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Thursday

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
 
...This tip for meditating was distributed by www.OmHarmonics.com

Wednesday

Wednesday Noon Meditation - Family Focus












The noon practice of the Essenes called the Sevenfold Peace is designed to take the expanding consciousness of the morning and evening communions and apply them to areas of everyday living in practical ways.
"Source of Life, who is everywhere, send to all your Spirit of Peace; to our family and friends, the positive flow of Love..."
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The joy of the tribe...the family...the kindred spirits along the path...
Love moves through us to others, not because of this or that, not due to likes and wants... Source Love moves through us to family and friends because we open to its force and power in our own lives... to ourselves... and choose to let it flow right on through...
In interactions of daily life we sometimes sense conflict, stress, and normal differences between ourselves and others in our circle of family and friends... or see stress and unease between others.
May love transform moments of difference into expanding consciousness, lessons, compromise, cooperation, acceptance, forgiveness, and of peace.
"Source of Life, who is everywhere, send to All your Spirit of Peace... and to our family and friends, the positive flow of Love..."
Peace be with you!

Fixing others Pain


[[In response to some questions or concerns from friends and readers, I have taken the opportunity to see what words might come regarding these inquiries and the results are what follow... Your thoughts and comments are invited... you may write them by clicking the 'Comment' link at the end of the blog article or send them directly to: john@sunhutch.com.]

How do I empathize with others pain (stories) without wanting to fix them?
This question is chock-full of sub-topics, so I will initially offer a few questions to contemplate:
  • How does one fix pain?
  • Whose pain are you trying to fix?
  • Is it physical pain, a recurring replay of something from the 'past,' or a current moment situation?
  • Why is the person telling you the "story" and what do they want from you? What do they expect from you?
  • What does "empathize" mean to you? What would empathizing actually look like?
  • Does listening to someone else describe events that were painful to them make you uncomfortable?
  • How do you deal with your own "pain"?

The best thing we can ever do is be present in the moment.

Sometimes people become identified as victims and so are most comfortable drawing in others by repeating the 'victim' events, replaying and recreating past moments that are really only trips away from the reality of the present.
Sometimes we have had a traumatic event that has occurred and it is healing to share it with someone. If this is the case, your present attention can be a part of that healing moment.

Eventually some form of acceptance needs to take place... it may be in the form of forgiveness... it may take the form of letting go... No matter what form it takes, in order to find the Peace of this present moment, we let go of both the past and also let go of fantasies about the future.  This can help to create a spaciousness in the stream of thoughts and feelings so be become aware of the Being we are in this moment.

Finding space in our awareness apart from the stories in our head brings us once again back Home to the timeless Now... the present moment of LIFE.... From which all things have their form and existence... It is only here and now where we experience the Peace that passes all understanding.

[Note: There is always more we can say about each element in this question or any question. The real answers come from within to have transformative effects which last. -  jh]
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John Hutchinson
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Lancaster, PA

Sunday

“The Perpetrator of Evil”

In his book, “A New Earth – Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose,” Eckhart Tolle discusses the personal and collective “pain-body” in which the “victim” identity continually needs to be fed and reinforced through sharing past pain, blaming, and identifying enemies.

Tolle writes:
“… you can only go beyond (the pain-body) by taking responsibility for your inner state now. Even if blame seems more than justified, as long as you blame others, you keep feeding the pain-body with your thoughts and remain trapped in your ego. There is only one perpetrator of evil on the planet: human unconsciousness. That realization is true forgiveness. With forgiveness, your victim identity dissolves, and your true power emerges – the power of Presence. Instead of blaming the darkness, you bring in the light.” (pp.159-160)

For more info regarding the “pain-body,” I would suggest reading Tolle’s books and visiting the following links:

Books by Eckhart Tolle:
The Power of Now
A New Earth 

Articles:
”The Pain Body by Eckhart Tolle” at Detoxifynow.com 

YouTube Videos:
Your Pain Body is very Seductive
Emotions 
Eckhart Teachings

Google Search

To help with liberating your identity from the “pain-body” contact John Hutchinson at john@sunhutch.com or phone John at:+1 (484) 685-0549 (If you get my voicemail, leave your name, number, timezone, and the best time to talk.)
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Thursday

Source Healing

Source of Healing Energy…


We can read the many anecdotal reports of spiritual, emotional, and physical healings from the scriptures of various spiritual traditions as well as from the numerous writings about the work of contemporary healers and energy workers. One of the most well known spiritual teachers and healers comes from the Christian religious tradition… The following paraphrase of the recorded words attributed to Jesus helps to understand the basis of Healing Energy…


It is recorded that Jesus said to those around him, “You witness the things that I do... Well, I just want you to know, it is not me... it is not the personal ego nature that does these things, but rather the One Life Source… the Sacred Spirit… the Divine Energy that is flowing through this channel my parents named ‘Jesus’… and the real ‘Parents’ of Consciousness is the Source of Life that flows through us All…”


Just because we might experience the Life Energy flowing through us, let us not be deluded into thinking that we can somehow own or control this instantly transforming power of healing and life… that is always the personal egoic mind… The only choice we have is whether or not we will clear the path… get out of the way… for Life Energy to flow freely through us…


Turn from distraction…


Let us join together to forgive those who have wronged us and let the grudges, anger, and recurring fantasies fly away in the blink of an eye…


Being freed to openly channel Love… now…


Even as we forgive our brothers and sisters, our tribe, our traditions, our collective past… let us also forgive the wrongs we have committed against others… against ourselves… against Life… against other creatures and the Earth… again free to fly in the breezes of Life’s Joy and Peace…


Forgiveness itself is only an aid… an illusion since a sleeping child is not responsible for his or her nightmares… And forgiveness gives us a choice to let go of the fantasies that replay in the egoic mind, keeping us distracted from the present… and Presence of Life…


All can be accepted …what was … was … what will be … will be …and what is…is what is … now…


Enter the realm of Timeless Consciousness…see, feel, and sense the freedom of letting go into the presence of Now…

Peace… Love … eternal sounds of Silence