Spiritual confidence

Spiritual confidence is the heaviest anchor in the midst of the unending storm that is life and death. It is an unshakable confidence in the inherent rightness of being here—confidence in the rightness of finding oneself in the very middle of the life-process, even in all its chaos and complexity. Having this kind of confidence is of the utmost importance for anyone who is convinced that they deeply care about the way things are. It's especially important to have this kind of confidence in times like these, when there is so much turbulence and individual and collective insecurity about survival.
Without this kind of confidence as a constant reference point, we may find ourselves at times without the emotional, psychological, or spiritual resources to fight the good fight. And those who care more than anything else about the perennial quest to transform the world into a powerful reflection of that which is sacred cannot afford to allow even a moment of doubt or fear to overshadow their soul. Why? Because that may be the one moment that counted the most! In other words, we can't afford not to have spiritual self-confidence if we want to change the world.

Andrew Cohen

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Global Mind Change

Throughout history, the really fundamental changes in societies have come about not from dictates of governments and the results of battles but through vast numbers of people changing their minds -- sometimes only a little bit.

Some of the changes have amounted to profound transformations -- for instance the transition from the Roman Empire to Medieval Europe, or from the Middle Ages to modern times. Others have been more specific, such as the constitution of democratic governments in England and America, or the termination of slavery as an accepted institution. In the latter cases, it is largely a matter of people recalling that no matter how powerful the economic or political or even military institution, it persists because it has legitimacy, and that legitimacy comes from the perceptions of people. People give legitimacy and they can take it away. A challenge to legitimacy is probably the most powerful force for change to be found in history.

To the empowering principle that the people can withhold legitimacy, and thus change the world, we now add another: By deliberately changing the internal image of reality, people can change the world. Perhaps the only limits to the human mind are those we believe in.

Willis Harman -- Global Mind Change

Global Mind Change: The Promise of the 21st Century (BK Currents)
Global Mind Change: The New Age Revolution in the Way We Think

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The Shift Movie

THE SHIFT movie raises awareness to the story of our roles in an evolutionary shift in our collective consciousness. As it chronicles the faces, the stories and leaders assisting in this social transformation, the film reveals its emergence & meaning.

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The Next Scientific Revolution

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The 2007 Shift Report

"We are living through one of the most fundamental shifts in history — a change in the actual belief structure of Western society. No economic, political, or military power can compare with the power of a change of mind. By deliberately changing their images of reality, people are changing the world."
— Willis Harman, Global Mind Change




OVERVIEW

The 2007 Shift Report: Evidence of a World Transforming, attempts to chart the transition we believe is underway from a rigid, mechanistic, and materialistic worldview to one that is built on a foundation of interconnectedness, cooperation, and the intersection of science and spirituality. This 80-page document, highlighted with sidebars, charts, and quotations, is organized into four major sections:

Section I – Worldview Breakdown

While acknowledging the benefits that the Newtonian paradigm has provided, this section makes clear that the limitations of this worldview are exceeding our ability to overcome them, leading to potential worldwide disaster. The impacts of such factors as trauma, stress, and the fragmentation of consciousness are addressed.

Section II – Worldview Emergence

The unprecedented intersection of biology, systems theory, neuroscience, and quantum physics is revealing the contours of a new worldview, potentially sparking a new human potential movement. From epigenetics and the study of resilience to chaos theory and insights into the “god experience,” researchers are revealing a world of untapped possibilities, individual as well as collective.

Section III – Integration / Application

This emerging paradigm is showing up in different ways in the major institutions of modern life. This section briefly explores those impacts in the areas of education, medicine, business, psychology, and international trends. IONS’ relevant contributions to these various areas are highlighted.

Section IV – Living Deeply: The IONS Transformation Research Project

This section describes the methodology and some of the most compelling findings of this ongoing ten-year project to map the phenomenon of individual transformation.

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Eckhart Tolle on YouTube

Not reacting to content
Compassion
The enormous power of YES
The No has a momentum
Your pain body is very seductive
Quite Ordinary
Satsang with Eckhart Tolle
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Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

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Timeless Space ~ Timeless Love

The Beacons of Light ~ Re-minders from Home
September 15 2007

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The Future of Humanity - A dialogue between Krishnamurti and David Bohm

When western science meets eastern spirituality...

THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY is a dialogue between J. Krishnamurti and David Bohm which took place in Brockwood Park, England in 1983. Starting with the questions - Are psychologists really concerned with the future of man? Are they concerned with the human being conforming to the present society, or going beyond that? - the conversation embarks on the incredible journey of the unconditioned mind and asks if the consciousness of mankind can be changed through time.

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Mental Relativity

Mass, Energy, Space, and Time: the four basic elements of the Universe. But how do we know they are there? We only know through observation. And what is observation? It is the mental awareness of things outside the mind. How can the mind be aware of things outside itself? By an interface through which the nature of the Universe actually affects the nature of the Mind. Conversely, how can the mind affect the Universe? Through an interface that allows manipulation of the Universe based on motivations of the mind.

We observe the Universe through our senses, we manipulate it through our bodies. If Universe and Mind are not the same, but are related, how do they compare? If we describe the Universe in terms of Mass, Energy, Space and Time, and see these things as the elements that create it, then the Mind is made up of the process equivalents of Knowledge Thought, Ability and Desire. Knowledge is the Mass of the Mind. But unlike Mass, Knowledge is a process, not a state. Knowledge is not a simple binary condition of being there or not, but contains a qualitative value that is determined by familiarity. The more one observes a condition, the more one is apt to believe in that condition. So there is a quality to Knowledge that, among other things, indicates to what degree the Mind will rely on it without question.

This Knowledge is much like the electron shells in Quantum Mechanics. As familiarity increases, the potential of Knowledge increases. This potential is the Energy of the Mind - the latent form of Thought. As with electron shells, the higher the level of potential, the greater the instability. As instability increases, the likelihood or frequency of spontaneous emission increases, as the electrons expel energy as they seek a more stable, less energized state. Similarly, as familiarity increases, the potential contained in Knowledge increases, instability increases, and the latent form of thought is spontaneously emitted as applied thought, with knowledge seeking a more stable, less energized state.

Observation is what charges Knowledge, spontaneous emission is what discharges it. Knowledge can only be maintained at a certain level if familiarity continues to charge it. But if Observation ceases, Knowledge will decay, much as if it had a half-life, with the higher, least stable levels discharging quickly, and the lower, more stable levels discharging progressively slower. At the lowest energy level with the greatest stability, Knowledge might last a lifetime.

When Knowledge decays, it releases Thought energy, which is then applied to other Knowledge as it flows through the system. Since this internal Thought is charged by Observation, it will initially reflect those Observations that are most familiar. Observations, however, are seldom single stimuli. Rather, most Observations are complex patterns of changing arrangement. As this occurs, many units of Knowledge are stimulated to differing degrees. And as new Observations are made of different events, one set of patterns may overlay another. The patterns that are most charged (and therefore most unstable) will be those that have input from multiple observations. So, as Knowledge beings to decay and generate Thought, the patterns of Thought need not reflect any single Observation, but likely will embody a synthesis born of many Observations. Due to the overlaying of varying degrees of Observation, as Knowledge continues to decay, the patterns of Thought will bear less and less resemblance to the initial Observation and become progressively more a "creative" synthesis unlike anything actually Observed.

Of course, Observation does not cease while internal Thought takes place. Rather, Knowledge is continuously being charged and decaying, altering its patterns based on the simultaneous effects of both Observation and spontaneous emission.
So far, we have described the Mass/Energy relationship of the Mind in terms of Knowledge/Thought. But what of Space and Time? In the Universe, Energy could only exist in a pure form if it were not applied. As soon as it affects Mass, Space and Time are generated. Similarly in the Mind, Thought patterns are pure only as long as they remain latent as the potential of Knowledge. But as soon as Knowledge decays and generates applied Thought, Ability and Desire are created.

Ability is the mental or "process" equivalent of Space. In the Mind, Ability is a measurement of the ratio of Observation to Thought. Another way of looking at Ability is as a determination of whether Knowledge overall is charging or discharging. When Knowledge is charging, the familiarity is less than the Observation. As such, the Observation is more unknown than known. This rates as a negative Ability for that area of Knowledge. If Knowledge is discharging, familiarity is greater than Observation and Ability is positive.
It is only the action of spontaneous emission that allows Knowledge to discharge even when Observing. This is so because Observation is seldom a steady input, but a changing pattern that charges a given area of Knowledge with a particular frequency as the Observation scans across or stimulates that area. When the frequency of stimulation is greater than the frequency of spontaneous emission, Knowledge will charge overall. When the frequency of stimulation is less than the frequency of spontaneous emission, Knowledge will discharge overall.

When a complex pattern of Observation effects a great number of Knowledge areas, a ratio is established between the number of areas that are charging vs. the number of areas that are discharging. This indicates the overall Ability in for a particular Observation.
Finally, Desire is the mental equivalent of Time. Desire measure how fast Knowledge is being charged or discharged. When Knowledge is charging quickly, Desire is strongly positive. When Knowledge is discharging quickly, Desire is strongly negative. When Knowledge is neither charging nor discharging due to a steady state equilibrium between Observation and spontaneous emission, Desire is null.
We can see that when there is zero Ability Desire will also be zero. Yet when Ability is negative, Desire can be strong, in either a positive or negative direction.
Knowledge and Thought, then, are steady state measurements of a binary exposure to Observation, and a Familiarity potential attached to that exposure. Ability and Desire indicate the direction and speed of change in Knowledge and Thought.

This explanation of the Mind describes the Mind observing the Universe. But what happens when the Mind observes the Mind. When we not only have Knowledge, but examine it, rate it, we must be able to stand away from ourselves and view the content of our own Minds.
Where are we to go in order to see our Minds at work without being in them? Well, of course, this can't be done. But in order to anticipate, a Mind must be able to sense the direction of its own functioning. This can only be synthesized, since we must be in our Mind even while observing it.

That neat trick is accomplished by scanning the elements of the mind from one position, then jumping to another position and measuring where we had been standing before. Although it does not give a complete view of the whole Mind at once, it does give a composite view of the mind in two steps.
At the most broadstroke connection between physiology and psychology, those two steps are accommodated by the two sides of the brain. The left side is spatially oriented and suited to measuring such things as Knowledge and Thought, which are states. The right side is temporally oriented and suited to measuring Ability and Desire.
We must keep foremost the concept that these measurements are happening simultaneously on both sides and it is only the synthesis of both views that can build the composite picture of our Minds. It is the ongoing process of continuous monitoring by both sides that synthesize to create that elusive condition we call self-awareness.

At the most detailed appreciation of the relationship between physiology and psychology, the spatial mind monitors the smallest unit that can contain both a binary Knowledge and a potential of Thought. The temporal mind monitors the smallest unit that can contain both a degree of Ability and an intensity of Desire. Self-awareness is made up of the synthesis of both the spatial and temporal Minds. The spatial mind sees the mind only as Knowledge and Thought. The temporal mind see the mind only as Ability and Desire. The spatial mind appreciates the mind's reason, the temporal mind appreciates the mind's emotion.
Because both K/T and A/D are needed to synthesize the composite understanding of the mind, the are joined in that single appreciation of self-awareness. K, T, A, and D, therefore constitute the smallest unit of self awareness. We call this unit a Thoton, due to its dynamic similarity to the properties of a photon of light.
The photon appears to have both particle and wave aspects. So does the Thoton. K and T are best understood in terms of particles, which is seeing them in a spatial view. But that only describes half the picture. A and D, the other half, are best described by waves, as they deal in frequencies. That is a temporal view.
Because self-awareness can be seen either spatially or temporally, sometimes it appears to be an arrangement of things, other times an order or sequence. Neither view in and of itself is complete. Each view will only serve as useful half the time, with the other view being required for all other cases. And since self-awareness is only an appreciation of something that cannot be seen in its entirety at one moment, no explanation of the overall functioning of the mind can be complete from either view alone.

So, talking about sides of the brain as being purely spatial or temporal, is only appropriate to some examples that rely on a spatial view, separating the brain into two areas. For other examples, it is better to see spatial and temporal as two functions which occur over the whole brain in a particular order, i.e.: first spatial, then temporal.
When we synthesize both views within ourselves we can ask, "Which area processes an Observation first?" This question incorporates both the spatial concept of areas and the temporal concept of order. When we answer this question either in terms of space or time, we can see that a filtering is taking place between the two aspects of self- awareness. Either an observation is filtered through one appreciation and the remainder (altered by the initial processing) is output to the other, or one appreciation examines the observation first (altering it in the process of observing it) and the other appreciation works with the complete, but altered observation after.
This alteration of data from an Observation, either in spatial terms of flow-through attrition or in temporal terms of imprinting, shows that impurities or inaccuracies will be manifest mostly in the spatial or temporal appreciations depending upon which gets the data first.
The question then arises as to which order the Mind uses. The answer is, "Both". Not both in the same mind, but that there are two kinds of minds: one where the spatial is more accurate, one where the temporal is more accurate. We call these the Spatial Brain Operating System (SBOS) for spatial and the Temporal Brain Operating system (TBOS) for temporal.

Note that SBOS and TBOS do not mean Left and Right Brain. The SBOS individual will process Observations first in terms of a spatial appreciation, followed by a temporal appreciation. The TBOS individual will process Observations first in terms of Temporal, then in terms of Spatial. Both minds use both appreciations. But each uses a different one first (from a temporal appreciation) or a different one more efficiently (from a spatial appreciation). This creates an overall difference in perception of observation between the two minds.
As this hardwiring determination is prerequisite to the development of self-awareness, it is determined in the early stages of prenatal development. Once cast, the hardwiring BOS cannot be altered as it is the very foundation and support of self-awareness. Experience, however can have a great effect on the manner in which one learns to consciously handle Observations and data, insofar as that the original BOS may be largely masked, or even appear to be of the other variety. Nevertheless, beneath the consciousness at the operating system level, the order of appreciation cannot be changed and is intrinsically SBOS or TBOS.
It is a contention of Mental Relativity that just as certain physical characteristics determine anatomical sex, the specific BOS of a mind determines mental sex, with SBOS being the systems almost exclusively found in men, and TBOS the system almost exclusively found in women.
Mental sex has little to do with sexual preference or masculine/feminine gender. But it does have a great deal to do with the perceptual differences between men and women.

Courtesy of Melanie Anne Phillips

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Change the world view

The Mega Foundation is a non-profit corporation established in 1999 to create and implement programs that aid in the development of severely gifted individuals and their ideas.
Freedom of intellectual inquiry and expression is one of the clearest benefits, and most urgent necessities, of modern democratic society.

One requirement of intellectual freedom is that no institution or group of institutions be permitted to exercise too great a measure of control over intellectual commerce (in the traditional, non-entrepreneurial sense). This is because by their nature, institutions tend to enforce standards of ideological orthodoxy and intellectual conformity without being able to guarantee or establish with certainty that their ideas are correct or their standards justified.

To counter this trend, the Mega Foundation supports and develops a variety of projects that promote free intellectual expression and development.
To read more about the type of projects supported and developed by the Mega Foundation, visit the Programs and Projects page.

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8 Keys to Maintain Balance During the Shift

"As consciousness shifts, there are certain requirements for those who choose to shift as well. Those requirements are of Universal Law, and cannot be denied. These necessities can be done only from the heart, for if from a mental nature will fail as untruth combative with perceived truth. As considered, these are also keys to the ascension process. They are not that which is new, but that which has always been. Only the perceptions of lack, of less than are new.
These keys are based upon the sacred geometry of the star tetrahedron, each key being a point of the star. Eight truths which are eternal. Each without the other is only part of the whole, just as you are part of all that is and has ever been."

The Keys are as follows:

1. We must acknowledgement our self perfection – We are and always have been of the One both in Source and within our Journeys.
2. Accept the journey for which we have come – why fight the very things which we have come to learn?
3. Maintain Personal integrity – That truth which is ours amongst all other things, that opportunity which we give ourselves to find the truth within us, not that which we have been conditioned by others to perceive.
4. Be that which you are, not that which you perceive others would see – You are created of light, of Grace, and of that there cannot be imperfection, only that which is of Spirit. You do not need to improve yourselves, only to acknowledge that which is your God self, your perfect being.
5. We must acknowledge our value – This is different than accepting perfection. Your value is how you fit within the world within and the exterior world in which you exist. To perceive that your value is greater than another’s, or less than someone else’s brings you to lack of everything else.
6. Accept Your Power – You are great and mighty. True Power comes not of ego, but the collective One of our Spirit. True Power is Gentle Power. You are of the light and in its seemingly nebulous construct is the essence from which all things are made. To fear inner power is to suggest that you are less than all other things. In Truth, power is of Grace, not of abusiveness or negative use and your Grace is born of unconditionality. True Power is that which is Love, the intentional living as co-creator from within all opportunities that are offered you.
7. Take Your value, Your perfection, Your power, Your Grace into your world – In the Now that always is, change only comes from practice of change. What this means is that to effect change we must embody it. You must walk your talk, not hide that which you know. Historically, that which is hidden is viewed as heresy in relation to the accepted norm. To change this, it is to create a new accepted norm with ease and Grace by virtue of your walking within the very light from which you are created.
8. Love yourselves and touch everyone you encounter with love – As all energy exchanges, what will You accept from others and what will you leave behind? You can see all others as mirrors of yourselves, that their pain also resides somewhere within us, that their joy is in our hearts as well. This is why random acts of kindness make such a difference. How many times have you said “There by the Grace of God go I”? It is true. It has always been so.

And of course, as we embrace these keys, we must remember to breathe. Our breath serves more than the purpose of oxygenating our body. Our breath clears and nurtures us energetically. Each breath is a cleansing and as weare cleansed, our energy system moves more easily and with greater clarity of communication within the universal consciousness, communicating what our experience is as well as what our experience may be. When we do not breathe because we are tense, our energies compact, becoming more and more sluggish. As a result, our manifestation becomes sluggish or even stalled.

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More on creation and reality

When I attach a value and a meaning to some event, I am creating a perception. In other words, it is my choice how to interpret what happened. I will usually interpret an event by seeing it through whatever issues or beliefs I already have going on inside of me. In other words, how I choose to see something, the perception I have of an event, is not necessarily what is happening, but how I choose to view it. If I have anger, I will likely interpret what someone says as sounding angry. If I clear myself of internal issues, I can choose to and will be able to interpret things from a higher vibrational state. Creating a perception creates how I see reality. I am responsible therefore, for how I create my reality.
Here is an example: as a small child, I see my father being angry. My perception of that event is that I am the reason he is angry - if I were a better child he wouldn't be angry. This perception then becomes a part of my life. I have a perception that I am a bad person, and therefore I always perceive that people are angry at me because I'm not good enough. This keeps me relating to others in fear.
As soon as I give up the role of being responsible for creating my own reality, as soon as I think someone is doing something to me, I have become a victim in my own belief. Others' responses to me are, in reality, only a reflection of my own energy, a reflection of whatever energy I am putting out, or have inside of me. In other words, if I have a perception that someone is a hurtful person, I must have a belief that I will be hurt because I deserve to be hurt. They, then, just play the role for me that I am expecting. I create what I believe.
When I come from the lower vibrational state, I will be viewing things as judgements. I will make judgements about myself or about another. The higher vibration is to see whatever happens as a mirror of myself in the Now: "I see you doing that. I want to judge you for it. Instead, I choose to see that it is a reflection of the energy I hold in myself. I realize that I do that also, or have done that, and have judged myself for it."
I ask myself, "Why am I still doing that? Where do I still hold that judgement (which I want to put out on you) about myself - where do I still think that I am not ok?" I identify the judgement I'm making about myself. I ask: "What part of me do I still not love and accept, and, therefore, judge?" Then I look at the other person and think: "I don't need to judge them. They are simply being a mirror of my own issue." I ask: "What in me created that in my reality?" In truth, all of us are really asking for love, which is what we all truly want and have forgotten that we already are.
Acceptance is the higher vibration of judgement. It is beyond forgiveness, because forgiveness implies that something has been done wrong. Whenever I look at it from being the Creator and not the victim, I see that acceptance says that all is happening perfectly, just as it is because whatever is happening enables us to grow. If I sincerely look at it as perfect just the way it is, I immediately move into the energy of Love, Trust, and Peace. Then there is no longer any judgement. It is at that point that I reclaim my power, and can then use my power to change the event if I choose to do so.
I know that if I feel anger, or any other unpleasant or uncomfortable emotion, I must carry that energy within me. It isn't because of what someone else did. The situation just reflected what was already there inside of me. Now I have the opportunity to see what the mirror is, to see what I carry within myself that I want to change so that I can heal, grow, and love. Therefore, seeing my reflection in another, or in a situation, is a positive and useful thing.
Lower vibration:expectationjudgement/blamerejectionapologizingpitytolerance
Higher vibration:non-attachmentobservationacceptanceseeing perfectionresponding from compassionallowance



FEAR
There are 3 universal fears:
(1) abandonment(2) not feeling worthy or good enough(3) loss of trust which = fear of surrender
Any time there is a fear, it will fall into one or more of these categories. Each of us is born with one of these three being our core lesson to master in this lifetime. All of our issues, no matter what they are and no matter how they came about, are related to, and can be traced back to, this core fear.
I will continue to create the same kind of situations, I will keep myself in judgement, I will reinforce the lower vibrational state of thinking that it's someone else's fault, and I will keep myself in the perception of being victimized until I resolve my own fear program and learn a new perception, a new way of thinking.
Fear is only a mask of my true desire.
Exercise to find out what my masked desire is and the erroneous belief causing my fear:
First, divide a standard size piece of writing paper into five columns. (Column headings are indicated by underlined items below.) In the first column I list all of my fears that I want to examine. In the second column I write what it is that I desire in relation to a particular fear. For example, in one column I may have written: "I fear that I will get cancer or some other life threatening disease." Then, in the other column, I write down what it is that I really want instead, "I desire perfect health." The masked desire, then, is usually the opposite of the fear.
Label the third column "Erroneous Beliefs." I then ask myself, "What must I believe in order to have created this fear?" I list all the beliefs that support my fear such as, "I believe that I can get sick. I believe that I am not strong enough to keep illness away. I believe that cancer and other life threatening diseases have more power than I do, etc."
The fourth column is where I list my Preferred Beliefs, which are always stated in the "I AM" format, i.e. "I AM healthy, I AM strong and resilient, I AM powerful."
Determining the Ultimate Truth about myself:
Finally, the fifth column is where I state the Truth about myself, my REAL self, my God self. "I AM Health, I AM Strength, I AM Resilience, I AM Power." This is where I claim my Godhood and acknowledge the Truth about me is that I AM everything. Not only am I powerful, I AM POWER itself. I can do this because I understand that this is a holographic universe and within each piece of any hologram is the pattern of the whole.
This exercise will help me to see what my erroneous beliefs are that keep me in fear, that create the difficulty I am in, that make me see my own issues in others and judge them for it, and that keep me from manifesting what I want.
TRUTH
ALL BELIEFS THAT CAUSE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS ARE ERRONEOUS. ALL ERRONEOUS BELIEFS ARE BASED IN FEAR. THEREFORE, ALL NEGATIVE EMOTIONS ARE ALSO BASED IN FEAR.

The number one addiction to an erroneous belief, what keeps me in it and seemingly unable to change it, comes from feeling guilt and shame. That's what makes me not want to see these issues as myself. In Reality, there is no shame or guilt. There is only growth and Love. When I face an issue in myself, I have the chance to become even clearer, ever more loving. And that is the perfection of the journey, of what I experience, of seeing myself in the mirror, and learning to love what I see.
The cycle of the judgement loop:

1. I think, or hear, a thought and respond with feeling guilty.
2. I project that guilt onto something or someone else; sometimes including myself, but usually others are my preferred target.
3. I feel guilty about doing that.
4. I respond with fear that I will be punished.
5. I feel shame and hide it away so I won't have to feel it. This is called denial.
6. In order to get away from the shame, or fool myself into believing I am dealing with it in some way, I blame others.
7. I feel guilty about doing that, and the loop goes on.
How to re-program an old belief:

1. Acknowledge: Own the fear or pattern.
2. Ask: "What keeps me believing in that fear? What will happen if I let go of it? What is the payoff for keeping it? (TRUTH: There always is one.) What do I get to do, or not do, if I keep the fear?" (TRUTH: A pattern/belief can never be changed as long as you really believe that changing is more fearful than keeping it.)
3. Decide if this pattern serves you anymore. Decide if you want to keep the program, or change it. If you decide to keep it, observe why, without judgement.
4. If you decide to change it, decide what you want to change it to. Be specific. You must decide on a new belief, a choice for a new perception. If you willingly choose to believe in a new reality, you can eliminate fear.
5. State your intention - what you intend to create instead. Say: "I intend _______." Your intention must include willingness to allow the change in your life.
6. Ask Spirit, your Highest Self, for guidance then release control of the manifestation of the intent to Spirit.
7. Trust.

Fears and erroneous beliefs have supported us, and we tend to want to hold onto them through our anger or other emotional reactions because it's the only way of life we've known. Fears can be survival tools, but will keep us locked in a lower vibration that doesn't help our life in a positive way.

Control Dramas:
These are energy-sucking ways of behaving, out of fear, that are motivated by a masked desire to control in order to avoid feeling fear. They are:
· Being aloof (quiet, non-responsive).
Being an interrogator ("Who did this?! Why did you....?! Didn't you realize that...?!" etc.).
Being an intimidator (one's energy makes others feel afraid - backing people down).
Being someone who creates confusion for others (gets them off center).
Being in victim consciousness ("Feel sorry for me because _______").

Insights:
If I find myself worried or fearful about what other people think of me, the mirror of that is: I am in judgement of myself, believing that I am not acceptable as I am.
If I am in fear, I am actually holding a belief that I am inadequate to deal with something.
A fear of judgement is actually a desire for unconditional love.
If I am in pain (physical or emotional), I am in resistance to something. One way I can identify that resistance is when I honestly ask myself, "What am I getting by holding onto my pain?"
If I am in pain, I am judging. I can, instead, move to acceptance. I can choose to see everything as perfect. I can ask, "What is the gift of the mirror for me here? What lesson am I wanting to teach myself through this experience?"
Change the perception that there was any damage done in a given situation. If I am the creator, then I created that situation for some reason, some higher purpose. What was the reason? There is no war happening, unless I create one by my perception.
If I am in resistance to something, I am trying to be in control and fearing a loss of power. It is a false belief that I can, or will, lose power, because:
When I identify with God, and know that I AM God, I AM POWER. God can never be disconnected from Power, and neither can I, although I can choose to believe that I can be disconnected.
When I create responding from Peace and living in higher vibrational states, I will then create a reality that will mirror that higher vibrational state.


The role of the ego:
It is the ego which allows us to be in this reality of duality. It is what holds the Illusion in place. The purpose of duality is to offer choice by comparison. It helps us decide what we want to experience in this lifetime in order to learn what we have come forth to learn so that we are able to accomplish our Purpose for being here.
The Higher Truth is larger than, bigger than, either side of duality. It is the point in the middle, the zero point, the neutral point where there is no attachment. It is the point of integration of duality.

Final Suggestions:
I must honour where someone is in their development, what lessons they have set up for themselves to master, even if I would choose to do it differently.
Using these principles will help me to allow others to express themselves, while I remain at peace.


HIGHER VIBRATION

• non-attachment
• observation
• acceptance
• seeing perfection
• responding from compassion
• allowance
  

LOWER VIBRATION

• expectation
• judgement/blame
• rejection
• apologizing
• pity
• tolerance

Accept all as Perfection, as it is, then use your power of choice to create the reality you prefer.

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A Galactic Fairy Tale

A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there were all of these little light beings just hanging out enjoying life in that joyful & timeless dimension. And then one day a very large, magnificent angel came to them. He had a very serious look on his face. He was looking for volunteers for a very important cosmic mission."We have this small - but very special - planet out at the edge of the Alcyon galaxy called Gaia. It is quite unique like a beautiful garden and it is teeming with hundreds of thousands of different life forms. It has been something of an experimental station in the galaxy and it has a most interesting humanoid life form that incorporates the very highest and lowest frequencies known in the cosmos. It is in fact the very epitome of dualism.On the one hand it is an incredibly beautiful life form and is capable of carrying the highest frequencies of love, light & joy known throughout the whole Universe. On the other hand it is capable of carrying the densest and darkest frequencies the cosmos has ever experienced - frequencies which the rest of creation evolved beyond eons ago.Here is the current situation. Within the domain of time, this planet goes through periodic cosmic cycles. It is now coming to the end of two major cycles - a 2,000 year long age of Pisces and the 25,000 year long cosmic year in its journey around Alcyon, the central sun of the milky way galaxy.With the completion of this cycle, many things are coming to an end and many things are about to begin. But most importantly, the planet is experiencing an infusion of light that is dramatically increasing it's frequency. As during any major time of transition, there will be a certain amount of turbulence. Some of this will be geological, for Gaia herself is a living planet and is also evolving. But much of it also involves the hominoid species that dominates the planet.This will not be a particularly easy time for the species - especially for those who are sleeping and those who are vibrating at the lowest frequencies. As the frequency changes it will create insecurity which in turn will create fear.The first era of evolution on this planet was the physical era and the key word was survival. The second era, which is now ending, was the mental era and the key word was logic. The third era, which is now beginning, is the era of the heart and the key word is love. This is the highest frequency.Those who currently hold the reign of power on the planet are of the old order of the physical & mental. To the extent that they can make a graceful transition to a heart centred and divinely guided life, it will be an easy transition. To the extent that they are unable to do this, they will experience much turmoil.So this is the current situation of Gaia. The reason I am here is to seek volunteers who would be willing to incarnate in humanoid form on the planet at this time to help make this an easy and smooth transition. We have sent prophets and teachers in the past. Very often they were brutally persecuted or killed. In other instances they were set up as "gods" to be worshiped and these humanoids built elaborate religions and rituals around them and used these religions to control each other. They did everything except follow the simple teachings that were offered.So this time we are trying a different approach. No more prophets, saviours & avatars that they can use to create religions. This time we are sending in thousands - actually hundreds of thousands - of ordinary light beings with only two assignments:1) Stay in your heart. Regardless of what happens, stay in your heart.2) Remember who you are, why you are here and what this is all about.Now that seems easy enough, right? Unfortunately, No! As I have said, duality has reached its peak on this planet. This species has perfected the illusion of good and evil. The greatest challenge you will experience is to remember Who You Really Are, Why You Are Here and What This Is Really All About. When you remember, you will be ale to stay in your heart, regardless of external events.So how will you know when you are forgetting? It is easy. Watch your judgments. The moment you notice that you are in a place of judgment you will know that you have forgotten Who You Really Are, Why You Are Here and What This Is Really All About. That will be your signal.Now here is the challenge. Life on this planet will require a great deal of discernment - wise evaluation of what is true, what is appropriate and what is for the highest good, both for yourself and for the planet. In many ways discernment is similar to judgment. However, you will know when you are in judgment and when you have moved out of your heart when you are in a place of blame.We know how challenging that this planet can be. We know how very real the illusions on this planet appear to be. We understand the incredible density of this dimension and the pressure you will face. But if you survive this mission - and it is a voluntary one - you will evolve at hyperspeed.We also should say that we know that some of you who will go to this planet as starseeds, will never germinate - never awakened to the remembrance of who you really are. Some of you will awaken and begin to shine, only to be choked down by the opinions and prevailing thought forms around you. Others will awaken and remain awake and your light will become a source of inspiration and remembrance for many.You will incarnate all over the planet; in every culture, every race, every country, every religion. But you will be different. You will never quite fit in. As you awaken you will realize that your true family isn't those of your own race, culture, religion, county or even your biological family. It is your cosmic family - those who have come as you have come - on assignment to assist in ways large and small in the current transition.True brotherhood and globalization in its highest form will come only in remembering Who You Really Are, Why You Are Here and What This Is Really All About. It will come as you return to the true temple of Divine Presence, your heart, where this remembrance takes place and from which you are called to serve the world.So, are your ready? Good!Oh, and by the way, there are a couple of other minor things I should mention......Because of the density, you can't operate in that dimension without a space suit. This is a biological suit that actually changes over time. There are many things we could tell you about this but our orientation time is short so I think you can just jump in and experience it. You should be forewarned, however. There will be a danger that if you forget who you really are, you may think you ARE your space suit instead of the fact that it is simply your vehicle in that dimension. Once there, you will notice that there is an infinite variety of space suits and a great deal of attention given to these. However, in spite of the infinite variety, because this a planet of duality, they all fall into two basic categories called 'genders.' Again, we really don't have time to go into this now. But you will find your relationship with your own space suit to be most instructive and interesting.The other little thing is this. In order to operate in that dimension, you will also receive a microchip called a 'personality.' This is like an identity imprint that, along with your space suit, will essentially make you different from everyone else. This will allow you to participate in the hologram there - something they call 'consensus reality.' Once again, there will be a real danger that you will become so engrossed in the holographic personality dramas that you will forget who you really are and actually think that you ARE your personality. I know it sounds rather unbelievable right now, but once you get there.....Again, there is so much more we could tell you by way of orientation, but we think you can learn the rest experientially 'on site." The only thing that is important is to remember Who You Really Are, Why You Are Here and What This Is Really All About. If you can do that, everything else will work out fine. But take note: So few really DO remember this they stand out as 'different' and others called them 'Enlightened" or 'Awakened" and similar terms. Strange isn't it?

Well, Good Luck & Bon Voyage!!!

Michael Lightweaver
PO Box 18909 Asheville, NC.
28814 (USA)

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