7 Truths of your sacred journey

In The Secrets Of the Light: Spiritual Strategies to Empower Your Life, Dannion Brinkley encourages each of us to regularly stop what we're doing and affirm certain truths. 

Let it be said he died and come back to this world three times.  He returned from a place that influences our dreams in more ways than we realize.  He believes recognizing these truths will enable us to consciously stabilize the energy within and around us.

In the process of reflecting on these truths, you will begin to recognize certain blessings you may not have noticed.  This will enable you to manifest strategies for health and well-being, and expand on your experiences.  What are your own views and gut feelings?

1) What are we? Dannion believes we are great, powerful and mighty spiritual beings of Light living in a pysical world with dignity, direction and purpose.

2) Why are we here? We choose to come here as a 'force of one' in order to make changes for the betterment of humanity, knowing we can each make a real difference.

3) Who influences our existence? We were chosen to come here.  This means that a great, Divine, and infinitely loving Force trusts and believs we will achieve the goal we were sent to accomplish.

4) What do we have? We all possess an abundance of gifts and talents.  One vital aspect of living this life is to discover and develop the wisest of these talents in order to prodce the greatest possible potential for good.

5) Why do we choose to live now? We choose to be alive at this time, a this place an at this point in history.  Never before have we had such a glorious opportunity to display our individual power and presence.

6) Is there anything beyond us? There was a world that we existed in before we came into this one.  It was beautiful.  It was safe.  It was all-embracing.  The foundation of that world is that we are loved, cherished and considered precious.

7) Do we really understand life and consciousness? There is a world that exists after this one.  In fact, it is the same world we left to come here.  What we leave in this world is the uniqueness of our Divine Mak.  And what we take with us into the next world is the understanding of how and why this Divine mark was our unique destiny. 

Transcend your core wounds

Each of us has our own understanding of why we exist and at least some idea of what we're meant to do.  You may have many unanswered questions.  All activity has more than one underlying purpose.  How often do you choose to sift beneath what you ordinarily see? What is it you are consciously or unconsciously choosing not to know? At what cost?

Every moment, we encounter situations and are faced with choices.  How we react or don't relates to those things we acknowledge and deal with and also to those things we would prefer not to discern or pay attention to at all.  Everything has significance.  Are you ready to face reasons for pain? What will you bring to the surface and dissolve?

To evolve to transcend your core wounds implies you evolve to the point where you recognize discomfort and become willing to explore deeper reasons for superficial reactions. Why is it that you repeatedly find yourself in similar circumstances? Could you be missing an importnat lesson? The universe will bring you a different set of circumstances to enable you to learn what you missed.  If you pass a test, you move on.

In cases where you don't choose to take charge of your life, then the universe reacts to that as well. In cases where you choose to harbour guilt, negativity, fear of rejecion, persecution or other mental anguish, the universe will ensure that you receive more situations where you could reinforce what you don't want or, learn to work through it. 

It makes sense to examine where you are on your journey.  Consider recent events in your life, your attitude and how you feel.  Do emotions control you? Are your choices to your emotional and spiritual advantage? If not, then what will you do about that?  When?

Is duality really a figment of your imagination?

http://symbolic-meanings.com/ has started a thread on duality and tagged this blog.  What does duality mean to you?  How does your sense of awareness orient itself?

Some people get wrapped up in the idea of separation from the original Source, that is, where they came from.  This belief suggests that separation from Higher Forces is what leads you to come up with concepts like positive and negative, good and bad, and other oppositions.   Can you readily explain why you feel torn between feeling open and closed?

If you take the stance that you create veils of illusion of reality, then you may also believe life is about learning to remove those veils.  Let's say you create layers of them, as the result of external conditioning.  In order to work through what makes sense, you discard veils and replace them, then remove others. When will you reach your core?

Sorting through ideas about duality brings you face-to-face with your ego, conscious and subconscious.  They may each be sending you different messages.    You discover you choose between love and fear. Which part of your perceived reality will you believe?

Hedgy situation

Analysis of the week submitted by Sheryl in Berwick, Victoria, Australia.

Dream- My focus was on blue sky. I was flying with the current. I went up and down and flew over hedges with a sense of frustration.  They repeatedly appeared in my path.

Predominant Emotions- courage, determination, stubborness, ignorance, and fear.

Interpretation- Flying sensations remind how you value freedom.  You realize inner peace is within reach, but perceived reasons for melancholy distract you from new options.  Reflection will assist you to develop clarity and rise above what bogs you down. 

Hedges are like imagined boundaries you grow from within.  They represent restrictions and self-limiting beliefs that take root inside. You may seek to mitigate possible losses from a situation that keeps rushing back.  It may hit you like a shock of an electric current.  To evade or waffle what bothers you is an ineffective delay tactic.  What are you afraid of? Identify the root cause to rise above overwhelming emotions.

Reptition is a way the universe is drawing your attention to something. Either you aren't getting a valuable lesson or you haven't yet discerned an imbalance that requires a change of behaviour on your part.  You may postpone facing reasons for recent pain.

Note we're each on a path. Its normal to sense ups and downs.  This is your feeling gauge.  Feelings act as a reliable guide about what is working or isn't working in your life.  This vision invites you to give more serious attention to your life choices.  Reflect and review the implications of continuing as you have.  Obstacles suggest you may be misdirected, misguided or beating your head against a wall. Each experience is valuable.

When is it time to rethink where you are?

Some people might tell you anytime is the right time to do what you want.  Yet, if you listen to your gut, voices about responsibilities and commitments will echo that this isn't always true.  Its a kind of balancing game.  Which voices do you hear inside yourself?

Take a friend of mine, a home builder.  He is licensed and capable, but he's bored and senses he doesn't follow his true passion.  He told me he repeatedly took trade courses to expand his license, but his teacher refused to certify him.  He admitted being frustrated.  The man's teacher was convinced he would be exploited.  He admits his personality isn't aligned with the job.  He came to me expressing impatience for change.

The context of your situation always invites you to find blessings in your circumstances.  How often do you notice them? You may begin to recognize signs that are pulling you away from what you know.  If you ask yourself if its appropriate to rethink who and what you are, then this may simply begin with questioning what you do.  Remind yourself that;

1) You are always building bridges.  Everything you learn is actually preparing you for something you have not anticipated.  When you choose to value each experience for what it is and not where it may be leading, your perspective shifts to transform you.

2) Barriers in your perception appear.  When you sense what you do is incompatible with what you would really like to do, you realize discomfort can be interpreted as a positive sign.  Knowing what you don't want prompts you to explore and embrace what you do.  When you find reasons to doubt, judge or generate negative energy, these are barriers to how you really want to feel.  This brings you closer to the more inviting light.

3) The journey never ends.  The totality of yourself is something you piece together throughout your understanding of life.  To believe in possibilities, in positive outcomes and meaningful experiences, all helps define your path.  Some people assume freedom is frightening, that change is something to be avoided at all cost.  Yet, as you choose to think you have been grooming yourself for this moment, then you reframe everything and focus 'on the now.'  To choose to be humble and indifferent is the antidote for impatience.