XML FeedsThe real meaning of peace
By admin on Aug 18, 2008 | In Blog unitl your enlightened
Author Unknown
There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them.
One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all.
But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest - in perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize? The king chose the second picture.
Do you know why?
"Because," explained the king, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace.
DROPPING THE LABELS
By admin on Aug 18, 2008 | In Blog unitl your enlightened
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Be Free from Judgment
by Susan Ann Darley
susananndarley. com
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DROPPING THE LABELS - What a joy when you buy something, take it home and the label effortlessly peels off leaving not a trace of gummy guck behind. However, when the opposite happens and it stubbornly adheres to your new item, whether it's a gift or a goody for yourself, it's horrible. Not only is it frustrating to spend time trying to remove it, but what is new begins to look used and old. The half-peeled paper cheapens the product regardless of the amount you paid for it. Somehow it seems devalued. The same thing happens when we label others and ourselves. Another word for it is JUDGMENT and when we affix the judgment with super glue -- what a mess!
Pretend you are about to meet Ron Johnson for the first time. A good friend of yours has made a critical comment about Ron beforehand. How does that affect you when you meet him? Are you open-minded and free from judgment or do you keep reading your friend's label planted firmly on Ron's shirt that says, "Ron is dull." Do you take the time to find out how you feel about Ron or do you excuse yourself abruptly and walk away thinking, "I don't like dull people."
The biggest TRAP in the world to fall into is that of making careless and cruel comments about others. It is difficult not to jump in and fan the fire with our own critical take on another. It is equally as difficult to remain immune to the disparaging remarks and innuendoes uttered by others. Why is this a favorite pastime? It fills the void... care to discuss what it fills it with? Toxic waste!
Critical judgment always results in creating serious plumbing problems – internally and externally. And just what did you create today with your thoughts and words? Heavy-handed judgment often tries to disguise itself in the mask of humor or worse, the "I'm only trying to be helpful" stance.
How we treat others is simply a reflection of how we feel about ourselves. When we value ourselves, we cannot devalue another. Secure people do not put other people down. They accept others as they are and look for their positive qualities.
That does not mean smiling on a bad situation or tolerating harmful behavior in another. It means intuitively understanding people and situations and knowing when and when NOT to act or speak. There is a vast difference between judgment and intuition.
Intuition allows you to discern the truth about an individual or situation. It works to protect you and helps you to make healthy decisions. Judgment, on the other hand, is a critical assessment stemming from fear. It's cold, calculated and limiting.
Intuition presents you with insights that lead to actions that are thoughtful and loving, no matter how tough they appear to be. Intuition is a response, not a reaction. Intuition is healing, not harmful. And it arises from the voice within that can only be heard when there is no judgment taking place.
You will never have enough information about people to judge them accurately – so why bother? The path of judgment leads nowhere. It is a trap that enslaves the person making the judgment. The next time you are about to cast a quick judgment, ask yourself the following questions:
* Is it true?
* Is it useful?
* Is it necessary?
Then there's the hideous monster of SELF-JUDGMENT that devalues you and ridicules your dreams. Every time it rears its ugly head and puts you down, it diminishes your self-confidence. Over time, if not restrained, it will break your spirit.
It is a challenge and very difficult to refrain from making snap judgments about others, especially when everybody else is doing it. But you are responsible for your own evolution, not others. Do you want to meander aimlessly with the herd? Or would you like to RISE ABOVE IT to where you can see clearly and chart your own course?
The key to removing labels is to begin by valuing yourself. Your sense of true value cannot be understood at the level of the intellect. It needs to be acknowledged and understood at the level of feelings. It is heartfelt.
PAY ATTENTION - When you fall into the trap of putting yourself down, stop, and then forgive yourself. Acknowledge that it is not the truth. Oh, you think it is? Where did that belief come from? I suggest that you reassess your attitude toward yourself immediately.
Were you raised with the "good person-bad person" theory? If so, there is no way out of that judgment trap other than to throw the entire theory out the window. We all have bad behaviors, which we can choose to change, or not. But to label yourself as a bad person is completely self-defeating.
REKINDLE THE TRUTH - We are here simply to remember who we are. Do whatever works to remind you of your internal truth. Walks in nature, movies that ignite your compassion, or books that spark your humanity often work wonders. Soul-searching talks with friends, intimate moments with lovers and precious time spent in solitude all help to rekindle the truth of your spirit.
PONDER on the miracles of the universe; the glorious galaxies; the sun, moon and stars; the exquisite designs, sounds, colors and fragrances of nature; the eclectic and creative array of animals; a newborn baby. AWAKEN to the beauty of life. How can you be any less than miraculous?
That very truth, when deeply felt, will prevent you from devaluing yourself or others. People you might have walked away from in the past because of hasty judgments might even become wonderful new friends and never again will you be intimidated or influenced by the judgments of others. What people think of you will become none of your business. You will be too busy designing the life you truly want. The power of CONSTRUCTIVE LOVE will then be yours to build with as you wish!
Lightworkers
The Secret Behind "The Secret"-Esther & Jerry Hicks
By reikirod on Aug 13, 2008 | In Blog unitl your enlightened
Your Energy Body
By reikirod on Aug 6, 2008 | In Blog unitl your enlightened
Your Energy Body />by Steven S Sadleir
Your body is energy. Energy is absorbed through the air you breathe. It flows in your nervous system, like electricity flowing through wires, to all your extremities and vital organs. It flows in streams through channels of low resistance and high conductivity called chi, or ki. Your central nervous system conducts it like a bar magnet, with the positive charge on the top of the head and the negative charge at your tailbone. Arching fields of bio-magnetism flow out from the top of your head, encircle your body and come up again at the negative pole at your tailbone in what is called an “aura"...
Your thoughts are energy too, literally a movement of energy flowing through streams of neurons, or brain cells, in your head. Emotions are a combination of neurological discharges and secretions of brain chemicals whose discharges create the moods you feel. All your senses are picking up energy: Light is energy, sound is energy, taste and smell involve energy discharges in your brain as well. Movement is energy, gravity is a form of energy, every state perceived is something changing…energy; perception itself is energy...
Even the physical mass of your body is energy. Shrink your awareness down into the cellular level and you find the cells of your body are in constant communication with each other energetically; each cell receives and conducts energy. Shrink yourself down even further to the molecular level and you find systems of organizing intelligence conducting the energy to create the patterns we call molecules, elements, compounds-the building blocks of life. Shrink your awareness down even smaller to the world of atoms and you find that the ultimate constituents of your body are latent potential and realized manifestations of positive and negative energy, which we call protons, electrons and neutrons...
Your body is both receiving and transmitting energy. What you think and feel, is what you are creating. Create happy positive thoughts and those thoughts are transmitted into the fields of awareness that link us all together, like cells in the body of God. Negative thoughts are also transmitted into the field of collective consciousness and will cause you to attract the people, circumstances and situations that enable you to see whatever is diminishing the light of your own indwelling spirit. Spirit is consciousness in expression, or Shakti. That which causes life within you is you. You are the light... Realize this!
GETTING STARTED
By reikirod on Aug 6, 2008 | In Blog unitl your enlightened
"If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest." -- Publilius Syrus
"What is the most important thing that you should do right now? It's easy to figure out the answer--the most important thing is usually the item you least want to do. So jump on it. Get it out of the way. Then go on to the next thing you don't want to do and get rid of that item by completing it. You'll be amazed at how it frees your spirit no to have them hanging over you." -- Tom Hopkins
"Think big, start small." -- Patricia Fripp
"Don't wait. The time will never be just right." -- Napoleon Hill
