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a thought bridge: every business is spiritual
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Bridging Status Quo Thoughts to New Thoughts
I’ve come to realize that I’m a consciousness bridge. That is thinking thoughts that bridge the status quo mindset into new thoughts. It’s not a job that someone applies for; I think you’re given it before you arrive here. My mind just works that way, so I rather live in three worlds at once: where we’ve been(history), where we are (status quo), and where we’re going (New View).
You see, most folks need to take consciousness (thought) one small step at a time. And this is quite good, because quantum leaps don’t stick. Quantum leaps are rather like leaping tall buildings in a single bound, and most of us take the climb one step at a time. As a matter of fact, it’s how we pretty much get anything done here – one moment at a time, one step at a time, one new tiny thought at a time. After awhile, we have embraced a New View without angst.
The bridge I’m building right now has to do with the traditional status quo mindset of business. More to the point, it is addressing the idea of spirituality and business being thought of as mutually exclusive. It has a corollary mindset that materialism and spirituality are also mutually exclusive. So let’s take this on.
Every business no matter how small or how large is a spiritual entity. In order to build the bridge to this new thought we have to begin by slightly adjusting the idea of spirituality from one of mysticism and a large voice booming from heaven, to nonphysical Energy – Source Energy, to be specific. Spiritual is nonphysical Source energy; spirituality is your personal relationship to and with this nonphysical Source Energy. If spirituality is a personal relationship with nonphysical Source Energy, then it is only a question of how much Source Energy each individual allows through their individual unit into physical expression through their thoughts and creativity.
A business, therefore, is a spiritual creation by virtue of each individual who participates within it. The question then becomes how much Source Energy does each individual allow into the business environment at any given moment through their unique unit (mind and body).
Since Source Energy is the highest, fastest, purist frequencies – the fullness of all potential, it would serve any business if leadership as well as staff and workers were fully connected personally to Source. What would this mean?
For anyone to be connected with Source, he/she must be allowing and relaxed to achieve alignment with Source. The intention must be in place to be in alignment. Imagine a garden hose as conducting the stream of Well Being into the individual. Imagine stress as the kink in the hose. Imagine resistance as a kink in the hose. Imagine status quo beliefs as a kink in the hose; and we all know that when there’s a kink in the hose, there is resistance. And where there is resistance, there is limited or no Flow.
A business as an entity does not become a more spiritual entity, rather the individuals within it become more fully connected, more consciously aware and allowing personally. Then, as a collective they create a more Living organization much as each individual grain of sand put together with all the others creates an entire beach.
If you are a business leader, you can only begin with yourself. If you are a worker within an organized business, you can only begin with yourself and take your own spiritual journey of bringing More of your True Self into your mind, and then into your creations at work. The Universal Laws pretty much handle what happens from there. Either people around you are influenced and begin to follow your example by becoming the change you wish to see, or you move to an organization which appreciates your Becoming More of You. If you’re the company owner or CEO, you can encourage others by your own example. You cannot impose your values onto others and force them into a spiritual journey. That’s been done without much success in previous centuries of religious conflict. In the spiritual journey, you realize there’s room for everyone and everything under the sun; and that they all organize and reorganize themselves around the frequencies of thought by Law of Attraction.
Spirituality and business have always been hand in hand, part and parcel, we’re just now beginning to understand how. Tend to your own Call to Adventure. Tend to your own expansion of consciousness. This is the greatest leadership of all whether you’re CEO or janitor. The influence is in your personal vibrational countenance wherever you be in the boardroom or on the trading floor. The true Value and Pure Frequency of your consciousness will then be naturally expressed in your every thought, word and deed – your creations. It has always been this way; it is just now that we are becoming consciously aware of the process.
The upshot, the bottom line is this: tend to your own vibrational frequency.Tend to your own spiritual journey. Tend to your own consciousness expansion into Self. Your first job no matter where you are is to be in alignment with Self, Source. From that alignment you influence everything to expand and become More.
“Some say that you should not want money at all because the desire for money is materialistic and not Spiritual. But we want you to remember that you are here in this very physical world where Spirit has materialized. You cannot separate yourself from the aspect of yourself that is Spiritual, and while you are here in these bodies, you cannot separate yourselves from that which is physical or material. All of the magnificent things of a physical nature that are surrounding you are Spiritual in nature.” – Abraham
think a better thought NOW
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Find a Better Feeling Thought photo courtesty wikipedia.org
I’ve been having some interesting conversations lately. With what is going on in Japan, the Middle East, and whatever else pops up on the news, I see folks focused on what was, what could have been, what should have been – wasting a whole lot of Source Energy focus feeling bad, negative, blaming, judgmental, and in fear. This is a waste of focus of Source Energy though you if you want to make a difference.
It’s difficult to get the human mind ego (i) to let go of old habits of thinking. “Well, it’s true,”they say. And so what if it is? The acid test is does it make you feel good whilst thinking about it or focusing on it? If it does, keep on doing it. However, most of these things don’t make us feel good as we look at them, dwell on them and witness them. This is purposeful. These events give us a contrast to launch a new rocket of desire for what we do want to witness, experience, see manifest.
Right now, in this moment is the only place where we ever live. We don’t live in the past (except in mind focus) and we don’t live in the future (except in mind focus). Right now, this moment is all there is…really. And right now is where all our power of focus is concentrated and we get to choose what we will focus on.
You can choose only now on what you want to focus. You can choose only now how you want to feel. You can choose only now what you want to experience next. You can only do that right now. When you truly understand how powerful your focus is – focusing Source Energy that creates worlds through you, then you begin to understand that it is very beneficial not just to you, but to whatever “cause” you feel passionately about to clean up your thoughts and take conscious control over your NOW focus.
Certainly there are things going on right now that are giving us powerful contrast. Use the contrast only so long as it takes you to launch your new rocket of desire: safe hydrogen fuel, peace in the Middle East, a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle…whatever it is that the contrast has inspired within you. Then turn your focus NOW towards what is wanted, not what is or has been. Lamenting, commiserating, endless ruminating on how bad things are is a waste and misuse of Source Energy. You are not only keeping that reality around longer, you’re making yourself feel bad in the meantime. So does it help the folks in Japan if you feel bad, too? No. It prolongs their situation.
Thought forms are like the wake behind a jet boat in the water. They create slip streams that others can “latch onto” like a life preserver. Someone in Japan is in need of a better feeling thought right now and perhaps reaching for it. You can provide that thought stream for them. This is how we are either part of the problem or part of the solution…not just in actions, but first and foremost by our thoughts.
Thinking the thoughts that they are having of doom and desperation only add to the “mass” of that thought. Creating a vision in your mind of what Good is coming, begins building the new reality right NOW. Reach for a better feeling thought; it’s uncommon but powerful…NOW. It’s all Applied Spirituality; but is it conscious and deliberate is the question.
Thanks for reading,
Kath
letting go human mind; finding Awareness
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human mind says you are this; You are really That
Years ago when I first began my own transformation, I was told to “let go”. I wanted to strangle that person. Certainly, if I knew how to do that I would do it, right? Why would I hang onto something that caused me pain and suffering making happiness impossible? As the years went on, that question loomed bigger and bigger for me. How many times did I ask, “Oh, for Pete’s sake, won’t someone show me how to let go of what was, what is and this old, pitiful story?” I was sick of it; I was sick of recreating it…yet, the way to do that wasn’t clear until NOW.
The years went on and I learned more about human mind: it’s complexity, it’s incessant yammering, it’s falsity. I realized that the human mind was like the tail that wagged the dog. It ruled me and each person I knew. In fact, ego mind ruled the world. We suffer from the biggest illusion – the first illusion – Separation from Source, so therefore, human mind has become our false god.
If we think it, it must be so. If I can think, therefore I am…bosh. Yet, when you’re undertaking to write the opus of how it all works (the Universe, the World and the individual), there are many paths all leading you to the same Truth. After the Buddha wandered the planet suffering and witnessing all the suffering, he finally sat down beneath the Bodi tree and …LET GO. He surrendered. He gave up (his questioning and ego mind). Then it happened. He realized his Oneness – he realized the Presence of Awareness – he realized Who He Really Was.
Sounds like most of us, doesn’t it? Wandering the world, suffering within the drama of the human mind stories we make up about everything. The ego mind is the ultimate master of illusion, which is necessary to play the game on earth. But to be free is to realize you are not the story, the fear, the sickness, the mind – but the Awareness that is funding all the forms.
In walks Lester Levinson in the 1960′s and more recently the Sedona Method via Hale Dwoskin. My years of wandering in the desert to find the answer to my question of how to LET GO are over! You stop resisting it and welcome it in. Then you simply notice that you are not the story, the sensation, or the memory (idea, thought or belief). Then you notice what IS Present…Awareness. Oh sweet relief. Asked and answered!
Allow me to introduce you to Lester who figured all this out. Then we’ll explore the Triple Welcome Method tomorrow.
I want so much for us all to be free from the lie of separation. We are One with our Source, Awareness, always have been and always will be into eternity…and even right here, right now. Remember these…
“Yeah though I walk through the valley….Thou art With ME!” That Me is the Awareness.
“I will never leave thee nor forsake thee?” That I is the Awareness.
“I and my Father are One.” That I is the Awareness.
“I will keep thee in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on ME.” I and Me is the IAM Awareness…You.
Notice today, if you will, that Awareness is breathing you; seeing through you; hearing through you; enlivening you – not your human ego mind.
the nature of spirit/life: freedom
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Liberation Square, Cairo February 1, 2011 photo courtesy AP
Suddenly the urge for freedom is erupting across the Arab world: Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and now Jordan. Like a daisy sprouting up from the cracks in the asphalt, Life insists on Life. The urge to be free cannot be denied within the human despite race, religion, or location. Everyone has the same Godchip hard-wired within whose nature is freedom, growth and joy. We are seeing the expression of Self across the globe – the huddled masses yearning to be free – no longer huddling but standing up, stretching and reaching for their inherent freedom on earth.
Just as America reached for her freedom from England back in 1776, these scenes reflect the very same urge within every human to throw off oppression and freely pursue life, liberty and happiness.
All the religious strictures, governmental restraints or human laws of any type cannot keep this phenomenon of Life from happening. We all come in with this knowing: we are free; and we seek to bring into alignment that which we are by Nature into manifestation in our physical lives. We witness people from all walks of life reaching for Quality – the realization of Source in our everyday experience. This is Applied Spirituality in action. It’s Natural.
Thanks for reading,
Kath
Infinite Supply – Flowing God to Others
Posted by: | Comments2009-05-20
Good Morning Everyone,
There is a really lovely story from McClatchy News this morning about charitable giving – the poor are the most generous givers. I knew that, because I’ve seen it. What is lovely is to see it as a story on mainstream media. Go over there right now, click on the link, and read the story.
In this Great Recession we are seeing and experiencing vast shifts in what we value and how we see money.
Money is a construct of man. It became a convenient way for us to exchange value for value when hauling fur pelts and gold nuggets became impractical. It represented on paper or by coin or by check or bank draft – a numerical value. A number. A number vibrates to a certain frequency. Money represents a frequency of energy. Energy is God.
However, somewhere along the line, we got the idea of money and wealth confused, all knotted up with other values and beliefs that have to do with lack, and society, prestige, personal worth and value as a human being, and power, just to name a few of the human-mind ideas about money.
Money is like anything else, it is an expression of God. No more, no less. It is Energy, just like breath, just like food, just like love.
Asked why the poor are so generous, Christie Zerrudo, a cashier who handles Filipino remittances at Manila Oriental, a grocery/restaurant/remittance agency in Arlington, offered this explanation:
“It gives the heart comfort when you sit down at the end of the day, and you know that you did your part,” Zerrudo said. “… you love them, they are your family, and your love has had an expression.”
Cast your bread upon the waters, we are instructed. Give. Give what you have, because you can.
There is a physics component to this as well as an emotional component. The physics component obeys the Laws of Inertia and Momentum. When you give, allow something to flow forth from you…you are moving physical energy. Done enough, you create momentum and what you cast forth, flows back to you in proportion to your consciousness of it. The emotional component tells you that it feels Good to give, because you can, and that you are in alignment with God – Source Energy. It if feels Good; you are aligned with your True Self, who knows you’re True Wealth and Abundance; this is the Christed Consciousness of Infinite Supply.
In 1 Kings 17:11-14 we are told the story of the poor woman who is asked by Elijah to bring him a piece of bread. She has but a little, but she makes the bread and finds that neither the meal nor the oil runs out. Infinite Supply. She flowed forth what she had, feeling full and rich, and so she was with plenty.
In the same principle Jesus was asked at the wedding to feed the guests, but it appeared that there wasn’t enough food for them all (the human mind consciousness). Jesus giving thanks, breaks the bread and feeds them all with plenty, because he is of the Christed Consciousness – realizing his Oneness with Source – flowing Infinite Supply through him to the wedding tables.
This is the consciousness we are striving to achieve: the Christed Conscious, which realizes our Oneness with God, and that is Infinite Supply.
The consciousness of God is the I AM of each and every person. Within each of us is Infinite Supply.
How we achieve this is by seeing the God, Source Energy, in everything and everyone around us, and realizing it is the consciousness within us that both sees It and manifests our every requirement.
The Earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. Indeed. You are the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. Spend your efforts attaining the Christed Consciousness, your manifestations will be beyond your human-mind’s wildest dreams.
What have you? Give it freely without expectation of reward. Give it in secret. But give it out of the conscious realization that God is your Supply, which is the I AM consciousness of your Self.
Thanks for reading!
Kath
Absent Scarcity Beliefs: No Economic Problem
Posted by: | Comments2009-03-30
Good Day Everyone!
It seems that I am inquiring more deeply than I originally thought into economics. Frankly, I originally thought of the whole subject as about goods and services; and supply and demand. The subject gave me fits in college. While I passed both classes, it was pretty much a process of memorizing for the sake of the grade.
However, I find I have an intuitive understanding of economics that serves, and now seems to be deepening in understanding.
I looked up the definition of economics and find that its meaning is structured as a tripod.
According to Wikipedia: Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services together with the working definition of Lionel Robbins in a 1932 essay in which he states economics is “the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.” The third leg of the tripod is the origination of the word from the Greek which means “rules of the household”.
So we have one leg as the social science studying the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services; the second leg is that economics is the social science that studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means; and the third leg that says economics is literally the rules of the household.
The glaring flaw that I see immediately is the word scarce. The definition includes a belief in scarcity, which is a lie. Certainly it is what human mind believes to be true, but it is not Truth. This Universe, and this world within the Universe, is infinite. If we can desire it, imagine it, want it, it can be made manifest here.
So, for us to be wrestling a giant economic collapse and shift at this moment in time point to the flaw in the belief system, for this is where it all collapsed and why. If we believe, which we do, that there is a scarcity, then we will base our behaviors on that belief and make all subsequent decisions based on that belief. Hence, the banking demise, the car makers policies, and myriad and infinite other decisions that built a flawed economic system based on the belief in ‘not enough’.
Anything in the world which is not built on Truth will collapse eventually. This is Just as the Truth always surfaces, this is law. In Matthew 7:24-29 we are told to apply Truth to this physical life, and build on Rock (Truth) not sand (truth). The distinction is Truth is rooted in Universal Law, and truth is based on the ever-changing and fearful human mind.
Rubber meets the road. I speak not of religion, but rather of the Truth of our beingness. Everything we create on Earth is within the infinite Realm of Universal Law. When we operate outside of that Universal Law, the Infinite Stream of Well Being, we create mud that eventually washes away. Human mind creations not based on Truth (Source) cannot last – they are not sustainable.
Also included in the definition of economics is this statement: Scarcity means that available resources are insufficient to satisfy all wants and needs. Absent scarcity and alternative uses of available resources, there is no economic problem. The subject thus defined involves the study of choices as they are affected by incentives and resources.
This is huge. It acknowledges that the entire science is based on individual human choices. It also acknowledges that absent scarcity, there is no economic problem. Whooa!!!
Right now, this moment in time/space reality we are experiencing the next paradigm shift to the Christ Consciousness in mankind. This is a global shift in line with the evolution of the planet and the continuing evolution of the consciousness of man.
Within this evolution is the Realization of Fulfillment, Oneness, in the Christed Consciousness. How different will our decisions be when we are in the same consciousness as Source and we Know there is no lack, no scarcity, no limits.
If we can to even the smallest measure begin to bring this Truth into our new policies, new corporate strategies and trainings, and into our new idea of government, we thus begin to build a sustainable economy based in Truth, on Rock – rather than on sand.
Each individual contributes to the collective whether it is the economic stats, the election results, or the numbers on consumer spending; and each one of us is reflecting – by our everyday choices – just where our consciousness is. The more we can feel and sense Real Truth in goods, services, policies, strategies and everything else, the more we are building on Rock where there is no economic problem because we operate in Infinite Supply. When we Know this is Truth, then every decision and behavior changes. Imagine a world like this.
We are the Supply, because we are Source in physical form. The only thing that separates us from It are the old beliefs of human mind, which are shifting as we allow Source into our everyday thinking and begin building new castles on Rock-solid Truth…there is no scarcity, therefore there is no economic problem.
We’re on our way!
Thanks for reading!
Kath
Quality: The New Economy
Posted by: | Comments2009-03-22
Good Day Everyone!
I’ve been thinking a lot about Quality.
Years ago when I was a child, I recall that, then, things made in Japan were generally regarded as inferior in quality. In those days the “Made In America” label was synonymous with high quality goods.
Think about it a moment. The cars that were American made then are still being restored today. Many of the “antiques” and “collectibles” that are found at flea markets are products that were from that era of Quality. Items purchased then were built to not wear out, but to be repaired. Over the last 40-50 years something has gone amiss in the American psyche. I remember looking at the first Ford Pinto and thinking, “No one will ever restore one of those.”
The decline in Quality in America is directly proportional to the rise in the Walmart mentality. Today China is the new Japan, and certainly many things still produced in America, in order to compete in the global markets, are of disposable quality.
The ramifications of this are myriad, significantly to the environment which includes us. When things are disposable, they end up in the landfills decomposing or leeching their chemicals into the ground and ground waters, rivers, lakes and poisoning both flora and fauna (including the humans).
The “green” movement is a movement back in the direction of Quality. If for no other reason, for one of economic sensibility to the American consumer, if not the corporation. However, as the consciousness of all of us rises to greater heights, a new kind of corporation will emerge, as well. It is once again the people that will lead us out of the economic doldrums and into a re-scripted economy. The word being used is sustainability. In the old language it was Quality.
Quality is an inherent characteristic of something that is usually perceived by intuition, feeling, taste, touch, observation, and it is usually difficult to quantify. Why? Because Quality is a measure of the Life Force, Truth, Beauty and Goodness of a thing, person, or idea. We feel and resonate with the vibrations of Quality because that is who we are innately. It is our essential beingness.
Source – or God – is the highest Quality there is. Vibrating to the highest, purest, fastest frequencies without resistance, these Source Vibrations always feel Good. Always. They always feel enlivening, uplifting, and glorious. When these qualities are included in a product, a speech, a concept, or a service, we immediately recognize it as Source, but we call it Quality.
Restoration and invigoration of the economy is going to be predicated on returning to Source, first in our consciousness and thinking, and then in our earthly creations. We might start via the economic route, however, because Quality always makes sense.
A good example is purchasing shoes. About 8 years ago I purchased Munro Boots, an American company headquartered in Arkansas. I paid about $125.00. These boots had real rubber soles and real leather uppers, with absolutely no synthetic chemicals. I am still wearing these same boots, and they still look great. Amortize the purchase so far and I’ve spent $15.62 per year for these fine leather dress boots.
Let’s talk cars for a moment. In 1997 a friend purchased a Toyota 4-Runner for about $30,000. She drove it for 265,000 miles and only just replaced it because she wanted an automatic transmission rather than the standard transmission. She sold this 4-Runner for $6,500. Let’s do the math: effectively the car cost her $23,500. Divide that by 10 years is $2350 per year which is about $6.50 per day. It still looked great and ran wonderfully. Quality.
One last example is food. When we eat industrially grown spinach full of chemicals, pesticides and other toxins, it would take 10 bowls of this spinach to equal one bowl of powerfully nutritious, organically grown spinach. Quality. So at the grocery you look at the industrial grown spinach and see it is cheaper at the price point than the organic – the hidden, unseen Quality is what you are paying for in the organic produce. And that Quality translates to available nutrition for your body to energize, heal and fuel itself. This translates into a stronger immune system and less doctor visits and prescription drugs. In the long run, over time, Quality is it hands down. It’s efficient, effective and full of Good, which we deserve.
Quality is where our economic future and prosperity await us. It takes the eyes to see and the awareness to perceive It. This is called a higher consciousness and is our individual work.
Then, there will be no need for unions or trade agreements. Quality will be desired, Naturally.
Thanks for reading!
Kath
Self Reliance
Posted by: | Comments2009-04-01
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being. And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers, and benefactors, obeying the Almighty effort, and advancing on Chaos and the Dark.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essay on Self-Reliance
Good Day Everyone!
Seems we will continue today on the heels of the last blog with the theme of speaking your Truth.
I came across Emerson’s essay on Self Reliance and chose to quote a paragraph which I have included above. How might you question does this have to do with Applied Spirituality?
Everything, I answer you. Everything.
“…the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being…”
The absolute trustworthy is your Godchip, your direct, intimate connection and link with Source. Source of what? Truth. Love. Good. Wisdom. Light. The absolute trustworthy of you is exactly how you are “made in his image” and how we are “all created equal”.
This Still Small Voice speaks to you softly and quietly, and is only heard if it is your intention to hear It. Your intention is such that you hear it. Your ears whilst listening to all the noise in the world are tuned inward to hear the Truth. This Godchip of which each of us is the possessor is Who We Really Are. It speaks through our hearts, if we are listening with our hearts and not our ears and our heads. This Godchip of yours works through your head if you allow it, then through your arms to create something. And will predominate your being, if you but allow It over the
crush of the human mind, the noise, the chaos. To be glad you have lived at the end of yours days will be determined if you have but lived by listening to your own Godchip and thus living the life of Real.
This morning a friend sent me a link and I had the opportunity to listen to a woman named Naomi Wolf, author of The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
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I actually listened to her entire speech on YouTube. It matters not that I agree or disagree with Ms. Wolf, what matter is this is someone who is following the guidance of her heart – her Godchip and speaks her truth. Much the same as Pastor Wright. Following that I clicked on another link, that of Keith Olbermann of MSNBC. Once again I found another speaking his Truth with courage and eloquence.
What matters, what is significant, are these people who are participating, from their hearts (Godchip) and speaking their Truth.
These are interesting times when John and Jane Doe are awakening from their slumber, their lemming-like behavior of following along with what “they” are doing. Believing “they” will protect me, “they” know best, “they have my best interests at heart” and “they are taking care of it”. “They” are not protecting you. You protect you. “They do not know what’s best for you. You know what’s best for you. “They do not have your best interests at heart. Only you can know what is in your best interest. And “they” are not taking care of it. Only you can take care of it.
In record numbers we are seeing John and Jane Doe’s waking up and contributing to political campaigns in increments of $25.00. In record numbers we are seeing John and Jane Doe’s buying organic foods, even though they cost more. In record numbers we are seeing John and Jane Doe’s picking up their own beds and walking on their own. Emerson would be proud.
Keep moving John and Jane Doe. You matter more now than ever before. Think for yourself. Act from your heart. Believe and know that you are endowed by your Creator with your very own Godchip which is providing guidance to you every moment of every day.
There is nothing to fear. There is nothing to worry about. Unless, of course, you are not listening within and following your own Guidance.
You might want to watch Frank Capra’s movie, Meet John Doe. It’s about us.
Thanks for reading!
Kath
Bumping Into Labels
Posted by: | Comments2007-03-04
Good Afternoon World!
Very slow start today. We’re having Santa Ana winds up here, the natural follow up to a good rain. Why would we possibly want to leave any moisture in the ground?
Did you know that in San Diego County we have 14 of the 16 world climates? I think it’s true. I know someone out there will let me know if I’m wrong. Last week was proof positive of it. On Wednesday morning I woke to a winter wonderland up here and slid sideways down my driveway. I didn’t get out until around noon when it warmed to 40 degrees. I’m sure in town they think we’re delusional or liars up here as they were enjoying the usual 70 degrees and sunny.
Anyway, the wind. Yes, it is the psychic stick that stirs the pot. The Santa Ana Winds go on for days and stir up any unfinished business you have with yourself. Woody, my cat, loves WATCHING the wind, but doesn’t venture out. I think they’re useful, but there are times when you simply raise the white flag and cry “Uncle!” and surrender. Then it’s time to head to the beach for a good dose of negative ions, or is it the positive ones.
Labels are our bias. It’s where we try to catalog and categorize all the information into what we believe is…..good or bad. We will shake you loose eventually from those polar positions!
The danger in clinging to those limiting labels is that anyone can have a great idea, a new view, a better option, a new product, a wonderful play, a neat opinion, or a revelation. However, if it comes from one of those labeled places that you don’t like, you won’t pay any attention. Further, someone on the news is probably going to spin it into a bad idea, spin it all up into a knot, and then tell you why you should think it’s a bad idea, too.
I think that’s why I like the internet so much. It’s consciousness. A lot of the bias is removed in the simple, silent, printed word. You can read the words, feel the veracity of them for yourself and make your own choice. Television and even radio are different, with pictures, music, color. Well, maybe that’s why I like books, too. They simply tell their story in a printed word with no theatrics.
So bumping into labels like conservative, democrat, liberal, republican, really cripples us as a people, but cripples individuals from growing and expanding into more. Who care where a good idea came from, let’s have it!
Oh, I remember reading somewhere in the past years that there had been a civilization on planet earth that used SOUND as their energy to move around. Sounds as a source of fuel. The only idea I could relate that to was the old Memorex commercial where the soprano’s voice hit a beautiful high note that shattered the wine glass.
Now, if I told you that was channeled information (from the other side) how many of you would just stop listening, reading, or throw out the idea. So, there you have it, why not? Why not sound? I don’t think it has carbon monoxide as a by product. Why not explore the idea? Iff you’ve bumped into a label, disguised as your fear, now’s the time for you to have a look. How many times a day do you turn away, discount, ignore, or dismiss something because you labeled it a bad thing. Boy, what you’re missing…the rest of God.
Thanks for reading,
Kath
