Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Just don't close up.
Everything that we go through in life, we must keep our heart open. I find that, because humanity has been trained to seek an egoistic sense of 'perfection', we do the same when it comes to spirituality.
Who said that your heart can't be full in the midst of passionate anger? This is the fundamental difference between a mundane moment and an enlightened moment is the openness of the heart. The only importance is to keep the heart open. Happy, sad, angry, keep the heart open.
Life is life. It is full of ups and downs--things that distract you from your true nature, and it will always be that way--such is the flow. Just don't close up. Stay open open open. Through all pleasure an pain. Make that your only objective, and you're learning the only lesson that you really need to learn. If you choose this path, My blessings go with you. I love you.
Peace be,
Gabriel
Who said that your heart can't be full in the midst of passionate anger? This is the fundamental difference between a mundane moment and an enlightened moment is the openness of the heart. The only importance is to keep the heart open. Happy, sad, angry, keep the heart open.
Life is life. It is full of ups and downs--things that distract you from your true nature, and it will always be that way--such is the flow. Just don't close up. Stay open open open. Through all pleasure an pain. Make that your only objective, and you're learning the only lesson that you really need to learn. If you choose this path, My blessings go with you. I love you.
Peace be,
Gabriel
I say blame people.
Despite everything that I've learned in my life, including one of the universal laws that everything is a reflection of yourself, I blame people. Why? If you know how to use the art of blame, you understand that it uncovers aspects of yourself that you hide from your most direct experience (meaning, how you yourself do the things that you other people for).
Projection and blaming are useful tools that give you clues as to what it is that you do. If you feel a powerful enough emotional charge to blame someone or something, that means you have created the space to interact with the person or situation in this way.
So blame the world! But. But but but. Know that your blame only reveals yourself. It's painful, but necessary to integrate the parts of yourself you deny to claim your full power.
I love you,
Gabriel
Projection and blaming are useful tools that give you clues as to what it is that you do. If you feel a powerful enough emotional charge to blame someone or something, that means you have created the space to interact with the person or situation in this way.
So blame the world! But. But but but. Know that your blame only reveals yourself. It's painful, but necessary to integrate the parts of yourself you deny to claim your full power.
I love you,
Gabriel
Saturday, December 31, 2011
The Moment is the Great Equalizer
There have been so many feelings rising up and passing through me the past several days that it's easy to lose track of time, and a stable sense of reality. I'm fine, don't worry, I'm pretty grounded right now, but I wonder if I'll be able to deal with these emotions the same way when I need to be out and about.
What I mean is, will I be able to calmly process them the way I do in solitude? And that's what brings me to the million dollar point: The Moment is the Great Equalizer.
I've been so much more in tune with my body lately, understanding how it is the master of the moment. The body always gives you clues as to your disposition, and multiple levels--physical of course, as well as emotional, psychological, and spiritual. The moment, this present moment, is the great equalizer because it is all we as human beings really have. The past, the future--these are fairy tales, a distraction of imagination.
When I have the courage to be completely immersed in the moment, regardless of the experience of pleasure or pain, I can see how I am perfect in it. There is nothing for me to improve or work on. If working on ourselves until we were perfect was the case, we'd be working forever because that thought process will always find something 'wrong'! The moment is when you give up thought, and only look for the cues from body and feelings, if you've learned what to look for.
It can be daunting to see what blockages in ourselves we need to remove in order to see the perfection that we already are, but simultaneously, the fact that love waits immediately beneath every perceived flaw is the unfaltering truth that destroys all illusions of 'perfection' according to the intellect. This truth also allows us to be fully human, and operate from the unifying power of the heart, which creates harmony no matter how incoherent things may look to the mind. It is always in the greatest interest for all creation to live from the heart, and the heart lives in the moment. The beautiful, fully alive moment, shining, unabashedly naked, embracing you AS YOU.
Did I just go on a poetic ramble? Love you all.
Gabriel
What I mean is, will I be able to calmly process them the way I do in solitude? And that's what brings me to the million dollar point: The Moment is the Great Equalizer.
I've been so much more in tune with my body lately, understanding how it is the master of the moment. The body always gives you clues as to your disposition, and multiple levels--physical of course, as well as emotional, psychological, and spiritual. The moment, this present moment, is the great equalizer because it is all we as human beings really have. The past, the future--these are fairy tales, a distraction of imagination.
When I have the courage to be completely immersed in the moment, regardless of the experience of pleasure or pain, I can see how I am perfect in it. There is nothing for me to improve or work on. If working on ourselves until we were perfect was the case, we'd be working forever because that thought process will always find something 'wrong'! The moment is when you give up thought, and only look for the cues from body and feelings, if you've learned what to look for.
It can be daunting to see what blockages in ourselves we need to remove in order to see the perfection that we already are, but simultaneously, the fact that love waits immediately beneath every perceived flaw is the unfaltering truth that destroys all illusions of 'perfection' according to the intellect. This truth also allows us to be fully human, and operate from the unifying power of the heart, which creates harmony no matter how incoherent things may look to the mind. It is always in the greatest interest for all creation to live from the heart, and the heart lives in the moment. The beautiful, fully alive moment, shining, unabashedly naked, embracing you AS YOU.
Did I just go on a poetic ramble? Love you all.
Gabriel
Friday, December 30, 2011
Heart of Learning: Goalsetting tips for 2012
Here's a simple yet powerful article on how to set goals for the new year, 2012, from a friend of mine:
Heart of Learning: Goalsetting tips for 2012: I am excited to share with you a simple method I discovered for creating New Year’s goals. I have found that using this method, my goals ...
Heart of Learning: Goalsetting tips for 2012: I am excited to share with you a simple method I discovered for creating New Year’s goals. I have found that using this method, my goals ...
Heart of Learning: Goalsetting tips for 2012
Heart of Learning: Goalsetting tips for 2012: I am excited to share with you a simple method I discovered for creating New Year’s goals. I have found that using this method, my goals ...
Thursday, December 29, 2011
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