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Habits here we GO!

Good Day!

One of our Super grads turned me on to the Affirmation for Freedom in Scientific Healing Affirmations.  I am choosing to say I believe rescuing ourselves from the clutches of age-old bad habits is extremely important.  That's the gist of that affirmation and believe me, I am now reciting it every day!

I continue to be amazed at the strength that less than Highest Choice habits continue to wield in my daily life.  No matter how many times I discover the JOY in attending weekday Temple offerings, I still seem to have to psyche myself up to get my buns down there!

Last night we had a new kirtan leader that was phenomenal.  Just amazing.  I was sure happy to be sitting in that Temple seat, I'm telling you!  Yet, it really could have fell either way.  If Den had gotten home a tad later, or we had been held up at the Knee-brace shop, we may have missed it.  Geez....

So, all I can say is, we must keep fighting the good fight.  "O ye brave good soldier habits, Drive away the dark, dark habits;  Drive away the dark, dark habits!"  (That's just a snippet...get yourself into the Whole affirmation!)

To be truthful, I imagine we have been playing things the worldly way for EONS and we are switching to the Spiritual Way much more recently.  Those habit grooves are seriously in there...we must take a jack-hammer-like will to them if we are going to cut the grooves that will lead us to FREEDOM.

I believe making a daily list assists...or a weekly checklist may be your best bet.  If you write it down, you have a much better chance of completing it.  I think it's the left-brain thing...that sucker just loves to check off stuff! 

Our recent Super grads are completing things like crazy as they have composed massive Completion renderings.  Yes!  We can overcome our old stuff just by out-organizing the robotic behaviors!

I happened to read something of Master's last night.  It was an outline, a plan, for the Self-Realizationist written a long time ago.  He mentioned fasting one day each week.  Since I had done a whole week of fasting at Super, my ego was dancing around that one.  Just reading it was enough.  I am fasting today.

We must do the necessary, one day at a time, to outwit those erroneous grooves.  Sometimes just getting some alternate encouragement, like last night's uplifting reading, will do the trick.  Writing a list this AM also has been an assist.

One last piece...follow your intuitive hunches!  I was out the door to the dentist just now and something told me to make a confirmation call.  I struggled a minute...concerned about losing the time to do so.  I went back in to make the call and sure enough...it was the wrong day!

Yesterday I had the hunch to contact the screen guy right then to repair a screen we had brought down from Inshallah.  We scheduled for today.  Today the guy told me: "You were really lucky.  I get 30 calls a day and you just happened to call when I answered the phone.  You became one of the 6 I take daily  AND...you should have had to wait an extra week too."

I told him I thought God had done that for me.  I said I meditated and things like that happened a lot.  He didn't miss a beat...he just said, "That's good!" Haha.

Habits we go...go...go!  I think I'll just repeat my Affirmation for Freedom now too!

Loving you always, k

The Visit

Good Morning!

I considered calling this blog "The Gift" as indeed it was.  This tale began long ago when a little three-year-old joined our preschool community.  I had an SRF-oriented Montessori school in Encinitas back then, although this little one's parents were not devotees....at that time.  My own daughter was a year younger and the two were classmates and friends.

Fast forward and this former student of mine moves back to town to live with her dad and step-mom.  She and my daughter reunite, for a time, and ride to high school together.  At some point the two no longer hung-out, my daughter being less hip in the older girl's eyes.

Fast forward again, the dad and step-mom take Source Journey.  The young woman was enrolled just after they both finished.  AWAKENING.  She was the first in the family to become a yogi and focus her sites on the SRF path.  From the get-go she loved to meditate and could sink into that blessed stillness easily.

Her family each completed SuperAdvanced and she accompanied her father to India on a Level IV training.  During that time she decided to move back to California and radically change the direction of her life.  She got involved with the Temple out here and volunteered at Convocation. 

She eventually returned to New York to obtain her Master's Degree.  She was considering becoming a professor.  She was involved in her path yet the world still had some allure.

However, an interesting turn of events occurred about a year ago.  She met a young man who was phenomenally devoted to the SRF path and his definite Realization this lifetime.  He had a surpassing influence upon her spiritual life and goals.  In one year, this lovely young woman transformed into an absolutely 100% devoted devotee and spiritual aspirant.  All other goals paled as she turned her Consciousness, her life, her very being totally toward God....or Divine Mother, as she likes to frame the ONE.

My daughter visited her in NY just as Sundari was beginning her months' long sojourn in Europe.  "She's changed mom.  She is totally focused on her spiritual life and is incredibly kind, loving, generous."  They had had some rough patches in their friendship and this all fell away when they were able to wholeheartedly share the most important aspect of life!

This sweet young woman, just embarking on her third decade, came over to visit yesterday, bearing a beautiful bouquet of purple flowers.  I shared the above comment of my daughter's and she glowed.  She mentioned it was wonderful to have Sundari stay with her, as the spiritual vibration was paramount and that's the only thing she desires to have influence her living environment.

We talked about her life, her future, and she sat there with such remarkable detachment....and full surrender to the Divine Will.  She is exploring the possibility of monastic life along with that of a marriage based only on the desire to assist one another to God-Realization.  She truly has no attachment to either outcome....whatever God chooses is her Highest Choice.  She fully and unselfishly supports either decision for her beloved young man as well.  Frankly, I have never experienced this level of surrender among one considering marriage and life partnership.  She has absolutely got it completely and correctly wired!

She spoke of the joy of being in Encinitas, "where it is so easy to be with Master and God".  She smiled joyfully as she said, "On Sundays we can attend the service at Encinitas at 9:30 and then hurry down to catch the 2nd Sunday service at the San Diego Temple.  Then we can drive back to go to the Hermitage and Gardens and enjoy an afternoon there.  At night we then attend the evening Temple meditation.  The whole day is for God!  The ego would say, "Let's do something different, for fun" but it's wrong!  This is wonderful!"

I smiled broadly at her incredible devotional enthusiasm.  She told me how she goes to sleep on her back, as Master says to do, listening to one of His talks.  "I don't remember what He is saying, but the vibration of it goes in really deep, and I awaken so refreshed!"

I tell you...she had an incredible influence on me!  Things had truly come full circle....and our Guru had given me deep inspiration from this one who had originally started in our spiritual school so long ago.  I, too, woke up this morning incredibly refreshed.  I hopped out of bed, did my Yogic Eye exercises in the early morning sun, my Energization Exercises, and skipped into the dome...fresh with the spiritual enthusiasm with which she had gifted me. 

Divine Friendship, indeed, is ageless.  and it is the very best friendship of all!

Loving you always, k

 

Reason to Get Up!

Good Morning!

Choosing to authentically share that I find it more "interesting" to hold onto my Center, my Life in God, when living as a City Mouse instead of a Country Mouse.  I actually feel the greatly expanded number of thinking minds beating upon my Consciousness as I sit in the dome.  Hearing the sound of the freeway instead of the easily ambient Aum in the forest has caused some consternation as well.  I must Consciously CHOOSE my Victory in the Light!  I now do so!

I hopped out of bed to share my immediate experience this early morning.  I awoke prematurely, earlier than my ego desired, and began my Affirmations.  I noticed a bit of melancholy and reached in my arsenal.  The Light of Smiles was there waiting and gave me a quick shift in direction.

After some time my mind again took a thinking track that very quickly led me to a great pain in my heart and an old tape of being unlovable.  My Word!  It happened so fast I was taken aback.

I IMMEDIATELY began The Light of Smiles with fervor and then did the Peace and Harmony Prayer two rounds. 

Whew!  It worked!  That's when I chose to get up and onto my computer.  Once again I experienced the gravity and power of Thought!  I realized so succinctly how we control our moods, States, minutes, hours, days, months, years....Indeed, the outcome of our whole lives by the quality of our THINKING!

I do believe old thought patterns also lurk in our subconscious ready to germinate when these seeds are watered by certain external circumstances.  We must ever be alert to quickly pull out these culprits from their very roots!

The panacea I have found is substituting my ego-patterned "downfall" thoughts with the powerful, purifying, soul-redeeming Thoughts/Prayers/Poems/Practices of my fully-Liberated Teachers.

I cannot emphasize enough how important I believe it is for you to memorize some of these A-LEVEL, Fraud-World-Dissolving gems from YOUR Great Ones to have at the ready when those dickens thoughts dare to cross the horizon of your Conscious mind!

We alone have the responsibility to guide the steeds of our minds, our thoughts, our feelings onto the emancipating Track of Soul Liberation and KEEP THEM THERE! (Of course, we may also consistently ask our Great Ones to assist us in each way possible!)

I feel complete.  I am going back to bed and continue with my Morning Rituals.

God Love you!  I certainly do!

k

On Forgiveness

Happy Fourth of July! 

I have been hearing a lot about Forgiveness of late: at the opening of the Relics exposition, at yesterday's Mass, just generally I guess.  I choose to speak of it today.

Each of us probably has someone from past or present that we could forgive....if we allowed ourselves to do so.  I thought about it today and realized why the Scriptures each say we MUST forgive if we are to attain Eternal Life.  Why?

Well, we are each part of the ONE....how can we realize our ONENESS with the ONE if we are holding out on any other part of that ONE?   The ONE is LOVE and we must experience LOVE for each part of our SELVES to experience total Realization.  It can't be, "I love each soul, EXCEPT THAT one!"

We are also cutting ourselves off from Love when we hold back Love from any sentient being.  We must remember it is the SOUL with whom we are Connected...who cares what the personality may be like?  At any rate, if the personality sucks just think how difficult this life experience must be for that soul.  Compassion goes a long way to soften any reaction we may have to some ego's rough edges.  Those rough edges are cutting the trespasser too....and continually putting them in damaging situations, not only with you! 

Sometimes I feel like I truly do not choose to continue my interaction or karmic involvement with someone.  I know as long as I have the unfinished business of judgment, criticism, fault-finding pointing toward them, I will have the magnetic attraction to pull them back into my sphere until that business is cleaned up!  Frankly, the only thing I believe works is to LOVE them right out of my life!

We can remember we have not always been so perfect or squeaky-clean either.  Look how long we have been dancing this dance macabre....I sometimes shudder when I think of the shenanigans I must have pulled over the eons I have been slowly working my way toward the LIGHT.

Lastly, you can always pull out the Peace and Harmony Prayer when requiring an attitude-fix towards someone or something.  When spending several moments daily to enfold folks with Peace and Harmony, one becomes adverse to throwing negativity their way.  Besides, you also get to grant yourself some Peace and Harmony....and that always feels good!

Here's to our true FREEDOM on this special Holiday!  May it begin with clearing out any stuck baggage of un-forgiveness which will preclude our Liberation!

Loving you always, k

The Circle

 Inshallah

Good Morning!

When I went to sleep and each time I awakened I would Consciously wrap myself in the Presence and Protection of my Big Three: the ONE, Sri Yukteswar, and Yogananda.  I could tangibly feel how this righted my state, my mood, my comfort.  I remember thinking that I would share this with you today.

I know this practice would work 24/7 and allow each of us abundant ease and grace as we lived our days and nights on earth.  Select Whomever it is for you and experience it for yourself.

It is difficult to take a misstep, think a wrong thought, be in any negative place when the likes of Those are radiating you with Divine Energy.  One becomes acutely aware of anything "off".  I noticed a judgment forming in my mind and I knew instantly it was a projection of my own feelings of lack and not-good-enough.  ANYTIME we are judging anyone or anything, we are actually revealing something about our own store of less-than. I decided to do the Peace and Harmony Prayer for this person to assist the purge of whatever it is in me that is causing this issue.

In commenting on judgment, I am not speaking of even-minded observation or discrimination.  This is necessary for us to choose Highest Choice environments and avoid people and situations that are not making Full Enlightenment this lifetime a priority. However, it is still completely unnecessary to judge those people or environments.  Surely we lived and chose exactly as they are for millenniums.  They are not yet weary of the light-dark, up-down, pleasure-pain roller-coaster of the Fraud World.  Let them play in peace, and without judgment.  It is simply none of our business!

If they are causing harm, we may have to involve ourselves to some extent AND I notice more often than not, we don't!  In fact, we usually 'don't walk down the street' of such mayhem anymore.  That world is not generally in our field of magnetism. Keeping ourselves enwrapped in the Presence of our own Divine Posse will assure us of the best possible circumstances.

I carry Metaphysical Meditations and Scientific Healing Affirmations with me so wherever I happen to be I have the thoughts and Presence of One who KNOWS to keep me company and occupy my mind with Divinity.  Often, however, I notice people choose to engage in conversation.  Instantly I think "Light of Smiles" and I endeavor to live that sweet, affirmative practice as I Connect with them.  I look for the Soul hiding beneath the personality and focus on It.  I know this will give solace and comfort to the personality as well.  It is not easy to live in the Fraud World and we who Know WHY we are here can certainly share our love, joy, peace and goodwill by simply being soulfully Present. It is also well if you keep your attention (not your eyes, obviously) uplifted to the Spiritual Eye when conversing with them.

Isn't it an interesting "Circle"?  We ask the Great Ones to give to us and enfold us in Their Love and then we, in turn, can share our bounty with those with whom we are destined to interact.

Have a wonderful day Receiving and Giving!

Loving you always, k

Morning Current

Inshallah

Good Morning!

I went to the Idyllwild Meditation Group last night.  The SINCERITY of that little gathering just blows me away.  Think sweet, kind , pure....and absolutely STILL in meditation.  Each time I go I realize it is my great privilege.  This pocket-sized gem in my beloved Idyllwild...yes, I guess it all fits, doesn't it?

The leader read something of Yoganandaji's in which He encouraged us to see the Great Light of God in each moment...and not get caught up in the Fraud World at all.  I went to bed with that strong thought in my mind.

I awoke at 4:30 in the Current.  I had the idea to begin my morning rituals in that State.  Wow.  The General Healing Affirmation had me in tears as I was literally experiencing the words with the Current rushing through me.  It was so as I went through each affirmation and prayer.  I have been adding to my repertoire:Affirmation for the Power of Thought; Affirmation for Spiritual Success.  I have been reading Scientific Healing Affirmations as well.  Recommended!

I especially enjoyed The Light of Smiles....ah!  This is how I choose to live in this world!

When I did my Peace and Harmony Prayer for the two chosen, I could feel the energy of the Current wrapping around them.  I KNOW they received the power of that prayer today, as did I, when I surrounded myself with that Light at the end of each.

My Good Mornings were powerful with the Current's accompaniment.  I heard AUM rumbling in the background and recalled that Master had said we could ask for whatever we chose when experiencing AUM.  I knew what I chose!

I asked for all my desires to be GOD's desires....that HIS desires, alone, live in my heart and in my life.  I know then that I will accrue no karma, hurt no one, and that each thing I do will be HIS WILL and hence PLEASING  to Him.  I also asked to KNOW I was in tune with His Will...as nothing could be worse, methinks, than to be thinking one is doing the ONE's will, when they are not!

It was in this time that I received clear direction regarding a special assignment given to Core IV.  I will joyously let them know forthwith..

I had deep and profound Communion with my Beloved Bapuji as a gift from my Divine ONE.  I experienced clearly how all love and devotion offered to one's Guru flows right through Their egoless Beings onto God.

Even as this was happening I knew I would be sharing with you.  You are my beloved ones, and together, we are walking, nay RUNNING, HOME TO GOD.  Please don't tarry...not a moment....Heaven awaits!!

Loving you always, k