The Meaning of One
Each of us wants to be loved. It’s a primal urge and we search for love from an early age. Depending on the family situation we chose to be born into, some of us feel loved as we grow up, and some of us don’t. As we reach puberty, that search for love becomes an obsession, and we target not only our peers, but celebrities and fantasy as we look for the “one” who will complete us, make us happy, and be the Prince or Princess in our own version of Cinderella. Somewhere deep inside us there is a memory of what it feels like to be one.
Long, long ago, before God created the Universe and all the creatures in it, we knew that feeling. We were part of it. It was Home. It’s a feeling we can describe because we have lived it before, but as we descended into the field of duality on this gameboard of free choice, it seems like we can’t remember where we left it. So we look to recreate that wonderful feeling of ONE outside of ourselves. We find partner after partner, and during the first blush of love we think, “Ahhh, finally…”. But as the days wear on and our own baggage comes up for us in the face of love, doubts appear. Remember what it says in A Course In Miracles? Love brings up everything unlike itself for the purpose of healing and release. And at some point we judge that partner to be not the one to give us the feeling of ONE. And we move on in our search. Sometimes we stay in that relationship even after the glow has left, because we are “committed” or because we have a contract with that partner which isn’t complete. When that happens, generally we find that feeling we were looking for escape farther and farther away.
It doesn’t have to be this way! The feeling was never lost to begin with, but we forgot where we left it! It lives inside our heart, but it gets covered up with the “stuff” we have collected through our many lifetimes. Old emotions of guilt and shame wrap themselves around our true feeling of love, and the oneness becomes the illusion of separation. And we look frenetically for the ONE who can help us to remember how it feels to truly be loved.
This new earth is a place of balance. In order to do the alchemical work we came here to do effectively, we have to find the balance within ourselves and create ONE. This balance is the Yin/Yang of the Tao, the masculine/feminine, and at some point in the evolution of our species, when we were less dense; I believe we carried it within ourselves to the point that we could project our image as either, by our own choice. Now the choice is to find that balance within ourselves once more, or find that balance in a relationship with another and return to the ONE. In order to do this we must release the guilt and shame we hold within, because otherwise we will project it on every partner who tries to love us, so that we can see it in that mirror. What ever the tool you choose, that is the first step in creating the perfect love you have been searching for through lifetimes.
When you free yourself from the past, from all your pasts, you will find that love inside yourself. Then you become the perfect magnet to attract the perfect partner to allow living in the ONE once more.
The ONE is a place where love abounds. Two people who care for each other to the point where they don’t judge themselves or their partner in any way is a beautiful thing. It creates a space for the soul of each to grow to its fullest potential and master their individual life lessons. It is heaven on earth. Post a Comment : 2 commentsWHY DO WE STRUGGLE?
The obvious answer to this question is because we are human and that is what humans do, but that is an illusion. The truth is we don’t have to struggle. It was never meant to be part of the equation. Struggle is a trap that was created for us by us to keep us from finding our truth.
I sat in the hair salon last week waiting for my color to process. Around me I could hear conversations between other clients and their stylists. Struggle must be the new pandemic! Every woman in the room was talking about the areas of dissatisfaction in her life, and much of this centered on struggle, depression or sleep deprivation or a combination of these. I wanted to reach out to each one of them and say that it doesn’t have to be that way, but I figured that the response I would receive would be a “deer in headlights” look and complete disbelief.
The only way I know to end struggle is to surrender to it. It’s impossible to play tug of war if nobody is pulling on the other end of the rope! What does it mean to surrender into struggle? Simply let it go. Stop swimming up stream – whatever the “stream” is. It’s a choice we have to make in order to end the insanity. We actually made the choice to create the struggle in the first place. It probably started in a very innocent manner. Maybe we just wanted to get ahead at work, or have more stuff, for which we needed more money, and pretty soon we were locked into the game.
In a perfect world, we would recognize it for what it is and just move on, but rarely do we seem to be that discriminating. It doesn’t seem to matter how enlightened we are, struggle lurks around every corner on our journey, and mastery of this lesson goes back to our ability to surrender into it. When we can reach the place we sang about as children, “Row, row, row you boat. Gently down the stream”, we don’t have to be encumbered with it any more.
If the answer is that easy, why is it that we continue to deal with struggle? What’s the payoff? Perhaps it is the addiction to the drama of it all. There is a certain exhilaration we get with the highs and lows involved. I personally doubt that it’s worth the pain!
Another reason could be that we have old, archetypal beliefs that we HAVE to struggle. The basic underlying paradigm is that we must struggle in order to earn god’s love. This lesson is taught by every dogma and most of us learn it as truth at an early age. It extrapolates out into other beliefs such as “we have to work hard in order to succeed” and “if it is too easy it can’t possibly be right”. Nothing could be farther from the truth. All the Universal Laws point to the path of least resistance as the only way! Look at a new truth. “If it’s easy for me, it’s right for me.” This is the truth that will set you free from the trap of struggle. Give it a try!
WHAT WOULD THE CHRIST WANT FOR CHRISTMAS?As I sit pondering the true meaning of Christmas this morning, it occurs to me that it is only appropriate for me to include The Christ on my lists of gifts this year. I’ve taken care of everyone else on my list and the first question is why did I leave that gift until last? The Christ is that unique part within each of us that shows us the way home and reminds us of our connection to Source. In the words of the Master Jesus himself, he told us that the only way to The Father was through him. I believe this is exactly what he meant. But I digress… Why wouldn’t I put myself first on my gift list? If we can only give to others from a full cup, then it would only make sense that we should give to ourselves first. What do I need to support myself today? My personal Christmas list would include peace, love, and joy, but I have been on this path long enough to know that those are things that can only come from within, so I guess that what that means is that if I can find each of these things within myself then – and only then – am I able to share them with others! If you are reading this today, please know that these are the gifts I share with you from my heart. Open the door to your own heart and look within to allow them to light up your life, and then share your gifts with the rest of the world. PEACE LOVE AND JOY! Post a Comment : 0 commentsShamanic Healing RealityMaybe my life is just a shaman's dream, derived from the smoke of the Sacred Pipe. There is no way to comprehend reality. It exists only in the mind of the believer and is understood only through the filter of experience. So for us to try to relate to another, we must join them, become one with their personal reality and the vast storehouse of all they have experienced in every dimension, every lifetime. This sounds impossible until we awaken to the possibility that we are already one, not just with another but with all that is. It isn't something we have to become. We must simply awaken from the dream illusion that we were ever NOT one with them. It is in unity that we can recreate our original Divine blueprint, because that model always exists in the mind of God, and we can only touch that space when we remember our wholeness. In so doing we become fully present, and nothing can be withheld from us. Why, then, is this so difficult? Why do we create such struggle and accept the mistaken belief that there is any lack at all? The Masters of all the ages have repeatedly told us how simple the solution to every problem is: Change the thought, Change the reality, Own the perfection. Think about it! Post a Comment : 1 comments |