In 2017: Accept where we are, have faith in love over-riding greed, recognize that all U.S citizens share commonalities. Trump gained his presidency by exploiting fear. Now is the time for us to latch on and embrace all of the positive, spiritual lessons we have mastered.
The new year will bring harsh times. A president who denies Climate Change and scoffs at the EPA, foretells doom for our already troubled earth. Business and development are his priorities, not the lives of U.S. citizens. The shadow of his ego is on the horizon.
Acceptance
However, this does not mean that we need to roll over and play opossum dead for the next four years. Acceptance does not translate to do nothing. It means that we accept where we are at, and then move forward from that spot.
Faith
From the immense and quickly obtained following that Bernie Sanders gained, we learned that more people want love, support and care for others than those who cherish greed. The scale has tipped in our favor. It was the outdated bureaucratic systems, and ego, that managed to gain the upper hand. But that is a temporary thing. Have faith that the energy of more people filled with positive thoughts will prevail over fear and ignorance.
Recognition
Most Trump supporters are not racist, sexist bigots. They simply want a better life for themselves and their families. What we need is to not make this an us versus them thing. Rather, we need to find our common ground of what we most desire and deserve: Love, laughter, support, respect, and the pursuit of happiness. Basics of food, clothing, shelter. A good quality of life. Safety.
Recognize in your heart that we are all in this together.
What we can do on our spiritual path:
In your daily meditations, send out love to the environment, refugees, homeless people, abused animals--anyone and everything that needs your love. Imagine the love within you overflowing out of your heart. Picture it flowing to your immediate surroundings. Then allow it to grow. From your room, to your house, neighborhood, city, state, country and then the world. This takes time, so allow for the space to be able to practice this World Love meditation.
Don't scoff away loving meditations as doing nothing. Your thoughts are more powerful than you think. Daily, focused love energy uplifts us all.
2017 is bringing more people than ever before into an Aware, Awake, Alive humanity. Positive changes are brewing from our hearts, thoughts and actions. Life is still wonderful.
Love and Light have no rival. They are the core of our being. Our true reality.
And so it is,
Spiritual Lynx
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Monday, December 12, 2016
Debts Forgiven
A friend yesterday explained to me the origin of the word forgive. It started with the banks. When a client owed money and was near death, the bank would forgive the loan. The reasoning was that the efforts to collect money from the debtor was not worth it. Forgiven.
Webster Dictionary:
debt 1. something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another. 2. a liability or obligation to pay or render something. 3. a sin, trespass.
In the Lord's Prayer, we ask:
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
We need to let go of our desire to hold on to what we feel that other's owe to us. Cut those strings of what we should be getting. It's not worth the effort. Likewise, we should not feel obligated to perform to the expectations of others.
When someone says or does something that offends me, I can hold a grudge, seek revenge, scream in rage. These are all reactions; ways of holding on to the trespasses. They feel icky, yucky, and weighted down with nastiness. The outcome will most likely spiral into more confrontation, negative energy, and a tie to the person in an unhealthy, energetic link.
Like Charlie Brown telling Lucy that she's wrong. She'll scream 'Block Head' in his face so hard, he'll be flipped backwards.
Healthy responses to offense include talking, walking away from a confrontational person, and sending positive energy out to the offender.
What is taken as a personal attack could be a big, giant, silly misunderstanding. Rather than getting upset, and stomping myself into a two-year old temper tantrum, I can ask the person what they meant. Because I may have taken offense to something that was not intended to be offensive. Explanations of how I perceived the words, mixed with clarification from the other person can save loads of grief. Block Head Bricks of grief.
If the offender had meant to offend, and is being unreasonable, then it may be a time for you to remove yourself from the situation. Make like a banana and split. Sticking around to make him behave in a way that you want, is holding on to a trespass.
Sending positive energy to a negative situation or person can be difficult, but do-able. The first time I did this, I was blown away at the results.
I was arguing with someone. Then stopped, took a breath, and sent energy from my heart. The other person, unaware of what I was doing, changed. He jerked backwards a tiny bit, and stopped talking. Then, like a ray of sunlight bursting out during a hardcore winter snowstorm, our attitudes changed. We talked like our age, not our shoe size (as Prince the singer would say).
Forgiveness is not to be something we dangle over ourselves or others as a 'feel-good' emotional drama. But rather, a simple way of letting go of what does not serve us.
Because those debts get awfully heavy to hang onto.
Namaste,
Spiritual Lynx
Webster Dictionary:
debt 1. something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another. 2. a liability or obligation to pay or render something. 3. a sin, trespass.
In the Lord's Prayer, we ask:
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
We need to let go of our desire to hold on to what we feel that other's owe to us. Cut those strings of what we should be getting. It's not worth the effort. Likewise, we should not feel obligated to perform to the expectations of others.
When someone says or does something that offends me, I can hold a grudge, seek revenge, scream in rage. These are all reactions; ways of holding on to the trespasses. They feel icky, yucky, and weighted down with nastiness. The outcome will most likely spiral into more confrontation, negative energy, and a tie to the person in an unhealthy, energetic link.
Like Charlie Brown telling Lucy that she's wrong. She'll scream 'Block Head' in his face so hard, he'll be flipped backwards.
Healthy responses to offense include talking, walking away from a confrontational person, and sending positive energy out to the offender.
What is taken as a personal attack could be a big, giant, silly misunderstanding. Rather than getting upset, and stomping myself into a two-year old temper tantrum, I can ask the person what they meant. Because I may have taken offense to something that was not intended to be offensive. Explanations of how I perceived the words, mixed with clarification from the other person can save loads of grief. Block Head Bricks of grief.
If the offender had meant to offend, and is being unreasonable, then it may be a time for you to remove yourself from the situation. Make like a banana and split. Sticking around to make him behave in a way that you want, is holding on to a trespass.
Sending positive energy to a negative situation or person can be difficult, but do-able. The first time I did this, I was blown away at the results.
I was arguing with someone. Then stopped, took a breath, and sent energy from my heart. The other person, unaware of what I was doing, changed. He jerked backwards a tiny bit, and stopped talking. Then, like a ray of sunlight bursting out during a hardcore winter snowstorm, our attitudes changed. We talked like our age, not our shoe size (as Prince the singer would say).
Forgiveness is not to be something we dangle over ourselves or others as a 'feel-good' emotional drama. But rather, a simple way of letting go of what does not serve us.
Because those debts get awfully heavy to hang onto.
Namaste,
Spiritual Lynx
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