What if, we are here on planet Earth to experience all that is?
What if, this is the only place in the Universe where we are privileged to experience it all, the good and the bad?
What if, we are in control of what we experience, and all that happens to us is created from our thoughts?
What if we are the masters of our world?
What if, we came here to Earth fully aware that it is our responsibility what we choose?
What if, we came to this planet fully equipped with an internal guidance system, which would help us choose the best feeling experiences?
What if, the internal guidance system are our feelings; good feeling feelings means we are creating things we want, not so good feeling feelings means we are creating things we do not want?
What if the things we don't want are also useful?
What if these unwanted things help us know what it is we do want?
What if, all we have to do to have all we want; health,wealth,happiness and love, is to focus ONLY on what we want?
What if our thoughts are really so powerful that they do create our reality?
What if what we are thinking today is creating our future?
What if what we were thinking in the past has created our present?
What if we really do have a choice?
What if it is we who create our heaven or hell here on Earth?
What if............?
Monday, 18 October 2010
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
A New Begining!
I'm back!!!!!
I have been on a private journey, practising what I have been preaching more or less and finding bits of myself I left behind, or was too scared to look at.
I have read some more, practised some more, forgiven some more and let go some more. Am I whole?
I was always whole, this is the most important lesson I have learnt; that the true essence of who we are; is and always was and will be whole and perfect.
I have re-membered that to become whole we need to separate in order to come back together.
We live in a world of separateness, or the illusion that we are separate, but in actual fact we are all ONE; as the body is made of many parts, they are not of much use by them selves, even though they are important in their own right, they are made to work together as ONE.
I have reflected more on the Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle, and read some other inspirational books on the law of attraction, and the conclusion I have come to, is that all wisdom is true.
Truth IS, it is always the same. There are many routes to it but Truth does not move, it waits patiently for you to accept this fact.
I can read something and see the truth in parts of it, I can dismiss other parts, but what is important the truth is there to be seen, whether we can see it or not.
When I have seen it, I know it to be real (true) for my heart sings. I feel some resonance, as if my heart is tuned into the same frequency.
There have been times when I have read something that does not resonate with me. Does this mean it is not true, or is it that I cannot see the truth. Truth is there, you have reached insight when you are able to see through the words. For behind it all is truth, waiting patiently to be reached.
I have also been re-learning, about who I really am. I have found the truth, again through words, as this is my medium of enlightenment. To others it may be something else.
I have come to see that I am not really just my body, my name, my culture, my religion, my sex, my marital status etc. I am part of the Divine. I am more Divine than all the rest of these parts.
I have also come to see that when I am in alignment with this bigger part of who I am, my life works. There still are similar situations, problems and issues, but the difference is that I am not been washed up by the waves. I can ride the waves and still be at peace.
How???
- By waking up each day from the starting point of wholeness and not lack.
- By looking at all the possible things that can go right today, than hold on to all that went wrong yesterday, and think more of the same today.
- By honoring my feelings, feeling the power they evoke inside me, trusting that I will not be engulfed by them, and breathing, whilst they gently subside.
- By understanding that at the end of an unhappy moment/event there is an opportunity for a happy outcome.
The above can be explained as follows:
If everything in this life is made up of opposites then the opposite of sadness is happiness. There is a variation of both these feelings/situations as there is variation in the hues of colour.
So on a scale of happiness/sadness it could look as below:
(Sadness)Pain->anger->frustration->surrender->forgivenes->PEACE(happiness)
As you walk on the the path towards happiness, you can experience sadness and along the path there is pain, anger, frustration and all the rest that can make us unhappy. The important thing to remember is that at the other end if you continue there is peace, which is happiness.
Surrender is not giving in to the situation or circumstance, it is an acceptance, a letting go of, and this gives you the opportunity to forgive, which is to fully release the past, leaving just peace.
Along this journey of life, we will be taking steps forward and then seemingly fall backward into pain. We can choose to stay at any point, we can bring in surrender at any point, we can forgive at any point. We don't have to ignore the hurt and frustration, just accept it, this helps for the biggest transformation.
Life offers many opportunities to find peace in all situations. It may seem a pointless venture since there is this situation of duality/opposites going on. But each time you forgive, you have put yourself on a higher level of understanding and consciousness.
You now have more awareness and more power of your actions. From this new awareness, you can reach peace quicker, as you are embodying more peace. You are being more of who you really are. You are aligned to the Divine, and the Divine is LOVE!!!
With an awareness that you are essentially made up of love, the more connected you feel to this part of you, the more peace you will see all around you.
So, here are my lessons, for now. I hope through these words you are able to see the truth. I hope you can see your own light shining through!
'A man should look for what is and not what he thinks should be'
Albert Einstein
I have been on a private journey, practising what I have been preaching more or less and finding bits of myself I left behind, or was too scared to look at.
I have read some more, practised some more, forgiven some more and let go some more. Am I whole?
I was always whole, this is the most important lesson I have learnt; that the true essence of who we are; is and always was and will be whole and perfect.
I have re-membered that to become whole we need to separate in order to come back together.
We live in a world of separateness, or the illusion that we are separate, but in actual fact we are all ONE; as the body is made of many parts, they are not of much use by them selves, even though they are important in their own right, they are made to work together as ONE.
I have reflected more on the Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle, and read some other inspirational books on the law of attraction, and the conclusion I have come to, is that all wisdom is true.
Truth IS, it is always the same. There are many routes to it but Truth does not move, it waits patiently for you to accept this fact.
I can read something and see the truth in parts of it, I can dismiss other parts, but what is important the truth is there to be seen, whether we can see it or not.
When I have seen it, I know it to be real (true) for my heart sings. I feel some resonance, as if my heart is tuned into the same frequency.
There have been times when I have read something that does not resonate with me. Does this mean it is not true, or is it that I cannot see the truth. Truth is there, you have reached insight when you are able to see through the words. For behind it all is truth, waiting patiently to be reached.
I have also been re-learning, about who I really am. I have found the truth, again through words, as this is my medium of enlightenment. To others it may be something else.
I have come to see that I am not really just my body, my name, my culture, my religion, my sex, my marital status etc. I am part of the Divine. I am more Divine than all the rest of these parts.
I have also come to see that when I am in alignment with this bigger part of who I am, my life works. There still are similar situations, problems and issues, but the difference is that I am not been washed up by the waves. I can ride the waves and still be at peace.
How???
- By waking up each day from the starting point of wholeness and not lack.
- By looking at all the possible things that can go right today, than hold on to all that went wrong yesterday, and think more of the same today.
- By honoring my feelings, feeling the power they evoke inside me, trusting that I will not be engulfed by them, and breathing, whilst they gently subside.
- By understanding that at the end of an unhappy moment/event there is an opportunity for a happy outcome.
The above can be explained as follows:
If everything in this life is made up of opposites then the opposite of sadness is happiness. There is a variation of both these feelings/situations as there is variation in the hues of colour.
So on a scale of happiness/sadness it could look as below:
(Sadness)Pain->anger->frustration->surrender->forgivenes->PEACE(happiness)
As you walk on the the path towards happiness, you can experience sadness and along the path there is pain, anger, frustration and all the rest that can make us unhappy. The important thing to remember is that at the other end if you continue there is peace, which is happiness.
Surrender is not giving in to the situation or circumstance, it is an acceptance, a letting go of, and this gives you the opportunity to forgive, which is to fully release the past, leaving just peace.
Along this journey of life, we will be taking steps forward and then seemingly fall backward into pain. We can choose to stay at any point, we can bring in surrender at any point, we can forgive at any point. We don't have to ignore the hurt and frustration, just accept it, this helps for the biggest transformation.
Life offers many opportunities to find peace in all situations. It may seem a pointless venture since there is this situation of duality/opposites going on. But each time you forgive, you have put yourself on a higher level of understanding and consciousness.
You now have more awareness and more power of your actions. From this new awareness, you can reach peace quicker, as you are embodying more peace. You are being more of who you really are. You are aligned to the Divine, and the Divine is LOVE!!!
With an awareness that you are essentially made up of love, the more connected you feel to this part of you, the more peace you will see all around you.
So, here are my lessons, for now. I hope through these words you are able to see the truth. I hope you can see your own light shining through!
'A man should look for what is and not what he thinks should be'
Albert Einstein
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Goodbye - time for change!!!
As I was in the bath, I was thinking about what I wanted to write as my next post. I thought of doing a series of posts with the title 'What do I think?' and with each post put a different topic and write about my pearls of wisdom picked up on my journey of life.
I went through various titles in my mind; friendship, relationships, love. I had snapshot memories from childhood to date showing how things I have learnt have shaped my experiences and how this has changed my perceptions.
I thought about changing the blog title, and a word kept pushing it's way to the forefront of my consciousness - Quintessence!
Quintessence - OXFORD pocket dictionary meaning 1.'The most essential part of something'
2. 'a perfect example of a quality.'
I tried other names in my head, such as essentially me, The real Christina Christou, Who am I?
With each title I had an issue. Me, I, Christina Christou, these are parts of who I am, I want the essential part, the perfect example of the the quality of that essential part.
I then went into ego mode - But what about my mentoring? What about the the angels? What about all the work I have put into trying to build my mentoring programme???
I spent over an our soaking in the bath, letting my ego fight it out whilst the quintessence of my being kept quiet, waiting patiently for the ego to burn itself out.
Then it came to me as quick as a flash of lightening - I was being guided to release my blog,to let it go.
Who was I being guided by? My Angels?
No!
This guidance was not external to me, it was inside me - it was my inner guidance!
Time to move on, grow up, take responsibility for my transformation!
It felt like I had passed the first initiation step and was moving on, with less help, being pushed to rely, not on myself as such, but to have faith and trust in something bigger than myself, angels, others.
Even though the guidance was internal, it felt not of me, but I felt a part of it - is this what it is to feel God's presence?
So, I am going to leave this blog, which I created out of love and hope. I have learnt many things through it, with it, without it. I have met some wonderful people, enjoyed their comments, and read some amazing blogs through it.
I have come face to face with some of my insecurities- the need for acceptance, approval, to make a mark, to feel needed and worthwhile.
Ultimately, I have been able to share what I have learnt along the way, sometimes revealing parts of myself, sometimes just hiding behind other's quotes or teachings. I have learnt from others but I have learnt more from my reactions to other's comments, or no comments.
In my last post, I mentioned a comment that set these changes in motion. Did she set them, or did she just give me the final push I needed to take flight?
I want to meet the wonderful being I am and truly face all that I have being offering to others. I have an incessant need to help others 'know' things, maybe I need to explore this a little further, what does this say about myself?
Maybe, all I will find is that this is my calling and that I should relax and get on with it, or maybe I may find something else.
I feel quite excited as I am surrendering to the moment, I don't know what I'm going to do, I don't even know what this all means, but what I do know is that it is essential.
I need to be true, congruent, real, firstly to myself, then to whoever else comes my way.
I am going to look behind each mask, each role I have played or carry on playing and look who is hiding there. I am going to shine the torch in every dark place and make peace with whatever is lurking there - then send it to its rightful place; past, future, or present.
What about my Mum's blog? 'Committed to love - a journey through grief?' That is TBA it is somewhere where I have a deeper connection with my Mum and my feelings about my loss. I will let it as is for the time being!
So, for now, I bid you all farewell. Will I be missed? Did I make a mark? Have I 'helped' anyone? Have I annoyed others?
I thank you all for being my platform, my sounding board, my companions on my journey. I wish you all well on your journeys.
Love and light
**********
I went through various titles in my mind; friendship, relationships, love. I had snapshot memories from childhood to date showing how things I have learnt have shaped my experiences and how this has changed my perceptions.
I thought about changing the blog title, and a word kept pushing it's way to the forefront of my consciousness - Quintessence!
Quintessence - OXFORD pocket dictionary meaning 1.'The most essential part of something'
2. 'a perfect example of a quality.'
I tried other names in my head, such as essentially me, The real Christina Christou, Who am I?
With each title I had an issue. Me, I, Christina Christou, these are parts of who I am, I want the essential part, the perfect example of the the quality of that essential part.
I then went into ego mode - But what about my mentoring? What about the the angels? What about all the work I have put into trying to build my mentoring programme???
I spent over an our soaking in the bath, letting my ego fight it out whilst the quintessence of my being kept quiet, waiting patiently for the ego to burn itself out.
Then it came to me as quick as a flash of lightening - I was being guided to release my blog,to let it go.
Who was I being guided by? My Angels?
No!
This guidance was not external to me, it was inside me - it was my inner guidance!
Time to move on, grow up, take responsibility for my transformation!
It felt like I had passed the first initiation step and was moving on, with less help, being pushed to rely, not on myself as such, but to have faith and trust in something bigger than myself, angels, others.
Even though the guidance was internal, it felt not of me, but I felt a part of it - is this what it is to feel God's presence?
So, I am going to leave this blog, which I created out of love and hope. I have learnt many things through it, with it, without it. I have met some wonderful people, enjoyed their comments, and read some amazing blogs through it.
I have come face to face with some of my insecurities- the need for acceptance, approval, to make a mark, to feel needed and worthwhile.
Ultimately, I have been able to share what I have learnt along the way, sometimes revealing parts of myself, sometimes just hiding behind other's quotes or teachings. I have learnt from others but I have learnt more from my reactions to other's comments, or no comments.
In my last post, I mentioned a comment that set these changes in motion. Did she set them, or did she just give me the final push I needed to take flight?
I want to meet the wonderful being I am and truly face all that I have being offering to others. I have an incessant need to help others 'know' things, maybe I need to explore this a little further, what does this say about myself?
Maybe, all I will find is that this is my calling and that I should relax and get on with it, or maybe I may find something else.
I feel quite excited as I am surrendering to the moment, I don't know what I'm going to do, I don't even know what this all means, but what I do know is that it is essential.
I need to be true, congruent, real, firstly to myself, then to whoever else comes my way.
I am going to look behind each mask, each role I have played or carry on playing and look who is hiding there. I am going to shine the torch in every dark place and make peace with whatever is lurking there - then send it to its rightful place; past, future, or present.
What about my Mum's blog? 'Committed to love - a journey through grief?' That is TBA it is somewhere where I have a deeper connection with my Mum and my feelings about my loss. I will let it as is for the time being!
So, for now, I bid you all farewell. Will I be missed? Did I make a mark? Have I 'helped' anyone? Have I annoyed others?
I thank you all for being my platform, my sounding board, my companions on my journey. I wish you all well on your journeys.
Love and light
**********
Sunday, 30 May 2010
Miracles of my discoveries!
I started this blog so I could share what I experience along my journey. I called it angel guided mentoring after putting the question 'out there' 'What shall I call my blog???'
The answer I 'received' was 'Angel guided'. I added the 'mentoring' as this is what I do - I mentor.
Why the need for this explanation??
I have had a 'kick' up the derriere these past few days. I have had a series of experiences which I believe have been 'angel guided' and at first did not think of them in this way.
I contribute to a blog called writers rising. Every so often I post something on the blog that I have also posted here.
I posted my article on 'Special Relationships', as I thought it had something important to share. I do get over zealous when I read something that lights my fire, and sometimes before letting it digest, I have a need to share it.
So, I did!
I received a comment on the writers rising from a lady who had not commented on my contributions before - Marilyn- It was not a complimentary comment, and if I had received this type of comment a few years ago, it would have paralysed me and pushed me back into my hole, where I would ruminate over the comment, dissecting each word, each letter, reading the worst into it.
But, I am not that person anymore, even though, I felt a twinge of a familiar emotion - strange I can't even think of the word.......bear with me......rejection!!!!
I truly could not remember the word, this happens a lot to me lately, may be I am becoming senile, or maybe words that don't have meaning for me anymore, stay dormant for a while.
Following is the comment from Marilyn;
but darling...what do you think? What are your ideas? We can cite others until we are blue in the face...where is the exploration of your journey and the miracles of your discoveries through what life has shown you. How does it all apply to you? What can you illustrate it with? Tolle has already written his work, his research...what is the application...in your journey? That is were words separate from life...for each journey has its own shared purpose and knowledge along the way. We are the subject matter experts of our own lives...
After the initial sting, I sat up and took notice. This was not any message, this was an important message. Once my bruised ego got out of the way, I could see, hear and be. I was present!
I thanked Marilyn for her comment and went to my bed room and let out a wail. It came from somewhere deep inside a forgotten cavern. I thought my insides would come out from the heaving of my chest.
What was going on???
An angel had visited me - Marilyn's message was angel guided, it was genuine, heart felt and said with love. I felt no malice, no criticism, no judgment. I felt a tug at my heart and soul, to wake up, to come out from behind their hiding place, to be real and true.
All that I have written on this blog is heart felt, full of knowledge and insightful. It is from things I have learnt along my journey.
Marylin shone her light on what I still have in the dark, MY personal wisdom, MY 'miracles of discoveries'- they are many, and it is like my soul is giving me permission to share it's treasures.
It is painful, admitting the truth, but more painful not being true to your self. So I give thanks to Marilyn and to all the other angels in my life of the invisible and physical realm for helping me see this truth.
I will be sharing more of myself in my future posts. I will still be referring to what I have learnt, as this is who I am - I thrive on knowledge and 'need' to share it- but I will be applying it to my experiences and sharing MY wisdom.
I hope this will ignite the spark in others who in turn can share their truth too.
With love and light
Christina - angel guided x
The answer I 'received' was 'Angel guided'. I added the 'mentoring' as this is what I do - I mentor.
Why the need for this explanation??
I have had a 'kick' up the derriere these past few days. I have had a series of experiences which I believe have been 'angel guided' and at first did not think of them in this way.
I contribute to a blog called writers rising. Every so often I post something on the blog that I have also posted here.
I posted my article on 'Special Relationships', as I thought it had something important to share. I do get over zealous when I read something that lights my fire, and sometimes before letting it digest, I have a need to share it.
So, I did!
I received a comment on the writers rising from a lady who had not commented on my contributions before - Marilyn- It was not a complimentary comment, and if I had received this type of comment a few years ago, it would have paralysed me and pushed me back into my hole, where I would ruminate over the comment, dissecting each word, each letter, reading the worst into it.
But, I am not that person anymore, even though, I felt a twinge of a familiar emotion - strange I can't even think of the word.......bear with me......rejection!!!!
I truly could not remember the word, this happens a lot to me lately, may be I am becoming senile, or maybe words that don't have meaning for me anymore, stay dormant for a while.
Following is the comment from Marilyn;
but darling...what do you think? What are your ideas? We can cite others until we are blue in the face...where is the exploration of your journey and the miracles of your discoveries through what life has shown you. How does it all apply to you? What can you illustrate it with? Tolle has already written his work, his research...what is the application...in your journey? That is were words separate from life...for each journey has its own shared purpose and knowledge along the way. We are the subject matter experts of our own lives...
After the initial sting, I sat up and took notice. This was not any message, this was an important message. Once my bruised ego got out of the way, I could see, hear and be. I was present!
I thanked Marilyn for her comment and went to my bed room and let out a wail. It came from somewhere deep inside a forgotten cavern. I thought my insides would come out from the heaving of my chest.
What was going on???
An angel had visited me - Marilyn's message was angel guided, it was genuine, heart felt and said with love. I felt no malice, no criticism, no judgment. I felt a tug at my heart and soul, to wake up, to come out from behind their hiding place, to be real and true.
All that I have written on this blog is heart felt, full of knowledge and insightful. It is from things I have learnt along my journey.
Marylin shone her light on what I still have in the dark, MY personal wisdom, MY 'miracles of discoveries'- they are many, and it is like my soul is giving me permission to share it's treasures.
It is painful, admitting the truth, but more painful not being true to your self. So I give thanks to Marilyn and to all the other angels in my life of the invisible and physical realm for helping me see this truth.
I will be sharing more of myself in my future posts. I will still be referring to what I have learnt, as this is who I am - I thrive on knowledge and 'need' to share it- but I will be applying it to my experiences and sharing MY wisdom.
I hope this will ignite the spark in others who in turn can share their truth too.
With love and light
Christina - angel guided x
Friday, 28 May 2010
Special Relationships!
Special relationships, what are they? We are talking about intimate, 'love' relationships, borne out of 'love'.
Maybe we should begin with the question of what is love?
'Love is patient,
Love is kind.
It does not envy,
It does not boast,
It is not proud.
It is not rude,
It is not self-seeking.
It is not easily angered,
It keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
But rejoices in the truth.
It always protects,
Always trusts,
Always hopes,
Always perseveres.'
1 Corinthians 13: 4-7
Therefore whatever is not the above, means it is not love???
So for example, taking one of the lines above, love- 'it is not easily angered.'
Does this mean when we are angry with our intimate partner, do we not love them any more?
It seems so!
But let's not use only the Bible's word for it.
Eckhart Tolle, an author and spiritual teacher, says that,
'If in your relationships you experience both 'love' and the opposite of love - attack, emotional violence and so on - then it is likely that you are confusing ego attachment and addictive clinging with love.......true love has no opposite.'
He continues,
'Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body...'
So what are special relationships? Or to put it another way, What is the purpose of a special relationship??
If they invariably create so much emotion, both positive and negative, where the negative is not love, and by the looks of it neither is the positive since it is the opposite of negative, and as said above, 'true love has no opposite'.
Is there a purpose, other than procreation?? Is there something more spiritual or is this it? - You fall in love, have a few good times, have a lot of bad times, have kids, make up, get on, fight again, stay together, or not, fall in love with someone else and start the whole process again, with a few variations.
Tolle believes that humans have increasingly become identified with their mind and therefore most relationships are not rooted in the present. This is why it turns into pain and conflict.
Avoidance of relationships does not dissolve this pain, since the problem is that the identification is with the mind and not the present moment - living in the past or future.
Relationships work on our need to become whole. To make a whole you need both masculine and feminine. That is the pull, the attraction, the search for wholeness, on a physical level, since at the core, we are whole.
So, other than the need for wholeness, what is the purpose of a relationship?
Tolle believes a relationship's purpose is not to make you happy or fulfilled. If you continue to look for happiness through a relationship you will be disillusioned over and over again.
Tolle says that a relationship's purpose is to make you conscious. Which in turn will bring you happiness, for being conscious is your natural state of being, just as love is your natural state of being. Accepting this will help you align with a higher consciousness.
How do you stay conscious? What is conscious?
Staying present, Being, not going to the past which is riddled with guilt, bitterness and hate, or darting to the future which is infested with worry, fear and anxiety.
Staying present makes you an observer. Being an observer, you are alert. Being alert keeps you present, dissolving any pain real or perceived freeing you to accept the NOW!
Maybe we should begin with the question of what is love?
'Love is patient,
Love is kind.
It does not envy,
It does not boast,
It is not proud.
It is not rude,
It is not self-seeking.
It is not easily angered,
It keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
But rejoices in the truth.
It always protects,
Always trusts,
Always hopes,
Always perseveres.'
1 Corinthians 13: 4-7
Therefore whatever is not the above, means it is not love???
So for example, taking one of the lines above, love- 'it is not easily angered.'
Does this mean when we are angry with our intimate partner, do we not love them any more?
It seems so!
But let's not use only the Bible's word for it.
Eckhart Tolle, an author and spiritual teacher, says that,
'If in your relationships you experience both 'love' and the opposite of love - attack, emotional violence and so on - then it is likely that you are confusing ego attachment and addictive clinging with love.......true love has no opposite.'
He continues,
'Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body...'
So what are special relationships? Or to put it another way, What is the purpose of a special relationship??
If they invariably create so much emotion, both positive and negative, where the negative is not love, and by the looks of it neither is the positive since it is the opposite of negative, and as said above, 'true love has no opposite'.
Is there a purpose, other than procreation?? Is there something more spiritual or is this it? - You fall in love, have a few good times, have a lot of bad times, have kids, make up, get on, fight again, stay together, or not, fall in love with someone else and start the whole process again, with a few variations.
Tolle believes that humans have increasingly become identified with their mind and therefore most relationships are not rooted in the present. This is why it turns into pain and conflict.
Avoidance of relationships does not dissolve this pain, since the problem is that the identification is with the mind and not the present moment - living in the past or future.
Relationships work on our need to become whole. To make a whole you need both masculine and feminine. That is the pull, the attraction, the search for wholeness, on a physical level, since at the core, we are whole.
So, other than the need for wholeness, what is the purpose of a relationship?
Tolle believes a relationship's purpose is not to make you happy or fulfilled. If you continue to look for happiness through a relationship you will be disillusioned over and over again.
Tolle says that a relationship's purpose is to make you conscious. Which in turn will bring you happiness, for being conscious is your natural state of being, just as love is your natural state of being. Accepting this will help you align with a higher consciousness.
How do you stay conscious? What is conscious?
Staying present, Being, not going to the past which is riddled with guilt, bitterness and hate, or darting to the future which is infested with worry, fear and anxiety.
Staying present makes you an observer. Being an observer, you are alert. Being alert keeps you present, dissolving any pain real or perceived freeing you to accept the NOW!
Monday, 24 May 2010
Consciousness!
What is consciousness?
In the film The Avatar, the 'drivers' were connected to their avatar by having their consciousness connected to the avatar's body.(See avatar post for more info on the film)
What troubled me about this was, What did the body of the 'driver' do whilst his consciousness was 'living' through the avatar? The 'driver' was in a contraption all wired up, and of course there was nowhere to go, but is the body really just a shell???
I have been reading an e-book called The Awakening, by Vicki Anderson . The following sentence caught my attention;
There is only one thing in the Universe and that is Consciousness.
The following question was then pondered;
'If we close our eyes, does the world still exist, even though we are not conscious of it?'
The author then adds, that according to Dr Goswami and other physicists, the answer is NO!"
'Reality is merely an illusion albeit a persistent one.' Albert Einstein
So what does this mean? Nothing exists other than in our consciousness? Is this why when we are thinking of the past, we feel we are actually there. When we daydream is this really our consciousness wandering, experiencing stuff without our body?
So nothing exists, nothing is real. This is really mind blowing!!!
When my Mum was terminally ill, she would go in and out of consciousness. On one occaision when she was conscious, she told me she had just been to Austrailia. I thought she must have been dreaming, or hallucinating since she was on so much medication.
But if there is nothing but consciousness, who is to say that her consciousness didn't really go to Austrailia?!!
She told me how she was above the trees and mountains and how she had so much fun. I humoured her and asked her to take me with her next time. She smiled with a twinkle in her eye, as if she knew a secret.
So if all there is consciousness, then it makes sense to become conscious of our thoughts, feelings and actions. In doing so we can take advantage of this amazing reality (or illusion)- and create what we want to experience.
In the film The Avatar, the 'drivers' were connected to their avatar by having their consciousness connected to the avatar's body.(See avatar post for more info on the film)
What troubled me about this was, What did the body of the 'driver' do whilst his consciousness was 'living' through the avatar? The 'driver' was in a contraption all wired up, and of course there was nowhere to go, but is the body really just a shell???
I have been reading an e-book called The Awakening, by Vicki Anderson . The following sentence caught my attention;
There is only one thing in the Universe and that is Consciousness.
The following question was then pondered;
'If we close our eyes, does the world still exist, even though we are not conscious of it?'
The author then adds, that according to Dr Goswami and other physicists, the answer is NO!"
'Reality is merely an illusion albeit a persistent one.' Albert Einstein
So what does this mean? Nothing exists other than in our consciousness? Is this why when we are thinking of the past, we feel we are actually there. When we daydream is this really our consciousness wandering, experiencing stuff without our body?
So nothing exists, nothing is real. This is really mind blowing!!!
When my Mum was terminally ill, she would go in and out of consciousness. On one occaision when she was conscious, she told me she had just been to Austrailia. I thought she must have been dreaming, or hallucinating since she was on so much medication.
But if there is nothing but consciousness, who is to say that her consciousness didn't really go to Austrailia?!!
She told me how she was above the trees and mountains and how she had so much fun. I humoured her and asked her to take me with her next time. She smiled with a twinkle in her eye, as if she knew a secret.
So if all there is consciousness, then it makes sense to become conscious of our thoughts, feelings and actions. In doing so we can take advantage of this amazing reality (or illusion)- and create what we want to experience.
Friday, 21 May 2010
Healing
I have been thinking about healing this past week, and how some people heal and others don't.
I haven't had a cold for some time, and for a while have been passing headaches, aches and pains and stuffiness as symptoms of energetic shifts. I am sensible though and use my instincts to assess if it needs the doctor's input.
I came down with a really bad sore throat over the weekend. I 'knew' why! Despite the fact that my son has had a cold all week, I understood, energetically, my body had created this illness for a reason.
Symbolically the throat is the seat of the will. I have been battling with, 'God your will not mine' for some time now and not really feeling it. I am so headstrong that my stubbornness seems to take over.
To top that I then feel angry that I am not GETTING IT!
I do what most people do- beat myself up- for not being this, not doing that, not achieving this, not understanding that.
The more I internalized my anger, my throat let me know what a sore point this was for me, by manifesting into a sore, painful throat.
So why is my son ill? And later on that day, why was my daughter complaining of a sore throat? ANGER!!!!
Is this their anger, my anger, anger in general?? A bit of everything, they are teens and that is enough on its own, but I believe as everything is energy, what is the strongest feeling, is what is felt the most.
Now guilt was setting in so I decided to call upon the angels help!
I used some angel visualization to heal my throat. I asked Archangel Michael to cut away any negativity within and without me, and for my children.
I then asked Archangel Raphael to put his emerald-green healing light over our throats.
I then let go (or tried to) waiting for the instantaneous healing I have read happens to some people.
Nothing!!!!
I tried again, but then remembered that it is not the amount of times you do it, it is the trust that healing is already given.
So I started affirming, 'I am healed!'
I had a fitful night, where I can't say I felt the angelic miracle of healing, but awoke then next day with no sore throat, but a very runny nose. So It did work!!!!
I am still ill, but I feel that this is a deep release, and sometimes we have to go through it to become healed. Also, I have spent some low down time, where I have had a chance to re-charge and re-assess my life.
I have spent some lovely moments in nature as well, planting my vegetables on my allotment, where I feel that miracles have been happening all around, helping me heal.
So, why do some people heal and some don't??
I believe, that there are blocks to healing. Our beliefs can be blocks, the belief that 'it takes time' to heal is very ingrained. Or a fear to heal. Some people feel a form of addiction to not been well, they can use it sub-consciously as a reason to procrastinate. Also it is leverage; pain, illness or trauma, is a manipulation tool.
There is also the belief that 'I don't deserve' to be healed, happy, whole. Or the collective belief, especially with flu and viruses, that,'I am bound to get this since this is what the news, the doctors, the parents at school... are saying'
And then there is the need to go through the pain sometimes, to become aware of what is really happening. Sometimes, we need an illness as a way to make us STOP!!!!!
I haven't had a cold for some time, and for a while have been passing headaches, aches and pains and stuffiness as symptoms of energetic shifts. I am sensible though and use my instincts to assess if it needs the doctor's input.
I came down with a really bad sore throat over the weekend. I 'knew' why! Despite the fact that my son has had a cold all week, I understood, energetically, my body had created this illness for a reason.
Symbolically the throat is the seat of the will. I have been battling with, 'God your will not mine' for some time now and not really feeling it. I am so headstrong that my stubbornness seems to take over.
To top that I then feel angry that I am not GETTING IT!
I do what most people do- beat myself up- for not being this, not doing that, not achieving this, not understanding that.
The more I internalized my anger, my throat let me know what a sore point this was for me, by manifesting into a sore, painful throat.
So why is my son ill? And later on that day, why was my daughter complaining of a sore throat? ANGER!!!!
Is this their anger, my anger, anger in general?? A bit of everything, they are teens and that is enough on its own, but I believe as everything is energy, what is the strongest feeling, is what is felt the most.
Now guilt was setting in so I decided to call upon the angels help!
I used some angel visualization to heal my throat. I asked Archangel Michael to cut away any negativity within and without me, and for my children.
I then asked Archangel Raphael to put his emerald-green healing light over our throats.
I then let go (or tried to) waiting for the instantaneous healing I have read happens to some people.
Nothing!!!!
I tried again, but then remembered that it is not the amount of times you do it, it is the trust that healing is already given.
So I started affirming, 'I am healed!'
I had a fitful night, where I can't say I felt the angelic miracle of healing, but awoke then next day with no sore throat, but a very runny nose. So It did work!!!!
I am still ill, but I feel that this is a deep release, and sometimes we have to go through it to become healed. Also, I have spent some low down time, where I have had a chance to re-charge and re-assess my life.
I have spent some lovely moments in nature as well, planting my vegetables on my allotment, where I feel that miracles have been happening all around, helping me heal.
So, why do some people heal and some don't??
I believe, that there are blocks to healing. Our beliefs can be blocks, the belief that 'it takes time' to heal is very ingrained. Or a fear to heal. Some people feel a form of addiction to not been well, they can use it sub-consciously as a reason to procrastinate. Also it is leverage; pain, illness or trauma, is a manipulation tool.
There is also the belief that 'I don't deserve' to be healed, happy, whole. Or the collective belief, especially with flu and viruses, that,'I am bound to get this since this is what the news, the doctors, the parents at school... are saying'
And then there is the need to go through the pain sometimes, to become aware of what is really happening. Sometimes, we need an illness as a way to make us STOP!!!!!
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