What's the 'recipe' for a solution...?

Problems
Let's look at a 'recipe' for a problem...:

• Take a difficult situation and keep churning it in your mind...
• ...the more you churn the heavier it becomes ...
• Spice it up by adding some appropriate adjectives, 'terrible','unfair', 'wrong', ...
• Add some 'guilt' and a hint of 'victimization'...
• (Adding old problems intensifies the 'flavour'...)
• Put aside for a while to rest and rise after adding some 'excuses' and 'blame'.
• Take the 'mixture' and empty into a mould of your choice.
• Bake in a hot oven of 'anger' and 'bitter memories' and serve hot or cold to your 'friends'.
• It goes with tea or coffee and mainly with 'good' conversations about 'recipes' for other problems.

Bon appetite...

In Action... Part B

Looking for something Different...
Sometimes, even though we might have the best of  intentions and try to eliminate repetitive patterns of behaviour and bad habits through knowledge, discussion and self-observation... yet, they still remain.  We feel trapped and lose hope and even the will to try again...

And when the soul tries to experience pure feelings, its thoughts are so many and contradictory... they may be clever thoughts but there's always a cleverer one... the greed for more thoughts and information blocks the access of the soul to its original experience of the self...

This is the point when the soul has consumed all of its spiritual resources (purity, authenticity, enthusiasm) through thoughts, words and actions... What does this actually mean? It means that the soul doesn't have the power to emerge the experience of its own inner truth in a simple way… our thoughts fail to touch our heart.

...time for real Energy
And this is the right time to become empowered. The power- plant for the soul is the Supreme Source of conscious energy... the blueprint of  human consciousness. The Source keeps Its awareness eternally pure from forgetfulness of Its true identity.

By connecting to this Source a harmonious current enters the soul which not only energizes us but also liberates us from the repetitive patterns of wasteful thoughts and behaviours.

Tune in...'But how?'  Set your receiver and connect!
Souls have the ability to connect  to each other: they can communicate intentions, thoughts and feelings. Words and actions are just vehicles of these qualities; no matter what we say or do,  intentions and feelings cannot be hidden...
On this true, inner level I, the soul, am able to connect with the Source. I become the silent receiver of His state of being and characteristics.

In which frequency is He 'transmitting'?
... in the frequency of soul consciousness... He is the only being who stays eternally in the awareness of being a soul and of His original qualities... we forget because we identify ourselves with our roles and the physical forms around us.

The more often we remind ourselves that we are spiritual beings (traffic control) the more we resonate with the Supreme Soul's state of consciousness. Through inner loving attention a current of pure energy reaches the self. With this current it becomes easier to stabilize in a positive state because this energy creates permanent changes. 

Faraway so close...
Imagine two points of light: one here on earth, in time and matter, and the other beyond earth, in another world of silence and peace. When these two points connect through the power of thought and feeling there is union, which allows for a flow of energy and the experience of our true being. I, the soul, the point, am here and the Supreme Soul, also a point of light, is up there. However, love and remembrance bring such closeness that there is no feeling of distance or separation...

Who is forming me ?

Forming externally...
Let us observe how many things we do depend on how others see us: our wife or husband, our children, parents, boss, colleagues etc. Imagine all these people in the same room as us... how would will we really feel?

From 0 to 100 what percentage of coolness would you feel? The remaining percentage belongs to Mr. Fear which is the 'beloved' son of Mrs Attachment.   
What do we mean by attachment... We imagine how the others see us and our whole life is filtered through their eyes and hearts and so we forge a character of which they can be proud and satisfied... according to how the perceive us being 'one of them'.

...and then there comes a day ... and within only a moment you say: "What a shame... and I did so much for you...". And then, after 3 days you say "OK I forgive you... it's ok... let's forget it" . But again after 10 days the same story and life goes on between the two extremes: of pity and anger...

Time for the right…diet

Situation

When we are faced with a difficult situation we might try to make our mind positive at that time, but we usually find it very difficult to do so…and it really is! Then a mantra "it's hard, it's hard…" conquers the mind and becomes a thought-pattern. Our focus goes to our own or others' defects and weaknesses which then grow stronger inside us. Our vision towards life becomes limited and hopeless… we often call this "realism"

When our intellect is pulled by something, we become the embodiment of it… just like the soul enters the body and gives it life, in the same way when we tune into a defect we bring it to life: it's like a mask which covers our face that others notice immediately. We may deny it because we are sometimes unaware of it or we may label it as something else… "me angry?…nooo, it's just the tone of my voice…". Our reaction to the situation is a signal that our intellect is getting weaker because… it is not getting the right nourishment…

Soulution

In order to overcome our weaknesses we need to feed our intellect with light and might. Then the power that we want at that time will emerge naturally during our daily… 'test papers'. By feeding our intellect, the home of our consciousness, not just with positive thoughts but also with experiences of truth, it will help us be the embodiment of power at the time of need… automatically. Like a master we'll be able to evoke our inner powers and be free from 'trying' to change negative into positive.

exhaustion or ...inner change

The Mythology of Stress

There are some myths about stress that prevent us from liberally accessing our resources of true peace:

Myth:
"A change in diet, some exercise and a good break from work will lower your stress levels"

Truths: A change in diet, exercise and a holiday can temporarily ease the symptoms of your stress but they cannot cure you.

A proper diet and physical exercise are some of the basics for our well-being but not … our liberators from stress… Nowadays in every local park you will find thousands of track-suited runners, faces lined in pain, sweat pouring out of breathless bodies, all in the name of balance and relaxation.

…and "peace" is achieved, because after two miles they are absolutely exhausted. Peace is not exhaustion or fatigue. It is the ability to quite your mind anywhere, anytime, and know that your body will follow...

}Peace is eternal, which means is an intrinsic feeling of the soul, is a true feeling and as such it cannot come from something external; we cannot have artificial peace. Fortunately we can connect with peace through the power of our thought and thus dive into the Ocean of Peace.

Going on holiday in the 21st century may still be an adventure; it is still a change of scene, people, food and climate. And change can still (sometimes) be as good as a rest. But really deep down you know that you don't need to go anywhere to rest, relax your mind and replenish your heart.

}You know that wherever you go, you will still be with yourself when you arrive. And what you think, feel and do there is likely to be exactly what you think, feel and do wherever you are now. So your 365day thinking and feeling is what you need to change… we need to transform our self.

My self-respect and my... audience

Self-respect is the experience of my internal goodness and beauty…

…without an audience 

Situation

Sometimes when we contribute positively to a situation we have the subtle expectation of recognition and respect for what we have done… usually these are the times when we don't receive this recognition and we end up feeling disheartened; this in turn, blocks us from expressing our fullest potential…

   

Soulution

Let me turn inside and look in the mirror of my heart… where does this disappointment originate from? The reason we feel like this lies inside… the trigger might be somewhere out there but the reason lies inside and originates from a condition we have put on our happiness: "I need someone to witness my deeds… I need a spectator to applaud my role …"

 }By shifting my consciousness within , I withdraw my attention away from the audience and bring it back to its original position : I recognize my specialities and respect them by expressing them fully… irrespective of applause

 }By returning my attention to its natural seat, my self respect returns, naturally

Exercise: Τraffic Control

Measure your self-respect during the day:

1. How do I feel by not having a witness to my existence?

2. Do I have the power to exist and to share without being seen or heard?

Use the following exercise to bring your attention to its natural point. There's no need to close your eyes, or to stop your activities...

I withdraw my attention from everything around me and I concentrate on a point, high in the centre of my forehead…just behind my eyes…this is my original position and… where my attention goes, the energy flows… "I, the soul, am the eternal observer… I am a being of light… I am a point of energy emanating my virtues… my physical body gives me the opportunity to live in space and time… but the body is not who I am… I look through these eyes and express myself through this body… I am the charioteer of this vehicle… I am a peaceful soul… I perform all  my roles with care and purity… without expectations… My true beauty lies within me and I express it peacefully …”

Where does love go when we no longer feel it?

As human beings we have the capacity to connect at four levels – physical, mental, intellectual and the spiritual. "let's shake hands… you are absolutely right..."

"hey, can you believe it? I was just thinking of you!" ... 

"I understand what you are going through..." ... or in moments of high awareness: "..yes, I feel that you understand me although you totally disagree…. and I'm glad that we can get along despite our differences " ...

When loving energy is clear of external limitations, likes & dislikes, expectations, patterns, images and senses … ideas and thoughts … When this energy is clear of our own or others' emotions, then the soul breaks the barriers of attraction and repulsion and reaches the heights of spiritual love, with clarity and knowledge in the heart...

Knowledge and clarity are two essential elements of true love because it is far more than an emotion… it's an awareness, a state of consciousness of the soul … an experience beyond external stimulus.

True love comes along with the awareness that I'm a soul and I consider others to be souls also; I'm a point of living energy in the world of time & matter…rather than "a combined psychosomatic entity… or matter that needed time to develop consciousness" or "a body with a soul and me (?) "

As long as this courageous awareness stays within us, "I am a peaceful soul, I am love…", there will be a flow of love with-in and with-out me.

Actually, there's only one love… but our "filters" make it seem like many types…

The archetype of eternal love that all souls are searching for through their filters is also one…and it's constantly and eternally emerged and emitted by the purest soul in the whole universe…

…Love is not an impersonal type of energy that we just tap into... 'love is in the air' but someone should feel it in order to exist in air...

The supreme soul, our universal parent, through his/her constant "being", emanates eternal Love and he/she is love's unshakable guardian… stay tuned … although it might not be obvious, this is the Age when it is raining Love…!

…to contemplate on

1. Can a soul who doesn't have his "own" children have the experience of maternal or paternal love?
2. Is it the eyes that see or the soul? Are we limited by our eyes to feel love?