A Blanket of Calm...

 

Tonight the middle east is again aflame.  Israel is calling up its reservists and Palestine is again bombarding Israel with missiles.  I would like to request your assistance in sending blankets of positive energy to that entire area.  Do not send the energy or prayers because you hate war or because you want one side to win this conflict, simply lay down a cover of love on the entire area.   Send a layer of support for the peacemakers that are there.   Take a moment to send a layer of calm... Prayers of love and support to the entire area.    If our prayers and energy support helps calm even a little it will be worth it.   It only need take a moment.  And while you are thinking of it, tell your friends and loved ones to joint the world wide support group for Israel and the Palestinians.   Send both sides the strength to make positive decisions.   Thank you for your thoughts and help.  

Powerlessness...

Being aware of what you are feeling is the key to transformation. "Lack of self-worth is the fundamental source of all emotional pain. A feeling of insecurity, unworthiness and lack of value is the core experience of powerlessness."~ Gary Zukav & Linda Francis - from "The Heart Of The Soul

Your Dark Night...

Have you heard of the dark night of the soul.  From Gregg Braden’s WALKING BETWEEN THE WORLDS, The Science of Compassion:  ‘Definition: Your ‘Dark Night of the Soul’ is a time, as well as an experience in life, wherein you may be drawn into a situation or circumstance representing, what appears for you, to be  your worst fear.
Corollary:  You are capable of entering a “Dark Night of the Soul” only when you have amassed all of the emotional tools necessary to see you through your experience intact and with grace.”
Remember that we have been told that God gives us only what we are capable of handling?
What if that terrible thing that is happening to you, that low time of your life, has come into your life in order for you to show that you have the ability to handle it.  Sometimes the lows in our life seem so terrible that we cannot possibly think we can handle it  or get past it. Sometimes we get so used to ‘being down’ that we fail to see it as a challenge to prove our mastery over what life gives us.  There is a sunrise to our Dark Nights.  Believe it and look for the way to move out of those lows.  Ask for help if needed.  Believe that it is possible that you have the emotional tools to take you through the dark.   

Try Blessing....

This is a suggestion that might help foster compassion and help you feel better in a lot of different ways.  Most of us are aware that certain types of people, certain actions and behaviors, and just things that happen trigger in us automatic responses that are often judgmental.  As you become aware of your automatic judging try this simple suggestion.  Try silently or even out loud to bless that person or situation.  The minute you start feeling judgmental such as at that person that cut you off, that person that was rude to you, that person looks like they represent something that you don't like, just say 'bless you'.  This will shift your thinking.   That is enough sometimes.  

Worshiping the god of Suffering...

These are the words of Dr. David R. Hawkins, in his book HEALING AND RECOVERY. 
"We have to give up worshiping the god of suffering.  Christians have to give up solely worshiping the God of the crucifixion, the Christ of the crucifixion, and move on to the Christ of the resurrection.  The message was not that of death, sin, and suffering.... Is that what Christ died for, to teach everybody that we are a physical body?  Or was his message the direct opposite?  His message was that we are not limited.  We have to substitute our confused ideas and begin to look at moving towards a lovingness and a higher state of consciousness to learn that the message was the Christ of the Resurrection.
Now we have to give up the belief that penance, guilt, sin, and suffering are somehow of enormous spiritual benefit."

It's So Easy to Hate...

It is so easy to say “I hate”.  I hate when my finger hurts.  I hate that politician.  To your child, ‘I hate when you do that’.  I suppose it would be nice if things got better when we say ‘I hate’, but unfortunately they don’t.   And in fact, to say those strong words may do more harm than good.   It is better to be aware of using negativities as these and if you want to cancel the negativity use words such as, ‘I forgive my finger for hurting, and I forgive myself for feeling the negativity of pain’.   It is so important to be aware of what we say to others, the universe and ourselves.   Wouldn’t you much prefer to have something positive, such as a blessing or a smile, making ripples out into the universe?

Be Grateful and Pray...

The year 2012 is drawing to a close.   Halloween is past.  Coming now is Thanksgiving in the USA, the winter Solstice on December 21, 2012, and, of course, Christmas on December 25.  Think about what these holidays mean to you and how you will celebrate them.   Be grateful for what you have and pray for those who have less than yourself.
There are other religious holidays during these times.  With the possible exception of the Jewish Holiday, Hanukkah, these other holidays do not get the global attention that the solstice and Christmas get.  The suggestion for these holidays is the same.  Be grateful for what you have and pray for those who have less.