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The Root Cause of Anger
The self naturally seeks expression. When it feels held back, it feels frustrated because that is literally what is happening. The core energies of the self are being inhibited or impeded in some way, physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually. Self is trapped. If this happens with something for just a short while, we can usually cope, especially if it is something rather insignificant. But when it goes on chronically, over a long period of time, and particularly about core aspects of self, the frustration usually turns into resentment and anger (if not clinical depression). Healing comes when we look within and notice which aspects of self are not being expressed. It is our essential responsibility to express ourselves in our life…..not passively with little effect, not aggressively where we overwhelm or harm others, but appropriately and assertively. When we assert ourselves, we speak and live our truth. We say what we have to say, with gentleness, kindness, courtesy and respect. We live authentically, yet we don’t impose our ways on others. Some of us in the world are impeded by others in overt and cruel ways beyond our control. But in our western society, that is usually not the case.
For us, when we feel frustrated and irritated, it is then we are called to take notice of which parts of the self are feeling obstructed. Before it mounts toward anger or aggression. When we wait for anger to overtake us before we make changes, it is much harder to do. Contemplate each area of your life, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Look for ways you are expressing your core self, and ways you are not. If you are already angry about something, then seek clues for how you are letting yourself or others hold you back from living an assertive lifestyle that is congruent with your highest values. Physically – Are you feeding your physical body with the nutrition, rest and activity that brings you physical balance and joy? Are your daily life and vocation aligned with your highest values? How do you spend your time and energy currency…..on what others want for you or on what you want for you?
How to be Successful at Managing Emotion
Managing emotion encompasses two main groups of strategies: prevention and intervention.
As a way of prevention, we fill our life with all that makes us feel calm, relaxed, at peace, energized, alive and whole. That way, when life stress comes our way, we are so resilient that it takes a lot to get us agitated, irritated, or overwhelmed. To take inventory of your prevention activities, make a list of all of the things you do that bring your body back to a state of relaxation, that bring you happiness or joy, that are fun and make you feel like a kid again. For some of you, it might be tubing, riding your bike, or playing at the ocean. For others, it might be meditating, engaging in a yoga class, or going on a retreat. Eating healthy foods, getting plenty of water and enjoying sufficient sunlight are essential prevention activities for all of us, as is getting some form of exercise or movement daily, even if simply stretching each half hour during our sedentary work day. Poor nutrition, lack of sunlight or vitamin D3, and too much sugar in the body sets up the body to have the same physical symptoms as anxiety, anger and depression, and all of the talk therapy in the world will not help that.
What is the Universe made of? 96% is still a mystery.
Stephanie Pappas, a science writer for LiveScience.com, quotes Thomas Koffas, a particle physicist at Canada’s Carleton University, as saying: “So far, physicists can only account for 4 percent of what the universe is made of. The remaining 96 percent, we have no idea.” And yet, most western scientists ridicule anyone who believes that energy fields are more fundamental than material particles. Go figure.
Self-Love or Selfishness?
Self-love is nurturing of growth and allowing oneself the conditions in which to thrive. Imagine you are a budding flower, perhaps a dandelion, a peace lily or a rose. As a flowering plant, you need an ideal amount of sunlight and water, a certain type of soil, and just the right mix of nutrients. To self-love is to allow yourself to be in your ideal garden spot, not too crowded or overly shaded, not burned by too much sun, drinking in enough water but not so much that you drown, receiving all of the nutrients that you need to be strong, resilient, and long-lasting. If a plant could be selfish, (and here the metaphor is a stretch but work with me!) it would be hoarding the sunlight and the shade, the water and the nutrients, taking more than it needs and much of what it doesn’t, just to have it all. It would not show its flower, nor share its seed. When you are being selfish, you are taking to the degree you are hurting others and causing them some form of harm.
Video on Dark Energy: The Mysterious and Unknown Force of the Cosmos.
Watch this short clip about dark energy from the field of physics. http://msnvideo.msn.com/?channelindex=1&from=en-us_msnhp#/video/1869e7a3-e3d4-467b-bbe2-2e663562b809
Energetic signals come to us from everywhere and everything. Implications for self-love and the industries that are intended to serve us.
Insight: Signals come to us from everywhere and everything. Since we are our own unique energy stream of love we may need to consciously choose which we take in to our system, as best we can, both at the personal and collective levels. This is the basic essence underlying self-love. Everything radiates its own energetic signature. You radiate your own unique energetic fingerprint throughout this universe. Our bodies are infused, even blasted with informational signals coming from “outside” ourselves. Many of these signals are constructive for us. Some are destructive.
Time is relative to love consciousness.
Insight: Time is relative to consciousness and love. The more extensive our love and consciousness, the more time stands still as infinity. One morning it dawned on me that time is relative to love. If it is true that consciousness is the son of father spirit and mother matter, and love is the divine force of consciousness itself, then time is relative to both. Love is the cross where the vertical line of time and the horizontal line of space merge. When there is no distance between us, we are one consciousness unified beyond spacetime. Now, the present moment, is all that exists at that point of consciousness. Love, presence and focused awareness, makes time feel still. Consider that when we are children, our awareness is like a bud, mostly the potential of love’s blossom. The apparent time between the past (when we first started pre-school) and the future (when we will graduate from high school) seems to crawl. However, when we become adults, our consciousness has unfolded to encompass quite more, and time seems to zoom by us way too quickly. I can only imagine that from some divine perspective time is but an instant, a flash of light, and we are like a firefly in the cosmic night.
God of Love is not the same as God of Power.
Insight: The “God of Love” is not the same as the “God of Power and Might”. Rather than the Son that is the force of Love, God of Power is the Father of the Holy Trinity. Truth itself. The source of all vibration or consciousness. Pure energy. Life. God of Power may be the energy we conceive scientifically as the unmanifest power evident in the zero point field, in the “space” and womb of our existence, in the illusory no-thing-ness before it births into some-thing. It is that Power that preceded the Big Bang. Metaphorically, God of Power breathes us out (creating the field of Love, of quantum consciousness itself and all its subsequent forms of light), then breathes us back again in order to start anew. Power is that which destroys obsolete forms (appearing to us humans as “death”) in order for Love energy to replace them through a birthing of new forms of a much higher order, a process which scientists call evolution.
Consciousness evolves toward more inclusive love and awareness.
Insight: Consciousness evolves toward more inclusive love and awareness. Consciousness evolves within us, as it does all of humanity and all of creation. At the level of humanity, we evolve from mass consciousness into individual consciousness, and then into group consciousness. Mass consciousness is related to our more instinctual intelligence and therefore more primitive ways of love. This is our herd consciousness. In this state of consciousness, we look to others for what to do, and as they do, so do we. We find mates, we have children. We strive to fit in. We can’t risk standing out, being ridiculed or rejected. Fear continuously blocks our desires, as the clouds block the sun. Individual consciousness expands the more we cultivate our innate intelligence. In its selfish phase, personal desire, lust, and addictions characterize this state of consciousness. Yet the more conscious we become of our choices, the more capable we become of healthier human love. Personal power, self-reliance, and individual achievement are necessary developments, for they bring balance to dependency in relationship, and foster the capacity for mutual support and reciprocity. Health self-awareness, self-respect, independence, along with a sense of responsibility and trustworthiness, give rise to cooperation and collaboration. The balance between self-love and other love is vital. The selfishness and aggressive competition that characterize humanity today smolder the wick of love. Needed is the restraint of true courage. Group consciousness comes from soul awareness, the inner sense of “we-ness” that all souls feel. One mind, one body. Inclusive love for all. These are the mindsets that characterize this state of consciousness. This is the consciousness that is the immediate destiny for humanity. It is a state where individually we contribute toward the good of the whole. It is the whole of humanity, the whole of the planet, the whole of life that is our keynote here. Our intuitive and higher creative intelligence lead our way. At the level of the individual, we evolve into broader and more inclusive spheres of love. Love of self opens to love of a significant other, as well as to family at large. Love of family broadens into love for a wider circle of friends. Our circle of love expands gradually, beginning with more and more of those who seem to be similar to us. We fall into wider senses of community still, encompassing eventually even those who are greatly different than we. Town, state, nation…..our awareness continues to envelope all of the human family. Then comes the time that we realize the entire planet is family…..all of humanity, all of the animal kingdom, the vegetation of the earth, the minerals, cooperatively working as one united organism. Yet even this awareness is inevitably superseded by the sense of oneness with the entire cosmos, and with all that is. And so we evolve, individually and collectively…..from the consciousness of the herd self into the consciousness of the personal self, familial self, national self, planetary self, universal self, until we are united in consciousness as one Cosmic Self. And, from this center, we love.
The Great Invocation
A prayer suggested by the Tibetan, from the Ageless Wisdom: “From the point of Light within the Mind of God Let light stream forth into the minds of men. Let Light descend on Earth. From the point of Love within the Heart of God Let love stream forth into the hearts of men. May Christ return to Earth. From the centre where the Will of God is known Let purpose guide the little wills of men – The purpose which the Masters know and serve. From the centre which we call the race of men Let the Plan of Love and Light work out. And may it seal the door where evil dwells. Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.”