Dhyana and All

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Dear Dhyana,

 

I understand where you are coming from. My awakening is but isn't like most. I

find myself in a different place than most. I have been able to link to church

or should I say the people there. The ones who know me best believe in me

without fault. I spoke with about it because I am not used to these sort

of recognitions which I have been receiving from my friends and my chaplains. I

feel that I am being renewed and I felt it most this last week and especially on

Sunday. Everything around me felt so different, I felt so different. Here is a

quote from one of the chaplains to me this week " Your excitement and passion

overflows, is quite contagious and inspires me. " I have had the wife of a

chaplain tell me that I am different, special! That my love and compassion for

God, for spirituality, and for all things is so strong and fruitful and there is

no doubt that the Holy Spirit lives in me. These are only a couple of things

that I have been told this

week. I said a prayer before serving the needy at the " Daily Bread " , a prayer

from my heart a prayer to God. The next day I was complemented on it and told

that my prayer was beautiful and different. I didn't know how to respond to it

as I am not used to being complemented on my spirituality and my eagerness and

willingness to let it flow and spread to all who want it, need it. It took me

while to not blush when all of you one this wonderful group would give it, it is

easier for me to give than to receive when it comes to this. NOW with it coming

from within my church is very hard, in a good way, but is taking quite a bit of

adjustments. I allow the Holy Spirit to work through me, yet never set out with

the intent to spread what I feel to others, but said I should and he is

right. Not doing so is like denying my gift to be used by God to heal, if I deny

it in public then that means my faith isn't really true, but accepting it and

giving it when

prompted by the Holy Spirit regardless of who is present promotes my faith and

secures my faith in God that much more. I can and will only separate the two (my

path and the church) through words, not my actions. God is with me, guiding me

along my path and living within me so strong, and it is my duties to show this

through my actions. Words aren't always necessary. My ways are being accepted

within the church and I will continue allowing it to flow. The Lord God has

given and is still given me what I have asked for and that is to be filled with

the Holy Spirit and to be given the gifts of the Holy Spirit to use for the

better of mankind. Shakti was moving around so wondrously yesterday in church

and I could feel her as if she were a baby waiting to be born just letting me

know that she was there. I love where I am, with you, me and others sharing

different experiences and them being expressed they way they are only confirms

that we are each different

and unique. I love how you are being used in your expression of your growth,

please always share with us. I love reading about it my dear beloved sister. I

miss you, but understand where you are.

 

Love,

Katherine

 

 

 

novalees <Novalees

 

Monday, January 21, 2008 1:17:47 PM

Update

 

Hello dear Family,

 

I find that my process is manifesting differently than what has been

shared on the Group. has encouraged me to share my experience,

and I would also like to encourage others to share their experiences

even though they may be very different. There is great beauty and

depth in how Shakti brings forth the Treasure that is contained in

each one of us.

 

The past 25+ years of my life have been devoted to God and service to

mankind, though in small ways with great love. I had continued on that

course until recently, as I felt Shakti leading me to shift from

serving to receiving. The shift has led me to withdraw from many

areas I had been serving in, and releasing connections of activity in

my physical life.

 

The result of that has brought me to a place where there is now plenty

of room for what is inside me to be heard and to manifest. In other

words, I am now able to receive it and embrace it, and release it into

the world.

 

It was also taken to a deeper level as I began to release the activity

of my mind, along with the activity of my emotional nature.

Attachments are falling away inside as well, and a new kind of life is

emerging. I'm sure there are many here who could say this better, and

maybe understand it more than I do through experience or reading about

it. I'm moving into it fresh and filled with wonder, so trying to put

it into words is very difficult for me...

 

I've also been experiencing a very deep hunger for kindred spirits and

a communion of souls. This has led me to begin to immerse myself into

the writings of Thomas Merton. He puts into words so clearly many of

the things I am feeling and experiencing. When I read them they are

like new life leaping up in me. So I will be sitting at his feet for

a while, and will share occasional treasures with you.

 

So what is left when we let go of all the attachments to life as we

know it? Another life...then another life...then another life...from

glory to glory? An awesome adventure.

 

So simplicity, silence and the return to innocence is the beauty I see

before me in the Moment. The outer hasn't changed. It is still the

glorious eternal Now. I'm seeing it with new eyes, and feeling it in

my heart more.

 

This just scratches the surface, but I wanted to make an attempt! lol!

 

Thank you for listening.

Love, dhyana

 

" We are warmed by fire, not by the smoke of the fire.

We are carried over the sea by a ship, not by the wake of a ship.

So too, what we are is to be sought in the invisible depths

of our own being, not in our outward reflection in our own acts. "

 

Merton: A Book of Hours

 

 

 

 

 

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