Paradise Perspective

This is going to be like tarot: Not that someone has to die, but that serious change is imminent. The death card is about change, and this is important because we all draw the death card occasionally. We are not victims of this death, we must be the perpetrators of it.

Something about me–the way I feel, the way I respond to something, the way I want something to be different–is wrong or undesirable. It is likely that I will see it as someone else’s wrongdoing that I am responding to, and THEY are the ones who should change so that I can feel better. First, this is hardly ever the case and second, what another does (says, feels, etc.) is never a good excuse to feel negative. I can only control ME, and if I control me, I can decide to feel peace no matter what!!

It is important, when looking to achieve an attitude of unconditional love, to establish an unprecedented trust. Faith that wherever our lives take us, all will be well. All IS well and has always been well, even when I did not subscribe to it’s wellness because I was busy looking for an excuse to feel sorry for myself or be offended. Even while I waited for another to take responsibility for my happiness. Even while I believed I just needed such-and such, or this-or-that to just be over (or start).

Happiness, peace, salvation–all the same thing–all dependent on one thing only: My choice to be happy, peaceful, liberated.

My choice is to be love without conditions, and perpetrate death upon any other feeling that is in contention. Kill it. It’s not real and it won’t let you be at peace as long as you give it any energy whatsoever. And living in peace is more important.

There is wisdom to be gained by studying ancient history.  But that wisdom isn’t (for me) exactly “new knowledge” as much as establishing a new way to look at what we supposedly already know.  First off, most of what we “know” is perspective, and really narrow perspective at that.  Thinking that what mankind illustrates in the present is the apex of evolution in any sense, physical, mental or spiritual is erroneous.

There is an amazing amount of incontrovertible evidence that we were flying way before the last century, and have been visited repeatedly by other worlds (and/or dimensions).  That we ourselves came from outside the earth is also in evidence.

These ideas do not compute within the present paradigm and so are dismissed off-handedly, ignored, misinterpreted, perverted, or otherwise debunked.  And we have bound ourselves with this ignorance.

The point here is not what is or isn’t real, but what we will allow ourselves to entertain within the confines of our limitations.  If we believe our (God’s) creative power is NOT limited, then these ideas would not make us feel threatened or fearful in any way.  (Or condescending.)

Jesus told Thomas at the last supper that “No one can go to heaven who didn’t come from there,” and “You know where it is and how to get there.”  (my paraphrasing)

We already know everything, we always did.  I think that the consummation of any philosophy is death, and salvation is rebirth outside any limitation.  And although physical death is indicated, it is not completely necessary.

Yesterday was the first day in four that my head didn’t hurt. The whole time I rode the migraine bus, I struggled with the purpose for this. I know (and knew this before) that all difficulties and obstacles are drawn to me by my need for some lesson/wisdom I have not yet integrated. The main thing I got from it was pissed off.

At one point, F told me to tap on my forehead with fingertips and repeatedly tell myself how much I love me regardless of my defects. I’m sure this is relevant because while I berate myself for having it (the headache) in the first place, I need to address my necessity for it. I do NOT always love myself, and I know that I have created the parts I don’t love. It’s up to me to either change the undesirable aspects or release them from their influence/importance altogether.

This totally goes along with my thoughts and the energy given them. Although I believe I am in good health and I’m doing the things that will sustain it, there is still a small element of doubt. And although the scales seem to be tipped toward the positive in light of time spent (I spend less time doubting than being healthy), the doubt still has a profound effect. Here’s why: When I am thinking about being in good health, it is more a taking for granted than an overwhelming gratitude. When I feel doubtful, there is a rush of fear, an emotional charge that tips the scales exponentially because of it’s higher energy.

The unconditional love I speak of must have to start here.

How do we separate speculation/evaluation from judgment?  After a conversation this morning with M about default perspectives, I believe that any statement could be construed as judgment, whether or not it is intended as such.  It is  determined, of course, by the conversant participants and their current state(s) of mind.

If I am thinking thoughts of unity and unconditional love, no thing anyone says can illicit negativity.  If I am thinking thoughts from any dimension of fear (anger, offendedness, vindictiveness, etc), everything said will magnify the negativity.  And no matter what the subject, this is true.

When this one concept is understood and integrated, I will have achieved my ideal, and can then become proactive in terms of co-creating my life beyond any (self-)imposed limits.

It’s very close.

No matter what else is going on, or what else, if anything, I have done about my spirituality the rest of the week, Sunday morning is a time for introspection.  As part of this week’s “Master Key” lesson, there is a statement about the way we act:  “Our actions are not governed by knowledge, but by custom, precedent and habit.”  How true.

It goes on to say that knowledge does not apply itself.  So, if I’m learning anything/adding knowledge to my stash, it does me no good without the aspiration of application.

Here’s what I know:  My thoughts are things that not only have energy but direct that energy into whatever the object of those thoughts are.  If my thoughts are vitalized with emotion, the energy is increased exponentially.   The creative energy of any thought is also increased  immensely when clothed in words.

My dad always told me to “think before you speak”, a thing I never mastered.  He was concerned with being embarrassed or offending someone vicariously, but his admonition nevertheless was a wise one.  50 years later, I get it.

Now, it will be necessary to attempt reversing 50 years of habitual ’speaking without thinking first’.  Next, if I can stop and think first, I could change my thought to a positive one, and then vitalize it with peace and love before I dress it with words.

Another thing is, in my last post I talked about vigilance, and now I want to put a different outfit on that thought:  Insight.

I think ‘insight’ addresses the same idea, only with an added dimension of understanding, and a warmer, more peaceful aura.

How’s that for application?