Intention & Blessing - Meditation Tip

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And today we want to share with you one of the easiest yet also most powerful things you can do to elevate your meditation and your life:

Blessings.

Okay, first thing's first: the word 'blessing' means different things to different people, so let's first agree that you're free to interpret it in whichever way you want…

Whether it's in a spiritual, religious or even purely scientific context.

Because what's most important here is your intention.

When you initiate a blessing, you're channeling energy from a source greater than you, e.g. the planet or the Universe.

This both strengthens your connection to your higher self and raises your vibrations, allowing you to attract more of what you want and less of what you don't.

During your meditation today, follow these steps to perform a blessing on yourself:

1. Depending on your beliefs, ask your desired source of energy for a blessing. You can ask the Universe, or God, or even your spiritual self. In this case there is no right or wrong energy source; there is only what works for YOU.

2. Visualize an infinite stream of energy flowing from its source and into your body. Feel how this energy empowers you to live your purpose and manifest your ideal life.

3. If you're meditating at night, lie down on your pillow and drift into deep sleep as the energy courses through your body. You'll wake up feeling refreshed, focused and of course blessed...

4. If you're meditating in the morning, go through your day recalling the energy you were empowered with. This simple act of visualization will give you an instant pick-me-up whenever you need that extra dose of inspiration or energy.

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Meditation Tip: The Connection Exercise

 

The Connection Exercise

...the following is shared from www.OmHarmonics.com  

Meditation is a powerful tool for aligning with universal energy, and feeling more connected to your environment and the people surrounding you.

Want to be in a constant state of flow? Have a more positive mindset? Empathize with your friends and co-workers?

Just follow these steps the next time you sit down to meditate:

1. Close your eyes and visualize a source of energy streaming down from your crown chakra on the tip of your head, moving down from your spine, rooting itself below your feet and then expanding outwards. 
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2. Imagine this energy flowing into your surroundings, starting from the room or the area you're sitting in, and expanding to your city, country, continent and the world.
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3. Visualize yourself sending out love and positive energy to the entire world.
   Remind yourself that feeling connected enriches your life and energizes you. It positively charges you so you can take on the day feeling blissful, accomplishing goals with ease and feeling a sense of love and connection within everything you do.

In Addition:

Want to stay in a state of connectedness even after you meditate? Bestselling spiritual author Neale Donald Walsch recommends the following waking meditation exercise:

The next time you're in a public place and you see something or someone who makes you angry or uncomfortable (for instance an inconsiderate person who cuts the line at the grocery store), just tell yourself… "There I go again, being inconsiderate."

Modify that sentence according to the scenario. For instance if you encounter a rude bus driver, tell yourself "There I go again, being rude".

The simple act of thinking these words will remind you that we are all in fact connected - and that what one person experiences or does is a part of a joint consciousness, embracing us all.

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Meditation Tip - Creative Visualization

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Creative visualization.


Creative visualization can be described as a supercharged daydream - you visualize a specific scenario or outcome in your mind, and use that energy and emotion to bring it into your physical reality.

According to Shakti Gawain, creative visualization can help you channel energies in good directions, strengthen your self-esteem, and even improve your health.

So why not try creative visualization as you meditate today?

The 3 BIG rules of
creative visualization

There are many rules and tips for effective creative visualization, but we believe these 3 are by far the most important:

BIG rule #1: Infuse emotion.

For instance if you're visualizing yourself on holiday in London, picture the smile on your face as you're riding a double decker bus. Feel the crisp breeze blowing through your hair. Hear the chimes of Big Ben. Make it as real as possible. Have fun with it!

BIG rule #2: Own it.

Visualize that you already possess the object or scenario you want. If you're visualizing a holiday in London, tell yourself that you already have the flight tickets. If you're visualizing having a barbecue in a huge mansion, picture yourself already owning that mansion. In doing this you're actually programming your subconscious to make it happen.

BIG rule #3: Be persistent.

Your subconscious needs constant reminders, so visualize your dreams or goals every day.
Do it in the morning, do it before bedtime, do it at your lunch break. And don't be too surprised when your life starts changing in amazing ways.

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Meditation Tip - Forgiveness Exercise

 

 

Negative charges and the Forgiveness Exercise
...This tip for meditating was distributed by www.OmHarmonics.com

Negative charges…

Negative charges are negative emotions that stick with you after an encounter with someone or something. It could be a misunderstanding with a co-worker… Or an argument with your partner… Or even a stranger who cut you off on the freeway.

And just like an electrical current in a battery, that charge can stick with you for a really long time.
And it can spoil the flow of your day, even your week.

You can't fully focus on your work. Distractions and annoyances upset you more than usual. It's almost like there's something blocking out your inner brilliance.

According to Tony Robbins, negative charges even damage your physical health.

The answer? … Forgiveness.

According to Dr. Fred Luskin, author of Forgive for Good, letting go of a grudge can slash your stress levels by up to 50%. Studies show it even improves your energy, mood, sleep quality and physical vitality. Today's tip is a simple 3-step exercise that will help you release your negative charges in minutes:

The Forgiveness Exercise...

1. The first step is to visualize the source of your negative charge. Who gave you this negative charge? Jog your memory, and visualize this person and what they did to you. Was it your spouse? A co-worker? Build a clear and detailed image of them in front of your mental eye.
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2. Next, ask this person to forgive you… and visualize them accepting your apology. Yes, it may seem strange that you're asking the person who upset you for forgiveness. But there's a good reason for this: it reminds you that we are all connected, and that what one person does affects everyone.
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3. Finally, forgive this person. Once you've visualized this person forgiving you, picture yourself sincerely forgiving them for what they've done. Visualize the negative charge dissipating as you do this.

Music Video: Ho'oponopono - Hawaiian Code of Forgiveness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac5SGwRPv0o&feature=player_embedded

 

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“What’s Love Got To Do With It?”

October 22, 2012

“What’s Love Got To Do With It?”

by John Hutchinson

“A life without love is a waste. ‘Should I look for spiritual love, or material, or physical love?’… Don’t ask yourself this question…  Discrimination leads to discrimination. Love doesn’t need any name, category or definition. Love is a world itself. Either you are in, at the center …or you are out, yearning.”  ~ Shams Tabrizi

How is it that sometimes we touch Love’s center, or perhaps better said, we feel the oneness of Love’s center in all things… and at other times we are off-center, in a space of yearning, which can lead to “looking for Love in all the wrong places”… looking to others to provide love to us?

Love that expects something in return is most likely a need and desire within our psyche that is not really love. The inner child always wants to be loved. A part of us always wants to be loved. But what is that desire? Could it be a longing or homesick feeling for the true self and Love Center that is our connection with Source, with God, with Primary Life Energy?

We can experience Love in a spiritual or transcendent sense which lifts us to a place of self acceptance… to a sense of ‘okayness’ within. This energy of Love may come through any number of different ways. There are few words to describe this expansion of heart energy. And how do so many become seemingly detached from this primary life energy source? I suspect in some ways it is domesticated out of us in the process and demands of surviving in our environments.

As newborns we show up and are emotionally open and vulnerable to the actions and energies of those to whom we are dependent for survival. The quality of Love a newborn receives from others is dependent on the degree to which the caregivers are centered in Love or lost in their own pain-bodies from their own past experience. So, we can see how it is complex from our first breath. And from day one our personality is affected through our environment and mixes with the predispositions we bring with us through genetics and whatever other factors may be involved. Certainly from a spiritual perspective we can suggest that there may be some pre-birth contracts, purposes, or plans that we bring with us when we enter this 3rd dimension in physical form.

What if, before birth, we also were one with the Love Center of Life’s Source, whatever we may call that or however we may wish to imagine it. It must be quite a shock to show up in the chaos that often surrounds the birth experience after being in the Universal Love Center, even before womb-time. I realize this is all speculation, even though some declare it as more than that.

Now, let us suppose we flash forward several decades or so and we find ourselves in various types of relationships. We connect naturally through family, through work, through interests, through school, through social events, and by happenstance, or as some would say, synchronicity.

So there are many different types of relationships. When we look at the relationships between people who wish to be partners we also find different reasons and rhythms of attraction and connection. At one level, two people may connect for a physical relationship, simply to enjoy the pleasures of our human body. Some people may also connect at a certain stage in life to form and generate a family within the social norms and expectations and through their own want or need to do so.

From a psycho-spiritual perspective, partners may be attracted to one another for different reasons:

• Attracted through physical appearances;
• Attracted due to similar interests, values, ideas;
• Attracted by personality type, sometimes similar, sometime opposite;
• Attracted to another’s aura or energy;
• Attracted through chemistry… sensual and sexual energies;
• Attracted to material life situation, successes, finances, accomplishments, possessions;
• Attracted to a shared sense of purpose, vision, mission, calling;

What we often do not understand or realize is that we are often attracted to our own projections onto another person according to what we wish for, and in some cases, to what we lack in our own lives. The openness of hope for love with another often blossoms, with or without the projections, into infatuation and acceptance of each other. In many cases, this feeling of Love with another is due to how we feel when we are with them and may easily be combined with shared energies if the two people are sexually engaged. The energy transfer in open sex can often provide a shared desire that feels like a tear when two are physically separated to different locations.

 

The experience of falling in love and feeling love for another is perhaps the closest we come to heaven on earth, so to speak. To put it another way, the ecstasy of intimacy may mirror the spiritual connection in the present moment of an oneness with Life’s Source and Love Center… or spiritual oneness. Truly the feelings of love in the moment may have a quality of ‘eternity’…’forever’… and timelessness… again, mirroring spiritual Love.

 

And as most humans know, the projections of partnering and accepting can and usually do change. We discover our imperfect humanness and that our partner was not all that we projected them to be. Our fantasies are broken by real life. Some of the reasons for partnering may have somehow disappeared. The one who was so loved, becomes the one who becomes the object to ‘blame’ for our newly discovered unhappiness… or we fault ourselves for making a mistake… or for not seeing more clearly from the start.

 

Of course each person has their own version… our own story… and if we tell if long enough, we begin to believe it.

 

What I say and write is only my opinion. So now that I made that disclaimer, I will continue as if I actually know what I’m talking about. If it is useful for you… good. If you find it does not connect for you, that’s good too. Simply let it go.

 

It seems that most people have some type of spiritual awakening along the path, even if it is not labeled as a “spiritual awakening.” Many have visited guides, teachers, counselors, ministers, gurus, and others. We have the opportunity to learn at every moment. Most of our striving, trying, and doing are within the context of our social and cultural milieu along with our unique personal development and experience. What remains in the shadow of our unconscious can easily and often does have the tendency to control or at least impact our thinking, feelings, and actions.

 

The more aware we become… and there is always more to become aware of… the less likely we are to get lost in unconscious attractions, attachments, and behavior. On the other hand, each time we do get lost in the next adventure, it is also ‘grist for the mill’ of learning as we walk along our journey’s path.

 

It seems to follow that as we open to and experience ‘Source Love’ more directly in our own present experience, the more we can offer love to others in a way that is not looking for something in return. When we are disappointed or feel hurt in a relationship, it is a clear signal that we were expecting something different and were expecting something in return for giving Love…. Another teachable moment… Ideally, it seems that the more two people are actually experienced in Source Love, the more likely they will be able to openly be in and co-create a relationship… Source Love is always here. If we feel something else toward another person, we know we are dealing with some issue within.

 

Now, to be very, very clear…I hope… this does not mean in any way that we stay in a relationship or abusive situation just because there is love there for the other person. To appreciate that same Source Love first coming to us, we will honor and respect ourselves and move away from that energy that is reactive and abusive because of the shadow aspect of the other… and we must be reminded of the shadow in our own psyche that may have attracted the other… two unconsciously dancing shadows.

 

As humans and Being, we are complex and have many different energy patterns we carry. Most agree that if we had no imperfections, we would probably be elsewhere! This is to remind myself and others to be gentle on ourselves… to be as aware as possible… to trust our deeper intuition… and to continue to live with loving kindness as our guide.

 

Sometimes, I receive emails from friends, acquaintances, and others who read something I have said in my blog… and they say how much it hurts to want a relationship so much and yet they feel a bit powerless to actually make it happen… Or they have recently separated from who they thought was “the one”… Or others simply wonder if relationship is actually possible. In all these scenarios it depends a lot on not only how we define relationship, but what we are looking to ‘gain’ by being in a relationship.

 

I do not know if there is “one” person out there, a soul mate for each person. I suspect it is a bit more complex than that. On the other hand, we are all soul mates of the One Life that is ALL Life… Personally, I sense that the traditional paradigm of a fixed relationship, cemented in time and or space, is something that has been shifting for perhaps 30-40 years. That is part of many of our experiences and yet we may still be clinging to an idea that there is one person ‘out there’ that is perfect for us. It may be so. And I do not live by that ‘concept’ any longer which, for me, seems more of an expansion of my own openness rather than a resignation or loss of hope. It is freeing.

 

I contend that we must be somewhat together ourselves…FIRST… to the point of not ‘needing’ a relationship to fulfill some internal need for love and acceptance from the outside. When we feel good about ourselves, then we are better able to be present for others without expecting or wanting something in return.

 

If we truly bring the Source Love that runs to and through us to each moment and each encounter, without expectations or sets of rules about what a relationship should be, we perhaps can be in relationships that are truly timeless.

 

So the question remains: “How do we consistently connect with Love at the ‘Primary Source’ level?” Many of us know the words or theory or teachings… and yet find ourselves feeling a bit disconnected at times.

 

This subject has been addressed by most spiritual teachers every-where and every-when. Each of us has to find that wakefulness to the present moment beyond the shadows and blaring noises of both the unconscious energies of the psyche and the constant traffic of our egoic mind... Here are a few thoughts and avenues to consider:

• Perhaps for some it takes a mindful inquiry into our experiences, feelings, and reactions as we go through the day.
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• Some find it useful to practice some form of meditation or contemplation.
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• Using our cognitive and creative abilities to grow positive thoughts to replace useless negative self-talk can provide a shift in attitude and feelings since thoughts and feelings are intricately entwined.
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• Asking for help from your deepest Source of Love within, from the divine, from your guides and angels… whatever you wish to call the unseen wise ones … can bring intervention and synchronicities.
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• Asking to talk with someone you trust who has the skills and wisdom to help you through some of the learning transitions… perhaps as a guide, counselor, or coach.
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• Explore and discover a way to let go of unwanted emotional states and restore a sense of centeredness.
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• Dreams can provide new information regarding unconscious dynamics and patterns and even connect us to direct messages from the realms of Wisdom and Love.
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• Visualization and guided meditation or imagery works for many.
• Guided Meditation by Drunvalo Melchizedek - http://tinyurl.com/8skme6j
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• Spending time in nature can connect us to the wonderful natural sense of Life’s Oneness, power, and presence. Watching nature can teach us how to ‘be.’
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• There are many specific spiritual schools and religious groups designed to take you through their teachings…which may be helpful for some.
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• Many have experienced an opening through creativity, art, books, and stories of others.

There are always an infinite number of possibilities and an infinite number of possible outcomes based on the decisions and circumstances of our journey.

As long as we are looking to receive love from others and from a romantic relationship without the Love being present within that brings peace and acceptance, we will find disappointment. Relationships if they are to be satisfying, will take striving… that’s work… just as the path of being a spiritual warrior or warrioress takes work.

Learning the art of Present Moment living will help being present now and means learning to actually let go of yesterday’s emotional disappointments, hurts, pain, regrets, perceived failures, etc…. In addition it means letting go of any anxious and fear-based thoughts of tomorrow that our egoic mind wishes to conjure up to cast its spell and keep us away from this Present Moment of Now! The art of letting go of the past and future is liberating since we are no longer being controlled in the present moment. Letting go often involves forgiveness… forgiving ourselves and forgiving others…

Its work and it’s worth it. And it’s also simple… we just need to choose to do it.

So, what’s Love got to do with it?

Everything!

Let us consciously plug into the One Love so we may channel and give that Love to the world around us and to the people in our lives. May Love be our soulmate…and maybe someone will show up who also is mated to Love!

A Prayer and a Blessing by Judy Chicago

 "And then all that has divided us will merge,
And then compassion will be wedded to power,
And then softness will come to a world that is harsh and unkind,
And then both men and women will be gentle,
And then both women and men will be strong,
And then no person will be subject to another's will,
And then all will be rich and free and varied,
And then the greed of some will give way to the needs of many,
And then all will share equally in the earth's abundance,
And then all will care for the sick and the weak and the old,
And then all will nourish the young,
And then all will cherish life's creatures,
And then all will live in harmony with each other and the earth,
And then everywhere will be called Eden once again."

~ Judy Chicago 

...and thanks to Abby Seixas for sharing this with us...

"WHO’S ON YOUR LIST?

"WHO’S ON YOUR LIST?

Boss, coworker, spouse, roommate, mother, father, child—who are the people you really dislike and wish would simply go away? Be grateful to them: they’re your own special gurus, showing up right on time to keep you honest. It’s the troublemakers in your life who cause you to see that you’ve shut down, that you’ve armored yourself, that you’ve hidden your head in the sand. If you didn’t get angry at them, if you didn’t get fed up with them, you would never be able to cultivate patience. If you didn’t envy them, if you weren’t jealous of them, you would never think to stretch beyond your mean-spiritedness and try to rejoice in their good fortune. If you never met your match, you might think you were better than everybody else and arrogantly criticize their neurotic behavior rather than do something about your own."

~ Pema Chodron  http://tinyurl.com/9t3ceuk

"Unconscious and evil"

 

 

October 10, 2012

This morning I woke with the theme of “Unconscious and Evil” in my awareness... so, here are a few thoughts to consider...

One of the reasons that it is important to become more aware and conscious is because that which remains below the level of awareness or consciousness can and often does tend to control our behavior, feelings, and thoughts. This may result in ways that may not be in our best interest or in the best interest of others.

“Evil” is another word for that which seems rather negative to us in its energy, intent, and actions. It is most likely driven by unconscious energy which was caused by a major trauma, attack, and abuse in the past. Anger, hate, and other very negative feelings and behaviors are generally indicators of a deeply painful past. To project “evil” on some “Devil” or enemy out there is to deny the shadow aspects that are present in all.

We are survivors and many actions and behaviors are the fruits of the desire to survive and to get what we want or need. And there is a difference between want and need of course. We experience that want to grab what others have from childhood onward.

We retain the energy memory of those things that created frustrations and pain in our emotional body. Something Eckhart Tolle has termed the “pain body.” As long as we are identified with these energies from the past or reacting to them in some unconscious way, we are more likely to be living our lives in less than satisfying ways.

If we have a need to retell the stories from the past that were traumatic for us, it may be a way of simply feeding the pain body and keeping us from being more fully in the present. Some sharing is important as we release those negative energies from the past. Continual focus will grow the pain body stronger.

Studies have shown that what we focus upon or say actually emits frequencies that create various degrees of harmony and chaos in water molecules  [Dr. Masaru Emoto, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAvzsjcBtx8 ] 
Let us focus upon positive and harmonious thoughts and words so we may emit these frequencies through our being and into the world around us.

“Evil” is an interpretation of unconscious action that is neither harmonious nor peaceful. It perhaps is the extreme of unconsciously motivated behavior. Whatever the original actions were that brought about such unconscious actions, we can only make changes in our lives and help impede negative actions of others which might harm life on the planet. Of course this is why all social order has seen the need for laws, guidelines, and moral codes.

Change does happen. It has happen for each of us in some way. Let us be open to ‘seeing’ that which was unconscious and make choices in the best interest of ourselves and others going forward. Let us be diligent in our present awareness.

Practice: Visualizations and meditation focused on cleansing our emotional body with light energy can be quite freeing. Forgiveness in the form of letting go of the past can help liberate us to be more fully present now. Contemplating and mediating on positive words and energies will help these energies grow within us and produce both internal and external effects. [love, joy, peace, harmony, beauty, etc.,]

Who Am I?

 

              WHO AM I?

Along the path, there are a few questions that arise, both from within, and from others.

From within we may hear the questions:
• Who am I really?
• What’s missing here? I don’t feel quite all together.
• What’s ‘wrong’ with me?
• Why do I feel this way?
• When will I know who I really am?
• When will I know my purpose; what I really want to do?

And others may ask us:
• What’s your name?
• What do you do?
• Where are you from?
• How would you describe yourself?
• What do you hope to accomplish?
• …and on and on…

All these questions and more continue an internal process to define some basic identity about who we are, sometimes more consciously than at other times. 

Where we are right now is always one place to begin.

Begin a list… or begin writing your answer to the question: “Who am I?”

Whenever you pause, ask yourself again, “Who am I, really?”

Then continue to ask yourself this question and write down more answers that come to mind.

Spend at least 15 minutes inquiring within and recording your responses and reactions.
Look over what you have written.

Then ask and answer the question, “If I am not who I think I am, what is left?”

We all have varying experiences. We all play a number of different roles in our lives. We are all “human beings” I will assume. Now, If you had to state in one sentence the answer to the question… “Who am I?”… what would you write?

This is a beginning. And we have all done this in one form or another throughout our lives I would guess. There are no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers. It is an inquiry into Self. This exercise is designed to bring more to consciousness at this time.

So, we may also ask in a more general sense, “What does it mean to you to be a ‘human being’?”

If you wish some reflection or feedback to what you have written, feel free to share it with me at: John@sunhutch.com …All will remain confidential.

Remembering Who We Are...

 

 

As I woke this morning, I had what I call a "pop"... it was in the form of a few words... and it seemed relevant to this time of transition:

"...people will be

remembering who they are..."

 

Now, I have some ideas about what this means based upon some of the concepts, theories, and memories from my life experience... and yet I hesitate to use these things from the past...

 

Perhaps the main question we can ask that arises from this morning's "pop" is:

 

Who are we?

or...

Who am I?

 

We may 'think' we know. We may have our established roles and from that we may have a sense of identity. We may have heard or read words, ideas, and concepts from others describing and suggesting what may be our 'true' identity.

 

For me, I will focus on letting go of all of this and that ... all the contents of consciousness... and allow the Universe to speak anew... perhaps beyond words ... or through them...

 

It is totally up to each of us to make the choice to do what we choose to do. If you wish to join me in this adventure of remembering "who we are," you are more than welcome to do so...

 

To our remembering,

John