Aaah, so already, you thought I was saying that the "business man" was wrong. Take a moment to re-read the dream. Remember, I was the witness, the observer of the man and the woman, no judgement here. Each of us has aspects of the man and aspects of the woman within us, develpoed perhaps in an unbalanced way. It is up to us to not only to balance those to aspects but also to develop the witness within us. it is the witness that can observe the subtleties of life where we can fine tune and receive all of the information we need to make a well informed decision. We need to find balance, and for each of us that looks different, but the fact is society and governmental rules are not going find it for you, the only way to do that is do as the female does and go within.
Be Peace today and go in search of your personal balance point.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Programmed for Peace
A few minutes ago, I was amidst a dream in which I was at a birthday party with all of the usual treats. These had been prepared by a woman trying to start her own business. All of the products were made with the freshest, healthiest of ingredients and even had "eco - conscious" packaging. Her first attempt at getting her business off of the ground was a failure, not because of any product flaw or design flaw, but because "the timing wasn't right," as she put it. It seems the start of her business would have caused some kind of conflict with another business owner. In the process of sorting it out, she made "moral decisions" instead of "business decisions" that caused her business not to take off. Legally, she could have done it differently and her business would have moved forward and with the incredibly delicious products she was making it was obvious she could have been a success. In my dream, this woman was telling her story to me and to another man, a "business man." Being able to see both sides, I sat quietly and listened. The business man emphatically explained the concept of capitalism as if the woman was too stupid to understand it. "That's the point, to make as much as you can, accumulate money, money is power and as long as you don't break any laws doing it. Then it's okay," I remember him saying. Listening to each othem, I quickly came to realize he had no relationship with his inner moral compass. His compass was based on the external, what society over time, had decided was right and wrong, legal and illegal. The woman had an inner compass telling her how to negotiate through her life. She had an implicit trust in her undying "'On Star' navigator within" and believed listening to that she would never be steered wrong. She trusted there was a purpose to it all, she was in no way attached to the outcome, nor to making a "killing" financially if it meant "screwing" another. At the end of the dream, she had not become "successful," yet, according to the man. She did not have her store front, nor did she have her millions.
As I woke up from this incredibly vivid dream, I realized this dream was not my own inner conflict, but a vivid depiction of what humanity is being called to do. (Yes, we are being called, change is happening with or without us, are you coming along for the ride?)
As a people, in terms of the energy that we use to "drive" the world, we are being called to shift from a masculine to feminine energy. We are being called to shift from a mentality of "I" to a mentality of "We." On a spiritual level, we are being called to shift from external power through domination and fear to an internal "true" power that lives through the heart and heart consciousness. The only way for us, as a people, to accomplish this shift (And yes, the answer lies right within the dream) is to go within, to find our Inner Voice and our Moral Compass and to live by those two things unfailingly as a heart centered expression of ourselves in each moment. We must trust these inner "Knowings" implicitly to lead our way, even through darkness and the toughest of times.
As I sit and wonder about if we can get there, I am reminded of the 10 Commandments and Yoga's "Yamas" and "Niyamas." I feel them alive within me and know intuitively they are still alive within all us, within our genetic code, it is our natural way of being, it is the eneryg of our "Source". We have simply allowed (through free will) our feelings of anger and fear to override these natural mechanisms for peace. As I realize this, I sigh a little sigh of relief, knowing we already have the "program for peace" computed within us.
As I woke up from this incredibly vivid dream, I realized this dream was not my own inner conflict, but a vivid depiction of what humanity is being called to do. (Yes, we are being called, change is happening with or without us, are you coming along for the ride?)
As a people, in terms of the energy that we use to "drive" the world, we are being called to shift from a masculine to feminine energy. We are being called to shift from a mentality of "I" to a mentality of "We." On a spiritual level, we are being called to shift from external power through domination and fear to an internal "true" power that lives through the heart and heart consciousness. The only way for us, as a people, to accomplish this shift (And yes, the answer lies right within the dream) is to go within, to find our Inner Voice and our Moral Compass and to live by those two things unfailingly as a heart centered expression of ourselves in each moment. We must trust these inner "Knowings" implicitly to lead our way, even through darkness and the toughest of times.
As I sit and wonder about if we can get there, I am reminded of the 10 Commandments and Yoga's "Yamas" and "Niyamas." I feel them alive within me and know intuitively they are still alive within all us, within our genetic code, it is our natural way of being, it is the eneryg of our "Source". We have simply allowed (through free will) our feelings of anger and fear to override these natural mechanisms for peace. As I realize this, I sigh a little sigh of relief, knowing we already have the "program for peace" computed within us.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Living the Day
Write without thinking I keep being told. I hear that from my own inner voice, from friends who are Channeling the Masters, from synchronicities I see being laid out before me. It is my desire to write a book and to be of service by channeling the teachings of Moses. Write without thinking, I keep being told, write from the heart. But what about those days when the writing just doesn't come and the process seems at a stand still. I have two choices. I can do it and trust and hope that it moves me along on my journey or I can switch into my logical thinking mind and push forward in another way. One that feels safer and more socially acceptable. What is this writing without thinking even going to bring me? I am not certain, yet I keep holding on, trying, trusting the process of what I have been told.
Some days, the writing seems so haphazard, I don't not even share it with you. Other days, I feel so blocked I write absolutely nothing, simply making excuses for it in my own mind to myself. It is just where I am right now in the process, it feels like I am moving through sludge, like I am trying to turn the gears of something that has been rusted out since Moses lived here on earth. I keep watching, witnessing my own life, finding the little things that give me that glimmer of hope that I am on my right path. It hasn't been easy, this part of the process has been painfully slow. And maybe I am missing something, a peice of the puzzle, but I can't know what I don't know until I finally come to know it. And if I knew it , it would no longer be an issue or topic of discussion. I would be on to the next thing, in the next place. But the fact is, I don't know anything else right now, so what is one to do?
Today, these are the things I told myself to help myself along...Sometimes we just have to sit in that uncomfortable place of not knowing, of finding our way, or waiting for the Universe to align what needs to be aligned for us to move forward. Sometimes, we just have to trust and do what feels right, for longer than feels comfortable. Sometimes we need to linger in a place to soak up all of the lessons that are there for us, hidden in the details of our lives. Sometimes we need to ask for guidance and trust we are getting it and even when it doesn't make sense to us, do it anyway. Sometimes we need take chances. Sometimes we need to do it all and sometimes we need to just stop and do nothing. The fact is, there is no one or right way, but we can always be assured we are exactly where we need to be if we don't just give up and shut down, but instead keep trying and communicating our Highest desires, whatever they may be for the Highest good of both ourselves and the Universe. Just for today, I followed my own advice, and it got me through to this this writing. For sometimes, all we need to do is share our lives honestly with another, perfect in its imperfections, and without even realizing it, we can touch someones heart in a way we never could have planned, fulfilling our life purpose for that day.
Some days, the writing seems so haphazard, I don't not even share it with you. Other days, I feel so blocked I write absolutely nothing, simply making excuses for it in my own mind to myself. It is just where I am right now in the process, it feels like I am moving through sludge, like I am trying to turn the gears of something that has been rusted out since Moses lived here on earth. I keep watching, witnessing my own life, finding the little things that give me that glimmer of hope that I am on my right path. It hasn't been easy, this part of the process has been painfully slow. And maybe I am missing something, a peice of the puzzle, but I can't know what I don't know until I finally come to know it. And if I knew it , it would no longer be an issue or topic of discussion. I would be on to the next thing, in the next place. But the fact is, I don't know anything else right now, so what is one to do?
Today, these are the things I told myself to help myself along...Sometimes we just have to sit in that uncomfortable place of not knowing, of finding our way, or waiting for the Universe to align what needs to be aligned for us to move forward. Sometimes, we just have to trust and do what feels right, for longer than feels comfortable. Sometimes we need to linger in a place to soak up all of the lessons that are there for us, hidden in the details of our lives. Sometimes we need to ask for guidance and trust we are getting it and even when it doesn't make sense to us, do it anyway. Sometimes we need take chances. Sometimes we need to do it all and sometimes we need to just stop and do nothing. The fact is, there is no one or right way, but we can always be assured we are exactly where we need to be if we don't just give up and shut down, but instead keep trying and communicating our Highest desires, whatever they may be for the Highest good of both ourselves and the Universe. Just for today, I followed my own advice, and it got me through to this this writing. For sometimes, all we need to do is share our lives honestly with another, perfect in its imperfections, and without even realizing it, we can touch someones heart in a way we never could have planned, fulfilling our life purpose for that day.
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