Dear God/ess, The Ego is subtle and creeps into existence the moment you think you have the whole ego thing licked.
Yes, Awareness, Alignment, The Now, Love, Accepting and Loving What Is, right here, right now is key to living without resistance to the Flow Of Life! When we think we will be happy only after losing or gaining 10-20-30 pounds, or after becoming healthy, or at some distant moment other than Now, and we think that only then will we be healed and whole--Ego has crept in.
Breathing with shallow breath, binge eating, compulsive thinking, believing that any other moment other than this one will deliver salvation is a sign that Ego is creeping in.
The answer is simple, really. Just do all that you do as if it is the first time you've ever done it. Notice the colors, the sounds, the tastes, the brilliance of the moment, THIS moment.
Be with the joy, be with the pain. Be with the exhilaration, or the sorrow and sadness. Feel your feelings. Be with your self and feel the silence of your inner Self: the breathing, the hunger or the fullness.
Now is your time. To believe that any other time will bring you happiness is an excuse which stops your vital essence from expanding.
Allow your eternal knowing of this life and all the other lives we simultaneously live take over and rule your perception.
Live from a dimension that is happy no matter where you are.
Be the vortex of Love.
Om Peace Amen
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Dear God/ess, Wrestling with the ego after spiritual insight is a common experience that all of us have in our quest for liberation in this lifetime.
Yet we can train the mind and our thoughts to make it virtually impossible for Ego to exist.
Wayne Dyer's book, "Excuses Begone!" along with all the other resources and the recent retreat we had at Blue Heron Farm Spiritual Retreat Center, seems to point to the same conclusions.
Ego cannot co-exist the more we practice Awareness and becoming Conscious of all the beauty and wonder in every moment.
Ego cannot co-exist the more we practice aligning ourselves with Divinity.
Ego cannot co-exist the more we practice living in the Present Moment.
Awareness, Alignment and The Now can be brought to the heart as the greatest allies we can ever have in this lifetime, Ego or no Ego.
A Katydid paid us a visit two nights ago, a beautiful green, large insect that looked in our eyes with the greatest Loving Connection.
We've lived in our house twenty years and a Katydid never made an appearance although the beautiful sounds of the night are the work of this gorgeous creature, along with the beloved Crickets.
Ted Andrews in his book "Animal Wise," says "The Katydid teach us to blend and shift our energies to change how we have been approaching things. We may during this time try doing things a different way. These animals often show up in the beginning of a new endeavor or when individuals are initiating new lines of work and creative activities."
You just read these words. How is Katydid Medicine altering your world view?
The Blue Heron Farm Spiritual Retreat Center comes to mind for us. And Tomaso is writing his book, "Grand Central Vortex."
I want to move forward to get this Prayer Blog published.
No matter what, all is right with the world.
Om Peace Amen
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Giant Squid Open Mike
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Dear God/ess, I enjoyed both of our radio shows last night. Mary McManus was on MoonMooYou, and is such a joy. I am honored that she visits this Prayer Blog and makes her mark here.
Clouda9 discussed a social networking site for weight loss on Giant Squid Open Mike and suddenly I became animated about losing the thirty pounds I've been battling since making 100 lenses just over a year ago. Sitting for hours in front of the computer is a hazard to those of us who work and play in front of a computer screen. One year later, I still have not been able to lose this weight.
So I intend to love myself into a weight loss experience: becoming conscious of what I eat, drinking more water, getting more sleep, meditating 2-3 times per day. I intend to love the weight I currently have, too. I will love every ounce of this extra thirty pounds and love it until it vanishes into the ethers.
The video here today is a testament to moving and movement and dance.
We discussed becoming conscious on MoonMooYou and also using every moment as a vehicle for our awakening. This naturally includes what we eat, drink, what we think, and mindfulness concerning the words we speak. If it isn't kind, don't say it.
It probably would be helpful not to speak at all. In fact, I intend to practice silence for the rest of the week.
Ulysses the dog is a quiet soul. He only barks when he wants to get into the house, when someone comes to visit, and when he wants us to go with him to throw balls in the river. What a model of Sainthood he is.
However, Ulysses has a commanding bark. It sounds as if he would bite but he never has. One time he looked as if he was going to bite a man who approached us in the park. His fur stood straight up and he lunged at the man.
That put an end to that.
Om Peace Amen
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Giant Squid Open Mike
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Dear God/ess, I've been reading a book by Elizabeth Lessor called "Broken Open." She speaks of Ram Dass frequently through her book. He was involved in her Omega Institute for many years.
She wrote of the time she went to visit him sometime after his stroke. She was taken aback by how he had dropped his ego entirely. He was a Being of Love. As you can see in this video, he imparts his words with an energy of pure love. What a beautiful smile. What a kind, kind soul.
I read a quote by Marianne Williamson recently where she says when we have a sudden spiritual experience through illness, loss or catastrophe, you'd think that would be the beginning and the end of your enlightenment. Instead you spend the next twenty or more years in a wrestling match with the Ego, whose sole (soul) purpose is to bring you to your enlightenment, but arguing the entire time.
As Tomaso said today, "If the ego drops at the door of of your spiritual entry point, you are enlightened. If it drops you anywhere else, you are insane."
Mary McManus will be on MoonMooYou: The Collective Wisdom tonight at 6PM/EST. The call in number is: 347) 205-9200. She is one who has achieved great spiritual awareness through her experience of Polio as a child and Post-Polio Syndrome as an adult. Her illness brought her directly to God/ess, and her obvious joy and pure love is contagious. I am sure she would tell us that her illness brought her where she is today. She exemplifies the kind of Love that Ram Dass emanates here in this video after his stoke.
Ram Dass calls his stroke a "Fierce Grace." He said he lost his ego and for the first time saw who he really is. He pushed past the Ego to Soul, the one who rises above the ordinary to the extraordinary, the one who sees all without attachment to any of it.
Ram Dass says the ego is like his wheelchair. It is a beautiful wheelchair, to use and enjoy. Just don't take it personally.
Om Peace Amen
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Dear God/ess, Ram Dass was and still is a legendary figure of my generation of Baby Boomers.
For those of us who love him, his story is a testament for one who has gone before and brings us with him.
Ram Dass wrote most of this book before he had the massive stroke that almost took his life. The idea of aging and ill health took on a new meaning for him, and whereas before, he had trouble completing the book, the experience of near death allowed the book to effortlessly find a meaningful ending.
First, his experience as Harvard Professor, experimenting with consciousness with Timothy Leary; then his trip to India to find himself without the use of mind-altering drugs, and finding his guru, Neem Karoli Baba; his many years lecturing on enlightenment and the search for God; and now, his stroke and search for meaning in aging, death, dying and rebirth: this book encapsulates all of this, and more.
The passages in "Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying" which describes our relationship with aging as it relates to American Culture and how it defines aging, is profound and sobering. Ram Dass describes American Culture as nontraditional, the Western Society of people who are separate from each other and nuclear in the definition of family.
Traditional cultures revere the old, the young and all live together in a common thread of sharing.
Ram Dass outlines six fears he identifies within himself when he thought about himself growing old: Senility, loneliness, embarrassment, powerlessness, loss of role identity and depression.
The practice he recommends to work with these fears is mindfulness, the art of living in the present moment.
Here is a stanza from Tibetan Buddhism that describes mindfulness in a person who is aware of these fears.
"Prolong not the past, Invite not the future, Alter not your innate wakefulness, Don't fear appearances-- There is nothing more than that."
Or in the words of Wordsworth:
"Age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening twilight fades away,
The sky is filled with stars invisible by day."
Or in the words of T.S. Elliot:
"Getting older, you refuse to fritter away your time with nonsense. You drop your masks, your little vanities and fake ambitions."
Ram Dass defines self-healing in this way: The more quickly we become aware of a mindset such as senility, loneliness, embarrassment, powerlessness, loss of role identity or depression, the more effective our mindfulness practice will be to alleviate it.
For instance, feeling lonely is an opportunity to give way to the great aloneness we feel at times of peace, quiet and contemplation.
The one thing that is never diminished over time is our ability to see with wise perception. Wisdom grows and grows up to the moment of our death. Ram Dass says our predicament is to envision a curriculum for aging with wisdom as its highest calling and to use it as a means of enlightenment-our own and of the people around us.
This is why the Collective Wisdom is at the heart of our radio show, Moon, Moo and You, with all three being an integral part of the whole.
As we age, we refuse to be discarded or seen as irrelevant. We bravely speak our wisdom and share all others to join with us, if they are called to do so.
Our radio show opened on my 58th birthday, and emphasized for me the need to claim my own aging as a gift, as a celebration, as a dance I will keep on dancing and embracing and growing my wisdom as a means to help my generation in their quest to age consciously.
Om Peace Amen
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Giant Squid Open Mike
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Dear God/ess, Happiness is the elusive life ingredient we all seek and only find when letting go of the need to have it.The need to be happy versus the act of being happy in the moment is the great balancing act of a life time.Giving thanks for the beauty of all things and merging your limitless, infinite self with that beauty; seeking God/ess as energy that flows through everything brings the moment, the here and now, into focus.A true sage believes in nothing other than the sacredness and beauty of all, rooted in the moment, in the special potential of each new day.The true sage lives in the spontaneity of energy that encompasses the physical and spiritual worlds.She does not defend or judge.
She accepts the way of people including restriction and strife.
If she truly believes she is part of the Power Source (which is God/ess), and if she can view her life and the lives of others impartially, and if she can allow everyone their reality without judgment, then she notices that her energy becomes more infinite.
As the true sage steps into this other dimension of power, beyond her circle of influence (friends and family) she learns to bend reality to suit her needs.
She learns that unseen forces in the form of angels, guides andancestral wisdom is hers if she remembers to call on this power in times of need.
The spiritual challenge is to practice controlling the energy she has and to gradually discard the ones that pull her into negative states.
Now imagine you are the sage expressed here in this story!
All good things exist and are waiting for you to wake up and declare your union with this power. Wake up in this sphere of infinite blessing! You do not need permission to be One with All!!
All you need is the simple courage to say "Include Me!!" and work on drawing more and more from this pool of infinite energy to fuel your boundless spirit!
As you work on energizing your being with this energy, doors will open for you.
People will feel your heightened energy and will seek you out.
The ones repelled by your energy will suddenly and abruptly disappear without any need to control this on your part in the least.
Call forth the courage to own your power, the same power that flows through all things.
By facing your fear with courage, fear is automatically transcended.
Write down 10 things you want more than anything else. Imagine that you have them now. Create a battle plan that delineates your path to each goal.
Avoid all irrelevant sidetracks.
No one will ever give you permission and no one will ever thank you. You are doing what you must do, driven by the energy of inner guidance.
You must live your life like a warrior and breathe in every single ambition. If you are half hearted, the Universe will respond in fits and starts.
If you lack courage, the energy around you lacks vitality. If you falter, the Universal Law falter around you.
Perseverance allows you to hold on while Universal Spirit delivers. The way to develop dedication to your life Destiny (the why of what you are here to do), is to become fiercely dedicated to your self.
This means concentrating on your needs, concentrating on those projects that give you pleasure and taking the time to acknowledge that you are here on the earth plane to develop your own evolution and nothing else.
As you begin to see your life as a manifestation of energy, you will find that your best work is in consciousness.
This means that as you think and feel and indicate what it is you want in thought, reality is transformed around you.
Eventually you will perceive only the dimensions of your own creations which are beautiful and infuse your cells with happiness.
Link the positive energy to the Eternity you feel in your soul.
Celebrate each success from day to day, however small. Each small success leads to personal triumph.
Every task is part of your heroic quest for transformation.
As you take time to honor each success, you experience power in a world where most do not.
Breathe in the fresh air near an old growth tree. Experience the diminishing physical world while the infinite world within you expands.
The choice is yours: whether to look at the world from a finite
egocentric view and see mayhem and disaster and say: " This is terrible," or choose to look at it from the infinite view and see the beauty that exists in the learning process.
Negativity provides the opportunity to be more God/ess-like and heroic provided we do not resist the lessons waiting to be imparted to us.
Take a benign view of the world and detach from mankind's violent history. This allows the negativity laid down over the years to lesson, allowing you to transcend history.
The Light Force will permeate your thoughts.
Develop your own philosophy. Do not look to others for approval.
When you express your own individuality, you free yourself.
True happiness is the result!
Om Peace Amen
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Dear God/ess, The bountiful harvest of late summer is upon us. Peaches. Cantaloup. Watermelon. Honey dew melon. Squash. Tomatoes. Peppers. Egg plant.
Even our fig tree is yielding plenty for this part of the country!
I ask you: What are you harvesting within yourself? What unanswered desires and passions still remain dorment within you?
Is the desire to dance, play a musical instrument, sing, play a sport, solve world hunger, or play a part in preserving religious freedom something that speaks to you?
If you are my age or older, do you put limitations on what you can or can't do based on your age?
Do you think the babyboomers now must pass the torch to the younger generation?
We Babyboomers are a generation of late bloomers. All of us. We have barely gotten started. We have a lot of work to do and NOW is the time to get moving.
What have you always wanted to do? What is your legacy? Works (and play) for world peace? Interview pivitol people who are making a difference in the world? Or be interviewed because YOU are making a difference?
Have you always wanted to dance like Michael Jackson?
Then DO IT!
Om Peace Amen
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Giant Squid Open Mike
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Dear God/ess, The best things in life are free: Love. Holding hands. Gazing at the stars. Feeling inner peace. Petting your cat on his head. Meditating in absolute quiet. Sitting on the grass. Contemplating your life. Finding Joy within your soul. Walking along the river bank. Swimming in the river or ocean. Sharing conversation with a friend. Drinking water from a fountain. Singing in the shower. Dancing alone in your living room. Kissing a new born baby. Giving directions to someone who is lost. Thanking a person who has served you. Valuing the gift of human encounter. Smiling as a gift you give to others. Loving all strangers. Getting down on both knees to pray. Walking very slowly upon the earth. Compassion. Respect. Forgiveness.
The following things cost us our soul if not our lives: B-52s. Long range missiles. Military helicopters. Tanks. AK-47s. Artillery guns. Field cannons. F-16s. Rotary wing aircraft. Littoral combat ships. Joint strike fighters. Artificial limbs. War. Poverty. Starvation. Dependence on oil. Oil spills. Murder. Revenge. Destruction.
"We must challenge the belief that war is inevitable," says Congressman Dennis Kucinch.
Now is the time to challenge the belief that self-destructive militarism and use of Nuclear Weapons is still a viable solution to the conflicts of the world. We must not wait for future generations to put an end to war, poverty, and the mass genocide that goes hand in hand with a war mongering mentality.
The time is now to seek that which is simple and free. Peace. Serenity. Acceptance. Courage of spirit. Enlightenment.
Om Peace Amen
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Giant Squid Open Mike
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Dear God/ess, I just completed seven days of work after the Blue Heron Farm Spiritual Retreat on 8/13-14-15/2010. This is not my style and so will put an end to it as soon as possible. I like to hang out at home with Ulysses and Tom and ponder life on the banks of the Conestoga River.
Our morning meditations in the barn are profound and relaxing. Full time work can become so intrusive so as to make it impossible to meditate. This is a red flag that something has to go and that would be all the obligations that take away from those times of quiet and solitude.
In fact, Joan4 and I were just discussing on GMail Chat what we need to listen to, those signs that point the way to healing and transformation. We ask for a sign that tells us to go forward, or stay awhile longer where we are with the faith that an answer is forthcoming.
A friend said this morning that he didn't know what to do about a very difficult situation in his life. Suddenly it seemed obvious that he may not have to "do" anything, but wait for a sign to move forward.
If we are in a rush, we may not notice the signs presented before us. If we are feeling uneasy about a situation, and it doesn't feel "right," we may disregard this intuition because we are in too much of a hurry.
Awareness can only be achieved by a systematic slowing down of our lives. This time of year, as the days shorten and the nights lengthen are perfect opportunities to figure out what we need and what is not needed. A time for contemplation and deep reflection presents itself as a gift of awakening.
Receive the gift as a smile from The Universe.
Om Peace Amen
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Dear God/ess, The Customer Service Team completed the Women and Babies Anniversary Commercial today. The stars of the video were all the babies and children who spontaneously laughed and cried and followed instructions--or not. All of the children were born at Women and Babies Hospital where I work as a Labor and Delivery Nurse (and Energy Love Beamer in chief).
We laughed and smiled so much that people in surrounding offices either loved us, or were annoyed by the expansive energy.
During our first Customer Service performance, one angry staff member barged into the room, came right up to me and whispered, "Turn down the music."
I smiled and said, "No."
She grabbed my badge, read my name, snapped it into my chest and went stamping out of the room.
The audience thought she was part of the skit, in order to demonstrate how NOT to act to other people.
Interestingly, she did not have any insight into her behavior.
We discussed lack of insight on MoonMooYou: The Collective Wisdom 8/24/10 with Amy Flynn. People can be so rooted in what they perceive to be "right" that they miss entirely how to be kind. This bleak kind of behavior can either infect us or put us on a higher vibrational plane where we simply beam love and move on.
"Next!"
The more of us who beam loving energy, the faster the world transforms right before our eyes.
It is happening on the Internet where many of us have met. I am so hopeful about the human race because of my friends all over the world who are dedicated to spreading loving vibration.
Tomorrow our Customer Service Team rehearses for our next performance. Sheila Audet, Astrology's Astrologer, will choreograph a dance that I will be sure to put up on You Tube.
Stay Tuned!
Om Peace Amen
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