In order to understand the premise of Divine Oneness, or any of the Universal Laws, it is imperative to understand that the Universe is made up of energy.  That is all there is – energy moving in a circular pattern.  No matter how dense something appears, such as a table, it is pure energy with spaces between the smallest particles.  In other words, none of the smallest particles are touching, but are in constant motion.  Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transformed.  We are given four ways to transform energy – feeling, thought, word, and action.  This is the reason we must monitor what kind of energy we are putting out.  This is also why we are co-creators with the God force, for God is energy, and being a part of that energy, we are a part of the God force.  This is the basis for all Oneness and Universal Laws.

            Now I will get to the point of this week’s thoughts.  It is a little different than my other blogs, but so very important to share.  Quantum physicists have finally brought science in line with what spiritualists have known for centuries, that all things are connected.  I am going to tell you a little about a movie I recently watched by Tom Shadyac called “I AM.”  His name is perhaps familiar if you have seen “Ace Ventura-Pet Detective,” “Bruce Almighty” or “Patch Adams.”  “I AM” was done by Tom in 2010 after an accident and post concussion syndrome that left him questioning his mortality.  He decided he needed to bring a message to the world and went out to find the answer to two questions through talking with prominent philosophers, religious leaders and scientists:  What is wrong with the world and what can we do about it?  What follows is a synopsis of his findings and how each of us, due to this connectivity with all things, can change the world.

            Science’s ultimate truth or story has been previously based on the premise that humans are geared toward survival of the fittest and competitiveness, both of which have separated us in a material way.  Society has become this story, needing to be best at the expense of others.  Business has been based on scarcity and wired to compete.  It has been taught that much of this came from Darwin, but it was Huxley that created a distorted thread of what Darwin had written.  Survival of the fittest was mentioned twice in the Descent of Man.  Love was mentioned 95 times.  What Darwin saw was cooperation of all the species, and stated that man’s strongest instinct was sympathy.  Where did those findings get hidden?

            Now science has done studies on large groups of animals showing that decisions are made not by the alpha male or the hierarchy, but when the 51st percentile makes the decision to do something, as in a democracy.  It is done through a cooperative effort of voting every moment.  Slowed down movies of birds, like starlings, that shift and move as if one, shows it is based on this same premise.

            It has been found that humans, dolphins, and elephants share what is called mirror neurons, which create an empathetic response.  When we see another person hurt, or crying from great joy or sadness, it creates a neurological reaction.  We get tears in our eyes at someone else’s elation or great sadness.  This is connectivity.  Compassion and love are hard-wired in our DNA.  Science has found nothing in the human being that creates a response for war.  What they have found is that when a human being is put in a situation such as war, it is so unnatural to the body that it creates unnatural responses, such as post traumatic stress syndrome, sometimes leading to suicide. Many think that it is utopian to believe that love is the answer to all things, but it is love and compassion that are what is hard-wired, not hate.  War is not inherent in human nature and no evidence has been found for that by science.

            It has also been found that 95% of the nerve responses in the body are not sent out by the brain to the body, but to the brain from the body, and most of that comes from the heart.  The heart has been found to put out a measurable electromagnetic field, which affects what is around it.  It has been found that love is the optimal state for the body and that clarity is lost and blocked during angry emotion.  It inhibits the normal function of the body.

            Quantum physicists are finding that all things are laying upon a structure of intereconnectedness through experiments showing that thought and feelings impact living systems.  This is most popularly known through Matsuro Emoto’s studies on The Hidden Messages in Water.  Another scientific group called HeartMath has random number generators in many countries around the world.  During high emotional periods such as 9/11 and the tsunami in Burma, the random numbers came into total order.  In further experiments they created emotional energy with groups of people putting out love and the generators did the same thing – random numbers coming into total order.  When mass minds take a similar focus, it creates a reaction.

            All of this falls under the Law of Correspondence – nothing exists separately, all is one.  This Law stretches out into the Universe and we know it as “as above, so below.”  Science is finally saying that what we do for others we do for ourselves through this connectivity and that the center for this in the human body is the heart.

            So for those that feel mankind is doomed, let them think about all of this.  All it takes is a building up of consciousness toward cooperation, which is the normal way for humans to be.  Small acts build up to great movements for it turns into a coalition of energy.  Non-violent movements have done more to make lasting changes through people such as Yeshua, Gandhi, Buddha, Martin Luther King, Jr., than any war has.  Change comes about through a million insignificant acts, one piece at a time.  A flood occurs from many drops of rain.  We can be a power of one.  Through understanding the oneness of all things, realize that all you do matters, no matter how small.  And know that it is love in our DNA, not hate.

            Nature obeys the law of taking nothing more than it needs.  When it does, it eventually dies off.  When this happens within the body, a part of it taking more than it’s share, it is called cancer.  The ancient tribal people believed that there are four options to life – allow the war and greed, run from it, join it, or heal it.  We have the power to heal it.  Martin Luther King, Jr. stated that we have the power to liberate those damaged souls whose choices hurt others.  By us following love we allow them the opportunity to become fully human.

            I end this week with a line from Rumi.  “What was said to the rose that made it open was said to me, here in my chest.”  Open your hearts, for they are the strongest function in the body and that is where we are connected to the Divine.  We know what is wrong with the world, but through our own individual feelings, thoughts, words and actions, we can transform it.  And then we can answer the question asked at the end of the movie:  What is right with the world?  I AM!

Love and blessings to you all.

Regardless of dogma, doctrine or theories, there is one pure and simple truth that is the basis for all spiritual teachings – unconditional love.  That alone brings with it oneness, a raise in vibration, manifestation, and living all other Laws of the Universe.  Out of a pure open heart, all else falls into place.

I was reading a piece about Ascended Masters in wikipedia the other day and instead of finding the basis of truth, what I found were arguments about theosophy, theories, opinions, etc.  I began to journal with my higher self and this is what came forth.

“You are seeing the problems of the world created even through those that are advanced in their spirit.  Theories, dogma and doctrine will always cloud the truth of the Light, as said theories create a box, limited in its size and full of opinions.  There need be no limited doctrine – there is only energy and love, which is limitless.  It does not matter which Ascended Master “took the physical body” home, which ones are Wise and which are Ascended, which Archangel “fell” (which none did), and who is head of which ray or which place upon the earth.  There is only energy, some of which is of a very high vibration, which guides, teaches, and promotes love to assist all those looking to transcend to a path to do so.  None of the rest matters in truth.  Where there is dogma and theory, there will always be opinions and disagreements, both of which are illusion.  People need to listen to the Masters they have channeled instead of just speaking the words.  It is called walking the talk.  The talk might be truth, but unless you walk it, it just remains talk – words without action of the intention.  The focus should not be on the words creating theory, as it needs be on the intention and then breathed into the action of the words.  It is living the truth of the unconditional love of an open heart.  That is the only truth and the words of dogma argued about detract from that very truth.  So pay no attention to dogma, to the various discourses on words – live the feeling of unconditional love in the heart and leave the rest.  There will always be someone’s opinion disagreeing with another, but if the focus was on the energy of love, no opinion is necessary.”

It made me realize that some spiritualists are creating something very like organized religion -  their way to believe.  It also made me realize that the message Yeshua brought, or Buddha, or any other true Master was so pure and so simple that people have lost it in their theorizing about the very message itself, especially about the Masters that brought it.  Arguments over the dogma of it, the wording of it, the history of it, who said what, did Yeshua ascend in physical form, and the list goes on endlessly.  All this precious time could be spent following the teaching instead of arguing about it.  In the very argument itself, it totally goes against the teaching.

Giving a name, a label, to any type of belief automatically puts it inside that proverbial box, which creates limitations, and also separates out any other ideas or possibilities from those that might have a different, but very meaningful perception.  And where Universal Source is concerned, there is no separation, for all are one.  With love, there is room for all.  All labels such as Christian, Hebrew, Muslim, Buddhist, Shinto, etc., create a conditional belief, that you cannot be one if you are another.  What if you believe a little of this and a little of that?  I have always held that no one religion holds all truth, that combined they are more powerfully one truth.  If you get to the basic foundation of them all – treating others as you want to be treated, through love – you find that is the only truth. 

Unconditional love.  It holds the key to all Universal Laws, it is absolute forgiveness, it sees and treats all things upon the earth as a part of the Divine Consciousness, it means living with an open heart, and with that comes an open mind.  There is no room for judgment, egoist thought, selfishness or negativity.  And where there is love, there is no fear.  It is living from the soul consciousness and not the ego.  Love is the foundation and does not need any argument or opinion or theory to hold it up – it just is what it is.

This week I am honored to have Yeshua come forth to speak on words versus action.

“My teaching was and is a simple one, and mankind has created turmoil over it.  I am worshipped, but worship is merely uttered words.  I have only ever wished to be followed.  If you were to leave your places of worship where you speak kind and wonderful words and then went out into the world and lived by those words, I would have done my job well.  It is the action that is taken, not the words that give my message power.  Through action they become alive through the love of open hearts, without judgment for anyone else’s path.  Intentions and words are nothing without breathing the life into them through actively walking beside me, or Buddha, or any other Enlightened Master of Truth.  There are many that do actively follow, but oh, so many that do not.  They know the words and speak them with authority, but have lost the spirit of the words in arguing doctrine and living hypocrisy.  The message is the same for all, regardless of culture, religious denomination, or spiritual leanings – Love one another, for ye are all one, created by the same Divine Consciousness that is our Father/Mother Creator.  Therefore, what you do unto another, you do unto yourself.  This is true throughout the Universe.  LOVE IS THE ULTIMATE TRUTH!  What argument can there be in that?  But you wage wars because you cannot seem to agree upon whatever you call our Creator or the doctrines involved.  There are no doctrines involved.  The war is over words - translations, interpretations, ideologies, dogma, theory.  The spirit of the message of our Father/Mother is LOVE!  No more, no less.  How can you kill each other or argue with each other when that one word means the same in any language, any culture, any religion?  LIVE the word - stop fighting about it.  BE the word.  Then you will all find within yourselves the Light of the Divine beings you were meant to be, for the Divine lives within you all – equally.”

We ALL are a total of ONE.

Love and blessings,

Magdrael

3-17-2012

Strength of will - the discipline to focus on the positive no matter how things present themselves, or seeing things just as they are with no judgment, is a moment to moment choice.  It is the mastery of the mental and emotional states.  It has been said that this is what it takes to rise into Christ Consciousness.  It is the discipline you find in the balance of remaining neutral, no matter what the situation.  It is the mindset of a well-trained martial arts master – true balance of the mind and emotion – a clarity, which is what the winning advantage is; not how hard you kick or how fast you can use your hands.  It is staying in complete control and not “reacting” but holding a neutral point of mind.  It is maintaining composure.  It is the Zen mind.  It is being totally present.  It is the ability to detach.  Detachment brings discipline to the mental and emotional factors, and discipline brings detachment.  One supports the other.

            In reading Neville Goddard’s writing, “Fundamentals,” I felt it fit very well into the necessity of strength of will.   The first step, Neville said, is self-observation. We believe we have an idea about who we are and generally see ourselves as an ideal of what we would like to be.  The way to tell if you are truly living this ideal is to observe how you react to circumstances or people.  Is your reaction the ideal you see yourself as?  Perhaps not.  You might react from the ego, perhaps from fear or anger.  This is not the reaction of an enlightened person, or one who strives to be so.  Your reaction to things is like a mirror showing you an inner self you might not like as much as the image you would like to see.  Using this type of self-observation will show you blockages, true feelings, and how far away you are from being the image of your goal.  Seeing and clearing these habitual negative reactions will also help you to attain a higher vibrational consciousness to open yourself to all the Universe has to offer.

The second thing to do once you observe this, is to define what he calls your “aim,” the state of consciousness you wish for.  Do you see yourself as loving, kind, noble?  If someone angers you, you can instantly see by your reaction if you are any of these.  It will show you whether you are in harmony, and therefore faithful to your defined aim, or not.

Everything in life comes from a state of consciousness made visible.  You get to define what you want to make visible, so the third thing you must do if you are not in harmony with your aim is detach from the reaction and attach to the aim.  What you are doing is separating yourself from present reaction and attaching to the one you desire.  This takes practice, but if you can define your aim, it will give you something you can attach to, hang on to, as you are trying to separate from habitual reactions that are not in harmony with you.  It will help separate you from negative moods, anger, or fears and align you with the Divine being you truly are. 

How you react to anything is your choice.  The above three steps are a way to help you see your reactions, feel if they are in harmony with you, defining how you would rather react, and through the observation of yourself, see how well you are reconstructing your consciousness to a better way of being through your reactions.  In time, you will have disciplined yourself to come from exactly that being you know you can be.  Neville said, “The way of true metaphysics lies in the midst of all that is going on in life. We must constantly practice self-observation, thinking from our aim, and detachment from negative moods and thoughts if we would be doers of truth instead of mere hearers. Practice these three fundamentals and you will rise to higher and higher levels of consciousness. Remember, always, it is your state of consciousness that attracts your life.”  And all this takes strength of will and discipline.  Detachment is the key word to self-control of thoughts and staying in a neutral place.

            There was a story I heard once about a Master Teacher, who had a housemaid that would come in and cook or clean for him.  One day her parents arrived at his home in a state of rage.  They accused him of fathering the child she was pregnant with.  He simply looked at them, smiled, and said, “Is that so?”  For one thing, this statement defused the anger, but it also kept him in balance without feeling he needed to be defensive.  He asked if there was something he could do.  As it turned out, he helped to raise the baby.  A year later, the parents were back at his door, heads bowed and looking quite sheepish.  They explained that they had been wrong about him; that their daughter admitted she had been seeing a boy and that this boy was the father of the child.  The monk turned to them smiling and said, “Is that so?”  No anger at the girl, no anger or need of retribution toward the parents, just flowing with “what was.”  This is staying neutral, in balance, not reacting one way or the other – just BEING.  This is going with the flow of life and accepting what comes and seeing events as an opportunity to grow, to rise toward enlightenment through not reacting one way or the other.  It is detachment and discipline of mind and heart.  This is strength of will in maintaining balance.  This is also how one rises above the Law of Rhythm, but that’s another story for another time.

            Gabriel, which means “God Is My Strength,” has a few words.  “I wish to quote my brother, Azrael, in the simple, yet profound words that you might have read before, ‘A heart desiring the Light will receive it according to the depth of its desire.’  If you truly desire the Light, to be enlightened unto the Light of Divine Consciousness, then allow that One, that Creator, the Universal Mind, to be your strength as well.  For it does take strength of mind and heart to heighten your vibration enough to become illuminated.  You may call on me for assistance, but I tell you, look always toward the Light when you stumble in the dark, for it is truly within that Light that you will find your strength, your inspiration, your own divinity.  Mastering control of the ego/mind and emotions needs to be your motivation, and that motivation must be passionate.  Focus on coming from the soul and an open heart instead of the ego/mind and your soul will guide you, for it seeks the Light from whence it came.  Stay strong in your desire, and you will find the Light that burns within you, from that which is God within you.”

            I will end this week with another quote from Neville Goddard, and though it seems simple, it is one of the most powerful attitudes you can have.  “Assume you already are what you want to be, and then live that assumption.”  That is the best way hang onto your “aim.”

March 10, 2012

As promised, what follows are two of the other three elements that run through the Universal Laws and what are needed to help you ascend into a higher state of being.  Read last week’s post if you haven’t already, as it is the door opener to these elements, or keys, to understanding what is needed to raise your life to a higher vibration.

The second necessary element is forgiveness, the key to freedom.  I am not talking about an off-hand apology that isn’t meant from the heart, but true forgiveness.  That also means forgiveness of self as well.  Whatever we go through, we are responsible for bringing it to ourselves in some way, whether through karma, contracts between lives, learning a lesson, or teaching a lesson to another soul.  True forgiveness is the elixir that will free the heart, mind and body and heal all of them within.  Nothing creates dis-ease more than holding a grudge, and the person it is being held against generally does not feel it as much as you do, yourself.  Forgiveness is letting go of judgment, resentment and a claim against another.  It does not mean you were wrong, it means detaching the ego from it.  It means unconditional love in allowing another person their perspective.

            The third element is self-love.  This is difficult for many, for we live in a very image conscious world with constant comparisons being made.  Too much emphasis on how one appears has brought us to a point of hating our image if it doesn’t measure up to what the media shows us we need to look like.  We have forgotten that beauty is within – begins within.  We have also forgotten that we are not our body, but a soul having an experience of form.  The saying “you become what you think” brings us right back to the first thoughts mentioned last week about positive thinking.

The best beauty and health treatment you can give yourself is to begin by loving the essence of yourself, the soul that you are, the courage it took for your soul to incarnate.  If you can love your soul, it can transform not only how you think about yourself, but also what you see as your image.  Cells are constantly changing, and if you love yourself, your cells will reflect that inside and out, making you feel healthier and looking younger!  Honest.  Louise Hay is living proof of that.  With her affirmations on loving herself, she is a very beautiful, vital, and healthy woman at 85 years old.  Part of our problem with self-love is that many have grown up under the false premise that they aren’t good enough, not worthy enough, are sinners – whatever.  All lies!!  Even when we know differently, our reactions are so easily based on the conditioning or patterning that goes with all that.  Give yourself permission to love yourself.  See the beauty of the soul that you are.  Do you find beauty in God, the All That Is, the Infinite Source, in all things you see?  All are one.  All are that Source.  You are that Source.  If you can love God, then you must love yourself, for your essence is of God.  Love your Divinity and see how much your self-esteem will rise.

Next week the fourth of the elements that run through all Universal Laws, strength of will, the discipline of the mental and emotional aspects, will be discussed.  It has been said that Yeshua had total control of the mental and emotional aspects of his being, which allowed him to overcome the ego and be the master he was.  We all hold the Divine within and are capable of great things, as even Yeshua, himself, has said.  But it takes strength of will.  Come back next week and gain some insight into this mindset.

            Raguel, which means “Friend of God,” is the Archangel of harmony and Divine Order.  He wishes to share with us here some thoughts about forgiveness. 

“You have heard many times, I am sure, that ‘to err is human, to forgive is Divine.’ All humans have choice and all humans seem to sometimes choose what appears, to be wrongly.  None of you enjoy having what appears as wrong choices held against you, nor does any other person wish to have you hold the appearance of their wrong choices against them.  And that is what it is all about, the appearance of right or wrong, for it truth, it just is for reasons you may not realize, even within yourself and your own choices.  And many choices involve the ego needing to feel safe, or through conditioning from believing a certain thing that is not based in truth, like low self esteem.  It often makes choices of behavior based on wounds that are not visible on the surface.

“All people have different perspectives, and all perspectives create the diversification that is necessary for expansion of the Universe.  You may not agree with another, but you do not need to own their perspective either.  That is your choice.  Allow, listen, and let it go if it is not something you wish to hold in your mind or heart.  They have their purpose and you have yours.  Perhaps their perspective is part of their path to their own purpose, or for learning a soul lesson.  Hold them in compassion, allowance, and forgive, for their words or actions are more than likely coming from their own wounds that you cannot see.  And do not forget, whatever “wrong” you feel they might have done to you, you also helped to bring to yourself through your own vibration, or through a contract made before you came into form, or through karma.  And whatever you deem as a “wrong” done to you, your own soul might have needed to learn from in order to grow into the fullness of its own true purpose.

“Also realize that if you throw away the judgment of another, forgiveness is not even necessary.  For forgiveness speaks of initially holding judgment against another, does it not?  If you are angry with someone, have you not judged their idea, action, or feelings?  Again, ego related issues, for the heart holds no judgment, only the ego.  And how can you be the judge of another whose wounds you cannot always see, whose purpose is their own, or if you are not aware of what contract you might have had with them, or what vibration you might have put out to create involvement with it all?  And realize it is one thing to observe another’s behavior and stay detached from it, remaining in a neutral place whether you agree with it or not, than to buy into it to a point that you do hold judgment.  So let go of any judgment and forgive – yourself and all others – and you will find freedom through that.  It will make you feel much lighter, as though released from a heavy burden.  I promise.”

Love and blessings to you all,

Magdrael

March 3, 2012

TRUTH is simple.  It is through our ego, conditioning, buying into what we are told is truth (such as we need a war to bring peace – that’s one of my all time favorites), being told that you are not worthy (the list could go on), that create commonly held beliefs within us and within the collective consciousness that we think are truths.  But the truth is – the real truth - is simple. 

Dr. Wayne Dyer has stated, “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”  Truth comes from a higher perception and we can consciously choose our perception with every moment of every day.  The choices we make in what we think, feel, say or take action upon are choices we make.  If we changed our perception of what we “think” is our reality, the choices we make would change, and outcomes would be different.

In studying the Universal Laws, it is found that one builds upon the other.  However, they have the same key elements running through them all.  These are: focusing on the positive, such has holding love in thoughts, feelings, words and actions; forgiveness; self-love; and strength of will (discipline to focus).  If you think about it, all you have been reading in all the books you have bought to gain enlightenment or change the conditions of your life, all say the same thing, perhaps in different ways, but most are based on these elements. 

            This blog post will cover the first of these elements, and is the simple basis of all the laws – what you focus upon is what you get.  It may sound like a repeat of last week, but it is worth expanding upon as it is the foundation for all Laws.  Like a magnet, your vibrational energy is sent out and the Universe sends back to you whatever it is you want at the same vibrational level you put out.  So release thoughts of poverty consciousness, what people think about you, worry over health, etc.  If you are putting out low vibrational energy, how can you change what is coming back to you.   Stay in a positive frame of mind, raise your vibration and higher energy will come back to you.  Simple, right?  Not that easy, is it.  But the truth of it is.  What you sow is what you reap, and all that you sow begins with energy.  People who are worriers always find something to worry about.  What if they suddenly stopped worrying, realizing it isn’t worth their energy to do so?  Their lives would change dramatically!  If they took all the energy spent in worrying (which is actually fear based thoughts) and put them into something that brought them joy, their vibrational level would rise and the Universe would bring them more to be joyful about instead of more to worry about.  This is a fact of Law, for their frequency would be changing from fear, which is low on the vibrational scale, to joy, which is so much higher.  Worry is something that is based in fear of a future event, which hasn’t even happened yet.  Change the way you see things now and change that future.  You have the free will to do so.

            There is a gift from the Universal Source that can help with this and it is called the “Law of Perpetual Transmutation of Energy.”  It sounds like a mouthful, but what it comes down to is that you can, through positive thought (which is energy), and the use of the violet flame, or light, in all you feel, think about, say and act upon, create the power to transmute the lower energy fields you’ve been living in and allow yourself to maintain a higher vibration.  The good news is, it is a one-way law – once the lower energies have been transmuted, you don’t have to go back there again.  Lower energies cannot transmute higher ones, for they cannot reach that frequency in order to do so.  This is a basic foundation for the law, which will be explained in more depth at some point.  But the bottom line here is to begin to work with this NOW – choosing a better way of seeing things, thinking about things, speaking about things.  Choose your thoughts and how you feel in a more positive way; make the words you speak more positive.  Are you living a life that reflects “your story?”  What words create that story?  Change your story and your life can change. 

Zadkiel would like to speak here about the use of the color violet.  “Violet is the highest color that can be seen within the human spectrum.  It is the highest color in the rainbow before it turns to ultra-violet, and then is reflected in the Light, which is the highest frequency, and therefore has the power to change all frequencies below it.

“Fill yourself with violet light, and things will begin to transform for you.  Visualize this color, this frequency, as much as possible and surround all conditions that you wish to raise from a lower frequency into a higher frequency.  It takes strength of will and positive thought to do so.  Therefore you must come from the perspective of the Higher Self.  But if you can maintain this, you can change conditions and create miracles.  See yourself standing in what is called the violet flame, allowing this flame to transform all lower frequencies.  It has the ability to do so if you are one with it, but you must first learn to be positive – in essence raising your vibration.  Do this by changing the way you see things, speak of things, act upon things.  You must be forgiving of others and self, love the divine self you are, and grow your strength of will.  Magdreal will speak more upon these three soon, but with this, you can begin to transform things in your life, and therefore, in the Universe.”

            Next time I will get into one or more of the other three basic truths – forgiveness, self-love and strength of will, as they are a part of this Law and of all the others that build up to this one.  I am hoping that by sharing these tools with you, you can begin to make a visible difference in your lives.  You can read one hundred books all saying the same things, but if you don’t use the tools, you aren’t going to sow anything differently than you are now, and will reap the same things you are now.  If you want to change what grows in your garden of life, plant different seeds.  See – simple!  All you need to do is use the tools – and that is by making different choices in how you see things.  As Einstein said (and this is paraphrased), you cannot solve a problem from the same way of thinking about it, or looking at it, that created it.  It all goes back to what Dr. Dyer said in the beginning of this post.

Love and blessings,

Magdrael