Sunlight in the Domain Conservatory

Have you noticed how the days seem to be passing more quickly, with more to do than you have time for?

There is a good deal of comment amongst spiritual workers at present concerning this accelerated rate of light and energy now operating. Even those who are not aware of operating intuitionaly notice how their pace of activity has increased. These observations have a basis in actuality. Our world really is changing.

For many of us this activity brings an emotional roller coaster too. Spikes of pain in relationship are just one manifestation of our increasing receptivity. We seem to be swept from one issue to the next and perceive ourselves as too pressured to stop and process the sweeping changes. Life seems full of dramas.

The activity seems to centre around relationships because the energy which powers it all is Light. Consider the words Love, Light and Energy as synonyms. Love is the energetic force that lies back of All That Is. What is called love in modern parlance is a sentiment- an emotional activity which veils this potent fiery force.

This increased rates is causing distress to some of us because it is bringing to our conscious awareness all that limits, all that hinders growth.

While this is going on in our personal lives it is also happening to lives of every kind. The planet Herself is healing and growing in great cathartic waves, bringing dramatic natural events such as earthquakes and great storms. These events have always occurred, but their increased prevalence is now notes and remarked on by the scientific community.

There is in fact plenty of time. There is plenty of all we require, but the rate is now such that the laws which order our universe operate swiftly and far more efficiently than was the case for previous generations.

It is possible to adjust rather than let ourselves be swept along by this shift. It is also possible to harness this Love-Wisdom to effect positive growth in our lives.

The first step to managing this change is to stop, be still for a moment and recognise that it is not Personal. This activity that seems to undermine our home ground is a process. It is universal and general. It triggers group activity and group pain, even though it feels like the most personal thing in the world.

From that place of stillness ask yourself: What is this activity pointing to? What is it showing me I could usefully release from my life? Look for synchronicity – coincidences are often clues. Observe yourself and your activity as dispassionately as you can. Is there a pattern emerging?

Recognise that personality is colouring our perceptions. Not only is it not personal, we are really reacting to a shifting astral field which is essentially illusory. By watching to see when pain is pushing us to create drama we can nip it in the bud. Humour works best. It sounds trite but looking for the funny side in your situation really does help. It will be there, because that is our essential soul nature – light, loving and joyous.

Energy follows thought and there lies the opportunity to make the most of this increased rate. If we focus on what we want to see more of in our life, with gratitude for the signs of it already present, we can attract more that energetic substance we desire. This works as well with a quality as it does with a form. So, focusing on our competence, for example, attracts to us more of the same.

This awareness can be used in a general way too. By deliberately placing our attention on what is right in our world we grow more good things, rather than the trouble which is its polar opposite. In relationships then, we can notice what is working, what is loving between us rather than the “issues” as we perceive them to be.

Go Lightly friend. In this moment where you are All is Well.

Observing a Light Show

fireworks with thanks to Ethan scienceblogs.com

It was Guy Fawke’s Night last night. This is the night when New Zealander’s light fireworks. The historical significance for this former British colony is seldom known or remarked upon. In fact the occasion fits nicely with the fire and light symbolism of Diwali and Beltane. This year the fire risk was greatly reduced by nature putting on a light show of her own. We had a spectacular electrical storm. The bursts of lightening and rolling thunder definitely outclassed the coloured showers of sky rockets.

These things are both expressions of energy contained and then released to spectacular effect. All life we see around us, including ourselves, are expressions of light and energy playing out to some effect. The particular qualities of vibratory rate or colour give us our unique characteristics.

These are soul qualities expressing through that interplay of spirit with matter as a conscious human being.

You may not have thought of yourself this way before. Consider this hypothesis: You are not your body, or your mind, or your emotions. You are in fact that mediating awareness between the spirit of life and the form you occupy. You are the Observer, the Soul.

It is a tricky word that one. Soul is a religious concept for many and a fallacy or unproven theory for many more.

If you take up this hypothesis it must certainly be followed by the assertion that all life has a soul of some sort. It is there in a flower’s response to the sun’s rays, in an animal carrying out its instinctual activity to hunt prey or cooperate with its group. It is there in the human aware of himself as an actor among the stage cast of his community. We may even notice the human soul is dual in nature, being part instinctual and part aspirational – divine even. It is this aspect of being self conscious as well as group conscious which sets the human soul apart from the others.

How do we go about detecting the soul’s presence?

The first step in testing the hypothetical soul presence is to deliberately choose to observe ourselves. Placing out attention on what we are saying, doing and feeling does more than make us self aware. It allows us to discern the Quality of our activity response. Very quickly we can learn to identify what is instinctual response and what is beyond instinct. Some of our activity will be shown to be coloured by discernment according to an inner ethical code. Could this be a clue to soul presence?

The second step is to attempt to still the mind by such techniques as meditation. With proficiency we become aware of the Observer, of a conscious existence outside of our thoughts and responses. By controlling thought in this way a calming effect is felt in daily life, from which the discerning aspect or soul qualities become more evident.

The third step is to use our sense perceptions to observe the energetic quality of those around us. We are testing for evidence of soul quality, for tell -tale signs of discerning navigation through life’s choices. We can use our physical senses to achieve this. Pay attention to what is said and how, watch behaviour and body language, sense a quality to touch. We can also use the intuitional senses available to us by observing the information coming to us from our inner perception. This “knowing” often registers in the body. We get a “feeling” which is difficult to express in language. When we sense another’s presence or distress without the assistance of physical clues we are intuiting their energy expression.

Having perceived this energetic activity in others we can turn the gaze of the Observer back to ourselves to perceive the soul presence more clearly. Now we can notice how our awareness of a Presence is changing our lives. Our attention has lit the fuse which will blow apart the restrictive container of form habits. We notice some things we are involved with are now distasteful too us. We hear how our patterns of speech have changed. It may be that we speak negatively less often for example.

At this point we recognise a quality of expression which is higher and finer than any we were aware of before. It literally changes the colour of our days. This change may come gently like the slow burning of an incandescent sparkler or it may break the surface with all the force of a lightning bolt. However it occurs the observation of soul presence changes our life profoundly. We become conscious of our Selves.