Showing posts with label Immersion. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 22, 2019

Seeking Solitude In Nature: A Meditation Teacher Shares Her Story

Stephanie Nash is a mindfulness coach & has worked closely with Shinzen Young for 20 years.
solitude in nature




By the time we’re 60, we will have been alive for almost 22,000 days on this planet, rarely, if ever, stopping to watch just one. By immersion into nature in solitude, we allow the natural human to become entrained to the nature of the planet we are part of.




On the 7th day, my mind was flowing at the speed of sea fog. Or maybe that was the description of my nervous system. I felt so present with a gentle flow — and my mind felt open to whatever arises. Good stuff.


I had been camping in solitude in nature — on a hill over the ocean on the coast of California — as I have done twice a year for the past 20+ years. I jokingly call it my “People Fast”, which I have always assumed I needed since, as a meditation teacher and an actress, what I do in the world involves intense and intimate interactions with people, and I figured that we always need an opportunity to “clear out” and refresh or reground ourselves.


But there is more to it than that — at least for me.



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Solitude In Nature For Monasticization



I find this immersion into nature – in total solitude – to be the most advantageous environment for cultivating deeper states, insights, and restoration. It is my monastery.


As a mindfulness meditation teacher, I am, of course, always encouraging people to set aside time to practice – whether formal eyes-closed practice or incorporating mindfulness into daily activities – so that they are...

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Monday, December 19, 2016

Ascension Notes: Winter Soulstice 2016 - 17-Dec-2016 by Kara Schallock


Ascension Notes: Winter Soulstice 2016 - 17-Dec-2016
by Kara Schallock



As we head into the Soulstice, realize it is big and will affect everyone. We are ending much duality and separation and preparing to fully embrace Unity and our sovereignty. Every year we have taken a step forward and are more than ready to fully step into our mastery. It is a sacred and powerful time. Step by step we have seen what does not serve us and have released it; thereby integrating more Light and Love into our being. We will continue to refine, continue to release and continue to evolve. We have an opportunity to ground our New Selves, leaving behind much disorientation, confusion and physical rearranging. So continue to keep your thoughts and feelings high and focused on being Love. We will also see a resurgence of creating anew our visions and purpose.


2016 has done a lot for us; even when it felt as if we were in such darkness and chaos. We now have an opportunity to bring to completion all that we have been working on. Still, it is important not to have wishes, expectations or attachments as to how it should look. Instead, stay in the Moment while you continue to take just one step at a time. In this way, you are guided. Do not project your desires onto the future, but allow it to unfold by itself. Besides, anything you project is based on past experiences or from your intellect and is always limited. Divine Order knows what it's doing. This may feel so different from the past, where we controlled, made things happen and did not trust ourselves to be carried forward (as in advertising or marketing). As each of us commits and trusts Divine Order, we allow the miracles to occur. This is true Faith. This is Surrender to what is, which always heightens our consciousness and creates our life. Observe and take a step toward that which is joyful and easy. Continue to release the past, so the New can take its place in your life. Release your comfort zone and allow yourself to be uncomfortable. Discomfort is because we are trying to hold onto the past or project our past into our future instead of trusting the process. If you feel unmotivated, discouraged or tired, realize that this is preparing you for what's ahead. What's ahead is what you create.


Many of us cannot relate to who we used to be. This is an indication that we have stepped more securely into the New Now and have let go of much of the old. We may still have more to release and transform, so continue to be patient and observe. Observing helps us detach from the old and trust in the New as it unfolds uniquely for each of us. Release all judgment (and there is plenty to judge) and fill the empty space with Love. Know that within everyone and in every circumstance, there is Love.


So much is occurring in this month alone. There are continual downloads of Light pouring into us, activating dormant codes of Light, bringing forth new DNA and activating our New blueprints, which helps us to eventually see and experience new ways of being and new pathways for expressing our Soul. If we are willing, we can more fully release the old stories that have anchored us to the old. We can release old traumas and we can choose to only embrace possibilities, depending on if you desire that or not. What essence do you choose to feel? How we feel is what dictates how our new experiences are created. If you stay focused on how you choose to feel, you cannot create anything that is not aligned with that feeling/essence. You can review your beliefs; yet do not create new beliefs, for they will only create another stopping point. Instead, realize that all shifts. Perceptions shift as consciousness shifts. So it is best to choose how you want to feel. If you want to feel free, focus on Freedom. If you want to feel joyous, focus on Joy. If you want to experience more love, focus on Love. This is Soul/Source living as us. This is the purpose of ascension...to be fully immersed in Soul and Soul in us; as us. To receive these downloads, you need not do anything; simply intend to receive.


In this entire year much has unfolded very quickly. Much is coming to light, for Truth cannot be hidden in the New. Those fully anchored in the New see through others and circumstances. They do this dispassionately, often simply nodding their head. Much remains below the surface and yet, if you go beneath anyone or any circumstance you can see the Truth or un-truth of it. This helps to free you. One cannot be held in slavery if one sees the Truth.


There is a strong desire to change things in one's life. Ignore nothing. As one stays in the Moment, they can clearly see what illusions there are and what choices they are guided to make. Some will see the truth of something and yet choose not to take any action, and this is, of course, just fine. They still see the Truth and remain strong in their own Truth, while honoring others who still play in the old game. An example of this could be how folks celebrate Christmas or other religious holidays. One may know the Truth and still stay in the game. The important thing is to see the Truth beneath the illusion. And some are choosing not to partake in these old traditions at all. It is all one's choice. Just stay awake no matter what you choose. Whatever you choose, each has their own path as guided by Soul.


As we become more Love, we become more inclusive and compassionate. We see the duality of governments, religions, races and all those institutions that separate, rather than join as one voice and one Heart. We see the divisiveness of politics and choose not to take part in anything that perpetuates division and duality. In Oneness, there are no enemies; there is no-one to fear, for the Truth is Love and Love has no division. This is true also for the animals, plants and insects. Each one has a gift; nothing is better or less than the other. As we integrate Love into our every choice, we honor all of life. We honor the ant, the spider, the bee, the bird, the tree, the flower and the weed. We honor the rock, the dirt and the mountain. We honor the sea, the stream and the waters that run beneath the Earth. We are all One. We each are unique, yet connected through Love. As Souls, we honor all diversity and uniqueness. As Love, we give thanks for all of life.


Traditionally, the Winter Soulstice (for those of us living in the northern hemisphere) is the return of Light. I would say it is the further Empowerment of Light. As we open up to being more Light and therefore, more Love, we further anchor the New in our lives. As we end 2016 (in Truth, there is no beginning or end), we continue to evolve seamlessly. We continue to transform the old into the New and the only way to do this is to pay attention in each Moment. Then you can see clearly where you are sleeping and what step you can take to be more. Allow yourself to be simple and flow, rather than get caught up in the flurry of busy-ness that so many seem to be absorbed by.


Remember that the New is about ease and flow. Gone is the old way of being swallowed up by expectations, “supposed-to's” and going to sleep, allowing old ways to drag you along in your slumber. When awake, you choose. You choose by detaching from what others say you must do and be and from all the hype. By staying awake, you not only see things as they truly are, but you choose your pathway through the illusion.


The Soulstice is an Opportunity to further empower your Divine Masculine, whether you are male or female. The Divine Masculine is the creator and supporter of your dreams. It supports your Divine Feminine. When you meditate, place your right hand under your left hand with palms up. This is the physical expression of the support the Divine Masculine offers the Divine Feminine. As we awaken more to the Wonder of who we are and all the wondrous gifts of life, we recognize that there is much more than the sensate, physical world. We are the Divine Light and the prime creators of our lives. The Divine Masculine supports the manifestation of our dreams. The song, “The Impossible Dream...to dream the impossible dream, to go where the brave dare to go...to follow that star, no matter how hopeless, no matter how far” is our quest. We are on our noble quest. Our Light ignites us toward our dreams and we embrace the higher meaning of why we are here on Earth. We shine for others and as we raise our own consciousness, we raise the consciousness of all beings and that of Earth.


We are anchoring the New; therefore, we must live who and what we say we are. This takes as long as we choose. The Light of the Soulstice supports us in our quest.

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Sunday, November 20, 2016

Radiating the Light Within ~ a message from Harold W. Becker

Radiating the Light Within



The love we share is the blessing of creation. Without this power of love emanating in every moment, we cease to exist. This fundamental energy guides, animates, and contains every particle of life and is the intelligent substance we use to manifest as self-conscious creators. This loving universal energy comes to us without condition or limit. We, in turn, send it forth with greater force by our conscious use and qualification. When we come from love, we express great heights of attainment.


Unconditional love is the force that evolves and expands all things in life. Through conscious energetic radiation we can transform anything into a higher form of reality. Since it is the central core of all existence, when we radiate love it adds to the inherent qualities that already exist within form. At the same time, we are like a magnet, as our love attracts the love held within any expression. This is the same principle that reveals how our sun radiates energy while magnetically attracting the forces of life on our planet to respond in kind. This is easily seen in the example of the flower as it grows and blooms in response to the energy of the sun and then follows its path during the day as the sun moves gently across the sky.


We are an energy source too, when we engage love. As we expand the love in our heart, we become a bright light and beacon of this potential to others. It is as simple to be this living example as we wish to make it. Each thought can rest upon the notion of love as easily as our feelings can vibrate this emotion. There is nothing difficult about the process of loving unconditionally. We just consciously raise our attention upon the loving qualities in each of our experiences.


The only challenge we encounter in this process is when we try holding on to limitation. The personality/ego constantly attempts to preserve, control and sustain habits hoping to uphold a perception of security and stability. As humans, we like to maintain a sense of certainty and order in our experiences. Things already known to us are seemingly comfortable and easy to understand. However, in this artificial belief in safety of the known, we forget our potential to evolve and grow. This focus on constancy can cause apathy and idleness that allow our thoughts and feelings to wander about without direction. This creates a scattered reality that jumps from one experience to another seeking similarity. To keep this momentum of perceived permanence, we frequently take actions without understanding their consequence.


…We are at a point in our journey where it is time to accept our new role as empowered and loving beings. We no longer need to go along with the game of limitation because we now know our power and potential. Letting others control our reality is also rapidly fading away in this process. With the power of love to make dreams happen, we no longer require the destructive energies to teach us.


We are graduating from this school and moving to a new dimension and experience. Our final lesson is to learn how to create with love and become the law of cause alone. When love is our motivating and directing intent, only love can manifest. Generating love and sending it forth assures us only love can return. The circle of life is complete and negativity can no longer express through us. With no images or residue of discordant vibrations to entice our attention, we become free of these former shackles.


As this transformation completes itself, any remaining negativity must come forth. When it surfaces, we can easily release our attachment to it. These lower vibratory qualities have been around for a long time and letting them go allows us to be free of their discordant effects. Without negativity impinging on our attention, we can direct our awareness to love and express with this positive vibration.


When negativity or discord does come up, it is important to recognize it is actually leaving our world. This way we can forgive it and love it out of existence. Otherwise, we allow it back in our reality and will have to deal with it again at some future point. This is where we need to trust our power to love unconditionally and release the illusions of centuries. If it appears in our world and captures our attention, it is reflecting an image we have somewhere within. It does not matter when or how we originally acquired it, we can now let it go and choose a higher expression of love.


It is exciting to know that despite any previous limitations, we can go forward in this moment with the potential to change and grow. Through the infinite grace of the universe we have the ability to correct our actions and begin again. Without this grace, we would never evolve beyond our limited creation, and with it, we can restore our infinite capacity to build life with love and perfection.


By finding unconditional love for yourself, you set aside your limitations and allow the dormant qualities of love to blossom. As these higher frequencies saturate your being, you will find it easier to maintain your focus in every situation. When lower thoughts and feelings come up, you will recognize them and take them higher before they have a chance to express.


Love and hugs,


Harold W. Becker


Excerpted from Unconditional Love - An Unlimited Way of Being

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Friday, January 16, 2015

Creating Your New Life in 2015 with Light: Now is the Time by Shanta Gabriel | Jan 15, 2015 | Archangel Messages, Teleconferences |


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Creating Your New Life in 2015 with Light:
Now is the Time

by | Jan 15, 2015 | Archangel Messages, Teleconferences |



Dear Ones,

Over the centuries in every generation there were only a few souls who could embody their Divinity. In the new year of 2015, the number of people who awaken to their true divine nature will be unprecedented. The level of creation that is possible will seem almost magical, yet it simply represents alignment with your most Divine, Eternal and Illuminated self.


In this year, you are able to create a new reality from fields of empowered Light weaving forms made up of qualities of higher consciousness. As you awaken into the Light of Divine Presence, you find freedom to soar above the mundane and yet create in clear practical ways. Working within these multidimensional levels allows you to bring Heaven to Earth. From this place you can receive the impulses of your soul’s gifts to activate in this lifetime.


In this year, you will come to know the power of the forces of Divine Light as a Tool for the Creation of your most Empowered Future. The dimensional shifts that have occurred opened the way for you to receive at a new level of frequency. You are here to see your dreams manifest, when they are desires coming forth from your soul to summon the energy that empowers you to bring your gifts into the world.


Empowered by Light

The power that you need to bring your dreams into the physical realm is aligning to greatly inspire your next steps in life in the 5th dimension. You will be amazed at the level of non-physical support that is available to create new form on the physical level.


Your human form now has the capacity to hold the evolution of your spiritual presence. As you embody your soul gifts within your physical form and anchor your desires through the base chakra, you give yourself permission to live the fullest essence of your divinity in the world. The more deeply you feel alignment with the Divine Intelligence within your heart, the more gracefully you allow yourself to have your dreams and live in joyous, confident enthusiasm.


Creating with Light

Creating form with Light becomes the daily practice that unites your most Divine Self with your human body. Your breath becomes the link, your awareness opens the door, and your vision becomes a divine tool when sparked by your true Soul essence. All that is required is to anchor the new frequencies that hold your empowered future within your being.


When you immerse yourself in Divine Light, new frequencies entrain the field around your body and you have access to the Love and Intelligence that lives within your heart. There is no power on Earth that can match the Divinity inherent in the Light of God.


Allow yourself conscious immersion in this loving Presence. It is what your heart is longing for. It is what your illumined mind is drawn to experience. Echoes of the ancient teachings reverberate in your being as your soul remembers how to create form with Light as it did in the ancient temples.


The more harmony you experience within your emotional state, the more you are living in your full essence.
It is an amazing time to be alive, to dream big and align with your soul’s essence expanding and blending into human form.


If you feel your way is blocked, pull back into your heart, and give yourself the time to come into full alignment with your most Divine Essence, that which guides your way. This action will help you feel the capacity to have all you desire, and expand your energy to receive it. This also allows you to be in harmony with Divine Timing. Turning your life over to the Divine Presence working in and through you represents perfect alignment with your Soul’s requirements for the next step in your life.


Drafting the energy

When you notice that others are living in peaceful harmony in their life and manifesting their dreams, this means you also have that possibility. It is the cosmic version of drafting the energy that goes before you. Like migrating geese, you are moving together in agreement with the divine impulse within all beings to discover the new expanded territory in which you can live your soul’s essence.


Geese fly in the draft of the air behind their leaders. These geese are following the energetic flow of the wings of those that go before them, and it makes their way easier. That is the situation on Earth now as those who are on the first wave of ascension open the way for others to follow.


As they align their energy with the flow of all Creation working in their lives, more people are awakening to their true divine nature and feeling the spark that enables their dreams to manifest. Joyous possibilities exist that profoundly affect all those who resonate with their Soul’s essence. Creating on the physical level becomes an action of Intention fully integrated into the Divine Light you anchor in your world.


The dynamic gifts of your soul manifest as frequencies in your field of Light. Anchoring that vibration in your physical body becomes a demonstration that you are aligning your physical, mental and emotional bodies with the dreams inspired by your soul to live in the world with greater power, joy and love.

When you have identified that which causes your heart to sing in anticipation on a pure feeling level, you have access to this quality of consciousness. Focusing on these exalted states daily will change your vibration as those frequencies find their ground in you.


Simple, timeless practices

Ancient systems were developed that activate your conscious ability to receive Light. Most of these have been brushed aside in the hope of new, more powerful teachings. However, in many ways the simplicity and the clarity of the tools to expand conscious awareness remain the same. For instance, accessing the elements of subtle energy through your breath remains one of the quickest ways to raise your vibration.


Sitting in an exalted state of Love brings the power of that force of Light into every cell of your body. Bathing yourself in pure Joy opens the way for your brain to create new neuropathways. Allowing Peace to prevail in your heart creates the most nourishing Home you ever imagined.


We are using these potent words as the energetic tools they have become in new 5th dimensional energy. Each word holds an exalted vibration that you can literally feel in your body. This is your soul speaking through the language of vibration. Your feelings are your spirit’s way to spark the awareness of your choices.


There are infinite choices and possibilities expanding in your world now within the waves of Divine Light. There are, in fact, so many choices that overwhelm has become common among you. This overwhelm occurs when you are trying to mentally figure out which choice is best. It is infinitely more simple to use your feeling nature to sort out the choices that would most benefit your life. Your soul speaks through the language of feelings using these magnetic qualities to draw them into your experience.


When you create intentional spaces within and without for your spiritual practice, it allows your body to acclimate to higher frequencies and to use them for creation of your new empowered life.


In the ancient temples, this practice was the most relevant and purposeful way to create form. New realities were made from frequencies of Light focused and inspired by higher dimensional energies. Your soul knows these abilities; it is a part of your heritage. It is why you came into this life with a highly developed and sensitive nervous system. You have been unlike those you knew and did not feel nurtured by popular culture. Your soul waited for this time to bring the ancient gifts forward.


Your preparation has been extensive. You have so much information, so many lessons learned, cleared so much karma and old belief systems that you wonder when it will open to create manifestation of your heart’s desires in your life.


Now is the time

The time is now in 2015 as you begin to put your soul’s gifts into practice and align with its purpose. As you gain access to exalted states, there needs to be a grounded system in place that will take the frequencies of Light and connect them in your body for the new, growing crystalline system.


Creation of form can begin within your inner Temple of Light which is dedicated to the awakening of new forms in your life that are in harmony with your Source energy. It is an activity that befits that exalted awareness of your destiny. It uses ancient tools and modern focus to bring Light and Clarity into your being.


This practice of alignment with qualities of consciousness becomes the Beacon of Light that you express in the world. This practice draws to you all those who can assist you in translating the dream to reality, opportunities to share your love and wisdom, and people who can love and support you as well as enjoy your presence in their life.


Creating form from Light is the focus of this new year, and from that your Illuminated soul is birthed into new life on Earth. Your honoring of your dreams becomes an aspect of Love. Loving and respecting yourself enough to acknowledge the desires of your soul allows your heart to fully expand. You will find a new ability to bring your dreams into fruition when they are in alignment with your Source energy.


Step into the Light Field you created

You would not have the desire without the means to fulfill it. Check into your heart and see if your dream is in harmony with your soul essence. Become familiar with the resonance of a soul-based desire and that which a personality desire creates within you. When you feel in harmony, you can step into the field of Light you have created within the personal sacred sanctuary that holds the frequencies you want to express.


Do not allow doubt to interfere with your unfolding process of awakening. As the Light gains more strength, there is a new power also birthing. It is strength and integrity within your being to hold higher frequencies that can be transmitted into the outer world.


When your personal spiritual practice helps you to align with Source energy, you have new freedom to express great Creativity and Joy. Know that you can move forward in your life and align yourself with those who are already living peaceful lives in harmony with their greatest dreams and their soul’s gifts.


There is no need for competition. This is the time for a great cooperative wave of creation that allows you to ride the crest of its flow and manifest your dreams on Earth. The Divine Light awaits your direction.


And so it is.

Archangel Gabriel
Through Shanta Gabriel
January 13, 2015
http://shantagabriel.com