Rethink your motives

Many people seek to access Akashic records. They may be assumed as a store of everything you and everyone else has ever done, in this life, and in past lives. Some people sense things described as Akashic fields help explain cyclic events of the universe.  They offer an explanation for you discern certain events seem to repeat. Your curiosity may propel you to think, “how could I learn more?”

Of course, to realize you can access the sum total of all forces in the universe may intrigue and surprise you. You may wonder how Akasha could exist with motion and without motion where it would be transformed into potential. As you explore some of your own questions, I would encourage you to consider these:

1) Why do you desire to access your records? If you seek a short-cut to your Divine purpose or some trigger for self-interested revelations, then Akasha isn’t going to be accessible. You may also be going about this with inappropriate intentions.  Akashic isn't a tangible thing that would enables you to exert power over others. Its not a thing to be owned or possessed and it doesn't enable you to have a hold over people. You'll only access Akashic when the universe decides.

2) What do you hope to gain? If you seek answers to life’s mysteries outside yourself, then Akasha isn’t the answer. Self-growth arises from making choices along a journey, not from receiving what you think might be the answers to problems before they arise. On invisible levels, Akasha reveals who you are and why you exist now, and what events have influenced your evolution. Practices such as meditation enable you to gain insight into your ego mind.

3) Which messages are conveyed if you don’t see them? Ervin Lazlo has extensively researched this subject. His view of An Integral Theory of Everything explains that our own senses don’t register Akasha until we reach a certain level of spiritual practice. If Akasha is indeed an all-encompassing medium that underlies all things, and becomes all things, then one needs to learn how to step back from the world and its influences.  Its up to you to interpret events your way and evolve.

5 Steps to reconnect with the Source

As you reflect on awareness, you may come to believe mind power is our greatest gift. Each human being exists in part to learn how to use it, to discern and reshape how we think. As part of that process, you are meant to accept and believe in innate abilities you initially scoffed or overlooked. What are they? How can you explore your mindset differently right now? Embrace five steps to reconnect with the Source:

1) Believe everything that happens is an invitation. You may ask, “an invitation for what?” As the saying goes, “to learn or not to learn?” That’s the question. Consciousness is a journey. Your beliefs emerge from how you project and evaluate life experiences. What you retain and how you apply it determine the life you choose to lead. You have opportunities to act or not to act, to change or remain as you are.

2) Accept reality doesn’t change. Only perception alters our sense of time and space. How you sense your truth is based on what you think and feel. At this point, you may limit yourself to a physical reality. You may permit emotions to cloud your view. Do you focus on what enables you to feel good? Do you assume uncertainty must be negative? What of the influence exerted by your ego-mind?   If you choose, you can embrace obstacles as character-building, as necessary for your own development and increased self-understanding. Your mission is what you make it.

3) Realize your interpretation of events is full of errors. You’ve been taught things that go against your innermost thoughts and principles. It’s a given. You may be at a stage where you forget the original compassion and forgiveness that define your authentic self. It’s your job to uncover to what degree outside influences shape who you think you are and how you live. Whenever your thoughts and behavior move away from this inner truth, rationalization and ego take control. This implies you refuse to give up the beliefs you’re meant to change. What are you really giving up?

4) Nothing is gained through struggle. Issues you hesitate to deal with will reoccur in new forms again and again. If you sense you’ve been experiencing a vicious circle, the same kinds of painful or frustrating experiences will keep occurring in your life. This is because you're aware and expect them. If you feel like a victim in relationships, if you feel people shaft you or you don’t get what you want, then you conclude doing nothing, fighting back (being confrontational), or becoming defensive aren’t the answer. Your own perceived problems would simply escalate.

5) Love everything and everyone unconditionally. How many people do you know who succumb to self-centeredness and make choices because of being controlled by fear? Your own life may reveal examples where taking risks didn’t “pay off.” Rather than generate resentment and disappointment, why not sense blessings everywhere? Perhaps you’ve become content to remain complacent, to continue judging, criticizing and perpetuating beliefs that seem to define your identity. The way to raise awareness is to teach yourself to love everyone and everything unconditionally, no matter what they say or do to you. You get what you expect.  Imagine the incredible impact of showing others the meaning of true compassion.

5 Tips to learn from your emotions

How often have you realized that people can detect things about us that we don’t naturally sense or acknowledge in ourselves? Consider whether you easily notice when other people behave in ways that you feel are wrong or, evoke discomfort. What should you do about that? What can you get out of this to improve yourself?

1) Move beyond identifying what others do wrong. You may readily notice when people make mistakes or anticipate when they’ll make them. You may discern how other people could improve results. Many people never ask, and if some do, they may resent your feedback. It’s all in how you say it. Only the truly courageous and open-minded seek feedback and apply it. The discerning among us, evolve to read into the reactions of others and the meaning behind emotions evoked in ourselves.

2) Rethink whom you emulate. We all have role models. People refer to workshops, seminars, tapes, DVDs and a host of other sources of information to guide them. Yet, listening and observing others won’t necessarily trigger transformation in yourself. The answers you seek always lie within. Other people may raise your awareness about how you can uncover innate talents or create new habits and patterns. Ultimately though, you must exert the effort and nurture the discipline.

3) Recognize your strengths and talents. You may take your own innate skills for granted. You may focus on the frustration of weakness and overlook the flip side. Perhaps you don’t know how to handle joy of compliments? It may not occur to you to take steps to read between the lines and develop yourself further. As people draw your attention to what you do well, this is a sign to move to the next level. 

4) To repeat affirmations and good intentions aren’t enough. You can boost your morale and inspire positive change in yourself with a few words, yet, if you don’t change your behavior longer term, your life will remain as it has before. You may feel better because you feel you take some action, at least initially. However, you are also your own most influential motivator. What will you do differently?

5) Self-directed learning can emerge from good intention. Decide to become the person you envisage would be required to reach your specific goals. Your ideas may or may not be compatible with those of people around you. You can grow to evaluate what works and doesn’t work.  A process of trial and error will enable you to find your way. Rather than seek to change others, become the model you imagine.

Learn to perceive beyond the physical

I recently opened a fortune cookie that offered me the following message:

Nature, time and patience are the three best physicians.

This piece of advice caused me to reflect on healers and different types of healing. Some people limit their idea of healing to the physical realm. You may think of physiological diseases, broken bones, ripped cartilege, and high blood pressure. You may assume that if a person doesn't offer you a way to eliminate such physical problems, then he or she couldn't be a true "healer." What if you moved beyond these assumptions?  What if you decided to perceive beyond the physical?

The heart and mind

Consider that a person's heart and mind can be in worse shape than his or her physical body. The state of your heart and mind may actually be revealed as physical symptoms you assume manifest as other health problems. Underneath it all, if your soul is tormented, if you feel depressed, or if you permit fear to control you, then you may hold yourself back from living life to the fullest. Luckily, that can change.

Maybe you know someone who experiences physical setbacks. As the result, he or she may feel useless or helpless.  Such a person needs strength and may not know where to find it. Yet, we each hold a key to becoming healers if we so desire. We must simply learn to heal ourselves. You might ask, how would you proceed?

Your true self

No matter what your age or stage in life, you can learn to express feelings. They offer clues to your inner balance.  You may write about feelings, verbalize them or, find another outlet. You may model people around you or, devise reactions outside of what you were taught. As you explore feeling rejected or hurt, and if you complain, you express dismay. To repress any kind of feelings is debilitating. Why not acknowledge all feelings to heal and work through them instead?

If you feel intimidated, abused or exploited, then healing process involves learning to understand that people try to control others when their lives are out of control.  Anyone insecure, who is lacking in self-worth or esteem, actually feels inadequate, powerless or afraid.  Stripping someone of power for a time boosts self-importance, but this fades.  Whatever thoughts or energy you send out, it will affect you in a similar way.  Your true self makes itself known through balance and imbalance. 

Healing has already begun

You have already unlocked the door to this mystery of healing. The fact you have the desire to heal is a stepping stone to other positive experiences. You may not sense you need a miracle cure, but you can always benefit from guidance during your own healing process. Believe your inner power will make all the difference. Unleash it.

Each of us always has choices and free will. We decide how we will think and how we will live. As you evolve to raise your self-awareness, you can discover many of the answers you seek inside. Keep searching. The quest is part of why you exist now.

What is it with fortune cookies?

I recently opened a fortune cookie that offered me the following advice:

Nature, time and patience are the three best physicians.

This piece of wisdom led me to reflect on healers and different types of healing.  Many people limit their idea of healing to the physical realm or, only to things they can see or feel.  Think of physiological diseases, broken bones, ripped cartilege, and things like high blood pressure.  You may assume that if a person doesn't offer you a means to eliminate such physical problems, then that person couldn't possibly be a healer.