When I was young, carefree and innocent, I explored everything I could. As I got older I was conditioned by my peers and elders to be cautious. Suddenly, my mind was filled with suspicion and doubt. By the time I was sixteen I had become completely conditioned to believe that this world was a very scary place and that there was nothing that was completely safe. There were no precious moments anymore!
Consequently, I spent the next thirty years in fear. Then suddenly, all those negative things that had happened to me seemed to transform into a new understanding. I found out that what appeared to be scary was in fact a lesson in growing up. Yes, at the grand age of 46, I finally became an adult.
So, what was my idea of an adult? Someone who was capable, responsible and ready to stand alone. But, since I had no idea what standing alone meant to me, I spent the next 20 years finding out. Now, I know!
It means being like I was as a young child, but with a difference. Now my mind is just as curious, in fact, perhaps much more so. Learning is easy, once I find I am interested in discovering something. I learn what I feel about those things and slowly, perhaps in different ways, I experiment. Little by little, I now know I am a genious in my own way. It does not matter anymore what others think that is, or how I show and tell what I know. All that matters to me is that I know.
Now comes the big lesson! Being able to be myself, explore and not be influenced by any demands, expectations or hopes that I may create. Self discipline means doing things at the right time, in the right way to please myself. Daily, I find a new way to do that. So, inspite of others, I get along fine.
One problems still remains: how to fit my personal schedule into the ways of the world! Perhaps some may call me selfish, but I like to call it spiritually aware and in touch with the divine source that is in all of us. So, if someone needs me, I know that and I am there for them. Others, well they may ask, but I know they can cope without me. So, I bless them and let them go.
Perhaps you life is filled with people demanding you be what they want you to be. Take time to find yourself! Have some precious moments now! Tomorrow is too late!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
I can, but I can't!
What a dilemna to be able to say both yes and no at the same time! The conscious mind is a liar and a cheat! I said that over 35 years ago and it stil holds true. By the time you have had an idea, thought about it, rationalized how your original idea can be brought into form, you have easily advised yourself to not follow through, or you have gingerly told yourself to do it with great caution.
So, who taught you to listen to your conscious mind? Was it mum? Dad? A teacher or friend in school? Whoever it was, I am sure you never thought just how much you had allowed them to influence you to believe what you now think to be your own ideas.
Actually, nothing we have learned in our lives is completely and utterly our own idea. When we are born we have no knowledge of words or how to phrase things in certain ways to have a profound affect on us. It is simply our emotional response to others that causes us to believe what we hear. So, what did you hear all those years ago and what do you still cling to that is controlling you and preventing you from adapting, changing and growing?
Your deep-subconscious mind is your personal Spirit Mind that originally informed you in sensations that you have arrived in a body. It was this part of yourself that taught you to listen, feel, hear and see. So why not listen to the wisest part of yourself that is still struggling to break through your conscious mind. All it takes is listening to those five senses and following your feelings just like you did when you were born!
To touch, enjoy every sensation is to learn and learning is simply a way of spiritually growing. This is a time of change and maybe you need to get a new career, break away from old family traditions and seek new horizons, even if it is only in the next street.
Your old mental photos are just that - old moments that no longer are important! Get your mental camera out and take some new shots of what is around you.
So, who taught you to listen to your conscious mind? Was it mum? Dad? A teacher or friend in school? Whoever it was, I am sure you never thought just how much you had allowed them to influence you to believe what you now think to be your own ideas.
Actually, nothing we have learned in our lives is completely and utterly our own idea. When we are born we have no knowledge of words or how to phrase things in certain ways to have a profound affect on us. It is simply our emotional response to others that causes us to believe what we hear. So, what did you hear all those years ago and what do you still cling to that is controlling you and preventing you from adapting, changing and growing?
Your deep-subconscious mind is your personal Spirit Mind that originally informed you in sensations that you have arrived in a body. It was this part of yourself that taught you to listen, feel, hear and see. So why not listen to the wisest part of yourself that is still struggling to break through your conscious mind. All it takes is listening to those five senses and following your feelings just like you did when you were born!
To touch, enjoy every sensation is to learn and learning is simply a way of spiritually growing. This is a time of change and maybe you need to get a new career, break away from old family traditions and seek new horizons, even if it is only in the next street.
Your old mental photos are just that - old moments that no longer are important! Get your mental camera out and take some new shots of what is around you.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Time on my mind
What time is it? Well, perhaps my inner time clock says it is time to go to bed, while my watch says it is time to get up. Where am I? How did I get from here to here and loose time or gain time? My brain searches for the right answer, but my body pays no attention.
Yes, I arrived home in time, but now I cannot be sure when and where I will need to sleep, nap, or simply muse over the day in day-dream slumber. So, confusing to think that yesterday is today, or tomorrow is now! Travelling half way around the world can do that to you! Perhaps there is no tomorrow, or maybe there is always yesterday in my mind.
So many people spend time remembering, seeing and re-looking at yesterday while their brain revisits those forgotten photos that were taken in the blink of an eye. Memories colored by emotions, lost in untrained thoughts that rise like eagles soaring or vultures consuming. Day by day, night by night the past is re-enacted. How then can we speculate on the future?
Tomorrow is built upon now. Enjoy the moment and know that another day shines in just a few moments and now will soon be forgotten - lost in the sea of memories, awaiting your continual inspection!
Yes, I arrived home in time, but now I cannot be sure when and where I will need to sleep, nap, or simply muse over the day in day-dream slumber. So, confusing to think that yesterday is today, or tomorrow is now! Travelling half way around the world can do that to you! Perhaps there is no tomorrow, or maybe there is always yesterday in my mind.
So many people spend time remembering, seeing and re-looking at yesterday while their brain revisits those forgotten photos that were taken in the blink of an eye. Memories colored by emotions, lost in untrained thoughts that rise like eagles soaring or vultures consuming. Day by day, night by night the past is re-enacted. How then can we speculate on the future?
Tomorrow is built upon now. Enjoy the moment and know that another day shines in just a few moments and now will soon be forgotten - lost in the sea of memories, awaiting your continual inspection!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Depression
When the mind is so busy, filled with fear, pain and anger it is hard to be still. I remember so long ago when I had no peace. No rest from all that wihch seemed to fill my life with misery. I constantly thought about what was wrong and how much more there could be to turn bad. Life was in full rejection and I knew it. How could I go on?
It is easy to think of ending a life, but what of the courage it takes to do such a thing! In the final moment, it is normal to suddenly realise that life is worth living after all. Then suddenly, the clock stops ticking, the world starts turning again in a new way. Yesterday's issues are now by-gones as new ideas and new hopes emerge.
Just like a grub that has struggled to live, eating and working, you have (are likely) to curl up into a ball and withdraw; meditate; contemplate and transform, and as you do so, something wonderful is happening. You have become a butterfly; delicate, free and ready to fly off into the unknown, knowing that you can do anything!
So, what is anything? Simply to experience the world and the people in it with new eyes. To appreciate that life is full of plenty to do and plenty to create. So, if you are depressed; get up of the sofa, go out and breathe the air and notice your neighborhood. Yes, you are a part of it and it is calling to you. Someone out there is waiting for you! Go find them!
It is easy to think of ending a life, but what of the courage it takes to do such a thing! In the final moment, it is normal to suddenly realise that life is worth living after all. Then suddenly, the clock stops ticking, the world starts turning again in a new way. Yesterday's issues are now by-gones as new ideas and new hopes emerge.
Just like a grub that has struggled to live, eating and working, you have (are likely) to curl up into a ball and withdraw; meditate; contemplate and transform, and as you do so, something wonderful is happening. You have become a butterfly; delicate, free and ready to fly off into the unknown, knowing that you can do anything!
So, what is anything? Simply to experience the world and the people in it with new eyes. To appreciate that life is full of plenty to do and plenty to create. So, if you are depressed; get up of the sofa, go out and breathe the air and notice your neighborhood. Yes, you are a part of it and it is calling to you. Someone out there is waiting for you! Go find them!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Meditation
When I was very little, I was told to sit still. Well, how long could a child be very still? A minute seemed like an hour. So, ten minute was like spending years being silent. Back in those day, I tried to listen to my mind, but all I could do was to fidget and fuss some more.
Well, as the years went by, I learned that I could sit my mind down and give it a talking too! Be quiet! Don't worry! Stop thinking! etc., but the more I told myself to be still, the more I talked away to myself. So, what was I to do?
Well, finally I realised that if I wanted peace and quiet, I had to learn to stop the dialogue. But, first, I had to learn to sit still. I noticed that the more I quietened my mind, the more I fidgeted. I was in a mental and physical loop. So, again, what to do?
Well, this is what I did and you can do it too!
Sit in a chair in front of a picture. Sit upright with your hands on you lap. everytime you move or think about something other then the picture, say out loud, "I drifted." Next notice the shapes in the picture and begin to trace around those shapes with your mind. Again, when you fidget or think about something repeat those word aloud.
You will find that you say "I drifted" very frequently at first. If you only last 5 minutes, that is better than no time. Practice this anwhere you go. Do it on the train, in the bus or on the toilet. There is always something you can watch or trace in your mind. Keep looking at the picture and trace it over and over and say over and over again outloud those two words. In time, your brain will get the message and stop fidgiting and thinking. Then you will have a conscious still mind.
The next step is to develop the same thing with your eyes closed. Simply picture a shape that has angles in your mind and keep drawing it. everytime your mind thinks of something else. Repeat "I drifted" out loud. You will learn quickly that there is no difference between your eyes open or closed. Then the reall quiet wills start.
For further guidance and mediatations: my book "50 Spiritually Powerful Meditations" is available on www.amazon.com
Well, as the years went by, I learned that I could sit my mind down and give it a talking too! Be quiet! Don't worry! Stop thinking! etc., but the more I told myself to be still, the more I talked away to myself. So, what was I to do?
Well, finally I realised that if I wanted peace and quiet, I had to learn to stop the dialogue. But, first, I had to learn to sit still. I noticed that the more I quietened my mind, the more I fidgeted. I was in a mental and physical loop. So, again, what to do?
Well, this is what I did and you can do it too!
Sit in a chair in front of a picture. Sit upright with your hands on you lap. everytime you move or think about something other then the picture, say out loud, "I drifted." Next notice the shapes in the picture and begin to trace around those shapes with your mind. Again, when you fidget or think about something repeat those word aloud.
You will find that you say "I drifted" very frequently at first. If you only last 5 minutes, that is better than no time. Practice this anwhere you go. Do it on the train, in the bus or on the toilet. There is always something you can watch or trace in your mind. Keep looking at the picture and trace it over and over and say over and over again outloud those two words. In time, your brain will get the message and stop fidgiting and thinking. Then you will have a conscious still mind.
The next step is to develop the same thing with your eyes closed. Simply picture a shape that has angles in your mind and keep drawing it. everytime your mind thinks of something else. Repeat "I drifted" out loud. You will learn quickly that there is no difference between your eyes open or closed. Then the reall quiet wills start.
For further guidance and mediatations: my book "50 Spiritually Powerful Meditations" is available on www.amazon.com
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Nothing is the same!
I heard my grandparents repeatedly saying that nothing was the same then and now as I stand here in my world, and find myself saying those words again. Where has my childhood gone? What happened to those quiet and lovely summer days?
I was walking in the park enjoying the local Japanese garden with the sun shinning through the trees yesterday. It was so peaceful for 1 minute. Then along came a man chatting away on his cell. Then I began to look around. Everyone was on a cell phone; speaking, checking mail, or simply playing a game. Their eyes were focused on this little machine. Not once did any of them look up. If there was a moment of awareness beyong that tiny box, it was to look at their watch. Safe to say, it was too annoying to have to leave the page they were focused on. The fact that the cell phone is also a time piece forgotten.
What would my grandmother say if she had to use a cell phone. Probably, just like me, make some explanation, such as I don't have the time to worry about learning this now. Maybe later!
So, what has this world come to? Small electronic machines that bombard our Auras day and night. No time for sweetness and wonder. No appreciation for the birds that sing; the cats that mew and the dogs that bark in the distance. No time to listen to nature because their I-pod is playing. How can we be so introverted; so alone in a world of technology?
Now, here I am repeating those words. "Nothing is the same!" Truth be told though, yes there is a lot that is the same if we just take time to look up, out and about. When did you last take a really good look at the world? When did you last remember and enjoy what was, and still it?
I was walking in the park enjoying the local Japanese garden with the sun shinning through the trees yesterday. It was so peaceful for 1 minute. Then along came a man chatting away on his cell. Then I began to look around. Everyone was on a cell phone; speaking, checking mail, or simply playing a game. Their eyes were focused on this little machine. Not once did any of them look up. If there was a moment of awareness beyong that tiny box, it was to look at their watch. Safe to say, it was too annoying to have to leave the page they were focused on. The fact that the cell phone is also a time piece forgotten.
What would my grandmother say if she had to use a cell phone. Probably, just like me, make some explanation, such as I don't have the time to worry about learning this now. Maybe later!
So, what has this world come to? Small electronic machines that bombard our Auras day and night. No time for sweetness and wonder. No appreciation for the birds that sing; the cats that mew and the dogs that bark in the distance. No time to listen to nature because their I-pod is playing. How can we be so introverted; so alone in a world of technology?
Now, here I am repeating those words. "Nothing is the same!" Truth be told though, yes there is a lot that is the same if we just take time to look up, out and about. When did you last take a really good look at the world? When did you last remember and enjoy what was, and still it?
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