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InAction is a Weapon of Mass Destruction

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:03:00 +0000

Inaction is your personal weapon of mass destruction, and you are it's first victim. Save yourself, then save another, and so on.

Let the music group Faithless show you, using some wonderful metaphors in this video.

We are all waiting for you.

Peace,
Mikel

Do It, Do It Now!

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:16:00 +0000

Whatever that goal of yours is, whatever the wish; look at it again, do it now.

Take steps toward it and toward you will it come.

Yoda says, "Do or do not! There is no try"

I attest to this experientially, with personalized caveats but essentially the message is the same.

The bottom line of the many cliche's surrounding us daily is this - time is short, everything you hold dear and love to love, is fragile and ephemeral.

When you wake up in the morning will your body wake up with you? And whether it did or not, is your work here done?

Every moment is unknown and wondrous, every breath precious to behold. Whatever your heart's desire, whatever your unfulfilled dream; begin it, move toward it, now.

Look away from the silt and heaviness of reality, the mundane. Let your heart flutter, permit your soul presence here, presence now.

Whatever that goal of yours is dear one, do it now.

The next move is yours, the reminder is here. Forgive yourself regularly. In every moment there is hope...

In peace,
M

I'm Going Through Changes

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:34:00 +0000

The temperature is dropping daily, we had our first snow fall during the week and it was a healthy dumping. Ozzy Osborne "I'm going through changes" echoes through my mind and I reflect. Everyday is a change, a subtle or not-so subtle shift. That which seemed small yesterday, today appears larger or vice versa.

Seasonal shifts remind me of my level of awareness to my personal consciousness. A little reminder to be detached but ever expectant. That the things I work toward are collectively being attracted to my present, through my own understandings and through powers that are beyond my human intelligence.

I'm reminded to be ever-grateful, not for things, but for experiences, states of being, changes I incur and revel in. Grateful that I usually have the mental fortitude to realize that my path is ever forward, even when I'm taken aback 3 steps.

Peace and joy forever occupy a space in my state of being, sometimes smaller, sometimes larger and at times even forgotten, but impossible to avoid for long. For that I'm grateful.

Perhaps it's time for a checkpoint, a inner touch base. The seasons are changing. Where are you headed? Are you happy with what you see within you? Can you step back from the soap opera of your daily life and see your inner divine being at work?

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The Personality Of When

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:38:00 +0000

I cant say exactly when or how I came to this realisation but there are some things I know for sure. One of the cornerstones as it were and there are more than 4 corners to knowing who you are, where you are and when you are; not forgetting how you are!

No matter where you find yourself, up or down, left or right, its sometimes natural to wonder how long the moment might last or 'when' it might end. It's up to you of course, but that's not always plain to see. Sometimes it's like looking in the fridge for the butter for half an hour, ultimately seeing it right in front of you.

'When' is an interesting question prefix. It almost denotes an instant attachment to the outcome of the answer, whether positive or negative. "When will this be over?", "When will this fantastic moment end?".

They key pointer in a 'when-moment', in your inner talk, is that it should reflect back at you assuming you are open to it. Asking 'when' puts things outside of your control and creates an illusion. Maybe you need that comfort in that moment or some sense of security?

Those 'when' questions, when :) they come up; should give you pause and allow you too look back within. Ask yourself "What is it that I am scared of taking control of?" "What is it that I allow to hold me back?" "Why am I giving my-self over to something else?"

So "when" when comes into the picture, relax and imagine that you are the creator of your paradigm and that you do indeed choose the actors and the script. Simply write that lack of control or perception of it out of the play altogether.

If anything, you will feel more empowered "when" you do. :)

On The Path, Or?

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:32:00 +0000

How was your experience of today?

Were you on the path, at least some of the time?

When did you fall off?

And when you did, did you dust yourself off, recognize the experience without beating yourself up and continue ... onward and upward?

Did you remember to pause and enjoy the wildflowers floating in the breeze while you waited patiently for that stoplight to turn?

Or, say I love you and feel it?

Did you remember to be grateful for simply being able to get out of bed, brush your teeth and wolf down that bowl of instant cereal?

Or, wonder about long lost acquaintance and actually dig out their phone number?

Did you stop to feel the appreciation of those around you for all that you are in their lives, or allow your ego to drive that conversation into the ground?

What is it in you that you are thankful for?

What will you allow tomorrow to bring?

I wonder, did you even read this far?

Love Yourself And All Your Flaws

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:19:00 +0000

Love yourself and all your flaws, each one
See them only as small things to overcome
In your journey each day
Grow yourself in some small way

Look inside
To decide
Where to focus your attention
With time and practice you will come to the same conclusion

Loving yourself and all your flaws
Is the beginning of opening all those inner doors
Leading and lighting your way
Is in your control each moment of the day

Practice makes perfect
Given time to reflect
Where you focus your attention
Is where you will grow your intentional comprehension

So love yourself and all your flaws
From within yourself open all those stuffy drawers
Throw out illusion
Reality in confusion

See and feel the spark of the real
That through the veils and shadows you begin to unpeel
What is inside
That warmth and love you have continued to hide

But love yourself and all your flaws
It is the start of your higher cause
To overcome your allegiance to fear
Part of the illusion that has always seemed so near

Is only something you can lose
If you take the time to believe you can choose
Break free from the flawed chains
That keep you a slave to your disdain

When all you require
To again begin to inspire
Is to love yourself and all your flaws
And again allow yourself to be at cause

With love and gratitude,
Mikel

Come Back, Come Back, All Is Forgiven

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:01:00 +0000

You are like the first unaware ripple, caused from the anonymous hand dropping a pebble in the pool of human consciousness.

Screaming forth from the beginning, dancing into a seemingly new world, unaware of interference or other plans.

You experience your first collisions with other ripples. You perceive some of these outcomes as positive and some not. Do you even know who you are yet?

Onward you continue somehow, in someway; charging forth. Conscious sometimes and unconscious others.

Sometime, someday you wonder at your 'progress' and conceive another way. Perhaps dim at first but causing that thirst... the one that just doesn't go away.

You search and you seek, no where do you find that drink of knowledge or taste of experience that satisfies in all ways and scratches that itch.

Yet as you roll in this pond and clash, collide and hug other ripples you cannot help but come to realize what you are.

Successfully seeing yourself as that, opens that door a little more; to let in the sense that all those accidents and things that derailed your plans, were perhaps pieces of a plan with a larger design.

As all these things gel and wash over your knowingness, you consider some routes that were not contemplated before.

If you are a ripple and running always forward in the pond, what if you go backwards to where you begun?

What if there is something to learn from a time being young, when rules were for adults and mud pies were fun?

Perhaps wisdom has a sense of humour when it chooses to hide, in the child inside? And yet here you run, run, run with that seemingly ever changing tide.

Rise above the waves, see where you've been, give your-self credit and play with your child within.

For Things To Change, You Have To Change

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:15:00 +0000

Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves, without any insistence that they satisfy you.
~ Wayne Dyer

Welcome back. It's been some time since I've visited but now I am here. My introspection and self-growth of the last while has been like an in-breath, feeding my spiritual self. Now its time for an out-breath, starting slowly and keeping it that way for a time, feeding life into outpourings here and energy into my other spiritual projects.

There have been many many changes for me, within me and through me in the last while and now is the time to pursue balance for the longer term; not just to benefit myself but also you and those that follow.

Recently I was re-minded of this quote I love - "For things to change, you have to change". There are few that I know of that incorporate or carry this philosophy within themselves constantly, without effort. My teacher/guru is one such.

Personally I am able to hold this intention for long periods of time and sometimes short periods of time or not at all, until of course I am re-minded or choose to be.

We are all at very intimately different personal spaces within our individual journeys toward the same destination, which are incomparable with others. In fact, to compare your personal opinion of your spiritual growth, enlightenment and awareness with any other persons, can be quite defeatist depending on your state. Your only comparison can be with yourself. That is of course, if you feel such is necessary, which it is not.

You may have an opinion on this quote or on your ability to follow it, but this is one of those Morpheus phenomena, meaning whether you believe it or not does not change the practical truth within it.

The essence of me raising it up for you to consider, is to simply re-mind you also that wherever you are, whoever you are, and whatever you are being that "For things to change, you have to change".

Re-membrance and celebration of who you are and who you are being will bring you back to the light, one way or another. We are all in it together.

Thank you for coming back.

Go in peace,
Mikel

In The Moment Vs. Goals

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:38:00 +0000

Being in the moment can seem like a contradictory action when contrasted against setting and attaining a goal. How do you be here, now; but think and project there and then?

This is something I've dwelt upon in the past and I'm at peace with now. Many are not. The path to knowing yourself isnt exactly textbook for us all, or we would all be at the library checking out the same title. Although dichotomy and paradox can seem to be constant bedfellows in your journey to insight, these two seeming contradictory notions can live happily side by side in your life as it is.

There is no real formula or solution that can make this work for everyone other than acceptance. Simply accepting that you can be in the moment, live and revel in-the-now, and happily have goals is the only real remedy.

I could write a lot more, be more prosaic and take a longer path in helping see this, but it is a very simple matter of accepting yourself as you are. You are human, you try to be present in the present and you should and can have goals, all at the same time.

There is no one size fits all and perhaps the biggest challenge in life is not accepting the little dichotomies of the universe, but rather coming to see that we in the Western world, live in a society that attempts to program us to accept that one size does fit all!

If you are able to overcome that notion and will yourself away from a society based on conformity, accept that your own ideas are valid and that your path is the right path regardless of how it may differ from others; then you have done yourself a truly great service in walking your own righteous path to becoming who you are.

Blessings
Mikel

Is Everything Against You?

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:35:00 +0000

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

~ Henry Ford

Around The World, Around Your World

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:47:00 +0000

"The objective reality of this world is solely produced by the human imagination, in which all things exist."
~ Neville Goddard

Everything you see, every experience you taste, everything. It's all you. In you. Within you. From you. Conceived by you. All you.

One ultimate realization on your path must be that every situation, person, place and thing in your life now, was conjured by you.

How you relate to that is yours to ponder. There is no need to discuss it with anyone, although that can be helpful, but to explain it much further would cause me to qualify more than necessary.

Moving on, your acceptance of these statements is desirable if your goal is to continue on your path to awakening.

Perhaps I have covered this elsewhere in the past, but until you fully accept, on a continuing basis and hold in mind, that you are a concious participant, you will not achieve the results that your soul desires to create and experience through you in this life.

I once read that your soul will never insist you do anything. Rather it will prod, from time to time reminding you. Whether it's desires are satisfied or not, is up to you and your ability to quiet enough to hear its requests.

Requests from the soul... these are only responses to imaginings you have had. You have painted pictures with your desires and wants. Your soul is prodding you to step aside and let it work through and with you.

Some talk of co-creation. Co- anything to me implies an equal partnership, which I disagree with in this case, but thats an opinion! And so, co-creation, your inspiration, the universes delivery. "Your wish is my command" said the Genie in The Secret.

First experience co-creation then you will know it as such. Follow Neville Goddard and you will imagine the thing that God-in-you will create. All you have to do is step aside. You can reference previous writings on fear and surrender.

And so, we are to accept our great role, to look up to our higher self and claim it as our own. The thought that you and the Universe are separate entities is strange to me. Celebrate your soul, your connection to another realm, dance with your spirit, or let it dance through you, with you and in you.

Every second is a choice, every moment is easily overlooked.

Accept Yourself In This Moment

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:05:00 +0000

Learn to love and accept yourself as you are in this moment, because you cannot become who you wish to be without accepting who you are.

True Knowledge Is Knowledge Of Oneself

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:57:00 +0000

True knowledge is the knowledge of our own nature. Know yourself.

~ Swami Vivekananda

Your First Thought

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:54:00 +0000

Your first thought of any idea is the greatest vision, any others are rationalizations that diminish the concept.

Tired Of Reality?

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:37:00 +0000

Getting tired of reality? Just remember it isn't real unless you say it is.

Remember your true address

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:32:00 +0000

In our travels through this life, disconnection can be a challenge, either seen or one that can creep upon you and in the very next moment without realizing it, you are not in the same soul space you were moments before.

I once read a fiction work in which a young boy met an alien, who wanted to return to visit him. The alien asked the boy his address and he replied such and such street in this and that town.

The alien in turn reminded him of his true address, being such and such street in this and that town, going further to add the continent, planet, solar system and galaxy that he was from, forever changing the boys perception of his place in this world.

Sometimes we forget our full address, or even dissociate with who we truly, actively distancing ourselves from that which we know to be true at deeper levels. After all, if the ego must live, and it must to function in our world, then it can take hold at times and face us outwards rather than inwards.

I have the blessing of living outside of town in the countryside. My evening time view is a sky full of stars, the moon shining brightly and dimly seen aircraft racing across the planet. I savor dissolving my thoughts and feelings of the day into the galaxies and stars that I know are there, in profound massive numbers. Seeing them over the net via Hubble lets me imagine the species we have yet to contemplate, the unending beauty that the universe has conjured and contemplate our future place as a united race amongst the stars....

Then I turn my back, and head in to watch the news and soldiers dying on both sides in wars that make no sense......

Remember your full address, you are worth it.

Further

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:06:00 +0000

There is more to you than you think.

More to you than you feel.

Walk further than you can see, and there is more.

Think deeper and further than you have, and you have not touched your edges.

Feel more fully, reach further inside, the bottom isn't there, its a state of mind.

Your perception of your truth, when further explored, will only take you further down the rabbit hole, to discover more than you previously saw.

The more you realize and further you expand, the more you intuit that the centre is close at hand.

Closer to you than you felt, closer than you saw, when you reached to the heavens and further than the stars.

The dichotomy of the path, is that you had to walk this far, to reach further than you ever imagined, to see what was right here.

The further you reach, the further you seek, the more you see your true nature is at hand.

You cannot fate the search or the path you have had to walk, without every step, every thorn to the foot, and every rose seen along the way, you would not have shifted perception enough, to realise that further is right here.

We Have Forgotten Who We Are

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:23:00 +0000

We have all forgotten who we are. We have all forgotten why we are here.

Most of us die like this.

Some of us remember.

Fewer still live it.

Even less preach and proclaim it.

But they are becoming more.

The few awakening, are becoming the more.

Each of us, born to forget, must make our way to the place of remembrance in our lives.

Every action we take, ever deed done, leads us to recall and remember.

Call forth who you are. Summon your light from within.

Slow down and mend your mind. Remind.

Forgive yourself for forgetting and forget it. Move on and remember. Put yourself back together.

Move beyond your ego. Let go of its heaviness. Unplug your mind from the matrix of materialism and the Jone's.

Train your thoughts, focus on your light.

Don't look for the glow, know that it is already there.

Forget seeking proof to what exists. Simply be.

Be the greatest me that you can be. That is, you.

Forgive. Remember. Declare. Release. Be.

Now, Give this gift to another.

What Do You Own?

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:05:00 +0000

A few days ago as I sat outside and wrote notes on my ongoing observations of the Tree, I pondered why at one point I had somehow decided to personalise the ownership of the tree.

In my mind, it somehow moved from "the tree" to "my tree". It served to remind me that the tree doesnt belong to me. Sure, it is planted in the backyard of the house I live in, which I rent, but this does not make it mine.

If I bought the house, this might make the tree my responsibility in the eyes of the law of man, but the law of man is not the law of the universe.

So the tree is simply the tree. It is there, for the enjoyment of those that happen to be near it but analyzing it, meditating over it does not make it mine.

But then again, and from a different perspective, the tree and I are made of the same stuff. Does the fact that I am "more concious" than the tree give me a right to claim it as part of me? I think not.

Another pespective is that everything comes from the same source and therefore we all are one, including the tree, the stars and so on. Then the tree and I are "I am", indivisible and united expect by the perception of unenlightened man.

I did not debate this internally for a long time, but these perspectives served to remind me of attachment. None of the things that I can claim as "my own" in the laws of man, are actually mine in the laws of the universe.

They are simply things I have acquired the right to make use of, but they can just as easily disappear. They are drawn to me by my maintaining my vision of who I am and in my expression of who I choose to be.

None of these things, objects, relationships, that I surround myself with are truly my own, other than in image... using my "imaginal power" as Neville writes.

Maintaining an awareness of my detachment to the "things I own" is always freeing, although I love the experience of living in my home, driving my truck, kissing my girlfriend.

So hats off to my "I am" and healthy respect for "my own"

May peace be with you

The Tree

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:07:00 +0000

A few months back I finally actioned my plan of getting a spiritual guide, more like a consciousness facilitator.

I figured that if the success and business principal of "surrounding yourself with experts" in order to succeed works there, then why not use the same principal in helping me make more headway in enlightening my path through life.

To be sure, I did great on my own and still do. I'm not giving up my personal power of choice, or following some dogmatic approach to my expansion. Nah, that's too confining for me. So I put my request in with the law of attraction and was led to a wonderful teacher.

For now, I've been visiting with her monthly and just like the flavor in each onion layer becomes more intense as you get closer to the core, so too have my sessions with her, and the ensuing "homework".

This brings me to the Tree. Ah . For the next month I am to focus on a single tree in my daily meditation. I meditate in the morning just after waking and in the evening just before falling asleep. In my focusing on this tree, I'm to observe it and make any notes that come to mind.

It's wonderful really, I've been spending time with this one particular tree since I moved in here. It is old, I couldn't say how old, but its about 50 ft tall and covers almost the entire backyard in shade at some times in the day.

Judging by the trauma to it's bark and the number of branches that have been cutoff over time, I'm guessing that this tree has seen many things. I've pet it sometimes, greeting it like a fellow soldier, a kinsman. It has a warm, happy aura. I find that I feel good standing below its branches, besides the free shade I get in the summer.

So I continue observing the tree... day 5 tomorrow. Not that I'm counting because its boring, but simply because when I hit 30 I know its time to visit my teacher again, and thats something I really value.

Possibility II

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:24:00 +0000

The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.
~ Douglas Adams

I had written a beautiful article for you, on infinite possibility and intention, only for the tech gods of FireFox plugins to steal it completely when I clicked something I would have preferred not to. My apologies, perhaps there will be another.

To my treasured regulars: I have not been regular, in my writing at least, the last while. As you no doubt realize, in the world of the metaphysical, mystical and spiritual, there are no timelines, no agendas, no meetings to rush to, or deals to be made, and so what is within me, to give you, must unfold as it chooses.

Many times have I sat down here, at my desk, in my comfortable chair to expound on my latest feeling, intuition or sense of things, for the hopeful benefit of all, only to see my train of thought, my flow, dry up with the inevitable sense that "it is not the right time".

The fact, at least fact to me, that I wrote such a beautiful article on possibility, only to have crushed and deleted by some silly technical bug, reiterates to me that I am in a time when experiencing is called for, rather than regurgitation of the same to you.

If you feel the desire to stay in more regular contact with me, I sincerely invite you to drop me an email at replic8ster (AT) gmail (DOT) com. The address is written in this manner to avoid the "bots" that scan webcontent for email addresses to spam, simply replace AT with @ and DOT with . then remove any spaces and that is where you can leave me a message. I am always open to sincere, ego-free dialog on any subject of the known or unknown universe.... (that interests me!!)

Blessings,
-Mikel

Acceptance: The Divine Voice Within

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:03:00 +0000

"Our lives improve only when we take chances ... and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves."

~ Walter Anderson

Our Divine Inner Voice: Within each of us lies our own personal, tangible connection to All That Is. Most of us have experienced this, in fact all of us have yet many simply do not recognise what is right in front of them or are presently incapable of accepting the truth. Have you ever looked for the butter in the fridge endlessly, only to find it was right under your nose the whole time? Exactly.

If our personal connection to the Universe can be likened to a pure beam of white light that is ever-present, we each have different filters that can color and obscure its qualities. Ego, fear, duality, self-judgement, attachments, past experiences; these and more create imperfections in our view, our reception of the divine voice we all have access to.

Progress, although inevitable for us all, can be delayed also by our relations. Not having friends or family that appreciate the path of light and growth, can leave you feeling alone in your journey and thoughts. Thankfully with the Internet and our ability to use it for sharing instantly, our opportunities for learning to accept the divine voice within are greatly increased.

Opportunities and information aside, there is no growth without going through a learning curve. Although we are all different, we are part of the same race, we have the same equipment for processing growth and becoming competent in the benign and the divine - the Four Stages Of Learning describes how we all achieve this, in easy to understand language. Knowing how we learn improves your ability to recognise the stages you are at in all areas.

Plato said that the first and noblest victory is conquering the self ... or be conquered by it as Napoleon Hill would add. Accepting your personal Divine connection, your own "Conversation with God", is integral in conquering the self. Accepting that you have the assistance you require available to you, in taking each step of your journey, is the first part in trusting that personal phone line with the divine voice within you.

Defeating your self, your ego is not the goal. The ego is still required to participate in a reality that is connected with other ego-based entities... people. Attachment to the ego has been discussed here before and will be again, but for now suffice it to say that you do not need to be an Ego-Warrior, simply reach that point within you at which you allow your ego-bsaed attachments to reality to subside into the background.

Give your spirit a chance to come to foreground, by choice, rather than chance. As the learning model teaches us, strive for conscious competence in acceptance, amongst other things. When you reach that place within you at which you accept your connection to the Divine, the All That Is, consider these questions.

Can you truly accept your part in All That Is?

Are you able to accept that you can live this connection 24/7 if you choose?

What attachments are holding you back from being consciously competent in all that is?

For each of us, our journey is indeed our own. There is no other that can travel the path you have chosen, but there are certainly those that can and will smooth the path. Ultimately we are all headed in the same direction as a race. Whichever way you choose to justify the "voices in your head" - your connection to the divine, is your own. Cherish it, nurture it, be grateful for as "you sow so shall ye reap."

Love n Peace

-Mikel

Acceptance: Be OK with the un-OK

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:50:00 +0000

Acceptance: Be OK with the un-OK

Think of a fear you have or an unnerving thought. Something that rubs you the wrong way or that someone close to you does, that you would rather they wouldn’t. Think of something that is against your beliefs or personal moral code, something that is just plain un-OK with you.

The fact that you were able to think of something at all, highlights a few things in you, that we all share.

Firstly, you have more to learn, more to accept than you might think. Most of us do. Simply believing that we have a strong moral compass and right beliefs will not be enough in growing your level of acceptance to where we all need to be, to the level we should long to be at.

Second, it’s important to always remember the distinction between being accepting of the existence of something, a thing, a habit or condition, and condoning it for yourself. All of us are built to enjoy and love and share happiness, but that cannot happen without accepting that there are those that are addicted to their own negativity.

If the condition is something within us that we are unable to accept, then this can be a sign of impending growth, an opportunity to become right with another aspect of you and accept your greater potential, which is developing in all of us more and more rapidly. Seek to overcome the hurdles you see within you that stand between where you are now, and love. Love of the self if your mission, and “selfish” is truly not a bad word, although many of us have been led to think so.

Although there may seem to be many different things, events and people that can cause us seemingly unique senses of un-OK’ness for each individual, there is something deeper welling up within us all.

Before we can heal our planet, our friends and neighbors, we have to accept that which is, as it is. We have to accept the good and the bad, the sweet and the bitter, whether it is of our own direct making, or our complacent implied consent through a political system, or of others seemingly out of our control.

Start with yourself. That is the only place to start at. There are things within you, opinions, thoughts, beliefs that reflect your un-OK’ness with the world around you and the being that you are being. Accept yourself as you are, for better or worse, that you may begin to re-construct your life and being intentionally. That you may be a better architect, by choice.

Acceptance is often coupled and spurred on by forgiveness; the two are never far apart. Even if you feel no wrong, forgive yourself regularly. It is a cleansing practice and an energizing one that can re-charge you. Forgive the past, it is gone and unchangeable. Focus on your Now time.

Simply be more OK, with things that are not OK to you right now. As you work on this each day, slowly you will open your mind to acceptance, forgiveness and the self-love you require to ascend further along your way, except let it be with intention. Choose it for yourself, and never another.

You cannot choose anything for another of this nature. Although you may be a parent or grandparent and have a role to play with children, ultimately you make no choices for them that impact their path. Perhaps you feel this way, perhaps you have regrets. Simply let go. Regret is attachment to the past; it is energy depleting and offers you nothing in this moment.

Step back and see only yourself, your life, your possibilities and Be. Be who you are, fervently and passionately. Live, and love heartily. Be OK with yourself and others, and your path will glow before you, your purpose will become ever more evident.

Love,
Mikel

Simple Soul Food: No One Is A Stranger

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:30:00 +0000

"To me there is no difference between one person and another; I behold all as soul-reflections of the one God. I can't think of anyone as a stranger, for I know that we are all part of the One Spirit."

~ Paramahansa Yogananda

Everyone Is Perfect

noreply@blogger.com (Mikel) — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:26:00 +0000

Everyone is perfect.

Everyone is strong in some way, everyone is smart in another.

Everyone has a fear to overcome and a dream to discover.

Because you dont see the strength in another, because you dont see that they are smart in their way; does not make them less.

It simply shows that you still have to grow, it shows that you have not yet discovered,

We are not all the same, but we are all perfect.

Until you no longer see the imperfections in your sister and brother, you will not see the perfection in your self.