Building a Strong Foundation

          We have great freedom to determine our own path of action. We carry within ourselves the
          seeds of self-destruction or self-realization. We can ignore the call of our divine nature and
              remain mired in the material world, or we can listen to the call and realize the highest
          attainments. If we learn from the world around us and chart a disciplined course of action,
                             we can earn our true freedom. When we rush to satisfy material desires,
                                                             we suffer the consequences.

       When we aspire to reach a great height (as in Ascension), we must first build a strong foundation.
       A groundwork must be prepared before the structure rises. Proper preparations must be made to
                           insure success. This is true in all fields: in the trades, in business, in the arts.
                                               It is of paramount importance in the spiritual field.

                                                       ~*    Reference:  Pathways to God     *~

                                      A book based on the spiritual Teachings of Sri Sathya Sai Baba

                                                             ~*    Namaste    ~     Love    *~

Transcending the Earth Plane

Hello Dear Friends ~ In the above picture, you can see the merging of the worlds - the physical and the higher dimensions. When you look at here you can see on the left.....a physical or dense world.


On the right side.......a lighter, purer, and higher spiritual realm. Some may still be perplexed as to how we are going to get there! If you understand that energy vibrates at a certain speed, ie., to create a physical world, the energy slows down quite a bit to become a solid form. When you know how to increase your vibratory rate which, by the way, is spiritual energy - pure light, you can raise it sufficiently to go to higher dimensions. That is how Beings from higher dimensions visit Earth, or indeed, come to speak to a particular person on Earth. But, they usually stop short of becoming totally solid.

There have been many reports over many centuries about visitors from Heavenly Realms. The reason they are at that higher dimensional plane called Heaven, is because they have transcended every dimension that leads them there. And there are many dimensions. So, when a Being from a higher realm appears to a person on Earth, it is not always necessary to become solid again. That is when they look like Super Humans because of their appearance and the energy they give out - pure love encased in pure light. At Sai Baba's ashram in Puttaparthi, Southern India, there can be millions at any celebration, particularly His Birthday. Some years ago an Australian author and his wife were guests at one of Baba's cottages on the ashram grounds and they witnessed the massive crowds pushing through one area to get to another. In the crush, an elderly lady was knocked down. The crowd started to separate as a very handsome, strong man appeared with a hat that had wrapped around its crown a snake. He was very concerned about the elderly lady. He was accompanied by a lovely young lady in a sari.

After asisting the lady off the ground and helping her to a seat on the side, they continued to assist the crowd to move in an orderly fashion. They appeared to be superhuman and had a tremendous spiritual aura about them. The author asked some of the Indians there who this couple was, and they replied, " That is Shiva and Parvati. They often appear here at the ashram, especially to assist or protect people from harm. " And people think that the Godhead sits on thrones up in Heaven twiddling their thumbs!

People in India who are frequently at the ashram, witness all kinds of divine visitors and other spiritual manifestations. Miracles are natural occurrences and not unusual to those who witness them year after year. Divine energy is available to those who are serious about transcending this physical plane and uniting with their divinity within. It all takes self-discipline and a determination to devote time out of your busy life to adhere to practices that promote the expansion of the lightbody through bringing in more light. This in turn expands the aura. Many people start with the meditation on the flame, then go from there, as they are guided.

Gradually, with the transformation of the heart, one will begin to see all souls with love. Love is the main ingredient to expand the heart chakra, which in turn flows upwards into one's face like a beautiful glowing light, and, without a second thought, share that love with everyone they meet. How happy they look ! Life takes on a higher meaning. The journey home to divinity within has begun!

With utmost Love and Respect,
Tara *~~

Written by Tara
18 March 2012

When did humans lose their "natural flow?"

Just seeing this gorgeous image of a small waterfall flowing onto the rock pools below triggered this question:   When did We lose our natural flow?    Looking at our world now, which is called "a civilized world or society,"

I would say that we have become UN-civilized as a species, compared to the Animal Kingdom.  We can all live naturally and be mindful of how we treat others and the environment, without going back to the jungles to live.   But, looking around the world, for sometime now, humans have lost that natural instinct of nurturing and sharing and caring.  

   Nurturing :

*  Being aware when a fellow living being is in need of sustenance or anything else that we may be able to
    provide or find for them.

*  Mindful of the people around us when out in public and assisting in any way we can to those who are
    elderly, disabled, etc.

*  Caring for our plants and animals in a loving way as they are also part of God/Source energy.

   Sharing :

*  Sharing any excess of what we have to any society or charity that helps others, inc. animals.

*  Giving away any unwanted vegetables or fruit from our gardens to a pensioner or single Mum or Dad.

*  Sharing our time with the lonely in our neighbourhood, or community, even Nursing Homes where some
    folks don't get any visitors.

    Caring :

*  Caring in any way we can about life in general, and there are many aspects of life we are involved in
    each day.

*  Caring about the homeless;  caring about the elderly and disabled;  caring about our stray animals, etc.

Getting ourselves back into the natural flow of life and ditching the mindset that we are all separate is a good start toward building this new earth we all hear about!

It all starts with each individual, opening up, responding to the environment in which you live, and embracing the true meaning of Life Itself !

Peace and Love to All   ~

Connecting With the Divine Within

                        There is nothing more powerful than Love to connect you with the divinity within.
                             Like the angel lighting the flower above, Love lights up the flame of divinity
                                         in our hearts. The more Love we have, the bigger the flame.
                                       When we foster Divine Love within, the dark clouds disperse.
                                                    Through Love, true Self-realization is achieved.

                                       We have incarnated for a reason into this karmic world, and it is up
                                                    to each soul to decide which path they wish to tread.
                                You can choose the path of Love that leads one straight to the heart- centre
                                                  where our divinity resides, or, you can choose the path
                                         that only gives you happiness from external physical pleasures.

                                    A truly happy person has found which path has taken them to a world
                                                  within where Love and Divine Bliss is in abundance.
                                                        It is Love that unites the individual with divinity.
                                     Once you have connected with that divinity within, it is yours forever!
                                                             It cannot be accessed by any other soul.

                                      A place to reside and weather the ups and downs of physical life.
                                   During this period of Ascension where most souls are experiencing very
                                          rough weather, it is beneficial, indeed extremely important,
                                    to connect within. By having this divine safe haven already in place,
                                                      one can go there to connect with that strength
                                                         only the spiritual power of divinity can give.

                                                         ~~~~~~~~  o  O  o  ~~~~~~~~

Written by Me on March 19 2012
Namaste  ~

The Practice of Letting Go Using the Breath

    Sharing an Excerpt from the book  -  Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be by Lama Surya Das

                                       ~~~~~~~~~~   **   o  O  o   **  ~~~~~~~~~~

Breath awareness practice may not seem immediately productive, but give it a chance.  Some spiritual masters make it their primary practice throughout their entire lives.  Mindfulness of breathing is the basic meditation practice, and yet it has the power to reach and enhance all levels of consciousness.  It may appear simple, but even so it works on all levels of the path and is certainly not just for beginners.

It may not be immediately apparent, but to be totally in the moment, which is what meditation requires, means relinquishing the past, the future, and the dualism that makes a distinction between self and other.  This is the essence of letting go.

We practice letting go by letting go of the breath again and again, experiencing a feeling of releasing and relaxing a little more with each outbreath.  Each outbreath is a little death, a little relinquishing, a little dropping away.   What a relief.  Try it!

Like a plant whose roots take in groundwater, we sink our roots in the holy now, the eternal instant.  In this way we can learn to draw spiritual sustenance from this very moment, right now.  This is the only place to be, the best sear in the house.  Take your seat like a Buddha.

Take a deep breath in through your nostrils.  Follow the outbreath.  Ride it, ride the breath all the way out, out, out.  Dissolve with it into thin air.  As the breath dissolves into open space, our concepts, attachments, and clinging all release into infinite spacious awareness.  Breath after breath, drop your attachments.  Practise a little more letting go with each outbreath.  Let go of a little more physical and mental tension with each delightful exhilation.  In this way, ride the waves of breath, letting these sea-like waves wash through you and carry everything away.

If physical sensations or feelings arise, keep the attention on the breath.  Ride the breath and let them slip away.  If thoughts arise, as they will, simply breathe out and ride the breath all the way out, letting the thoughts also dissolve and pass away, as they will.  Don't fall into chains of discursive thinking and analysis.  Don't keep feeding and fueling the mental engines.  Stay with bare awareness.  Keep starting again with each breath, starting anew and afresh.  Every moment is a new moment, like the dawn of creation.  Let go fo the old.  Make way for starting anew and you will be continuously renewed.

Breathing in, breathing out  -  rhythmic, like the waves of the sea.  We are releasing, settling down and learning how to just be.  Let things settle on their own, in their own time, their own way, their own place.  Wherever things fall and land, let them fall into place as they will, without intervention or artifice.  Learn to let things come and go;  learn to just be.  This is a huge step, an incandescent lesson.  This is the art and practice of freedom, the practice of letting go.

                                                   The wide-open expanse of the view,
                                                           The true condition of mind,
                                                            Is like the sky, like space:
                                           Without center, without edge, without goal.

                                      DZOGCHEN  MASTER  SHABKAR  RINPOCHE
                                                         translation:  Matthieu  Ricard

                                             ~~~~~~~~~~  *  o  O  o  * ~~~~~~~~~

Looking at Our Attachments

Namaste Dear Friends  ~


It was brought to my awareness about 20years ago about letting-go of attachments as they can be like a heavy stone tied with a rope around your ankles!    In other words, they can really hold one back.   I was fortunate to receive some teachings back then that opened up my spiritual world, both within and in outer life as well.   I was a nurse in a small private hospital at the time, and had my first awakening to the fact that every human is part of God/Source.  I decided to put this new awareness into action when I took care of my patients.   My approach to their personal care, such as bathing and shaving the men, turned into a sacred experience.   This is because I was mindful, the whole time, I was bathing an elderly patient.   It was the most heartfelt experience to see a human from the awareness of divinity.  It changed my whole life.

Some time down the track, another lesson was on "attachments."   Well, I had another part of me awakened to the fact that many of my family members were manipulating my life, trying to keep me "within their religious fold."    My father was a strict Catholic of Irish descent, and believed faithfully all that he was told the Priests.   He was always trying to "save" his six children from going to Hell because they stopped going to Church on Sundays!    In our house, it was on our knees every night in the lounge-room for rosary prayers.   When my sister started work she brought home a black labrador pup and he would often interrupt the prayers with his snoring!!   Quite hilarious!!    But, stopping his hold on me was one thing I really needed to do, and quick, especially since he was checking up on me even when I moved to the City to work in the Hospitals there.   Not a good look for the flatmate when Father arrives on the doorstep at 8am in the morning.

Over a period of time I did cut those paternal ties, but it doesn't mean you don't love your parent/s any less.   They are only following what they were brought up with.   Having lived in several places all over our State of Qld., and N.S.W., cutting those attachments were easier.   I discovered that my life could actually BE mine when the energies of parents and how they would like you to live is not following you around.  A very freeing feeling!  

Then I went deeper over the years and continued to cut attachments to this one and that one, and also my own self-made attachments to things and activities.   With the process we've been going through the past few years, many of us have been forced to 'let-go' as lower energy of addictions and attachments don't fit with moving into a higher frequency.   It's only when one is totally free of all attachments that clarity begins to make itself known.    We may think we are clear about our life and our beliefs, etc., but it's not until an inner-clearing has taken place that the real meaning of 'clarity' is known........and felt!

Life continues............and despite all of the traumas that life has brought, I am now in a place within that I call "Coming Home" to myself and also my Divine Self.   I have earned this space I am in now, the work has been more than worth it!!    We are not helpless human beings, we all have choice to let-go and free ourselves.   You will never regret it, I assure you.  

Have a great day,
love and oneness,
Tara.

The Sacred Symbolism of Nature

  Dear friends ~

 Have you ever marveled at nature and realized just how symbolic it is in its sacredness to the Divine, just as we are?   As everything we see, touch and feel derives its very form and nature from the same Divine Source that we do, it will also have within its Being similarities in all Nature kingdoms.


We are all finding our way back to the awareness of this divine Source, and that means recognizing the deep roots we have in God/Creator/Source and It's expression in physical form.  Just as the tree stands tall and serene offering itself as a haven and food source for the animals and birds that seek it, if its roots are not firmly embedded in the earth, it will not survive the often unpredictability of storms.

The earth is the food source for the tree and also provides stability for its structure, but, if not embedded deeply enough, it will succumb to the ravages of the weather.  As spiritual beings, our spiritual food is always within us in the form of our spiritual essence - the Atma.
             
The Atma can be discovered when we delve deeply within our spiritual core which is always connected to the Divine Source. We are not disconnected from God/Source as many people think. That is the illusion of this earth-plane of physicality.  How can our divinity be disconnected from its source just because it is cloaked in physicality?
    
 Keeping ourselves firmly embedded within the awareness of our true selves will enable us to weather the storms of life. The many scenarios we encounter on this earth are either to bring us closer to our divinity, or to try and show us we are weak physical beings and easily effected by adversity. We have everything within to show us our true divinity.
    
Through our energy systems, the chakras, we can bring in our own divine energies by keeping focused on what is REAL - keeping the line of communication opened to our higher-selves which resides in our 8th chakra and above.  From this chakra we can bring in energies to expand our lightbodies with Divine energy. This is no secret and has been done by all spiritually connected souls throughout the ages.
                 
We can bathe ourselves each day in this readily available energy from our Divine Source.  This is a sure way to keep us embedded in our spirituality enabling us to weather any adverse conditions in our life.

                                     Dear friends, it is all within us - and reflected in Nature!
                                  How beautiful our world really is, when we are aware of this.
                                                    Namaste - Love and Light to All.