We must understand at this time that we are no longer in an experiential realm. What does this mean? We are not here agreeing as souls to simply experience amongst each other. We are here to dissolve the old program and move forward onto a more expansive experience. The only way to do this is for each of us to individually become aware and look at what we are currently being limited by. In time we will all be faced with this reality and all at our own pace we will move beyond each limitation in order to create the expanded experience we each lovingly ask for.

As you find yourself trapped or limited by something or some idea we make real in our minds, its helpful enough even to just simply see that it is just that, something we have made real or serious within the mind but truly is not something that MUST be. From there we can begin to step outside more and more stories we have found ourselves limiting ourselves to.

Peace
Joe

We all know deep inside that any kind of fear is an illusion, a blinder that keeps us from seeing things and situations for the perfection that they truly are. So what if being truthful to yourself and others could never really hurt anyone or cause harm even when it appears that way? What if “coming clean” with yourself and those around you, no matter how much judgement and challenges you may get from doing so, is actually the greatest service you could possibly offer to yourself and everybody else? Even if it means breaking a relationship, leaving your job, disappointing loved ones or receiving hate and judgement, letting go of any kind of structures that are holding you back from evolving beyond your ego’s fears and needs is also the best way of assisting the growth of those around you. Every negative emotional reactions and judgement you may trigger in some individuals while being true to yourself are actually coming from their own ego/false sense of self that is being challenged and threatened. No matter how people may react, these emotional challenges are exactly what their souls are asking for, and if their reactions are challenging to you, then it is exactly what your soul is asking for. Challenges should be perceived as opportunities for us to dissolve our own mind/ego programs and fears that shouldn’t have control over our lives anymore. Think of it as a way out for you to move closer to your spirit, and to assist others in doing the same. As challenging as following your heart may seem in this dense and restrictive society that is designed to bring down anyone who isn’t conforming to the norm, you can never regret letting go of all that is keeping you from being yourself once you have done it, because what lies under all of these protective barriers the ego is holding on to, is the natural state of peace that you deserve to be in.

Healing yourself heals the world, so why not start within?

“Life is at it’s best when things remain unlabeled, uncategorized. When you are not holding onto limiting structures because of the fear of loss and pain, when you don’t try to put a name on your truth, your beliefs, even your relationships, all that is left to do is to go with the flow. Truth comes from within, and what comes from within is authentic and can never be labeled. Try yourself, it’s not that scary. Try being a reflection of yourself, instead of being a reflection of what society wants you to be.”

Elina

First, to expand on the identification of ourselves with our ego.  It is a derived sense of self that identifies itself most often with external things. It creates an identity out of things like relationships, talents we may have,  our physical appearance, our possessions, our emotions, our accomplishments and the work we do, our family structure, our belief systems  and even our knowledge and education.  But as many can see, these things are not YOU. They are not a real part of you, simply an aspect or role you have taken on within the experience. While none of these things are bad in any way, and none of them need to be abolished or rid, they simply are not YOU. But identifying with them and making them you, creates this false sense of self hiding the real you and creating suffering.

Why do we fill ourselves with this external things all of the time? Simple, because we are identified with the ego, this false sense of self, we are never truly in a knowing or at peace with our true selves -the one thing that does not require anything, is at peace with itself and all that is. The ego is in constant need, it operates out of finding lack within it self and filling it with more things to identify with only to finally say “that’s not it either, I need more” The ego has created a bottomless hole of lack within each of us and until we no longer identify with it we will always be filling it and trying to find happiness with external things.

To allow all of these pieces of our identity to dissolve as US, is to dis empower the ego and to then truly find the self. Only when we begin to find the self do we no longer need to suffer. Allowing our defenses down for a moment, How many times have we noticed ourselves doing something to impress another? How about talking about what we are good at or have accomplished when around groups of people in order to qualify ourselves? How about buying things when we feel sad or when we feel it will make us feel or look a certain way?

All of this comes from ego and not our true selves. If you are able to observe this, you have realized in itself that you are the observer or the ego. There is more to you then simply those limited thoughts. Now it is time to dis empower them and let them go.

Peace
Joe

That right there is the greatest mass deception humanity is undergoing. It is a misconception, an illusion that has been implanted into our heads by an enslaving quick-fix society. The “quest” for happiness can only lead one on a never-ending roller coaster ride of endless needs and temporary satisfactions, of highs and lows.

What is the meaning of happiness then?

Well-being obtained by external things usually leads one to attachment, and what you become attached to, you THINK you need. Truth is, you don’t. The sensation of frustration, loss and pain is an illusion experienced when you loose or lack of something you believe you needed. It is okay to let ourselves experience these feelings if they come up, but we should understand and remember that there is no such thing as loss or needs, because what you “need”, you already have within. Needs actually come from a misunderstanding of who we truly are and most of all, the ego’s fear of facing the Self. It is a shame, because knowing thyself and reflecting the beauty that lies within is all that’s needed to find Peace. Aligning the perfection of your authentic self with your state of mind, heart and actions is the true meaning of Happiness. It is in this natural state of peace, of “Isness”, that you can reach full potential of the Creator that you truly are. When you become centered, at peace, with this higher state of self-awareness, life’s pleasures and joys can be experienced for what they truly have to offer, because when you are connected to the source of who you are, you don’t “need” any form of external attachment.

“Stop searching, seeking, striving, wanting, needing, You are already perfect.”

Know yourself, Be yourself, Be Change.

Elina

Peace
Joe

Peace
Joe

If you are reading this article, you have probably come to an understanding of how education through schooling, mass media, religion, entertainment and politics are doing nothing but distracting humanity to keep us from seeing ourselves as a part of Nature and to understand our connectedness with one another. In other words, our money-driven system is misleading humanity into an enslaving and perpetual quest for material instead of spiritual growth, is tearing us apart instead of bringing us together.

This realization usually leads one onto his own enlightenment path, and I have found through mine that many spiritual teachings have this tendency to twist the true meaning of balance into a battle against human desires, the ego and the mind, as if a ”death” of the human-self is required to gain inner wisdom and to be centered.

“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”

– Einstein

If you are seeking balance by fighting against your ego, thoughts and emotions, you are trying to dissolve a program with the same level of consciousness that created it – the Mind. Finding your own center, being at peace with yourself, your environment and situations you are facing is not about avoiding life experiences that may challenge you, or try to analyze and think them through before experiencing them fully. Being on earth is all about allowing yourself to feel what it is to be human, but to be able to transcend the mind and ego by remembering that all knowledge and wisdom needed for whatever you may face will always lie within. Transcending duality cannot be achieved by the mind fighting against itself to reach the Heart consciousness, as peace cannot be created by war. Smiling at ego, shaking hands with the mind, embracing the human experience while being aware of the higher aspect of what is taking place is what being centered means, and is what will take you right above any kind of duality. Takes the pressure down a notch doesn’t it?

“Have trust in what comes Naturally as it cannot be labeled, and what cannot be labeled is a part of the Flow… and a part of the Flow is Who and What you are.”

Elina

Do you feel as though you are constantly running out of time; you just can’t seem to get around to doing everything you set out to accomplish?  Months seem like weeks, weeks feel like days, and days go by in the blink of an eye.

More and more people are starting to feel a sense of constantly being in a time crunch, asking: “Where does the time go?”  And yet, regardless of this feeling of a lack of time, we go on filling our lives with tasks.  Tasks that only continue to feed our frustration, anxiety, panic, anger and fear over our inability to do everything on our never-ending checklists.

Perhaps our time will be best spent if we stem away from this so-called need to busy ourselves to the point where we can no longer hear and feel what our soul is trying to show us.  In continuing this cycle of filling our days with tasks, we miss the chance to fill our lives with insight and growth.  Our intuitions remain blurred, our eyes feel as though they are closed, and the mind begins to control our emotions.   What purpose does this really serve?

Our lives are not measured based on how much we got done on our checklists.  We are here to grow and learn on a deeper, soul level.  And as a result, every experience that comes our way, whether it was on the “TO DO” list or not, is another beautiful opportunity to grow.  By removing some of the unnecessary tasks, we open ourselves to experience these opportunities to the fullest, and free ourselves from the restrain we call Time.

Love,

Melinda

For example, you are unhappy with a job, and it’s like a ‘gut feeling’ and intuitively you know it no longer serves you to be working at this job any longer, but your mind will begin to step in and say “Hey! You need this job, you need to pay the bills somehow, you won’t be able to get a better job, what would your co-workers, friends and family think if you were to quit?” In this case you may ignore what your heart is telling you and continue working at your job that you aren’t happy with because of fear based programs.  But, this ‘gut feeling’ will keep presenting with more intensity until you consciously can understand that it needs to be addressed. When you decide to actually follow your heart you will begin to feel a sense of freedom and absolute control of your life.

Another program that might play out when you decide to start following your heart is a sense of selfishness.  When you really decide to start doing what your heart is telling you, you really begin to start doing things for you, regardless of what others may think. Sometimes this is difficult because we have bought into the idea that we need to put others before us. You are putting yourself first, which can be hard for others to grasp.  Why would you put yourself into a situation that you didn’t want to be in? Just to please others?

Okay, so where do you come in? Shouldn’t you be concerned with pleasing your own growth? We always feel the need to make others happy and put them before ourselves, because if we did step up and say ‘No, I’m doing this for me’ we would be worried that they would think we were selfish, which is a program that plays out in their part anyway.  But, that is their own program that they need to clear, their ‘happiness’ doesn’t depend on you. As you begin to step up and start doing things for yourself, it will help others to see the programs within themselves, as your light shines on them creating a curiosity they cannot ignore.

When you truly begin to follow your heart, it is like a new world opens up for you, and you feel completely comfortable with whatever you are doing, the feeling of living a lie is completely abolished because you are living in absolute truth. This absolute truth is guided by your higher self. You can be at peace knowing that whatever you were doing, is exactly what you feel most at peace with.

Peace and love,

Alanna

To start, I’m going to present a few examples that most can relate to somewhat easily in order to convey my message. Humanity is bought into the idea of human love. Brought on by ideas of having to act a certain way, filling a certain expectation, maintaining levels of respect, qualifying the way a relationship should be etc. This we mentally perceive as love, even though it is entirely based on external factors and a set of rules that have been set before us simply to define. In this example, we feel we perceive love based on the fulfillment of all of these factors set forth, but truly, we are only mentally experiencing and understanding a concept for what it means on the front vs what love truly means at the soul level. Unconditional love at the soul level is truly as it sounds, unconditional. No factors, no expectations, no structures, no dependencies.

Another example, is when we are “being in the moment.” Often times, the person claiming or attempting to be in the moment is using the understanding of the concept to perceive the moment. I am mentally engaged in the moment and not thinking about the past or future. However, this is limited to the mental level of perception as being in the moment is felt at the sou level, detached, where it does not judge, fulfill stories, fulfill needs, play a role, or perceive things for anything but what they are. Being in the moment is not simply mentally engaging and putting focus towards a given event or time. It occurs and is perceived consciously at the soul level, aware in that moment.

The next time you feel or engage in either of these examples, stop for a moment and ask yourself, am I feeling love based on condition? Do I expect certain things? Even further, am I able to truly admit to myself what I am feeling? Am I experiencing the moment truly? or just perceiving through the understanding of the concept at the mind level? This will allow us to perceive the program and the beliefs more clearly.

Peace
Joe