Tuesday 23 August 2011

The Thinker

The Thinker
Back of the beating hammer,
By which the steel is wrought,
Back of the workshop’s clamor,
The seeker may find the Thought;
The thought that is ever master
Of iron and steam and steel,
That rises above disaster
And tramples it under heel!
~Berton Braley~

Thought is a spiritual power, the greatest power that we have access to. Whatever is manifested in the world today is a result of the collective thoughts of mankind. Prosperity, poverty, peace or war, have all been brought into reality to form life on the planet as we know and experience it.
Each individual shapes and spawns their personal life like a spider creating its web.
Many live an illusion, believing that life is just a series of random occurrences devoid of any influences from ourselves.

What a person thinks is what they become. The thoughts of low vibration attracts misery and gloom, thoughts that are of a positive nature have a corresponding effect. By the quality of thought, we either build or demolish the character by that which we hold in place by will.
There is no limit to the power of thought. It comes from the absolute, the ether. Ours to orchestrate and mould into that which we would call reality.

The universe has no need of altering, it is ourselves that need to come into alignment with the natural laws of the universe, to be in harmonic vibration with the divine mind.
Many on the planet live a double life, entertaining bad thoughts and trying to portray goodness and light to the world, falsely believing that it will in someway not be apparent...or will not have a negative effect on their lives in the long run.

It is not possible to harbour bad thoughts and expect to experience a good life, for one thing repressed thoughts create ill health.
To dwell on negative thoughts requires no effort, which is why the majority succumb. To think positively requires effort on an ongoing basis. The person who overcomes the visits of negativity, strengthens the character and develops staying power and courage in times of need.

Positive thoughts over a period of time, will reinforce themselves on the sub-conscious and allow a more peaceful and joyous experience of life.
No one can make lasting changes in someone else's life, the final decision to accept change must ultimately come from the individual. There must be a modification of thought, a realisation of a better existence, a promise of something better and more sustaining.
Becoming master of the mind means becoming master of ourselves.....if we believe it, it is so.


Tuesday 16 August 2011

Fear..The Enemy That Holds

Fear plays a bigger part in our lives than many would admit to themselves. Fear is the creeping black shadow that is a blight in all our lives coming at the most unexpected and inopportune times.
It matters not the gender, size or age, we all succumb in some shape or form, it is part of our very being, a means used by the egoic mind to control and cajole in the enactment of life.
To live a life beset by the problems of fearful expectation, can and does play havoc with health and mental well being.

Fears of lack, loneliness, violence and misery become self realised, creating a never ending vortex of depression and misery that becomes very difficult to break free from.
The saviours become courage and faith. For many, hitting rock bottom with a jolt becomes the catalyst for a major turn around in their lives. Bereft of hope, and in some cases help, a paradigm shift in conscious awareness is often the result.

With nowhere to turn in a materialistic world, the spirit reaches out in a heartfelt plea for release. The fact that the desire is so great, so deep, pushes the finite consciousness to the very boundaries, and beyond into the realm of super consciousness, the realm of the divine within and without.

The courage to step out of the lower realms and into the light of realisation requires effort and belief. Fear will not slip away easily, perhaps coming back with renewed vigour, but for every time it is successfully resisted the spirit becomes stronger.
When the lowest realms of life have been experienced, appreciation of the true beauty and joy of life, our true purpose, becomes more apparent with every passing day.

We cannot be all things to all people, we have to be true to ourselves first and foremost.When there is peace within, the same will manifest outwardly.
It has never been about the scramble for possessions, status, one up-manship, we all tend to get carried along in the frenzy. When it is all gone, we realise it was never what we thought it was, never needed for the most part, but it became an addiction, fuelled by a fear of lack.


Thursday 11 August 2011

Peace And Solitude

Silence Poem Poster

In the volatile and unpredictable world of today,  more than ever there is a need to be able to retire to the meditative state of peace and solitude.


The materialistic world we experience through the mind places ever more demands of our time and energy.


We are born into a sense conscious world, that places no store by inner reflection on the spiritual plane.


Humanity, over a period of time, has been sinking into a pit of its own making...
Lost in its own small world , oblivious to the wonderment and beauty of creation.

Greed, selfishness, and ignorance is strangling any emergence of 'peace before profit'.


Those people coming into the realisation of the power of thought, reap the benefit of living in the flow of spiritual energy.
Achieving in the higher realms of life all that could be wished for.
This is the application of the law of demand and supply.

To improve the conditions in and around us, we have to improve ourselves...
Cultivate our thoughts to create a nobler creed to live by...
Learn to recognise destructive thought patterns that some are unconsciously releasing into the world of form.

The law of attraction is a law of the universe...
We cannot ignore a force that creates through thought, the world as we know it 'good' or 'bad'.

To be oblivious of that fact is like trying to walk a swinging tightrope, blindfolded, on a windy day...
Balance is impossible.

All that could be wished for is obtainable.
The requirement is the development of a spiritually cleansed mind...
A mind aware through refinement of the infinite possibilities afforded to it by the Divine intelligence.

Spiritual practice strengthens spiritual power.
There is no reason to struggle...
To be at one with creation is the noble truth...
Born of spirit to return to spirit.

The first steps to spiritual awakening can be beset with fear.
Letting go can seem frightening and unnatural to the finite mind.
Some live and die unaware of that which is their inheritance...
Their gift...
A sad waste of the chance of realising all that is and can be.

Within the greatest of humanity lie great achievements, that can only be revealed when the spirit of creation acting through mind brings them into form.
Thus satisfying its need for creating...
Without forceful intention they remain just dreams.



Tuesday 9 August 2011

The Pearl

Zen Poster
What better place to harbour the truth of the ages than within the consciousness of the individual?


Like a pearl shimmering within the shell of the oyster, growing from a grain to a manifestation of exquisite beauty.


A gift so precious, so powerful, so limitless, it is beyond the comprehension of the finite mind...
Until such time as the spirit awakens to its true destiny, and begins its absorption into the stream of consciousness that is the infinite mind.

The power that moves and holds the stars is the same power that is within...
The same power that works through mind to create the story of our lives.

Separateness is an illusion, whilst union is the greatest expression of reality...
The will of the divine mind.

The power that created all, once realised through self communion, will create through the finite anything that can be intentioned into being through faith in the creative outcome.

By using positive affirmations in the silence of meditation, we can train the mind to abandon the destructive thoughts that hold it in the bondage of negativity.

The channels through which the creative energy takes form are...

Words.

How we interact with one another through the use of words, weaves the web of destiny.
To hurt and injure through the use of words, creates vibrations of a low base nature.
What hurts another hurts the speaker.

For example, to constantly speak positively about oneself and others, raises vibration.
This attracts similar vibrations, causing chemical actions in the body, resulting in feel-good thoughts... Strengthening the mind and the body.

Harmony in life comes from compliance with natural law...
Which in turn places the finite being in harmony with the Creator of all.

It takes courage and faith to stand firm against destructive urges...
To turn towards the light and maintain progress in that direction.

Fear will attempt to undermine progress, but every time this is resisted the power of the spirit grows...
Faith grows stronger as a more wholesome life is intentioned into being.

Every thought that mankind has created exists in the ether...
Part of the supreme intelligence which gladly imparts the wisdom of those who came before.

Ask of this intelligence in the silence and the answers will be drawn to mind like metal to a magnet.
Yours for the asking.

To believe it is so makes it so...
It is the will of mankind and the Divine...
Co-creators of life.


Sunday 7 August 2011

The Salvation Of Mankind

Divine Truth Poster
The secret to mankind's salvation and evolution lies within our own mind.

This has long been known and taught by seers and prophets through the ages.

The mind is the greatest mystery of all mysteries.
A vortex of thought and imagery played out at the behest of the ego.

Like a musician playing a great church organ, the ego plays the emotions out into the world of form, continually reproducing thought after thought, charged with the energy to shape and manipulate.

Life becomes slave to the finite senses of self worth, from the interaction and reaction with other finite minds.


The ego is always on the lookout for bench marks, coming to conclusions drawn from the past.

We need no ruler, no master, no ranting tyrant.
We have our own...
It is our finite self.

We are ruled by fear and lack.
Wanting more, bigger and better.
Told constantly by other finite minds in the form of advertising, that we somehow lack what it takes, don't measure up unless we have the latest of everything.

We have lost the 'human' touch, the compassion and empathy toward each other.

Kidded and cajoled by those whose interest it is to perpetrate this lie, we are in danger of losing our humanity. It is being watered down, diluted with each new generation.

What is the answer?

We have to take back our lives...our gift from the Supreme Being.
We have to realise our purpose on this planet...
To love and help each other and pursue our spiritual destiny.

It will not matter how many cars we had, or how many houses we owned.
The most important things are the lightness our hearts and the brightness of our spirit.

To live life following a path with the wrong road map is not only foolish...
It is extremely sad.

The salvation of mankind lies in the minds of the people of this planet.
Not in the past, not in the future...but now.

Why waste life when each moment is special?
Each moment in the now holds the potentiality of the Absolute.

Create a new life in any moment...
Change now...
Reset the mind...
And create a better world for all.

We have to find a new bench mark that is not dictated by materialistic ideals.
Peace can only come from within.

Letting others do our thinking keeps us in a constant state of turmoil.
It has never worked in the past and yet we continue to allow it to happen.

The answer is within...
We just have to reach out and the Divine will reach back.

Friday 5 August 2011

There Are No Limitations

To live a life at the lower reaches of human capacities is both sad and wasteful of the infinitesimal creative potential.
Walk The Path Poster

There has never been or ever will be, known limitations of human potentiality.

It is our own limiting hopes and aspirations that govern who we are or who we shall be.

Due to suppressive thoughts we stifle our opportunities for perpetual development, living life beneath a cloud of ignorance and indifference.

People try to will a better, bigger, brighter future into existence without taking the time or effort to understand how to best proceed.

To solve the secrets of the universe through the faculties of the finite mind would be impossible.

Any of history's great scholars, be they inventors or scientists, have sought, whether intentionally or unintentionally, a far higher intelligence in their quest, reaping reward from the probing of the infinite mind.

To believe that we are capable of great things far and beyond what is experienced has been the mantra throughout the ages.

To limit one's thoughts is to limit one's life.

The person that thinks they can, are able to develop the power to turn dreams into reality.

The more feeling that is applied, the greater the power...and the power is limitless, because it comes from the Divine source.

Failure is experienced when the finite mind produces thoughts of lack and tries to accomplish the creation into form using the finite faculties, believing will alone will succeed.

To achieve success one must place the development of the spirit into the stream of the absolute power... Surrender the dream and reap the rewards.

It is within all to succeed to a higher plane of life, nothing is withheld.
Life from minute to minute is undergoing change in one form or another.

To step up from the drudgery of life, is to step into the potentiality of life.
As one strives, the power increases proportionately.
Rewards are realised in the faith and acceptance of the Divine will.

Thursday 4 August 2011

The Law Of Visualisation

The Present Moment Poster
Every thought is born of the ether, in fact every thing that has existed or will exist, comes from this Divine energy.

The mind creates the moulds for the infusion of spiritual energy, be it positive or negative in its outcome, in terms of creation.

This is the dominion of self through which comes thought.



To create a positive outcome, the seed, in the form of our hopes and aspirations need to be nurtured, kept free from doubt and despondency.

To aid in this quest for a more wholesome, spiritually charged life, we may utilise the law of visualisation.

Within the mind, we hold mentally refined images of the outcome we wish to attain, making sure every last detail has been refined and enhanced.

Until the exercise has been rehearsed and practiced, there may be failure, but as the visualisation starts to become successful, as the faith in purpose grows, and becomes stronger there will be noticeable changes.

At first these changes will be subtle, growing with new found faith, bringing harmonious vibrations through the law of attraction.

Good thoughts are created into form as good actions.
With the knowledge that visualisation is the great secret of success, faith will hold the projected outcome in place in the mind, until they are created into form.

The resulting change for the better in life experience, has been brought about by the use of the will.

Holding the visualisation in the mind, supported by the faith in outcome, brings about spiritual unification with the universal mind.

What the person thinks, the person is.
To change life, we change thought.

The better the quality of visualisation, the sooner the manifestation into form.
Practice in a silent meditative state will afford the best outcome.

Wednesday 3 August 2011

New Ideals

Sit And...Be Poster
What determines the path we take in the material world, are the thoughts we entertain the most profoundly and consistently.


We are slaves to a finite mind that judges life through the manifestation of it's own thoughts.


Those thoughts continuously created in the same vein, become entrenched in the mind and are the basis of our finite ideals.

In a mind that is forever chattering, habitual thought forms, being creative energy, are realised into the world that we create for ourselves and so it goes on and on.

If a person lives very much from a self or finite consciousness, forever experiencing lack, misery, conflict and trauma, it can be difficult to break out of their self imposed hell...

Difficult at first, but not impossible, for we have the answers just beyond the murky veils of negativity.

When problems appear in our lives, through the conditioning we have been exposed to, we will react to any event with a ready made often used response.

To break the negative habits, we must guard against allowing these destructive thought patterns to take control and manifest.

The finite mind cannot entertain two thoughts at the same time.
This is to our advantage, because as soon as a negative thought is experienced, we can quickly replace it with another thought of higher spiritual power.

At first this will be difficult.
Failure will occur.

But for every time we succeed...every time we shake free from the restraints of negativity, we grow stronger, until we begin to recognise through growing divine truth, what is taking place, and we are able to respond correctly.

As peace is experienced inwardly, so it is thought into existence into the material world.
Like attracts like and life will be modelled on new ideals, which better reflect a growing spiritual essence.

As the spirit grows stronger, the vibratory signature of the individual is raised...attracting more people, more events of a similar vibration, into awareness.

Guarding one's thoughts becomes more and more natural, and so the results are more beneficial to a peaceful way of life.

Tuesday 2 August 2011

Poverty and Prosperity

Invictus Poster
Poverty and prosperity are each a condition brought about by certain ideas which have been allowed to grow and thus become dominant in consciousness.

The only thing that a person has dominion over is  their own thoughts.



People born into prosperity will, for the most part, have a mindset that supports their lifestyle in the materialistic world of form.

This mindset, one would presume, also goes someway to supporting an inner life of spiritual learning and living.

A person born into poverty consciousness will be faced with an altogether different mindset.

The outer world of form manifests to reflect the turmoil in the mind, the weeds of negativity growing uncontrollably when left unattended and unnoticed.

A troubled mind can affect rich or poor, this is well understood; but most people would be in agreement that the dice is particularly loaded against those experiencing hardship, at the lower end of the human scale.
Those in or just above the poverty line.

What is to be done to ease the burden, slacken the yoke of misery and despondency?

The last thing a person who is suffering and devoid of hope needs, is to be told to 'pull themselves together', 'get a job', or 'look on the bright side', by people who have never had to face the same set of challenges or hurdles.

It is not unreasonable to assume that most people would rather struggle with the comfort of money than without.

Each individual persons' circumstances are different.
It would be unfair to generalise, rich or poor.

All that can be challenged, changed and conquered is our minds.

Our greatest opportunity for healing of mind and body, is self realisation; the metamorphosis of human consciousness, achieved by a free spontaneous existence.

There is no lack in the mind of the Absolute and mankind being a co-creator needs to move toward this truth.

If there is to be a shift in consciousness, first there needs to be a surrender, in tandem with the insulation of the mind from destructive thoughts.

The growing realisation of the I AM part of self, and the sending out of thoughts of abundance, in the light of strengthening Faith will have a corresponding return in response.

The imagination is a creative power.

Associated with faith, it causes thoughts to be born into the materialistic world.
As the finite surrenders to the infinite, life takes on new purpose.

Life is experienced on a new plain, the truth becomes the new creed that is lived by and for.

Abundance shared, benefits the donor and the recipient as the spiritual energy is received and given. Compassion and gratitude are brothers of the same family.

If it be just the shared thoughts of good will for a fellow traveller, that will make for a better world for all.

Monday 1 August 2011

A Higher Vibration

Desiderata Poster
When we live life on the higher plane, through spiritual realisation and practice, the mind in its lower finite form is drawn ever upward...
Ever expanding, obliterating the line between its self and the absolute power of creation.

Conflict realised through the lower gross forces cease to exist.

We are like a tuning fork resonating at a frequency set by our ideals.
The vibratory signature that we send out attracts likewise vibrations through the universal law of attraction.

Many believe that by sheer will power, working harder, faster, stronger; success will be guaranteed.

Unfortunately this is not the case.

When thought is attuned to the lower materialistic frequencies, friction is often a result.
Friction attracts friction.
Initially some materialistic success may be achieved but this is short lived.

In the midst of conflict, struggle, and unhappiness, the finite mind and its reliance on will, is submerged beneath waves of negativity, drawing in that which is feared and ultimately realised.

Thought is born through manifestation into the materialistic world as creation.
The solution is within...surrender.

Surrender of the finite mind or ego to the Absolute.

The growth of a plant unfolds according to the law of being, there is no interference on its part.
We unfold as a spiritual being, drawn by the same force.
To resist goes against the law of the Omnipotent.

Is it any wonder that unhappiness, strife and  misery is experienced?

It is understandable that a person living a life under the instruction of the ego, would initially find it difficult to adopt a life under the guidance of intuition.
Intuition frequently over-rules the finite decisions of reason.

When we give ourselves over to the Divine, by the act of surrender, we are placing ourselves in the light of a higher force and aligning ourselves with the soul's law of gravitation which is Love.

Life becomes easier, more peaceful, no longer drawn down into the lower frequencies.
We vibrate at a higher, purer, spiritual frequency and in so doing, attract into our lives all that is good, joyful and rewarding.

The new ideal that has been adopted receives ever unfolding spiritual energy, elevating the intellect and affording access to the knowledge of the universal mind.

All awaits the soul that turns into the light of truth.
It is there...requiring only acceptance of one's birthright.