Adya says that as we awaken that trials and tribulations show up in our lives in order to purify us.
"As Jesus moves through his story, from beginning to end, he encounters almost nothing but trials and tribulations. How does he meet each one of these challenges, from Satan in the desert all the way to the crucifixion? From what place inside does he act? You'll see that Jesus is uncompromising: he always acts from the truth of eternal being. This is an amazing teaching, and it's message is: If you meet your trials and tribulations from you own deepest realization, they will be released from your system and purified from you, so that eternal being can fully be embodied through your humanity." (Resurrecting Jesus, p. 43)
I have done as Adya suggested with a couple of areas of my life that are challenging. I meditated and prayed in order to connect with my deepest realization. I then journaled about acting from the truth of my being with regard to the challenges. It was very powerful and helped me to deal with my life from Truth rather than from ego. Now to continue to live from that Truth every day!
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Friday, July 25, 2014
staying connected
It has been a very busy week so I will just write a short post. Throughout the past week although I have continued to feel some hurt by God/life (it is as if I have had a lover's quarrel with God) I have continued to show up during meditation and prayer. I have allowed the hurt to be present but not pulled away from God.
With regard to my daily life it has been a very eventful week and I have watched my psyche swing up and down like a pendulum. It can be so easy to get swept up in the drama when things really start to heat up. My goal through it all has been to stay connected with God despite the pull of emotions to get involved in the drama.
"When you feel threatened, do you respond from you old conditioned sense of self-protection, or do you still maintain a connection with that still point inside-that point of clarity and love inside you where you're not afraid even when you are afraid? The place where love is greater than the instinct to survive?" (Resurrecting Jesus, p. 67)
Even though it isn't always possible for me to connect with that still point of love in the midst of a difficult situation, staying present with the feelings and letting go of thoughts, interpretations, and conclusions eventually brings me back to sense of being connected with God.
With regard to my daily life it has been a very eventful week and I have watched my psyche swing up and down like a pendulum. It can be so easy to get swept up in the drama when things really start to heat up. My goal through it all has been to stay connected with God despite the pull of emotions to get involved in the drama.
"When you feel threatened, do you respond from you old conditioned sense of self-protection, or do you still maintain a connection with that still point inside-that point of clarity and love inside you where you're not afraid even when you are afraid? The place where love is greater than the instinct to survive?" (Resurrecting Jesus, p. 67)
Even though it isn't always possible for me to connect with that still point of love in the midst of a difficult situation, staying present with the feelings and letting go of thoughts, interpretations, and conclusions eventually brings me back to sense of being connected with God.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
an example of being on the path of nonresistance
I have had an unusual experience this week with regard to my spirituality. Perhaps due to several current situations in my life, I have found that this week I have wanted to turn away from God/Spirit rather than get closer. There has been some anger, some disappointment, and lots of questioning the meaning of it all. I have felt very resistant to surrendering to God...and I suspect that surrendering and being vulnerable to God is at the crux of my current struggle.
I have stayed with the process by noticing what I am feeling and allowing the feelings to be present. I don't know exactly what this is about or where it will lead, but I do know that I need to stay open to my experience and perhaps delve deeper into what I am feeling and perceiving. I will keep you posted as I move through this experience.
I have stayed with the process by noticing what I am feeling and allowing the feelings to be present. I don't know exactly what this is about or where it will lead, but I do know that I need to stay open to my experience and perhaps delve deeper into what I am feeling and perceiving. I will keep you posted as I move through this experience.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Silence
"The greatest generator of conflict, both internal and external, is our addiction to interpreting and evaluating each and every moment of our experience." (Falling into Grace, p. 133)
"As we begin to meet life as it is rather than as we think it should be, as we let go our our need to control and continuously interpret our experience, we start to open to life in a completely new way. We become completely grounded in silence. The nature of this silence is a lack of conflict with life, and the more we open to this state of nonconflict, to this state of inner stillness, we begin to fall into the grace of a different dimension of being-a dimension rooted in a deep intimacy with our own lives and with existence itself." (Falling into Grace, p. 134-135)
A deeper surrender is calling to us. The Beloved is waiting for us to fall into the vastness of Silence where we will be enfolded in Love. Be still and wait.
"As we begin to meet life as it is rather than as we think it should be, as we let go our our need to control and continuously interpret our experience, we start to open to life in a completely new way. We become completely grounded in silence. The nature of this silence is a lack of conflict with life, and the more we open to this state of nonconflict, to this state of inner stillness, we begin to fall into the grace of a different dimension of being-a dimension rooted in a deep intimacy with our own lives and with existence itself." (Falling into Grace, p. 134-135)
A deeper surrender is calling to us. The Beloved is waiting for us to fall into the vastness of Silence where we will be enfolded in Love. Be still and wait.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
a fresh and different perspective
Just for today notice how many ways and how often you argue with reality (judging, interpreting, drawing conclusions, rationalizing and justifying, planning and projecting, dwelling, ruminating...).
Most of us have spent most of our lives trying to change reality in order to get our lives to work, and judging by the state of our world, our methods do not seem to be working very well. Perhaps it is time for a radical shift. Perhaps it is time to stop struggling with reality, settle in to the stillness of the moment, and allow Spirit to crack us open.
"As we begin to meet life as it is rather than as we think it should be, as we let go of our need to control and continuously interpret our experience, we start to open to life in a completely new way...
As I noted earlier, part of moving into this new dimension of being often involves the appearance of certain cracks within the framework of our habitual way of perceiving life. We start to become aware of a bright light that is able to shine through these cracks and in to our experience. Magic and mystery reveal themselves as our old conditioned view of reality breaks apart, and something completely fresh and different comes in. It is as if this new way of looking at things has always been there but we weren't ever quite able to access it. This newfound perception is grace, where we receive and experience something that arrives from beyond the way we normally perceive life." (Falling into Grace, p. 134-135)
How paradoxical it is that as we accept things as they are, something new and different reveals itself. God truly works in mysterious ways!!
Most of us have spent most of our lives trying to change reality in order to get our lives to work, and judging by the state of our world, our methods do not seem to be working very well. Perhaps it is time for a radical shift. Perhaps it is time to stop struggling with reality, settle in to the stillness of the moment, and allow Spirit to crack us open.
As I noted earlier, part of moving into this new dimension of being often involves the appearance of certain cracks within the framework of our habitual way of perceiving life. We start to become aware of a bright light that is able to shine through these cracks and in to our experience. Magic and mystery reveal themselves as our old conditioned view of reality breaks apart, and something completely fresh and different comes in. It is as if this new way of looking at things has always been there but we weren't ever quite able to access it. This newfound perception is grace, where we receive and experience something that arrives from beyond the way we normally perceive life." (Falling into Grace, p. 134-135)
How paradoxical it is that as we accept things as they are, something new and different reveals itself. God truly works in mysterious ways!!
Thursday, June 26, 2014
coming into alignment with pure, compassionate action and wise action
I hope you are moved by this passage from Adya's book "Falling into Grace."
"What actually happens when we stop judging, when we stop resisting the flow of our lives, is that we come into an alignment where we are in a natural and clear relationship with whatever presents itself.
From this place of alignment, the perspective we come upon is not the perspective that we anticipate. It's not the fearful place of the ego. The ego thinks we should become indifferent to everything and uncaring in the face of this nonresistance. But actually something different happens. Instead of being uncaring, we actually come into a deeper and more intimate relationship with what's happening. We become very deeply connected. We find ourselves able, in the moment of someone's actual pain or in the middle of our own suffering, to connect very intimately, very purely, without any resistance. This opens up a door within us for an entirely different response-a response that's not based in opposition. Instead, this intimacy and stillness guides us into a very precise and effective type of action, a kind of involvement born out of a deep inner connection with life and with others. This response is not based in conflict, but in wholeness and oneness. When we're not responding out of conflict, division, and resistance, what manifests is pure compassionate action, wise action that comes from intimacy, stillness and true connection." (Falling into Grace, p. 132-133)
All we have to do is let go of our judgments. Notice what is happening in your life, what you are feeling about what is happening, but do not stand in judgment nor draw conclusions about what should or shouldn't be happening. Accept the moment as it is showing up and allow pure, compassionate action to manifest from deep within.
"What actually happens when we stop judging, when we stop resisting the flow of our lives, is that we come into an alignment where we are in a natural and clear relationship with whatever presents itself.
From this place of alignment, the perspective we come upon is not the perspective that we anticipate. It's not the fearful place of the ego. The ego thinks we should become indifferent to everything and uncaring in the face of this nonresistance. But actually something different happens. Instead of being uncaring, we actually come into a deeper and more intimate relationship with what's happening. We become very deeply connected. We find ourselves able, in the moment of someone's actual pain or in the middle of our own suffering, to connect very intimately, very purely, without any resistance. This opens up a door within us for an entirely different response-a response that's not based in opposition. Instead, this intimacy and stillness guides us into a very precise and effective type of action, a kind of involvement born out of a deep inner connection with life and with others. This response is not based in conflict, but in wholeness and oneness. When we're not responding out of conflict, division, and resistance, what manifests is pure compassionate action, wise action that comes from intimacy, stillness and true connection." (Falling into Grace, p. 132-133)
All we have to do is let go of our judgments. Notice what is happening in your life, what you are feeling about what is happening, but do not stand in judgment nor draw conclusions about what should or shouldn't be happening. Accept the moment as it is showing up and allow pure, compassionate action to manifest from deep within.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
"come into harmony in life"
"The more conscious we become, the more powerful we become. We don't necessarily become miracle workers, but as we begin to awaken and our state of consciousness opens, different capabilities within us come online and are available to us. As you come into harmony in life, then mysteriously, almost miraculously, life seems to come into harmony with you. There is a sense that everything is unfolding just as it need to, that everything is right on time. As we let go of trying to control life, trying to force it in the direction that the ego wants it to go, life has a way of literally responding to our state of consciousness. And that's a miracle-that as your state of consciousness transforms, life's relationship with you transforms as well." (Resurrecting Jesus, p. 124)
Adya goes on to say that we are already one with all of life...all living things breath the same air, rely on water and sun for life to exist... When we accept the unity of all of life we can relax into life.
Starting today let's accept what is showing up in each moment, knowing that there is a harmony to our lives and a higher purpose waiting to unfold in every instant.
One of the most powerful ways that I come into harmony with life is by being my most authentic self. When I express myself honestly and with a willingness to be vulnerable I am letting go of egoic control and my life unfolds as it needs to.
When we live life consciously by accepting what is showing up and being authentic in how we respond, our true power and light emerge..just as God intended.
Adya goes on to say that we are already one with all of life...all living things breath the same air, rely on water and sun for life to exist... When we accept the unity of all of life we can relax into life.
Starting today let's accept what is showing up in each moment, knowing that there is a harmony to our lives and a higher purpose waiting to unfold in every instant.
One of the most powerful ways that I come into harmony with life is by being my most authentic self. When I express myself honestly and with a willingness to be vulnerable I am letting go of egoic control and my life unfolds as it needs to.
When we live life consciously by accepting what is showing up and being authentic in how we respond, our true power and light emerge..just as God intended.
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