How to spot an illusion in your life...
02 May 2013
Do you know this couple? They could be representative of anyone. In truth, they are the perfect universal archetype for a mated couple according to society's need for procreation.
They look happy, don't they. They appear to reinforce the roles of male and female; the traditional roles. But I ask you, do we live in a traditional world anymore? And, what is happy? How long does happy last? Is happy realistic? Don't worry, friends, I'm not taking you on a bummer ride, today.
It's just that I recently felt a tremor in my own relationship that made me question if I was making assumptions about it that were not based upon the truth that a healthy relationship should be based in. Of course, this made me start thinking about illusions of other types, too, because I've got that type of mind. Is there a way to spot an illusion that you are feeding in your emotional energy field? I want to speak of it in terms of energy because it will help us all stay in neutral, as you look at any illusions you may uncover during our Sunday Service today.
Let's start with one of my dictionary's definitions of illusion: a belief or hope that has no substance. This is where we will begin. You know something is an illusion when it is a fantasy, and has the nature of a daydream. That's easy enough to isolate. You really like someone in your circle of friends, in fact it's a crush, but you are paralized and can't go any further. That's only an illusion if you become obsessed and create a fantasy world, one which truly requires you to seek professional help. A healthy person will let the crush go and look for someone they can relate to more realistically.
The type of illusion we are speaking of here is one that is more participatory. You believe you are getting the right signals from your partner, or your friend, or your collegues in order to make you think that your relationship, your friendship, your work ethics and standards are all progressing fine; but you are the only one who holds this point of view.
In my case, it never occured to me that my husband would lie to me. The relationship had been built upon trust from the beginning so my illusion was that there would never come a time that he would feel it necessary to lie to me. Well, that time did come.
Now you might want to know, was it a big lie or a little lie. And, my answer to you is that it's none of your business ;) However, I will tell you that when John proposed to me, and before I accepted, I told him that two things were important to me in a marriage: communication and compromise. Because of those two qualitities we've been together fifteen years, and our relationship is still on track.
My naivete was a little illusion. Now let's look at an illusion from the category of the workplace that has a more negative undertone. There is a fierce struggle among contestants for a promotion - one of them has been told growing up that they are special, the best at everything they do. You can see that this would give them a false sense of self value over time.
These contestants range in age from 24-32, they all have excellent backgrounds, but our subject is a little weak on actual creative problem solving. Because he always puts himself in the team leader spot, (he's a bit of a bully) it's gone un-noticed by the boss, but not by the others. One of the other contestants actually gets the promotion; and our young fellow goes to the boss with a complaint.
Remember, he really believes that he is the superior candidate, and he goes in with a list of complaints against his co-workers and their efficiency; hoping to convince his boss to change his mind. The boss listens, but then sternly replies with the truth of why the young man was not chosen.
"I looked at all of your FaceBook pages to see who was the most creative, inspiring, and fun person out of our candidates. Not only do we want excellence from our employees in their skillsets, but we want happy people on board. Yours was the least appealing page." Ouch, is usually the response to identifying an illusion.
Let's go to friendships. Maybe you have a group of friends from childhood through college. The group has shifted through the years, added some, lost some, but there is a special core of men and women who've been together, shared the best and worst of their lives and could not think of not being together. They are also sharing a group illusion. This is perhaps the most painful one for most people to spot because it allows us to grow up, but only to a point. Some of us are keeping score, and some of us aren't; but all of us have a collective memory that at some point will require the illusion to shatter. This usually happens as mated relationships form within the core group.
There was a television show called "thirtysomething" which covered this type of illusion beautifully. If you've never seen it, just realize that friendships need to mature as they transition with time, and the pains and joys inherent within friendships need to be healed as well so that a clean slate for our friendships can be dusted off periodically, as needed. Dusting brings the cleaning of our illusions.
I feel compassionate for people who do not want same sex couples to be pictured in the photograph of today's Sunday Service. They, too, are living with an illusion; one that only a man and a woman can have a lawful, respectful, and happy marriage. I think that part of a higher truth for all of us to realize is that, first, happiness is an illusion. I think it was Guirideff who said that when you recognize that you are feeling happy, the feeling of happiness dissappears.
Why these people who do not want same sex marriages to be legally sanctioned is because it would mean their Bible was not in keeping with the law of the land; making their belief that their God is the law of the land incorrect.
The god-indwelling within all of us legitimizes same sex marriage because god-indwelling does not recognize us as as separate from itself, in my humble opinion, and this is all I need to believe that god's love gives us permission to be coupled in any way that brings sacred love and joy into our hearts.
Let me go back to the use of energy as an equalizer here to add one more point. Let me instead say that I want to offer no judgement in why humans seem to need to create illusions; for right now we just do. Let me say that I recongize that people have a tendency to have them we are not yet able to live solely in the consciousness that is called Christ Consciousness.
Now this term does not refer to Jesus, as the Christ, alone. It is a term for consciousness that has expanded to the point that it does not speak to religion or spirituality at all, but addresses a universal knowingness that we are all interconnected intelligence. It is beyond individuality. It is Everything.
Yes, I consider this to be what the majority of humanity calls god. But let us not be exclusive here. Realize that this type of consciousness is beyond our ability to know it intimately. It is us, and we are a part of it. We cannot, if we are smart, lay claim to it. And if we do, our arrogance is showing.
Therefore, the ultimate illusion that we can spot is this one: We think we know. Did you have fun with this Sunday Service? I sure did. Whenever I can bring my ego down to where it really belongs, and celebrate the grace of my divinity, it's a good day for me.
Blessings of loving good will to you and yours today. May your highest good be served. I want you to know that I have closed my other website, "The Multiple You Universe: Sacred Science for the 21st Century" until my book is published, which should be soon. And, I stopped the radio show as well because the effort did not yield enough listeners to make it work my time. The radio show was an effort to share the subject of Sacred Science with people before my book was released.
What I will be doing instead is adding Sunday Services including Sacred Science to this website. I'll be watching the monthly viewer numbers to see if you are responding well to this slight shift in subjects. You'll get more metaphysical material, as well as interesting Sacred Science facts. Of course, as an Independent New Thought minister, I will not stop sharing how we can handle daily life knowing that we are the jewels of god-indwelling, and have the answers to our problems simply by relying upon our Source.
Reverend Cassandra Martin
Do you know this couple? They could be representative of anyone. In truth, they are the perfect universal archetype for a mated couple according to society's need for procreation.
They look happy, don't they. They appear to reinforce the roles of male and female; the traditional roles. But I ask you, do we live in a traditional world anymore? And, what is happy? How long does happy last? Is happy realistic? Don't worry, friends, I'm not taking you on a bummer ride, today.
It's just that I recently felt a tremor in my own relationship that made me question if I was making assumptions about it that were not based upon the truth that a healthy relationship should be based in. Of course, this made me start thinking about illusions of other types, too, because I've got that type of mind. Is there a way to spot an illusion that you are feeding in your emotional energy field? I want to speak of it in terms of energy because it will help us all stay in neutral, as you look at any illusions you may uncover during our Sunday Service today.
Let's start with one of my dictionary's definitions of illusion: a belief or hope that has no substance. This is where we will begin. You know something is an illusion when it is a fantasy, and has the nature of a daydream. That's easy enough to isolate. You really like someone in your circle of friends, in fact it's a crush, but you are paralized and can't go any further. That's only an illusion if you become obsessed and create a fantasy world, one which truly requires you to seek professional help. A healthy person will let the crush go and look for someone they can relate to more realistically.
The type of illusion we are speaking of here is one that is more participatory. You believe you are getting the right signals from your partner, or your friend, or your collegues in order to make you think that your relationship, your friendship, your work ethics and standards are all progressing fine; but you are the only one who holds this point of view.
In my case, it never occured to me that my husband would lie to me. The relationship had been built upon trust from the beginning so my illusion was that there would never come a time that he would feel it necessary to lie to me. Well, that time did come.
Now you might want to know, was it a big lie or a little lie. And, my answer to you is that it's none of your business ;) However, I will tell you that when John proposed to me, and before I accepted, I told him that two things were important to me in a marriage: communication and compromise. Because of those two qualitities we've been together fifteen years, and our relationship is still on track.
My naivete was a little illusion. Now let's look at an illusion from the category of the workplace that has a more negative undertone. There is a fierce struggle among contestants for a promotion - one of them has been told growing up that they are special, the best at everything they do. You can see that this would give them a false sense of self value over time.
These contestants range in age from 24-32, they all have excellent backgrounds, but our subject is a little weak on actual creative problem solving. Because he always puts himself in the team leader spot, (he's a bit of a bully) it's gone un-noticed by the boss, but not by the others. One of the other contestants actually gets the promotion; and our young fellow goes to the boss with a complaint.
Remember, he really believes that he is the superior candidate, and he goes in with a list of complaints against his co-workers and their efficiency; hoping to convince his boss to change his mind. The boss listens, but then sternly replies with the truth of why the young man was not chosen.
"I looked at all of your FaceBook pages to see who was the most creative, inspiring, and fun person out of our candidates. Not only do we want excellence from our employees in their skillsets, but we want happy people on board. Yours was the least appealing page." Ouch, is usually the response to identifying an illusion.
Let's go to friendships. Maybe you have a group of friends from childhood through college. The group has shifted through the years, added some, lost some, but there is a special core of men and women who've been together, shared the best and worst of their lives and could not think of not being together. They are also sharing a group illusion. This is perhaps the most painful one for most people to spot because it allows us to grow up, but only to a point. Some of us are keeping score, and some of us aren't; but all of us have a collective memory that at some point will require the illusion to shatter. This usually happens as mated relationships form within the core group.
There was a television show called "thirtysomething" which covered this type of illusion beautifully. If you've never seen it, just realize that friendships need to mature as they transition with time, and the pains and joys inherent within friendships need to be healed as well so that a clean slate for our friendships can be dusted off periodically, as needed. Dusting brings the cleaning of our illusions.
I feel compassionate for people who do not want same sex couples to be pictured in the photograph of today's Sunday Service. They, too, are living with an illusion; one that only a man and a woman can have a lawful, respectful, and happy marriage. I think that part of a higher truth for all of us to realize is that, first, happiness is an illusion. I think it was Guirideff who said that when you recognize that you are feeling happy, the feeling of happiness dissappears.
Why these people who do not want same sex marriages to be legally sanctioned is because it would mean their Bible was not in keeping with the law of the land; making their belief that their God is the law of the land incorrect.
The god-indwelling within all of us legitimizes same sex marriage because god-indwelling does not recognize us as as separate from itself, in my humble opinion, and this is all I need to believe that god's love gives us permission to be coupled in any way that brings sacred love and joy into our hearts.
Let me go back to the use of energy as an equalizer here to add one more point. Let me instead say that I want to offer no judgement in why humans seem to need to create illusions; for right now we just do. Let me say that I recongize that people have a tendency to have them we are not yet able to live solely in the consciousness that is called Christ Consciousness.
Now this term does not refer to Jesus, as the Christ, alone. It is a term for consciousness that has expanded to the point that it does not speak to religion or spirituality at all, but addresses a universal knowingness that we are all interconnected intelligence. It is beyond individuality. It is Everything.
Yes, I consider this to be what the majority of humanity calls god. But let us not be exclusive here. Realize that this type of consciousness is beyond our ability to know it intimately. It is us, and we are a part of it. We cannot, if we are smart, lay claim to it. And if we do, our arrogance is showing.
Therefore, the ultimate illusion that we can spot is this one: We think we know. Did you have fun with this Sunday Service? I sure did. Whenever I can bring my ego down to where it really belongs, and celebrate the grace of my divinity, it's a good day for me.
Blessings of loving good will to you and yours today. May your highest good be served. I want you to know that I have closed my other website, "The Multiple You Universe: Sacred Science for the 21st Century" until my book is published, which should be soon. And, I stopped the radio show as well because the effort did not yield enough listeners to make it work my time. The radio show was an effort to share the subject of Sacred Science with people before my book was released.
What I will be doing instead is adding Sunday Services including Sacred Science to this website. I'll be watching the monthly viewer numbers to see if you are responding well to this slight shift in subjects. You'll get more metaphysical material, as well as interesting Sacred Science facts. Of course, as an Independent New Thought minister, I will not stop sharing how we can handle daily life knowing that we are the jewels of god-indwelling, and have the answers to our problems simply by relying upon our Source.
Reverend Cassandra Martin
We are stardust....we are golden... we are billion year old carbon...
Orion Nebula - NASA photo
lyrics from Woodstock, by Joni Mitchell, www.jonimitchell.com
12 April 2013 (Edited 4-13-13)
I am a free spirit by nature, & spontaneous. I met Joni Mitchell when my photographer boyfriend was shooting photos of her drummer, who was trying out our mutual friend's new electronic drums. He was thinking of using them on her newest album, at the time, she was recording her jazz album. She happened to stop by. If you're her fan, you'll know when this took place.
I'm going to share a short story about Joni and I, which shows how easily we can loose track of our true value in the overall scheme of things. I was shy, and young when we met. When I introduced myself to her I gushed over her; and told her how much I considered her to be a great star. She met my enthusiasm with three words, "well, twinkle, twinkle."
Because I adored her, I was crushed. Through the years when her name came up I would tell the story, and still feel the rejection. I carried this scar through my life and I didn't even know why. Her jazz album wasn't that successful, but I didn't take any pleasure in that. She is the only star that I've met who ever had that effect on me; the others have been pleasant enough. So maybe my pain was due to rejection.
But no, I have been rejected many, many times before this; starting in first grade. It had hurt and I had gotten over it. I, too, had rejected others. Some harshly, and others had been let down gently - depending upon their personalities and the way they had treated me. This is how it happens as we learn to socialize. So, what the heck was it that made Joni such a heart breaker for me?
The balance of this little morality tale is two fold. Joni was absolutely certain that she had power and she used it as she pleased, not caring how others were effected by her choices. Perhaps she had forgotten the spirit of her beautiful song, Woodstock, because the years had passed. I don't know what changed her into the woman who could not have written the same song on the day I met her.
And, part two of this morality tale is that I did not even know that I could have personal power when I met Joni. In fact, Joni gave me one of the greatest lessons of my life. Sadly, it took me a very long time to learn the lesson, but that was not Joni's fault. Nor was it mine. My life unfolded exactly as it need to in order for me to build strength of character, so that I could build a repertoire of metaphysical skills that would expand my consciousness and spirituality, eventually become an a minister and an author. When I remember them, I pray for those whom I rejected, in my early years, and hope that they also benefited by my actions, as I did by Joni's.
If you buy my book (coming out soon) you'll see that before I was called to be a minister, and while I was developing my mystical skill-set, I was also making every mistake in the book (almost!). If you have ever worried that you've done that, too, please give yourself a break. Go to this website's home page and re-read the tenents a lot of us New Thought practitioners adhere to. New Thought Christianity is more about god, indwelling, than traditional Christianity; but independent New Thought ministers, such as myself, are more metaphysically inclusive. Therefore, my book is more metaphysically inclusive.
Getting back to Joni, I think I'm going to go and download Woodstock and sing along with her. I have long since claimed my personal power, along with millions of other women on the planet, and I pray that those women who are still being suppressed, are soon able to find their own way to freedom. It has to start within our hearts, for both men and women. Let us not exclude our brothers who are wounded and need to find their own power over those who are subjugating them.
But wait, did I really just imply that women in America are freely encouraged to be empowered? Forgive me, please. I have misspoken.
There is a movement in the Republican Party, to chip away at Roe v. Wade on State Law levels by making it impossible for clinics that do abortions, to operate legally in Republican majority states, even though Federal Law states that women are allowed to receive this procedure. Friends, I am not advocating the procedure here, I am simply pointing out that suppression against women has risen its ugly head again. Her choice is what I am concerned with in this Sunday Service; not the choice she makes.
I am alarmed that just this week in Hollywood, California, at the Spring Republican Conference, they ratified their national platform to include the position that marriage is between a man and a woman only, thereby making it impossible for the Republican Party politicians to vote for equality in marriage in our country unless they are willing to face down their constituents and their fellow Republican politicians.
Women are being subjugated again, as well as the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered) community being subjugated by the Republican community just when some Republicans were speaking out in favor of equality for everyone in marriage. Will those same Republicans withdraw their support now that radical influences are hi-jacking the Republican Conference?
(Side note: I went to the on-line acronym dictionary to look up the new acronym, GLBTQ, only to find out that all descriptions and definitions have been taken off the internet - why? And, what is "Q"?)
Let us all pray, in our own way, for tolerance in the hearts of man.
And now, as usual, I send you all loving good will with my intent that when you receive this energy, your highest good will be served.
Reverend Cassandra Martin, an Independent New Thought Minister
12 April 2013 (Edited 4-13-13)
I am a free spirit by nature, & spontaneous. I met Joni Mitchell when my photographer boyfriend was shooting photos of her drummer, who was trying out our mutual friend's new electronic drums. He was thinking of using them on her newest album, at the time, she was recording her jazz album. She happened to stop by. If you're her fan, you'll know when this took place.
I'm going to share a short story about Joni and I, which shows how easily we can loose track of our true value in the overall scheme of things. I was shy, and young when we met. When I introduced myself to her I gushed over her; and told her how much I considered her to be a great star. She met my enthusiasm with three words, "well, twinkle, twinkle."
Because I adored her, I was crushed. Through the years when her name came up I would tell the story, and still feel the rejection. I carried this scar through my life and I didn't even know why. Her jazz album wasn't that successful, but I didn't take any pleasure in that. She is the only star that I've met who ever had that effect on me; the others have been pleasant enough. So maybe my pain was due to rejection.
But no, I have been rejected many, many times before this; starting in first grade. It had hurt and I had gotten over it. I, too, had rejected others. Some harshly, and others had been let down gently - depending upon their personalities and the way they had treated me. This is how it happens as we learn to socialize. So, what the heck was it that made Joni such a heart breaker for me?
The balance of this little morality tale is two fold. Joni was absolutely certain that she had power and she used it as she pleased, not caring how others were effected by her choices. Perhaps she had forgotten the spirit of her beautiful song, Woodstock, because the years had passed. I don't know what changed her into the woman who could not have written the same song on the day I met her.
And, part two of this morality tale is that I did not even know that I could have personal power when I met Joni. In fact, Joni gave me one of the greatest lessons of my life. Sadly, it took me a very long time to learn the lesson, but that was not Joni's fault. Nor was it mine. My life unfolded exactly as it need to in order for me to build strength of character, so that I could build a repertoire of metaphysical skills that would expand my consciousness and spirituality, eventually become an a minister and an author. When I remember them, I pray for those whom I rejected, in my early years, and hope that they also benefited by my actions, as I did by Joni's.
If you buy my book (coming out soon) you'll see that before I was called to be a minister, and while I was developing my mystical skill-set, I was also making every mistake in the book (almost!). If you have ever worried that you've done that, too, please give yourself a break. Go to this website's home page and re-read the tenents a lot of us New Thought practitioners adhere to. New Thought Christianity is more about god, indwelling, than traditional Christianity; but independent New Thought ministers, such as myself, are more metaphysically inclusive. Therefore, my book is more metaphysically inclusive.
Getting back to Joni, I think I'm going to go and download Woodstock and sing along with her. I have long since claimed my personal power, along with millions of other women on the planet, and I pray that those women who are still being suppressed, are soon able to find their own way to freedom. It has to start within our hearts, for both men and women. Let us not exclude our brothers who are wounded and need to find their own power over those who are subjugating them.
But wait, did I really just imply that women in America are freely encouraged to be empowered? Forgive me, please. I have misspoken.
There is a movement in the Republican Party, to chip away at Roe v. Wade on State Law levels by making it impossible for clinics that do abortions, to operate legally in Republican majority states, even though Federal Law states that women are allowed to receive this procedure. Friends, I am not advocating the procedure here, I am simply pointing out that suppression against women has risen its ugly head again. Her choice is what I am concerned with in this Sunday Service; not the choice she makes.
I am alarmed that just this week in Hollywood, California, at the Spring Republican Conference, they ratified their national platform to include the position that marriage is between a man and a woman only, thereby making it impossible for the Republican Party politicians to vote for equality in marriage in our country unless they are willing to face down their constituents and their fellow Republican politicians.
Women are being subjugated again, as well as the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered) community being subjugated by the Republican community just when some Republicans were speaking out in favor of equality for everyone in marriage. Will those same Republicans withdraw their support now that radical influences are hi-jacking the Republican Conference?
(Side note: I went to the on-line acronym dictionary to look up the new acronym, GLBTQ, only to find out that all descriptions and definitions have been taken off the internet - why? And, what is "Q"?)
Let us all pray, in our own way, for tolerance in the hearts of man.
And now, as usual, I send you all loving good will with my intent that when you receive this energy, your highest good will be served.
Reverend Cassandra Martin, an Independent New Thought Minister
Dancing as an allegory for life...
31 March 2013, (Edited 01 April 2013)
If I say to you “dancing will save your life”, or “dying is the dance of death”, what do you think I am trying to say?
Using the allegory “dancing will save your life”, I might be saying that vigorous exercise, in the form of dancing, will help you become healthier. However, professional and amateur dancers know that there is a certain “high” that comes along with dancing, which also makes hours of practice possible! I might be saying that the elation of heightened emotions while dancing are also invigorating, and it is "feeling good" that will save you from depression's grip. Both statements could be true, but for the dancers of the world, other words apply: love of the art form, partnership love, building self-love and self-respect for our accomplishments.
My husband, John, and I have been taking ballroom dancing lessons and, it is fair to say that we are learning more than just dancing; we are learning about ourselves as we push through difficult steps and combinations until we get them right; individually and as a couple, we are learning how to support each other on the floor. I don’t just mean that we are getting better in our dance frame (upper body holds), but that we are able to support each other by being honest when one of us makes it harder for the other partner to dance through a series of steps. Maybe one, or both of us drops the frame, or we step out on the wrong foot. Maybe we confuse the dance we're doing with the one we just worked on, because after an hour of practice the both of us are tired. I now know that mistakes are common toward the end of a lesson. At first these mistakes were frustrating, but then we started giving ourselves a break. We learned to love ourselves exactly where we were in the process of learning to dance, and it changed everything for us.
So, this is our new truth about dancing: we are getting better at it, it feels good, and we both feel "our" sense of accomplishment as a reward for staying with the process of learning the intricate ballroom dancing steps. John is actually enjoying the lessons now, and I am not concerned that he will want us to quit. Being able to dance with my husband has always been very important to me, since the day we married. When we moved to Tulsa we were able to begin to fulfill my dream. Not only are we a committed couple who love, we love how it feels to be able to dance well together, and this is now another expression of our love for each other. When he holds me close and we stride off into a Foxtrot, or the passionate rhythm of the Tango – ooh la la!
On the sub-atomic level a body is always dancing, everything is in motion —and if this motion stops, then the dance of death begins. Like yin and yang, dancing can be allegorical for life or death, the balance between passionate or calm steps, or the kinetic energy through the hands of the partners to both lead and follow the steps of the swing, cha-cha, or salsa.
I like to think that the field of Sacred Science is a dance, too, because with the advances made in science (quantum physics, studies in consciousness, and neuroscience, to name a few) and, the broader interpretation of spirituality that is moving like music around the world, we are at a pause before our next step in humanity’s dance of life.
We can choose to take a step backwards, or even to either side, and not make any significant progress during this century; or we can choose to take a forward line of dance and circle the floor together. I know this is a generalization, but it is important for me to make my point on Easter Day.
I sense that we are close to another shift in our ability to claim a different reality for ourselves, a collective reality that is long overdue. And, this shift in our consciousness will be as powerful for us as Jesus' was during his resurrection and ascension process. He must have realized during (or just before) his transition that all men (and women) would need to see themselves as part of The Creator, The Holy Spirit, and be in Oneness with humanity before they could also experience the resurrection and ascension. There are religions older than Christianity whose teaching speaks of their god(s) resurrecting and saving their people from evils of the times. And, there are younger ones, whose values are also built upon brotherhood and love, like Christianity. But I am not talking about the Other saving us, so much as us saving ourselves.
Our upcoming consciousness shift is that War serves no one on our planet. As we achieve personal resurrection and ascension status, war will cease to exist.
I believe the true message of the resurrection to be a rebirth of the consciousness which allows mankind to move away from a need for revenge, or inequality because of race, sexual orientation, and religious values. Or, a belief in your superiority because of your wealth, royalty and education. You know what I am leading to, and only you know what belief's you hold in your mind which are holding you back - right here and right now. War is sponsored in the hearts of the fearful and wounded. In order for us to release war from our consciousness we must heal ourselves of fear that there is not enough for all of the people of the world to have a fair share.
We currently live in a time of illusion. We are told there isn't enough, but it is only because of mismanagement that there aren't enough resources for all.
The first steps of the Dance of Death are ugly to witness. Governments turn on their citizens. Businesses abuse earth's natural resources, sometimes to the point of no turning back. And, although we have seen this cycle before, in recent centuries, there is something different happening now. More and more people are awakening to something in their heart that screams alarmingly:
Stop the music!
A new song has to be sung. Something new has to be done. And, friends, that something new is a global change of heart. Do you want to be part of the new dance, the allegorical Dance of Life? Think about the shifting of the energy in this new century and ask yourself if you think the world can dance to the tune of the living; or if we are going to be apathetic until the dance of death overtakes us?
As always, I am sending you, and yours, loving good will; with my intention that when you receive this energy, it serves your highest good.
Rev. Cassandra Martin, Independent New Thought
If I say to you “dancing will save your life”, or “dying is the dance of death”, what do you think I am trying to say?
Using the allegory “dancing will save your life”, I might be saying that vigorous exercise, in the form of dancing, will help you become healthier. However, professional and amateur dancers know that there is a certain “high” that comes along with dancing, which also makes hours of practice possible! I might be saying that the elation of heightened emotions while dancing are also invigorating, and it is "feeling good" that will save you from depression's grip. Both statements could be true, but for the dancers of the world, other words apply: love of the art form, partnership love, building self-love and self-respect for our accomplishments.
My husband, John, and I have been taking ballroom dancing lessons and, it is fair to say that we are learning more than just dancing; we are learning about ourselves as we push through difficult steps and combinations until we get them right; individually and as a couple, we are learning how to support each other on the floor. I don’t just mean that we are getting better in our dance frame (upper body holds), but that we are able to support each other by being honest when one of us makes it harder for the other partner to dance through a series of steps. Maybe one, or both of us drops the frame, or we step out on the wrong foot. Maybe we confuse the dance we're doing with the one we just worked on, because after an hour of practice the both of us are tired. I now know that mistakes are common toward the end of a lesson. At first these mistakes were frustrating, but then we started giving ourselves a break. We learned to love ourselves exactly where we were in the process of learning to dance, and it changed everything for us.
So, this is our new truth about dancing: we are getting better at it, it feels good, and we both feel "our" sense of accomplishment as a reward for staying with the process of learning the intricate ballroom dancing steps. John is actually enjoying the lessons now, and I am not concerned that he will want us to quit. Being able to dance with my husband has always been very important to me, since the day we married. When we moved to Tulsa we were able to begin to fulfill my dream. Not only are we a committed couple who love, we love how it feels to be able to dance well together, and this is now another expression of our love for each other. When he holds me close and we stride off into a Foxtrot, or the passionate rhythm of the Tango – ooh la la!
On the sub-atomic level a body is always dancing, everything is in motion —and if this motion stops, then the dance of death begins. Like yin and yang, dancing can be allegorical for life or death, the balance between passionate or calm steps, or the kinetic energy through the hands of the partners to both lead and follow the steps of the swing, cha-cha, or salsa.
I like to think that the field of Sacred Science is a dance, too, because with the advances made in science (quantum physics, studies in consciousness, and neuroscience, to name a few) and, the broader interpretation of spirituality that is moving like music around the world, we are at a pause before our next step in humanity’s dance of life.
We can choose to take a step backwards, or even to either side, and not make any significant progress during this century; or we can choose to take a forward line of dance and circle the floor together. I know this is a generalization, but it is important for me to make my point on Easter Day.
I sense that we are close to another shift in our ability to claim a different reality for ourselves, a collective reality that is long overdue. And, this shift in our consciousness will be as powerful for us as Jesus' was during his resurrection and ascension process. He must have realized during (or just before) his transition that all men (and women) would need to see themselves as part of The Creator, The Holy Spirit, and be in Oneness with humanity before they could also experience the resurrection and ascension. There are religions older than Christianity whose teaching speaks of their god(s) resurrecting and saving their people from evils of the times. And, there are younger ones, whose values are also built upon brotherhood and love, like Christianity. But I am not talking about the Other saving us, so much as us saving ourselves.
Our upcoming consciousness shift is that War serves no one on our planet. As we achieve personal resurrection and ascension status, war will cease to exist.
I believe the true message of the resurrection to be a rebirth of the consciousness which allows mankind to move away from a need for revenge, or inequality because of race, sexual orientation, and religious values. Or, a belief in your superiority because of your wealth, royalty and education. You know what I am leading to, and only you know what belief's you hold in your mind which are holding you back - right here and right now. War is sponsored in the hearts of the fearful and wounded. In order for us to release war from our consciousness we must heal ourselves of fear that there is not enough for all of the people of the world to have a fair share.
We currently live in a time of illusion. We are told there isn't enough, but it is only because of mismanagement that there aren't enough resources for all.
The first steps of the Dance of Death are ugly to witness. Governments turn on their citizens. Businesses abuse earth's natural resources, sometimes to the point of no turning back. And, although we have seen this cycle before, in recent centuries, there is something different happening now. More and more people are awakening to something in their heart that screams alarmingly:
Stop the music!
A new song has to be sung. Something new has to be done. And, friends, that something new is a global change of heart. Do you want to be part of the new dance, the allegorical Dance of Life? Think about the shifting of the energy in this new century and ask yourself if you think the world can dance to the tune of the living; or if we are going to be apathetic until the dance of death overtakes us?
As always, I am sending you, and yours, loving good will; with my intention that when you receive this energy, it serves your highest good.
Rev. Cassandra Martin, Independent New Thought
A New Pope, An Old Paradigm, A New Opportunity
15 March 2013
A retired Pope Emeritus, the new Pope Francis, ancient church doctrine, and the new age understanding that god is actually an indwelling part of all of us, will make for close quarters as everyone adjusts to what may be an important equal rights power struggle as it continues to gain power during 2013. I wouldn't assume that this power struggle will be a bad thing, but a necessary thing; a new opportunity for people to recognize that they can trust themselves to live by their own moral code, and perhaps feel that divine spark of god, indwelling, the compass of compassion and love.
Pope Francis has made it clear that he will support the poor, the sick and seek equality for them, but that he is also against the Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, and Transgender (GLBT) community's essential right to equality in society. He and the current President of Venezuela are long time opponents when it comes to equal rights for GLBT individuals. She won the people's vote against his efforts to incite Catholics against equality for GLBTs, when he was the Cardinal in Buenos Aries, and the people chose equality in life for all - clearly sending the Church a message - "Love is More Important Than Doctrine".
And, Pope Francis is not in favor of Feminist Theology in the Catholic Church, whose voice has been growing stronger as women demand a positive move away from patriarchal leadership so that they can become part of an inclusive voice in the role of Christianity and in the church's role in the lives of Catholics. And, yet, Pope Francis is deeply connected through his love and adoration for the Virgin Mary. Is that only because she birthed Jesus, or is there hope that he has a deep respect for the role of women in this world? Perhaps it is fair to say that women, in general, are better equipped to share the teachings of love with the world because of their very nature. Time will tell if his compassionate heart wins out over his love of doctrine. This Pope appears to be leading from the past teachings of the Holy Bible. The Pope Emeritus was of the same stamp. What the church will become now is an important role for this new Pope to take on. "Let us pray..."
Reformation is at hand during the twenty-first century, the signs of this are everywhere. Which signs can you identify easily? (Don't look at mine yet.) Here are a few of mine: in America there is currently a political struggle to keep the Republicans from disenfranchising Democrats during elections (gerrymandering); Michigan has stripped the people's ability to elect local government to save their communities from bankruptcy and instituted Emergency Management in cities with the highest number of residents who are peoples of color. That doesn't seem to be fair, does it? As Rachel Maddow pointed out in her MSNBC news show on 3/14/13 - there is absolutely no proof that Emergency Management actually works for the better!
Additionally we see the current fight for equality in America so that everyone shall have the benefits attributed to a legal marriage, and again, women are going to have to re-fight the movement to protect Roe v. Wade and fight the Christian Right who are intent to chip away at those hard earned rights by fighting for justice so that women are able to find a facility that does this procedure in their state. Where is the love for thy neighbor in America?
If you are keeping people from exercising their legal and moral rights because it is against your religious belief, aren't you missing the bigger picture? God didn't give you the moral authority over another's life! This gift belongs to all of us, and none of us has the right to quash another's life choice. Reformation is necessary in order for Americans to be able to follow the pursuit of their own happiness, regardless of what others want them to be able to do. This movement will require compassion and love, and in the case of our legal system, it will likely require a review of Law vs the Spirit of the Law.
As a society, we have created too many laws that are tilted toward the absurd because fear-mongering sources continue to tell us that we cannot trust our neighbor, much less love them. I won't go on, and on, but I do suggest that you accept this energy statement: fear begets fear. We need to figure out how we can protect society from its weaker and less love-based members, without forgetting about common sense. The current gun-legislation is an example of the extremes people hold, when the real question is simply, how can we live together without empowering extremists of any kind? Love does not know extremes. Compassion understands that any extreme is a sign of imbalance and there is a need to come to common ground, in the center of the issue.
Let us hope and pray that the true spirit of god, which we New Thought believer's say is indwelling, and I now consider to be a divine energy signature in our DNA, opens the heart of Pope Francis so that he can study this simple truth expressed by Jesus and echoed by John. (1 John 4:12- If we love one another, god abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.) This verse leaves no room for misinterpretation, even if you do not believe that god exists or is indwelling in everyone - if we love one another, then love perfects us through its nobility. Spiritual and profane love should not allow us to dominate another in thought, word, or deed. If we still think that we have a right to interfere with another's life, the time has come to turn inward and seek out your higher truth, the one that you can begin to answer when you ask yourself this simple question: would I want, or allow, someone to do this same thing to me? It's a place to start.
I can love my brothers and sisters who are born with a sexual orientation that works for them, and whom I insist deserve full equality under the law. Those who are afraid to allow equality to be the American principle of pride and joy will, I believe, be given opportunities in life to change their mind because I cannot conceive of inequality contained in the energy of spiritual LOVE. Our precious doctrine of equality has not yet been perfected through true love in our own country, much less elsewhere: because if it had, equality for all would be a normal freedom upon the earth right now. Have a look around.
How can someone claim to be following the Spirit of the Bible if they are acting in a hateful manner against someone they label as a sinner, and deny other children of god the same rights they are privileged to? Sadly, groups who are haters and biased against race, different religious affiliations, sexual orientation, and the like, are deeply wounded because they cannot yet move out of their self-righteous ego-driven justifications. But this is a universal journey, I believe, and time will bring the change that allows us to mature as a species and give violence in thought, word, or deed, away as unnecessary.
This is a natural part of our soulful evolution, to move from wounded to health, so I hold to the belief that reason, with the current change in public opinion, will open the hearts of those who need it, help those who are fighting equality to change their minds, and find the power of compassion and love that will heal them. I believe that god knows only the power of love in its creations; we've discussed that likelihood before, because of the lower resonance of hate vs love. There is no sin, if god does not see it in you, only another opportunity for you to change your mind about a self-limiting idea or a position you hold against another.
So, here comes the really controversial part of this Sunday Service.
I suggest that if the Catholic church wants to move into the twenty-first century that they lovingly undo the re-writes that have been done under various church leaders, and remove the self-serving doctrine that has been biblical law post Council of Nicaea in the 3rd century. I would also ask them to consider the removal of the five books of Jewish Law that we know as the Old Testament. The story of Jesus is the beginning of Christianity, and in my humble opinion, it is there that the Bible should begin, because the laws that are in the old testament were originated by our friends, the Hebrews, for themselves. Jewish people believe the messiah is still to come and that it was not Jesus. I'm okay with that thought. Their spiritual path is magnificent and it is theirs from beginning to end. Shalom.
Today we live in a world that requires us to think of ourselves as an interconnected species, definitely not separated by religion, but made more unique because of our different beliefs, with this one caveat: no one religion can speak for the diversity of the people in our world. This is the fatal flaw in the heart of mankind that has not yet realized why god does not need converts into each religious sect, so much as people who are living and striving for a global peace, without war and death over differences they claim are godly.
The human need for a god/goddess goes back to our first steps on earth. WE HAVE CREATED THE NEED FOR GOD, GOD DID NOT DEMAND WE WORSHIP IT - OR ELSE. Fear of the elemental world led us to pray to the gods of our culture for protection. It took millennium for people to start organizing religion, and as they did their own misunderstandings of what god was or was not actually communicating distorted the original message. I do not claim to know what god may have first spoken into the hearts of mankind. I do not know when that may have been, but I suspect it came to women first, with the birthing of their children. Who has not shed a tear at the birth of a child? It is a miracle. Doesn't a miracle always remind us of how vulnerable we are and how much we want to cling to the belief that our god will save us from pain and misery (the opposite of a miracle)?
The teachings of Jesus, son of god or not, are all noble truths that a person can choose to live by, or not, according to their preference. But so are the teachings of other world prophets: Buddha, Shiva, Jains, and Islam. All of these teachings have pearls and prophets. But when religionists tell someone that they are damned for eternity because they are sinners, until they are renewed and reborn in the energy of Christ the Savior, I ask you to consider this thought: Do you really believe that if there is a god that it would have only spoken to one nation, or culture on the planet? Humble are those who do not raise their voices above the voice of god, even if they don't really see a need for a god.
Reformation is required, and not the kind that picks and chooses the teachings which will keep people fearful, and subservient to the church leaders. Isn't that part of the reason we find our world in such opposition now? People are moving away from churches and into self-discovery through New Thought Spirituality and smaller groups who are exploring alternative spirituality because they are cosmic thinkers and believe god is the creator of life on other planets and in other dimensions. Some of us, like me, are looking to Sacred Science as a new way to understand how life really evolved, and the role of an energy signature we call god may have played out. God's energy signature is indwelling in everything that exists - and this is my only model about god and its place in my life. What is yours?
My book, The Multiple You Universe: Sacred Science for the 21st Century is going to be out very soon, and available on Amazon.com. I hope you will buy it and let me know what you thought of it. It, too, has controversial elements in it, but what the hey - better to stretch our minds than let others tell us what we should think, I say.
Don't forget that March 24th, at 11:00 am central standard time will be my next radio show. I'm still waiting for inspiration on its content, but it will always have a reference to the Sacred Science. On March 10th I interviewed Allyn Evans, and Beth Vaughn who are associated with The Monroe Institute, the people who make those wonderful "whole brain" bin-aural beat technology cds. You can catch the show on my Show Page, with On-Demand recordings. Just search for The Multiple You Universe radio show on blogtalkradio.com.
As always, I am sending you, and yours, the loving good will that you deserve and my intention is that this energy serves your highest good. Pass loving good will along to those you know who will benefit, or to perfect strangers because they, too, are part of the beauty of life. It's free, easy to do, and it reinforces the energy of love on our planet. We need more love on earth, wouldn't you say? Take care of each other.
Reverend Cassandra Martin, Independent New Thought Spirituality
A retired Pope Emeritus, the new Pope Francis, ancient church doctrine, and the new age understanding that god is actually an indwelling part of all of us, will make for close quarters as everyone adjusts to what may be an important equal rights power struggle as it continues to gain power during 2013. I wouldn't assume that this power struggle will be a bad thing, but a necessary thing; a new opportunity for people to recognize that they can trust themselves to live by their own moral code, and perhaps feel that divine spark of god, indwelling, the compass of compassion and love.
Pope Francis has made it clear that he will support the poor, the sick and seek equality for them, but that he is also against the Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, and Transgender (GLBT) community's essential right to equality in society. He and the current President of Venezuela are long time opponents when it comes to equal rights for GLBT individuals. She won the people's vote against his efforts to incite Catholics against equality for GLBTs, when he was the Cardinal in Buenos Aries, and the people chose equality in life for all - clearly sending the Church a message - "Love is More Important Than Doctrine".
And, Pope Francis is not in favor of Feminist Theology in the Catholic Church, whose voice has been growing stronger as women demand a positive move away from patriarchal leadership so that they can become part of an inclusive voice in the role of Christianity and in the church's role in the lives of Catholics. And, yet, Pope Francis is deeply connected through his love and adoration for the Virgin Mary. Is that only because she birthed Jesus, or is there hope that he has a deep respect for the role of women in this world? Perhaps it is fair to say that women, in general, are better equipped to share the teachings of love with the world because of their very nature. Time will tell if his compassionate heart wins out over his love of doctrine. This Pope appears to be leading from the past teachings of the Holy Bible. The Pope Emeritus was of the same stamp. What the church will become now is an important role for this new Pope to take on. "Let us pray..."
Reformation is at hand during the twenty-first century, the signs of this are everywhere. Which signs can you identify easily? (Don't look at mine yet.) Here are a few of mine: in America there is currently a political struggle to keep the Republicans from disenfranchising Democrats during elections (gerrymandering); Michigan has stripped the people's ability to elect local government to save their communities from bankruptcy and instituted Emergency Management in cities with the highest number of residents who are peoples of color. That doesn't seem to be fair, does it? As Rachel Maddow pointed out in her MSNBC news show on 3/14/13 - there is absolutely no proof that Emergency Management actually works for the better!
Additionally we see the current fight for equality in America so that everyone shall have the benefits attributed to a legal marriage, and again, women are going to have to re-fight the movement to protect Roe v. Wade and fight the Christian Right who are intent to chip away at those hard earned rights by fighting for justice so that women are able to find a facility that does this procedure in their state. Where is the love for thy neighbor in America?
If you are keeping people from exercising their legal and moral rights because it is against your religious belief, aren't you missing the bigger picture? God didn't give you the moral authority over another's life! This gift belongs to all of us, and none of us has the right to quash another's life choice. Reformation is necessary in order for Americans to be able to follow the pursuit of their own happiness, regardless of what others want them to be able to do. This movement will require compassion and love, and in the case of our legal system, it will likely require a review of Law vs the Spirit of the Law.
As a society, we have created too many laws that are tilted toward the absurd because fear-mongering sources continue to tell us that we cannot trust our neighbor, much less love them. I won't go on, and on, but I do suggest that you accept this energy statement: fear begets fear. We need to figure out how we can protect society from its weaker and less love-based members, without forgetting about common sense. The current gun-legislation is an example of the extremes people hold, when the real question is simply, how can we live together without empowering extremists of any kind? Love does not know extremes. Compassion understands that any extreme is a sign of imbalance and there is a need to come to common ground, in the center of the issue.
Let us hope and pray that the true spirit of god, which we New Thought believer's say is indwelling, and I now consider to be a divine energy signature in our DNA, opens the heart of Pope Francis so that he can study this simple truth expressed by Jesus and echoed by John. (1 John 4:12- If we love one another, god abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.) This verse leaves no room for misinterpretation, even if you do not believe that god exists or is indwelling in everyone - if we love one another, then love perfects us through its nobility. Spiritual and profane love should not allow us to dominate another in thought, word, or deed. If we still think that we have a right to interfere with another's life, the time has come to turn inward and seek out your higher truth, the one that you can begin to answer when you ask yourself this simple question: would I want, or allow, someone to do this same thing to me? It's a place to start.
I can love my brothers and sisters who are born with a sexual orientation that works for them, and whom I insist deserve full equality under the law. Those who are afraid to allow equality to be the American principle of pride and joy will, I believe, be given opportunities in life to change their mind because I cannot conceive of inequality contained in the energy of spiritual LOVE. Our precious doctrine of equality has not yet been perfected through true love in our own country, much less elsewhere: because if it had, equality for all would be a normal freedom upon the earth right now. Have a look around.
How can someone claim to be following the Spirit of the Bible if they are acting in a hateful manner against someone they label as a sinner, and deny other children of god the same rights they are privileged to? Sadly, groups who are haters and biased against race, different religious affiliations, sexual orientation, and the like, are deeply wounded because they cannot yet move out of their self-righteous ego-driven justifications. But this is a universal journey, I believe, and time will bring the change that allows us to mature as a species and give violence in thought, word, or deed, away as unnecessary.
This is a natural part of our soulful evolution, to move from wounded to health, so I hold to the belief that reason, with the current change in public opinion, will open the hearts of those who need it, help those who are fighting equality to change their minds, and find the power of compassion and love that will heal them. I believe that god knows only the power of love in its creations; we've discussed that likelihood before, because of the lower resonance of hate vs love. There is no sin, if god does not see it in you, only another opportunity for you to change your mind about a self-limiting idea or a position you hold against another.
So, here comes the really controversial part of this Sunday Service.
I suggest that if the Catholic church wants to move into the twenty-first century that they lovingly undo the re-writes that have been done under various church leaders, and remove the self-serving doctrine that has been biblical law post Council of Nicaea in the 3rd century. I would also ask them to consider the removal of the five books of Jewish Law that we know as the Old Testament. The story of Jesus is the beginning of Christianity, and in my humble opinion, it is there that the Bible should begin, because the laws that are in the old testament were originated by our friends, the Hebrews, for themselves. Jewish people believe the messiah is still to come and that it was not Jesus. I'm okay with that thought. Their spiritual path is magnificent and it is theirs from beginning to end. Shalom.
Today we live in a world that requires us to think of ourselves as an interconnected species, definitely not separated by religion, but made more unique because of our different beliefs, with this one caveat: no one religion can speak for the diversity of the people in our world. This is the fatal flaw in the heart of mankind that has not yet realized why god does not need converts into each religious sect, so much as people who are living and striving for a global peace, without war and death over differences they claim are godly.
The human need for a god/goddess goes back to our first steps on earth. WE HAVE CREATED THE NEED FOR GOD, GOD DID NOT DEMAND WE WORSHIP IT - OR ELSE. Fear of the elemental world led us to pray to the gods of our culture for protection. It took millennium for people to start organizing religion, and as they did their own misunderstandings of what god was or was not actually communicating distorted the original message. I do not claim to know what god may have first spoken into the hearts of mankind. I do not know when that may have been, but I suspect it came to women first, with the birthing of their children. Who has not shed a tear at the birth of a child? It is a miracle. Doesn't a miracle always remind us of how vulnerable we are and how much we want to cling to the belief that our god will save us from pain and misery (the opposite of a miracle)?
The teachings of Jesus, son of god or not, are all noble truths that a person can choose to live by, or not, according to their preference. But so are the teachings of other world prophets: Buddha, Shiva, Jains, and Islam. All of these teachings have pearls and prophets. But when religionists tell someone that they are damned for eternity because they are sinners, until they are renewed and reborn in the energy of Christ the Savior, I ask you to consider this thought: Do you really believe that if there is a god that it would have only spoken to one nation, or culture on the planet? Humble are those who do not raise their voices above the voice of god, even if they don't really see a need for a god.
Reformation is required, and not the kind that picks and chooses the teachings which will keep people fearful, and subservient to the church leaders. Isn't that part of the reason we find our world in such opposition now? People are moving away from churches and into self-discovery through New Thought Spirituality and smaller groups who are exploring alternative spirituality because they are cosmic thinkers and believe god is the creator of life on other planets and in other dimensions. Some of us, like me, are looking to Sacred Science as a new way to understand how life really evolved, and the role of an energy signature we call god may have played out. God's energy signature is indwelling in everything that exists - and this is my only model about god and its place in my life. What is yours?
My book, The Multiple You Universe: Sacred Science for the 21st Century is going to be out very soon, and available on Amazon.com. I hope you will buy it and let me know what you thought of it. It, too, has controversial elements in it, but what the hey - better to stretch our minds than let others tell us what we should think, I say.
Don't forget that March 24th, at 11:00 am central standard time will be my next radio show. I'm still waiting for inspiration on its content, but it will always have a reference to the Sacred Science. On March 10th I interviewed Allyn Evans, and Beth Vaughn who are associated with The Monroe Institute, the people who make those wonderful "whole brain" bin-aural beat technology cds. You can catch the show on my Show Page, with On-Demand recordings. Just search for The Multiple You Universe radio show on blogtalkradio.com.
As always, I am sending you, and yours, the loving good will that you deserve and my intention is that this energy serves your highest good. Pass loving good will along to those you know who will benefit, or to perfect strangers because they, too, are part of the beauty of life. It's free, easy to do, and it reinforces the energy of love on our planet. We need more love on earth, wouldn't you say? Take care of each other.
Reverend Cassandra Martin, Independent New Thought Spirituality
A Season for Nonviolence is the season for change...
01 March, 2013
A Season for Nonviolence actually begins every year on January 30th, and continues for 64 days, a campaign that spans the memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
According to the press release from The Association for Global New Thought (AGNT), who co-founded this
campaign with Dr. Arun Gandhi in 1998, this year is the 15th annual Gandhi/King season for nonviolence.
I like to celebrate it during the beginning of spring because it symbolizes to me that there is plenty of hope in the world for nonviolence to become a reality. This month I am going to spend some mindful time, as I am moved by my god-nature, to reflect upon and contemplate my new role in the nonviolence movement. I might still be doing this on the mid-month Sunday Service, so don't be surprised; nonviolence in thought, word, or deed is a big subject to consider.
It also holds the energetic potential to help you change, or resolve a problem you've been experiencing; at the very least, you'll be tapping into the energy of the collective consciousness energy field and this is a big power boost if you are in the process of manifesting change in your life. As you know, I speak on this subject whenever I'm given the opportunity because it is an important key for all of us to use, if we really want to change the world for the better.
I say really change because there is an insidious underbelly to the noble truth of nonviolence. Many people, and their religious/spiritual clergy, regrettably do not consider the depth of the word "nonviolence", and therefore, only give it lip service. I am not offering a judgement here, just an observation. The depth of the word must be considered if we are ever to commit to change in ourselves, society, and the governments around the globe. We'll do that shortly.
Sadly, businesses and corporations demonstrate how utterly indifferent they are to the consequences of their actions, around the world. I am thinking specifically of the oil industry (mainly water and land pollution), chemical industry, (land and water pollution, and explosions that kill), mining industry, (poisoning people, land and water, and explosions that kill, worldwide), and corporate farming (not organically oriented, lions share of the land) - all of which are enacting violence against people and nature, and whose profit oriented actions disrupt the natural flow of nature and interdependence of mankind with nature. I'm sure you have many opinions about the imbalance on our planet, and we could stretch the term to include the adage "first do no harm"; which expands the understanding of the term "nonviolence", and enters into what we metaphysicians call the Oneness Spirituality of New Thought.
One of the ways I am going to mindfully participate in "A Season for Nonviolence" (SNV), is to paint a stone from my land with a nonviolent word as I send prayers of loving good will out into the world for both nature and humanity. This isn't my idea, the Peace Rocks Project comes from the Association for Global New Thought website, but I'm going to do it this year for the first time and wanted to let you know about it.
Another way I am going to participate is to gather a few friends and walk a labyrinth, holding the intention for global nonviolence during the meditation in movement as we walk together. Walking prayers/affirmations, and singing prayers/affirmations are two of my favorite ways to engage the energy of change through nonviolent action.
If you have children, you might want to do a Children's March in your neighborhood, (idea based upon Academy award-winning documentary, The Children's March) make it up as you go, but teach them to understand the concept of nonviolence as a means for societal change. Kids love to color, make signs, and get out and exercise! Like I said, make it up as you go. Isn't that what we adults do every day of our life?
I have a copy of the 64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence which I recommend to everyone, simply because it is wise to be aware of energy that you can link-into which is trans-formative, and another personal benefit to you is the expansion of your consciousness related to this one action. The press release I mentioned earlier, from AGNT, tells us that:
"Hundreds of A Season for Nonviolence task forces from around the USA and abroad will be invited to participate in new projects, as well as the foundational program, 64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence. With a quotation, affirmation and action for each day of SNV, 64 Ways provides a way for anyone to start making these principles a part of their daily lives. Among our new offerings for the 15th Season is a custom designed 7-week study course based on Lynne McTaggart's The Bond: Building a Community of Oneness."
This movement uses descriptive words like, "heal, transform and empower lives", and stresses the importance of reconciliation as a model for human harmony. I have to agree with their approach. I would only add more of the spiritual component, by considering the adage, "first do no harm" in thought, word or deed, as a means to an end in our exploration of how violence out-pictures in the most subtle of ways.
Here is my list of ways that passive violence against the self can be insidious; let's say you are in mental and emotional pain, so you: 1. experience depression; 2. watch violent television or movies; 3. constantly use negative self-talk; 4. engage in road-rage, or rude driving; 5. you are unable to speak up for yourself; 6. you think of self mutilation or suicide; 7. excessive behavior: eat, drink, pleasure/pain; 8. isolation; 9. unable to reach out for help; 10. unable to love yourself for who you are - right now.
Now this list is not listed in an order of priority, and the 10 examples of how subtle violence springs forth come from my own observation of myself and several of my old friends and clients. What might your list of 10 look like?
You see, we are influenced by the world every day, and this is an energetic influence. I recently realized I was watching too much news everyday and feeling anxious about the state of the world. One of my efforts to decrease this unnecessary energy anxiety in my life is to watch less television. Since I'm a television addict this is not an easy task; but it is of prime importance to me that I quit doing violence to my psyche and emotions because I'm being overstimulated by the collective conscious field of energy, and modern social media.
Maybe I'm an empath because I feel another's pain when I witness their distress. I don't really know, but I do know that energy follows thought and we are also impacted by the energy which we experience with the five senses. We are receptive to this energy even if we don't want to be. We are swimming in a soup of energy, in other words, which we have no control over; except as to how we will engage it, and what we will create with it - it's sink or swim, my friends. I'm choosing to disconnect from some choices I've made in the past; changing for the better. And, I'm choosing to love myself by not practicing self-violence when I become aware of it.
In today's, Sunday Service, I've given you a few things to think about and I hope that you take the time to look deeply into your own psyche and root out the violence that is self-perpetuating. It's not necessarily true that you are creating this self-violence - most of us are reacting to stimulation, and if we are self-creating then we might consider the need to speak to a counselor because you do not have to suffer, ever, but you can choose to suffer through the self-violence of inaction. You see how subtle the action of nonviolence can be, and vice versa?
I hope I have not lectured you, today, because in my mind I am only offering you my perspective on the subject of self-violence/self-nonviolence. I felt the need to share this oft overlooked subject for discussion while informing you of the Association of Global New Thought's effort to enlighten us on the subject of nonviolence. Go check them out for yourselves.
Sending you, and yours loving good will, with my intention that your Highest Good will be served. Go paint a rock with a word for peace/non-violence if you have the time. It's a wonderful meditation.
Reverend Cassandra Martin, Independent New Thought Minister
A Season for Nonviolence actually begins every year on January 30th, and continues for 64 days, a campaign that spans the memorial anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
According to the press release from The Association for Global New Thought (AGNT), who co-founded this
campaign with Dr. Arun Gandhi in 1998, this year is the 15th annual Gandhi/King season for nonviolence.
I like to celebrate it during the beginning of spring because it symbolizes to me that there is plenty of hope in the world for nonviolence to become a reality. This month I am going to spend some mindful time, as I am moved by my god-nature, to reflect upon and contemplate my new role in the nonviolence movement. I might still be doing this on the mid-month Sunday Service, so don't be surprised; nonviolence in thought, word, or deed is a big subject to consider.
It also holds the energetic potential to help you change, or resolve a problem you've been experiencing; at the very least, you'll be tapping into the energy of the collective consciousness energy field and this is a big power boost if you are in the process of manifesting change in your life. As you know, I speak on this subject whenever I'm given the opportunity because it is an important key for all of us to use, if we really want to change the world for the better.
I say really change because there is an insidious underbelly to the noble truth of nonviolence. Many people, and their religious/spiritual clergy, regrettably do not consider the depth of the word "nonviolence", and therefore, only give it lip service. I am not offering a judgement here, just an observation. The depth of the word must be considered if we are ever to commit to change in ourselves, society, and the governments around the globe. We'll do that shortly.
Sadly, businesses and corporations demonstrate how utterly indifferent they are to the consequences of their actions, around the world. I am thinking specifically of the oil industry (mainly water and land pollution), chemical industry, (land and water pollution, and explosions that kill), mining industry, (poisoning people, land and water, and explosions that kill, worldwide), and corporate farming (not organically oriented, lions share of the land) - all of which are enacting violence against people and nature, and whose profit oriented actions disrupt the natural flow of nature and interdependence of mankind with nature. I'm sure you have many opinions about the imbalance on our planet, and we could stretch the term to include the adage "first do no harm"; which expands the understanding of the term "nonviolence", and enters into what we metaphysicians call the Oneness Spirituality of New Thought.
One of the ways I am going to mindfully participate in "A Season for Nonviolence" (SNV), is to paint a stone from my land with a nonviolent word as I send prayers of loving good will out into the world for both nature and humanity. This isn't my idea, the Peace Rocks Project comes from the Association for Global New Thought website, but I'm going to do it this year for the first time and wanted to let you know about it.
Another way I am going to participate is to gather a few friends and walk a labyrinth, holding the intention for global nonviolence during the meditation in movement as we walk together. Walking prayers/affirmations, and singing prayers/affirmations are two of my favorite ways to engage the energy of change through nonviolent action.
If you have children, you might want to do a Children's March in your neighborhood, (idea based upon Academy award-winning documentary, The Children's March) make it up as you go, but teach them to understand the concept of nonviolence as a means for societal change. Kids love to color, make signs, and get out and exercise! Like I said, make it up as you go. Isn't that what we adults do every day of our life?
I have a copy of the 64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence which I recommend to everyone, simply because it is wise to be aware of energy that you can link-into which is trans-formative, and another personal benefit to you is the expansion of your consciousness related to this one action. The press release I mentioned earlier, from AGNT, tells us that:
"Hundreds of A Season for Nonviolence task forces from around the USA and abroad will be invited to participate in new projects, as well as the foundational program, 64 Ways to Practice Nonviolence. With a quotation, affirmation and action for each day of SNV, 64 Ways provides a way for anyone to start making these principles a part of their daily lives. Among our new offerings for the 15th Season is a custom designed 7-week study course based on Lynne McTaggart's The Bond: Building a Community of Oneness."
This movement uses descriptive words like, "heal, transform and empower lives", and stresses the importance of reconciliation as a model for human harmony. I have to agree with their approach. I would only add more of the spiritual component, by considering the adage, "first do no harm" in thought, word or deed, as a means to an end in our exploration of how violence out-pictures in the most subtle of ways.
Here is my list of ways that passive violence against the self can be insidious; let's say you are in mental and emotional pain, so you: 1. experience depression; 2. watch violent television or movies; 3. constantly use negative self-talk; 4. engage in road-rage, or rude driving; 5. you are unable to speak up for yourself; 6. you think of self mutilation or suicide; 7. excessive behavior: eat, drink, pleasure/pain; 8. isolation; 9. unable to reach out for help; 10. unable to love yourself for who you are - right now.
Now this list is not listed in an order of priority, and the 10 examples of how subtle violence springs forth come from my own observation of myself and several of my old friends and clients. What might your list of 10 look like?
You see, we are influenced by the world every day, and this is an energetic influence. I recently realized I was watching too much news everyday and feeling anxious about the state of the world. One of my efforts to decrease this unnecessary energy anxiety in my life is to watch less television. Since I'm a television addict this is not an easy task; but it is of prime importance to me that I quit doing violence to my psyche and emotions because I'm being overstimulated by the collective conscious field of energy, and modern social media.
Maybe I'm an empath because I feel another's pain when I witness their distress. I don't really know, but I do know that energy follows thought and we are also impacted by the energy which we experience with the five senses. We are receptive to this energy even if we don't want to be. We are swimming in a soup of energy, in other words, which we have no control over; except as to how we will engage it, and what we will create with it - it's sink or swim, my friends. I'm choosing to disconnect from some choices I've made in the past; changing for the better. And, I'm choosing to love myself by not practicing self-violence when I become aware of it.
In today's, Sunday Service, I've given you a few things to think about and I hope that you take the time to look deeply into your own psyche and root out the violence that is self-perpetuating. It's not necessarily true that you are creating this self-violence - most of us are reacting to stimulation, and if we are self-creating then we might consider the need to speak to a counselor because you do not have to suffer, ever, but you can choose to suffer through the self-violence of inaction. You see how subtle the action of nonviolence can be, and vice versa?
I hope I have not lectured you, today, because in my mind I am only offering you my perspective on the subject of self-violence/self-nonviolence. I felt the need to share this oft overlooked subject for discussion while informing you of the Association of Global New Thought's effort to enlighten us on the subject of nonviolence. Go check them out for yourselves.
Sending you, and yours loving good will, with my intention that your Highest Good will be served. Go paint a rock with a word for peace/non-violence if you have the time. It's a wonderful meditation.
Reverend Cassandra Martin, Independent New Thought Minister
Join me on the Bridge...
14 February, 2013
Oprah's O Magazine asks their readers what they should do to celebrate International Woman's Day on March 8th. One of the things that caught my eye was called "Bridge The Divide". In 2010 Rwanda women and the Democratic Republic of Congo women decided to make a show for peace between their countries. The women, and whomever else would participate that day, came from both countries and met in the middle of the bridge that separated their war ravaged countries. You can find out more about this movement by visiting joinmeonthebridge.org which is now one of the largest women's rights campaign in the world. Another women's equality day is, August 26th, the day women claim for themselves as Women's Equality Day. More on that, when the time draws near.
I offer you this Sunday Service as an opportunity to see yourself as a bridge; and to think about how you can join people around the world who refuse to give up the dream that equality for all people will lead to world peace. If we are to see ourselves as bridges between heaven and earth, between misery and happiness, or indifference and love we might see what God sees in us: just how effective humans can be when they let love and justice be their compass. I've more to say on this but let's keep moving purposely forward and look at the energy which has so far kept everyone from achieving our dream of world peace.
The bridge needs people who have joined in like-mindedness, or the fighting will continue on the bridge and more people will be injured. Nothing will have been gained. Continuing this theme, a teeter-totter needs children of equal strength to do its best job. One can be more excitable, and one more steady in order for them both to have fun, but equal strength is foremost. However, there's more to consider here. The majority of people on our planet do not want the injustices to continue, no matter what form of injustice we are addressing. We instinctively know that as long as peoples around the world do not have enough of everything they need to be happy, inequality will exist.
If mass creates action (as we are taught in metaphysics and science alike), why isn't the world changing for the better at a faster rate? Something, or a series of somethings, has to be dragging on the energy we are co-creating - and peace is kept from manifesting. What is it? Or should I say what are the things that are keeping us from our dreams of love and peace?
Perhaps the reason we vascilate between happy and sad is because our fears get the better of us. Yet, when we find the right thing to do, or the right tool to use to overcome the fears of our lives, we succeed because at our core we have to value ourselves with self-love, or we will get nowhere. We've all heard this said... where there is love there can be no fear. The real question is how many of you believe that and find it working in your life every day?
The real value of Divine Love is its balance and strength. It can heal anything, and it can build anything you want in your life. But if we are talking about generic loves: Valentines Day Love, or Survival Love, or Selfish Love or Sacreficial Love, when we are about to walk out on a bridge and meet our former enemies, or our child is about to get on the teeter-totter with a bully who will try to buck him or her off; guess what's going to happen?
Valentine's Day is February 14th (today) so I decided to write my blog a day early to make known a not-so-well-kept-secret about the Service of Love. Love is service, as are you when you are vibrating with the energy of Love. Everyone you run into while you are holding the love vibration will feel it and be affected by it. Fear is service, as are you and when you share your fear energy with others, consciously or unconsciously, their vibrations are lowered and you are the cause. Yes, you are the cause. Anytime that we affect another person by moving them out of their balance it becomes harder for all of us to start moving toward world peace again. Right now, only about 300 people read this blog, so we'll have to think in much larger numbers to understand how energy can tip the scales. This would create a big drag in the energy field of the whole of humanity who claim to want world peace, wouldn't it.
Energy is affected by thoughts, words, and actions, (of yours and others), and also affected by non-human types of energy; as when we take a hike into a forest and feel the change in our energy field because nature's energy is so powerful.
So, we're getting a little clearer here, I think.
Energy is part of what will assist or impede our desire for world peace. To what degree, we might then ask? Here I want to go back to my statement about the compass which would help humanity to find world peace. Funnily enough, that compass only has two directions: Love, and Justice. Therefore the compass must represent more than the directions we can find. What if we agree that the compass itself is important for us to find world peace. Okay, we would have to be balanced in order for the directions to be accurate, right? We would have to be made of a material that is not easily destroyable; like gold. The value of gold used to be in its beauty and its indestructable nature (never rusts) before it became a status-builder and currency.
We would want our compasses to be gold so they wouldn't rust and we could always find our way back to Love and Justice, which are required for humanity to have world peace. If we are off of North (Love) and South (Justice) then we are in a place of our own creation that is confusing and probably difficult. There may even be terrible animals who will try to eat us.
Let's think about this a bit further. If love and justice are the only two attributes which can lead mankind toward peace on earth, what does this mean? These two attributes could be called noble truths, I guess. There is no way to subvert these two attributes, no matter how hard you try; at least not if we are talking about true love, and true justice. When injustice exists it stems from inequality because imbalance cannot exist in a society that truly values justice. Justice is real when everyone is in balance, and equality is the only reality we know on earth.
Love - as in Divine Love - is not capable of seeing anything other than itself in others. Did you know that? This is one of the reasons why I am confident that God doesn't see your mistakes and errors or judge you in any way. If it is true that God is Love, as has been claimed around the world, then the Divinity outside of you only sees the Divinity within, (because you carry the sacred energy signature of God within you). There is no place for separation within the power of Love. Love is everything, even when you do not recognize it for what it is, or mistake it for something it is not. We can even take the word god out of the mix and simply state that Love is the creator of all good things. Or say that justice is the balance beam which cannot be tipped as long as everyone is treated equally.
Okay, we're getting clearer. World Peace can only exist if we all believe the same truth: That love is everything worth having, and justice exists when equality is the truth for all peoples of the world. From these two Noble Truths we can create a world worth living in. Love brings people together in community so there is more safety for all. Equality in sharing the fruits of the community builds strong relationships and trust. And, it gets better as long as fear and power struggles don't enter the picture.
Then, why are we still living in a world that allows war, hunger, and inequality to thrive? You know the answer, not because you watch the news every day, but because your energy is affected by the suffering of everyone who suffers on the planet, and because people don't spend alot of time sending out loving good will to strangers, you only receive a small dose of love from others around the world each day. Therefore we are all out of balance. We are wandering somewhere between Love and Justice, but we are running out of food and other important supplies because people are now afraid to share what they have for themselves.
It isn't God, or religion, or even spiritual practices that will save us from others. What will save us is something that we have overlooked since the beginning of the world of man. Quite simply put, it is this: we must save ourselves from ourselves. We are the reason why there is not yet world peace. We are the problem, but we are also the solution. I ask you to start sending loving good will out to the people of the world, and don't stop. They will eventually feel it, and quit looking around for people to blame for your sorrows. If you practice loving good will, and strive to treat everyone equally, hope will bloom again.
As always, today I send you loving good will with my intention that your highest good be served. Be happy, my friends, knowing that you now have a better understanding of how the energy of Love and Justice work.
Reverend Cassandra Martin, Independent New Thought Minister
Oprah's O Magazine asks their readers what they should do to celebrate International Woman's Day on March 8th. One of the things that caught my eye was called "Bridge The Divide". In 2010 Rwanda women and the Democratic Republic of Congo women decided to make a show for peace between their countries. The women, and whomever else would participate that day, came from both countries and met in the middle of the bridge that separated their war ravaged countries. You can find out more about this movement by visiting joinmeonthebridge.org which is now one of the largest women's rights campaign in the world. Another women's equality day is, August 26th, the day women claim for themselves as Women's Equality Day. More on that, when the time draws near.
I offer you this Sunday Service as an opportunity to see yourself as a bridge; and to think about how you can join people around the world who refuse to give up the dream that equality for all people will lead to world peace. If we are to see ourselves as bridges between heaven and earth, between misery and happiness, or indifference and love we might see what God sees in us: just how effective humans can be when they let love and justice be their compass. I've more to say on this but let's keep moving purposely forward and look at the energy which has so far kept everyone from achieving our dream of world peace.
The bridge needs people who have joined in like-mindedness, or the fighting will continue on the bridge and more people will be injured. Nothing will have been gained. Continuing this theme, a teeter-totter needs children of equal strength to do its best job. One can be more excitable, and one more steady in order for them both to have fun, but equal strength is foremost. However, there's more to consider here. The majority of people on our planet do not want the injustices to continue, no matter what form of injustice we are addressing. We instinctively know that as long as peoples around the world do not have enough of everything they need to be happy, inequality will exist.
If mass creates action (as we are taught in metaphysics and science alike), why isn't the world changing for the better at a faster rate? Something, or a series of somethings, has to be dragging on the energy we are co-creating - and peace is kept from manifesting. What is it? Or should I say what are the things that are keeping us from our dreams of love and peace?
Perhaps the reason we vascilate between happy and sad is because our fears get the better of us. Yet, when we find the right thing to do, or the right tool to use to overcome the fears of our lives, we succeed because at our core we have to value ourselves with self-love, or we will get nowhere. We've all heard this said... where there is love there can be no fear. The real question is how many of you believe that and find it working in your life every day?
The real value of Divine Love is its balance and strength. It can heal anything, and it can build anything you want in your life. But if we are talking about generic loves: Valentines Day Love, or Survival Love, or Selfish Love or Sacreficial Love, when we are about to walk out on a bridge and meet our former enemies, or our child is about to get on the teeter-totter with a bully who will try to buck him or her off; guess what's going to happen?
Valentine's Day is February 14th (today) so I decided to write my blog a day early to make known a not-so-well-kept-secret about the Service of Love. Love is service, as are you when you are vibrating with the energy of Love. Everyone you run into while you are holding the love vibration will feel it and be affected by it. Fear is service, as are you and when you share your fear energy with others, consciously or unconsciously, their vibrations are lowered and you are the cause. Yes, you are the cause. Anytime that we affect another person by moving them out of their balance it becomes harder for all of us to start moving toward world peace again. Right now, only about 300 people read this blog, so we'll have to think in much larger numbers to understand how energy can tip the scales. This would create a big drag in the energy field of the whole of humanity who claim to want world peace, wouldn't it.
Energy is affected by thoughts, words, and actions, (of yours and others), and also affected by non-human types of energy; as when we take a hike into a forest and feel the change in our energy field because nature's energy is so powerful.
So, we're getting a little clearer here, I think.
Energy is part of what will assist or impede our desire for world peace. To what degree, we might then ask? Here I want to go back to my statement about the compass which would help humanity to find world peace. Funnily enough, that compass only has two directions: Love, and Justice. Therefore the compass must represent more than the directions we can find. What if we agree that the compass itself is important for us to find world peace. Okay, we would have to be balanced in order for the directions to be accurate, right? We would have to be made of a material that is not easily destroyable; like gold. The value of gold used to be in its beauty and its indestructable nature (never rusts) before it became a status-builder and currency.
We would want our compasses to be gold so they wouldn't rust and we could always find our way back to Love and Justice, which are required for humanity to have world peace. If we are off of North (Love) and South (Justice) then we are in a place of our own creation that is confusing and probably difficult. There may even be terrible animals who will try to eat us.
Let's think about this a bit further. If love and justice are the only two attributes which can lead mankind toward peace on earth, what does this mean? These two attributes could be called noble truths, I guess. There is no way to subvert these two attributes, no matter how hard you try; at least not if we are talking about true love, and true justice. When injustice exists it stems from inequality because imbalance cannot exist in a society that truly values justice. Justice is real when everyone is in balance, and equality is the only reality we know on earth.
Love - as in Divine Love - is not capable of seeing anything other than itself in others. Did you know that? This is one of the reasons why I am confident that God doesn't see your mistakes and errors or judge you in any way. If it is true that God is Love, as has been claimed around the world, then the Divinity outside of you only sees the Divinity within, (because you carry the sacred energy signature of God within you). There is no place for separation within the power of Love. Love is everything, even when you do not recognize it for what it is, or mistake it for something it is not. We can even take the word god out of the mix and simply state that Love is the creator of all good things. Or say that justice is the balance beam which cannot be tipped as long as everyone is treated equally.
Okay, we're getting clearer. World Peace can only exist if we all believe the same truth: That love is everything worth having, and justice exists when equality is the truth for all peoples of the world. From these two Noble Truths we can create a world worth living in. Love brings people together in community so there is more safety for all. Equality in sharing the fruits of the community builds strong relationships and trust. And, it gets better as long as fear and power struggles don't enter the picture.
Then, why are we still living in a world that allows war, hunger, and inequality to thrive? You know the answer, not because you watch the news every day, but because your energy is affected by the suffering of everyone who suffers on the planet, and because people don't spend alot of time sending out loving good will to strangers, you only receive a small dose of love from others around the world each day. Therefore we are all out of balance. We are wandering somewhere between Love and Justice, but we are running out of food and other important supplies because people are now afraid to share what they have for themselves.
It isn't God, or religion, or even spiritual practices that will save us from others. What will save us is something that we have overlooked since the beginning of the world of man. Quite simply put, it is this: we must save ourselves from ourselves. We are the reason why there is not yet world peace. We are the problem, but we are also the solution. I ask you to start sending loving good will out to the people of the world, and don't stop. They will eventually feel it, and quit looking around for people to blame for your sorrows. If you practice loving good will, and strive to treat everyone equally, hope will bloom again.
As always, today I send you loving good will with my intention that your highest good be served. Be happy, my friends, knowing that you now have a better understanding of how the energy of Love and Justice work.
Reverend Cassandra Martin, Independent New Thought Minister
Is there a Conscious Spark of God that is Inside of You?
01 February, 2013
I have just rediscovered some of my most insightful diary entries, written over the past twenty years. Those that I had already remembered I’ve been using as examples of mysticism in my (soon to be published) book, The Multiple You Universe: Sacred Science for the 21st Century. One of the events I want to share with you today was recorded on March 19, 2003, and it addresses one possible answer to the lead in question of our title: is there a conscious spark of God that is inside of you? The follow up question might be, "then where does it live?"
Here, I quote from my diary, edited only for clarity:
“The most incredible event occurred this morning. I saw a cell, an energy cell, (or a physical cell) that I am guessing is linked to my DNA, which can act as a tool for my personal expansion of mind, body and spirit. It was an awesome sight! The cell was circular, yet within it were compartments and within the compartments were symbols, numbers, and letters in a language I could not interpret consciously during the vision. (The dots on the hand drawing also represent messaging of some sort.)
“The thing that boggled my mind was the speed at which these pieces of information kept moving in their individual compartmental areas. I expect that our physiology does communicate with the working parts quickly, but this image suggested that internal “messages”were going around themselves in a loop- which indicated to me a different dimensional form; not a flatter image, as in viewing microbes with a microscope! (Could then this be the way my mind represented multidimensional interconnections in my structure?)
“I felt that the information was timeless – waiting for me to access it. I also felt comfortable that my brain somehow recognized and interpreted the information on the spot, so I did not have to think that this is a lost opportunity for me, inc which I could have had an important insight. What if all I have to do is to be willing to expand my consciousness to gain new insights, gifts and talents? I drew a picture of this cell in my diary.”
My “cellular vision” addresses only one part of an on-going thought-form that I had been receiving around this time. I was interested in how DNA might be both mystical and physical, but the only material out in the marketplace that I could find was too questionable for me to take seriously. It wasn’t until a few months ago that I was able to read Lee Carroll’s book, The Twelve Layers of DNA, An Esoteric Study of Mastery Within, from his Kryon series. Now I’m excited.
Okay, let’s break this down for the important clues:
A thought-form comes to us from a higher aspect of ourselves, or from Teachers and Guides (non-local) who know that our future will include the need for mystic information they want you to become aware of. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was preparing to write my book (sub-consciously) and this subject does play a part in it.
The cell that I saw appeared to be more energetic than would a physical cell, but I cannot be sure, yet. (What if I was seeing a rendition of a cell in a future year, after I've maturated the material available?) All will be revealed as it is meant to be absorbed.
Within the cell were compartments, and they appeared to me to be looping around each other, or through each other somehow; while the outer part of the cell that held everything together looked like a soft border- it moved gently as if it were in a fluid like medium. This may have been a physical hint for me to consider the cell as more energetic than physical, or more of a multidimensional representation than a physical one. It could also have been a suggestion that DNA is more clumpy than ladder-like in the body. I have since found out that this is true.
The language of the “message” was more complex than the spoken word.
For all I know there was a message for me in this vision that I may, even
now, be decoding on levels that I am unaware of. Or, my Teachers and Guides are continuing to facilitate the expansion of my personal consciousness and the
textbook is taken from this cellular message.
The language was unfamiliar to me, but this isn’t unusual because I have been receiving dreams, visions, and other mystical clues for years about a “Living Language of Light”. I have even received a few symbols that I am learning to interpret.
Have you had such an experience? If you have we should have a conversation, and if there are enough of us, we should probably accept that a new shift of consciousness is occurring and it’s time for like-minded people to find each other.
In the meantime, I’d like to share some of Lee Carroll’s insights, thanks to his non-local friend, Kryon, about DNA and how it is much, much more than currently thought of by our scientists. And, you will see that my interest in DNA as both mystical and physical, was a good thing.
Chapter 13, page
237:
"There is a new energy on this planet, and this energy seeks to now activate pieces and portions of your soul energy that we call DNA. It is that part of
your body that is both in 3D and multi-D, where the Higher Self
resides…
“It won’t be something that you have to sit and meditate to accomplish because DNA, when activated [energized], stays that way [stays changed]. You won’t be
turning it on and turning it off.
Chapter 13, page
238:
“…Within your cellular structure are the tools of mastery and they’re not invisible. They are part of the cellular structure, which is being studied in an entirely different way by science today. The spiritual secrets are in the DNA!
The instruction sets for mastery are in the DNA! Therefore, an esoteric study of your DNA becomes a study of mastery, the God within, and an entry to
all that is.”
It was March/2003 when I had the vision we’ve been discussing, and a few months ago, let’s say around November/2012, that I read this information from Kryon. That makes it a period of nine years and eight months since I consciously
thought that DNA might be more than physical, but I had no way of proving it.
I’m a mystic, not a scientist. The next time you say, “But if I do (something)
this way it will take forever, where’s my shortcut?”.
Shut your mouth, my friend!
Good things come when you are ready and able to go beyond the original seed thought, or effort.
I think that Lee Carroll’s partner, Kryon, has also answered for us the question of the spark of God dwelling within us; apparently it does and it is possible it dwells within the multidimensional connection to your DNA, through your Higher Self.
Or, as some have told me, that spark could live in your heart, in a very special place from which it is accessible. I don’t have an attachment to how you
envision your connection to God, indwelling, because each of us is uniquely
suited to forge our own connection as our inner guidance suggests.
One of New Thought spirituality’s tenents is that God is immanent, indwelling, the creator of all that has been created. I have stretched my consciousness to consider that this could also mean that God’s consciousness, or intelligence, is like an energy signature. So, for me, the indwelling spark of God is an energy signature that lives in my energy field, or my unified field of consciousness, or my DNA’s physicality. I’m not insistent upon any of these possibilities, time will give us the answers we would like to have and the process of journeying to those answers is more fun to me than the destination.
I hope you take today’s Sunday Service and make of it something that will inspire you to think of these possibilities for yourself. It is the journey that
opens doors in our mind that just might lead you to mystical experiences.
Don’t forget that I have a radio show that airs on blogtalkradio.com. This month the shows will be on February 10th and the 24th at 11:00 a.m. (central standard time). Just go to Blogtalkradio.com and search for my show: The Multiple You
Universe: Sacred Science for the 21st Century. When it is brought up you can click and listen, or review archives. We are currently discussing the importance of expanding our consciousness.
As usual, I send you my loving good will with an intention that your Highest Self be served.
Reverend Cassandra Martin, Independent New
Thought Minister
I have just rediscovered some of my most insightful diary entries, written over the past twenty years. Those that I had already remembered I’ve been using as examples of mysticism in my (soon to be published) book, The Multiple You Universe: Sacred Science for the 21st Century. One of the events I want to share with you today was recorded on March 19, 2003, and it addresses one possible answer to the lead in question of our title: is there a conscious spark of God that is inside of you? The follow up question might be, "then where does it live?"
Here, I quote from my diary, edited only for clarity:
“The most incredible event occurred this morning. I saw a cell, an energy cell, (or a physical cell) that I am guessing is linked to my DNA, which can act as a tool for my personal expansion of mind, body and spirit. It was an awesome sight! The cell was circular, yet within it were compartments and within the compartments were symbols, numbers, and letters in a language I could not interpret consciously during the vision. (The dots on the hand drawing also represent messaging of some sort.)
“The thing that boggled my mind was the speed at which these pieces of information kept moving in their individual compartmental areas. I expect that our physiology does communicate with the working parts quickly, but this image suggested that internal “messages”were going around themselves in a loop- which indicated to me a different dimensional form; not a flatter image, as in viewing microbes with a microscope! (Could then this be the way my mind represented multidimensional interconnections in my structure?)
“I felt that the information was timeless – waiting for me to access it. I also felt comfortable that my brain somehow recognized and interpreted the information on the spot, so I did not have to think that this is a lost opportunity for me, inc which I could have had an important insight. What if all I have to do is to be willing to expand my consciousness to gain new insights, gifts and talents? I drew a picture of this cell in my diary.”
My “cellular vision” addresses only one part of an on-going thought-form that I had been receiving around this time. I was interested in how DNA might be both mystical and physical, but the only material out in the marketplace that I could find was too questionable for me to take seriously. It wasn’t until a few months ago that I was able to read Lee Carroll’s book, The Twelve Layers of DNA, An Esoteric Study of Mastery Within, from his Kryon series. Now I’m excited.
Okay, let’s break this down for the important clues:
A thought-form comes to us from a higher aspect of ourselves, or from Teachers and Guides (non-local) who know that our future will include the need for mystic information they want you to become aware of. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was preparing to write my book (sub-consciously) and this subject does play a part in it.
The cell that I saw appeared to be more energetic than would a physical cell, but I cannot be sure, yet. (What if I was seeing a rendition of a cell in a future year, after I've maturated the material available?) All will be revealed as it is meant to be absorbed.
Within the cell were compartments, and they appeared to me to be looping around each other, or through each other somehow; while the outer part of the cell that held everything together looked like a soft border- it moved gently as if it were in a fluid like medium. This may have been a physical hint for me to consider the cell as more energetic than physical, or more of a multidimensional representation than a physical one. It could also have been a suggestion that DNA is more clumpy than ladder-like in the body. I have since found out that this is true.
The language of the “message” was more complex than the spoken word.
For all I know there was a message for me in this vision that I may, even
now, be decoding on levels that I am unaware of. Or, my Teachers and Guides are continuing to facilitate the expansion of my personal consciousness and the
textbook is taken from this cellular message.
The language was unfamiliar to me, but this isn’t unusual because I have been receiving dreams, visions, and other mystical clues for years about a “Living Language of Light”. I have even received a few symbols that I am learning to interpret.
Have you had such an experience? If you have we should have a conversation, and if there are enough of us, we should probably accept that a new shift of consciousness is occurring and it’s time for like-minded people to find each other.
In the meantime, I’d like to share some of Lee Carroll’s insights, thanks to his non-local friend, Kryon, about DNA and how it is much, much more than currently thought of by our scientists. And, you will see that my interest in DNA as both mystical and physical, was a good thing.
Chapter 13, page
237:
"There is a new energy on this planet, and this energy seeks to now activate pieces and portions of your soul energy that we call DNA. It is that part of
your body that is both in 3D and multi-D, where the Higher Self
resides…
“It won’t be something that you have to sit and meditate to accomplish because DNA, when activated [energized], stays that way [stays changed]. You won’t be
turning it on and turning it off.
Chapter 13, page
238:
“…Within your cellular structure are the tools of mastery and they’re not invisible. They are part of the cellular structure, which is being studied in an entirely different way by science today. The spiritual secrets are in the DNA!
The instruction sets for mastery are in the DNA! Therefore, an esoteric study of your DNA becomes a study of mastery, the God within, and an entry to
all that is.”
It was March/2003 when I had the vision we’ve been discussing, and a few months ago, let’s say around November/2012, that I read this information from Kryon. That makes it a period of nine years and eight months since I consciously
thought that DNA might be more than physical, but I had no way of proving it.
I’m a mystic, not a scientist. The next time you say, “But if I do (something)
this way it will take forever, where’s my shortcut?”.
Shut your mouth, my friend!
Good things come when you are ready and able to go beyond the original seed thought, or effort.
I think that Lee Carroll’s partner, Kryon, has also answered for us the question of the spark of God dwelling within us; apparently it does and it is possible it dwells within the multidimensional connection to your DNA, through your Higher Self.
Or, as some have told me, that spark could live in your heart, in a very special place from which it is accessible. I don’t have an attachment to how you
envision your connection to God, indwelling, because each of us is uniquely
suited to forge our own connection as our inner guidance suggests.
One of New Thought spirituality’s tenents is that God is immanent, indwelling, the creator of all that has been created. I have stretched my consciousness to consider that this could also mean that God’s consciousness, or intelligence, is like an energy signature. So, for me, the indwelling spark of God is an energy signature that lives in my energy field, or my unified field of consciousness, or my DNA’s physicality. I’m not insistent upon any of these possibilities, time will give us the answers we would like to have and the process of journeying to those answers is more fun to me than the destination.
I hope you take today’s Sunday Service and make of it something that will inspire you to think of these possibilities for yourself. It is the journey that
opens doors in our mind that just might lead you to mystical experiences.
Don’t forget that I have a radio show that airs on blogtalkradio.com. This month the shows will be on February 10th and the 24th at 11:00 a.m. (central standard time). Just go to Blogtalkradio.com and search for my show: The Multiple You
Universe: Sacred Science for the 21st Century. When it is brought up you can click and listen, or review archives. We are currently discussing the importance of expanding our consciousness.
As usual, I send you my loving good will with an intention that your Highest Self be served.
Reverend Cassandra Martin, Independent New
Thought Minister
Running into your brick wall: how terrifying can a copyeditor be?
15 January 2013
I have stripped myself of my excuses in order to write this blog for you and in the process of sharing my own progress I hope you see something of value for yourself the next time you see your own version of a brick wall looming.
Shared thought #1: You have to be willing and able to strip yourself of your excuses.
Never an easy task, is it. Last week I received my manuscript back from my copyeditor and I realized that she was expecting me to use a computer program I was unfamiliar with to accept, reject, or over-write her recommendations. I knew I was going to have problems with this when I felt the first surge of adrenelin, always a sure sign that I am afraid of actually screwing something up. Now I'm old school, which in editing-land means a blue pencil, some funny symbols that printers understand, and notations for changes in the margins. This experience comes from my secretarial days in an advertising agency.
After the shock wore off and I saw how many suggestions, Anna, my copyeditor had recommended, I had to revisit my secret fears that "I'm not a very good writer". I don't even remember my english classes on how to write a composition of any kind.
So, Shared Thought #2 is: Education is not always the best way to learn a new skill. I had, afterall, taken many courses in screenplay writing, fiction, short-story writing, and had always written prose. I would say that I spent the first 25 years of my writing history focused on fiction. This is where Spirit changed my direction, though. You see, I knew about five years ago that I had something to say (or rather, to write about) regarding mysticism and how I have experienced what feels like multiple-dimensional 'reality' in altered states of consciousness.
The problem Spirit had in moving me in this direction is that I was still convinced I could only speak about myself through my characters. Not true, it turned out, as Spirit sent me two messages through people that it was time to get on the creative journey and tell my story. You don't ask someone whose life has been mostly dissapointment to expose herself without risking a complete meldown. Guess what happened?
Shared Thought #3: If you don't keep a diary, start writing one on whatever level you can, and for as long as you can. The real truth of my life is that it was not as dissappointing as I remembered. And, I rediscovered journal entries that went into great detail about mystical experiences, channeled conversations, dreams, or visions, and reincarnation recalls. I think it took a little time for me to realize that my God Nature, indwelling, knew a truth about my ability to write that differed from mine: I was destined to be a non-fiction writer, but my fears of inadequacy had kept me tied to a "safer, less exposed" perspective.
Therefore, Shared Thought #4 is this: First, deal with your perception that you are somehow inadequate. And, this is a big one, because until you begin working on this misconception, you will not be able to find your true nature, and therefore, offer your experience, or your song, or your invention to the world. In my case I was born to share with readers how I evolved my mystical abilities (born with them!) into a lifetime that is turning out to be rich with the reward of exploring the field of Sacred Science, and helping others understand their own mystic and/or God Nature. Afterall, we are all in-training when it comes to that, are we not?
Before I had even begun the writing process for "The Multiple You Universe" I went through a mini-journey of my perceived litany of failures. Now, I know that this is something that I tell you can be on the cutting edge of constructive; and I also tell you to take baby steps when you are working through any major perceptional changes. So it should come as no surprise to you that over the past 20 years I have been working on giving away my feelings of inadequacy because Spirit has continued to prompt me to communicate in the best way that I can. And, in fact, I have a compelling need to communicate. This, I attribute to my precious God, indwelling, who thankfully does not let me paralyze myself in fear mode for very long.
Shared Thought #5 always make me laugh; You can try to work the system, but a lesson for your best interest will always trump your feeble attempts to play it safe.
You see, I had convinced myself that hiring a copyeditor would be the perfect solution. Problems with tense? Snap of a finger! Problems with grammar and context? Her experience would walk me through it. But, oh tricky God Nature that I AM, you got around my defenses and brought me into the age of electronic copyediting.
So, why am I going on about this? First, Spirit knew I needed another chance to soften my perceptions of my inadequacies. And, darn it, Anna's ideas are solid, and tempered I assume, by years of experience. What I want to add to or take-away from my manuscript is still there and my voice is just as strong as the day I sent it off.
My next step was to look at the manuscript to see just how much work I was looking at. Okay! There was plenty of opportunity to strengthen and romance my message to the readers but overall, it was not the crisis I had anticipated. Now, I know why I anticipate crisis; because I am not a trained writer, and I've never used this program before. But was that the real lesson here?
It took me a few days to talk to my beloved husband, John, about my fear and ask for his help. In my eyes he's the most experienced of the two of us regarding presentations. He promptly went to look at the job ahead of me, printed it up so that it wasn't so scary to me in it's computer screen format, and assured me that he would play with the program and walk me through it. In other words, he would teach me a new skill!
Now, a few more days have passed as I've continued to recover from my surgery. I am happy to tell you that I am finally ready to sit for a few hours at a time and work on my editing assignment. It is no longer a brick wall for me to crash against, but an experience that was Spirit sent in order to help me become a more effective communicator. And, Anna, I'm looking forward to getting back to you as soon as I am able. I love myself to much to push it, and I really want to enjoy the experience of finalizing my manuscript for Amazon.com.
I hope to stay in the swing of writing two blogs a month, writing two radio shows a month, and whatever opportunity is sent my way to promote my love of Sacred Science and my book, "The Multiple You Universe: Sacred Science for the 21st Century". I invite you to tune in to my next radio show on January 20th at 11AM central standard time. Just go online to blogtalkradio.com and search for The Multiple You Universe. You can click on the button and it will let you hear an archived recording or you can search the ON AIR shows for mine and call in, or listen to the show live.
In the meanwhile, I am sending all of my beloved readers an energy ball of LOVING GOOD WILL with an intention that it shall SERVE YOUR HIGHEST GOOD when you receive it.
Happy New Year!
Reverend Cassandra Martin, Independent New Thought Minister
I have stripped myself of my excuses in order to write this blog for you and in the process of sharing my own progress I hope you see something of value for yourself the next time you see your own version of a brick wall looming.
Shared thought #1: You have to be willing and able to strip yourself of your excuses.
Never an easy task, is it. Last week I received my manuscript back from my copyeditor and I realized that she was expecting me to use a computer program I was unfamiliar with to accept, reject, or over-write her recommendations. I knew I was going to have problems with this when I felt the first surge of adrenelin, always a sure sign that I am afraid of actually screwing something up. Now I'm old school, which in editing-land means a blue pencil, some funny symbols that printers understand, and notations for changes in the margins. This experience comes from my secretarial days in an advertising agency.
After the shock wore off and I saw how many suggestions, Anna, my copyeditor had recommended, I had to revisit my secret fears that "I'm not a very good writer". I don't even remember my english classes on how to write a composition of any kind.
So, Shared Thought #2 is: Education is not always the best way to learn a new skill. I had, afterall, taken many courses in screenplay writing, fiction, short-story writing, and had always written prose. I would say that I spent the first 25 years of my writing history focused on fiction. This is where Spirit changed my direction, though. You see, I knew about five years ago that I had something to say (or rather, to write about) regarding mysticism and how I have experienced what feels like multiple-dimensional 'reality' in altered states of consciousness.
The problem Spirit had in moving me in this direction is that I was still convinced I could only speak about myself through my characters. Not true, it turned out, as Spirit sent me two messages through people that it was time to get on the creative journey and tell my story. You don't ask someone whose life has been mostly dissapointment to expose herself without risking a complete meldown. Guess what happened?
Shared Thought #3: If you don't keep a diary, start writing one on whatever level you can, and for as long as you can. The real truth of my life is that it was not as dissappointing as I remembered. And, I rediscovered journal entries that went into great detail about mystical experiences, channeled conversations, dreams, or visions, and reincarnation recalls. I think it took a little time for me to realize that my God Nature, indwelling, knew a truth about my ability to write that differed from mine: I was destined to be a non-fiction writer, but my fears of inadequacy had kept me tied to a "safer, less exposed" perspective.
Therefore, Shared Thought #4 is this: First, deal with your perception that you are somehow inadequate. And, this is a big one, because until you begin working on this misconception, you will not be able to find your true nature, and therefore, offer your experience, or your song, or your invention to the world. In my case I was born to share with readers how I evolved my mystical abilities (born with them!) into a lifetime that is turning out to be rich with the reward of exploring the field of Sacred Science, and helping others understand their own mystic and/or God Nature. Afterall, we are all in-training when it comes to that, are we not?
Before I had even begun the writing process for "The Multiple You Universe" I went through a mini-journey of my perceived litany of failures. Now, I know that this is something that I tell you can be on the cutting edge of constructive; and I also tell you to take baby steps when you are working through any major perceptional changes. So it should come as no surprise to you that over the past 20 years I have been working on giving away my feelings of inadequacy because Spirit has continued to prompt me to communicate in the best way that I can. And, in fact, I have a compelling need to communicate. This, I attribute to my precious God, indwelling, who thankfully does not let me paralyze myself in fear mode for very long.
Shared Thought #5 always make me laugh; You can try to work the system, but a lesson for your best interest will always trump your feeble attempts to play it safe.
You see, I had convinced myself that hiring a copyeditor would be the perfect solution. Problems with tense? Snap of a finger! Problems with grammar and context? Her experience would walk me through it. But, oh tricky God Nature that I AM, you got around my defenses and brought me into the age of electronic copyediting.
So, why am I going on about this? First, Spirit knew I needed another chance to soften my perceptions of my inadequacies. And, darn it, Anna's ideas are solid, and tempered I assume, by years of experience. What I want to add to or take-away from my manuscript is still there and my voice is just as strong as the day I sent it off.
My next step was to look at the manuscript to see just how much work I was looking at. Okay! There was plenty of opportunity to strengthen and romance my message to the readers but overall, it was not the crisis I had anticipated. Now, I know why I anticipate crisis; because I am not a trained writer, and I've never used this program before. But was that the real lesson here?
It took me a few days to talk to my beloved husband, John, about my fear and ask for his help. In my eyes he's the most experienced of the two of us regarding presentations. He promptly went to look at the job ahead of me, printed it up so that it wasn't so scary to me in it's computer screen format, and assured me that he would play with the program and walk me through it. In other words, he would teach me a new skill!
Now, a few more days have passed as I've continued to recover from my surgery. I am happy to tell you that I am finally ready to sit for a few hours at a time and work on my editing assignment. It is no longer a brick wall for me to crash against, but an experience that was Spirit sent in order to help me become a more effective communicator. And, Anna, I'm looking forward to getting back to you as soon as I am able. I love myself to much to push it, and I really want to enjoy the experience of finalizing my manuscript for Amazon.com.
I hope to stay in the swing of writing two blogs a month, writing two radio shows a month, and whatever opportunity is sent my way to promote my love of Sacred Science and my book, "The Multiple You Universe: Sacred Science for the 21st Century". I invite you to tune in to my next radio show on January 20th at 11AM central standard time. Just go online to blogtalkradio.com and search for The Multiple You Universe. You can click on the button and it will let you hear an archived recording or you can search the ON AIR shows for mine and call in, or listen to the show live.
In the meanwhile, I am sending all of my beloved readers an energy ball of LOVING GOOD WILL with an intention that it shall SERVE YOUR HIGHEST GOOD when you receive it.
Happy New Year!
Reverend Cassandra Martin, Independent New Thought Minister
We awaken to live another day…
January 03 2013
Today’s Sunday Service will be shorter because I am recovering from lung surgery I had done over the holidays. I am happy to report that I have the spiritual tools to use that will help me to overcome the discomfort of the normal pain associated with this type of surgery.
I am talking to my DNA daily telling it how grateful I am that My Body knows what to do to keep me infection- free. I know that I am filling the beaker jar that is a symbol for of my mind/brain’s ability to provide everything I need to be comfortable, and accelerate my healing during the up-coming month of recovery. My Minister, Monica McIntyre (M.A. RMT, CHt), hypnotized me prior to the surgery and she included post-hypnotic suggestions which always help.
How many of you were happy to see the last year go? I cannot count the number of people who have said to me that 2012 was the worst year they can remember in a long time. It was one filled with traumatic experiences, ill health and difficult finances. To serve yourself best you might want to say a prayer of ‘fare thee well – to 2012’ so that it’s not as likely to come
back and bite you in the butt! One of the belief’s in earth medicine practices is that you can sing away the evil that has visited you so that it doesn’t come again. After all, negative energy hates to be around those who are positive… Thank you for the lessons learned, sez I…See you no more. See you no more!
In me, you’ll get a little wise-woman advice and a little sacred-science information thrown in together, so stick around if you can live with the folksy in me. I welcome your comments, by the way, and always have. One person took me up on the offer to post their interest in Oneness Blessings, and my Minister let me post two of her excellent services but I have not heard a squeak from anyone reading my blog page. If I can improve my services to you, please let me know.
I have other tools that I use when healing is required. In past service’s I’ve mentioned the
Monroe Institute Hemi-Synch(R) CDs that help anchor us into a whole brain state of awareness when used. This is an excellent tool when you are recovering from a medical
procedure. This week I am going to immerse myself in the healing tools at my disposal.
But first, I wanted to speak to you from my heart of hearts.
You make my life easier to live when the road is a little crookedy because I have the chance to write you these spiritual love letters twice a month. Even though I do not know who you are, because you tune in as often as you do, my hope for YOU during 2013 is that you are growing in your own practices and that we meet somewhere along the way.
I have decided that for me the keynote of 2013 is The Quantum Human. I am releasing my first non-fiction book, launching my first radio show, and continuing this blog for another year all because the subject of “our collective consciousness” is going to take a year to investigate. Every time you hear the word consciousness,or see a book title, magazine or t.v. show on this subject matter, realize that CONSCIOUSNESS IS UP for all of us now. It does not have to sneak up on you if you invite it clearly into your energy field. By that I mean, you can realize that if it’s up for everyone that means you’re going to have a lesson where consciousness is the keynote, too. You might as well welcome it in instead of wait for it to choose the best time to interact with you.
Consciousness is a form of dimensional energy that you will “feel” and “know” if you’re really good at reading the energy field’s around you. Good luck.
For now, I am sending you loving good will for this marvelous new year which will bring the potential for all of us to understand ourselves better as we evolve our spirituality and
consciousness.
Rev. Cassandra Martin, Independent New Thought Minister
Blogspotradio.com/Multiple You Universe IS MY NEW RADIO SHOW...every other Sunday.
Jan 6th at 11:AM and Jan 20th @11AM Please look for me on blogspotradio.com, and simply click on The Multiple You Universe button. It will automatically play you the most recent episode. You can also choose to call in live. We'll be talking about Consciousness this month and I welcome your input!
Amazon.com is releasing my book the first quarter of 2013, so I’ll let you
know the exact date you can find it on line. I’m happy to sign your copy and we can
talk about that when the time comes.
In the meantime, think of yourselves as part of the filaments or threads of a wholly connected universe of consciousness beyond anything you’ve thought before and you’ll be headed in the new direction your Soul wants you to take. Just put up your antennae,
friends! We're all going on the same journey but as you have experienced for yourself, each journey is different from another's.
