Guest guest Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Welcome to an Article Update and words of Wisdom shared from INTUITION for 7 September 2004 In Sharing please forward this on to those who might find this of interest. Hi there I hope you have been keeping well. May your week ahead be one filled with tranquillity and Peace... In thoughts and Love Iain PS please note the change of website address below, do update your bookmarks.... ~~~~ ~~~~~ " If we were not so single-minded about keeping our lives moving, and for once could do nothing, perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness of never understanding ourselves and of threatening ourselves with death. " Pablo Neruda from " Keeping Quiet " INTUITION. . . .Awaken to the Journey within. http://www.awakening-intuition.com Cape Town South Africa If someone forwarded this to you, why not visit the above site to obtain your own FREE subscription. Visit the Sites ARCHIVES (Previous Posted articles [135]) http://www.awakening-intuition.com/otherarticals.html ARCHIVES for Articles on Intuition. (Previous Posted articles [20]) http://www.awakening-intuition.com/articalsintuition.html To submit Articles, that Relates to an unfolding awareness or an expression of Intuition. Contact the above email address. Put as the subject: Article submissions. Article: Spiritual Ethics By Mary Phyllis Horn, Med, CMHt, Rev., Shamanic Practitioner Article: Solitude: Developing Personal Intimacy By Dan Hunter Reflections: " Lazy Person's Guide to Enlightenment " By Thaddeus Golas. Sounds from Outer Space, beyond the solour System: The complex interaction of the cosmic plasma,the very sounds of the universe itself.... http://www.spiritsound.com/voyager.html Sounds from the Voyager Spacecraft, A 2 minutes 45 second sound journey " These sounds were derived and created from the transmitted signals by converting the electronic waves to audible frequency. The resulting sounds are fascinating and haunting. " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Spiritual Ethics By Mary Phyllis Horn, Med, CMHt, Rev., Shamanic Practitioner How we view ourselves and how we treat others is directly connected to how we view Spirit. For the sake of clarification, here are my definitions of Spirit: God, the Universe, Divine Source, or any other term you may use for the Highest Power of creation. " Spirit " includes the High Self as well--the highest, purest part of self that is always one with God. It also involves angels (spirit guides), who are as real, individual and sentient as you and I; they devote their entire beings to the service of the highest within Spirit and humanity. If we treat Spirit with respect and high ethics, any ethical change we implement will occur with ease. Spiritual ethics involve humility, forgiveness, recognizing our source of abundance, gratitude, and surrendering to Divine Will. Humility Humility is a combination of awe, wonder, recognition of our true strengths and weaknesses, and the deep knowledge that " I by myself can do nothing. " That is, it takes self and Spirit to accomplish our full potential. If we assume we can do all things on our own, and that we can manipulate Spirit for our own ends, then we view Spirit as a slave to our wishes. If we operate under this assumption, our angelic guides will merely step aside and let circumstances prove what we can and cannot do. They will not intervene on our behalf. This is how karma operates. Inner work is most productive when approached with humility. In humility, we recognize our talents as coming from Spirit and that we have a responsibility to use them wisely for the highest good of all. We neither belittle our talents nor pose them as being greater than they are. We also recognize that they need to be used in tandem with Spirit's help. Humility acknowledges the existence of realms beyond physical awareness. What is seen inwardly may be metaphorical, but it is not a " figment of the imagination " (a falsehood) nor an archetype of self. The unseen realm is real. Imaginative forces are real...a necessary part of creativity and manifestation. Forgiveness Forgiveness is the spiritual counterpart to cleaning house: we get rid of burdens and grudges we're carrying. This leaves space for the Spirit to enter... and fill us with love and understanding. The change in vibration allows us to feel Spirit's presence, and hear guidance more clearly. Recognizing the Source of Abundance The grateful person recognizes that all abundance, all good fortune, is brought by Spirit. Think about it: right intent and action deserve good karma... But who brings that good fortune to us? Who guides the right person to appear at our doorstep just " by chance? " ... Or causes that serendipitous circumstance to wondrously manifest without effort?... Or leads us to see the very words we need? Spirit. Gratitude In being grateful, we acknowledge the source of our abundance. In expressing gratitude, we consciously connect with Spirit, strengthening and expanding that rapport. The deeper the rapport, the easier it is to hear guidance and to be ethical. How do you feel when someone expresses gratitude to you for what you do for them? Do you want to do more? Do you appreciate your own talents more? Does it lift your spirits and make you feel more abundant, joyous, loving and creative? It's that way with Spirit too. Surrendering to Divine Will In gratitude, we strive to surrender our personal will to Divine Will. With an attitude of surrender, we may approach Spirit with such thoughts as: " I come here with my heart open... I honour, love and respect Spirit... I am deeply grateful for my angels' willingness to help and for their wisdom in guiding me... I surrender my personal will to Divine Will... I, by myself, can do nothing... From the depths of my being, I desire to know the truth... I know that Spirit will not deceive me, but will guide me rightly... I am open and vulnerable, trusting in your good will, Spirit... With respect, humility and a loving heart, I ask for your help. " Spirit knows what is in the heart, fake or real. Heart-felt true intent demonstrates a receptivity that allows Spirit to help us the moment we ask for it. Healthy Skepticism Spiritual ethics may involve healthy skepticism concerning reality, to assure right discernment and to keep on our chosen path. It is also necessary when first contacting spirit guides, to make sure we're not being deceived. However, the skeptical thought pattern may be counter-productive when contacting the highest within, such as in meditation, psychic work, shamanic spirit journeying or spiritual healing. A general rule of thumb for working at these levels is: During the experience itself, assume it is real. If you analyse it, you push it away, aborting the process. Analyse it only after you return to ordinary consciousness... Then is the time to decide if it was real or made up. If it's real, apply the guidance in your life. This last step is crucial for building rapport with your spirit guides. Guidance that works in life underscores the truth of their words and strengthens the bond of trust between you. Extreme Skepticism Extreme skepticism, the opposite of humility, constantly negates subtle information and any variance from the known. The extreme skeptic approaches inner work with such thoughts as: " This can't be real. It feels like my imagination, so it isn't true!... This doesn't conform with what I think it should be, so I reject it... The guide is only an archetype... There is no guide here for me (perhaps because I think I can do it all myself or I don't trust Spirit?). " The extreme skeptic may also deliberately make things up rather than go with what appears spontaneously...or may discount information given by Spirit. Sometimes extreme skepticism comes from fear. It may be fear of Spirit or the unknown. It may be based on a deep-seated mistrust of personal perceptions, feelings and self-worth -- all of which may be conditioned responses from childhood or the result of soul loss. They are not in themselves unethical. Nevertheless, they do create a distance between us and Spirit. If we want that close rapport, it is important to work on ourselves and release the barriers. Extreme skepticism based on arrogance may say, " Everything I need to know is already within me, " in the sense that " I don't need to hear it from anyone else, much less Spirit! " Skeptical thoughts are from the head, not the heart. They sabotage self-discovery, block guidance, and are a sure-fire way of gaining nothing from the effort. Symptoms of this within inner work include: not being able to contact spirit guides...a sense of distance form the guides...the image clouds over...you see the guide's lips moving but you can't hear or understand anything...the guide is unresponsive and appears frozen in place. Consider this: How would you feel if someone came to you for help and then commenced to discount and " yes, but " to everything you offer? Wouldn't that turn you off and make you not want to offer more help? Spirit reacts the same way; it backs off if we do that. It will not force on us what we obviously do not want. Spirit Respects Us Spirit respects us and will not violate our free will. If we want help and guidance, we must be open to it. Spirit will wait patiently and lovingly until we are ready to take the first step. It also sets boundaries for how it will be treated. If we treat it like swine, we'll not be thrown the pearls... But the pearls are always there anytime we choose right spiritual ethics. We use right spiritual ethics when we approach Spirit with humility and respect, give spirit our love, express gratitude to Spirit for all it gives us, view self as a servant of Spirit while also honouring, respecting and using our own talents, and apply Spirit's guidance in our lives. Spiritual ethics require that we honour, love and respect both Spirit and Self...in balance. About the Author: " Maryphyllis Horn, Shamanic Practitioner, M.Ed, CMHt, CTFT, CP-LRt, Rev., has a spiritual counselling practice in Pittsboro, NC. Her specialties include Soul Retrieval, Shamanic Counselling and Healing, Past-Life Regression, Spiritual Hypnotherapy, Thought Field Therapy and Genonetics. For information phone 919-542-0260, email soulshaman or go to her website: www.soulshaman.com " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Solitude: Developing Personal Intimacy By Dan Hunter Many of us who grew up in neglectful, invalidating, and abusive households never learned to appreciate ourselves. Instead of being taught that we were important, deserving, capable, lovable, good, and valid, we were taught the opposite. Because of these conditions, we developed a negative inner perspective of ourselves. We came to believe that somehow, we were " never enough " because we did not receive enough validation to develop a positive attitude toward ourselves and those around us. We came to project being invalidated and rejected instead of being appreciated and accepted. Because of this feeling of " not fitting in " , many of us ended up doing one of three things: 1) retreating from the world (withdrawing/denying/sedating/distracting) 2) rebelling against it or dominating (rebelling/controlling) 3) complying with whatever it was others wanted us to be so as to become " acceptable " (submitting) The problem with all 3 of these " defensive " measures is that all of them reject the reality of what is and result in either our own isolation, self-rejection or abuse of others. We never realized we could validate ourselves whether others did or not and that our own opinions of ourselves and our sense of personal dignity was not dependant upon what others thought of us, but upon what we thought of ourselves. We could choose to approve of ourselves whether others did or not though for many of us, to do so would usually result in " punishment " which was really a nice way of saying abuse. Our spirits were broken and most of us had little choice but to conform at least until it was possible to leave our homes (prisons) in one way or another. We were virtually treated as slaves - comply or else! We submitted out of fear and shame. It is difficult to want to be any part of a world when one's perspective of it is that it is unsupportive, abusive, and neglectful. It is said that many alcoholics for instance are the only people who treat loneliness with isolation. My reply to this is that the reason for this is that they do this because they perceive it as better to be alone than to be abused. They have not been supported in life so they have naturally developed the belief that they will not be. Simple experience has taught them that others are not validating, trustable and supportive so they simply give up trusting. Learning to trust and appreciate ourselves and our own worthiness is key to developing an inner sense of Serenity - something that most of us were never taught how to do. We can learn to do this by developing creative outlets for our self-expression which can allow us to mirror back to ourselves and others our innate Talents and Truths. This self-validation is important if we are ever going to learn how to develop an inner calm and emotional security within ourselves. Support groups are very important in filling our human need for love and in serving as the supportive family structure many of us never had. It can be very helpful to get us started in developing personal validation, but eventually, learning how to love ourselves even without the help of others can provide us with a way to feel valid even when these groups are not available. Developing an unconditionally loving and supportive Higher Power connection via meditation is another very powerful way to self-validate and is what I choose to do on a daily basis to feel grounded, secure, safe, and supported within myself. All I need do is close my eyes and connect with this Source whenever I need it. I cannot tell you how important this has been to me in developing a sense of Inner Serenity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> " Lazy Person's Guide to Enlightenment " By Thaddeus Golas. Since the book is out of print and difficult to obtain, I thought you would enjoy the summary below: ~What am I doing on a level of consciousness where this is real? ~We are equal beings and the universe is our relations with each other ~No resistance. ~Love it the way it is. ~Love as much as you can from wherever you are. ~Whether I am conscious of it or not, I am one with the cause of all that exists. ~Whether I feel it or not, I am one with all the love in the universe. ~Love is the only dimension that needs to be changed. ~Go beyond reason to love: it is safe. It is the only safety. ~All states of consciousness are available right now. ~It's always within us to relate this way. ~Enlightenment doesn't care how you get there. ~Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. ~There is nothing you need to do first in order to be enlightened. ~This, too, can be experienced with a completely expanded awareness. ~I wouldn't deny this experience to the One Mind. ~What did you think it was that needed to be loved? ~When you learn to love hell, you will be in heaven. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> iain-intuition To submit poetry, that Relates to an unfolding awareness or an expression of Intuition. Contact the above email address. 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