When you have custody of something it implies that you not only have control over it but a responsibility for it. Having custody of your choices, then, means that we have control over our choices and that we have a responsibility for our choices. There is growing evidence from quantum physics that the choices that a person makes affect the physical level of reality that they experience. What kind of choices are we talking about?
You can make choices on different levels. One level that some of us are still attempting to master is the choice of what we physically do. It is easy to see the relationship between our actions and the outer world. If you buy lots of plastic junk, more plastic junk is made and the landfills expand. If you buy only sustainable needed things, more sustainable useful things are made and the landfills decrease. We have known that for some time.
You can also choose what you think. This is a bit harder to master than choosing actions because we are not always aware of our thoughts. It is possible for you to see how your thoughts affect things around you as well. When your thinking is negative, you generally have lots of things in your life to feel negative about. When your thinking is positive, you generally have lots of things to feel positive about. While this might be a bit of a stretch for some people (who think that their negative thoughts are simply a reaction to the negative things happening to them), there is a lot of evidence from science to show that the thought comes first.
Then you can choose what you feel. This seems to be the most difficult because your feelings are often deeply rooted in your unconscious beliefs and the precognitive commitments you made as an infant or child. The unconscious is laid down in images and, therefore, choice of feeling must be made on a level of imagery. You can choose how you feel by creating the image that brings about the feeling you desire.
Finally, you can choose how you are with anything, anytime. Choosing how to be with something requires all of the above choices - action, thought, and feeling - so that your response to what happens in your life is a conscious choice. Out of that conscious choice your experience in the physical world will arise.
We are now at a point in the history of humankind that having custody of your choices is critical to the outcome. Since we are all one, what you choose to do, think about, and feel affects me, and my choices affect your reality. While the chaos that seems to be around us is not something we appear to have control over, perhaps if we all make the most conscious choices that we can make in each moment to respond to life (all of it) with love, we will create a more beautiful world for everyone.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Warrior of the Heart
The seven-year transit of the planet Uranus through Aries began on March 12th. It has been in Pisces for the last seven years, tearing down the structures of our lives, financial systems, political systems, and many other things with its transformational energy. Now in Aries, transformational Uranus takes on the Warrior archetype.
It is time for a new understanding of the warrior energy. Aries is a fire sign and, if our understanding of what it means to be a warrior does not change, it may destroy us all. Up until now the warrior turned its energy toward defending, and attacking as a means of defense or conquest – one wins and one loses. This definition of warrior does not fit with unity consciousness where if one loses, we all lose. So how can we conceive of the warrior in a way that this passionate fire energy will move us forward into unity?
The warrior of the heart is one who is attuned to the One Heart that beats within us all. While each of us has our own unique part of the puzzle, it is all of the pieces fitting together that make the picture complete. The warrior of the heart is passionate about perfecting the piece that is theirs. Letting their heart guide them, they pursue those things that they are passionate about and what brings a sense of joy and aliveness to their lives. They know that doing so serves the whole.
No more warring against each other, this, or that. The Warrior of the Heart is for something not against it. As a Warrior of the Heart I can be for peace, for love, for you, and for me. When the Heart Warriors call a council, everyone benefits. If you find yourself fighting with anything, step back and ask what am I for? How can my passion serve the whole?
It is time for a new understanding of the warrior energy. Aries is a fire sign and, if our understanding of what it means to be a warrior does not change, it may destroy us all. Up until now the warrior turned its energy toward defending, and attacking as a means of defense or conquest – one wins and one loses. This definition of warrior does not fit with unity consciousness where if one loses, we all lose. So how can we conceive of the warrior in a way that this passionate fire energy will move us forward into unity?
The warrior of the heart is one who is attuned to the One Heart that beats within us all. While each of us has our own unique part of the puzzle, it is all of the pieces fitting together that make the picture complete. The warrior of the heart is passionate about perfecting the piece that is theirs. Letting their heart guide them, they pursue those things that they are passionate about and what brings a sense of joy and aliveness to their lives. They know that doing so serves the whole.
No more warring against each other, this, or that. The Warrior of the Heart is for something not against it. As a Warrior of the Heart I can be for peace, for love, for you, and for me. When the Heart Warriors call a council, everyone benefits. If you find yourself fighting with anything, step back and ask what am I for? How can my passion serve the whole?
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Emotional GPS
Most of us are familiar with a GPS (Global Positioning System) that is used in a car to give directions to a destination. The emotional GPS (God Presence Signal) works much the same way to help us get to our destination of higher awareness and enlightenment. This emotional steering system lets us know when we are moving in the right direction and when we are going off track.
Rather than listening to a woman’s synthesized voice saying, “Continue straight ahead for 20 miles,” or “Recalculating – make a U-turn as soon as possible,” we need to instead notice what emotion is arising within us. Comfortable emotions such as peacefulness, joy, love, and happiness tell us we are on the right road and to keep going. Uncomfortable emotions are saying that we are headed in the wrong direction for arriving at the destination of higher awareness.
The trick is to deciphering what to do when you are headed where you don’t want to go. For example, when you find yourself out of sorts, irritable, angry, or sad (definitely uncomfortable), it would be good to have a checklist that might go something like this:
• What story is going through my mind – is it one I want?
• Is there a judgment present?
• Am I in the past or future, and how can I get back to the present?
• Am I fighting with what is or can I be in acceptance?
• Am I seeing myself in the mirror of another person and not liking it?
• Am I being hard on myself instead of loving myself?
• Have I made an intention that I am not in alignment with?
• Is there something else that I need to be doing at the present time?
• Am I caught in the illusion of the outer world rather than looking inward for truth?
There are probably more things you could add to the checklist depending on what the most usual ways are that you go off course. The main thing is to stop dead in your tracks when these uncomfortable signals from your spirit begin to arise as they are letting you know that it will not be pretty if you continue to take that path. When your emotional GPS says to make a U turn, take the time to come back into alignment with your God-self and the destination you are seeking. It prevents a lot of suffering!
Rather than listening to a woman’s synthesized voice saying, “Continue straight ahead for 20 miles,” or “Recalculating – make a U-turn as soon as possible,” we need to instead notice what emotion is arising within us. Comfortable emotions such as peacefulness, joy, love, and happiness tell us we are on the right road and to keep going. Uncomfortable emotions are saying that we are headed in the wrong direction for arriving at the destination of higher awareness.
The trick is to deciphering what to do when you are headed where you don’t want to go. For example, when you find yourself out of sorts, irritable, angry, or sad (definitely uncomfortable), it would be good to have a checklist that might go something like this:
• What story is going through my mind – is it one I want?
• Is there a judgment present?
• Am I in the past or future, and how can I get back to the present?
• Am I fighting with what is or can I be in acceptance?
• Am I seeing myself in the mirror of another person and not liking it?
• Am I being hard on myself instead of loving myself?
• Have I made an intention that I am not in alignment with?
• Is there something else that I need to be doing at the present time?
• Am I caught in the illusion of the outer world rather than looking inward for truth?
There are probably more things you could add to the checklist depending on what the most usual ways are that you go off course. The main thing is to stop dead in your tracks when these uncomfortable signals from your spirit begin to arise as they are letting you know that it will not be pretty if you continue to take that path. When your emotional GPS says to make a U turn, take the time to come back into alignment with your God-self and the destination you are seeking. It prevents a lot of suffering!
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