What are your triggers? What sets you off?
Breathe into that feeling, inhale in your smile, exhale out what does not feel good, including your reaction to the trigger.
Train yourself not to react negatively to the trigger, then put it into action the next time it appears.
Magic.
~Eric Raines
“It is about you and your healing after all. We have the ability to create boundaries for those with none and in this process we find our self-worth… we begin to value ourselves.”
~Eric Raines
“Free Will”
This was something I wrote in my head some time ago ~ I do this quite a lot. Most of the times that I do this “mental writing”, I never get around to posting it here on my blog for various reasons, one of which is very likely that I do too much of this type of writing 🙂 My “Writing Pensieve” is getting pretty full.
When I read Morag’s channelled message today (here), I resolved to at least extract from the Pensieve a small portion of what I wanted to say about “Free Will”. Here’s a reminder of what the Andromedans said:
The Council of 12 have determined the free will of humanity is being suppressed.
Let’s not say anything about this taking too darn long to “determine”… and anyway, to be fair, we need to bear in mind that what comes through always goes through the individual’s filters first.
Instead, I would like to re-focus on this topic of “Free Will”, which is something I find myself repeatedly writing over and over again (mentally) throughout recent years every time I come across a message that talks about Free Will.
There are some sources that say we do not have Free Will, while others nonchalantly talk about Free Will and how Humanity has Free-Willed itself into this (brutal) “Life Experience” on Earth.
Do we have Free Will? Yes, most undoubtedly, we DO. There’s a “BUT”…..
Here’s my analogy of Humanity’s Free Will at the current time:
It’s like having a Goldfish in a basic bowl, which sits at one corner of the living room. The Goldfish was birthed in this room, in another bowl, but was transferred to its own bowl when it was big enough.
Then one day, the Owner of this Goldfish approached it and announced, “Time for a change! And I’m letting YOU choose out of your own Free Will what sort of change you would like.”
So the Owner holds up two new bowls ~ one in a sparkly aqua colour, and the other a neon teal. The Owner says chirpily, “You can choose whichever bowl you like, then you can choose whether you would like to remain in the living room or move to the kitchen! It’s YOUR CHOICE, YOUR FREE WILL!”
And so the excited Goldfish exercises its FREE WILL and makes its choice, happy and overjoyed at being given this great opportunity and feeling sovereign that it was allowed to CHOOSE.
End of analogy. (As I said before, I’m no Aesop, but you know what I mean 😉)
That’s us, the Goldfish and “Free Will”. Yes, Humanity can exercise its “Free Will”, but to all intends and purposes, this “Free Will” is at most horrifyingly limited.
The Goldfish can only choose between the two bowls, and two locations. It doesn’t know of the river, pond, lake…..it doesn’t know of the rooms and bathrooms and patio. It had a limited choice, the truth and scope of which was controlled by the Owner.
That’s Humanity. We can exercise our “Free Will” based on what we know or see or understand. And what Humanity is allowed to know or see or understand (through conditioned “logic” and left-brain thinking) is woefully much less than the vast bodies of Truths that are hidden or suppressed.
That is not Free Will. That is a terrible imitation and distortion of Free Will, the true version of which was hijacked eons ago.
And throw in the implants, programming, conditioning and control systems. Free Will? Not really.
The closest we get to Free Will is when the Awakened ones make better and better choices based on truths that they continue to uncover/remember as they grow spiritually.
And if we can transcend Free Will and go for Divine Will, even better😊
Namaste and Blessings!
~via TheEarthPlan.blogspot.com
“Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile.”
~Paolo Coelho
The biggest revelation was to find out that the only way to keep something or someone, is to let it or them go. It’s such a paradox.
The most important thing is to do it in your head. Really let go. Allow something to happen regardless of your strong will and desire.
Give someone the right to act the way he or she wants and do what he or she considers necessary. Feel it happening inside. Accept it and just go with the flow. Simply put, continue to live your life.
As I once, a long time ago, read in the books of Carlos Castaneda: “Never get attached to anything or anybody.”
I could not understand, how? And why? Because it is so good to have that heart-warming tight-knit connection with the person that means so much to you. How do we go without it?
And I just realized now: that’s the only way you can be free. More often than not, attachment becomes addictive.
And somewhere along the way, you lose yourself. You make somebody else’s life your own and, eventually, you stop living.
This applies to all sorts of addictions: cigarettes, alcohol, gambling, sex, a man, a woman.
The moment you realize that you can’t live and breathe without it, that’s when you truly need to let go. That’s the only way you will be yourself.
Give everybody the right of free will and choice. It’s not in the fashion of “so be it,” or “in spite of the enemies!”.
It’s a serene, pure belief that with or without the thing or the person you feel so attached to, you will be fine on your own.
It is important not to bind to the outcome. Because no one is obliged to agree with you. No matter how bad, unwise, and stupid someone else’s choices look to you, it’s just your judgement, your perception.
It’s your unwillingness to give the other the right to have their own opinion, feel their own feelings and take their own actions.
You are not have to agree with what they say or do, or even how they live their life.
On the other side, you shouldn’t feel responsible or obliged to justify their thoughts or actions, even less to explain why they are wrong.
The only thing you can change is to continue living your life. That’s exactly what you need to do. nothing more and nothing less.
Just live your own life without trying to take control over everyone and everything. Let Go!
~via ConsciousReminder.com
“Many Volunteers, Starseeds, Lightwarriors, Bluerays etc. have been repeatedly attacked by Team Dark beings and their AI devices because we’ve always been a huge threat to them, not because we’ve done something “wrong”. See the reversal, the inversion, the flip spin about just this by unaware humans? See the lack of greater awareness in those people who shame and blame you for being attacked? See why I’ve gotten angry at times with people who’ve unknowingly drank the Team Dark Kool-Aid and preached shame, blame and lack of “love” at those of us who’ve been doing our ascension Mission Work while being attacked because of it? Being attacked by negative nonhuman aliens and entities is one thing, being attacked by unaware humans is in many ways even worse because they’re who we’ve tried to help all along.”
~Denise Le Fay
(Copyright © Denise Le Fay & HighHeartLife, 2019. All rights reserved.)
https://highheartlife.com/2019/02/19/the-disappearing-darkness/
As we grow to adulthood, we humans learn to override many of our natural tendencies. We “socialize” our children, and teach them to “behave” and resist many of their natural impulses. By the time we’re adults most of us are so disconnected from nature, and from our own nature, that we accept “adult” roles and responsibilities that pay the bills but stifle us, rub us the wrong way and even cause harm to each other and our environment.
Somewhere along the line, we lose touch with the simple wisdom of our natural instincts.
Needless to say, there are many spiritual lessons we can learn from observing nature. Just under the surface, our animal instincts are still there, just waiting to be tapped into, and reactivated, and honored — and what better role models than the animals we love and share our lives and homes with?
1. Keep a curious spirit and approach uncertainty with a positive attitude.
2. Physical touch is natural, and vital for our well-being.
3. Get plenty of rest, and spend time soaking up the sun.
4. Show gratitude. All it takes is a purr, or a squinty smile.
5. Stretch regularly. It’s good for body and soul.
6. Live in the moment. There is only now.
7. Play. Play. Play. Play. Play!
8. A happy life is a simple life. All we really need is love, a full belly, and a quiet place to rest.
9. Let the inner wisdom of instinct and intuition guide you. If it doesn’t feel good, walk away.
10. Be fearless. Live like you’re on your ninth life.
~Dedicated to Gracie the cat, whose simple, loving approach to life inspired this article.
Artwork by Ascension Avatar
“Foozie” (1976)
~via WakeUp-World.com
“Genuinely wise, balanced, whole, and mature politicians are rare. Too many leadership choices are motivated by greed and fear and enabled by immaturity, paranoia, and lack of moral development. The politicians we have today are spiritually stunted and immature, yet despite this, they continue to get elected.”
~Mateo Sol
Recent events seem to show our world being turned upside down. With political, ecological, economical and religious stress everywhere, we’ve been experiencing one crisis after another, with no end in sight.
Although there is currently a wave of change occurring at a global scale, the natural state of human beings is one of crisis.
We are the only living beings (that we know of) that are aware of our own existence, of the changes we go through internally and externally, and how we expect the world should be. We are constantly in the process of going from the known toward the unknown, the familiar towards the unexpected. It’s no surprise that we are constantly in crisis, the crisis of being alive. We feel this crisis in our perpetual states of existential anxiety, tension, and anguish.
Our basic spiritual desire to answer the questions “Who am I?” and “Why am I here?” are born from the crisis of being alive and not knowing what on earth to do with ourselves.
At a fundamental level, we’re wired to dislike change because it is something we (the ego) can’t control. But our resistance to growth keeps us stranded in a state of stagnation. As a result of this inner stagnation, many of us try to fill this void with all kinds of distractions: work, material consumption, travel, food, socializing, movies, video games, and much more.
The truth is that this abyss within us is always here. But many of us refuse to face this void until we’re forced to, usually through a crisis of sorts.
Every great change in history has occurred in a period of crisis. From Martin Luther King’s revolution and Gandhi’s movement to the French Revolution, the most effective changes have come from the most intense periods of dissatisfaction.
And we’re in such a period right now.
With political and social instability on the rise, we’re starting to see the wide-reaching impacts of chaos and the way it breaks apart our old patterns and paradigms.
Have you ever noticed that when everything is static, we as a collective feel socially indifferent to any particular view? As a result, not much change is possible. But when chaos arises, change is not only inevitable, it is destined.
This is why crisis is actually a necessary force. Without it, we would be stuck rotting away in our ingrained habits, beliefs, and structures.
Rethinking our system and structures is expensive, and there are a whole bunch of people who are invested in preserving the status quo. This system is protected by wealthy elites armed with the power of law, privately owned media, large multinational companies, propaganda, the police force, and the army.
The only way that we, as the other “99%” can make a real, soulful change, is through the force of crisis. Crisis is the only thing that can motivate us enough to change the way we think, feel, and behave.
We have come to a point where a new vision is needed. It has never been needed as much as it is now. Not only is our Earth in an ecological crisis due to our abuse of it, we’re also experiencing a severe political crisis with untold future repercussions.
For these old foundations to dissolve, we must lay new foundations. But for the new to be born, there must be some birth pains. That’s what the crisis we currently face really is.
The history of politics in Western civilization is full of stories featuring power grabbing or, at best, well-intentioned but psycho-spiritually immature leaders.
Genuinely wise, balanced, whole, and mature politicians are rare. Too many leadership choices are motivated by greed and fear and enabled by immaturity, paranoia, and lack of moral development.
Perhaps our political system is a reflection of our society and education systems that teach us to contribute to the “common good” through self-interest. In our society there is little consideration or exploration of what the “good of the whole” might mean or exploring the primordial questions: “How should I live?” and “How should we all live together?”
Yet when we trace back to the origins of politics we realize how divorced it is from its original Socratic intention as the search for the ideal “good life.”
The good life for Socrates had two primary aspects: what he called “the improvement of one’s soul,” and on the other hand, there is the improvement of one’s society. This sort of Socratic knowledge was what he called wisdom.
This pursuit of wisdom cannot be simply legislated or bureaucratically enforced. The government is only an institution, human-made, and cannot provide the wise society that we seek.
Instead at the center of such a cultural and consciousness revolution must be a spiritual, intellectual and moral rebirth of ourselves as individuals; what Socrates disciple Plato referred to as “Periagoge,” or “a turning around of the soul” toward truth, beauty and good.
The politicians we have today are spiritually stunted and immature, yet despite this, they continue to get elected. In the end, our leaders are a reflection of us as a society, and as a planet at large. Therefore, our social and ecological health are entirely dependent on our capacity as voters to do some intense soulwork, and go through a genuine process of human maturation.
Only once we have more matured Souls on this planet will we realize that “self-interest” actually includes the concern for other people because we are all interconnected.
The current state of our world brings great despair and anguish to all of us, this is especially true for the old souls with mature hearts among us who feel the rape of society and torture of the earth more intensely.
Mature action involves preserving and protecting all that is left while simultaneously exploring our inner selves and reconnecting to our Souls.
Whether it be political or charitable action, mature action must come from an inner place of humbleness, rather than from a place of “needing to do good” which can easily be tainted with all kinds of needs, such as self-gratification, power, and control — as is the case with so many politicians today.
~via WakeUp-World.com
Sometimes, it is not unusual to live or feel stuck at the time when we are not sure which opinion we should take, or which direction we should go, and which offer will be for our highest good. This can happen to every one of us — including you who are reading now.
Every one of us can get caught or stuck in a trap which will make us feel that we need to do, do and do. Well, we believe that this is entirely okay — pausing or reflecting for some time — in order to realize what is working and what is not working.
There is another saying or metaphor usually used for this: Sometimes, you will take the appropriate decision if you grab the oars and steer yourself to specific desires or goals. While in other times, it will also be appropriate to put those oars down in order to see at what place the river or current of life is taking you. This means “Living into the answer.”
So, when you go through periods of feeling caught up or stuck a little bit, you should take your time to meditate, pray or ask synchronicity for help.
Synchronicities, which are also known as coincidences, are the clear signs which indicate that our Divine source knocks on our door. There are times that it can be a nice and soft tap, but sometimes, where we do not pay enough attention, it may be quite a noisy or loud bang. But, a source which works through such synchronicities may manifest itself authentically.
Do you hear the same saying or phrase from more people during the day? Do you notice repeating numbers showing around you? Has your friend mentioned the person you have been thinking of right when he or she mentioned them? Have you ever met a person that seemed to have the answer to your question which you never asked yourself?
All of these are signs which indicate that you have to stop, be open, pay more attention, or more importantly, acknowledge that your Divine tries to send messages to you. With the help of synchronicities, there may also be people in your life who stepped into it unexpectedly. The influence of those people may lead you somewhere new, provide you with alternative understanding and change your entire life.
When we pay more attention to or notice meaningful synchronicities or coincidences, it will be easier for them when it comes to increasing of their number in our life.
We should notice when we run into other people, or listen to their conversation because there may be some hidden messages for us.
If we have some problem in life, we should try to turn it over to synchronicity. Or, what we are supposed to say to our Divine Source would be to ask it to show us and let us be aware of or act when any guidance or answer is presented in front of us.
We are working with our journal or intuition in order to become more conscious when our source knocks on the door.
We have to believe that everything is possible, and even this is. Having our attitude positive is going to enhance our experience, while a negative one is going to shut the experience down.
Synchronicities usually act as mile markers or signposts that guide and direct us. They can also help us to align ourselves with our personal growth. We should be careful and notice when we are sent such signals, signs, patterns, articles, people, books, and so on.
Synchronicities are like small gifts. They are unique gifts which help direct us on our path towards our goals, so they may also help us follow the guidance of our soul.
~via ConsciousReminder.com
“I find the best way to love someone is not to change them but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves”
~Dr. Steve Maraboli
At a certain point in our spiritual journey we begin to unlock our own inner truth. We no longer are looking to outside sources such as religions, gurus, self-help books, etc. to tell us what to do and how to be, but instead we begin to realize that the answers were inside of us all along.
Not to say that we still don’t read books or open ourselves up to learning from others, but rather we have a more clear connection with our own intuition, which allows us to FEEL the “truth” rather than intellectualize it only.
When we were at the point that we needed outside sources to show us the way, they were coincidentally brought into our lives, either in the forms of other people, reading material, or any modality of spirituality that best fit our own personal needs.
Once, we have graduated from needing the constant affirmation and validation from these outside entities, we most likely will find that we have become the “teacher” that has manifested in someone else’s life in the form of a way-shower.
Then it becomes our turn to be the light on someone else’s path. If you have found yourself in this position, consider your responsibility very carefully. Life is a constant journey of learning and growing, and just like there will be countless teachers on our path of growth, we will also find ourselves in situations that we must be the teacher.
So what is the most effective way of being the light and giving someone advice? How do we go about showing someone the way to their own inner truth while still allowing them to learn their own lessons without our interference?
“A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.”
~Bruce Lee
The only person we will have the power to change is ourselves. No matter how much we want the best for someone, want them to be happy, want them to realize their inner light, or want them to be their best self, we cannot force them to do any of these things.
And just like we had to walk our own journey, complete with struggle, adversity, heartache, sadness, anger, etc.. we must realize that all these things are a part of the human experience, so they too will most likely have to go through all of them.
When we give advice to others we must always realize we are only speaking from our own inner truth, the truth as we know it given the situations and circumstances that we’ve experienced.
However, their life is not ours. Their truth will never be exactly the same as our truth because their mind is not our mind and their life has not been exactly as ours has. What we can do however is be in our own awareness and light so strongly that we become an inspiration for them to find their own awareness and light.
If a person comes to us for advice and questions we can’t come up with a million “You need to…” or “You should do this…”, directives, but instead, only point them in the direction of their own inner light and unconditional love. The only advice there ever is to really give is to accept the “what is” and love yourself anyway.
All arrows should point back to unconditional love of the self… no matter if the person is sad, depressed, frustrated, insecure, it doesn’t matter. As long as they have identified the feeling, felt it without resisting it, accepted themselves for having it and loved it, there can be nothing else to do. Without attaching ourselves to the outcome of whether they follow our advice or not, we actually free ourselves and them.
We don’t fear for them, because we trust that their journey is bringing them to the right people and situations that are perfect for them. And they don’t abandon their own inner self by blindly attaching to whatever we are saying as their ultimate truth, which may not always be what’s best for them.
However, if we find that we have been put in another person’s life to help them, guide them or show them something, we must trust that the Universe is speaking through us in the best and most effective way possible. Without doubting ourselves, we find that our inner light shines automatically and manifests in the best way possible for all parties involved, as long as we trust that it always will.
“As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.”
~Marianne Williamson
We will sometimes be students and we will sometimes be teachers in life. Since we cannot ever know everything about everything, we will find that this role reversal happens over and over throughout our lives.
The most amazing thing about all of this is that as soon as we think we are giving someone else advice and showing them the way, as most teachers know, we realize that we were also giving ourselves the same advice.
Sometimes the Universe brings another person to us in the form of a student, but in actuality in our helping of them, we are actually helping ourselves with the same issue. By being in the form of another person, we were able to look at the situation in a different way, from a 3rd party perspective, that we weren’t able to do when dealing with ourselves and our own life.
As always, we must be the change we wish to see in the world. In doing this, we find that we always attract the right people into our lives, either to teach us something about ourselves or to be the teacher for them.
But if we really pay attention and become super aware of how things happen in this ironic Universe, we realize…. it is always both.
~via FractalEnlightenment.com
