"...who you truly are...

"When you know who you truly are, there is an abiding alive sense of peace. You could call it joy because that's what joy is; vibrantly alive peace. It is the joy of knowing yourself as the very life essence before life takes form. That is the joy of Being - of being who you really are."


 
~ Eckhart Tolle ...Stillness Speaks, p.57

Joy and Beauty

Joy and Beauty -  a Tuesday morning meditation...

"Angel and Essence of Joy, descend upon the earth and our awareness, giving beauty to all beings."

May I set aside old ways of being and seeing to give beauty and joy the space to enter...

May I see beauty and feel the joy of being in this present moment... suspending my thinking and judgments... suspending my thoughts of the past or concerns for tomorrow...

May I enter this moment of emerging energies and allow the feelings of Joy and the sense of beauty and harmony to fill my being and quicken my soul...

Essence of beauty and joy, cleanse what was negative or false from my mind and body that I may add to the vital and positive life energies of my body, being, and the world around me... now...

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Now, here is a brief reminder you might want to apply today....

What I am suggesting is something that is quite simple and also, for many seems difficult. Perhaps you may not want to do this or you may decide to try it for a day.

Our egoic thinking processes along with all our years of being domesticated by interpersonal and collective groups (our tribes) have produced within us a world view... what we believe about our world and how it operates.

If you choose to do this, I would encourage you to suspend the constructed world view for a day or so by occasionally reminding yourself of the following other possibilities:

• "I really don't know..."
• "What I am thinking about the world and my situation right now is most likely incomplete and may be totally inaccurate..."
• "I do not really know why things are the way they are right now..."
• "I do not know what is going on in the lives of others or why they are acting in a certain way..."
• "I do not know if something is actually 'good' or 'bad'..."

Suspending judgments based upon our tribal past can provide a new window for seeing the beautiful in life and experiencing the joy of Being in the Present Moment.

Peace, Beauty, and Joy be with you...

One-dering with Source

I wonder...

As Life... the "Source" and "Mystery" ... seems to be in all things and in all places... and often experienced within my innermost being and essence.... I wonder why it is I reach out to others as if nourishment lies in their power... what can someone else provide that I do not already have from the Source of Living Water... that flow of Life that will indeed quench my thirst and wet my most parched earthiness...

I wonder...

The richness of friendship does bring a smile to my face and a gentle soothing to my heart... and is nurtured as I find the fullness of Love and acceptance of this present moment ...

Here... there is truth... naked and raw... being in this moment of reality ... not of what was...or what might have been... or what might be... just being here and feeling the heart stretch out to embrace the truth that is here... Life's Essence...

Life is ... my thoughts and feelings often distort its treasure beneath illusions through stained glass windows... and I admire the beauty of the various pictures and colors and nuances... sometimes forgetting to take in the Light from the Source of all light ...

I One-der...

Fill me this day with Light and Love... as I am reminded I am One with Source Love and Mystery...

Wishing you love and light on your journey,

John

 ... and welcome to the Present Moment!

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 John Hutchinson - Denver, CO

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Connecting to Source-Love [Relationshipping Series - Part III]

"Connecting to Source-Love"
[Relationshipping - Part III]

It is my sense and also my experience that the primary key to any and all positive and enduring "Relationshipping" is how consciously aware and connected to "Source" we are at any particular moment. Most spiritual teachings will offer a mode or method of connection and in reality we are connected at all times or we would not be reading this...or breathing for that matter. The question is not so much if we are connected, but perhaps how consciously aware we are of this connection? ... And how is this connection most useful in our daily relationships and actions?

A long time ago... some 'now' before this 'now'... before this day... I had a powerful dream in which I was asked the question by a messenger of Melchizedek, "Whose Life is it anyway?"

It is now apparent in my experience that there is only One Life... and the fact is that Life itself is a miracle... Life is living itself through this being and form called "John"... or 'Jane'... or 'Suzy' or whatever name we have been given... and we are all "miracles of participation" in the great Singular Miracle and Mystery called "Life." I recall reading an article and when Eleanor Roosevelt was asked if she 'believed' in reincarnation, she answered, "Reincarnation is no more improbable than the fact that life exists at all." [jh paraphrase]...  Life itself is an improbable mystery and miracle... and we are witnesses and participants in the miracle! We are mostly so immersed in the soup of daily living; we take Life for granted... We forget to be Grateful at times for Life and for Source-Love that holds it all together...

 What is "Source" and how are we connected?

"Source" is referring to that nameless Mystery of Oneness... Source of Life Energy... of Sacred Spirit... Great Spirit... Some call the Mystery "God"... I prefer the term "Source" since the term "God" has too many concepts and institutional doctrines attached to the term.

If we are to truly find a center of stability, harmony, and integrity for individual growth and action, and likewise in Relationshipping, we must also connect in awareness and daily living to the "miracle of participation" with Source energy... It seems preferable that partners equally share this awareness and practical open connection to Source Energy... of Spirit... of the Essence of unconditioned Love... a conscious practical and daily involvement with our true Essence...

When we feel love for another being, even if through the needs and desires of personality dynamics, we also sense the timelessness of Source energy...  Love feels like "forever" due to its timeless quality. In actuality, and almost as a default due to the miracle of our participation, you and I are at One with Source... we are One with Unconditioned Love... we are the divine mystery... even though we are so often lost in varying aspects of personality dynamics, the tasks of the day, and the drama of the moment.

Entering the sacred space of Source there will be varying energies felt or sensed. It seems the essence of Source is Oneness... an all-inclusive cohesion of Love... in the stillness of Love we embrace its Peace... in the flow of Love's energy, we feel the current of Joy... in the knowing that Love relates, we find true wisdom...

The Source and re-Sourcing of Love is the most important aspect, in my opinion, that leads to right action, satisfying living, and evolving relating. While we are all all-ways connected and connecting to "Source," the question remains how do we re-Source our conscious awareness to the positive energies of Source-Love?

You may already have your favorite "method" through meditation, contemplation, visualization, prayer, dance, singing, music, art, etc...

Before looking at methods, it is important that we state our intention. This can be done directly by addressing Source with a prayer or affirmation such as:

"My intention is to connect as fully as possible to Source-Love and Life Energy. I ask that I may be assisted in any way possible to allow Source-Love to flow to and through this vehicle called [state name] for the highest good of all."

Here are several brief imagery exercises that may help you consciously be reconnecting with who you are, followed by a video from YouTube that will lead you through a guided imagery to consciously bring the frequency of love and light into our body...

Imagery 1:

1. Find a quiet place to sit with your feet flat on the floor, perhaps with soft instrumental music playing;
2. Breathe and relax your body, emotions and mind for a few minutes, releasing any tension or stress you sense;
3. Imagine you have climbed to the top of a mountain on a bright and beautiful day;
4. Allow the gentle breezes and warmth of the sun to flow to and through your entire body and to every cell;
5. Imagine a special sunbeam coming through the top of your head, cleansing and energizing every cell from you head to your feet... and imagine the sunbeam continues into the earth and goes the whole way to the center of the earth...
6. At the center of the earth there is also a ball of fiery transforming energy that purifies all  negative or toxic waste that has been washed from your being;
7. Now see this beam of light continue and as it exits the fireball of energy it is actually coming right out of the sun again and back down through the top of your head.
8. Repeat this imagery of transforming energy for as long as you choose;
9. Now, with the fullness of the energy from Source filling your every cell, see your life this day and imagine taking this Source-Love energy into the situations that await you.
10. Repeat this exercise, modified in any way that seems right for you, each day to consciously connect to Source-Love...

Imagery 2:

1. Find a quiet place to sit with your feet flat on the floor, perhaps with soft instrumental music playing;
2. Breathe and relax your body, emotions and mind for a few minutes, releasing any tension or stress you sense;
3. Imagine you are comfortable seated with a blank screen in front of you;
4. Ask your deepest and highest aspects of your unconscious mind to show you an image of "Unconditional Love" from Life's Source.
5. Allow an image to come and use the first image that emerges. The conscious mind often likes to censor or judge the image... simply go with the image that appears;
6. Allow the image to become 3 dimensional on the stage in front of you... notice the qualities and feel the energy from this image of unconditional love...
7. Become the image...simply imagine you are now one with the image... and a solar spotlight shines upon you and the image as one... the light helps to intensify the merging energetic qualities of unconditional Love... I'm not sure what has change or if the image has changed since you merged with it, but you can no look out on anyone and any situation in your life from this energy of Unconditional Love and notice how they or it may have changed in your observation...
8. Return your awareness to room you are in and to the present moment bringing with you all the qualities and energies you wish to retain...
9. Note: when a spontaneous image is called for, it is often in the presence of a guide who is available to assist in the process. If for any reason you try this and get to a point where you are not sure what to do or have questions, please feel free to contact me and we can discuss it or go back to the image...

Video: If you google "connecting to Source" you will get hundreds of millions of responses in less than a second. There are many who are trying to help us in this process. The following is a video from YouTube which allows you to simply follow along without having to read or even watch... with credit to Caroline Cory:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=M4bo3yKO1IA

Blessings and Love on your journey's Path,

John

Who am I? - A question of Identity

A question of Identity


Identity comes from the Latin meaning the same… or sameness over time…

Personal identity can be as distinct as fingerprints that point to individuality…

Theories of personality development focus on both nature and nurture factoring in to produce uniqueness, and differences from others…

Who are we?

Given the label of human being, we are distinct from other life forms and yet share the same basic DNA and molecular make-up of most life forms on the planet… to there is both sameness and distinction…

We become identified through our development and circumstances with many states, characteristics, roles, labels, groups, etc.

Are we our name?

Are we our family?

Are we our heritage…our DNA… our cultural past?

Are we our body?

Are we our sensations and emotions?

Are we our thinking?

Are we the roles we play?

Are we the relationships we have?

We can see that all of the above impact our development, our identity, and personality and become important factors in the “I” that has become our personal self…

And for many, we become lost or identified in various aspects of our personal experience and the form we are in at any particular time…

And we also can say that we have an essential identity, essential “I” that is timeless and the same since it is the realization that we are Life itself… the Who am I? question becomes the statement of “I am”…

The identification as the “Essential I” is the Being … the Life Source… the Oneness of all Life Energy…

From this perspective we know that we are not separate…we are not individuals cut off from others and life… we are one… and our personal identity melts into the oneness of Being…

This essential identity can and must be the basic foundation for all congruent and harmonious “Doing”…

Many will identify themselves by what they do or their name or roles… perhaps even with feelings or groups or beliefs and thought forms…

We are always more than our name… our roles…our feelings… our thoughts… our body and sensations… we experience all of these aspects and they are important for functioning in a “doing” world… and they are not who we essentially are…. We are pure awareness or consciousness which is Life or Being itself… and we have the potential and power to choose, which is the essential “Doing” of life…

It seems the more we act from the integrity of our essence, the more likely our actions are going to be in harmony with Life…

While all the aspects of our personality and body and circumstance continue to change, the core identity of Being Conscious in the present moment remains the centered still-point of identity.

This expanded arena of consciousness helps us to walk in both the plane of time and in the spaciousness of timelessness.

We find the timeless identity sometimes through letting go of thoughts of past and future and labeling and simply be in the present… sometimes in nature, sometimes in trauma, sometimes in rapturous music, sometime just in stilling out thoughts in a form of meditation… we cannot think our way to timeless Being! … we are always here… as we shift our focus… letting go of yesterday and tomorrow… we enter the Now…

The Essence of Being Life is always … in the timeless now!