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Simran: Self Love or Self Hate

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Simran (from Wikipedia):  is Punjabi word derived from the Sanskrit word स्मरण ( smaraṇa , "the act of remembrance , remembrance, reminiscence, recollection") which leads to the realization of that which is of the highest aspect and purpose in one's life. It is the continuous remembrance of the finest aspect of the self, or the continuous remembrance (or feeling) of God, thus used for introducing spirituality . This state is maintained continuously while carrying out the worldly works outside. Simran is remembrance and we either remember our Higher Self and Spirit, or we remember everything bad about our self and our actions.  One is Spiritual Simran, the other is Lower Body Simran. Whether we are aware of it or not we perform Simran all day, every day. We have continuous thoughts all day about who we are, what we think about our self, our actions, behaviors, character traits, etc.  Unconscious lower body Simran usually includes self criticism and can lead to dep...

Women who run with the wolves-- not so easy!

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It's hard to be a shiny person !    A woman who runs with the wolves...... even fellow sisters often do not accept the sexual outspoken beautiful yin-ness of the wolfy being.  And it can be hard to find a wolf pack to run with. Many wolf women are wild because they are unbalanced-- just like many quiet women. It's just that the quiet women, the ones beaten and bruised, they manage to fly under the radar as it is more acceptable to be a quiet survivor ... especially if you are a woman.  Passive aggressive wildness is the current norm--- particularly in the professional world and the world of business.  Out front straight out behavior is (except perhaps is NYC-- my home town) is not so acceptable. While the quiet ones have to learn to have a voice, wolfy women have to find outlets for their voice-- as muggle society has little room for the wolfy's.  Singing with the sister moon. Being a wolf woman has pitfalls. Many want to hang with them ...

Mmmm Mmmmm Good - The dangers of meditation

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Lower body sensations-- yum !  Food, wine, women/men, sensuality.  What does that have to do with Spirituality ?  I see everything as the yin/yang sign. Everything has good and challenge in it. As we meditate we increase our energy field and our sensitivities. We can see, feel, or hear Spirits, Ancestors, Mother Earth and revel in it. Our lower body sensations will also increase and we are tempted to seek out Earth Pleasures above and before our Spiritual Ascension. We abandon friends for fame, drink rather than meditate, lie to keep the peace rather than seek to deepen through honesty, etc. There is a thin line here. As we evolve, so does temptation. Like the yin/yang sign, the dark and light are always in balance here on Earth as part of our Journey is a constant choice between temptation and ascension.   They are not mutually exclusive, but rather a sophisticated balancing act as we strive for detachment. We learn to enjoy Earth without becoming trapped b...

Reality

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We tune into Spirit. In a meditation we FEEL we are the Light. We get our Purpose and commune with our Angels and Guides. Still every morning the alarm rings. We get up, go to work, face traffic... and people, make mistakes, etc . What is the point. Meditation allows us to feel better, and re-connecting with Spirit is good and fun. However we came into a human body for a reason. Balls of light cannot feel emotions in order to learn about suffering, compassion, or joy. Yet so many seek to escape the very life they set up with their Guides before coming here to earth. How can that be ?  Why do we choose something then have a melt down when it happens ?   If we think about it, this is not so unusual. How many times during pregnancy have women had hours or days of panic, worry or downright disgust because of the feelings or circumstances surrounding pregnancy and wish they could bail ? How many times have new parents "suffered" through the first year of a colicky baby...

Channeling Spirit Guides

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We all have Guides. However Guides are just that.... guides. They cannot live our lives for us, remove our lessons, or replace our human relationships. Well, they can, but it is not healthy or balanced.  Sort of like eating a menu is not the same as eating the meal itself. Balance is key in all aspects of life and balance is a work of art, a process, not a static position.  Many spiritual folks are quite uncomfortable around humans. Often spiritual folks have had a rough childhood filled with alienation, alcoholism or abuse. This forces the child to not trust Earth resources or relationships and hopefully steers the adult into some kind of spiritual outreach or practice for healing. As an adult, one can grow up out of balance if one has not sought out healing and/or if one has gone too far into spiritual solutions as a way to escape or manage pain and fear issues. People who Channel spirits and who are not in balance, can use their Guides as crutch, speaking more to "Them" ...

Friendship Courage

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I distinguish between associates, activity companions, intellectual companions and Friends. Associates are people we have to deal with: clients, vendors, community etc.  Activity companions for me are people who: ride horses, go to hot springs, hike, scuba, etc.  Intellectual companions are people I can talk to about psychology, spiritual practices or experiments, health, the environment, and other topics of interest. Friends are people who I love and I feel their love for me no matter what. The love is there even when we are not getting along. The commitment is there to talk things out-- no matter what. Maybe not right away, but in a timely manner. We can agree to disagree. We can acknowledge and live with our differences and respect those differences. There is something about the person that endlessly fascinates me and engages me.  And I can feel they see me in the same manner. It is how I see nature-- always changing, sometime challenging, always inspiring. I  lov...

Morning

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After a day of Riding the Fabulous Arabians, and spreading pine chips over an acre, my 62 year old body creaked a bit as I rolled (reluctantly) off my polar fleece (mmm mmm good) king size cuddle sheets.  Crawling over my two (yes two) soft fleecy body length pillows (they do not snore, or sweat) and the purring Ranch Manager (Mateo the cat) I must say I still relish an aching body. A long time experience as a dancer...... a day without aches would mean I was dead.  It is amazing that this body still functions as well as it does. The Zen of picking up horse poop (I still love the smell) with the morning sun warming muscles, crows commenting on the state of the union, and the crunching of the cherished Arabians eating hay offers the ever amazing symphony of Sacred Prayers that sing their way through my consciousness as I slowly awake to another day on Earth. The dogs (getting older, just like me) loll about in the sunny sand pit soaking up warmth (and sadly, the buckets of du...

Personal Responsibility

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On being human.  Other than a few years as a performing artist, most of my life has been focused on helping and saving humans and animals (starting at 11 years old I was going door to door to collect money and organized my first demonstration  to stop KKK weekend pleasure burnings of African Americans).  One day my meditation teacher (a Channeled Being) was speaking about selfless service and I asked him (the Spirit comes in through a male body in this country) a question about selfless service. "He" looked at me, and said "in your case, first you have to have a self, then you can work on giving it away."   I must say that Spiritual matters do not scare me, nature does not scare me, animals do not scare me. However, humans.......  constant learning. Thank Creator I have a team of non-physicals that hold and guide me and constantly remind me to hold onto Soul Transport-- viewing life as a Soul, not just human.  My Life Path attracts a huge range of hu...

Pain Magnet

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As a Spiritual Teacher I write to share journeys of growth. There is so much emphasis on positive outlooks, sometimes it is hard to find material that talks about how to get through the darkness to the positive.  Pema Chodron inspires me. She is transparent. She shares her stories and demystifies the path to enlightenment. Those stories have given me strength. I hope I can pay that forward. As a Healer, many people have a radar to sense pain. I have a pre-birth in the womb memory of coming here (Earth) with a mission to wipe out pain.  Empaths on this "mission" of eradicating pain, can actually become quite ill if they believe they can do this without the Guidance and Strength of Spirit. Working alone, without the protection of Spirit, there is the danger of having an out of wack ego, as if a mere person, a human,  can or even should wipe out pain. And as if pain is not an important part of life on Earth. Apparently what at first looks like a noble mission really turns ...

Mouse in a wheel-around we go

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Mouse in a wheel; around you go You get stuck. Then you get upset about being stuck. Then you don't trust anyone, because you are stuck. And around and around you go like a hamster in a wheel.  Sometimes you can slow the wheel down, and you think you are finally getting somewhere. Whew. This IS a hard place to be and as long as the wheel is spinning few can get in to help-- including yyour Spirit Guides, never mind a human helper !! The spinning wheel has benefits. Sometimes, in cases of abuse, it is a protection behavior that you need until you are strong enough to take on a journey of healing. It keeps your mind and sometimes your body busy which helps you to stay away from deeper feelings or issues. It assures you "you are getting somewhere" with the perpetual motion that you have been taught to worship in industrialized nation cultures. You don't have time to consider options; therefore you do not take risks nor do you risk failure.  Failure is always a part ...