Energy and Belief

I am nothing but energy. My emotions are energy. My body is energy. My thoughts are energy, which when combined with my emotions leads to the development of beliefs and judgements about life which can ultimately move me forward, or keep me from moving at all, affecting me right down to the cells in my body. My thoughts, my emotions and the ensuing beliefs I hold, are creating my life exactly as I experience it. How can I tell if the beliefs I am holding so firmly are serving or confounding me on the ultimate path I want my life to be taking? By examining what is currently occuring in my life, knowing that everything I am experiencing, and my experience itself, is an outcome of my beliefs. In any moment I can ask myself what belief I am holding which is contributing to the undesired experience I am having. Since I am nothing but energy, I am freely able to form a new thought which, imbued with my emotional energy, can form a belief which serves me more effectively.

Love Is The New Religion – Pass It On

                     'Be the change you want to see in the world'

 
 

 
 

On the surface of the world right now there is war and violence and things seem dark
But calmly and quietly, at the same time, something else is happening underground
An inner revolution is taking place and certain individuals are being called to a higher light
It is a silent revolution
From the inside out
From the ground up

It is time for me to reveal myself
I am an embedded agent of a secret, undercover
Clandestine Global operation
A spiritual conspiracy
We have sleeper cells in every nation on the planet

You won't see us on the T.V.
You won't read about us in the newspaper
You won't hear about us on the radio

We don't seek any glory
We don't wear any uniform
We come in all shapes and sizes
Colors and styles

Most of us work anonymously
We are quietly working behind the scenes in every country and culture of the world
Cities big and small, mountains and valleys, in farms and villages, tribes and remote islands

You could pass by one of us on the street and not even notice
We go undercover
We remain behind the scenes
It is of no concern to us who takes the final credit
But simply that the work gets done

Occasionally we spot each other in the street
We give a quiet nod and continue on our way so no one will notice

During the day many of us pretend we have normal jobs
But behind the false storefront at night is where the real work takes a place

Some call us the 'Conscious Army'
We are slowly creating a new world with the power of our minds and hearts
We follow, with passion and joy
Our orders from the Central Command
The Spiritual Intelligence Agency

We are dropping soft, secret love bombs when no ones is looking
Poems
Hugs
Music
Photography
Movies
Kind words
Smiles
Meditation and prayer
Dance
Social activism
Websites
Blogs
Random acts of kindness

We each express ourselves in our own unique ways with our own unique gifts and talents

'Be the change you want to see in the world'
That is the motto that fills our hearts
We know it is the only way real transformation takes place
We know that quietly and humbly we have the power of all the oceans combined

Our work is slow and meticulous
Like the formation of mountains
It is not even visible at first glance
And yet with it entire tectonic plates shall be moved in the centuries to come

Love is the new religion of the 21st century

You don't have to be a highly educated person
Or have any exceptional knowledge to understand it

It comes from the intelligence of the heart
Embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse of all human beings

Be the change you want to see in the world
Nobody else can do it for you

We are now recruiting
Perhaps you will join us
Or already have....
All are welcome...
The door is open

 
 

LOVE IS THE NEW RELIGION = Psst! Pass it on.
-Brian Piergrossi
(From the book 'The Big Glow')

Reflections

"If you really want to know who I am, you have to be as absolutely empty as I am. Then two mirrors will be facing each other, and only emptiness will be mirrored. Infinite emptiness will be mirrored: two mirrors facing each other. But if you have some idea, then you will see your own idea in me." – Osho

Microcosmic Abundance

"Aren't you just thrilled that there are billions of beings of intelligence within you? Cells that each know what's best for them? And as they find what's best for them, it is ultimately what's best for you--unless you're focused upon something unwanted and using that as your excuse to block the flow. They are asking, Non-Physical is answering. Are you in the way or are you letting it flow? That's what this "Letting go and letting God" is all about. It's about relaxing and no longer hindering the communication between the individual askers. Every particle gets to individually decide. And as every particle asks, it is answered--and the Whole continues to thrive. " Abraham

Taking Sides

"You cannot find someone, even if they deserve it, as your enemy and stay Connected with who you are at the same time, because your Source will not take sides like that. No one can stay connected to Source Energy, and push hard against someone else. "

Abraham

Looking For the Rabbit Hole

Song of the Soul

"Love is all you need" state the lyrics of an immensely popular song. "God is love," say some, and others "God is all there is." Ergo, Love is all there is? I think not. It may be that God is love, but God is not limited to love.
A moving mantram I was introduced to many years ago has illustrated this for me - I think of it as the song of the soul:
"I am the soul.
I am the light divine.
I am love. I am will.
I am planned design."
To these words, which have sung me through the most challenging experiences of my life, I have added my own understanding:
I am the soul.
I am forgiveness and health.
I am peace, harmony
and abundant wealth.
Over the years, whenever I have been assailed by fears, doubts, or circumstances which appeared to threaten me, I have chanted these words like a mantram of pure being. Over time they took on a melodic shape, and I began to sing them. They began to sing themselves like a background music while I engaged in my daily routines and activities, a constant and comforting reminder of my connection with divinity. At some point a second voice arose in my inner ear, singing the same words in an inspiring dance of harmony and counterpoint.
In my experience, the power of this mantram, and the power of chanting this mantram, has been great. I remember a particularly significant occasion when I felt this power. I had driven to the Yukon with my eleven year old daughter, to attend a healing retreat. Because there was no accommodation in the area, I had prepared for our stay in this remote location by bringing along a tent, sleeping bags, and camping gear. When we arrived at the site, I was told that I could set up my tent wherever I liked. The environment was quite informal. I remember a couple watching bears on the hillside across from us, with a pair of binoculars, while someone else was explaining what it was like to live in the Yukon.
Down a hill from where the main building was located, I could see a lake. That pristine natural setting appealed to me, and so I drove down to check it out. Finding a level open area near the water's edge, I set up camp. My daughter helped me pitch the tent, and unroll our sleeping gear. Before we retired, we were joined in that location by a couple who had a camper on the back of their truck. After congratulating ourselves on having found such a perfect spot to camp, we all retired to our respective sleeping quarters.
Night gloamed softly around us. Because this was the Yukon, at the end of July, there was no significant darkness. As tired as I was from the long drive up the Alaska Highway however, I did not fall instantly into sleep, but lay peacefully in a double sleeping bag, sharing a peaceful reverie with my child snuggling in my arms. This reverie was broken unexpectedly by the sound of someone approaching. I heard a stick snapping, and the muffled sounds of movement and heavy breathing. As these perceptions coalesced in my consciousness, I realized that we were being visited by a bear.
The fragility of our shelter under the circumstances might have caused me to laugh, had I not been instinctively reacting with terror. My own fear was quickly set aside though, as I responded the the fear of my daughter, who was burrowing into me as if I were a rabbit hole. The volume was suddenly turned up on the mantram which had been chanting softly in the back of my consciousness: "I am the soul." The awareness of that truth was in that moment my own rabbit hole. "I am the light divine." I intuitively extended that light outward to create a bubble which enclosed the tent - a perfect dome of light to protect us; to reinforce the flimsy nylon which was all that otherwise separated us from an obviously large Yukon bear.
Throughout the night I chanted the mantram of my connection with my divine nature, while holding the image of light surrounding my tent. In my arms, my daughter now slept peacefully. Outside I could hear the bear's whuffling and padding as he circled the tent, occasionally moving away, but shortly returning. With the sense of danger enhancing my perceptions, I sang my song in harmony with the whuffling and padding, the occasional snapping of small sticks on the ground, the lapping of the lake water against the shore, the night calls of the birds and other occasional sounds I could not interpret. I heard the closing of a door somewhere, the scraping of metal, and the muffled sounds of human voices.
As the light of Yukon night grew almost imperceptively toward the light of day, the sounds of the bear diminished, and I was able at last to relax and drift into a few minutes of rest. This rest seemed almost immediately to be interrupted by alarmed voices of people outside my tent, querying my well-being. I emerged from the tent to a strange reality. The grass around my tent was beaten down into a brown path which completely circled my shelter. The sidewall of my fellow campers' RV was scored with deep scratches in the metal cladding. They described to me how the bear had "attacked" their camper, while inside they were shouting at it to leave. Enclosed in their metal walls, they were in no personal danger, but they had been extremely fearful for my daughter and me, in our little nylon dome tent.
No one could believe that the tent stood untouched, especially with the obvious evidence of the bear having repeatedly circled it. As I explained how I had held the dome of light above the tent, with the bear plodding in its circle around me, and my daughter sleeping in my arms, I could sense the perception of "reality" bending and breaking in the minds of those listening to me, especially the two who had been inside their camper throughout this experience.
The owner of the property eventually came down and explained that this flat, open area we had chosen was actually the place where many of the local wildlife came down to drink from the lake. He generously offered to accommodate my daughter and me in his bunkhouse just up the hill. Then he, like the others, turned his attention to the tracks the bear had carved into the metal cladding of the camper, expressing awe and amazement at the apparent determination of the animal to gain access to this essentially impenetrable structure. I turned back to my flimsy yet untouched tent and began the task of moving my bedding to the bunkhouse, where I looked forward gratefully to enjoying some uninterrupted sleep. In the back of my mind, my mantram sang on, sparkling with its facets of potential power, the simple precepts of truth that I had internalized in faith and trust so long ago.
At some metaphysical level of understanding, it may be that love, light, will and law or "planned design" are all the same essential Truth, but I know that all of the facets, all of the aspects, are essential to the integrity of the whole, and Love is one of the aspects. Love is an essential element of all-that-is, but love is not all there is. I have deep gratitude for the resources with which this mantram provided me, enabling me to face the challenge of the bear. I have this gratitude also for those who chose to proliferate this mantram, even though I can no longer remember the source. The mantram has become an integral part of me, and connects me with that source, both on the individualized level, and on the metaphysical level. I am thankful.

Kahlil Gibran

In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond; and like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams of spring. Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

The Nature of Forgiveness

Everything that I could ever say about you,

Or understand about you, is true of me –

Of some previous, or present, or potential part of me.

I must forgive you, or I have not forgiven myself

For being who I am,

In every previous, or present, or potential aspect.

If I judge you, I judge the corresponding part of my own self.

If I condemn you, I am myself condemned.

If I lash out at you, I will, myself, experience pain.

If I turn away from you, I become blind to myself,

And I am in danger of being hypocritical.

So I must turn toward you; this aspect of myself.

If I am in pain, I must ask myself

"What have I not forgiven?"

If I am feeling self-righteous, I must ask myself

"What am I being blind to? What am I not seeing in myself?"

I need YOU, in order to learn about myself;

To discover all the potential aspects of my being,

And through forgiveness,

I practise the love of Being.

I need you in order to learn new ways

To respond to every aspect of Being;

Ways which are in harmony with the Great Principle of Life.

I cannot define this Principle,

But I can intuitively experience it as a state of bliss;

As the Peace that passes Understanding;

As being "at-one-with" the world;

As a state of joy, of love:

The inner core reality which transcends physical matter

And makes material concerns seem trivial and "unreal".

This does not mean I will always agree with you,

Or allow you to do whatever you want with respect to me,

Or even approve of everything you do.

It simply means I will respond at any time

Not to "what is good for you,"

Not to "what is best for me,"

But to what is going to bring us both

Into harmony with the Great Principle, the "One",

And so, ultimately, with each other.

I am prepared to do

Whatever it is that I ask of you,

With full knowledge

That whatever it is I have recognized in you

Is also a part of myself.

Through coming to know this part of myself,

And knowing what I can do

To bring about a more harmonious perspective,

I can offer myself as a guide to you;

But just as I was blind

And in my own time, by my own effort learned to see,

I respect that it will be

In your own time, by your own effort, that you

In your turn, will also learn.

This is the nature of forgiveness.

 

 

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New Year Resolve

While exploring my 1999 imac, I found a folder of things I had written at that time. The following resolve (admittedly edited to reflect the evolution of my beliefs) felt like it could still be shared:

Each and every day
I consciously, actively, and purposefully
participate in the creation of my own reality.
My intentions and desires smoothly lead to action and creation.
I mobilize my energy, and it is a source of joy for me.
I take all the time I need to look after myself, each and every day.
I forego other activities in order to make time available
so that I may better understand and express myself
and explore my relationships.
I focus my consciousness daily on myself
and on my relationships with others.
I am committed to my life, and to the evolution of Spirit.
I am freely and competently doing what it takes to live the life I want.
I am having the experience that I want.
I move quickly through any pain that may accompany growth and change.
I keep reaching for better - feeling thoughts.
I learn from the disappointments that mayoccur,
as I continue to move comfortably toward my goal.
I release wishing and hoping
in order to replace them with believing and receiving.
I am at peace with my self, and I acknowledge my own insecurities.
I freely set aside the conventional thinking
that has brought me discomfort in past,
and I find new thoughts which help create more joyful results.
I give and receive the best of myself.
I am graced with wisdom, love, joy and honour in my life.
I am worthy of everything that I want.
The experience of peace, joy and abundance in my relationships delights me.

I believe that my spirit easily connects with others,
And that I will always be able to find a friend whom I can trust
with my most intimate and vulnerable secrets and needs.
I am prepared to create change within myself
to be able to accept all that Spirit offers me.
I am prepared to throw out old beliefs,
to recognize things which may be painful,
and to release myself from destructive myths about how life works.
I am prepared to always be connected with the truth about myself,
to see how I have contributed to so many happy outcomes,
and to understand the unhappy outcomes when they arise
so that I can create the possibilities for happier ones.
This is my life.
I live in mindfulness wherever I am, in each moment,
and I am joyfully walking my path.

Fire in the Ethereal World

I woke up from a strange dream - the museum of my past was on fire in the backyard, and I could not find a phone to call 911! Everyone I turned to inside the house of my dream was only interested to be an onlooker, as if the window to the past was a television channel.

A new Beginning

As I bring focus to this moment of eternal time, here and now, let me be a perfect prism for the perception of reality. I want to share my perception with you, and I want to hear your voice joining mine in the song of the Wu Li Master. Welcome.