by Zen Gardner

As is often said, there are many ways up the mountain. The same can be said for ways of escape. That’s a bit more defensive and reactive, but such is the reality in this remarkable time we’re living in right now.

Just get there.

All of this going on around us now is happening before we can even begin to identify what it is we’re going through or where we’re headed. It’s very much like we’re flying over and around new rocks in a raging cataract and shooting down even more unexpected rapids.

In less turbulent times, grasping what’s going on is usually possible to some degree and we’re used to having that luxury. But no longer. We’re being swept into new and exciting places with some sort of cosmic urgency.

And we just need to flow with it.

Feeling for It

The beauty of losing control is that our heads and minds can’t get in the way. It’s too late and too immediate for that. We might have a few instinctive reflexes to try to keep our balance and heads above water but our old footing is gone. Completely gone.

And that’s a good thing – a real good thing.

By Wes Annac, Culture of Awareness

Alan Watts was a writer, speaker and philosopher who brought eastern philosophy to western spiritual seekers. (1)

He was and still is loved by many in the spiritual community, and his large volume of writings and lectures is considered by many to be a great source of wisdom.

We can learn from his work and the example he set that social morality is just as important as personal. While it’s argued that personal change is the best way to change the world, we can’t forget that changing the way we interact with each other and the earth is also crucial if we want a society that reflects our growing spiritual awareness.

I’d like to share some quotes from Alan Watts that exemplify who he was and what he thought about life, spirituality and our connection with All That Is.

God said:

When you feel frustrated beyond endurance, take a break. Get a new perspective. Go in a different direction for a while. Don’t meet up with what is frustrating you right now. Put it aside.

Frustration is raucous music. You don't have to listen to it. Take a walk and restore yourself. Do something that you like to do. Consider you have a school holiday and make the most of it.

When you are consumed with frustration, look out the window, read a romance novel, take a nap, do something that you like to do and that gives you a modicum of joy and may get your mind off what ails you.

This is not running away. Too much is too much. Frustration is not intended to be an endurance test for you. You do not have to prove to yourself that you can withstand continued dire frustration. This is a time to break off this entanglement for a while.

When you feel you can’t hack the frustration any longer, this is a good sign that you can’t hack it any longer. This is not defeat. This is time for a truce, for, truly, you have been making war with frustration.

Many things, even most things, will heal themselves. Most frustration is going to go anyway with or without your pushing it away. The rain will stop. Electricity will go back on. A flood will recede. What is frustrating you won’t always be around. Divert yourself from your reservoir of overbearing attention on that which you find frustrating. Get your mind off.

Make music with the movement of your human body, make every smile you give like the stars shining, make every moment of your Earth-plane existence like magic. Show the world the beauty of your soul. Be in rapture of the wonderful gift you call life. ~ Creator

https://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2016/01/27/making-music/

Movement and lulls are part of the process of progress. One is not more right than the other, as both hold very specific gifts for you. It is you that assigns your perception of right or wrong from your limited vantage point. The second you make anything wrong, you enter into resistance, which will only stall your progress and make you feel more uncomfortable.

Most people do better with movement than lulls because in a movement phase progress is tangible. But the movement phase cannot occur without the lull. You see, during the times of quiet there are energetic shifts that occur that are necessary for the next phase. The lull is what prepares you for action! If you become resistant during this phase it becomes much more difficult for you to integrate the energies that are essential for the next round of movement. You cannot resist and accept at the same time.

Dear Ones, allow us to reassure you that nothing is ever wrong! There is always, always purpose to everything you experience. The way to find greater comfort and satisfaction is to fully embrace whatever energies are presenting. The act of complete and total acceptance allows you to fully harness the gifts of any stage and to move with the flow willingly and beautifully. The universe is always conspiring to help you and giving you just what you need. ~Archangel Gabriel

http://trinityesoterics.com/2016/01/27/daily-message-wednesday-january-27-2016/

When you turn a light switch on, darkness is eliminated. When you turn the light switch off, the darkness returns. It is the same within your electrical system. You cannot have both the dark and the light running at the same time. Your circuitry is designed to let light flow through every cell in your body. When you focus on the darkness inside yourself and others, you attract more of that energy to you.

If you wish to have a life filled with love and joy, then place your attention there, every moment. Each moment that you focus your attention on the shadows, you will draw more of them to you. For this reason, it is imperative to find the areas that block your circuitry and to take the necessary actions to get the lights turned on again.

Take time to go inside today and bless your shadows. Release the dark shadows that no longer serve you. Turn your heart light on and go forth enjoying each moment with a heart filled with love and gratitude. Not only will this change your life, but you will also affect every other soul in the universe, for we are all connected.   Peace be with you!  Chuen 4

To read this Message in its entirety, scroll to Day 251 at:
https://mayanmessages.wordpress.com/days-248-260

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Christina Sarich, Staff
Waking Times

“Music is the universal language of mankind.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

An ancient understanding of the cosmological universe puts forth that inaudible music calculates the position of the heavenly bodies in our skies. With quintessential harmony, Mars, Neptune, Uranus, and all the other planets are held perfectly in place, with the harmonic ratios of each planet determining how they respond to one another, and how they affect all life on the planet earth, as well as sentient life elsewhere in the galaxy. The ancients understood that cosmic harmony is the state of enlightenment. Disharmony, is when the egoic nature, or false self has not been healed, and conducts the ‘show’ of our lives – the musical, as it were, of you.

My darling and beautiful child, you must remember to believe in yourself.  Other may attempt to tear you down, make you feel less than, try to change your way of thinking and/or violate your boundaries.  It is up to you to stand strong in your truth and know that The Universe is beside you every step of the way.  ~ Creator

https://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/stand-strong/