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Angels & Angelic Energy
This was an
eye-opener for me (Joe). When I asked Jill about angels she said
that she has only rarely seen an angel up close and it is a huge and
awesome energy. We can label it ‘angel’ but as an energy there is
nothing soft, personal or kindly about it. The angels Jill has
experienced have fierce intent and feel and look like an inferno.
The natural reaction to their appearance is terror and awe.
She senses that they
show up during particular convergences of energy and, during those times
of heightened metaphysical alignment, humans are able to see and hear
them. As a result, they are experienced by humans as messengers.
However, these messengers appear rarely and very unpredictably. Jill
can say that they do not appear because of some interest in human well
being, but as a result of cosmic energetic convergence.
Jill has never come across ‘guardian angels’ as they are described.
However, what she does see is that, depending on the psychology of a
person, he or she can experience natural intuition as a kindly or wise
adviser. This adviser or guide can be experienced as a
“guardian angel” or perhaps a being of light who provides safety and
information. Often this information is in the form of a warning
about a future event or in the form of advice about a particular (often
conflicted) situation.
Jill hears many people speak of angels and she sees that they are
experiencing or seeing a particular energy. This energy has been
labeled ‘angelic energy’ …… but it has nothing to do with the awesome
energy of an angel. It is more the energy of the heart field, and is
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PS
Earlier
in her career reading people's fields, Jill believed that she could see
the shadow of the energetic body of an angel around certain people and
erroneously concluded that these people may have been reincarnated angels.
She now clearly sees that this was incorrect; what she was seeing was the
person's light body. It looks something like this. You can see
how this light body could be visually confused with the shadow-body of an
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Astral
Some people are natural ‘astral travellers’. All of us
travel during dream state. Jill perceives the astral body as appearing
like the physical body itself, but it is infinitely lighter and more transparent. It appears to be connected to the physical body by a single
cord, through which all the experiences of the astral person are
communicated to the physical body. Thus mental, emotional and all sensory
experiences are also felt in the physical body as they are experienced in
the astral. The opposite is also true – all the experiences of the
physical body are known to the astral form. Thus, a person who sleepwalks
miraculously never hurts him or herself, as the astral body is
communicating with the physical and is fully aware.
Here is a suggestion from Jill for those of you who have never experienced
astral travel or for whom the astral body is just an interesting unknown. Try this: In the moment that you are waking in the morning, see if you can
feel a little ‘bump’ as the astral body slides back into the physical
body. It re-enters through the top of the head and often ‘lands’ in the
feet with a little shock or bump. Many children are aware of this
phenomenon, but adults tend to dismiss it.
Happy landings !
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Butterfly Effect
Those of you
who have worked with us in person or attended any of the workshops may
have heard us mention the ‘butterfly effect’. The name
comes from the idea that if we were able to travel back in time, that even
the smallest change that we would cause in the past (like the simple
movement of a butterfly’s wings) could bring HUGE changes to the future
outcome.
So in the context of healing and changing our problematic patterns – Jill
sees that we must also be cognisant of the butterfly effect. An example
being if someone wants to totally rid themselves of their occasional
temper outbursts. If that were really possible, as Jill points out, it
would mean that ALL of the person’s fire would have to be dampened. The
same fire that expresses anger is also the fire that is the energy of
motivation, of clear boundaries, of not allowing abuse, of standing up for
yourself and others. So we always work to BALANCE energies rather than
remove a particular pattern. A very small change (1%) in our makeup can
have a profound effect on our quality of life. We most likely would not
like the result of fully ‘removing’ any uncomfortable pattern or
condition. We are integrated and holistic beings and wonderfully unique.
Let’s shoot for small changes that bring more balance and lightness to our
everyday life!
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Crop Circles
A subject of much interest and debate of recent years. Crop circles, being
beautifully and mathematically symmetric, give rise to the conjecture that
they are created by extraterrestrial intelligent life. Jill’s insight on
this one is very interesting. Leaving aside the hoaxes, she sees that crop
circles are created by what she terms ‘galactic weather’. These are huge
movements of energy through space. Some more earthly analogies are the
precise patterns left by tornadoes, the designs the wind can leave in sand
and snow, or the amazing symmetry of the patterns that can be seen in
water resonating with different sounds. Crop Circles are the result of
huge natural galactic forces i.e the result of intergalactic weather
rather than intergalactic life.
May we continue to enjoy their beauty.
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Death and After Life
This could be the subject of a whole book (and has been in numerous
cases). In summary – death is death, PURE FREEDOM ! No ifs, buts or
maybes. In truth
most of us are not afraid of death but rather the process of dying. In
effect each night in deep sleep we ‘die’. The fact that we appear to
awaken each morning creates the illusion of time and continuity. So if you
can, please don’t worry about any retribution, judgment day or purgatory
after death. When there is deep sleep – there is no ‘you’. When you
die – there is no ‘you’ - just PURE FREEDOM.
However, when someone
dies, there are those left behind to mourn the loss for a loved one.
The departed leave many energetic echoes behind. As a result, people
in mourning can have very real experiences which seem to indicate the
"presence" of the one who has died. This is a very natural (and
kind) part of the grieving process. It is to be welcomed and can
release much pent up emotion. It can be wonderfully healing.
No need to analyze it.
An interesting
addendum to this subject is that of Mediums connecting with the dead –
what is going on here? The majority of mediums have high integrity and
can deliver accurate information about those who have ‘passed
over’. The way Jill sees this is that a medium is actually reading the
living person in front of them and picking up impressions or echoes left
by the dead.
They then interpret these impressions and deliver them through the
framework of an afterlife. Jill can see these same impressions but she
doesn’t interpret them in the same way and would be likely to deal more
with how the grieving person is feeling and help them in dealing with
their sad loss.
Much healing can also
occur for the grieving through interactions with mediums - the ‘story’
really matters little.
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Depression
This
state of low energy, heavy affect and decreased ability to connect and
relate has plagued human beings for all of recorded history. Jill has
worked with many people with many different profiles of depression.
Energetically, they all have one movement in common in their systems.
They have experienced a time of
expression
and natural creativity (or the promise of expression, such as childhood).
This expression has then been met by an
oppression.
This can come in the form of a relationship or a situation (internal or
external) which has been experienced as a strong resistor of expression.
Almost all of us have known oppression. Some of it is appropriate.
Without some oppression, none of us would be socialized. But some of
it is too strong for our systems and leads to
suppression
of our natural expressiveness. When there is enough suppression, it
eventually leads to
depression.
Depression is the inability to express or create enough to sustain human
resilience and optimism. Without this natural expression,
hopelessness and despair become predominant and depression occurs.
Luckily, human beings have a self regulating and self balancing energy
system. While the energy of depression can actually get “locked” in a
person’s energy system, and will require strenuous intervention to be
freed, it can happen with help and support or can occur spontaneously.
Interestingly, Jill sees a direct correlation between the depressed
person’s willingness to accept any and all help and the degree of healing
that is possible.
Paradoxically, the one sure release from deep depression occurs when the
person is able to return to the place where the expression was blocked
initially and express the pain. In essence,
depression
is most effectively healed by expression.
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Divine / Oneness
We
hear a lot about “the divine” being special, splendid, wonderful, all
powerful and usually SOMEWHERE ELSE..! When I (Joe) first attended a
meeting with Tony Parsons, there was a moment when Tony leaned back and
touched the wall behind him and said that this is IT too, nothing
excluded. It is only in hindsight that I can describe the effect of
that simple seeing. Within me there was a deep relaxation and
excitement. There was, at long last, a momentary seeing that this
truly is all one. Little did I know then that all the religious and
spiritual belief systems in Joe just had their plug pulled. Nothing is more divine than anything
else. Murder is as divine as tenderness. How can it be otherwise – it is
all one. That is Truth! Now knowing that doesn’t stop the movement away
from (or towards) violence and the belief that tenderness is better than
murder. Of course not, that is Oneness also playing the game – THERE IS
NO ESCAPE, where could I escape to since ALL IS ONE.
So
if there is a readiness there to hear this message, notice the ‘jail talk’
when you hear it. Any suggestion that there is more divine or oneness
anywhere else is jail talk. It holds (imprisons) us in the idea that this
here is less divine than somewhere else. It is ALL here.
We
cannot be ‘outside’ oneness - there is only oneness (or divinity!).
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Elves and Dwarfs
With all the interest in Lord of the Rings etc, did these creatures really
exist?
Another interesting answer from Jill. She said that these
stories originated long ago and have captured the imagination of many
writers over the years taking on the cloak of legend and myth. Have you
noticed that humans always like a good story and we have all noticed the
ongoing embellishments and additions..! Jill senses that the idea of
Elves, Dwarfs and other such creatures originated in tales of actual
tribes of humans.
Some tribes lived in the woodlands and to survive in that environment,
they developed natural abilities …… very keen hearing (symbolized with
large pointed ears) ; extremely acute sight (elf eyes!) ; ability to move
swiftly and appear out of nowhere ; deep understanding of the earth
energies and movement of the seasons – others might call it magic! ; great
hunters and trackers using bows & arrows. These people were tall, slight
in build and very reclusive. They became known as elves.
Some tribes lived in caves (and ‘mines’!) and developed natural abilities
to help them survive underground. Very strong and muscular ; short to help
move through tight spots! ; keen night sight but not so good in daylight –
hence they tended to remain underground. These people became known as
dwarfs.
Cool !
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Entities & Demons
Great material for horror stories, books and movies. Even the terms
'entity' or 'demon' evoke emotions, ideas and stories. Firstly Jill
can sense energies that are VERY malevolent. They are exceptionally
rare and she has never experienced one up close - nor does she want to!
Anyone else who can truly feel these energies will invariably suggest a similar approach to
them .... AVOID and AVOID and AVOID. The good news is that they have
little or no interest (or attraction) to most of us. Jill has never
personally seen a true case of possession. We have come across people who
have experiences that they call possession - but the real thing is a VERY
different matter.
If
you watch a movie like "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" and just imagine that
something like that was happening in your life, you can see where the
AVOID advice comes from !!
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ET’s & Alien Abductions
Great movie but do they exist? Isn’t it interesting that almost all movies
depicting aliens show them with human like characteristics.! It
seems that we cannot easily conceive of life other than what is familiar
to us.
In any event, Jill says that she has never seen or met an ET.
Nor has she seen or met anyone who she believes was abducted by them.
That is NOT TO SAY that some people don’t have experiences which they
describe and label according to their belief system. We have spoken with a
number of people who believe that they have interacted (in various ways)
with Aliens. It is NOT that we don't believe them - we do listen to and
respect their experiences. We just don’t label the experience as
associated with aliens. Nuf said.!
Nor has Jill ever seen the ‘chips’ in the brain (or elsewhere) that people
sometimes believe have been implanted during an abduction. Again we
respect their actual experiences but don’t agree with the label.
HOWEVER, Jill does perceive what appears to be communication of some kind. This isn’t communication with or to humans as such. But it does seem to be
galactic communication. She doesn’t know the origin and the best analogy
she offers is that it is like the sonar signals that some animals use for
navigation – not a specific communication to elicit a response. So this
chapter remains open.
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Fairies
Do they really exist ?
Jill’s answer to this was simple … Yes. She can easily feel them and
sometimes see them. Joe can now sometimes feel them in a particular area of
woodland. Jill also notices that, like races of humans, fairies from
different parts of the world have different ‘feels’. In general they are
VERY RECLUSIVE and are quite shocked when one notices that Jill is seeing
them … and scamper immediately. They are also pranksters and in their
culture tricks that we would consider nasty are highly praised. BE
WARNED.! For example, when we visited Blarney castle in Ireland,
Jill saw the local fairies and was unexpectedly tripped (over nothing) as
she was leaving the area. Hmmm!
Also, many other nature spirits exist and many people can ‘feel’ their
presence. However they do not communicate mentally as we do. Best to
just appreciate them and feel their energy.
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Free Will
If you really have total FREE WILL, are the events happening in your life
the ones you would have chosen ?
Or
Even if you do have free will, it is virtually useless as you have little
or no control over the outcomes or consequences of your ”free” decisions!
We all know how we can intend something and something else transpires as a
result of our “free” decision,
AND
You can ‘WILL’
all you like to never die – no one has managed that one yet!
This is one to explore for yourself. The old debate about
preordination versus free will is never ending for the mind.
As we often write – Life is living itself and we all do know that life it
utterly unpredictable. Ramesh Balsekar puts it well when he describes us
like computers (of conditioning and beliefs). When you put a stimulus
into this ‘me’ you get an automatic response based on our particular
conditioning and beliefs. Not so ‘free’ after all!!!
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Ghosts
Yes Jill has seen ghosts. It seems that few people can see them but many
of us can feel them – a sense of cold, deep apprehension and sometimes the
hairs on your neck jumping to attention.
What are ghosts? Contrary to popular belief, they are not your dear Aunt
Mary or Uncle George who is not yet ‘passed over’ and wanting to give you
a special message of warning. Jill describes them as the living energetic
charges or strong emotional and psychological energetic imprints left
behind when a person has experienced an intense emotion or particularly
strong attachment to someone or some place during life. Ghosts who are
sighted over a period of time are always associated with a location. This
is because the emotional charge remains situated near the place where the event(s) occurred that carried the emotional intensity or attachment. Even
a living person leaves an energetic imprint where they have lived or
worked. Ghosts usually have the form of the person who has died and so
there is a natural conclusion that the ghost is the same as the person
whose energetic imprint they are the result of. This is not so. A ghost is
the expression of a keenly felt emotion, a deep pain, a profound shock or
an intense attachment. Ghosts do not exhibit a full range of emotions as
do the living. Their expression is not balanced but is always immensely
strong and may be very unsettling, as is their presence. Hence, the
unpleasant and frightening experience of the ‘haunting’. The modern
meaning of ‘haunting’ as “persistent and frequent”, or “staying
habitually” or “poignant” reflects the location bound and emotionally
intense phenomenon of the ghost. Some examples of ghosts Jill has met are
the ghost (or energetic imprint) of a man forever waiting for his
childhood lover to return to him, the ghost of a woman guarding her
ancestral home against modern intruders and builders, and the ghost of a
nursery governess still playing with her young charges.
Are they dangerous ? Is there anything to be done if you see a ghost ?
Firstly ghosts can be very disruptive and frightening and in that sense
can be dangerous.
Some ghosts can be
communicated with. If you are someone who can feel, hear or see them
and feel comfortable with the interaction, it is possible to 'free' a
ghost. This can occasionally be achieved by asking the ghost what it
seeks. If you are able to receive its answering communication you
may be able to convince it to LET GO. Jill's own mother was adept at
this process and Jill observed a number of occasions where her mother
helped a ghost to be released. An example is of a man who had just
died who had previously lived in the house Jill and her family were now
living in. The man's ghost appeared on the night of his death in her
mother's bedroom seeking his late wife who had passed away many years
before. Jill's mother was able to convince the ghost to release the
intense seeking for his wife among the living and the ghost was released
into PURE FREEDOM.
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Guides
The
idea that guides exist and that we have personal guides is popular.
Invariably we think of them as very wise and loving beings trying to
communicate with us to nudge us in the ‘right’ direction or give us the
‘right’ answer.
If
this is your personal experience and it works in your life – GREAT.
Jill
doesn’t perceive separate ‘guides’ and she particularly doesn’t experience
them in using the psychic gift that flows through her. The insights
she receives/sees seem to arrive complete – in a package as it were.
Her heart's intuition
then works to decipher the package and put it into words and ideas that
the receiving person will best understand.
Guidance is always available … it can be seen as a combination of our life
experience, accumulated wisdom, intuition, thinking and good old common
sense (which isn't very common).
PS….. As usual, life keeps us on our toes and doesn’t easily succumb to
being ‘boxed’. Many people experience times when synchronicities occur in
magical sequences in their lives.
In truth it is life living itself
…. enjoy.!
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Indigo
Children & similar stories
Every generation has
children who exhibit amazing qualities according to time and culture.
The present generation of children is no different. "Indigo
children" are just one of many groups of children who are presently
showing fabulous potential. Also, every generation has had children
with remarkable healing abilities.
The
difficulty arises with adults, not with these children. It begins
when we begin to consider these children as better or more evolved than
other children and we want our own children to fall into some special
category.
When you look at an infant, does your heart
inform you that some are more special than others? The indigo
children story is all about 'more special'. Not surprising as many
of us feel less than or failures underneath our daily masks. So the
promise of having a special child (or being a special person) is very
alluring. If we want to use the idea of special, then we are all
special and totally unique. That is a miracle in its own right.!
To some this message is very relaxing, to some disappointing.
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Levels of Consciousness
For Jill,
there are no “levels of consciousness”. This implies some form of
hierarchy or separation. Consciousness is a unified whole and therefore
cannot be sliced up except as a concept. All “levels” of consciousness
are available at all times. There is no “higher” and “lower”
consciousness. This is a very artificial and contrived way to view the
manifestation. It creates a sense of “better” and “lesser”, which results
respectively in elitism and worthlessness. These concepts arise from a
simple misunderstanding and a loss of the essential wholeness of
manifestation.
Having said
that, there are different energies. Some are dense or dark; some are
subtle and light. Some are pleasant and some are terrifying.
Consciousness is infinitely changeable and all energies manifest within
it. Grief here, murder there, joy and pain, laughter and tears …. on and
on. It doesn’t have separations or levels or steps as we mean them.
It is just Being, however it is, Life living itself.
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Liberation, Awakening, Enlightenment
A subject of many
books and so many words..! The best we can offer here is to suggest that
you check out Tony Parson’s material. He offers by far the clearest
communication on this subject that we have come across.
www.theopensecret.com
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From Tony
Parsons
Until your life is lost you will always wonder why . . .
for that which is sought has never been lost,
but what the
seeker tries to understand can never be known.
That is why there is nothing in The Open Secret message for the seeker to
grasp and claim
ownership of . . . no special states of bliss, stillness or presence are
on offer.
The fallacy of the need to attain earnestness, acceptance or refinement of
the body mind is exposed. You will not be invited to look within and
discover "your true nature" or that state of awareness which promises so
much but comes and goes so quickly.
There are no spiritual lollipops of any kind on offer here.
There is no compromise with the seeker's need for guidance, process or
teachings of becoming . . . nothing is for sale but the fairystory of the
little "me" could expire.
The gift of being together in this palpable boundlessness is that already
what you are is seen as wholeness, without expectations or demands.
Confusion and resistance can dissolve in the light of openness and nothing
will be left. Out of that nothingness emerges the indescribable fullness
and wonder of simply being.
Tony Parsons - April 2007
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Near Death Experience
Near
death experiences are just that - near death experiences. They are NOT the
death (or more properly the dying) experience itself. Jill has been with
those who have experienced a near death experience (she has had one
herself) and she has been with those experiencing death itself. Jill can
perceive there is a fundamental difference. One is like nearly losing your
hand in an accident; the other is having your hand cut clean off. Without
question, the near death experience is a very intense one; anyone who has
had a near death experience invariably finds it life changing. Near death
experiences are reported all over the world by people of every culture and
walk of life. The experience itself is very real. It’s the interpretation
of the near death experience as being the same as the death experience
itself that is the area of confusion. It has been assumed that the near
death experience is somehow the same or similar to the death experience. The near death experience is often like a light-filled home coming with
the sense of tender welcome and loved ones awaiting, followed by a choice
to return to earthly life to fulfill something unfinished. In contrast,
Jill perceives the dying experience as one that frees the dying person
from all experiences; after all, pure freedom is also freedom from oneself
as well.
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Other Dimensions
All
dimensions are here, not out there someplace. This one is a bit like
‘levels of consciousness’ with a supposed hierarchy of dimensions and
people who can see them and bring you into contact with them. Once
again, it is ALL here. Whatever you are experiencing now is IT,
everything – including all dimensions.
Jill does acknowledge that other dimensions may
exist. What she doesn’t agree with is that they are more evolved or
better than these 4 dimensions that we are aware of. It may be cool
to try and imagine and to explore what other dimensions would be like,
but the truth is the 4 dimensions we know seem to provide so much to
explore ….. an open and eternal invitation in every moment!
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Past
Lives and Karma
A
subject of great interest and MANY teachings and belief systems, as no
doubt you know already.
Hear is a few ‘ticklers’ about the whole idea..
1…..
All of life is being lived NOW. An interesting aspect of NOW is that it
is timeless. It cannot be grabbed – there is no past now or future now ,
just NOW. So any idea or belief (& that is all they are) about Past Lives
and Karma are being lived NOW. Where are all these past lives and karma
when you are not thinking about them?
2….
Death is Death … total liberation … complete freedom – end of story
(literally) … no you. The whole idea of past lives and karma is born out
of a human desire for continuity –even after death. Let alone do you not
have other lives, you don’t even have this one! Notice that life is
just living itself. Where are all those past lives as you notice life
living itself NOW ?
PS…
Please don’t confuse what is being written here with any process. This is
merely a totally inadequate description of what already is. No process
can make NOW or THIS anything but what IT already IS. Now doesn’t have
any greater power or meaning when we are paying attention. Life lives
itself both when you notice and when you don’t.!
3.
In this appearance, however (NOW), Jill sees that the human body is full
of impressions of past lives and genetic imprinting. Jill calls these
‘cellular memories’ (as opposed to mental recollections). Human bodies
are apparently the result of unique genetic mixes. Our emotional and
psychological makeup appears to include so called ‘past life’ influences.
This appearance leads to many interpretations and explanations; one of
these is past lives and karma. Isn’t Life wondrous as it makes its
appearance NOW in every combination and permutation?
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Phantom Pain
This
expression describes the sensations felt by amputees or those whose limbs
have never grown. Often, after amputation, amputees still feel the
amputated limb and can, for example, sense it gesturing while they are
speaking. Or they can feel pain from the limb that is no longer there.
The truth is that the “limb” is still there energetically and that the
pain is created because the energy body “knows” that it has been removed.
Or, in the case of those whose limbs that have never grown, they
experience the limb as distorted or too short, because energetically the
limb that IS there has not developed properly. Medical procedures that
strive to reduce the neurological response in the remaining physical body
and thus reduce the pain have been largely unsuccessful. However,
recently, virtual reality has been used to combat the discomfort caused by
phantom limb syndrome. Scientists have shown that phantom limb pain can be
relieved by attaching the sufferer's real limb to an interface that allows
them to see two limbs moving in a computer-generated simulation.
Psychically, I see that the reason that this approach works is because it
accepts that the energetic limb is still there and allows the person to
acknowledge its presence and work with it. Pretending that it isn’t there
only causes pain. Someone who acknowledged the reality of the energetic
limb and worked with it would not need to use virtual reality – they would
be aware that the reality isn’t virtual!
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Power of Intention
We all know
about this one – it’s the slogan of the New Age. “Create (or co-create)
your future”, “Visualize what you want”, “Manifest your desire” etc.
Thousands of modern models and belief systems expound the virtues and
possibilities for you. This is very enticing and uses the clear
promise of future success/happiness as its major selling point.
While hope is often the only thing that keeps us going, there are some
real disadvantages to living in the promise of some future event.
First, it dismisses or minimizes the experience of the present. Second,
and most important, it eventually leads to frustration, self doubt and
self blame when things don’t work out as promised.
Having said
that, Jill does see that intention and focus have energy and create
movement in life. Human intention, if aligned with the natural energies
that are occurring, can either heighten or hasten an outcome.
However, human intention and focus can not deal with all the imponderables
and possibilities in each second. The mind is linear; the cosmos is
holistic. Your field is flooded with information every second.
Life is much richer than most of us imagine.
All of us will die; no amount of visualizing or intention can change that.
We might hold off the moment of death while awaiting a loved one or we
might let go of life earlier than expected. But WE CANNOT CONTROL
LIFE, much as we want to. Life lives itself. It is much larger
than our personal agendas.
The human
quality that helps us to meet the mystery of Life’s movements is a
remarkable resilience. Humans can survive the unthinkable and continue to
thrive. We are incredibly flexible and creative. So, use that
creativity and flexibility to meet Life in every second. There is
nothing wrong with making plans and aligning your energy with what you
want – just remember that if it doesn’t work out, it’s not YOUR fault.
You are not in charge of the outcome. The life you live is life
living itself, fresh in very moment and TOTALLY unpredictable.
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Prayer
There
are (at least) three ways to look at prayer. The first is the traditional
one whereby we pray to some other being (usually God) to deliver us or
give us what we want. That doesn’t sound very uplifted or spiritual but
when you boil it down, that is what it is.
A
difficult experience for Joe personally was when the idea of a separate
God/Divine figure fell away. He realised that, since there is
only ONE or only THIS, that the ONE praying is the same ONE listening.
That prayer doesn’t ‘go’ anywhere. It is being expressed, experienced and
heard in the same instant. The true realisation of this was quite a
shock for him who had held stoically to the idea of a god figure all his life.
That
is not to say that prayer is wrong or useless and that takes us to the
second way to look at prayer. Prayer can (and usually will)
spontaneously happen in times of great distress. It can help the
personality to cope with great trauma or stress. Prayer can occur in the context of our upbringing/conditioning/religious
history. This is regardless of currently held beliefs … it is a more
primordial response to shock and trauma. Again it is an outlet for the
personality when one is needed.
A
third (and lovely) way to view prayer is how Jill describes the energy of
when people pray in such a way as to create an atmosphere of peace and
calm. This particularly happens when a group of people get together to
pray. Such forms of prayer include chanting, repeating mantra, rosaries
or similar forms of call & response. This atmosphere is very soothing to
both those praying and anyone close by whether they are aware of the
prayer or not.
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Sacred Places & Sites
Have
you ever wondered when you hear about a so called sacred place or being in
the sacred presence of a master, where the line is? Where are the limits
of this sacredness – can I find the place where I have one foot in and one
foot out of sacredness?
Sacred is a label – ask 10 people what it means and you will get 10
different answers, all of them correct. Our idea of sacred also tends to
change as we hear about other sacred places or people.
It seems that the term sacred can take on the meaning of ‘very cool or special’.
According to beliefs & conditioning, one culture will consider a
place sacred while another will see it as dangerous. A very good
example of this is a graveyard. In some pars of the world, nobody
would buy property near a graveyard (ancient or modern) while in other parts
of the world the place of the dead is considered sacred.
What is interesting is that the energy of the cemetery that is felt by the
living is often created by the living! If fear is the predominant
response of the living, the graveyard will 'feel' scary. If the main
reaction is one of honouring or worship, then the same graveyard will feel
still and serene and be experienced as a sacred place.
For Jill & Joe, our back garden is as ‘sacred’ as anywhere else.
Now
another take on this is that you will find ‘energetic echoes’ everywhere.
(see also ‘Ghosts’) So if you visit a place where much prayer has taken
place over the years, then the place will have that feeling – quiet and
perhaps painful. If you visit a place where meditation has been practiced
for some time the place will certainly feel still. If you visit a place
where torture and murder were practiced they the echoes of pain, suffering
and cruelty will be found. That is simply the way it is. If we ignore
our judgements about these for a moment, it is like having two flavours of
ice cream to choose from – one is vomit flavour and the other one is
chocolate – but both are ice cream.
We’re off to eat the chocolate ice cream in our back garden.. J&J
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Taking on other peoples
‘Stuff’!
You can’t.
What can (and does) happen is that other peoples ‘stuff’ can
activate or trigger your ‘stuff’. So if someone you are interacting with
gets very angry, it could activate a response of anger or fear in you. But
it is NOT their ‘stuff’. There is no question that it can feel like you
are picking up other people’s ‘stuff’ – especially when you can experience
the weight or substance of it. Again, energy cannot adhere where there is
no corresponding connection. The same is true of someone performing a
healing art. You could find that you are feeling tired, angry, drained etc
after working with individual clients. Again it is the response to their
patterns that you are experiencing. That is not to say that sometimes it
is not appropriate to decline to work with certain people. Use your
discretion.
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