Sunday, October 21, 2012
Happiness! An Inside Job
Happiness can be elusive, sparked for no reason at all or needing stimulation to become alive. Truly, happiness is an inside job. It is always there, waiting to come forth if only we would allow it to flow. I sit and stare at nothing and can feel the flow of true happiness coursing through my veins. Other times it just seems to travel on a voyage far from my heart, yet, with one slight manipulation from outside, I find myself gloriously in touch with my happiness again.
I know the truth, I need nothing to spark the feeling of happiness. It burns within me resting until I notice its presence. Though, I may try to touch it, it is out of reach.
This brings me to the message of happiness. Happiness is there whether I notice its presence or not. It is always within me. Knowing that is enough to feel happy about.
I may feel discouraged, even sad, off my path or in bed with the covers over my head, happiness has not left, it is just hidden by the illusion I have placed on top of it.
"Happiness is an inside job" - Reminds me of the safe cracker working with an informant- it must be an inside job - Well, of course it is, I am the one to crack the safe wide open and I am my own informant. If I listen quietly, I will hear the gentle sound of happiness within my soul's song and I have the capability to bring it to the present moment. I have actually laughed in the moment of tears running down my cheek with sadness and found the happiness in feeling the sadness. Happiness is everywhere, in every moment no matter what it looks like in our story we have created.
Enjoy! Happiness Abounds....Namaste'
Out of touch!
I was out of touch for some time now and have not felt that I had anything to share. Though, life has been busy, boring, exciting, loving, sad and distracting, there was nothing I could put into words. So, here I am to share of what I have learned in this down time, and of course, it is about Balance and finding Equanimity.
More than six months ago I had several things occur, a person dear to me ended our friendship, physical issues arose to a severe point and life changes had me alone much of the time. My heart was broken and the physical issues showed up to enlighten me that I was not handling it all that well. At the progression of the health challenges, of course, my emotional and mental states were affected. Being alone much of the time I struggled between changing my thinking through affirmations and lying in bed unable to think of anything but heartbreak.
Slowly and with an effort to focus, I kept saying my affirmations and getting out more to enjoy life. My heart has started to open again and I am in a stronger place. Equanimity is finding its way back into my life again. I am balancing the physical and spiritual realms, lightening up and relaxing, being more active in my creation of my life and trusting more.
When life challenges us it is difficult to keep the balance in our inner state. It is the courage we use to get through those times that shows us how strong we truly are. Even when we feel we want to give up, we are still here, so, we are experiencing our strength of courage. That is equanimity. It reminds me of the pendulum swing. It swings far left and then right before it finds the center again. It is its natural state to swing back and forth. That's being human. We will always come back to center if we let our pendulum swing gently to find its own balance.
I feel so truly grateful that the equanimity in my life has come full circle. I was just taking a deep breath as I wrote the previous sentence and I could sense the Divine within the breath breathing me. Balance and breath, breath to balance and repeat...Namaste'
More than six months ago I had several things occur, a person dear to me ended our friendship, physical issues arose to a severe point and life changes had me alone much of the time. My heart was broken and the physical issues showed up to enlighten me that I was not handling it all that well. At the progression of the health challenges, of course, my emotional and mental states were affected. Being alone much of the time I struggled between changing my thinking through affirmations and lying in bed unable to think of anything but heartbreak.
Slowly and with an effort to focus, I kept saying my affirmations and getting out more to enjoy life. My heart has started to open again and I am in a stronger place. Equanimity is finding its way back into my life again. I am balancing the physical and spiritual realms, lightening up and relaxing, being more active in my creation of my life and trusting more.
When life challenges us it is difficult to keep the balance in our inner state. It is the courage we use to get through those times that shows us how strong we truly are. Even when we feel we want to give up, we are still here, so, we are experiencing our strength of courage. That is equanimity. It reminds me of the pendulum swing. It swings far left and then right before it finds the center again. It is its natural state to swing back and forth. That's being human. We will always come back to center if we let our pendulum swing gently to find its own balance.
I feel so truly grateful that the equanimity in my life has come full circle. I was just taking a deep breath as I wrote the previous sentence and I could sense the Divine within the breath breathing me. Balance and breath, breath to balance and repeat...Namaste'
Saturday, June 23, 2012
My First Awakening
Remembering my first awakening as an adult seeking the truth of who I AM:
I simple statement from a person in an Alanon meeting speaking to the group, and I paraphrase here, "You are loved unconditionally just for being. You do not have to do anything." I can remember actually registering shock! My brain had to wrap itself around such a wild remark. I had never heard that, I didn't have to do something to be loved? It literally changed my life. Just a simple statement of Truth.
"You are loved unconditionally just for being. You do not have to do anything", how well do you know that? Is it really real for you? You are loved unconditionally by the Universe, God, Buddha, Jesus...whoever or whatever you believe is "out there" or "within you". I hear it, I know it is the Truth but I don't know if I get it most of the time. I act as though I need to behave a certain way, have a job, earn money, do more and have things, etc..but it is not the Truth. The best part is when I don't worry about all that stuff, I feel the love resonate within me and I know deep in my soul who I AM.
Take a mental, emotional and spiritual check everyday and see where you stand with it.
How often do you think otherwise, or, are you a rare person who knows it all the time?
I think most of us waver between knowing we are the Universe's child and unconditionally loved, and feeling not good enough, separate from our Divine Being. Sad, but true of this human experience. Part of the path of remembering...Who We Truly Are. The challenge for me is to really understand and believe that even when I waver to the "not knowing", I am still loved unconditionally.
I remember once, someone from a traditional religion telling me I would not be saved if I did not believe their way. I was young then, but I still hold to my answer, "If there is a God and she/he is all encompassing and unconditionally loving would she/he not love me totally whether I believe on not?" The answer is a resounding "YES!"
You Are Loved Unconditionally Just for Being...
Namaste'
I simple statement from a person in an Alanon meeting speaking to the group, and I paraphrase here, "You are loved unconditionally just for being. You do not have to do anything." I can remember actually registering shock! My brain had to wrap itself around such a wild remark. I had never heard that, I didn't have to do something to be loved? It literally changed my life. Just a simple statement of Truth.
"You are loved unconditionally just for being. You do not have to do anything", how well do you know that? Is it really real for you? You are loved unconditionally by the Universe, God, Buddha, Jesus...whoever or whatever you believe is "out there" or "within you". I hear it, I know it is the Truth but I don't know if I get it most of the time. I act as though I need to behave a certain way, have a job, earn money, do more and have things, etc..but it is not the Truth. The best part is when I don't worry about all that stuff, I feel the love resonate within me and I know deep in my soul who I AM.
Take a mental, emotional and spiritual check everyday and see where you stand with it.
How often do you think otherwise, or, are you a rare person who knows it all the time?
I think most of us waver between knowing we are the Universe's child and unconditionally loved, and feeling not good enough, separate from our Divine Being. Sad, but true of this human experience. Part of the path of remembering...Who We Truly Are. The challenge for me is to really understand and believe that even when I waver to the "not knowing", I am still loved unconditionally.
I remember once, someone from a traditional religion telling me I would not be saved if I did not believe their way. I was young then, but I still hold to my answer, "If there is a God and she/he is all encompassing and unconditionally loving would she/he not love me totally whether I believe on not?" The answer is a resounding "YES!"
You Are Loved Unconditionally Just for Being...
Namaste'
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Equanimity, Oh My!
What is equanimity? Balance, Equality, Calmness, Harmony... And what does it have to do with us?
Well, I have come here, according to my Astrology chart, Enneagram type, Soul System, Micheal System and more, to find and bring equanimity. I need first to find it within myself and then assist in the balancing of the planet, starting with the the masculine and feminine energies.
That is the challenge! The challenge within each of us. The Masculine and Feminine energies get a bad rap in our society and the world. The women against the men and vice a versa. I never understood that! Why would I want to be against the opposite sex when I truly want the connection to be felt more lovingly? (which I believe is there for all of us, we just are unaware of that truth) The real issue, of course, is that we all have the masculine and feminine within and we are only disagreeing and fighting with ourselves. The true equanimity is the love I bring to both energies within myself and carry that out into the world wherever I walk.
How do I find that equanimity? Love it, Love it, Love it!!!! Do your best to never be against something that is a part of you. If you are female, love the masculine strength with a soft embrace. If you are male, stop fighting the gentle peacefulness of openly loving. Whatever "society" has put on you personally because of the sex that you were born into, let it drop away. Who would you be if you had not been labeled? Who do you want to be if no one put those pressures on you to think and act a certain way?
For many years I would tell people that I believed that both sexes are the same. And believe me, that was not accepted well. But I still say it, we are the same, we are Divine, Universal Energy that has been put into a box and marked "It's a Girl!" "It's a Boy!". I say, take the label off and bring together those energies to blend and meld into a powerful, sweet, loving energy that can openly and unconditionally embrace and incorporate all that is of this world as one energy.
We are all magnificent beings with powerful strength to change this world with our loving hearts and gentle hands. This year of 2012 will bring wonderful changes within each of us and amazing changes to our world as we know it, if we stop resisting our own inner nature and bring that calm harmonious equanimity from within to every situation we encounter.
Bless all that you touch with the Divinity that you are...
Namaste'
alea
Well, I have come here, according to my Astrology chart, Enneagram type, Soul System, Micheal System and more, to find and bring equanimity. I need first to find it within myself and then assist in the balancing of the planet, starting with the the masculine and feminine energies.
That is the challenge! The challenge within each of us. The Masculine and Feminine energies get a bad rap in our society and the world. The women against the men and vice a versa. I never understood that! Why would I want to be against the opposite sex when I truly want the connection to be felt more lovingly? (which I believe is there for all of us, we just are unaware of that truth) The real issue, of course, is that we all have the masculine and feminine within and we are only disagreeing and fighting with ourselves. The true equanimity is the love I bring to both energies within myself and carry that out into the world wherever I walk.
How do I find that equanimity? Love it, Love it, Love it!!!! Do your best to never be against something that is a part of you. If you are female, love the masculine strength with a soft embrace. If you are male, stop fighting the gentle peacefulness of openly loving. Whatever "society" has put on you personally because of the sex that you were born into, let it drop away. Who would you be if you had not been labeled? Who do you want to be if no one put those pressures on you to think and act a certain way?
For many years I would tell people that I believed that both sexes are the same. And believe me, that was not accepted well. But I still say it, we are the same, we are Divine, Universal Energy that has been put into a box and marked "It's a Girl!" "It's a Boy!". I say, take the label off and bring together those energies to blend and meld into a powerful, sweet, loving energy that can openly and unconditionally embrace and incorporate all that is of this world as one energy.
We are all magnificent beings with powerful strength to change this world with our loving hearts and gentle hands. This year of 2012 will bring wonderful changes within each of us and amazing changes to our world as we know it, if we stop resisting our own inner nature and bring that calm harmonious equanimity from within to every situation we encounter.
Bless all that you touch with the Divinity that you are...
Namaste'
alea
Monday, May 28, 2012
Welcome to Luminous Equanimity of Soul
I knew clearly within my heart and soul several things about life when I was only five years old. Remembering my connection to Origin of Being, the Universe, I knew I came here to bring unconditional love, to learn and expand, and that I could live outside of my earthly body.
I did not know it was going to be such a challange!
This site is to remind all of you, the truth of who you are and what you are capable of being in this life.
I am truly grateful for the opportunity to share my unique and small piece of the Universal puzzle with you.
I had visions and out of body experiences for as long as I can remember. I did not understand them at the time and I thought something was wrong with me. Today I know I was still wonderfully connected to Source because I was still aware and innocent. Many years and experiences blocked those gifts I came here with and after years of much spiritual, emotional and mental work I have undercovered and rediscovered many of those gifts.
I do not claim to have the answers for you but desire only to assist you in rediscovering your gifts if they, too, have been forgotten.
We are all on our own unique journey that only we know the purpose and talents we bring.
Remembering these gifts and using them to expand and grow spiritually, emotionally and mentally will help us all not only raise our own vibration but that of the world!
Thank you for the joy of sharing my gifts with you.
Namaste'
alea
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