Prophets to Profits: The Corporate Takeover of Spirituality

Submitted by Galactic Free Press on Mon, 02/15/2016 - 09:59

Vida Norris, Guest
Waking Times

The self-help and “mind-body-spirit” scenes are billion dollar industries, but how has the commodification of spirituality affected our ability to practice it? As sacred principles are co-opted and watered down to sell feel-good mass-market products, those unwilling to sellout spiritual principles are pushed further to the margins – where they are increasingly maligned as “cultist” for putting spirituality ahead of materialism.

Alternative spiritual teachings and groups that encourage a way of life outside of mainstream values are being marginalized and suppressed from all sides.

On one side, what is deceptively being presented to the general public as a viable and appealing alternative to mainstream religious institutions is largely owned by corporations and individuals looking to profit from people’s natural interest in spirituality, making it nothing more than a cleverly disguised offshoot of the mainstream itself.

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Day 11: The Child Within

Submitted by Galactic Free Press on Mon, 02/15/2016 - 09:54

The true nature that most of you have at birth is pure joy and love. Each one of you comes from the same Source, beautiful and full of love and light. Know that you have within you the power to regain control of your life. It will take time and effort to undo the things that you have allowed, but it is well worth the effort to make the change if you truly want to experience peace and joy on a daily basis.

In ancient Mayan times, as well as many other cultures, each birth was celebrated. Every child upon entry into this world knew they were loved. Each knew they came to this earth for a purpose. Each was supported by the entire tribe. How much better this world would be if you returned to the simple act of loving your babies unconditionally. This cannot happen until you love yourselves unconditionally.

You can do it! Each and every one of you has the ability to go within and do some major housecleaning. Swipe away those cobwebs of disillusionment, sweep away those thoughts of low-self esteem and mop up all those memories of sadness and despair. It is time to wash your windows and let your light shine. Remove the walls and the moat full of alligators and let others in.

Where Consciousness Grows

Submitted by Galactic Free Press on Mon, 02/15/2016 - 09:12

God said:

There is so much in life and in books that you cannot grasp in the palm of your hand, and you may like to philosophize with Me about Life. Oft times you endeavor to change My mind, for you are sure you know more than I do, or you may even question if I know anything at all about how it is in the world for you, a human being.

You may hold strongly to the idea I know nothing and that I seem to perpetuate a kind of fraud on you. Or, if you do not think that way, you may have decided that a friend or someone you've read or heard speak, knows better than I do.

Of course, everything is open to interpretation, yet where does believing in Me have to do with popular opinion or votes and such temporal points of view? Everyone seeks to know himself.

You may feel a necessity to believe in what satisfies your ideas. You may rather believe in karma than responsibility for your own life. You may well believe in guilt over innocence and punishment in the hereafter over peace. You like to believe in what you believe. Something not in line with what you believe may seem like sacrilege or simply something too untenable or inconvenient for you to deal with. In any case, for reason or no reason, you may feel that you or someone in life who holds a strong opinion must know better than God. You may adhere to other views and find My ideas unpalatable. 

Daily Message ~ Monday February 15, 2016

Submitted by Galactic Free Press on Mon, 02/15/2016 - 08:20

Dear Ones, if you run into a situation that the energies are very obviously not supporting, it is simply a means of redirection for you. It does not mean that you cannot effectively create, or that the universe is out to get you, or any of the other things you can reactively tell yourselves. It just means that you cannot get to your desired goal that way.

Let us give you an analogy that will make this very easy to understand. If you were in a maze, trying to get to the surprise at the end of it, you would not fall into despair the first dead end you experienced. You would not stand there and continue to push against a wall that would not budge. You would not crumple to the ground in despair. You would simply realize that was not the way to get to what you desired and you would redirect and keep moving. While it may have been momentarily frustrating, you realize it was not personal at all, and through the realization that was not the right way, you can then move in a direction that will support your desired end result.

You could make your life experience so much easier by adopting this approach! Your highest self, your guides, the entire universe, are all helping you get where you wish to be by lovingly not offering support to what cannot get you there. If you understand that, you can start to have fun, to enjoy the unfoldment, knowing each time you are turned around you are pointed in the right direction of the next phase of your journey, and embrace the divine perfection of it all. ~Archangel Gabriel

Love

Submitted by Galactic Free Press on Sun, 02/14/2016 - 10:10

All was created to know itself in love!  Love is not to be meted out when the moment serves or when you have something to gain from it.  It is an all-encompassing creation of The Universe that reverberates through every cell of every being on your Earth-plane.  You may need to look more closely to see it, but it is always there…..always present….always willing to give when others have given up. ~ Creator

https://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/love/

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