Discovering Glory in a Fish

Discovery

When you discover Glory

in all you encounter

without diminishing it

with judgment;

You will have

embraced

God.

This Spirita passage come from the book Sunshine Syllabus, and there is a common thread from the previous Spirita excerpts I have discussed.  Suspicion is a form of judgment, I put it there, and I want to choose to replace it with something else……Glory.  This passage does not just reflect our relationships with other people, but with all things in the universe and beyond.  Keep in mind folks, I am not a wonderful writer, but stay with me and I will explain what I mean.

            When I think of an animal that is “gross” I think of a fish.  Fish are scaly, funny looking creatures with big bulging eyes.  They freak me out.  But if I take a look at it in the context of Spirita, I see they are a precious animal.  This passage is asking me to approach the world in a way that takes out the ego’s judgment and simply look upon the fish with glory (synonyms being magnificence, splendor, or wonder.)  Look at this fish with fresh eyes.  Fish feeds all kinds of living creatures, fish live in balance with their surroundings, and breathe differently than I do.  All these qualities are ways for me to find glory and not judge their actions.  Once I find the simple beauty in a fish, I can embrace God because God made a perfect being in a fish.

Until next time,

-C-

Awareness and Choice

There is nothing

between you and anyone else

except

what you put there.

This excerpt comes from Symphonetic Musings written by Spirita and speaks to my last posting.  In my last blog post I discussed the idea suspicion gives our “logical” (or our ego) mind reason not to trust others.  When I had the realization of I am questioning someone else’s motives to a point that it hurts my ability to simply honor them, I have to take action. So now I am aware that being suspicious is there and I have the choice to change it.  That’s the real kicker, I have a choice, and so does everyone else.  (The awareness that you have a choice might be a lesson some still have left to learn.)

In this passage it says that nothing is there until you put it there.  Suspicion is a feeling I have been “putting” into relationships, but with awareness comes the ability to grow into who I want to be.  I want to be a person who is positive.  I can start this off by taking out the suspicion and filling it with honor and love.  I have become aware that I put those feelings into a relationship.  I cannot control how someone else approaches a relationship, but I can control how I act.  I am going to put good things between me and others because it is my choice and I am aware of it. 

Until next time,

-C-

Suspicions to Honoring Through Awareness.

Suspicions

When you honor

those around you

who give you support

rather than being suspicious

about their motives,

you will enchant

your relationships.

Inspired by Marina’s lack of trust.

As I sit here typing this blog, I have some feelings of insecurities.  “Why insecurities?” you ask.  Well, to be honest with myself and then  start writing a blog post and realize I have to be honest with everyone it is a tall order.  Insecurities are just another part of me becoming aware of who I choose to be, and I am willing to put myself out there.  I am guilty of feeling suspicious like this reading from Inspirations by Spirita.  When a new person comes into my world, my first reaction is to ask myself and then find out their motive.  Why is this person nice?  Why is this person mean?  What are their intentions? Why did they just flip their hair like that?  I can go on and on, bottom line I question everything someone else does.  It doesn’t matter who it is, I question.

As I ponder this reading, I realize I don’t take people at face value and I always question them.  I have realized I have to modify my way of thinking.  Let’s take for example a relationship with a mother figure.  A mother is going to love you, but as an adult child, I am guilty of feeling suspicious of Mothers intentions.  I can honestly say my Mother ONLY loves and supports me.  I should honor that and quit asking questions of her motivation.  My relationship with my mom would reach new heights (enchantment) if I totally and completely honored her.  Now to transfer that awareness to other people (like the guy walking down the street, I would become a very happy person.  Are going become more aware now?

Until Next Time,

-C-

My Dotness

"Oh Grasshopper, I am feeling a creative energy to emerge from my Dotness and evolve beyond the single cell I am."

-"Conversations With Grasshopper"


It is always so funny to me that the lives of people tend to move in trends. It seems there is a theme almost in the Universe about what will happen. It echos the thematic tones of 80's sitcoms. We all get to learn a valuable lesson about responsibility or honesty.

Well lately it seems the theme has been growing. What do you need to grow, not financially but Spiritually or as Amoeba said, creatively.

What does that mean? Well Awareness fuels everything. Without Awareness we have nothing, no emotion, no creativity.

It can happen that you can save that creativity and generate that lovely creative energy by allowing your Awarenss to let you know what you need.

We live in a culture of perseverance. Which is great! Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that people can hunker down and ride out the storm, but we also live in a society of complainers. We love to whine. It's fun to say how unhappy you are (at least they're Aware of it) but when you focus on your unhappiness and not on what would make you happy you allow your Creativity die.

Can you imagine a life where you felt no spark to create. Well allowing your Awareness to feed your creativity and change things in your life to feed that creative energy is what will let that happen.

And back to the Dotness, cause that's about where I am at. I want to evolve from my Dotness into a mind set of Creativity, Productivity and Happiness. And Awareness will fuel all these things.

Till Next Time,
Jackie

Tunnel In Eyes

Whispers

Fifty-Seven 

Realm Beyond

Through the Tunnel 

in Eyes:

Spirit 

invites Discovery.

This is actually a selection from the upcoming Spirita book, "Whispers". I got the wonderful chance to look it over while it is still in the process of gathering it's thoughts and becoming whole. This piece in particular stood out to me.

First, it has a wonderful image to me of a little me, my Soul, looking through my eyes and seeing the world. Very "Being John Malkavich" I suppose.

Aside from this image, strange as it may be, I also like that this points out how important it is to pay attention to your experiences. Awareness to me includes having a good grasp on who you are but allowing your experiences to help you grow and change is so important. Change is inevitable, you will change every moment of your day and the world you Discover through your eyes and experiences will have a huge impact on that. 

The World is vast and wide and there is a lot to see. I've been to a few continents, and I've seen a lot of great things and they have all truly effected me. It is also important to remember how aware you should be during your experiences. 

You should be in the moment, a scenario I struggle with. I tend to think about what is next. How do you stay in the moment? Well I think it has to deal with the calm that awareness brings. There is a certain serenity knowing that you can Choose how to react to our experiences, but in the same breath allow them to change us. Wow that is confusing, even to me and I said it. 

That will take some major Soul digesting to get to the meaning of how to Choose your moments but be aware enough for them to influence you. But I am open to all challenges.

Carry it with you.

Always carry

a writing pen

and paper.

You never know when

the Twinkle Fairies

will splotch

your awareness.

Inspiration disappears

when not quickly captured.

This passage is on page 86 of “Writer’s Cramp,” by Spirita.  In my last blog post I spoke of “twinkles” and in Jackie’s last blog posts she spoke of inspiration.  Today I will try to bridge these two ideas together.  I mentioned a twinkle (for me) might feel like a gut reaction or an instinct for knowing what is right for me.  But being aware that “twinkles” happen is the key here.  You have to know what you are looking for or you could miss it.  Just like a instinct, this “twinkle” or inspiration can occur in a flash, without notice, rhyme, or reason.   It is my duty to be aware of what my soul is trying to explain to me.   When you start looking for gut feelings, inspiration will fill you up.  When you ignore those gut feelings, that moment of inspiration will disappear.  One has to be aware these inspirations can happen at any moment, these twinkles (or feelings, instincts, or whatever one calls them) can last for a moment or for a week.  No matter the length, they are all important and need to be addressed within our souls.

Until next time,

Christine

A Forced Exercise in Awareness

Creating

Inspiration

is 

created

by

awareness.

I have been thinking a lot about Inspiration lately, mainly because I have felt it lacking in my life. Not to say that I have not felt like I enjoyed doing anything, I just haven't really felt the fuel to invent and reinvent my environment, to really engage my life.

It has been a couple weeks of this and I still hadn't the foggiest idea what was causing it. I just knew that I didn't feel my spark. But, now, I am going to use my awareness to solve this riddle, to figure out where my drive has gone.

First, I want to take a look at my environment, then my day to day activities, then the future and what I want. 

I have started to examine these things and am realizing what needs to change and what just needs a good shot in the arm. Already I feel better. Already I feel like I know what I need to do. It's actually fantastic this happened and in a strange way this was a forced exercise in using my Awareness.

 

Mind, Body, Soul

'You will become mind, body and soul. These will translate into your intellect, your physical experiences and your emotional-spiritual connections. Your mind will energize your intellect and the will be known as the same condition. Your soul will portray wour emotional-spiritual sensations and they will be known as the same condition.'
 -Spirita, "Conversations with Grasshopper.

The concept of mind, body, and soul has been tossed around a lot. But that's probably because it has proven its self a valuable concept many times.

I try to ignore this connection. But if I am not feeling Spiritually well it does not take long for my body and mind to follow. 

So in my quest for awareness and wellness, I have decided that my next step is to become aware of my Mind, Body, Soul connection, make the changes that are needed to be made and find my Wellness.

The toughest part of doing this is trying to realize what needs to be changed. Are you tired cause you haven't slept or because your mind isn't feeling engaged, or because your Spirit has lost a spark?

The toughest part of this will be admitting what I need to find my MBS (Mind, Body, Soul) balance. Even admitting it to myself will be hard.

But Awareness of what you need and what it takes to find your balance is a challenge that I am willing to take on.

Twinkles

Who is Spirita? What is a Spirita?

Spirita is Twinkles.

Spirita is the Twinkle you see when you connect with someone.

Spirita is the Twinkle you feel when you get excited inside or gooey all over.

Spirita is the Twinkle you hear when a voice or music or nature communicates in special ways.

Spirita is not a person or a face or a shape or an object to see or hold.

Spirita is your Soul announcing your presence and welcoming inspirations.

Spirita is Awareness Transformed to Being.

What does Spirita look like? Just look in the mirror.

This passage comes from the front of all of the Spirita books.  It speaks of what the basic principle for Spirita.  When I first read this passage I could not grasp how it related to me, so I pondered.  Twinkles are thrown in this excerpt but what does a twinkle mean to me? Or you?  Or to us finding our awareness?  Today I will discuss just this.

After a lot of contemplation, I like to think of a twinkle as a gut feeling.  This is a feeling of knowing the truth of something from deep down inside and not having to find an answer outside oneself.  Most of us have had at least one amazing first date, we are aware of the connection on a level that is unexplainable.  You met this person, went on a date, and now the fireworks (or twinkles) are filling your insides.  It could be in your heart (but the feeling doesn’t end there), it could be in your guts (almost a physical feeling), it could be in your head (head a little swimmy), or it could be your ears longing for the voice of this person (what a great feeling.)  When a twinkle hits, one sees it, feels it, hears it, and ultimately, experiences it. 

Women in the American society are culturally trained to keep their woman’s intuition sharp.  Intuition is not solely a woman thing; men have this ability to follow and know intuition. I can relate a twinkle to intuition by it is something internally known.  It feels like the answers just came to you from an unknown source, but it is the real deal.  This is your souls way of communicating.  We have to take notice of these twinkles to find our souls inspirations and true path. 

Twinkles are not an external feeling; it is totally an internal feeling.  As a human, we let our brain (logical or ego driven thinking) guide our  day to day activities.   But to know you, a great place to start would be to start paying attention to your feelings.  Our soul wants to guides us on a path.  Once it starts getting listened to, we can turn that awareness into being.

Until Next Time,

Christine

Teeth Brushing

67 

Teeth Brushing

Be aware 

of every stroke 

when you brush 

your teeth.

Tuning yourself 

to that Sensitivity

will enable you

to author 

your own primer

about Creativity.

In this blog's selected passage form Spirita's book, Thimbles of Spirit, it allows us to contemplate

even the smallest of our actions as it relates to awareness. One cannot be too rough on the gums, 

creating a sense of compassion for the gums. It seems second nature, but all of us have "over

brushed" and felt the abrasiveness the tooth brush leaves. When we learn the trait of brushing, it 

becomes second nature. But take a minute next time to focus on the feeling of brushing; it will make you more aware. Take that awareness to another aspect of your life and focus on being aware of, oh let's say, cooking. Then apply that awareness and try something harder. We we have mastered the skill of awareness, it becomes second nature, but mastery is necessary first. 

Practice makes perfect.

Compassion

Emancipating Compassion

What inspirations

Do you require

To turn your Self-Absorbition

Into Self-Awareness

To emancipate

Your compassion?

In Sunshine Syllabus by Spirita, this passage can be found on page 80. Absorption is almost the same as preoccupation so self-absorption is the preoccupation of self interest, or "the excessive concern with

own life and interest." (Encarta Dictionary.) Self awareness is the simple act of knowing who you are or "having a balanced and honest view of your own personality, and often an ability to interact with others frankly and confidentialy." (Encarta Dictionary.) In other words, "known thyself." Many a great man has had this struggle throughout history. Plato, Socrates, and Shakespeare to name a few, but knowing who you are is a not a selfish endeavor. Self-absorption and self-awareness understands everything is a honest choice. A choice to like this or that, a choice to be this way or that way, a 

choice to have sympathy is the type of awareness we all should strive for. Liberating one's sympathy; either it's sympathy for self or sympathy for another, inspirations should not require, but sometimes we all could use a good idea. Maybe this will be an inspiration to start your self-awareness path (it's a choice.)

Maybe I'll Just Quit Worring

Awareness is not something hat comes easy to me; I struggle and have a hard time with it. How do you
become aware, in what feels like, over night? how do you measure my awareness? Can others measure my progress of awareness? Is it "right" to measure another's progress to becoming aware? Why would anyone want to become aware of them? Why would I want to become aware of another person's level of awareness? It is hard communicating with myself in regards to awareness. I would think it is harder to communicate with someone else about their level of awareness. In the book "A Wild Duck" by an author named Homer; I find an interesting quote:

"Maybe, I'll just quit worrying about the whys

And just do and be what feels right.

Maybe I'll just have a conversation 

With Soul and get a second opinion."

If I really think about awareness, awareness starts inside if me on a primitive level. I am aware I need

food/ shelter. Then I get to the awareness of am I feeling OK? (At the moment, yes.) Then I get to

become aware of my ego, my heart wants, my soul needs and so on and so on. It feels as if I will never

know myself completely, but it is my goal. Maybe I should just quit worrying and have a conversation with myself about what feels right. If it is so different to know me, and I with myself 100% of the

time, how can I even begin to become aware of others "energies?"

A question I pose to our readers, is the message "become aware", it is a responsibility of mine to 

"become aware" or understand someone else?

Simply Love You

Half way down page 69 in "A Book of Dibbles" is one of the best lines I have heard in awhile:

To Honor you

I will discard my experiences,

my habits,

and behavior

to 

simply love you.

Okay, now this does relate to the last posting, I see it like this simply loving someone and not applying baggage of habits and history to it are helping leaving definitions off it and just allowing you to experience your feelings for them. 

Awareness include not only seeing who You are but also the actions that "who" takes.  When you love someone you have to ask if you are treating them a certain way out of habit, because of past experiences or behavior patterns. 

Your ability to be Aware spreads to other people. The people you love will benefit from your awareness. And trust me you will benefit from theirs. 

I mean which would you rather have: someone that reacts to you based off of some long past event or someone honoring who you are now? Kinda' a no brainer. 

So being aware of your actions helps everyone. Because one of the greatest gifts in the world is to be able to simply love someone. 

Defintions

Concerto 31st 

Definitions 

Life

Perhaps

your Life

has to many

Definitions

-"Symphonetic Musings"

Again a selection from one of my favorites. Actually, this Wednesday at 7PM, if you are so inclined, we will be holding our first Spirita Book Meet-up at Tennyson Coffee and Books. 

http://www.meetup.com/TumbleBrushPress/events/33812972/

But back to the matter at hand. Awareness of You and who You choose to be has elements of defining yourself. I tend to be one of those people that has a hard time defining who they are. I feel like sometimes in the past I have fallen into a very common trap: defining who you are by an outside source, someone or something. 

I see it happen a lot, and while I am probably more apt at identifying it in others than myself, I know I am just as guilty. 

If you are one of these people, defining yourself by others or by a title, "Mother", "Sister", "Co-worker" (I'm sure it goes much deeper that that but bear with me) a trick to eliminating this and allowing you to find your true Self would be to eliminate the need to Define yourself.

This means labeling, saying "I am X, Y, and Z." These out side force will change. Change is inevitable. But who you truly are will always be. I have been left stranded in a world of confusion more than once because once my label got taken away from me, I had no idea who I was now. 

It is my personal goal this month to try and etch out who I am not based on work, hobbies, or anything else. I have gotten pretty good at this but I'm kinda gonna finish that race now. It will be interesting to see what I will see myself as without definitions.