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I’m Just Sayin-Harmony in the Dissonance- A Daily Conscious Decision-Voiced

I’m Just Sayin-Harmony in the Dissonance-

A Daily Conscious Decision-Voiced-#130

It’s all about Perspective-

***For translation of the text of the blog: touch the Blue Globe on the top right-hand corner.

Harmony In Spite the Dissonance

Living our lives in dissonance while trying to live our lives in harmony with ourselves, others and nature.

Definitions according to Webster’s Dictionary:

Cognitive Dissonance-

It refers to the mental conflict that occurs when a person’s behaviors and beliefs do not align.  It may also happen when a person holds two beliefs that contradict one another.  Cognitive dissonance causes feelings of unease and tension, and people attempt to relieve this discomfort in different ways.

Harmony-

It refers to an agreement in action, opinion, feeling things on one accord. Harmony refers to order or congruity of parts to their whole or to one another.

It seems to be a constant effort to sort through the maze of cognitive dissonance that is ever present in trying to engulf us in a state of unease and tension.  It captivates and distracts us from enjoying the harmony and peace that we are not only entitled to but are worthy of.

Our life cannot thrive in a state of dissonance and confusion. It puts us in a survival modality of living and that prohibits us from realizing the full potential of our destiny, and the abundance of joy that could be experienced. How do we rise above this state of dissonance and discord in our lives?

The first thing I would suggest is to acknowledge the presence and draw that confusion and dissonance can have on our lives. 

Secondly, call it out when you feel it or slip into its grasp.

Thirdly, take an inventory of where this discord is coming from and what or who is trying to engage you into stepping out of yourself and falling prey to this state of upset that impacts you physically, emotionally, and spiritually. 

Fourthly, you have to create a ritual of defense that can be used to circumvent the noise and drama that is trying to captivate your attention. 

Take deep breaths! Close your eyes for a moment! Think of something that makes you smile and comfortable- at ease! Transfer your spirit being into another place that resides outside of the confusion and drama. 

The more you practice your ritual, the more you will be able to instinctually remove yourself from situations and people that do not support your well-being. We have to work intentionally to keep our peace and live in harmony with ourselves, others and nature. We are worthy of a joy filled life to balance out the dissonance that will come our way naturally. 

Peace Be Still!   Surround yourself with “Light”!  Be the “Light” you are seeking.  Let Nothing, No one or any circumstance in life dim or diminish your “Light”!  That Inner “Light “ is the essence of your soul!

So, breathe deeply! Close your eyes and visualize something that brings you back into homeostasis with your soul expression.  May today bring you a sense of peace, joy, and moments of feeling loved and validated for who you are and what you are gifting humanity.

Ashé! Have a Blessed Day!

**Note: These recordings are based on my blog writings, and all of this comes through Spirit.  The recordings are a reflection of the writings and are not edited because I do not want to alter what is coming to me through “Great Spirit”.  I am not seeking perfection, only serving as a vessel to bring love, peace, and joy, to our humanity.

***Thank You, Jim Brickman, for your beautiful music that vibrates through this recording. This is a selection from his album – “Music to Quiet Your Mind and Sooth Your World”.

***Thank You, Nicóle Añgel Evans, for sharing your beautiful photography with us to enhance the essence of what is being channeled.

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Sunday Morning Prayer #123 Our Mantra Prayer for Appreciation-

Sunday Morning Prayer #123

Our Mantra Prayer for Appreciation-       

Chapter Five- From the Upcoming Book “Our Mantra Prayers to Quiet the Mind and Inspire the Soul”.

 I have the greatest appreciation and respect for God’s gift of the beauty of Mother Nature-

 ***For translation of the text of the blog: touch the Blue Globe on the top right-hand corner.

 Our Mantra Prayer for Appreciation~. “Great Spirit”-

It is absolutely amazing how it feels when you are able to be appreciative for the people and blessings in your life.  It really does make a difference in not only your emotional well-being, but it impacts and affects your physiology.  I think it makes you feel more grounded, and joy filled. Appreciation is interrelated to living one’s life in a space of gratitude. 

 It is important to express our appreciation to those that have been supportive of us, and it is important in terms of our own well-being to feel appreciated for our support and engagement in the lives of other to also feel appreciated and valued.

Everyone expresses their appreciation differently and it is usually connected to their life experiences.  We have to be open and receptive to acknowledging and accepting of the way people express themselves.  If we slip into judgement, we might miss an opportunity to on the receiving end of being appreciated and acknowledged for our “acts of kindness and thoughtfulness.  We must learn to give and receive with humility and grace.  Ashé!  Ameen!  Amen!

Our Mantra Prayer for: Appreciation-

I know that the universe has and will give me the opportunities to share my gifts and talents to bless and enrich the lives of others and as a result I will feel in return, that my life is and will be blessed.

So, breathe deeply! Close your eyes and visualize something that brings you back into homeostasis with your soul expression.  May today bring you a sense of peace, joy, and moments of feeling loved and validated for who you are and what you are gifting humanity.

Ashé! Have a Blessed Day!

**Note: These recordings are based on my blog writings, and all of this comes through Spirit.  The recordings are a reflection of the writings and are not edited because I do not want to alter what is coming to me through “Great Spirit”.  I am not seeking perfection, only serving as a vessel to bring love, peace, and joy, to our humanity.

Thank You- Jim Brickman for your beautiful music that vibrates through this recording. This is a selection from his album – “Music to Quiet Your Mind and Sooth Your World”.

 

Thank You -Nicóle Añgel Evans for sharing your beautiful photography with us to enhance the essence of what is being channeled!

 

Stay in Touch:          http://heart4kidsadvocacy.org/

 

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I’m Just Sayin-Not A Holy War! There Are No Wars That “Our One Source” Considers To Be Holy!

I’m Just Sayin-Not A Holy War!

There Are No Wars That “Our One Source” Considers To Be Holy!

Thou Shall Kill!

Thou Shall Not Steal!

Upon This Rock- I Shall Build A House of Worship
for All Mankind to Gather and Worship
One God, The Holy Spirit, Great Spirit, The One Source!

***For translation of the text of the blog: touch the Blue Globe on the top right-hand corner.

Standing on the promises of God! The killing and hate in our world today: It is not a holy war! It is Spiritual warfare! People it is about the evils of:

📍Separation from God

📍Ignorance

📍Greed

📍Ethnocentrism

📍Racial supremacy

📍Poverty

📍Hunger for food to nourish both body and soul

📍Disenfranchisement

📍Mental and emotional illness

📍Fear of loss of something that is impossible to hold on to anyway!

📍Righteous indignation

📍Isolation

📍Alternative facts and truth

📍Me-Myself-and I syndrome

📍Soulless beings that have forfeited the divine purpose of their earthly existence!

📍Ideology that we are no longer “our brother’s keeper”

Satan might be having a field day right now, but as soon as we figure out that ultimately God is in charge and that love, peace, and that the gift of life is in it’s self God’s power within us, we will rise up with wings of angels and reclaim this earth and all that God has endowed humanity with and evil will diminish until all there is -is God! Yes- God is love and all there is is God! And all there really is is -Love!

Wake up in your life and help to usher in that love- 

Speak truth and ethics!

Speak love and respect!

Speak compassion and patience!

Speak it and be it and the vibration that each of us resound will reverberate globally and shift the current that is destroying our planet and deconstructing the divinity of our souls!

 

So, breathe deeply! Close your eyes and visualize something that brings you back into homeostasis with your soul expression.  May today bring you a sense of peace, joy, and moments of feeling loved and validated for who you are and what you are gifting humanity.

Ashé! Have a Blessed Day!

 

**Note: These recordings are based on my blog writings, and all of this comes through Spirit.  The recordings are a reflection of the writings and are not edited because I do not want to alter what is coming to me through “Great Spirit”.  I am not seeking perfection, only serving as a vessel to bring love, peace, and joy, to our humanity.

Thank You Jim Brickman for your beautiful music that vibrates through this recording. This is a selection from his album – “Music to Quiet Your Mind and Sooth Your World”.

Stay in Touch:          http://heart4kidsadvocacy.org/

 

 

 

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The Amazing One Heart-Beat Part 1 -Voiced

One Heart-Beat-Part 1

Sometimes when I fall asleep, I drift back to your sacred womb from where we first met.
I remember it was there I had laid in our time and space when and where it was only you and I dear Mother, that kept me safe and secure from all harm.
Now I rest and snuggle in the warmth of your embrace, to face this world with you by my side.
I am never ever truly alone for I know that the love we share is divinely eternal and rest in the depths of our shared ” One Eternal Loving Heart-Beat”.

***For translation of the text of the blog: touch the Blue Globe on the top right-hand corner.

One Heart-Beat

Part One

Years ago- almost five years now- I had an amazing experience.  I was sitting with my niece Leilani who was at the time pregnant with her third child- Aoluna, when I got a sensation or revelation of the powerful connection between Lei and A0luna! I don’t know why I had not seen this before. Perhaps it was to be in just this moment. It was like I was watching a conversation between just the two of them that was sacredly private.

Although Lei talked to her verbally all the time, this was a different kind of communication. It was like they were at this point A0luna’s development conjoined.  It was like although there were two hearts beating, in this sacred space there was also a heartbeat that they shared. There was in this private time, between Mother and child, “one heart-beat”. 

It felt like it would be an eternal heartbeat that they would share that connected them differently than any other relationship.  It was that connection where Mother will always know her child’s needs and that internal feeling mothers get when they sense their child needs them or is communicating with them on a highly evolved spiritual vibration. I often wondered why when my child, Nicole calls me on the phone, I know the texture of her ring, although I only have one ring tone. I know sometimes before she calls that she is going to call or text.  I know when she needs for me to check in.

Mothers are so blessed to have this sense or connection with their children.  It is a blessing that no matter what occurs in life, there will always be this eternal connection. We as mothers have a responsibility to this blessing!  We must acknowledge it and respond to it.  It is not by chance-it is by divine design. I feel so blessed to have seen this miracle! It was a gift!

There will be more to this revelation forth coming!!

So, breathe deeply! Close your eyes and visualize something that brings you back into homeostasis with your soul expression.  I know now that no matter what the circumstances of our life and our birth, something transpires between mother and child at some point when we are anchored in our mother’s womb, that there is a soul heartbeat that is eternal and sacred.  That conjoining of the heart has nothing to do with the physical world, but everything to do with the world beyond the veil.  May today bring you a sense of peace, joy, and moments of feeling loved and validated for who you are and what you are gifting humanity.

Ashé! Have a Blessed Day!

 **Note: These recordings are based on my blog writings, and all of this comes through Spirit.  The recordings are a reflection of the writings and are not edited because I do not want to alter what is coming to me through “Great Spirit”.  I am not seeking perfection, only serving as a vessel to bring love, peace, and joy, to our humanity.

Thank You Jim Brickman for your beautiful music that vibrates through this recording. This is a selection from his album – “Music to Quiet Your Mind and Sooth Your World”.

Stay in Touch:          http://heart4kidsadvocacy.org/

 

 

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Sunday Morning Prayer- #122-“Aspire”

Sunday Morning Prayer- #122

Taken from Our Upcoming Book-

Our Mantra Prayers to Quiet the Mind and Inspire the “Soul”!

Chapter 7- “Aspire”

The Beauty of Nature Inspires me to Aspire!

***For translation of the text of the blog: touch the Blue Globe on the top right-hand corner.

Our Mantra Prayer for Aspire~ “Great Spirit”-

Fill my mind and heart with the desire to aspire for those elements of life that will bring me joy and fulfillment. Keep me open and available to the reality that there are always new possibilities to enhance and develop the quality of my life. We were born with the gift of wonderment and curiosity that was meant to feed our desire to aspire to be the fullness of who we were designed to be.  We were created to have an energy that leads us to wanting to achieve our greatest potential. 

So many times, that energy is stifled or shut down by other people and situations and if we don’t intentionally protect ourselves from other people’s pain and lack of self-worth, we can do ourselves a great injustice.  The thirst for life is intertwined with gift of aspiring and inspiring.  These two energies can work in harmony, and the dance is one of beauty and excitement.

So- Our Mantra Prayer for Today: Aspire

I will live a life that allows me to aspire to live the fullness of my divined life and inspire others to live a life of joy and fulfillment as well.

So, breathe deeply! Close your eyes and visualize something that brings you back into homeostasis with your soul expression.  May today bring you a sense of peace, joy, and moments of feeling loved and validated for who you are and what you are gifting humanity.

Ashé! Have a Blessed Day!

 

**Note: These recordings are based on my blog writings, and all of this comes through Spirit.  The recordings are a reflection of the writings and are not edited because I do not want to alter what is coming to me through “Great Spirit”.  I am not seeking perfection, only serving as a vessel to bring love, peace, and joy, to our humanity.

Thank You-

Jim Brickman for your beautiful music that vibrates through this recording. This is a selection from his album – “Music to Quiet Your Mind and Sooth Your World”.

 Thank You-

Nicóle Añgel Evans for sharing your beautiful photography with us to enhance the essence of what is being channeled.

Stay in Touch:          http://heart4kidsadvocacy.org/

 

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Spirit Blog #8 -Giving A Voice to the Message of Balance In Life

A Conversation in My Head-#8

The Balancing Act to Sustain Our Life

Chapter Nine–from the upcoming book-

Our Mantra Prayers to Quiet the Mind and Inspire the Soul.

When “Spirit” speaks I “Listen and Do”!

***For translation of the text of the blog: touch the Blue Globe on the top right-hand corner.

I don’t usually use the Mantra Prayers for my other blogs because I reserve these prayers for the “Sunday Prayer Blogs”, but this morning “Great Spirit” filled my spirit to talk about the “Balancing Act” that we are doing to preserve our life and the lives of those we love and care about.  It is a “Balancing Act” to carry on with the things that are necessary to preserve some sense of order and sanity, and at the same time be empathic and compassionate for those that are being terrorized and abused in our country and world.  We have to balance the sanctity of our health and wellbeing and at the same time utilize our gifts and talents to champion the struggle of safeguarding our democracy, the human rights of all our humanity.

Our Mantra Prayer for Balance-

Parents have to intentionally show their children how to balance their mind, body, and spirit in order to live “their best life”.

Our Mantra Prayer for Balance~

 “Great Spirit”,

Strengthen our ability to develop and sustain a mindset that we must hold sacred our intention to implement a lifestyle that is balanced in every arena of our life’s experience.  Let us never lose sight of our need to engage in the things that will care for our mind, body, and spirit.  So often now in today’s society, the expectations are that our “jobs” and societal chaos are the priorities in our life.  This perception is so far off base to what we should hold as a life tenancy.  It is important for our health and well-being in all aspects of our life, to construct a lifestyle where we consciously set an intention to prioritize our life, family, friends, extra-curricular activities, our “work”, and “me time” in a balanced clearly defined a healthy routine. 

We realize that if we operate on a higher more evolved vibration it allows us to be in your “Presence”!  We realize that when we are “Present” in our life, we are in concert with “The Presence”!  Expressing our soul essence in harmony and alignment with Thee gives our life a quality and purpose that is sacred and divine!

Our Mantra Prayer for Today:  Balance

I will live a life that is balanced so that I take care of my mind, body, emotions, and spirit.

So, breathe deeply! Close your eyes and visualize something that brings you back into homeostasis with your soul expression.  May today bring you a sense of peace, joy, and moments of feeling loved and validated for who you are and what you are gifting humanity.

Ashé! Have a Blessed Day!

**Note: These recordings are based on my blog writings, and all of this comes through Spirit.  The recordings are a reflection of the writings and are not edited because I do not want to alter what is coming to me through “Great Spirit”.  I am not seeking perfection, only serving as a vessel to bring love, peace, and joy, to our humanity.

Thank You Jim Brickman for your beautiful music that vibrates through this recording. This is a selection from his album – “Music to Quiet Your Mind and Sooth Your World”.

Stay in Touch:          http://heart4kidsadvocacy.org/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sunday Morning Prayers-Our Mantra Prayer for Dream- Dreamer

Taken from Chapter Twenty-Four-of our upcoming book-“Our Mantra Prayers to Quiet the Mind and Inspire the Soul”

Our Mantra Prayer for Dream- Dreamer-Be The Dreamer in Your Life!

I can hardly imagine what dreams are in a child’s slumber, but I know that they have the potential to manifest all of their dreams. 

Children are devout dreamers that hold the keys to light up our lives!

***For translation of the text of the blog: touch the Blue Globe on the top right-hand corner.

Our Mantra Prayer for Dream- Dreamer:

Dreaming is a crucial part of who we are and how we vision all things beautiful for our life.  Dreaming takes us into the zone of the invisible and launches possibilities for our life into the world of this illusionary reality.  We receive messages as well when we are in our dream state.  They say that when we are mysteriously awakened between the hours of 3:00 am and 5:00 am, we are called the “heavens watchmen”. 

These dreams are information that are sent to give us an understanding of how intricately our lives are tied to the guidance and support of the spiritual world.  Our dreams can be seen as visions for the possibilities of our life that we can chose to manifest.  Dreaming a vision is the first step.  Believing in the dream is the next step, and energizing to manifest those dreams is the ultimate step. Always dare to dream! 

Our Creator manifested the biggest dream ever possible when our souls were envisioned, designed, and created.  We were sent to this Earthly plane to bring into fruition the destiny and purpose of our soul’s identity and gifts so that ultimately, what we have to contribute to humanity enhances and elevates the vibrational possibilities of “Great Spirit’s Dream” for all of us. 

We have to but come into the fullness of our dreams.  Thank You, “Great Spirit”, for loving and divining us to carry humanity forward.  It’s a good life!  Dream big and boldly!

Ashé!  Ashé!  Ameen!  Amen! Shalom!

 Our Mantra Prayer for Today: “Dream- Dreamer”

I am the dreamer in my life and with these dreams I hold my keys to experiencing the fullness of life for myself and humanity. I shall dream in my slumber and manifest these dreams by living in the wholeness of my life.  Ashé!

 So, breathe deeply! Close your eyes and visualize something that brings you back into homeostasis with your soul expression.  May today bring you a sense of peace, joy, and moments of feeling loved and validated for who you are and what you are gifting humanity.

Ashé! Have a Blessed Day!

 **Note: These recordings are based on my blog writings, and all of this comes through Spirit.  The recordings are a reflection of the writings and are not edited because I do not want to alter what is coming to me through “Great Spirit”.  I am not seeking perfection, only serving as a vessel to bring love, peace, and joy, to our humanity.

Thank You Jim Brickman for your beautiful music that vibrates through this recording. This is a selection from his album – “Music to Quiet Your Mind and Sooth Your World”.

Stay in Touch:          http://heart4kidsadvocacy.org/

 

 

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Fill My Soul with Love- For In Reality, That’s All There Really Is!  Part Three

Fill My Soul with Love- For In Reality, That’s All There Really Is!  Part Three

We have to do better! We have to be better!

Closing of Series

A Prayer for the Wellbeing of Our Collective Humanity

***For translation of the text of the blog: touch the Blue Globe on the top right-hand corner.

Prayer of Reverence-

May the openness of our hearts and the discernment of our consciousness provide an opening for our humanity to awaken from the distortion and manipulation of those elements in the human experience that are in disaccord from what “Our Creator” that was intended for us as individuals and as a collective humanity.

May “Peace” fill our hearts,

May “Love” guide our actions,

May wisdom illuminate our life’s path,

May all beings be blessed,

May our children be safe, wrapped in joy and love, 

May our elders be honored and respected,

May our ancestor’s presence and support be met with gratitude,

May this gift of “Earth” be appreciated, cherished, and sustained,

May our differences become bridges rather than barriers,

May “Compassion” overcome fear,

May “Love” be stronger than hate,

May “Peace” be actualized in différance to conflict,

May we come to an understanding that we belong to each other,

To one humanity, and to the “One Source of Life”.

May humanity realize and hold in sacred reverence the Tapestry that holds each of us in consciousness- One Race-One Humanity-One Source of our Creation.

Ahsé! Ameen!  Amen!

So, breathe deeply! Close your eyes and visualize something that brings you back into homeostasis with your soul expression.  May today bring you a sense of peace, joy, and moments of feeling loved and validated for who you are and what you are gifting humanity.

Ashé! Have a Blessed Day!

**Note: These recordings are based on my blog writings, and all of this comes through Spirit.  The recordings are a reflection of the writings and are not edited because I do not want to alter what is coming to me through “Great Spirit”.  I am not seeking perfection, only serving as a vessel to bring love, peace, and joy, to our humanity.

Thank You, Jim Brickman for your beautiful music that vibrates through this recording. This is a selection from his album – “Music to Quiet Your Mind and Sooth Your World”.

Stay in Touch:          http://heart4kidsadvocacy.org/

 

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Fill My Soul with Love- For In Reality, That’s All There Really Is!  Part Two

Fill My Soul with Love- For In Reality, That’s All There Really Is!  Part Two

We have to do better! We have to be better!

The Tapestry of Humanity

***For translation of the text of the blog: touch the Blue Globe on the top right-hand corner.

Today I want us to continue this journey of discovering the connectedness of our faith expressions.  I want us to uplift more of the faith community’s perspective of prayer, meditation, and the life force energy that sustains our “Soul essence and identity”-“Love”! 

Today I want us to get a sense of what Buddhism, Sikhism, Indigenous Spiritual Traditions, African Spiritual Traditions, and the Bahá’i faith gifts our faith-based expressions with.  I want us to discover the treads of who we are and to whom we belong to that create this human tapestry.

Buddhism attributes prayer as being expressed as aspirations, blessings, and intentions for all beings.  Meditation is the heart of the Buddhist practice.  They feel that meditation as an instrument that expresses awareness, compassion, wisdom and inner peace.  Love, which is called “Metta”, is an expression of loving-kindness.  There is the intention to cultivate unconditional love for -Self-Family-Friends-Strangers-and even enemies. 

Sikhism holds a space for prayer as a way of remembering the “One Creator” throughout daily life. It is not something that is separate from us.  Meditation is as simple and uncomplicated as the repetition fo God’s name (Naam Simran) which brings in peace and clarity to your soul.  Love is seen as the bridge between the soul and God.  The Sikh teachings emphasize Service, Equality, Compassion, and Humility.

Indigenous Spiritual Traditions are so different in the ways or rituals that are identified among nations and peoples, and at the same time many share common themes.  Prayer in “Indigenous Spirituality” is often woven into everyday life through ceremony, songs, dance, gratitude, and relationship with nature.  In reference to the ritual of meditation, is can occur through silence, vision quest, cloud watching,-my favorite daily ritual-listening to water, observing the stars, or sitting with the land.  Love is a powerful gift and is expressed as a right relationship with the “Creator”, ancestors, community, Earth, animals, and future generations. How expansive and intentional is that expression of “Love”? Love is understood as belonging and reciprocity. 

African Spiritual Traditions which can be found to some degree in the texture and context of the “African American Christian Churches, includes honoring ancestors, community rituals, drumming, song, and direct communication with “Spirit”.  Meditation emerges through rhythm, storytelling, ceremony, and creation together.  The spirit of Ubuntu is foundational as it teaches “I am because we are “!

The Bahá’i Faith believes that prayer nourishes the soul.  The faith teaches that meditation helps people receive divine guidance and wisdom.  Love is considered the force that unites humanity as one family.  The Bahá’i teachings emphasize that humanity’s spiritual future depends upon learning to love beyond race, nation, religion, and class.

There is more elements in each of these faith communities that unite us than divides us.  When we come to these faiths with an open heart, clarity of mind, and an honest soul desire to heal this broken world and the people that inhabit this magnificent planet, we have to acknowledge that across the world’s traditions, we see remarkable patterns of commonality.  Prayer opens the heart!  Prayer is the language of the heart!  Meditation quiets the mind! Meditation is the listening of the “Soul”! Love awakens the “Soul”!  Love is the bridge that unites all creation!

It absolutely does not matter if we are kneeling in a church, bowing in a mosque, chanting in a temple, sitting beneath a tree, watches the clouds, listens to the ocean, or sings in ceremony, the intention is often the same because when all is said and done, we are being called to remember who we are, whose we are, and how we are meant to live with one another in love, peace, joy, respect, and compassion. 

The longing we feel and express our interconnection to one another.  Unconsciously, we have a longing to awaken to love and compassion.

The Longing we have to live in harmony with one another and with Creation.  I see our humanity as a great tapestry. 

Each culture is a thread. 

Each faith is a color.

Each person is a unique expression of the Divine.

If we remove a single thread and the tapestry is diminished.

If we but honor every thread the tapestry will reveal its beauty that is a reflection of the “Creator”- beauty and grace beyond the imagination of human understanding.

 

The Tapestry of Humanity is created with the following threads:

  1. The Thread of “Love”.
  2. The Thread of “Compassion”.
  3. The Thread of “Faith”.
  4. The Thread of the “Gift of Children”.
  5. The Thread of the “Wisdom and Discernment of the Ancestors”.
  6. The Thread of the sacred space that the “Community” holds for us.
  7. The Thread of the “Majesty and Beauty of the Earth” that supports our life force.
  8. The Thread of “Hope” that sustains us.
  9. The Thread of “Justice” that evolves our soul’s essence.

And lastly-

  1. The Thread of Peace that binds our interconnection to one another.

Ashé!  Amen!

So, breathe deeply! Close your eyes and visualize something that brings you back into homeostasis with your soul expression.  May today bring you a sense of peace, joy, and moments of feeling loved and validated for who you are and what you are gifting humanity.

Ashé! Have a Blessed Day!

**Note: These recordings are based on my blog writings, and all of this comes through Spirit.  The recordings are a reflection of the writings and are not edited because I do not want to alter what is coming to me through “Great Spirit”.  I am not seeking perfection, only serving as a vessel to bring love, peace, and joy, to our humanity.

Thank You Jim Brickman for your beautiful music that vibrates through this recording. This is a selection from his album – “Music to Quiet Your Mind and Sooth Your World”.

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Fill My Soul with Love- For In Reality, That’s All There Really Is!  Part One

Fill My Soul with Love- For In Reality, That’s All There Really Is!  Part One

We have to do better! We have to be better!

The Tapestry of Humanity

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Children deserve a better world than what we are providing them! Why is hate so deeply embedded in our souls? We were not created this way! I remember my sister Lark telling us as she transitioned, that all there really is – is love! She was seeing both sides of the veil! She saw who and what we have the potential of expressing when we decide to “be our highest selves”!

What a magnificent world we could create that would sustain our lives as individuals, as a collective and as a planet! I believe that if we set and practice an intention globally to change the vibration at which are planet is vibrating by, we can move the energy of love and peace to circulate and evolve as a species to where we were intended to be! It can happen if each of us reach out to others and pass this challenge on to pray or meditate daily.

It says in the Bible to “Pray without ceasing”! If in fact being a loving soul encompasses all the ingredients to overcome hatred, lack of compassion, lust for power and greed, racism, lack of self-worth based on lack of self-love and loving others, then perhaps our prayer should be as simple as, “Let love fill my soul”!

I have always been curious about how other faiths relate to the ritual of prayer and meditation, as well as their views on “Love”.  From my own personal experience as a follower of Christ, I know that prayer is an intimate conversation with God.  It is a moment-by-moment opportunity to engage Soul to “Spirit” without predefined rules or limitations.   It is raw, open, and uncensored communication.  I see prayer or meditation as being one in the same, because it is a “Time In” with the Holy Spirit!  As followers of Christ, I believe that we are called to see “Love” as the highest spiritual virtue. 

Being also a person that has lineage in both Christianity (and I say that not in terms of the institution but in reverence to following the Christ Principles) and Judaism, I see how prayer is a practice of aligning oneself with God and remembering that life is a sacred gift.  As an extension of that ritual of praying, I see meditation in Judaism where there is an opportunity for contemplation and opening up a deeper awareness of the Divine.  Love in Judaism is a calling to express compassion, justice, kindness and repairing or healing the world.   

In the Islamic faith prayer is seen as moments of returning to God throughout the day and so they pray 5 daily prayers.  That means that they actually stop and go into a sacred space with God throughout their day. Meditation is the practice of remembrance and involves repeating the names and attributes of God to quiet the heart.  In terms of the significance of “Love” is the Islamic faith, it sees God as the Source of Mercy.  Love is to be demonstrated through mercy, generosity, humility and service. 

In the Hinduism faith, prayer has many forms of expression.  There is the ritual of chanting, devotion, offerings, or silent communion.  In terms of meditation, in Hinduism, one of the central spiritual practices, is helping the soul remember its unity with the “Divine”.  Love in Hinduism is known as “Bhakti” which is considered to be devotional love.  When you have a devotion to something so sacred in your life, the context and content of your soul expression can be a real power of healing.  Many of the Hindu teachings see love as the pathway through which we as a soul reunites with the “Divine”

I want to continue to explore these different expressions of faith that have captured the soul expression or so many in our humanity.  I want to understand how they are interconnected and speak to a universal truth that we somehow fail to see and consequently has thrown us into a tailspin of suspicion, resentment, exclusion, ethnocentrism, and hypocrisy of who we really are in relation to each other. 

These expressions were not by original intention meant to divide us, they were meant to find ways to connect with the “Creator”, “The One Source”, “Great Spirit”, “God”.  The terms that we have come up with to in sacred eternal relationship, are in the scheme of things really irrelevant and distortions of “Truth”!    Let’s continue to explore and find the common ground!  This is the only way to sustain our “humanity”

Ashé!  Amen! Shalom!  Ameen! Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti! Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu! Or Om Mani Padme Hum! Sat Naam!  “Alláh-u-Abhá!  Mitákuye Oyás’in! Amama u anoa!  Hotep!

So, breathe deeply! Close your eyes and visualize something that brings you back into homeostasis with your soul expression.  May today bring you a sense of peace, joy, and moments of feeling loved and validated for who you are and what you are gifting humanity.

Ashé! Have a Blessed Day!

 

**Note: These recordings are based on my blog writings, and all of this comes through Spirit.  The recordings are a reflection of the writings and are not edited because I do not want to alter what is coming to me through “Great Spirit”.  I am not seeking perfection, only serving as a vessel to bring love, peace, and joy, to our humanity.

Thank You Jim Brickman for your beautiful music that vibrates through this recording. This is a selection from his album – “Music to Quiet Your Mind and Sooth Your World”.

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