Fall Equinox 2011: We are Creators of the New World
At this time of the Fall Equinox, we stand at the balancing point. From this calm center of equal light and equal darkness, we expand into themes of inner peace, unconditional love, beauty and integration. This is a rare moment in an increasingly chaotic world constantly buffeted by strong winds of change. From this place of peace and inner harmony, we are able to experience ourselves as creators of the new world.
Reaping the Blessings we have Sown
This harvest season, more than any other before it, is steeped in universal love and abundance. All the steps we have taken to align with high-vibrational energies - all we have done to serve the highest good of all - this is what comes back around to us at this harvest time. As we reap the blessings we have sown, we expand our capacity for peace, love, service and illumination.
Seeing the Past through the Lens of Divine Perfection
To make the most of this time, see the divine perfection in all the people, situations, and circumstances that brought you to this place of clear-seeing and inner harmony.
In moments of great change, transformation sometimes arrives on the wings of turbulent times. This year has seen the unfolding of catastrophic weather events, disharmony, violence and war, destruction of the environment, starvation and suffering, innocents abused at the hands of the merciless and much more. Inside all that has transpired, the spark of universal love has shone ever brighter in the darkness, burning through realms of illusion and lighting the way to the new time.
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20 Steps to True Peace and Happiness
by Jonathan Mathews
NOTE: These steps are in no specific order. You may want to work one at a time for a period of 20 to 30 days. Your life is sure to change, and you'll be on the road to an enlightened mind. Material taken from A Course in Miracles and askrealjesus.com.
1. I make another's interest my own, I see his suffering as my own; I have a true desire to be helpful.
2. I judge not another; I take the log out of my own eye, not the speck out of another's. I cannot have the desire to change anyone unless I have first judged him. I give up the belief in dualism (right and wrong, good and bad) that causes judgment. I don't criticize, ignore, or otherwise withhold my love from another.
3. I don't engage in or start gossip. Gossip is an attack on both myself and the other.
4. I stay in integrity. What I think and what I say and what I do are not conflicted. I always speak my truth.
5. I commit to a daily spiritual practice that keeps me focused on God and love. I avoid distractions such as TV, internet, and other addictions. I bring love into all parts of my life.
6. I give up defensiveness (turn the other cheek). I let go of anger and condemnation and instead I see an attack by another as a call for love and then answer the call WITH love. Love is patient and kind.
7. I give selfless service regularly and when appropriate.
8. I let go of control, attachments, and outcomes. I always choose what is. I surrender my stories that keep me imprisoned in the past.
9. I forgive myself, God, and all perceived perpetrators for what I think they did, as I change my beliefs and perceptions, that led me to that perpetrator/ victim thinking.
10. I practice gratitude daily, even in difficult situations; I stay humble and rely on God.
11. I give up vanity and conceit and a need to be noticed or acknowledged. I give up competition and comparing myself to another.
12. I do random acts of kindness, even for strangers and the seemingly undeserving.
13. I give up, envy, resentments, hurts, anger, and hatred. Even ignoring another is an attack on them.
14. I treat all strangers, even the scary ones, as friends.
15. I listen carefully to others instead of planning a response, even to the seemingly mundane and unintelligent, for they deserve my love, too. 16. I am generous with my time, talents, love, possessions, and money. If I see a need, it is mine to fill. Remember, a gift that has any expectations is NOT a gift, it is a trade. I let go of greed.
17. I pay attention to my thoughts and beliefs, for they directly affect my reality. I take full responsibility (not blame) for what I create; I am never a victim. I think only about what I like and want, not what I don't want, so that I can manifest appropriately.
18. I let go of and heal anger, hurts, and resentments that I am harboring from the past. I let go of my stories of the past that keep me imprisoned.
19. I give over my fears to Holy Spirit. I am not a body, so there is nothing to fear except fear itself. I surrender the fear of death, pain, lack, or loss.
20. I give up chasing love, security, pleasures, power, money, and material things. I trust in God's love, bounty, and protection instead.