In making sense of the world around you it might be prudent to examine the intentions and motives of your own journey. What have you focused on as the star that you use for navigation in your life? Is your underlying motivation to accumulate wealth, prestige or power? Is it more subtle such as experiencing adventure, or developing relationships? Or have you achieved a higher vision that keeps you focused upon a goal of self-realization and awareness? We ask this only because it is indicative of the journey that you are taking and will underlie all of the decisions you make. What is your prime motivation of your life?
For those that have not made the primary decision to elevate their intentions beyond the physical, the world will be a series of lessons in achievement and loss. While the collection of objects may satisfy at some level for they may increase one’s image of self worth, there is always the possibility, or we should say probability, that this will not have the degree of satisfaction that one would anticipate once achieved. Much of the joy of life comes in the striving to achieve a goal, rather than when one reaches the top of the mountain. When you arrive you realize that there are always greater mountains to climb and the quest is never-ceasing until you reach the final destination of self-realization.
But what if you cannot realize your dream of personal wealth? Part of the lesson may be to see beneath the illusionary states of awareness and to realize that true wealth is always a perception from within and only the things we carry in our heart can we take with us to the bank. There is a feeling of betrayal frequently when one achieves an anticipated object of desire and realizes that it is not the thing that truly stirs the soul to rapture that we believed it to be. It is our soul’s graphic way of redirecting our journey onto an upward path.
So if material objects are not ultimately satisfying, how about relationships? Here the journey gets a little more complicated. There are those we have contracted to for a lifetime that are our soul’s companion at service to share a lifetime of wisdom with each other. While Love is the glue that cements souls together in the physical world it may also be the cement that weights the other down and keeps one from rising higher when one moves beyond the experiences of the relationship and the other is dragging their feet. If may be most Loving some point to cut the tie that binds two together in experience when it is no longer growing, supportive, Loving relationship
Other relationships are more impermanent and can thus be accomplished in shorter period of time. Many people come together to exchange information, and others to fulfill soul contracts left over from previous lifetimes. There are many hidden agendas that fall within the realm of possibilities and have yet to define themselves in the field of form. All are part of the ongoing weaving and altering of the fabric of life, according to the imperative set forth at the commencement of the journey. While the flight plan has been filed, there in no necessity to stick to it and bypass some of the intermediary stops once the journey has begun. It is always possible to audit a class or skip a grade once you have mastered the material.
So say your prime directive has been altered and now the object of your achievement is focused upon spiritual growth and higher awareness. How might you go about achieving this ultimate goal? We might suggest that this is a journey that will look the same as any other, filled with achievements and interactions as before. The only difference is in the attitude of the experiencer. Gone will be the imperative to surpass others that share the path. It will be more important to encourage and empower them to share the path together. Gone will be the need to control or manipulate those that you share a heart connection with for they will become as your extended self as you merge in the completeness of a complimentary relationship. Gone will be the need to dominate man or nature as you come into balance with all of life. And present will be the peace and understanding that life is to be lived in the grace of a Love that enfolds and encompasses all of experience if only you choose to make this your goal. It is LOVE expressed in all of life.
I AM
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Family Dynammics
The family of origin that you have chosen to embrace and interact within this lifetime is in many cases one that you have traveled together before and will continue to do so in the future. While you may have alternating roles in each other’s lives, it is this one that requires your immediate attention.
There are many lessons that one must master while undergoing the journey of enlightenment. Many of these require the “tough love” of those that know us best to bring home the lesson in ways that are hard to miss. You may have noticed that many of these are “in your face” right now as time quickens. It is those that we have drawn to us in a familial bond that know us best and which buttons to push to bring up unresolved issues between us for examination and integration.
Perhaps we were treated unjustly or cruelly in a previous incarnation by a certain member of our familial group. This is an opportunity to try a different tack to wear down resistance or experiment with a different route to understanding. Certainly the issues that gestate in the familial unit are the themes that will keep humming a familiar refrain throughout our lives in order to draw our attention to what we missed before. Only when an issue has been examined and both have surrendered to that lesson in understanding is an issue “finished” and “complete” and we can move on into new experiences. If not dealt with to the satisfaction of both parties, there is a good chance that it will become the theme of many future encounters.
The familial unit is a ticket all have purchased to a common destination. While some may change direction and transfer off at some point, there is a common thread that unites all in the experience. It behooves us all to examine what qualities and visions we share with those in our family and which are there as a mirror and deterrent to move us in an opposing direction.
We find our most important lessons are ones that we learn through the example of others. We can either choose to emulate them and claim them for ourselves or become aware of the fallacy of the experience and redirect our lives in an opposing direction. All are valid ways of learning.
We can choose how deeply we wish to become enmeshed in the drama of others. Being able to claim our wholeness and be the master of our own destiny is an important way that we cut the cords that bind us to our familial patterning. Part of emotional adulthood is breaking free of the tethers that bind us to the lessons of childhood and become our own person in the image of our higher vision of the self our soul is showing us. The extent to which we are able to reform our personae in this higher vision is the test as to how well we have learned the lessons of our birth family.
Emotional adulthood is achieved when we can see the patterns that brought us to where we are today and the lessons attached but then rewrite the script of our lives in the vision of our choosing. The baton of growth is passed from generation to generation through the lessons we share. What do you wish to take from your experiences in the family unit and pass on to your decedents and which are worn out beliefs and misinformation that need to be discarded in light of your new reality? What do you wish to be the legacy for those to come that will create a Lighter version of reality worth perpetuating? How will your family album look to future generations of those that will reform in new bodies? The seeds you plant today will bear fruit that you will eat in future incarnations. What do you wish that to be? Food for thought…
I AM
There are many lessons that one must master while undergoing the journey of enlightenment. Many of these require the “tough love” of those that know us best to bring home the lesson in ways that are hard to miss. You may have noticed that many of these are “in your face” right now as time quickens. It is those that we have drawn to us in a familial bond that know us best and which buttons to push to bring up unresolved issues between us for examination and integration.
Perhaps we were treated unjustly or cruelly in a previous incarnation by a certain member of our familial group. This is an opportunity to try a different tack to wear down resistance or experiment with a different route to understanding. Certainly the issues that gestate in the familial unit are the themes that will keep humming a familiar refrain throughout our lives in order to draw our attention to what we missed before. Only when an issue has been examined and both have surrendered to that lesson in understanding is an issue “finished” and “complete” and we can move on into new experiences. If not dealt with to the satisfaction of both parties, there is a good chance that it will become the theme of many future encounters.
The familial unit is a ticket all have purchased to a common destination. While some may change direction and transfer off at some point, there is a common thread that unites all in the experience. It behooves us all to examine what qualities and visions we share with those in our family and which are there as a mirror and deterrent to move us in an opposing direction.
We find our most important lessons are ones that we learn through the example of others. We can either choose to emulate them and claim them for ourselves or become aware of the fallacy of the experience and redirect our lives in an opposing direction. All are valid ways of learning.
We can choose how deeply we wish to become enmeshed in the drama of others. Being able to claim our wholeness and be the master of our own destiny is an important way that we cut the cords that bind us to our familial patterning. Part of emotional adulthood is breaking free of the tethers that bind us to the lessons of childhood and become our own person in the image of our higher vision of the self our soul is showing us. The extent to which we are able to reform our personae in this higher vision is the test as to how well we have learned the lessons of our birth family.
Emotional adulthood is achieved when we can see the patterns that brought us to where we are today and the lessons attached but then rewrite the script of our lives in the vision of our choosing. The baton of growth is passed from generation to generation through the lessons we share. What do you wish to take from your experiences in the family unit and pass on to your decedents and which are worn out beliefs and misinformation that need to be discarded in light of your new reality? What do you wish to be the legacy for those to come that will create a Lighter version of reality worth perpetuating? How will your family album look to future generations of those that will reform in new bodies? The seeds you plant today will bear fruit that you will eat in future incarnations. What do you wish that to be? Food for thought…
I AM
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The Mandate
Feeling that you are in this world but not of it might be a common occurrence these days as more and more move into the transitional vibration. There is a part of you that goes through the motions of growth and understanding in order to prepare for the shift while the physical aspect of your being is embodied in the third-dimensional activities that comprise your mundane world. In which arena do you feel more alive and self-actuated? This is where you are creating your reality. The rest is just the illusion.
As you move into the new energy, you are noticing that you are less drawn into the frivolous pursuits of prior times that seem to have lost their luster. While you may have enjoyed something that involved the mastery of a skill of some sort, you may find yourself setting this activity aside because the skill is now part of your repertoire and once mastered it is time to move on to other things. This is the experience of growth. Once one has learned something it is time to store the experience and find new areas of growth and understanding.
As dimensions shift and vision becomes clearer, you are becoming more attuned to the events and people who have substance and meaning, rather than just filling space or time. Every occurrence in your life is filled with meaning and purpose that is being revealed in ever-increasing frequency. It is if a play is being improvised in real-time and it is meaningful and brilliant, and you are part of the production. This IS the real-time and you are integral to the process.
Your observations are becoming more acute and you easily see through the subterfuge of the world around you. You are able to easily and quickly connect the dots and see where a conversation or activity is going and are able to decide if this is somewhere you wish to be or move on. You have completed your graduate studies and it is now up to you to decide how you wish to apply the knowledge.
You are building a new world, not based on the blueprints of obsolete structures, but with fresh eyes and new ideas. The wisdom of those that have gone before is not lost but has morphed into an understanding of greater depth and wisdom, but also adapted to something that serves a greater purpose. It is as if all the jagged corners of ego have been worn smooth and now the pieces of the many parts fit together seamlessly into a structure that is built together with the elements of the many that have come together in new forms of cooperation and teamwork. It is wholeness made manifest.
This is another characteristic of the new structures of your world is that it is beginning to vibrate in a harmonizing pattern of life. The destructive, egocentric vision that places man at the center of the universe with all of nature subservient to this harsh dictator is coming to a close. The new paradigm of cooperation includes the coming together of the elemental aspects of nature as well as the presence of man.
Man must find a balance of harmony and consideration that recognizes the unique role each plays in the unfolding mosaic of completeness. It is life made manifest in form where all have equal importance in the overall plan. While man certainly has the capacity to think and reason, this can be used either constructively or destructively in its execution. With power comes responsibility to use it wisely for the benefit of all.
This is the mandate that is being given to those who have crossed the threshold of understanding. Form the new world in the image of the god-within who Knows the higher purpose in all endeavors. Find ways of executing the divine mandate of Loving awareness that honors the needs of all in the creating of the higher level of experience. Continue to grow in Loving awareness and you will continue to surf the dimensional shift in ease and grace. This is the plan. The rest is just the illusion. What do you see? What do you intend to do about it? What is your new reality???
I AM
As you move into the new energy, you are noticing that you are less drawn into the frivolous pursuits of prior times that seem to have lost their luster. While you may have enjoyed something that involved the mastery of a skill of some sort, you may find yourself setting this activity aside because the skill is now part of your repertoire and once mastered it is time to move on to other things. This is the experience of growth. Once one has learned something it is time to store the experience and find new areas of growth and understanding.
As dimensions shift and vision becomes clearer, you are becoming more attuned to the events and people who have substance and meaning, rather than just filling space or time. Every occurrence in your life is filled with meaning and purpose that is being revealed in ever-increasing frequency. It is if a play is being improvised in real-time and it is meaningful and brilliant, and you are part of the production. This IS the real-time and you are integral to the process.
Your observations are becoming more acute and you easily see through the subterfuge of the world around you. You are able to easily and quickly connect the dots and see where a conversation or activity is going and are able to decide if this is somewhere you wish to be or move on. You have completed your graduate studies and it is now up to you to decide how you wish to apply the knowledge.
You are building a new world, not based on the blueprints of obsolete structures, but with fresh eyes and new ideas. The wisdom of those that have gone before is not lost but has morphed into an understanding of greater depth and wisdom, but also adapted to something that serves a greater purpose. It is as if all the jagged corners of ego have been worn smooth and now the pieces of the many parts fit together seamlessly into a structure that is built together with the elements of the many that have come together in new forms of cooperation and teamwork. It is wholeness made manifest.
This is another characteristic of the new structures of your world is that it is beginning to vibrate in a harmonizing pattern of life. The destructive, egocentric vision that places man at the center of the universe with all of nature subservient to this harsh dictator is coming to a close. The new paradigm of cooperation includes the coming together of the elemental aspects of nature as well as the presence of man.
Man must find a balance of harmony and consideration that recognizes the unique role each plays in the unfolding mosaic of completeness. It is life made manifest in form where all have equal importance in the overall plan. While man certainly has the capacity to think and reason, this can be used either constructively or destructively in its execution. With power comes responsibility to use it wisely for the benefit of all.
This is the mandate that is being given to those who have crossed the threshold of understanding. Form the new world in the image of the god-within who Knows the higher purpose in all endeavors. Find ways of executing the divine mandate of Loving awareness that honors the needs of all in the creating of the higher level of experience. Continue to grow in Loving awareness and you will continue to surf the dimensional shift in ease and grace. This is the plan. The rest is just the illusion. What do you see? What do you intend to do about it? What is your new reality???
I AM
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Working and Playing Well with Others
The things that comprise your life are opportunities to experience the growth your soul requires for its evolution. When you enter this experience, you are given certain “colors” with which to complete the masterpiece of your life. Some may choose to bring a darker palate with which to work while others may choose lighter hues. All are valid given the charge of the soul’s path to learning. You may have already worked out certain issues of self in previous lifetimes that require no further exploration in this one. If you come in with the knowledge of say a high school level, there is no need to begin at kindergarten every time. This is a hard-one lesson on which to build different levels of experience.
You might ask if struggle is necessary for achievement…We would offer that it is not the end result but the journey that provides the understanding. As you process the various aspects of an issue, you begin to accumulate the nuances of the experience. These are always stored away for reference in future lifetimes as you begin to flesh out various aspects of your emotional body. The feelings of déjà vous are merely remembrances of similar times and similar experiences that need not be relived in order to know the higher lesson involved.
While all experiences are not necessarily profound, you will continue to be brought into contact with the ones that are most relevant to your soul evolution. As time quickens, we all are cramming for final exams and find that our dance card is full of the things we have missed in previous encounters. It is as if we are called into service as an elite squad of spiritual warriors to mop up and bring into form the final aspects of soul evolution in order to progress to the next level of experience.
Part of the curriculum in the earth school is about learning to work and play well with others. You may remember that this is one of the first activities you encountered in kindergarten that has remained a consistent theme throughout life. It is this interplay with other souls that have the reflections of our life experience in form that help bring us into alignment with our higher purpose. If we are here to learn the lessons of Love in its many forms, it stands to reason that it is through the eyes of our many beloved partners that we will be able to see and recognize the missing parts of our evolving soul. The reintegration of these missing pieces is what we are yearning for when we lash out and posture to avoid the wholeness that we secretly seek. In the surrender and coming together we are reborn into higher understanding and awareness and complete our quest for wholeness in the tender arms of another. In such we will master the goal of “working and playing well with others”.
Before we leave the playground of experience, we might be well advised to make one more connection. Because of fears and insecurities from this and previous lifetimes, all will not be willing to move easily into the new reality. The defenses and struggles that impede the flow of energy into Loving pursuits may not be forthcoming until one has cut the chords that link the prior experience. Only when the benefits outweigh the risks or the pain becomes too great will they find reason and courage to move out of the shadows into the Light.
The greatest service you can provide to yourself and your fellow students is to mirror Loving kindness to each other in order to create a safe place where growth can take place. Continued efforts in this vein will eventually wear down the wall of resistance and create a safe, environment for Loving exchange. You are the mirrors to reflect God’s Loving Grace to each other. How can you best demonstrate this lesson in the masterpiece of your life? This is your assignment for today…
I AM
For a free copy of Penny’s book Returning Home – A Workbook for Ascension go to the Journey of Enlightenment website http://www.JOEFound.bbnow.org. Journey of Enlightenment Foundation is now on Facebook. We invite you to sign up as a Fan.
You might ask if struggle is necessary for achievement…We would offer that it is not the end result but the journey that provides the understanding. As you process the various aspects of an issue, you begin to accumulate the nuances of the experience. These are always stored away for reference in future lifetimes as you begin to flesh out various aspects of your emotional body. The feelings of déjà vous are merely remembrances of similar times and similar experiences that need not be relived in order to know the higher lesson involved.
While all experiences are not necessarily profound, you will continue to be brought into contact with the ones that are most relevant to your soul evolution. As time quickens, we all are cramming for final exams and find that our dance card is full of the things we have missed in previous encounters. It is as if we are called into service as an elite squad of spiritual warriors to mop up and bring into form the final aspects of soul evolution in order to progress to the next level of experience.
Part of the curriculum in the earth school is about learning to work and play well with others. You may remember that this is one of the first activities you encountered in kindergarten that has remained a consistent theme throughout life. It is this interplay with other souls that have the reflections of our life experience in form that help bring us into alignment with our higher purpose. If we are here to learn the lessons of Love in its many forms, it stands to reason that it is through the eyes of our many beloved partners that we will be able to see and recognize the missing parts of our evolving soul. The reintegration of these missing pieces is what we are yearning for when we lash out and posture to avoid the wholeness that we secretly seek. In the surrender and coming together we are reborn into higher understanding and awareness and complete our quest for wholeness in the tender arms of another. In such we will master the goal of “working and playing well with others”.
Before we leave the playground of experience, we might be well advised to make one more connection. Because of fears and insecurities from this and previous lifetimes, all will not be willing to move easily into the new reality. The defenses and struggles that impede the flow of energy into Loving pursuits may not be forthcoming until one has cut the chords that link the prior experience. Only when the benefits outweigh the risks or the pain becomes too great will they find reason and courage to move out of the shadows into the Light.
The greatest service you can provide to yourself and your fellow students is to mirror Loving kindness to each other in order to create a safe place where growth can take place. Continued efforts in this vein will eventually wear down the wall of resistance and create a safe, environment for Loving exchange. You are the mirrors to reflect God’s Loving Grace to each other. How can you best demonstrate this lesson in the masterpiece of your life? This is your assignment for today…
I AM
For a free copy of Penny’s book Returning Home – A Workbook for Ascension go to the Journey of Enlightenment website http://www.JOEFound.bbnow.org. Journey of Enlightenment Foundation is now on Facebook. We invite you to sign up as a Fan.
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