I read a quote by Pema Chodrone a very lovely Spiritual Master whose words are pragmatic for those of us today who have challenges to overcome at every turn it seems sometimes. Pema says that what we need to learn is in the present moment and will be repeated in present moments until we get the lesson. We cannot escape our karma and we have to be able to learn and transcend in order to become enlightened.
My lesson seems to be to find contentment in what I have for now in my life. My personality is such that I have a compelling urge to reach out to others. I have studied under two spiritual Masters since 1986. I realized that a transition had taken place and I could describe what I wanted in a spiritual path and had always focused on the Master throughout my journey. It really is a wonderful experience to see my wishes come true for me as I was initiated by Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Marahaj in April 2009. I love His practical teachings that we apply to life. We fill out a chart that helps us reflect upon and keep track of our thoughts and behaviors throughout the day. I am not so good myself at doing that even thought I studied Beck's Cognitive Behavioral Theory in Graduate School and taught client's to use a chart that is similar to the one our Master has us use. I have been able to monitor my inner state and immediately recognize the shift when negative thoughts arise. That way it is possible to switch thoughts just like changing channels on the television. You can learn to use this technique to switch thoughts yourself.
I have always been highly motivated and productive in my life and finding time on my hands has turned into an endeavor of networking and outreach to others that I would not have done had I not had a set of circumstances to contend with. That's life! We have to learn to adapt to new situations and changes that are beyond our control and in that state of mind there is a quality of happiness and contentment. Hence I feel content with my life and have goals for my future. I use guided imagery to create a life that I want and since my last visit to Chicago I see myself living in a condo near a park and library where friends live in the same community. I see a black Volvo sedan that I can park in a car port under the 1980's style building. I know in my heart that this will materialize.
My value of serving my Master is core to my life style. It's funny (not in a mocking way) but to see men send messages to say that they like me and I respect that and relate. They see in me the love they have for themselves and I direct them to my Master for information about spirituality. I have been celibate for many years because I am sensitive about my energy and keeping boundaries. If my Master ever introduces me to someone to marry I will feel comfortable in that situation only. My only daughter doesn't like my spiritual path. I think less than my first Master who is a beautiful Indian lady. I realize that for most there is a cultural shock to see my Master wearing a turban because of his own religion. He is a Sheik. One of the Masters on my first path said it didn't matter what color our skin was to him because he saw us all as BLUE! I think that's a blast because our spiritual energy can be seen by enlightened Beings and we get so caught up in our differences. The Genome Project at the National Institute of Health says that we have less than one percent difference between each race yet we have a great focus on differences.
My attitude was changed toward illegal immigrants as I have recently found myself in the best company ever with those whom I have believed shouldn't be here! Now I wonder how to help illegal immigrants get amnesty. One thought is that individual citizens and employers take responsibility for the problem by petitioning the government to allow us to sponsor illegal immigrants. Let me know your thoughts if you read this please.
The present is really a gift so take it and be grateful because we still have a world where love prevails. I believe that we have to confront and change the corruption and evil that exists in the world. Our priorities have to be more geared to what is beneficial to people. For instance today I saw a video of a Sudanese woman being whipped in public. There was no compassion shown toward her from onlookers. When I checked the United States web site their priorities were first and foremost global warming. For those of you with blinkers on and plugs in your ears - THE WORLD IS NOT MELTING....I REPEAT... THE WORLD IS NOT MELTING....BUT WOMEN ARE BEING BEATEN AND TORTURED! $$$$$$$$$$$$$ has to be taken out of global warming and put into helping women mostly in third world countries.
You see what I said earlier is true! If I had been working at this point in time I would not been so involved in world affairs! My present is having time to do outreach and draw attention to causes.
I am a Professional Life Coach and work with people who are committed to spiritual development. I recommend that you go to www.sos.org to check out the official calender for programs and initiation. I also require that you become vegetarian as I promote physical wellness and ethical treatment of animals. Go to www.MyRain.me/rita for information about antioxidants.
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Showing posts with label Sound and Light Meditation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sound and Light Meditation. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Keep the light within
No matter what we all face difficulties that cause us to wonder how it will all work out in the end! From my own experience I can see how God has worked through situations. Information has been revealed to me in a timely manner or help come in another form such as friendship or material goods. It is the minds job to doubt as a famous teacher said! Don't be troubled by your minds tendency to feed you negative thoughts. Just like on a TV you can switch your channel (thoughts.) You first have to learn how to monitor them and that comes from a space within the heart. We really don't live our lives from our minds but rather can connect with our hearts and then direct the mind to a healthy course of action. Our hearts hold the natural capacity to love and be still and feel peace. When we have those inner qualities we can send the same energy to others who are around us thus we can uplift the world.
This is the message of all the greats Saints to turn to God in our hearts. Our soul becomes pure with God's love and power. It is not the kind of power that bullies and tyrants are made of or use to oppress others! They will have to learn the lessons that we all go through to bring us to God and humbly live in that union of joy and bliss. You need not be afraid of people who threaten because they don't really know God inside. You will have to learn to protect yourself and establish boundaries. Love doesn't leave you gullible and vulnerable. Rather it gives you a greater sense of confidence in who you are and what you are willing to tolerate. You can do it with love but I have found do it I must!
There is a sound and light within that can be experienced through meditation. That whole experience of inner consciousness takes place through initiation by an enlightened Master. I can recommend one web for you to check www.sos.org You can follow me on www.Twitter.com/Langata145 as I retweet several spiritual sites. Meditation is the center of all spiritual development and I even find when I have not spent the time I have needed in meditation there is a tendency to feel a shift toward the negative. Be aware that the paybacks are worth the time and effort of meditating. There is no easy road or quick trip to spiritual development. Make sure that you stay focused and disciplined. It's not an airy fairy sort of experience. Under the guidance of a real master you will be given many tests and challenges that are necessary for your own enlightenment. It is not for wimps!
Pray for others who are suffering everyday like the children of Haiti who are suffering from cholera. Do what you can every day to help uplift the life of another person or animal. Look around you and see if you can help in your neighborhood. Times are very difficult for humans and animals are feeling the effects of the economy as people can no longer afford to keep their pets. Reach out to people who could benefit from your generosity. Support our troops by finding organizations that send them goods for Christmas.
The holidays are coming up very shortly and you might look at volunteering at a shelter. How about cooking a vegetarian meal this Thaksgiving and sending the money to an turkey rescue mission. God loves all and says to love all! Pray to St. Francis of Assisi to open your heart to love animals and recognize their souls. There is so much love in the world and so many vegetables if we could learn a different set of eating behaviors.
I will write again tomorrow and I welcome you to contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com also visit http://MyRain.me/Rita for antioxidant information. In my work as a Professional Life Coach I require individual's to meditate daily and eat a vegetarian diet.
This is the message of all the greats Saints to turn to God in our hearts. Our soul becomes pure with God's love and power. It is not the kind of power that bullies and tyrants are made of or use to oppress others! They will have to learn the lessons that we all go through to bring us to God and humbly live in that union of joy and bliss. You need not be afraid of people who threaten because they don't really know God inside. You will have to learn to protect yourself and establish boundaries. Love doesn't leave you gullible and vulnerable. Rather it gives you a greater sense of confidence in who you are and what you are willing to tolerate. You can do it with love but I have found do it I must!
There is a sound and light within that can be experienced through meditation. That whole experience of inner consciousness takes place through initiation by an enlightened Master. I can recommend one web for you to check www.sos.org You can follow me on www.Twitter.com/Langata145 as I retweet several spiritual sites. Meditation is the center of all spiritual development and I even find when I have not spent the time I have needed in meditation there is a tendency to feel a shift toward the negative. Be aware that the paybacks are worth the time and effort of meditating. There is no easy road or quick trip to spiritual development. Make sure that you stay focused and disciplined. It's not an airy fairy sort of experience. Under the guidance of a real master you will be given many tests and challenges that are necessary for your own enlightenment. It is not for wimps!
Pray for others who are suffering everyday like the children of Haiti who are suffering from cholera. Do what you can every day to help uplift the life of another person or animal. Look around you and see if you can help in your neighborhood. Times are very difficult for humans and animals are feeling the effects of the economy as people can no longer afford to keep their pets. Reach out to people who could benefit from your generosity. Support our troops by finding organizations that send them goods for Christmas.
The holidays are coming up very shortly and you might look at volunteering at a shelter. How about cooking a vegetarian meal this Thaksgiving and sending the money to an turkey rescue mission. God loves all and says to love all! Pray to St. Francis of Assisi to open your heart to love animals and recognize their souls. There is so much love in the world and so many vegetables if we could learn a different set of eating behaviors.
I will write again tomorrow and I welcome you to contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com also visit http://MyRain.me/Rita for antioxidant information. In my work as a Professional Life Coach I require individual's to meditate daily and eat a vegetarian diet.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Forgiveness.
Forgiveness is an never ending process that we can use to let go of negative emotions that arise when someone causes us harm. Forgiveness isn't something that we wait for in relationships. When you practice forgiveness it becomes fluid and as a result you will feel lighter. Nobody likes the feeling of being burdened by feeling blame or any other negative feeling. You don't have to go there. When you free yourself from the shackles of others oppressive behaviors while staying in your own power and positive thoughts.
"The minds job is to doubt," a famous spiritual teacher once said. Once you are able to clear your heart and live from the realm of love you will no longer be ruled by the mind. The mind will follow the heart. Forgiveness is an aspect of love and love conquers all! Where love is the opposite cannot coexist. This way of living takes time to develop and you will find that the more time you spend in the realm of love the more you will want to stay there. The practice of meditation is key to clearing all negativity and connecting you with your soul or true self. I have been fortunate enough in my own life to have spent many years with two Indian spiritual Master's who have led me on the spiritual journey.
For me the choice to take the journey was one that was made easy because I didn't want to exist in the arid realm of the mind and materialism. I knew that the Saints and Sages could lead me to the experience that they so willingly and lovingly shared. I spend time in the evening and early morning hours in meditation since I have been initiated in Sound and Light Meditation. When I meditate I immediately feel free of any burdens or negativity. It is just me and God and that is felt in my heart as Love. You will benefit from finding a spiritual Master who can initiate you on the spiritual journey and direct you through life. Each person experiences something different because under the guidance of a Master your life will unfold in whatever way is perfect for you to learn. There are many things that you will learn and your purpose will be revealed to you through a process that I have found repeats itself in different forms. I knew in my heart when I was in graduate school at The Catholic University of America that my life wasn't just about me and I willingly have allowed my life to be of service to God for whatever He wishes.
Forgiveness is an aspect of love and it doesn't mean that you become a target for others abuse. You can forgive others while making sure that you take responsibility for your own life and the impact of their behaviors on you. You can still draw boundaries and say no. Be clear and be certain. A clergyman wrote "You can't blow an uncertain trumpet!" It's okay to be strong. Tyrants are usually cowards inside. Just like some of those candies that have a hard shell and gooey stuff on the inside when you bite down. Except there is nothing sweet about cowards. Learn to identify them and learn how to deal with them. Don't become a victim like so many kids I have been reading and hearing about in schools. Read books by Carlos Castaneda whose stories involve tyrants and examples of how to deal with them. The main lesson is to remain impeccable according to Carlos.
So many things to master in life and the first place of course to start is within your own heart. Learn how to connect with your soul and God. Be a blessing in this life to those who need you to show them the way and like the title of a book said "How to swim with sharks!" Nothing is impossible when you decide to keep making breakthroughs. You will not get anywhere at times and in that still time learn to control the doubts that the mind uses to discourage you. Keep pressing in to the situation and eventually when the time is right there will be a breakthrough and you will emerge on the other side of your problem. Wait on the other side of that opening you created and help others through.
I am a Professional Life Coach and welcome you to contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com I require individuals to meditate on a regular schedule and eat a vegetarian diet. I also promote antioxidants and you can check Rain Nutrition at http://MyRain.me/Rita
"The minds job is to doubt," a famous spiritual teacher once said. Once you are able to clear your heart and live from the realm of love you will no longer be ruled by the mind. The mind will follow the heart. Forgiveness is an aspect of love and love conquers all! Where love is the opposite cannot coexist. This way of living takes time to develop and you will find that the more time you spend in the realm of love the more you will want to stay there. The practice of meditation is key to clearing all negativity and connecting you with your soul or true self. I have been fortunate enough in my own life to have spent many years with two Indian spiritual Master's who have led me on the spiritual journey.
For me the choice to take the journey was one that was made easy because I didn't want to exist in the arid realm of the mind and materialism. I knew that the Saints and Sages could lead me to the experience that they so willingly and lovingly shared. I spend time in the evening and early morning hours in meditation since I have been initiated in Sound and Light Meditation. When I meditate I immediately feel free of any burdens or negativity. It is just me and God and that is felt in my heart as Love. You will benefit from finding a spiritual Master who can initiate you on the spiritual journey and direct you through life. Each person experiences something different because under the guidance of a Master your life will unfold in whatever way is perfect for you to learn. There are many things that you will learn and your purpose will be revealed to you through a process that I have found repeats itself in different forms. I knew in my heart when I was in graduate school at The Catholic University of America that my life wasn't just about me and I willingly have allowed my life to be of service to God for whatever He wishes.
Forgiveness is an aspect of love and it doesn't mean that you become a target for others abuse. You can forgive others while making sure that you take responsibility for your own life and the impact of their behaviors on you. You can still draw boundaries and say no. Be clear and be certain. A clergyman wrote "You can't blow an uncertain trumpet!" It's okay to be strong. Tyrants are usually cowards inside. Just like some of those candies that have a hard shell and gooey stuff on the inside when you bite down. Except there is nothing sweet about cowards. Learn to identify them and learn how to deal with them. Don't become a victim like so many kids I have been reading and hearing about in schools. Read books by Carlos Castaneda whose stories involve tyrants and examples of how to deal with them. The main lesson is to remain impeccable according to Carlos.
So many things to master in life and the first place of course to start is within your own heart. Learn how to connect with your soul and God. Be a blessing in this life to those who need you to show them the way and like the title of a book said "How to swim with sharks!" Nothing is impossible when you decide to keep making breakthroughs. You will not get anywhere at times and in that still time learn to control the doubts that the mind uses to discourage you. Keep pressing in to the situation and eventually when the time is right there will be a breakthrough and you will emerge on the other side of your problem. Wait on the other side of that opening you created and help others through.
I am a Professional Life Coach and welcome you to contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com I require individuals to meditate on a regular schedule and eat a vegetarian diet. I also promote antioxidants and you can check Rain Nutrition at http://MyRain.me/Rita
Friday, October 15, 2010
Live from the heart.
Having spent many years on the spiritual path I am very attuned to other's energy and their tone and choice of words which can be truly a challenge for me. I realize that it is perhaps a cultural thing that people can seem pushy and lack true empathic linking with another. My background in psychiatric nursing and my education also plays a role. I am protective of myself and normally don't engage with people until I know a bit more about them for these reasons.
I received an expected phone call related to a program that was being offered on a social network site. Because I am working as a Professional Life Coach I was interested in learning but did not know the cost involved which was a barrier for me at this time. I was the first one to put the discussion into a business context by asking what her work was. She seemed a little surprised but I knew that at that point I had taken over control. She informed me of her own success and that of her partner before asking me if I was happy with my life and lived where I wanted.
I realise that much is written about material thinking and bringing success through energetic work. It's OK and I know that our lives have to be in balance to bring the things we desire. I do believe that we are destined to go through karma that we would not know about but in order to clear it from our slate have to go through events to get ourselves cleared of the past burdens, even from previous lifetimes. As a devotee of a Spiritual Master I have absolute trust that I am in the right place in my life for what I need to learn and develop and that struggling against what is doesn't bring harmony that is needed to attract prosperity.
I have had two Spiritual Teachers and my original Teacher opened my heart and since the time that I was under her direction I have led my life from my heart. My current teacher relates to our everyday lives with an emphasis on ethics and application of right action in our lives. We are taught to be accountable for every action and thought that we have that is negative and keep a journal record to send to him if we wish. This is how we grow by going deeper into our self and having true understanding about who we are. We can skip the rudimentary basics of spirituality as "boot camp" so to speak and jump into the luxury realm of life. This is where people truly get burned and turn to other ways of coping to feel love, joy, peace etc. though alcohol and drugs. Of course it wouldn't be everyone who would handle success this way but the risk is high if you don't have the spiritual growth to ground you.
For now I have made my way through legal battles to do with my career. It has been a set back in one sense but has been a boon in another. I met my Teacher a year ago and have spent time with him in Chicago. I have been reading and writing and following political events on line. Just today I signed up to write for an online news publication under the category of children and family. I have worked most of my career with children and adolescents and love to help people find joy in their family life. It takes commitment in any relationship to feel joy even with yourself. My Teacher used to tell us that we had to "unearth the joy." We are conditioned to believe that happiness is outside ourselves and we have elevations in mood when we buy new goods or do well on exams etc. but this is temporary joy and doesn't reach the level of bliss. Your God is at home right now in your heart! Open the door and let Him in!!
Whatever work God has given you to do be completely absorbed in it and offer your total self. If it is money that motivates you it will not bring you the happiness that you will have for the love of your work alone. Always go the extra mile for people. Someone I know shared a picture of his presentation at an important meeting regarding a voting rights issues. I know that he can give his total all to this project because he was able to share his experience so openly and when you do that other's connect with you. It takes a vulnerable nature to keep going out into the world of stone hearted people and demonstrating how to care. It can be done and carrying the light is what some have been given to do. Let your light shine and light others lights on the way!
Life is such a beautiful journey with many turns and unexpected events. Learn everything you can from your religion and live the way you are taught. I have found that my love for Christ has deepened since studying with Spiritual Master's who have helped me with my own inner journey. Being vegetarian is a necessary component of spiritual transcendence and my Master asks "Why make your body into a graveyard?" I hope to become active through writing to stop factory farming which is about the most evil thing I have seen. See the video "Food.Inc."
Know that no matter how your life looks right now it's in a process and God is in control. Keep your goals written down and work toward them everyday. Say prayers. If doors are closed and not easy to open don't try to force them open. Find another way to earn a living and thank God for His protection. Seek a spiritual mentor and Life Coach who can help you find the right path for you. Someone who has gone ahead of you and knows the effort involved and courage that it takes to encounter the spiritual path. It is not for the faint hearted but God will get you to the goal of Liberation. That is the goal of mankind and our purpose for being.
Sleep well tonight and sweet dreams. Think of all those who love you before you go to sleep and know that angles surround you while you sleep.
My work is as a Professional Life Coach. Please contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com
I received an expected phone call related to a program that was being offered on a social network site. Because I am working as a Professional Life Coach I was interested in learning but did not know the cost involved which was a barrier for me at this time. I was the first one to put the discussion into a business context by asking what her work was. She seemed a little surprised but I knew that at that point I had taken over control. She informed me of her own success and that of her partner before asking me if I was happy with my life and lived where I wanted.
I realise that much is written about material thinking and bringing success through energetic work. It's OK and I know that our lives have to be in balance to bring the things we desire. I do believe that we are destined to go through karma that we would not know about but in order to clear it from our slate have to go through events to get ourselves cleared of the past burdens, even from previous lifetimes. As a devotee of a Spiritual Master I have absolute trust that I am in the right place in my life for what I need to learn and develop and that struggling against what is doesn't bring harmony that is needed to attract prosperity.
I have had two Spiritual Teachers and my original Teacher opened my heart and since the time that I was under her direction I have led my life from my heart. My current teacher relates to our everyday lives with an emphasis on ethics and application of right action in our lives. We are taught to be accountable for every action and thought that we have that is negative and keep a journal record to send to him if we wish. This is how we grow by going deeper into our self and having true understanding about who we are. We can skip the rudimentary basics of spirituality as "boot camp" so to speak and jump into the luxury realm of life. This is where people truly get burned and turn to other ways of coping to feel love, joy, peace etc. though alcohol and drugs. Of course it wouldn't be everyone who would handle success this way but the risk is high if you don't have the spiritual growth to ground you.
For now I have made my way through legal battles to do with my career. It has been a set back in one sense but has been a boon in another. I met my Teacher a year ago and have spent time with him in Chicago. I have been reading and writing and following political events on line. Just today I signed up to write for an online news publication under the category of children and family. I have worked most of my career with children and adolescents and love to help people find joy in their family life. It takes commitment in any relationship to feel joy even with yourself. My Teacher used to tell us that we had to "unearth the joy." We are conditioned to believe that happiness is outside ourselves and we have elevations in mood when we buy new goods or do well on exams etc. but this is temporary joy and doesn't reach the level of bliss. Your God is at home right now in your heart! Open the door and let Him in!!
Whatever work God has given you to do be completely absorbed in it and offer your total self. If it is money that motivates you it will not bring you the happiness that you will have for the love of your work alone. Always go the extra mile for people. Someone I know shared a picture of his presentation at an important meeting regarding a voting rights issues. I know that he can give his total all to this project because he was able to share his experience so openly and when you do that other's connect with you. It takes a vulnerable nature to keep going out into the world of stone hearted people and demonstrating how to care. It can be done and carrying the light is what some have been given to do. Let your light shine and light others lights on the way!
Life is such a beautiful journey with many turns and unexpected events. Learn everything you can from your religion and live the way you are taught. I have found that my love for Christ has deepened since studying with Spiritual Master's who have helped me with my own inner journey. Being vegetarian is a necessary component of spiritual transcendence and my Master asks "Why make your body into a graveyard?" I hope to become active through writing to stop factory farming which is about the most evil thing I have seen. See the video "Food.Inc."
Know that no matter how your life looks right now it's in a process and God is in control. Keep your goals written down and work toward them everyday. Say prayers. If doors are closed and not easy to open don't try to force them open. Find another way to earn a living and thank God for His protection. Seek a spiritual mentor and Life Coach who can help you find the right path for you. Someone who has gone ahead of you and knows the effort involved and courage that it takes to encounter the spiritual path. It is not for the faint hearted but God will get you to the goal of Liberation. That is the goal of mankind and our purpose for being.
Sleep well tonight and sweet dreams. Think of all those who love you before you go to sleep and know that angles surround you while you sleep.
My work is as a Professional Life Coach. Please contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Sundays
I was born on a Sunday and as the rhyme says "Sunday's child has far to go." That is what life is like. Never an end point always in transition and moving. Nothing is permanent except the love inside and connection with God. All karma's get plaid out and it's important to learn detachment so that you don't get caught up in the play as the people in your life and the world acts out it's issues from current and past lives. We all have far to go but it doesn't mean that the ultimate goal of liberation is unreachable.
Sundays have been a special day for me as I started attending Sunday school at the Church of England Cathedral in Nairobi. A neighbor Pam Pankhurst, make dresses for my sister and I and we had white stray caps that were like a band across the tops of our heads and in the late fifties quite stylish. The fabric for my dress was green with a print that was floral with wisps of red color. The skirt was full with overlapping tiers that made me feel very feminine. My sister and I would walk to Church together and carry the small Bibles that had been given us by our Godparents Elizabeth and Hugo Gurney. Elizabeth was a decedent from the Gurney banking family in England and her sister and she inherited the Manor which they split into two halves.
Elizabeth and Hugo moved to Kenya and settled on their farm in the rift valley. When I was eighteen my mother and I returned to Kenya and visited them on their farm. We were met from the bus by Elizabeth who was as round as she was tall. Very upper class, plain and welcoming. She wore a straw hat and her usual white blouse with a full cotton print skirt. She had been active all their marriage teaching local tribe children in a school house that was built on their farm. She had a great sense of duty. Hugo was interested in my looks as I grew older and that made me uncomfortable. He belonged to the Kenyan Polo club and had his ponies stabled on the farm. Very likable. Like Elizabeth he was upper class and educated at Eaton which is the school where the two young English Princes graduated from. It lies across the Thames River from Windsor Castle which sits up on the hill overlooking the surrounding towns and country side.
By the time my sister and I got to Sunday school we were ready to sit for a while. We always liked having pets to look after and at that time we had white mice which came along with us and would run around under our clothes occasionally popping their heads out of our sleeves. I enjoyed singing Sunday School songs the most. One day we got to see the Queen Mother who came to Nairobi. Although it was crowded we still got a glimpse.
When we lived in Mombasa we would go to the beach on Sundays. Now our father was ill with terminal cancer of the colon and we didn't go out too often. We sometimes went to the open air movies. I remember seeing the King and I on the big open screen and we sang in the car on the way home. It was fun to see young children dressed up in the movies. I always liked the music and songs the most.
Now that I am living in the United States Sunday's are spent in Meditation or more recently I have been to Chicago to hear my Spiritual Master give talks. He is so open to our lives that he spends time with each one of us and listens to what we have to say or gives his blessings in our lives. He is remarkably simple in how he relates spiritual truths that makes it all so understandable without having to read volumes of philosophical texts. It is called http://www.scienceofspirituality.org if you would like to look up information for yourself.
Please feel free to contact me at: lawrencerita511@gmail.com
Sundays have been a special day for me as I started attending Sunday school at the Church of England Cathedral in Nairobi. A neighbor Pam Pankhurst, make dresses for my sister and I and we had white stray caps that were like a band across the tops of our heads and in the late fifties quite stylish. The fabric for my dress was green with a print that was floral with wisps of red color. The skirt was full with overlapping tiers that made me feel very feminine. My sister and I would walk to Church together and carry the small Bibles that had been given us by our Godparents Elizabeth and Hugo Gurney. Elizabeth was a decedent from the Gurney banking family in England and her sister and she inherited the Manor which they split into two halves.
Elizabeth and Hugo moved to Kenya and settled on their farm in the rift valley. When I was eighteen my mother and I returned to Kenya and visited them on their farm. We were met from the bus by Elizabeth who was as round as she was tall. Very upper class, plain and welcoming. She wore a straw hat and her usual white blouse with a full cotton print skirt. She had been active all their marriage teaching local tribe children in a school house that was built on their farm. She had a great sense of duty. Hugo was interested in my looks as I grew older and that made me uncomfortable. He belonged to the Kenyan Polo club and had his ponies stabled on the farm. Very likable. Like Elizabeth he was upper class and educated at Eaton which is the school where the two young English Princes graduated from. It lies across the Thames River from Windsor Castle which sits up on the hill overlooking the surrounding towns and country side.
By the time my sister and I got to Sunday school we were ready to sit for a while. We always liked having pets to look after and at that time we had white mice which came along with us and would run around under our clothes occasionally popping their heads out of our sleeves. I enjoyed singing Sunday School songs the most. One day we got to see the Queen Mother who came to Nairobi. Although it was crowded we still got a glimpse.
When we lived in Mombasa we would go to the beach on Sundays. Now our father was ill with terminal cancer of the colon and we didn't go out too often. We sometimes went to the open air movies. I remember seeing the King and I on the big open screen and we sang in the car on the way home. It was fun to see young children dressed up in the movies. I always liked the music and songs the most.
Now that I am living in the United States Sunday's are spent in Meditation or more recently I have been to Chicago to hear my Spiritual Master give talks. He is so open to our lives that he spends time with each one of us and listens to what we have to say or gives his blessings in our lives. He is remarkably simple in how he relates spiritual truths that makes it all so understandable without having to read volumes of philosophical texts. It is called http://www.scienceofspirituality.org if you would like to look up information for yourself.
Please feel free to contact me at: lawrencerita511@gmail.com
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Spiritual Awakening
I first met my Teacher in the summer of 1986 and had a profound inner experience when she initiated me to the spiritual life. Meditation teachers guide the student to liberation and the path is one that is freeing but as you shed the old self the ego undergoes an intense struggle at times to let go. These times bring anguish and despair because we want to still remain with what we have become to know about ourselves that is conditioned and within our comfort zone despite the contrary.
Freedom from all the inner obstacles and social conditioning that we falsely identify with is worth the effort. My teacher used to say that freedom is like a two-winged bird, one wing is self-effort and the other is the Master's Grace. The relationship with the Master is one of love and learning about our true nature through spiritual practices and meditation. Eastern philosophy teaches that we already are one with God but we just have to wake up and realize it. Because we have been taught that God is some where other than in us we experience a sense abandonment by God. Most of us at some time in our lives feel that God has not responded to our needs etc.and doesn't care about us. This is because of the dichotomy of thinking of God as other. Once you are initiated by a living Master you connect with the Master and God and find deeper understanding and meaning in your own Religious teachings and beliefs. Through a process your heart is opened and you will experience a great joy and love inside.
My personality is to be a strong person and that is sometimes difficult for people to see in me when I teach about spiritual things. There is a perception of spiritual people as somehow in la la land or that the feelings of protection etc. don’t exist for spiritual beings. In my own experience becoming spiritually awakened means that my light bulb is on and when I see danger I recognize it for what it is. There is a fallacy that is promoted among the new age groups that they think that going into the new age will be a wonderful journey. I believe in absolute truths and one of them is abortion is wrong. Evil exists and 911 was one such manifestation of evil. When for instance I see things that our government does against its people I am concerned. What is motivating our government to move against us? I listen to Alex Jones and keep up on the latest technologies etc that are being used against us and would recommend his site http://www.prisonplanet.com/
I will put three instances forth to illustrate my point. Today I read that the United Nations has warned the United States about our policies and treatment of illegal immigrants. I have been a supporter of Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona and Sheriff Joe. They have been investigated and harassed by the DOJ who in turn then turns a blind eye to two New Black Panthers who intimidated voters in Philadelphia. You cannot be a cherry picker and be in charge of our country's laws. They can either uphold our laws and protect our citizens or not. Of course we have our vote, but the damage that has been done is going to have its effect.
Secondly, a lawyer who represented a young teenage girl has been investigated and disciplined by the Bar Association. This is an example of Sharia law having more authority over the United States Laws. I hope that there is going to be some oversight and examination into how complicit the bar has been in their dealings with other government and Islamic agencies. There is more to this disciplining of the lawyer than meets the eye. I hope the public rally to his cause because he doesn't deserve to be treated with anything but respect and admiration for helping a young Muslim girl who was in fear for her life after she converted to Christianity.
Thirdly, there are ten soldiers at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas who have been charged with crimes as serious as murder for carrying our orders in the face of the enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan. My thoughts are – what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. So if the foot soldiers go to jail so should the people who gave them orders that they carried out and are now facing criminal charges as a consequence. It doesn’t worry me how high up the ladder of command we have to go but let's have some equal justice here!
It seems to me that the only justice that the government is interested in is social justice and I believe that we should work for the life style we wish to have. Having a system that encourages and forces people to step up to the plate and produce makes us resilient and expands our awareness and talents. I like to write and now blog and will edit material that I have written for a book to sell when I give a talk I have been invited to give in a college town outside Kansas City. Have always held strong opinions and analyze things well. Through my dedication to my spiritual path I have a strong faith and trust in my ability to see what direction to take in my life when things are difficult.
Perhaps the one example I gave about our government lacking integrity is the one about the lawyer being disciplined for being unprofessional. In my own experience I have found the government run boards are not the ones to set an example for what the standard for professional behaviors should be. After winning a one and a half year battle with the state boards of nursing they then posted my license as revoked on their web. My documentation of the whole affair will have to be handled by an attorney because now I have no other choice other than to clear my name once more. I believe that the lawyer who represented the young Christian convert was acting as a responsible and caring professional and the government has become tainted with political correctness. They need to change the prescription in their glasses.
In my experience as a spiritually awakened person I feel compassion for my fellow man. Mahatma Gandhi certainly did and acted according to his convictions. He was not a wimp! He emphasized how he felt about others ideas that were wrong: “I will never let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi. It is important not to let people do or say things that are contrary to your good nature. You have done the inner work to make yourself pure so don't let other's murky thinking enter your energy field. I will speak about our field of energy at another time. It is the feeling you get when someone gets too close for comfort and invades your space.
I believe that it is for this reason that you will see Teachers advise against a negative environment or people. When you spend time with people who have not unburdened their garbage that has been festering you will become polluted. Due to my own situation of not working for almost two years now I have spent most of that time with a friend and her husband. I am gone all day as I work on projects at the library and have made many friends and acquaintances on line.
There are different stages once the spiritual journey has begun. In the beginning there is a dedication to meditation and practices that clear away the old junk that has caused us to identify with an ego that is other than the true person that we are. The second phase is learning to live a transcendent life and you will still have your particular personality that will draw you to concentrate your life on whatever it is that your particular calling is. For me it is writing and teaching about spiritual life. I will enjoy expanding my repertoire as an extra or having small parts in movies. I enjoy public speaking and wish to educate people more about what Colonial Kenya was like and what the families who settled there did for the country.
My own life is centered on meditation, prayer and repeating the Suriname or names of God that correspond with the vibrations of the chakras making them resonate with practice to the same frequency as the sound. I have a great sense of justice and have worked very hard to become a citizen of the United States and get my education. I hope that these values will be recognized and respected by others who believe that we are a nation of laws and justice that is centered on our Constitution.
If you would like to contact me please email: lawrencerita511@gmail.com
Friday, September 17, 2010
Look in your rear view mirror!
Spirituality means being more awake in every sense and that sometimes draws reactions from others who sense that we are different. Being aware of this aspect of dealing with the public I recommend that you pay attention to what is going on and use the analogy of looking in the rear view mirror. Awaken to the effects of actions in life and the karmic consequences of very action. My Teacher says that we even have to come back this life to reap the fruits of our good actions! However, other people's actions we don't have control over. With this understanding we have to make the right choices about whom we look to as role models or associate with because until we become enlightened on the Spiritual path and cannot separate ourselves totally from other's karma's. This was illustrated by my Teacher through advising people not to use or provide hands on healing where people make themselves a channel of healing energy. My Teacher warns that we may pick up the karma of the other person in so doing. My intuition has always told me not to participate in hands on healing and I am now glad that I have not done so.
Finding spiritual role model's is essential to growth and transcendence as they have mastered the limitations of the ego or self identity and merged with the great Self or God. The relationship and oneness with your higher power or God comes with time spent in Meditation and under the guidance of a Teacher. Masters of Spirituality teach us to transcend struggles and encourage us to develop virtues such as kindness. There is no tolerance for violence and the student is expected to control negative thoughts and anger. The relationship is as my Teacher said like a two winged bird. One wing is our self effort and the other is Grace. Change is always positive and we are able to then impart what we have learned and gained to others at times of great stress. I believe that our country has reached a level of stress that will likely erupt into heated conflicts. Being able to speak up and identify when there is danger in the rear view mirror is an essential part of today's awareness. My own experience has been that of being politically engaged and people who have transcended the struggle of oppression and empowering the people are Gandhi, King, Jesus, Mandela were mentioned on Beck's program today. Another I would like to suggest is Wengari Maarthai, Nobel Prize recipient in 2004 who has been an activist for the environment and women of Kenya.
Spiritual development calls for a time commitment to do the necessary practices of Meditation and journaling as a tool for self-reflection. As you continue to grow you will be given the necessary situations from your Teacher to burn the ego which is the false self that stands between you and God. That part of you that believes and relates to the social conditioning and other inputs that your identity is built upon. We also bring in Samskaras which are tendencies rooted in our soul that surface at times even when a person has cleared much of the small ego self. If you have a tendency toward behaviors that are harmful to you others you will have to dig down deep and find where it comes from. Perhaps being a victim is one way a samskara will manifest. Recently there was a young woman who as it turned out intentionally threw acid on her face. Once she begins to do self analysis she may find that it is a samskara from a previous life and no matter how much support she had around her at the time of this self destructive act it has been rooted in her psyche for lifetimes perhaps.
We live in a society where we can make gains in our lives and step out into arenas that call attention to our views or an office that we are elected to. Christine O'Donnell is a 41 year old woman who has been involved in politics for many years and has raised a family. The focus of attention from her own party leaders is on her background which includes a foreclosed mortgage and tax issues. None of us get through life unscathed as my Teacher cautions us to understand as we traverse difficulties. Mine has been a legal battle with the state board of nursing over a company I had owned. The more support you have perhaps the easier it is to stay clear of money problems. Those who have been privileged enough to have had schooling paid for and supportive families with political connections perhaps won't ever understand someone like Christine. My bet is that she has put her family first when she could have been enrolled in college and on track to complete her degree within a four year time frame. Even if it has taken several years to complete her degree it doesn't matter. It is how you apply the best of what you learn and that can be from experience, reading and role models. People who are "stuffy" insist that she doesn't have the right pedigree. I think that it is because the public has gone through tough times for the past two years, that they can see how financial problems can happen to anyone. That is perhaps where Democrats and Republicans differ in who runs. I am totally in support of her run for Senate and WE THE PEOPLE will make that happen. I think that we know by now who the people are who would harm her and the t.v. interviews of high profile people has been revealing. In my estimation they won't be listened to as the respected experts as they have in the past because they are positioned with one foot on the banana skin and one foot in the political arena that Tea Party supporters have rejected.
When driving a car it becomes an automatic response to check to see what's coming up from behind because what other's do is unpredictable. In Christine O'Donnell's case when she was elected to run against a Democrat opponent she should have had an escort to protect her as she continued down the road to success. Instead she found leaders attacking her character and she has to keep steering the car and going down the road at the same speed. If others want to slow you pace and not protect you from the rear then speed away from them! Sarah Palin has the same kind of appeal as Christine because she has come from an ordinary background and can relate to people's lives and that is the basis for the bond that they create with WE THE PEOPLE.
Look in the rear view mirror of your life and see your life from the perspective of where you have been and speed up ans thus get away from those who are a threat. If they cannot support you then move on as fast as you can. Keep your eyes on the road ahead. After the final victory the people who attacked Christine will have to eat crow. The effectiveness of their opinions will be ruined and Christine will be victorious. How many people have been thrown under the bus in this way by the establishment and not won because of the damage done? Like many situations where we have had struggles while we grow it actually gives us resilience to face harder situations such as lack of the party's stamp of approval.
Finding spiritual role model's is essential to growth and transcendence as they have mastered the limitations of the ego or self identity and merged with the great Self or God. The relationship and oneness with your higher power or God comes with time spent in Meditation and under the guidance of a Teacher. Masters of Spirituality teach us to transcend struggles and encourage us to develop virtues such as kindness. There is no tolerance for violence and the student is expected to control negative thoughts and anger. The relationship is as my Teacher said like a two winged bird. One wing is our self effort and the other is Grace. Change is always positive and we are able to then impart what we have learned and gained to others at times of great stress. I believe that our country has reached a level of stress that will likely erupt into heated conflicts. Being able to speak up and identify when there is danger in the rear view mirror is an essential part of today's awareness. My own experience has been that of being politically engaged and people who have transcended the struggle of oppression and empowering the people are Gandhi, King, Jesus, Mandela were mentioned on Beck's program today. Another I would like to suggest is Wengari Maarthai, Nobel Prize recipient in 2004 who has been an activist for the environment and women of Kenya.
Spiritual development calls for a time commitment to do the necessary practices of Meditation and journaling as a tool for self-reflection. As you continue to grow you will be given the necessary situations from your Teacher to burn the ego which is the false self that stands between you and God. That part of you that believes and relates to the social conditioning and other inputs that your identity is built upon. We also bring in Samskaras which are tendencies rooted in our soul that surface at times even when a person has cleared much of the small ego self. If you have a tendency toward behaviors that are harmful to you others you will have to dig down deep and find where it comes from. Perhaps being a victim is one way a samskara will manifest. Recently there was a young woman who as it turned out intentionally threw acid on her face. Once she begins to do self analysis she may find that it is a samskara from a previous life and no matter how much support she had around her at the time of this self destructive act it has been rooted in her psyche for lifetimes perhaps.
We live in a society where we can make gains in our lives and step out into arenas that call attention to our views or an office that we are elected to. Christine O'Donnell is a 41 year old woman who has been involved in politics for many years and has raised a family. The focus of attention from her own party leaders is on her background which includes a foreclosed mortgage and tax issues. None of us get through life unscathed as my Teacher cautions us to understand as we traverse difficulties. Mine has been a legal battle with the state board of nursing over a company I had owned. The more support you have perhaps the easier it is to stay clear of money problems. Those who have been privileged enough to have had schooling paid for and supportive families with political connections perhaps won't ever understand someone like Christine. My bet is that she has put her family first when she could have been enrolled in college and on track to complete her degree within a four year time frame. Even if it has taken several years to complete her degree it doesn't matter. It is how you apply the best of what you learn and that can be from experience, reading and role models. People who are "stuffy" insist that she doesn't have the right pedigree. I think that it is because the public has gone through tough times for the past two years, that they can see how financial problems can happen to anyone. That is perhaps where Democrats and Republicans differ in who runs. I am totally in support of her run for Senate and WE THE PEOPLE will make that happen. I think that we know by now who the people are who would harm her and the t.v. interviews of high profile people has been revealing. In my estimation they won't be listened to as the respected experts as they have in the past because they are positioned with one foot on the banana skin and one foot in the political arena that Tea Party supporters have rejected.
When driving a car it becomes an automatic response to check to see what's coming up from behind because what other's do is unpredictable. In Christine O'Donnell's case when she was elected to run against a Democrat opponent she should have had an escort to protect her as she continued down the road to success. Instead she found leaders attacking her character and she has to keep steering the car and going down the road at the same speed. If others want to slow you pace and not protect you from the rear then speed away from them! Sarah Palin has the same kind of appeal as Christine because she has come from an ordinary background and can relate to people's lives and that is the basis for the bond that they create with WE THE PEOPLE.
Look in the rear view mirror of your life and see your life from the perspective of where you have been and speed up ans thus get away from those who are a threat. If they cannot support you then move on as fast as you can. Keep your eyes on the road ahead. After the final victory the people who attacked Christine will have to eat crow. The effectiveness of their opinions will be ruined and Christine will be victorious. How many people have been thrown under the bus in this way by the establishment and not won because of the damage done? Like many situations where we have had struggles while we grow it actually gives us resilience to face harder situations such as lack of the party's stamp of approval.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
The Three T's to plan around.
My background is in mental health and I write for women mainly because I am not sure that what I have to say will necessarily what men will relate to. High school and college that I attended have been for women mainly because of my field of discipline has attracted more women than men. I hope that you will find the following framework useful as you organize your thoughts around your goals and set your course to take some empowering and positive steps toward your future career.
The three "T's" that I am going to frame this blog around are Trust, Talent and Togetherness. Trust is first because it is not only our first developmental stage in life that sets the foundation for future relationships, it is also measure of how secure we feel in our ability to master certain tasks and challenges thus enabling us to demonstrate self-confidence. Talent is important because we have to be prepared to compete in the programs that prepare us for our career and then continue to grow and develop professionally. We have to learn to become adaptable; learn when to hold on and when to let go; when to bend and when to stand firm. When we are in a space inside ourselves that resonates with our authentic self and we are not living lives that have been ascribed to us or taking on roles that we do not have the natural talent or intelligence for, we then bring forth a quality of work that is both creative and useful to others. When we are able to produce our work from this deep and authentic part of ourselves that is totally not a facade, we enjoy what we do and it creates joy within us that wants to find an outlet to share this knowledge. Togetherness is another aspect of what we are about - we are part of a pack and the opposite of isolated individuals. We belong in community and that is where we grow and become strong. It is important to seek people who are like minded and like spirited because you will find people who will try to diminish your work through jealousy and other behaviors that we shed through inner spiritual work. Don't let anyone put your flame out or try to dull your light!
This is how it comes together when you want to identify what it is that you want to develop or achieve in your life. Identify that objective first and be sure that it is indeed what you want with all your heart and soul. Set a clear intention and see yourself achieving your goal. Act in a way that tells your inner psyche that you already are what you have in mind.
1. Trust your self that you will achieve your aim. Trust first began in infancy when our mother figure met our needs for warmth, food and love etc. We always knew that we would get the responses from that person based on our expressed need. Now you have to know that you can bring together the resources, supportive people, research or whatever it is that you need to proceed and maintain the process toward achieving your goal. Tell yourself that you already achieved many things before this goal and you have reached your goals. This too will be a learning process and you will achieve or manifest your hearts desire. Trust in your ability to care for yourself. If you have so many obstacles standing in your way that feels overwhelming, my teacher used to say to make the problem the same size as yourself. Write down the problems as you begin and find out how you can work through them. Is it coming from your own lack of confidence or fears or an actual deficit in your life such as funds for a business? Be clear and do the work inside and outside to resolve the barriers. You can do it and you will move forward at a steady pace. Keep a journal and record all the things that have been issues for you and how you have managed to problem solve.
2. Talent. You know what you are good at or what you are drawn to do because of your experience. I for instance chose nursing because my father died from cancer of the colon when I was little and the nurses who cared for him and were kind to me left an impression on me that led me to finding a way to become a nurse myself and return what I had been given. Through journal writing and self enquiry find out what motivates you. My motivation comes from a desire to help others and ease their pain - physical, emotional and mental. Your motivation may be to earn money through business. It could be the performing arts. You may want to be an engineer. Whatever you are good at and can build upon is what you should pursue. I was disappointed when I taught nursing students who did not look upon nursing as a calling but rather looked on it as a way of earning fairly decent money and some planned to invest and then switch to doing something else. Think about the moral and ethical obligations of your career choice and the love and energy you bring to others who will come to you for your services. You may benefit from career counseling and going through aptitude testing.
3. Togetherness. When you find the career that is right for you, build a network of people who are either in the field already or like you are in the process of reaching your goal through a course of study. In any group find the one's who are positive and uplifting. Join clubs and societies and go for excellence in your work. Find out through journal writing and self enquiry if you hold back in any areas of study. Work through the barriers and identify why you are holding back and not going for it! Like all things that cause us to not be our best, once identified and openly acknowledged they loose their power and hold on us. This approach is mature and you will find it liberating. The more baggage you try to stuff down inside or hide from people, the less you are to produce your talents from a clear and creative space. You will enjoy your work and want to help others who may need coaching because once you are in a space of creativity you will automatically want to help. It brings joy and that is a motivating feeling.
What I want to emphasise is that it is by being authentic within yourself that you then are able to produce an abundance of creative work. Your talents will manifest with ease and you will enjoy studying, recognizing that you have an ethical duty to do your very best to achieve excellence. You set the bar because that is the level of understanding that you want to achieve for yourself and show in your work with confidence.
Whether it is for support, assistance with identifying and developing goals, or learning how to meditate please contact me at:
The three "T's" that I am going to frame this blog around are Trust, Talent and Togetherness. Trust is first because it is not only our first developmental stage in life that sets the foundation for future relationships, it is also measure of how secure we feel in our ability to master certain tasks and challenges thus enabling us to demonstrate self-confidence. Talent is important because we have to be prepared to compete in the programs that prepare us for our career and then continue to grow and develop professionally. We have to learn to become adaptable; learn when to hold on and when to let go; when to bend and when to stand firm. When we are in a space inside ourselves that resonates with our authentic self and we are not living lives that have been ascribed to us or taking on roles that we do not have the natural talent or intelligence for, we then bring forth a quality of work that is both creative and useful to others. When we are able to produce our work from this deep and authentic part of ourselves that is totally not a facade, we enjoy what we do and it creates joy within us that wants to find an outlet to share this knowledge. Togetherness is another aspect of what we are about - we are part of a pack and the opposite of isolated individuals. We belong in community and that is where we grow and become strong. It is important to seek people who are like minded and like spirited because you will find people who will try to diminish your work through jealousy and other behaviors that we shed through inner spiritual work. Don't let anyone put your flame out or try to dull your light!
This is how it comes together when you want to identify what it is that you want to develop or achieve in your life. Identify that objective first and be sure that it is indeed what you want with all your heart and soul. Set a clear intention and see yourself achieving your goal. Act in a way that tells your inner psyche that you already are what you have in mind.
1. Trust your self that you will achieve your aim. Trust first began in infancy when our mother figure met our needs for warmth, food and love etc. We always knew that we would get the responses from that person based on our expressed need. Now you have to know that you can bring together the resources, supportive people, research or whatever it is that you need to proceed and maintain the process toward achieving your goal. Tell yourself that you already achieved many things before this goal and you have reached your goals. This too will be a learning process and you will achieve or manifest your hearts desire. Trust in your ability to care for yourself. If you have so many obstacles standing in your way that feels overwhelming, my teacher used to say to make the problem the same size as yourself. Write down the problems as you begin and find out how you can work through them. Is it coming from your own lack of confidence or fears or an actual deficit in your life such as funds for a business? Be clear and do the work inside and outside to resolve the barriers. You can do it and you will move forward at a steady pace. Keep a journal and record all the things that have been issues for you and how you have managed to problem solve.
2. Talent. You know what you are good at or what you are drawn to do because of your experience. I for instance chose nursing because my father died from cancer of the colon when I was little and the nurses who cared for him and were kind to me left an impression on me that led me to finding a way to become a nurse myself and return what I had been given. Through journal writing and self enquiry find out what motivates you. My motivation comes from a desire to help others and ease their pain - physical, emotional and mental. Your motivation may be to earn money through business. It could be the performing arts. You may want to be an engineer. Whatever you are good at and can build upon is what you should pursue. I was disappointed when I taught nursing students who did not look upon nursing as a calling but rather looked on it as a way of earning fairly decent money and some planned to invest and then switch to doing something else. Think about the moral and ethical obligations of your career choice and the love and energy you bring to others who will come to you for your services. You may benefit from career counseling and going through aptitude testing.
3. Togetherness. When you find the career that is right for you, build a network of people who are either in the field already or like you are in the process of reaching your goal through a course of study. In any group find the one's who are positive and uplifting. Join clubs and societies and go for excellence in your work. Find out through journal writing and self enquiry if you hold back in any areas of study. Work through the barriers and identify why you are holding back and not going for it! Like all things that cause us to not be our best, once identified and openly acknowledged they loose their power and hold on us. This approach is mature and you will find it liberating. The more baggage you try to stuff down inside or hide from people, the less you are to produce your talents from a clear and creative space. You will enjoy your work and want to help others who may need coaching because once you are in a space of creativity you will automatically want to help. It brings joy and that is a motivating feeling.
What I want to emphasise is that it is by being authentic within yourself that you then are able to produce an abundance of creative work. Your talents will manifest with ease and you will enjoy studying, recognizing that you have an ethical duty to do your very best to achieve excellence. You set the bar because that is the level of understanding that you want to achieve for yourself and show in your work with confidence.
Whether it is for support, assistance with identifying and developing goals, or learning how to meditate please contact me at:
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Core beliefs are our own attitudes about ourselves.
We engage with the world from our own perspective and so we have differences of opinions to outright conflict due to our beliefs. Core beliefs that are held by youth can differ depending on the cultural context and our conditioning. In Kansas City where I am living we have a lovely and swanky area called the Plaza. It used to have a supermarket that was more upscale than price chopper for sure but it went out of business several years ago and not has been replaced. A core belief that I have is that there are disparities based on race and culture and that the ones who have had the good fortune to earn the most money are ones with the cultural connections and families who inherited wealth.
We saw a rebellion in the Plaza earlier this year when a thousand young African American youths descended on the area to hang out and create conflict due to their mere presence. A core belief held by people who are mostly white is that they have the right to shop in peace and enjoy spending their wealth on goods that are for the elite minority. I believe that we have the right to earn money and I am all for it. I don't like poverty and don't like it when you have to exist in a society where there are barriers to becoming wealthy. It's called the old boy's club where depending on who you family is or who you know carries more weight than your talents.
Each generation has some distinguishing characteristics that make a statement about their core beliefs. Generally I believe due to peer pressure individual thinking is not as common among youth as being part of a wave of new thoughts and the resulting expression of those thoughts via their behaviors. When I was a youth just by following the Rolling Stones and The Beatles meant that you were counter culture to the older generation. I adapted the same core beliefs as my peers that sexual freedom was a way of opening up and relating to the world of taboo and ending a systemic cultural conditioning that sex was reserved for marriage. I for one didn't want to get married and when the time came when I felt the pressure to get married I had an opportunity to move to the Midwest, USA.
A core belief of the young people who invaded the sanctity of the Plaza where it can be viewed as sacred ground for the wealth of the area is that they deserve to be respected. They are looking to enjoy the same freedoms as others but haven't got the doe (money) and pedigree to go along with their ideas of being free to enjoy the fruits of the good life. They are pushing back in much the same way that I see the everyday French people who are pushing back at those who have taken over streets in Paris to kneel down and pray. Here again we have conflict resulting from opposing sets of core beliefs and it's territorial in much the same way that the African American youth choose a territory to exhibit how they felt about the rich in Kansas City.
The Indian Spiritual Masters whom I have studied with help transform us individually through their talks which are based on philosophy and science to help us to realign our thinking and become better people. We have all been conditioned by our families and culture and loose touch with our true identity and our inner home of the heart which we share with God. Through meditation and other spiritual practices such as jappa which is the repetition of a mantra, or God's name. You can use whatever name that God is known to you and that is pure, holy and dear. My Teacher has given a Sirnam which is a set of different names of God that are repeated silently. The Master gives the names to the student and it is something which is kept as a sacred and significant bond and tool for the spiritual journey to sound and light meditation. Meditation is not merely a method of using silence and stillness to feel calm and increase concentration. It is a vehicle whereby you are enabled to connect with God and experience your own greatness.
One of the core beliefs that most of us are taught and conditioned by our culture, is that to think of one self as great is not good and anyone who would share that personal core belief may find themselves ostracised by others. We even have labels for people. Big head, self centered and so on and so on. The truth is that we are all great in God's eyes and the Bible even says that we are created in God's image. My Teacher said during a New Year's talk that we should learn to put ourselves first because we can have all the zero's in the world, but unless there is a one first they don't amount to anything! My Teacher's Master who came to the United States in the seventies said that we should honor, respect and love ourselves because God dwells within us as us. A core belief that we are taught in the West is that God exists some where up in the heavens. Jesus proclaimed that the Kingdom of God is within. Another Saint whom I love so much said that we should go into our hearts and roam because there is no other place that is as sacred.
I believe that youths today are seeking to find happiness in much the same way that most of us start to at least, through external sources. True joy and happiness happens on the inside and it's not necessary to have luxuries and money to feel blissful. I personally would rather not be poor and that is the way my personality is. I am not comfortable going to fancy places because I am more likely to align my attention and concern for those who are working in such places and I never feel comfortable being on beaches where other's can enjoy because they are isolated in some ghetto like part of the town. I noticed a parallel town in Naples, Florida where I used to visit my sister with my daughter when she was young. It wasn't until we went to a store in a part of town that her husband was looking for bathroom fixtures or something that I realized that there were duplexes that housed a poor African American community.
My core belief that got me to this country was that I would be free to choose the type of lifestyle that I wanted. I worked hard and completed my education at The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, graduating with a Master of Science Degree in nursing. Being an entrepreneur I opened a business and then closed it due to issues with the state board of nursing. A core belief of mine is that it is both good for your own personal development as well as helps others through volunteering. I volunteered in prisons where I helped inmates manage their own spiritual programs and support each other as they served out their time. Since I returned to Kansas City after working in the Bay Area, California I cleared up the issues had come up with the state boards in my absence and have found once again that the board posted something untrue about my standing on their web.
A core belief that I may have in common with the African American youths is that they have the right to have the support and use of resources. I think that the event caused enough of a stir that leadership has been putting their heads together to come up with some solutions. I hope that one of the solutions is to educate everyone about respect. I don't think that my spiritual Master's would condone behaviors that are disorderly. However, I do note that they pay an immense amount of time and attention toward the youth and developing programs to support leadership among them. I think that it is time that people learned to grow and expand their thinking to incorporate the whole community.
At my grandson's Christening I was moved when the Priest asked the congregation to open up to the African American community who lived just blocks away across the boulevard that seperates one section of town from the other. I hope that their community embraces this idea and welcomes African Americans especially their youth. It begins with each one of us to take the responsibility to stand up one by one when we experience things in our lives that aren't just and spread kindness wherever it occurs. Just yesterday someone wrote on my facebook wall in a nasty way about children from a certain minority. I am thinking of finding a way to keep a statement posted on my wall to the effect that I do not believe in being unkind no matter what the political issues might be. I personally am quite conservative but I again responded to the chatter that had been going on over a picture of The First Lady taken from behind that they needed to "drop,"the thread.
I would like you to start with yourself and write a list of what your own core beliefs about yourself are. Negative ones that typically drive peoples self critical inner dialogue are ones such as (I'm ugly, stupid, not good at...., not likable ect.)
Once you learn to identify what they are you can then challenge your thinking that is driven by these sets of beliefs like an inner engine.
Meditation is the key to the engine so that you can turn off this useless nonsense that goes around inside peoples heads. Meditate daily and eat a vegetarian diet. Think good thoughts about yourself.
Please contact me at:
We saw a rebellion in the Plaza earlier this year when a thousand young African American youths descended on the area to hang out and create conflict due to their mere presence. A core belief held by people who are mostly white is that they have the right to shop in peace and enjoy spending their wealth on goods that are for the elite minority. I believe that we have the right to earn money and I am all for it. I don't like poverty and don't like it when you have to exist in a society where there are barriers to becoming wealthy. It's called the old boy's club where depending on who you family is or who you know carries more weight than your talents.
Each generation has some distinguishing characteristics that make a statement about their core beliefs. Generally I believe due to peer pressure individual thinking is not as common among youth as being part of a wave of new thoughts and the resulting expression of those thoughts via their behaviors. When I was a youth just by following the Rolling Stones and The Beatles meant that you were counter culture to the older generation. I adapted the same core beliefs as my peers that sexual freedom was a way of opening up and relating to the world of taboo and ending a systemic cultural conditioning that sex was reserved for marriage. I for one didn't want to get married and when the time came when I felt the pressure to get married I had an opportunity to move to the Midwest, USA.
A core belief of the young people who invaded the sanctity of the Plaza where it can be viewed as sacred ground for the wealth of the area is that they deserve to be respected. They are looking to enjoy the same freedoms as others but haven't got the doe (money) and pedigree to go along with their ideas of being free to enjoy the fruits of the good life. They are pushing back in much the same way that I see the everyday French people who are pushing back at those who have taken over streets in Paris to kneel down and pray. Here again we have conflict resulting from opposing sets of core beliefs and it's territorial in much the same way that the African American youth choose a territory to exhibit how they felt about the rich in Kansas City.
The Indian Spiritual Masters whom I have studied with help transform us individually through their talks which are based on philosophy and science to help us to realign our thinking and become better people. We have all been conditioned by our families and culture and loose touch with our true identity and our inner home of the heart which we share with God. Through meditation and other spiritual practices such as jappa which is the repetition of a mantra, or God's name. You can use whatever name that God is known to you and that is pure, holy and dear. My Teacher has given a Sirnam which is a set of different names of God that are repeated silently. The Master gives the names to the student and it is something which is kept as a sacred and significant bond and tool for the spiritual journey to sound and light meditation. Meditation is not merely a method of using silence and stillness to feel calm and increase concentration. It is a vehicle whereby you are enabled to connect with God and experience your own greatness.
One of the core beliefs that most of us are taught and conditioned by our culture, is that to think of one self as great is not good and anyone who would share that personal core belief may find themselves ostracised by others. We even have labels for people. Big head, self centered and so on and so on. The truth is that we are all great in God's eyes and the Bible even says that we are created in God's image. My Teacher said during a New Year's talk that we should learn to put ourselves first because we can have all the zero's in the world, but unless there is a one first they don't amount to anything! My Teacher's Master who came to the United States in the seventies said that we should honor, respect and love ourselves because God dwells within us as us. A core belief that we are taught in the West is that God exists some where up in the heavens. Jesus proclaimed that the Kingdom of God is within. Another Saint whom I love so much said that we should go into our hearts and roam because there is no other place that is as sacred.
I believe that youths today are seeking to find happiness in much the same way that most of us start to at least, through external sources. True joy and happiness happens on the inside and it's not necessary to have luxuries and money to feel blissful. I personally would rather not be poor and that is the way my personality is. I am not comfortable going to fancy places because I am more likely to align my attention and concern for those who are working in such places and I never feel comfortable being on beaches where other's can enjoy because they are isolated in some ghetto like part of the town. I noticed a parallel town in Naples, Florida where I used to visit my sister with my daughter when she was young. It wasn't until we went to a store in a part of town that her husband was looking for bathroom fixtures or something that I realized that there were duplexes that housed a poor African American community.
My core belief that got me to this country was that I would be free to choose the type of lifestyle that I wanted. I worked hard and completed my education at The Catholic University of America, Washington DC, graduating with a Master of Science Degree in nursing. Being an entrepreneur I opened a business and then closed it due to issues with the state board of nursing. A core belief of mine is that it is both good for your own personal development as well as helps others through volunteering. I volunteered in prisons where I helped inmates manage their own spiritual programs and support each other as they served out their time. Since I returned to Kansas City after working in the Bay Area, California I cleared up the issues had come up with the state boards in my absence and have found once again that the board posted something untrue about my standing on their web.
A core belief that I may have in common with the African American youths is that they have the right to have the support and use of resources. I think that the event caused enough of a stir that leadership has been putting their heads together to come up with some solutions. I hope that one of the solutions is to educate everyone about respect. I don't think that my spiritual Master's would condone behaviors that are disorderly. However, I do note that they pay an immense amount of time and attention toward the youth and developing programs to support leadership among them. I think that it is time that people learned to grow and expand their thinking to incorporate the whole community.
At my grandson's Christening I was moved when the Priest asked the congregation to open up to the African American community who lived just blocks away across the boulevard that seperates one section of town from the other. I hope that their community embraces this idea and welcomes African Americans especially their youth. It begins with each one of us to take the responsibility to stand up one by one when we experience things in our lives that aren't just and spread kindness wherever it occurs. Just yesterday someone wrote on my facebook wall in a nasty way about children from a certain minority. I am thinking of finding a way to keep a statement posted on my wall to the effect that I do not believe in being unkind no matter what the political issues might be. I personally am quite conservative but I again responded to the chatter that had been going on over a picture of The First Lady taken from behind that they needed to "drop,"the thread.
I would like you to start with yourself and write a list of what your own core beliefs about yourself are. Negative ones that typically drive peoples self critical inner dialogue are ones such as (I'm ugly, stupid, not good at...., not likable ect.)
Once you learn to identify what they are you can then challenge your thinking that is driven by these sets of beliefs like an inner engine.
Meditation is the key to the engine so that you can turn off this useless nonsense that goes around inside peoples heads. Meditate daily and eat a vegetarian diet. Think good thoughts about yourself.
Please contact me at:
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Nature is the present.
Nature follows the lead from the universe. Flowers turn their heads toward the sun and close their petals inward when the sun goes down at night. Birds follow magnetic fields during migration that are unseen to the human eye. They can fly to their destination because they are attuned to what God has given them. Similarly have been given the gift of discernment and intuition as tools to traverse our daily lives and transcend problems, and keep ourselves safe. When we focus our energy in the present moment we align ourselves with all the forces of the universe. They act for our good and whatever we are meant to do will be take us in the right direction. When we spend our time worrying about what will happen in any part of our lives we expend energy. Be good to yourself and spend time during the day alone, in silence. Take a walk away from the office computer and phones. Walk in the park and watch the birds and see which way the wind is blowing. Consider the direction of the wind and contemplate the direction your life is taking. Connect with the Self during your time alone with nature. There is communication with God in our encounters with nature. We have to attune ourselves and open our hearts to how God manifests in various forms in nature.
The nature of man in another aspect that we can look at and ponder why we are given this great opportunity in this life to find God and yet stay focused on one another in more primitive relationships that involve hatred and crime. I have viewed videos of women being beaten a(s well as men, but less often,) in country's where Sharia law is practiced and enforced against its victims. Most of the women were brutally beaten for the accused "crime" of adultery. Some, pregnant at the time they were picked up and isolated from the crowd. Men who practice the Muslim faith are devoid of their humanness and it is a pattern of brutality I have seen in Nazi guards in concentration camps. We have a choice to either transcend and become more loving and caring of others or we can become brutal and uncaring. As I have networked with others I have been advised not to judge the whole culture based on the relatively few examples. My response is that we have been given a life which is precious in God's sight and not to waste it on immorality or let it fall into the hands of those who would do us harm. We can continue to do our spiritual work while being steadfast not to mistake sheep in wolves clothing. I have observed the tendency to be loving and accepting in spiritual communities and it leaves people at risk for those who do not respect our goodness.
My teacher once told of a story about a fox that was looking for food and shelter when he came across a cave with a lion in it. He came as close to the mouth of the cave that seemed safe enough for him to check the situation out. The lion was lying on the floor of the cave and said in a pathetic tone that he wasn't feeling well and needed some help from the fox. The fox took a few steps back to assess the situation further as it involved his safety and indeed his very survival. He finally asked the lion why there were foot prints leading into the cave and none coming out? When your survival or the survival of your culture is at stake it can be ravaged in a short time by those who have savage values.
Another illustration was used by a Teacher who taught my own a story about a turtle who saw that a scorpion was stranded on the banks of a river and unable to cross appealed for a ride on the back of the amphibian. The turtle began to swim with the scorpion sitting above the water line, making headway for the opposite bank when the scorpion stung the turtle on the back of its neck several times for no reason. The turtle managed to get to the other shore and the scorpion then got off its back. The turtle was doing its fellow creature a kindness and the scorpion was only doing what was natural to its nature. Sting!
Nature is raw and full of vitality. It doesn't recognize political correctness. It is quite a social faux pas to express views that differ from the norm in western cultures. There is an immense tendency to expect conformity around certain cultural core beliefs and values that is similar to how Muslims interpret their own Koran and mold their behaviors accordingly. With little outside influence they tend to think that their way of living is the best and holds the truth for them within that context. I think that it is because of their rigidity in thinking and not necessarily instinct that will save the United States because whether the news or this administration calls it a religious war or not it is! Jihad is a force that is now on our door step and we cannot sweet it away. and deny its existence or intention to do us harm. Our leaders have been slumbering or perhaps participating in our demise, at least some. Whether it is out of indulgence, ignorance and neglect, or perhaps intentional we are over our heads with issues that run the gamut from economic to military deficits. Two financial institutions that were the platforms from which the housing market collapsed were Fannie Mae and Freddie Mack. Two Senators are responsible for stopping investigations and implementing oversight from 2002 on - Barney Frank and Charles Shumner. I believe we the people are paying attention to what politicians are doing more than ever before and I believe that these two individuals need to be held personally accountable for misleading the public about a system that was broken and about to cause a huge financial crisis for this nation.
Intuition and spiritual growth go hand in glove together and I believe that some people are operating from their defense mechanisms of denial and suppression. It takes time to peel away all the layers of conditioning. One of the ways that these mechanisms are reinforced by society is through political correctness which says that you will not be allowed to say the obvious even if it is true. People like pedophiles have rights beyond that of regular citizens who won't to stay clear of them in their own lives as well as feel alarmed when they become aware that they are part of our communities which puts their children at risk.
Spiritual communities will often see our "sins" as something that we are forgiven for and that we should not judge is the message. My interpretation is that it is good to be forgiven and admit sins (wrong actions,) but there are rights for others to protect themselves. There are absolute truths and harm from individuals whose actions amount to evil needs to be acknowledged and brought out into the open. An absolute truth that I will support is that we should have second amendment rights to protect ourselves with guns. This may be an individual choice for those who feel confident in their responsible use a weapon. When it comes to survival our Constitution was framed around our freedoms that can be lost without a means of protecting ourselves. A post on the web today reminded readers that slaves have always been disarmed. We should contemplate our survival and how much we are willing to defend our freedoms that can be threatened by internal or external sources. We say the pledge of alliance to the United States of America and commit to defending ourselves with guns.
Use your instincts and don't deny what you find when you get a feel for what is going. You will experience a shift in the gut region of the body and upper torso. Don't let go of that. Breath easy and relax into what your body is telling you and listen. Once I had a relationship with a man who was charming in the beginning. He visited my teacher with me one summer at the spiritual retreat. All the while I saw him through the rose colored glasses of love and really kept denying the warning signs that were there. He was from the Middle East and was of the Muslim faith. His attitude toward women became problematic in our relationship over time and we ended the relationship several times before I moved back to the Mid West. As we approached my Teacher my heart started to race and I could hear it pounding loudly. Then I experienced loud ringing in my ears like fire-fighters bells that they used to carry on their engines and ring when they were called to action. My friend kneeled in front of my Teacher as everyone else did and I noted the look of surprise on my Teachers face. Someone I worked with said that the only thing that could have been worse for him was if she was a Jewess! My friend's thought projection was to kick her ass and she of course picked up on his thoughts.
Relationships are tricky because we are so deeply wanting a fairy book story for our own needs to be met and self validation. Whether it is a personal relationship or on a national scale such as the relationship between Islam and Christianity we need to see the warning signs and take measures to protect ourselves. Italy has just announced that it will not recognize Islam as a religion nor give it tax privileges. The home of Catholicism recognises that Islam is an enemy of Christ and all followers as well as any other religion. So if you consider yourself spiritual and do not identify with the core Christian beliefs of Christ as Savior doesn't exclude you from being an infidel. They have made known that Sharia Law will prevail over Western Law. Berkeley has a class that just began to teach Eastern culture and Sharia Law to their Muslim students. Why would they want to study their barbaric law when they are living in the greatest country in the world with the fairest system of Justice? This is how Sharia Law infiltrates - I read where a Judge in Germany refused a woman her divorce from her husband because in the Middle East where they were from her husband could beat her by law. Islam is a danger to women and I would like to encourage women to look at videos on the web and see how the police and society in general brutalize them over accusations mainly to do with sexuality.
I am a Life Coach and work with individuals who wish to change their lives through learning Meditation and connecting to the love within that empowers all other actions.
Please feel free to contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com
http://www.Twitter.com/Langata145
The nature of man in another aspect that we can look at and ponder why we are given this great opportunity in this life to find God and yet stay focused on one another in more primitive relationships that involve hatred and crime. I have viewed videos of women being beaten a(s well as men, but less often,) in country's where Sharia law is practiced and enforced against its victims. Most of the women were brutally beaten for the accused "crime" of adultery. Some, pregnant at the time they were picked up and isolated from the crowd. Men who practice the Muslim faith are devoid of their humanness and it is a pattern of brutality I have seen in Nazi guards in concentration camps. We have a choice to either transcend and become more loving and caring of others or we can become brutal and uncaring. As I have networked with others I have been advised not to judge the whole culture based on the relatively few examples. My response is that we have been given a life which is precious in God's sight and not to waste it on immorality or let it fall into the hands of those who would do us harm. We can continue to do our spiritual work while being steadfast not to mistake sheep in wolves clothing. I have observed the tendency to be loving and accepting in spiritual communities and it leaves people at risk for those who do not respect our goodness.
My teacher once told of a story about a fox that was looking for food and shelter when he came across a cave with a lion in it. He came as close to the mouth of the cave that seemed safe enough for him to check the situation out. The lion was lying on the floor of the cave and said in a pathetic tone that he wasn't feeling well and needed some help from the fox. The fox took a few steps back to assess the situation further as it involved his safety and indeed his very survival. He finally asked the lion why there were foot prints leading into the cave and none coming out? When your survival or the survival of your culture is at stake it can be ravaged in a short time by those who have savage values.
Another illustration was used by a Teacher who taught my own a story about a turtle who saw that a scorpion was stranded on the banks of a river and unable to cross appealed for a ride on the back of the amphibian. The turtle began to swim with the scorpion sitting above the water line, making headway for the opposite bank when the scorpion stung the turtle on the back of its neck several times for no reason. The turtle managed to get to the other shore and the scorpion then got off its back. The turtle was doing its fellow creature a kindness and the scorpion was only doing what was natural to its nature. Sting!
Nature is raw and full of vitality. It doesn't recognize political correctness. It is quite a social faux pas to express views that differ from the norm in western cultures. There is an immense tendency to expect conformity around certain cultural core beliefs and values that is similar to how Muslims interpret their own Koran and mold their behaviors accordingly. With little outside influence they tend to think that their way of living is the best and holds the truth for them within that context. I think that it is because of their rigidity in thinking and not necessarily instinct that will save the United States because whether the news or this administration calls it a religious war or not it is! Jihad is a force that is now on our door step and we cannot sweet it away. and deny its existence or intention to do us harm. Our leaders have been slumbering or perhaps participating in our demise, at least some. Whether it is out of indulgence, ignorance and neglect, or perhaps intentional we are over our heads with issues that run the gamut from economic to military deficits. Two financial institutions that were the platforms from which the housing market collapsed were Fannie Mae and Freddie Mack. Two Senators are responsible for stopping investigations and implementing oversight from 2002 on - Barney Frank and Charles Shumner. I believe we the people are paying attention to what politicians are doing more than ever before and I believe that these two individuals need to be held personally accountable for misleading the public about a system that was broken and about to cause a huge financial crisis for this nation.
Intuition and spiritual growth go hand in glove together and I believe that some people are operating from their defense mechanisms of denial and suppression. It takes time to peel away all the layers of conditioning. One of the ways that these mechanisms are reinforced by society is through political correctness which says that you will not be allowed to say the obvious even if it is true. People like pedophiles have rights beyond that of regular citizens who won't to stay clear of them in their own lives as well as feel alarmed when they become aware that they are part of our communities which puts their children at risk.
Spiritual communities will often see our "sins" as something that we are forgiven for and that we should not judge is the message. My interpretation is that it is good to be forgiven and admit sins (wrong actions,) but there are rights for others to protect themselves. There are absolute truths and harm from individuals whose actions amount to evil needs to be acknowledged and brought out into the open. An absolute truth that I will support is that we should have second amendment rights to protect ourselves with guns. This may be an individual choice for those who feel confident in their responsible use a weapon. When it comes to survival our Constitution was framed around our freedoms that can be lost without a means of protecting ourselves. A post on the web today reminded readers that slaves have always been disarmed. We should contemplate our survival and how much we are willing to defend our freedoms that can be threatened by internal or external sources. We say the pledge of alliance to the United States of America and commit to defending ourselves with guns.
Use your instincts and don't deny what you find when you get a feel for what is going. You will experience a shift in the gut region of the body and upper torso. Don't let go of that. Breath easy and relax into what your body is telling you and listen. Once I had a relationship with a man who was charming in the beginning. He visited my teacher with me one summer at the spiritual retreat. All the while I saw him through the rose colored glasses of love and really kept denying the warning signs that were there. He was from the Middle East and was of the Muslim faith. His attitude toward women became problematic in our relationship over time and we ended the relationship several times before I moved back to the Mid West. As we approached my Teacher my heart started to race and I could hear it pounding loudly. Then I experienced loud ringing in my ears like fire-fighters bells that they used to carry on their engines and ring when they were called to action. My friend kneeled in front of my Teacher as everyone else did and I noted the look of surprise on my Teachers face. Someone I worked with said that the only thing that could have been worse for him was if she was a Jewess! My friend's thought projection was to kick her ass and she of course picked up on his thoughts.
Relationships are tricky because we are so deeply wanting a fairy book story for our own needs to be met and self validation. Whether it is a personal relationship or on a national scale such as the relationship between Islam and Christianity we need to see the warning signs and take measures to protect ourselves. Italy has just announced that it will not recognize Islam as a religion nor give it tax privileges. The home of Catholicism recognises that Islam is an enemy of Christ and all followers as well as any other religion. So if you consider yourself spiritual and do not identify with the core Christian beliefs of Christ as Savior doesn't exclude you from being an infidel. They have made known that Sharia Law will prevail over Western Law. Berkeley has a class that just began to teach Eastern culture and Sharia Law to their Muslim students. Why would they want to study their barbaric law when they are living in the greatest country in the world with the fairest system of Justice? This is how Sharia Law infiltrates - I read where a Judge in Germany refused a woman her divorce from her husband because in the Middle East where they were from her husband could beat her by law. Islam is a danger to women and I would like to encourage women to look at videos on the web and see how the police and society in general brutalize them over accusations mainly to do with sexuality.
I am a Life Coach and work with individuals who wish to change their lives through learning Meditation and connecting to the love within that empowers all other actions.
Please feel free to contact me at lawrencerita511@gmail.com
http://www.Twitter.com/Langata145
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Family Spiritual Responsibility
Your first spiritual responsibility is to know God and know yourself. If you are dense on the inside due to the accumulation of emotional baggage that we all manage to pack inside ourselves as a result of outside pressures and projections on us from family, society, mentors, educational institutions etc. We have to begin with Meditation and spiritual initiation when we want to know our own selves. That means incorporating a discipline into your life that allows to schedule time to meditate. I recently heard that one Spiritual Master instructed his followers to meditate for at least two and a half hours daily. Once we are clear of all the past debris we are able to hear and see God on the inside. My Teacher teaches us Light and Sound Meditation. The clearer you become the more you will experience God. The density could be represented in the Beatitudes when Christ said that with out Love we are but a langing bell! That is what happens with our own light and sound vibrations when God's power enters it doesn't resonate at the highest freqencies with our own vibrations which makes it a clang rather that a heavenly bell. Learn to give love and listen to God in Meditation.
I recommend that you start in small increments and be patient with yourselves. Don’t think all is lost because you slip from your daily practice from time to time. Being part of a group that is practicing is a good thing and this can be done via web. I emphasize that you need to be initiated by a Spiritual Master to begin the real work of Spiritual Enlightenment. The initiate is then under the Divine guidance of the Master to enable their spiritual advancement to be tailored to their individual needs. I will make certain that you understand that I am not here to recruit anyone to follow my path or the way I have approached spirituality. I encourage all to find their own path. Spiritual Masters do not recommend that people leave their religion. In fact you will find the true meaning of your religion once you become spiritually awakened and love your God with all your heart.
Many people of different cultures and nationalities come to the United States because we have been a nation that has given all equal opportunity. The first step and sign of enculturation into the dominant culture is English language acquisition. It is vital that parents of children coming to the US speak English in the home so that the children will naturally identify with the dominant culture. I realize now why children of immigrants from Europe quite often didn’t speak their native language because their parents and grandparents realized that being assimilated into the culture was more important for their personal, educational and career success. I am English so I didn’t have a language barrier coming to the US however there were cultural barriers. Things were done in a different way that made me feel uncomfortable. I used to belong to one English group but always thought that it is the individual whom I am interested in knowing and I don’t seek friendships purely because of a common English heritage.
Religion and spirituality are taught in the home and children learn certain behaviors that are influenced by the dominant culture. One such behavior is meat eating. I never liked meat as a child and once I was on the spiritual path I had an experience of one of the Masters speaking to me inside during Meditation in an intensive, giving me fatherly instructions on what I was to wear and the food I was to avoid and that left vegetarianism as the path for my health. It has been a proactive measure on my part because my father died of cancer of the colon at age forty-eight and this has a high correlation with genes that are passed down. I have never eaten meat or fish since. It wasn't something I struggled with because I didn't have the desire for meat eating anyway. Now I rarely eat eggs but have always eaten free-range eggs. With the options for soy products on the market it makes it easier to choose. My first Teacher did not emphasize vegetarianism directly that I can recall however vegetarian meals where always served in her spiritual home/retreat. A close friend and reliable source once said that she had witnessed our Teacher telling a woman that she should eat red meat for her particular body type and needs. With the higher ethical standards and behavioral expectations toward others and creatures the spiritual path would ask you whether you to find a source that doesn’t involve violence toward the animals that are slaughtered and their lives before that should be as free as possible. These are considerations for your development and only for your to decide. You will know inside how it feels without meat. My Teacher asks people, “Why make your body into a grave-yard?”
Meat eating is a part of American culture and I live in the Midwest that has a big cattle industry. It wasn’t until 2005 that I identified the trailer trucks that ship animals on our highways. During a break as a rest area on the way to Wichita to open a Meditation program at a state prison, I happened to notice the nose and mouth of a cow trying to catch some air and discern where she was in the outside summer air. I realized that I could not just go up to the back of the trailer and open the door and let them loose as my first impulse was to do. I could only pray and repeat the Mantra my Teacher had given us to use to invoke the power of the Teacher and God. I still feel the same struggle when I pass these evil entities on the highways and feel for the animals who are being taken to slaughter houses. In France a few years ago the press followed two pigs who had escaped from being taken into the slaughter house they had been delivered to by one such vehicle. The pigs ran around in the country side and everyone followed the story hoping that they wouldn’t get caught and taken back. I follow animal rescue mission work on http://www.Twitter.com/Langata145 if you would like to join me and link with them too. The work is important and the more people who spread the word and find homes for these animals who are great characters and individuals just like our house pets. I taught at a junior college in Kansas and was called “Wacco” by a faculty member because she knew about my spiritual beliefs and by another I was told in a very abrasive way, “You are in the Midwest and we eat meat!” I found other work and have found that people who work in the medical field are sometimes the most rigid and in the box thinkers.
Children who are from homes where meat is not part of their diet should have vegetarian meals in schools. They can be role models for their peers on humane practices and healthy lifestyles. They will feel the difference during the afternoon activities when they are not trying to digest meats but rather have proteins in the form of i.e. soy dog as a substitute for hotdogs. My daughter used to say that she didn’t feel good after her father used to encourage her to eat steak as opposed to how she felt when she ate vegetarian meals with me. Sometimes children will just have to experiment and it’s not the undermining of the system or a particular parent who will win but the child’s innate intelligence and body feedback. Spirituality means empowerment. Can you imagine a world without Mahatma Gandhi? He worked on changing things that were corrupt and unjust in his society while focusing on God and being a Spiritual Leader to many. As a parent you know that you have a responsibility to speak up for your children’s needs. Meet with parent groups and school officials. Send letters to the school district administrative offices and send a carbon copy to the School Dietician. Nothing changes by itself and your children’s health and spiritual wellness is at risk due to the ignorance of others. It’s up to you as parents to take responsibility for the lives of your children.
Another area of contention for parents, particularly from cultures where sexuality and dating are taboo until the person is married. So an Indian family may have children who are in an American school system who is exposed to the same mores as the rest of the kids that includes sexually revealing school clothes and make up for girls and rap music and jeans that are worn below the hips for boys. It is just not socially acceptable. American children may not have spiritual or religious guidance in the home because some families have been led to believe that there is no God. Now we have a dummying of America in the school with lower standards of morality and educational expectations. Be aware that this movement has been alive for many years and the more people who move away from God the faster and greater the influence and power they hold over our society and culture. There are organizations and studies that support teaching high school children about sexual abstinence. Go to the following below link for more information. Take a stance and you will find that the power that you have been given will support and guide your words. Take a stand for what is right for your children.
http://www.heritage.org/Issues/Sex-Education-and-Abstinence
This is a White Paper On Sex Education and Abstinence
Teenage Sexual Abstinence and Academic Achievement
Published on October 27, 2005 by Robert Rector and Kirk Johnson, Ph.D.
I will discuss more about rearing children in a cross-cultural context and the importance of US citizenship in my next blog.
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I recommend that you start in small increments and be patient with yourselves. Don’t think all is lost because you slip from your daily practice from time to time. Being part of a group that is practicing is a good thing and this can be done via web. I emphasize that you need to be initiated by a Spiritual Master to begin the real work of Spiritual Enlightenment. The initiate is then under the Divine guidance of the Master to enable their spiritual advancement to be tailored to their individual needs. I will make certain that you understand that I am not here to recruit anyone to follow my path or the way I have approached spirituality. I encourage all to find their own path. Spiritual Masters do not recommend that people leave their religion. In fact you will find the true meaning of your religion once you become spiritually awakened and love your God with all your heart.
Many people of different cultures and nationalities come to the United States because we have been a nation that has given all equal opportunity. The first step and sign of enculturation into the dominant culture is English language acquisition. It is vital that parents of children coming to the US speak English in the home so that the children will naturally identify with the dominant culture. I realize now why children of immigrants from Europe quite often didn’t speak their native language because their parents and grandparents realized that being assimilated into the culture was more important for their personal, educational and career success. I am English so I didn’t have a language barrier coming to the US however there were cultural barriers. Things were done in a different way that made me feel uncomfortable. I used to belong to one English group but always thought that it is the individual whom I am interested in knowing and I don’t seek friendships purely because of a common English heritage.
Religion and spirituality are taught in the home and children learn certain behaviors that are influenced by the dominant culture. One such behavior is meat eating. I never liked meat as a child and once I was on the spiritual path I had an experience of one of the Masters speaking to me inside during Meditation in an intensive, giving me fatherly instructions on what I was to wear and the food I was to avoid and that left vegetarianism as the path for my health. It has been a proactive measure on my part because my father died of cancer of the colon at age forty-eight and this has a high correlation with genes that are passed down. I have never eaten meat or fish since. It wasn't something I struggled with because I didn't have the desire for meat eating anyway. Now I rarely eat eggs but have always eaten free-range eggs. With the options for soy products on the market it makes it easier to choose. My first Teacher did not emphasize vegetarianism directly that I can recall however vegetarian meals where always served in her spiritual home/retreat. A close friend and reliable source once said that she had witnessed our Teacher telling a woman that she should eat red meat for her particular body type and needs. With the higher ethical standards and behavioral expectations toward others and creatures the spiritual path would ask you whether you to find a source that doesn’t involve violence toward the animals that are slaughtered and their lives before that should be as free as possible. These are considerations for your development and only for your to decide. You will know inside how it feels without meat. My Teacher asks people, “Why make your body into a grave-yard?”
Meat eating is a part of American culture and I live in the Midwest that has a big cattle industry. It wasn’t until 2005 that I identified the trailer trucks that ship animals on our highways. During a break as a rest area on the way to Wichita to open a Meditation program at a state prison, I happened to notice the nose and mouth of a cow trying to catch some air and discern where she was in the outside summer air. I realized that I could not just go up to the back of the trailer and open the door and let them loose as my first impulse was to do. I could only pray and repeat the Mantra my Teacher had given us to use to invoke the power of the Teacher and God. I still feel the same struggle when I pass these evil entities on the highways and feel for the animals who are being taken to slaughter houses. In France a few years ago the press followed two pigs who had escaped from being taken into the slaughter house they had been delivered to by one such vehicle. The pigs ran around in the country side and everyone followed the story hoping that they wouldn’t get caught and taken back. I follow animal rescue mission work on http://www.Twitter.com/Langata145 if you would like to join me and link with them too. The work is important and the more people who spread the word and find homes for these animals who are great characters and individuals just like our house pets. I taught at a junior college in Kansas and was called “Wacco” by a faculty member because she knew about my spiritual beliefs and by another I was told in a very abrasive way, “You are in the Midwest and we eat meat!” I found other work and have found that people who work in the medical field are sometimes the most rigid and in the box thinkers.
Children who are from homes where meat is not part of their diet should have vegetarian meals in schools. They can be role models for their peers on humane practices and healthy lifestyles. They will feel the difference during the afternoon activities when they are not trying to digest meats but rather have proteins in the form of i.e. soy dog as a substitute for hotdogs. My daughter used to say that she didn’t feel good after her father used to encourage her to eat steak as opposed to how she felt when she ate vegetarian meals with me. Sometimes children will just have to experiment and it’s not the undermining of the system or a particular parent who will win but the child’s innate intelligence and body feedback. Spirituality means empowerment. Can you imagine a world without Mahatma Gandhi? He worked on changing things that were corrupt and unjust in his society while focusing on God and being a Spiritual Leader to many. As a parent you know that you have a responsibility to speak up for your children’s needs. Meet with parent groups and school officials. Send letters to the school district administrative offices and send a carbon copy to the School Dietician. Nothing changes by itself and your children’s health and spiritual wellness is at risk due to the ignorance of others. It’s up to you as parents to take responsibility for the lives of your children.
Another area of contention for parents, particularly from cultures where sexuality and dating are taboo until the person is married. So an Indian family may have children who are in an American school system who is exposed to the same mores as the rest of the kids that includes sexually revealing school clothes and make up for girls and rap music and jeans that are worn below the hips for boys. It is just not socially acceptable. American children may not have spiritual or religious guidance in the home because some families have been led to believe that there is no God. Now we have a dummying of America in the school with lower standards of morality and educational expectations. Be aware that this movement has been alive for many years and the more people who move away from God the faster and greater the influence and power they hold over our society and culture. There are organizations and studies that support teaching high school children about sexual abstinence. Go to the following below link for more information. Take a stance and you will find that the power that you have been given will support and guide your words. Take a stand for what is right for your children.
http://www.heritage.org/Issues/Sex-Education-and-Abstinence
This is a White Paper On Sex Education and Abstinence
Teenage Sexual Abstinence and Academic Achievement
Published on October 27, 2005 by Robert Rector and Kirk Johnson, Ph.D.
I will discuss more about rearing children in a cross-cultural context and the importance of US citizenship in my next blog.
Please feel free to contact me with questions: lawrencerita511@gmail.com
http://www.Facebook.com/SpiritualLife
http://www.Twitter.com/Langata145
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