Love Yourself Experiment

I was having a chat with my son today, we were discussing confidence and self image. Most of us struggle with self image to a certain extent. Everyone can relate to moments where they have felt inadequate, insignificant and powerless. Feelings of despair, usually highlighted by the mind chatter of the ego. Understanding the strain these thoughts place on our physical, mental and emotional bodies cannot be overlooked, especially if our goal is happiness love and peace. I suggest to anyone, if after honest appraisal you find your thoughts about yourself and your environment to be mostly negative then you would benefit from this small but enjoyable exercise. Awareness is the key to happiness, if we are vigilant in observing our thoughts then we can evaluate and adjust our thought behaviour to enhance our life. Whilst we empower our thoughts we also break the cycle of creating sickness and disharmony for us and loved ones. Some people, not used to being the vigilant observer of the negative ego may find it easier to enhance your thought evocation by use of a trigger. Get a pack of smarties and place it unopened in your pocket. Whenever you notice the smarties take a minute to remind yourself the following; you love yourself for who you are, you are perfect in every way, you love everyone, everyone loves you and your life is fantastic. When you give yourself these little love treats your day improves, your health improves, you love yourself and everyone loves you. It's a sweet metaphor which in time will prove to change your life. Namaste...

Life is a what you make of it.....

Most of us have experienced skipping a stone across a lake. Early morning is my favorite time, the air fresh, the sun ushering in yet another day in paradise. The next time you find yourself scouting out that perfect rock, ponder this consciousness game. Firstly, preparations are needed, take 30 minutes by yourself to meditate, search out your God self, still the ego. You and the rock are one, your mind seeks and finds oneness with everything. You, and your environment have become rich, every aspect of reality tingling with sweet awareness. The object of the game is to experience Bhatki, to weep tears of love, to experience Nirvana for breakfast. When you reach your meditative zenith the search begins, rocks will appear. Bless each rock you find, give thanks for their commitment to your game. Let the rocks know you appreciate that each will have a new home. As your vassal they serve, wish upon them great peace and love. Take the time to enjoy the cool soft exterior of each rock, search out it's beauty, love the exquisiteness of each individual. Now the poignant moment arrives, the first rock skips across the still lake leaving ripples in it's path. Like a child you count each skip, you don't know why, just a habit? Memories of childhood flood in, a warmth tugs at your heart. Each toss of the wrist gives immense satisfaction, a NOW moment to be treasured. The last rock burbles across the lake, as the momentum subsides it takes a multitude of skips. Again the child in you counts as quick as can be 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18. Was that really eighteen? Is it fair to count the last six skips as individuals, or, was the end just a tumble? Everyone knows tumbles don't count, only skips do. Now the final and most exciting part of the game begins. Sitting on the sand meditate on the meaning of this experience. The morning sun cascading across your face, search out the lessons these rocks have taught you today. Seek to find metaphors which expose a clearer understanding of life. You and the rock are one, the same love which exists in you exists in everything. The lake is your unconsciousness, heavy, oppressive, counter to the fulfillment of your joyous experience, but at the same it serves as an integral part of the great divine. The rock skips across the lake in a dance of joy, each moment a divine ballet. Striving to maintain inertia a trail of sadness follows in it's wake, the gamer knows it must at some time soon sink into the depths of ego. You and the rock have become God playing with God, in a bliss filled moment of NOW. The time you have shared with these rocks have aided in your search of love. Whilst the rocks careen off the still surface they perform magic, the same magic you expose when you escape the unconscious mind. You have seen the rock fall from grace, however you realise that you too will fall from the grace of this NOW moment. Imagine if you could live forever in the NOW moment, if so, would the rock ever stop skipping across the lake. We count the skips because we are competitive beasts, the ego needs to be satisfied, to know that we have done a "good job". We make a mental note, competition is not needed, competition creates separation. Oneness is left at the door when we feel the need to be better than others. We can make any moment as sacred as the game. Peace, love and fulfilment awaits each second of our life. Illusions are the composite of our waking life, like the rock, we can dance across the waters of truth. The rock teaches us a life of no resistance, it does not desire, it does not fear, it allows for each moment to be that of being instead of doing. We can love, we can experience bliss. I wish for you all that your rock never stops skipping, that you choose to bring love to each day. Embrace the oneness of being, see what love can bring to your day. Namaste.....

There is nothing to fear but fear itself...

Imagine that you were placed in a deprivation cell. Your body is entirely surrounded by a dense but soft foam, you breathe through a tube. The air you breathe is cool clean and sweetly welcome to the deadened senses. This environment will eventually prove, unequivocally, that you are not your body. In fact you are awareness, experiencing a dream where you are the dream weaver. This is such a crucial realization, allowing peace and love to be the foundation for living. Awareness is experienced in the moment of NOW, therefore, there is no beginning nor end to awareness. No birth and no death, nothing and everything unfolded in a never ending NOW. Understanding these truths is the greatest gift. There is only one, you are a reflection of the one, you are love. Society in the form of our parents, teachers, priests, friends, government, media EVERYONE has stripped us bare of all our power. When truth is hidden we feel separate, alone, a tiny speck in a big dog eat dog universe. You create your own reality, if you have fear in your heart you will create the experience of having fear in your life. Fear visits your peace of mind in the guise of the familiar, to name a few; hate, anger, desire, lust, lack, disgust, envy, always comparing, labeling and separating. Transmute the fear emotion by understanding and loving the lesson being taught. Bless the fear emotion as Maya ,then move to the loving sensation of truth and oneness. We can empower our life and that of friends and family by choosing simple life changes. Turning off the T.V., not reading the newspaper, spending an hour a day dedicated to meditation and spiritual learning, taking the time to transmute fear into love and remembering to be thankful for the oneness of unconditional love will bring us closer to the heaven on earth we all say we want. Claim your reality, you have nothing to fear but the fear you fail to transmute into love.

Where love hides.....

Expressions of love are physical boosts to our immune system, they lengthen our DNA strands and induce a veritable cascade of chemicals that just make us feel great. One would assume that this free gift to ourselves would be embraced as the most valuable of assets. Instead we go out of our way to eliminate love from almost all aspects of our waking reality. It begins with our thoughts, most people if honest with themselves would admit that the majority of their thoughts are negative. The ego produces these thoughts so it is no surprise that the tail is wagging the dog. When we find ourselves in the company of strangers, say on transit going to work, we tend to stick to ourselves. Instead of sharing love we are more concerned with protecting the 2 feet of invisible space that is our sanctuary. Rarely do we extend anything other than indifference to our fellow man. Even with friends at work or in the community we tend to spend much more time exchanging negative thoughts than choosing to express love. In fact expressions of love are so rare that most people have lost the grace to accept love. For example if you hug someone and kiss them they had better be a family member or your expression will not likely be well received. So how have we managed to get ourselves into such a state? Simply put we are choosing to be unconscious. When we let the ego run our mind and body we fall into habitual expression. Much like a robot we go about the day unaware, fulfilling rituals that are well ingrained into our consciousness; wake, work, eat, T.V., sleep. We are not driving the car, we are being driven, and the ego is a bad driver. If we are to have any chance of driving to paradise we need to grab the wheel. When we remain vigilant as the observer of our thoughts and actions we can choose love in every moment. Work is not the same work when performed with love in our heart. A moment of love is always a perfect moment of now, it will heal all which separates you, it will give you strength and joy. Any moment can be just that if you want, after all it is free choice.

Putting your whole heart into it....

Many would be amazed to understand the full realm of the hearts function. We all comprehend that the heart is a pump which keeps the blood flowing. Few people understand that the heart is engulfed with a magnetic field just like our planet. In fact, our hearts are always in conversation with the magnetic field of the planet and the universe. To illustrate this phenomena NASA scientists stumbled upon an amazing discovery when the world trade center towers were struck 09/11. Since the mid 80's NASA has had two satellites in constant vigil monitoring the magnetic field of our planet. This field is then graphed on a teletext readout showing the magnetic field in constant flux much like an EEG machine does when hooked up to the heart. The graphs produced by these two satellites went absolutely crazy during the 911 disaster. A massive spike occurred like never before seen, (see video below by Gregg Braden Fractal Time) this spike was in direct synchronicity with the event and was confirmed by both satellites. Scientists were amazed, and to say the least very excited. Without any doubt scientists understand now that our heart is physically liked with our earth and our universe. On the back of this discovery amazing research is now being done all around the globe. However, no others are enjoying greater success than Dr. Howard Martin and his project Heart Math. Scientists are slowly starting to comprehend the awesomeness of our body. As they strip off each layer of the onion of life they are coming closer and closer to perceiving this being, Homo Sapien, to be much more than ever imagined. Soon they may be able to agree in concert to use the G word they have always feared.