also insufficient. Stopping the behavior is the only completely acceptable way out of anger and rage. These are some of the triggers for anger or rage.

Negative judgment of others’ behaviors
Feeling overwhelmed by the implications for you when another person “slacks” off
Feeling disrespected and/or belittled
Feeling disempowered to bring about any change
Feeling challenged by another’s words or behaviors
Wanting things to go the way you want them to go regardless of other viewpoints
Feeling unheard and unimportant
Carrying old unhealed feelings about anger and rage experiences in the past
Choosing rage in order to remain dominant in a relationship

Any of these triggers can cause anger and rage, or not. The issue is whether you can heal the feelings you have that cause the explosive responses. Healing your rage really has nothing to do with the situation or the other person(s) involved. The rage is coming from within you and has to be healed from within you. As Einstein has noted, “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”

These incidents of rage have to be healed from a higher level of consciousness. The Six-Step Spiritual Healing Protocol leads you through a process of clearing. When working in Sacred Space and in partnership with Divine Beings, you have a real opportunity to succeed in clearing rage from your energy field.

Quick Overview of Steps

Open Sacred Space
Make a list of the feelings you felt when you reacted with anger that grew into rage
Name the trauma energies you carry which fueled the rage
Call for the clearing of the trauma energies you felt
Give thanks

Example Case

Brad frequently yelled with rage at Tim, his son, when he was “goofing” off and not doing what Brad thought he was supposed to be doing. Brad called him lazy, self-involved, a total waste of a person, and not even worth his time, among other things. He also lambasted Tim regularly for being a slob. This caused anger responses from Tim, frequently strained interactions between Brad and his son, and more and more distance between them.

Brad identified the following trauma energies he was carrying which caused him rage at Tim.

Rage, anger, and blame with Tim trauma energy and all symptoms
Fear that Tim was going to fail his classes trauma energy and all symptoms
Fear that his son would always be a failure trauma energy and all symptoms
Fear that his son had no good motivations trauma energy and all symptoms
Anger at Tim for squandering his opportunities (that Brad was working hard to offer him) trauma energy and all symptoms
Anger at his own Dad (for browbeating him all through high school) trauma energy
Resentment that his current boss blasted him regularly (for any small oversight) trauma energy

All these trauma energies were cleared from Brad’s field by using the Six-Step Spiritual Healing Protocol and new ways of working with Tim slowly came into their lives. He returned often to clear for other triggers he realized he was carrying which was helping in all the places anger and rage had been showing up.

Look at your rage and anger! Figure out what is behind the strong emotions you feel. Ask for Help in Sacred Space and clear for all the trauma energy you can name that might be fueling your rage. More peace, balance, and health awaits you. Your body, your energy field, your family, friends, and colleagues will all benefit from your doing this inner work!

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