To the Perfection of God's Goodness and Strength, the mountains, suns and universes showers You with the blessings of awe inspiring Love.
As the Most High and Essential of Cosmic Perfections, the mortality of my lips do not know how to glorify You any more than the birds and bees of heaven.
Offering my radiant tongue to Your Eternal Glorifications, of all that has been fashioned by Your Hand, my dear brother Sun faithfully wakes me up everyday so that I can see how luminous You are and how bright You want me to become.
Thank You also for fashioning the consciousness of the stars and our beloved sister Moon.
Everything that is in the heavens reminds me of You, for only You can share Your Beauty with the rest of Creation.
Though You are sometimes quiet and sometimes thunderous, the winds of determination spurs me forward into the infinite storms of eternity.
Dancing and sliding with the water and fire of Creation, the Pureness of Your Happiness burns in all of Your saintly hearts.
Praise be to You, o Compassionate Father, for having the Earth as our Mother and as our Source of terrestrial comforts.
Praise be to You, O Lord Of Countless Souls, for giving us the Supreme Strength of a Forgiving Heart.
Patiently making it through events which are peaceful and events which are filled with error, we shall all receive the Crown of Your Pardoning Son of sons.
Praise be to You, o Giver of Eternal Life, for binding me to Your second death. With all of my humility, may sin touch me no more.
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O Omnipresent Lord of Unlimited Forgiving Qualities, use me as an instrument of Universal Peace.
When anger arises in our hearts, may the seeds of love be liberally sown in all four corners of the Illuminated Sky.
When doubt prevents the Spirit of God from speaking in harmony with our souls, may the beatific rays of hope clarify my perceptions of a suffering and down trodden world.
When the despair of darkness tries to win over the favor of the masses, may the light that is Your Purest Joy wash me and my brethren in the glories of the Cosmic Crucifixion.
O Greatest of Pure Hearts, may I act in this world in order to lessen the sufferings of the rich and the poor.
May I not only be understood by You, but may everyone come to understand the simplicity of who You are.
May I not only love You and our cosmic romance, but may everyone love me for having loved You.
By giving of my soul to You, I receive the faithful cries of the world.
Being forgiven of my sins, I sincerely wish to forgive others of their sins.
Dead to the arrogance of pride, I am born into the Eternal Life of the Spirit.
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This is in response to a group forum question regarding if it was even rationally possible that things like various, so called, supernatural concepts such as reincarnation, telepathy and more is possible. If you've read much of what I’ve written much of this will be redundant but I thought I might be interesting to save and post here.
Supernatural is only a word which means to vaguely describe something we don’t understand. While I have no idea how spiritual you are or not your knowledge on these subjects comes across as very nil. However, you are not uncommon and many of the people who claim a great understanding of these ’forces’ are usually the most deluded.
That being said you've addressed a broad spectrum of concepts that may or may not have a direct connection but are likely, as everything else, is ultimately united in some form that is yet not found.
Your deeper questioned seemed to focus on if it is ’possible’ that there might be something that exists beyond the reality we can perceive and the clear answer is YES. Now I will not go into details about the various types of ’supernatural’ concepts you presented as I would like to focus on if it is possible.
Ponder this... As we experience reality through our five senses it is also limited to the senses that we have. We can only experience a narrow slit of reality via a narrow band of visible light of which other animals, like birds, can see much more. We can only hear within a range that would make your dog feel deaf. We can smell well but have no idea the reality that exists for animals like dogs, pigs and other animals that excel in this realm.
Ponder this... Every bit of information that comes into our brains through our senses are broken down into many different parts. Vision for example is not as we see it but rather assembled in our brains to give us an illusion of a consistent reality. One part of your brain processes color, another shapes, another memory of what those shapes might mean through our visual memory and a sea of other details. Strangely, there is no ’one’ part of the brain that puts all of this together yet it does somehow.
We do not experience reality outside at all. Everything we experience is actually done so ’within’ our brain. You do not see with your eyes but with your brain. You do not hear with your ears but with your brain. More so our senses bring in literally billions of bits of information of which we can only process a few thousand bits. This also includes all of the unconscious information that our bodies process for us all the time such as regulating body temp., beating of the heart and countless other ’automatic’ functions.
So is there room for reality to be more then what we experience and have been conditioned to believe in... YES. To think that we even have a vague clue of what is really going on is a naive concept for us to believe in yet a delusion that only very few have ever really broken free from.
Posted by Dorothy M Neddermeyer on 8 December, 2012
Give Gratitude
During the holiday season, I invite you to experiment with giving gratitude.
Gratitude is the engine within the Law of Increase. What we focus on increases. One way you can employ the Law of Increase is to look for the good in everything you experience or do and praise it. These simple gratitude statements will help you frame the Attitude of Gratitude: Thank you, sun for shining today. Thank you red light for helping direct the traffic. Thank you, customer service person for answering the phone. Thank you, car for giving your best to transport me place to place. Thank you, friends for being you and caring about me. Thank you, family for your unwavering love and attention.
It is easy to look for what is missing or what is wrong and complain about it, whine about it, or criticize it. This moment allow your highest and most repeated thought be to look for the good and praise it. You will find many blessings and many increases in blessings as you express your gratitude for one thing in each moment. ###
Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, Metaphysician - Certified Hypnosis and Regression Practitioner, Author and Speaker. Dr. Dorothy facilitates clearing blocks, fears and limiting beliefs. You can live the life you desire. She facilitates Past Life Regression and Future Life Progression. She is featured in the documentary The Business of DisEase. She was a World Regression Congress faculty member in the Netherlands, India, Brazil and Turkey. http://www.drdorothy.net http://facebook.com/DrDorothyNed http://teamasea.com/drdorothy http://empowernetwork.com/drdorothy
[A sannyasin says: I can’t handle women – they drive me crazy.]
Mm mm. That’s the problem? That is the perennial problem. Mm mm....
The first thing: why should you want to handle them? The very word handling is not good. The very word shows that you want to relate to them in a possessive way. You handle a thing, not a person – and if you start handling a person you will be in difficulty, because the person will resist, fight... and it is good!
No one is here to be handled. That is insulting, humiliating. Never try to handle any person, and then things will become very easy. Your very idea of handling maybe creating a thousand and one problems, because when you want to handle someone, the other starts resisting – unconsciously The other will start sabotaging your efforts and will start in a subtle way to handle you.
There are five worlds we live in. The first world is the world of things. When you are handling a thing there is no problem. Mm? you can put this mike anywhere you like, and it will not say yes or no; it has no soul. You can put this chair anywhere, you can destroy this chair, you can burn this chair and the chair will not resist; it is a thing, you can handle it.
That’s why people love things so much. A car is better than a woman or a man because you can handle it more easily, more smoothly. A good house, furniture, a thousand and one gadgets... science goes on creating new gadgets for you to handle so that you can enjoy the world of things, but that is the most superficial world. And when you are with things too much you will become a thing – that is the danger – because one tends to become that with which one lives too much.
If a man lives with mechanical gadgets too much he will become a machine. That is the world of ’it-it’, of two things – no soul, no god, no spirit... simple!
The second world is the world of roles – a pseudo-world where you pretend that the other is a person but you don’t believe that he is, you simply pretend. You pretend that you are a person but you don’t behave like a person: you work and behave like a role. And others also – the boss and the servant – these are roles. The boss pretends to be the boss and the servant pretends to be the servant. Neither is the boss a boss, nor the servant a servant. Both are human beings, but with a mask. The boss works through the mask and the servant works through the mask: mask-to-mask is the relationship.
This is the second world. It is better than the first – at least you play a pseudo role – at least you pretend that the other is a person although you don’t want to accept it. You want to reduce the other to a thing but you pretend ’Yes, the servant also has a soul’
.... But you don’t want the soul to interfere. It is a very efficient world – the clerk and the head-clerk, the general and the soldier. It is a very very efficient world: you pretend your role, I pretend my role and nobody interferes; reality does not interfere.
We go on playing scripts. Naturally it becomes very very efficient. Human beings are very inefficient, very imperfect. Roles can become very perfect. Playing the same role again and again, rehearsing the same role again and again, naturally one becomes perfect, but it is just acting. This is the world of pseudo-l, relating to pseudo-thou. Both are false. The relationship is mask-to-mask... many people live in this.
The third world is the world of persons – I-thou. You cannot possess, you cannot handle; you can only love, you can only respect. Reverence is the key: you respect the other and the other’s integrity. Through that respect the other starts respecting you and your integrity; you don’t want to violate his or her integrity.
You give her total freedom, absolute freedom to be herself; the freedom is not in any way interfered with. That is the world of man, woman, lovers, friends – that’s the real world. Very few people come to that world; the majority is finished with the first two. Very rarely does a person rise to try to become a person, and not only that but tries to help the other to be a person too.
Then there is great respect and nobody is used as a means... just as an end. The woman is an end; how can you handle her? How can she handle you?
You both are autonomous persons, absolutely autonomous. You agree to be together and to be happy together, so you are together. The moment you disagree, the moment you feel that now your togetherness is not creating a happy world, you say good-bye... but there is no politics involved.
And the fourth world – which rarely one in a thousand achieves – is the world of pure consciousness. It is the world of meditation. The third is the world of love, the fourth is the world of meditation where you are enough unto yourself.
And that is possible only after the third has happened; that’s why my insistence, so much insistence, on love. Allow love to happen otherwise you will miss the fourth. The third is a necessary passage, a must to enter the fourth. Nobody can enter the world of meditation without tasting something of love.
Giving respect to the other you become respectful towards yourself. The other starts functioning like a mirror and you start seeing yourself in the eyes of your beloved. You discover yourself through the other; the other enhances you – then you can come to your own being. A mirror is needed first; otherwise you will never be able to know who you are: somebody has to say to you who you are.
So when you are in love your being is enhanced. You attain to more maturity, more strength; you are nourished by the love and you start gaining strength – so much so that one day you can close your eyes and you can just be yourself.
That being with yourself is what meditation is all about pure consciousness. This is the fourth world. One in a thousand sometimes achieves to it. And there is a fifth world that one in a million sometimes achieves. That is the world where even ’I’ disappears – neither ’I’ nor ’thou’. That is the world of god, that is the world of Buddhas. They are one with the universe: there is no question of ’I’ and ’thou’. The ego exists no more. That’s what nirvana is, what christians call the state of being a christ, or buddha; whatsoever one wants to call it. That is god-consciousness.
These are the five worlds we live in, and my feeling is you are somewhere struggling with the first two. Never try to handle anybody! It is easy to, but then you destroy the very possibility of love arising. You can handle a woman – then she is no more a woman; she becomes a machine to be used. You can have a wife but the woman dies. You can have a legal licence, can have power over the woman, but you will not enjoy it because the whole enjoyment of love consists in voluntary surrender to each other. If she has to, the beauty is lost; if you have to, the beauty is lost.
Near death experiences occur for a specific reason. The Council has said that the purpose of near death experiences is to “reestablish in the awareness of man that there is a continuation of life after death, that we are truly immortal.” They say that what people experience when they have a near death experience is presented in symbolic form. This is necessary so that they have something they can relate to when they talk to others after they return from the experience. The spiritual is nearly impossible to explain to the finite mind that we utilize for our physical experiences.
In the following quote The Council explains the most common symbols in the near death experience.
"Those who have seen beyond the veil have seen quite clearly, and there is no way to prove their experience; but these things come to the forefront of man's awareness now to bring a greater awareness of an existence afterwards; also to bring to his awareness the responsibility that he must assume for his actions. All things have their purpose, and there will be more and more interest in what exists after this manifestation."
“There is a universal symbol of light, and the experience of the shaft of light or a tunnel of light or what have you is the soul's way of communicating through the phsical organ of the brain what it experienced. It is the bringing back in symbols or pictures the experience that it had when it was released totally from the physical container and then regains its position in that same physical container.”
In the near death experience the soul is totally released from the physical body. The physical container will continue to function for a short period of time, not necessarily breathing or having a heartbeat, but the cellular integrity is maintained.
These symbols usually consist of a tunnel, shaft of light, the meeting of loved ones or religious figures and, in some cases, they see a city of lights.
The Council tells us how we can put the near death experience to use in a positive manner and the importance of the symbolism.
“Hold the symbolisms because they give you something to relate to, but do not place your mind or your thoughts so rigid as to -- this will be actually a city of lights, this will be actually a shaft of light. Take them in the sense in which they bring to you or the attitude that they bring to you; such as a city of light is a heavenly place. As you think about such symbolism as a city of light, also think about a heavenly place. As you think of a shaft of light, also think of spiritual growth and enlightenment, then that way you are broadening yourself and not holding yourself rigid to words."
For more information about Mr. LePar and The Council see www.WilliamLePar.com
who are you? strange question perhaps? well not really in this new energetic climate upon planet earth, many now are questioning not only their sanity but also who they are. The label on you says "mother", "wife", "husband", "son" but who are you really?
so many questions that the logical human brain will have a field day with, it would be no surprise to find the sale of headache tablets has perhaps shot through the roof over the past few days as the new energies heighten and push many to the edge. But the edge is not the terrifying minute ledge that will see you dashed on the rocks below, no the edge is merely just beyond the doorway to your jail cell. For the old earth energies kept you trapped in an energetic prison called "belief" and it is this prison that is now trying to dissolve in order for you to understand the freedom that exists at your core.
We at Crystalline Sanctuary often refer to the "teachings of distortion", these are commonly known as "BELIEFS". They are at the core of human society and the core of your being and they are the gatekeepers of your reality. For all that YOU BELIEVE you will create. ALL is energy, all is vibration and your beliefs are a vibration. Many of them may masquerade as something else, it is only by looking beneath, by FEELing them in TRUTH that you can understand their energy signature and this will reveal their intention.
For an energy signature of the old 3D earth is one that is low, it leaves a slightly "off" feeling within your being, often you cant pin point what exactly it is, just that it is somehow "off". The energy signature of a new earth energy is in stark contrast to this, it will be expansive, it will make you feel LIGHT and it will FEEL TRUTH. The two energy signatures on the surface may appear similar, it is their vibration that helps tell them apart.
So back to your belief system, where did you get it from? did you inherit your belief system? have you borrowed it from someone else? was it given to you as a present from a loving relative? or perhaps you have ingested if from a previous partner? All belief systems are handed down from somewhere and they are sometimes invisible. If you live within a family unit where things are done "because they have always been done this way" then you can may blind to the actual belief that is being given to you.
The new earth calls for the human race to step out of the comfort zones that these belief systems try to promote. By belief system we do not mean religion. Let us give you an example. Say you are a female and you have recently given birth to your first child. Depending on the belief system that you have ingested/inherited how you view this role will determine whether this role becomes one that is supportive or containing. Being a mother JUST IS, it is how you DEFINE being a mother that takes in the belief system. Lets take this example further, you are a mother to a new born baby and you are exhausted, you havent slept in days and you are offered the opportunity of a few hours to yourself. Say in this example a parent offers to look after your child for a while. Now if you believe that mothers have to be there 24/7 for their children then you may discount the offer of help. If you belief that you deserve some rest and that time with a grandparent is helpful to your child then you will accept. The help offered in this example JUST IS, the reaction of the person faced with the situation shows the belief system in operation.
So we go back to our opening question "who are you"? As human BEings go through their human life experience they are handed various labels and then they may start to define SELF through any one of those labels. As the chaos now unfolds across planet earth many are being asked to look deep inside of SELF and reveal to self who SELF is. It may be a challenging process for the teachings work to promote the lower energetic emotions of guilt, worry and anxiety. It may bring up all sorts of issues for you to realise that you have stopped living your life in a certain way because you are now married/divorced/separated. Or that you live your life a different way because you are now no longer a teen/20s/30s etc.
The new earth does not support labels for they are containing and suppressive by their very nature. Holding on tight to a label is a walk in the old earth energies and this will lower your energy signature causing more frustration and chaos to unfold. Everything that is happening in your human life experience at this very moment is a reflection of what you believe, it is not the other way around. This will increase as the new energies now heighten and as the next wave now prepares to flow across and within planet earth.
To stop the chaos and the frustration building and blinding you further you need only go within and to find the calm and the peace that resides within your heart. For the heart KNOWS TRUTH. So the next time drama unfolds around you and you find yourself defending who you are, take a moment to step back, to become the observer and to take the question of "who am I in TRUTH" into your heart. What you are shown within the heart may surprise you.
YOU come into this world naked and you leave naked but in between the two events you clothe your SELF with all sorts of items, ALL vibrational. The new world asks you to enter the new earth as a new born child, naked with nothing to hide from SELF or from your SOUL. YOU ARE A VAST BEING OF LIGHT, that LIGHT is all that you need ........
"Three attitudes prevent us from receiving a continual flow of blessings. They are compared to three “pots”: a full pot, a pot with poison in it, and a pot with a hole in the bottom.
The pot that’s filled to the brim is like a mind full of opinions and preconceptions. We already know it all. We have so many fixed ideas that nothing new can affect us or cause us to question our assumptions.
The pot containing poison is like a mind that’s so cynical, critical, and judgmental that everything is poisoned by this harshness. It allows for no openness and no willingness to explore the teachings or anything else that challenges our righteous stance.
The pot with a hole is like a distracted mind: our body is present but we’re lost in thought. We’re so busy thinking about our dream vacation or what’s for dinner that we’re completely deaf to what’s being said.
Knowing how sad it is to receive blessings and not be able to benefit, Shantideva wants to save himself grief by remaining open and attentive. Nothing will improve, he says, unless we become more intelligent about cause and effect. This is a message worth considering seriously."
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Under the Influence of Your DETERMINATION Ascended Master, Serapis Bey’s Weekly Message ~ December 07 – 14, 2012 Received by: Julie Miller December 07, 2012
What do you think determines your success in any of the adventures and projects you have begun dear ones? We are certain there are many plausible explanations but really the most indispensable realization of any success is your level of determination applied to any one thing you have attempted to complete. Depending on the amount of determination you apply will ultimately determine you reaching the optimal outcome on completing any project you yourself began.
Your determination sustained you through the rough times you have endured. You reached far within yourself and discovered a fountain of strength and courage that enabled you to continue through many doubts and hard times.
Knowing where determination rises from might help you understand where you are on your journey and encourage you to keep going. Determination is the outcome from your sense of purpose. And you know your sense of purpose is actually a plan of Great Divine Purpose that is to aid not only yourself but all of mankind. Through your determination to persevere through troubled water on the pursuit of a spiritual way of life, you learn to live in the moment, to develop a straight manifestation of connection to all spirits within the Divine. Understandably dear ones, the greater your determination to follow in God’s Light and His Word of Love is even stronger, building the bond between you and the Source of ALL creation stronger than ever.
God has bestowed upon each of you Divine Will. Through this gift is a particle that reaches up through your spirit and compels you to reach for spiritual connection with us and with God. It is this particle, this spark that encourages you in its silent way to keep trying, telling you that you’re almost there. This particle or spark as some call it works very closely with Hope. Hope ignites you to keep going, reminding you of your faith, to renew faith in yourself and in the Spirits that are working with you. Believe dear ones; always believe even when things seem to be so dark. Believe in yourself, and Believe in God’s Love for you and all people that share this wonderful world.
Through your determination, your awareness peaks, your ability to observe ALL that surrounds you in dramatically increased. You are aware of many sensations all at once as your determination tells you not to quit, but to keep going and to focus purely and wholeheartedly. Everything that you want to accomplish you already know you will or will not and it all has to do with your determination. While on your journey, under the influence of your determination you begin to understand the meaning of kindness as being unconditional. Nothing is ever one-sided. Every action has many different possible outcomes and can easily affect more than one person. You already know how powerful your choices are. Depending on your choice and the path any choice can lead you also can renew the strength of your determination. Your determination dear ones is a strength on its own.
Comprehend dear ones; your determination is the active side of your Will. As your commitment to your journey quickly grows so does your determination to strive for more through daily practice of breath work, meditation, grounding, creative activities, developing deeper inner self-understanding and working on areas you once thought were limited. When you put determination and commitment together, what you are creating dear ones is an accepted interaction towards freedom, love and service to your world-wide community.
Also try and see your determination as the tough side of your Will that enables you to work through whatever presents itself upon your path. Even when you are hit with incredibly stressful moments, your determination that strengthens your Will to succeed feeds your commitment to make it happen. You have proven it each and every time. Many of you have had horrendous challenges and still you choose not to quit. Yes, your journey can be quite taxing, but as you learn to lighten your worries with the angels that surround you, your burdens also lighten as you begin to clearly see what truly needs to be completed. You learn how to not only prioritize your spiritual development but your entire life. There will definitely be times when all the work you have been progressing on weakens as you give in to the tiredness. But you know dear ones; soon you receive a Breeze of Life that fills your spirit once again with the zest it needs to continue with renewed strength and vigor.
Your climb to the higher realms of consciousness will happen dear ones exactly when it’s meant to. Giving thanks to your determination and commitment, you will in time reach your full potential. Never rush your journey. Learn dear ones all there is to learn. Rushed lessons tend to be repeated.
Always know we are always near if you shall ever need our support, love and guidance. Observe and Listen with your heart dear ones. Our words, and interactions are never loud but our meaning reaches you at a soul level that in time when you are ready to empty your busy thoughts, your heart will forward you our encouragements.
The first time I saw her,was under a waning moon, twisted and broken ,lying inside a metal cage, warm blood seeping ,into the frosty ground, she just smiled ,and said “not this time around”.
The second time I saw her,sat by an old man’s bed, she bowed her head towards me ,words unsaid , placing her hand, on the old man’s brow, a peaceful smile , came to his face, that moment, I knew he was dead .
The next time I saw her ,it came as no surprise, years had caught me up,an old man myself to everyone’s eyes , I smiled to her,she likewise ,.................................... .
At the moment practically everyone I know has a cold, myself included. So here is another wonderful opportunity for self-exploration, in observing what ‘brings us down’. What I mean by that is, what is it really that actually weakens us?
A little while back I was doing yoga practice and intended to do fifteen repetitions of downward-facing dog. If you don’t know what that is it doesn’t matter, it could have been any pose, the point is that I suddenly became aware of the thought ‘I can’t do this’. Then I found myself really struggling. I ‘collapsed’ at ten and didn’t go any further that day. There are many days where I do twenty-one repetitions of this pose, so it’s also important to note that the thought “I can’t do this” is not, in fact, true. This is what I call a ‘weakening’ thought. Weakening thoughts are the result of past conditioning, are often not entirely true, and have the power to sabotage us.
How can a thought bring us down at one time and not others?
Sometimes we can observe weakening thoughts without any effect whatsoever, while at other times they suddenly ‘bring us down’, as in my yoga practice. So what was different that day, compared to other days when I’ve noticed similar thoughts but they haven’t affected me? The difference is that we buy into them. We are believing them. Even if it’s only for an instant, that instant is enough to cast doubt on our ability, sap our strength and undermine our effort.
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Understanding what's going on in our own lives is all that really matters. Some people think it is selfish to think only about our own life. The reason it is not selfish is because we can only give what we have attained within ourselves. We can only share our own state. If we have negative emotions and a confused mind, how can we help others? - Here, let me share my confusion with you, let me share my negative emotions with you. We have to first take care of ourselves. We have to maintain our own state. Only when we are in touch with Love in our heart and have equanimity in our own mind can we help others. Only then can we truly serve - weather we wish to serve God, Guru,or humanity. And in truth, it is all the same. Service is service, Love God, but foremost Love yourSelf....
Spiritual Hangovers by Mother Angelica http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/spiritual_hangovers/spiritual_hangovers5.htm
When we think of anyone having a "hangover" our minds immediately picture someone who is paying dearly for over-indulging in alcohol. The penalty for this over-indulgence is headache, stomach ache, and a general feeling of misery. The body has given the individual involved a warning - a bodily experience of an emotional problem. The soul's lack of self-control has so influenced the bodily functions that death is thought imminent.
Any form of over-indulgence creates within the body warning signs of destruction. Too much smoking produces lung cancer, lust produces venereal disease, over-eating weakens the heart, drinking causes cirrhosis of the liver, drugs bring on mental and emotional illnesses. As serious as these conditions may be, they are visible and apparent. This is a blessing because both the cause and effect can be used by the soul. Over-indulgence can be controlled by a virtuous life and the effect of illness can be cured with medical help. The soul becomes aware of its weaknesses and lack of self-control by the breaking down of bodily functions. Self-preservation and self-love enable the soul to practice the self-control that neither God nor neighbor has succeeded in attaining for it. There is then a kind of "safety valve" for some weaknesses. When our weaknesses affect health and friendship, we are very much aware of their existence.
This is not always true of other weaknesses. Perhaps this is so because we think we are not always dealing with personal faults, weaknesses or tendencies but rather the various effects people and events have upon us. By blaming our reactions on particular persons or circumstances, we make whatever unchristian attitude we adopt appear justified. It is in this justified state of mind that we nurse and nourish our resentments, anger, hatred, regrets and guilt. It all seems so right that we never succeed in extricating ourselves from the mire of evil. Our minds, like broken records, repeat, rehearse, rehash and relive the hurts, the angry moments, and the disappointments. If this attitude continues for days, and days turn into years, we can be sure we are indulging in a bad attitude. The luxury of harboring a resentment has cost us dearly, for we are experiencing a "spiritual hangover." We are allowing something that upset our souls to hangover for months or years and destroy us.
It is self-indulgence that brings on our spiritual hangovers. A soul that deliberately harbors hurt feelings will soon experience a "hangover." St. Paul told the Galatians that anger, factions, envy, jealousy, bad temper and quarrels were classified under self-indulgence. Those who find pleasure in these tendencies and continue to nourish them in their souls will live with a perpetual "hangover." However there are other kinds of "hangovers." These are different than the self-indulgent ones; these are the effect of imperfections, those sudden flare-ups, acts of impatience and tactless words. After indulging in these faults, a fervent soul looks back, makes an act of repentance and love and goes on as if nothing happened. However, the soul that tends to indulge in self-pity, looks back, repents, but does not drop the incident. Remorse and regret begin to gnaw at the soul. Discouragement and sadness take up residence in this temple of God and although the Spirit has not left the soul because no grievous sin has been committed, the work of the Spirit is slowed down by this "spiritual hangover." The Spirit waits until the soul forgets its feelings and can once more listen to Him.
Jesus knew we needed to rid ourselves of these long term effects. He seemed to be more interested in the effect people and things have upon our souls, than the justice or injustice of situations. This is why He said, "as for human approval, this means nothing to me."(Jn.5:41) This is why He told us to rejoice when we are persecuted and abused for His sake (Matt. 5:1 1,12), why we were to fear when the "world thought well of us." (Luke 6:26).
What is the present situation doing to us rather than for us? Is the neighbor we do not trust, the relative with a difficult personality, the work that is beyond our strength pushing us down or raising us up to greater heights? Do our emotions control us or do we control them? Is our present moment heaven or hell?
God permits the present moment and He is in that moment be it ever so difficult. We must be sure that we do not permit that moment to be the feeding ground of long term anger, resentments, regrets and guilt. These are "spiritual hangovers" from over-indulging in our weaknesses, our lack of love, our pettiness and our pride. We must see what Jesus told us to do and how to act so we do not become drunk with and suffer incalculable harm from the "spiritual hangovers" of bitterness and resentments. Let us see what Jesus told us to do to avoid over-indulging in the present moment and suffering a "spiritual hangover."
"Never let the sun set on your anger or else you will give the devil a foothold." (Eph. 4:27) We don't often think of the enemy getting a "foothold" on us for simply being angry, but the scripture passage does not tell us that the momentary outburst of anger is the "foothold." No, it is in permitting that anger to take up residence in our heart, memory and mind until and after sundown, that we allow the enemy to establish a foothold. When anger "hangs over" for hours, days, months and years, we can be sure we have given the enemy a foothold. The reason for this foothold is that we feel our anger is justified and we have every right to express ourselves in an angry fashion. This may or may not be true, but one thing is a reality, the continuous hashing over of the incident, the embellishment of every detail, and the feeling of self-righteousness disrupts the soul and makes it a vessel of hateful resentment. What is the spark that lights this fire in the soul? Are we trying to justify our anger? Do we delight in feeling superior? What makes our souls live and relive the past? What keeps us in a perpetual state of turmoil? Is it not a lack of forgiveness in our hearts - forgiveness of others and ourselves? We pick, dissect, analyze and scrutinize every offense to justify our anger or make the offender a soul beyond redemption. Whether the offense is real or imaginary, the effect of another's actions or over-sensitive disposition, the remedy is the same - forgive - and place the offender, the offended and the situation in the Heart of Jesus. St. Paul realized the importance of this when he told the Colossians, "Bear with one another; forgive each other as soon as a quarrel begins. The Lord has forgiven you; now you must do the same." (Col. 3:13) We are to see in the occasion the opportunity to imitate God - to manifest mercy and compassion. However, the imitation of God is often far from our minds. We demand restitution, apologies, reparation and justice done. This is not the worst. We continue to harass our souls by reliving tense situations and projecting other similar occasions in the future. We create in our soul a state of perpetual disturbance. Every other facet of daily life is seen through the haze of this "spiritual hangover." Our vision becomes double for we see the present moment only in a lopsided fashion with no light to discern God's Will. The slightest demand for sacrifice becomes intolerable in the same way the slightest noise reverberates in the head of a drunk. The inability to let go of a disappointment, a hurt, an offense or an insult gnaws at the soul until it becomes disoriented and confused. The bright and shiny "present moment" is pushed aside for the fog of the yesterday and the darkness of tomorrow.
Jesus wants us to trust Him to take care of all our yesterdays and tomorrows. He looks for souls who are willing to see the Father in every happening and then give that circumstance to Him to solve, justify, make right or straighten out. It is not easy but it is peaceful for we are bearing good fruit. God is bearing fruit within us and we have witnessed to our neighbor that Jesus dwells in us.
When we react to another's anger with gentleness we have looked upon that person's fault with understanding compassion and not in a judging manner. The one at fault is starving or hungry in some area - hungry for the word and power of God to change him. To be gentle at that moment is to feed Jesus to that soul - it is to manifest Jesus and feed that soul with spiritual food. The power of example changes and produces fruit in others. It gives them a glimpse of the attributes of God - a sample of the good things to come.
"Do not worry about tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." (Matt. 6:34)
We may not think of worry as a "spiritual hangover" but it is. Worry is the result of a lack of trust in God's care and providence. Some souls are in a state of perpetual worry. They live in a kind of frustration that is never relieved. There is darkness in tomorrow and the present moment is lived in the shadow of yesterday. Their entire lives are spent between dusk and mid night for they never see the dawn of new horizons or the bright sun of God's love and providence. This "state" of worry is what Jesus warned us about. The present moment has God within it to give us peace, sorrow that builds up courage, demands that make us virtuous and joy to take the edge off bad situations. Our trust in God must reach heroic stages if we are to be holy. Heroism is constant fidelity to our state in life. To find Jesus where we are and In what is happening, is to strive for holiness. We are to become through Grace, what Jesus is by nature, a son of God. We are to be faithful because He is always in the midst of everything. He only waits for us to ask so He may give Himself to us. He desires us to do our part, to exercise our talents, to see Him in everything and everyone.
He is not displeased with our plans for tomorrow or our utilizing the mistakes of yesterday to our advantage. However, we deprive ourselves of grace and God of glory when we live in the fear of tomorrow. That blessed awareness of His Presence and the realization of the power of His grace, will let us live for today, without fear of the future or attachment to the past. His love and care of us is deeper than the ocean and greater than the universe. He counts the hairs that fall from our head. He measures the time of our life span. His love for poor sinners forced Him to take upon Himself the humiliation of our human nature. A God who does so much for a sinner will certainly take care of every tomorrow.
"Why are you so agitated, and why are these doubts rising in your hearts?" (Luke 24:38)
Is there anyone who would not take sides with the Apostles after the resurrection? They had seen their hopes apparently dashed to the ground. The one they loved and in whose power they believed had suddenly succumbed to weakness. Where were they to go? What were they to do? Yes, they saw Him heal the blind and raise the dead. They saw His power, but how could it be possible for a dead man to raise himself? They heard Him say He would rise, but who understood such a mystery? The horror of the last few days certainly gave them an excuse for agitation, but Jesus did not think so - He asked them "why" this agitation -why question His revelations?
Jesus would not have found fault with their sympathy over His sufferings, their realization of the horror of sin, or their repentance over their failure to support Him in His hour of need. But these sentiments were obviously not theirs. They were angry - angry at the Pharisees, the crowd, themselves and Jesus. They did not understand why He let it all happen. They doubted His power, His love and His Divinity. They were full of "spiritual hangovers." They had indulged in cowardice; they found it difficult to accept the spiritual kingdom He preached. They did not pray lest they enter into temptation. The effect of this kind of indulgence was anxiety, agitation and doubts. The pall of fear fell upon them and the more they tried to shake it off, the worse their tension became. The appearance of Jesus in their midst only added to their confusion, for they thought He was a ghost. The question Jesus asked was such a shock, they could not answer. They were so convinced they had every reason to lament, worry and grieve.
He had given them enough grace and they had seen enough proof of His Divinity not to question the way He chose to redeem mankind. He expected them to trust His Wisdom, to see the Father in every circumstance, to love the Father's Will more than themselves, their ideals and personal gain. He came to do that will. He told them many times that the accomplishment of that will would make them part of God's family. Why did they continue to doubt? Perhaps we should ask ourselves that question.
If we believe in His Love, His Redemption, His Resurrection, His Spirit and His Providence, why do we rebel, question and doubt? Why do we live in a state of confusion and fear? Why don't we let God take all the debris of our yesterdays, bury them in His Heart and watch them resurrect to give us joy, merit, peace and humility? Let us be content with the realization that He brings good out of everything because He loves us. Let us not place yesterday's Cross on top of today's, for Jesus assures us, "Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matt. 6:34)
Perhaps the greatest cause of all our "spiritual hangovers" is our inability to rise immediately after a fall and our tendency to react to situations rather than respond. We must begin to see the work of the Spirit in our Individual lives rather than the instruments He uses to change us! In our moment to moment, day to day living, the Spirit uses, permits, ordains, arranges and rearranges circumstances, people, work and every facet of our lives to purify and sanctify us. If we need patience, situations for impatience will present themselves. If we have a temper, He will give many opportunities to be gentle. In everything we can say "It is the Lord." When we fail, it is He who inspires deep repentance in our souls. We should see His Presence in our repentance, be reconciled with God and then go on living in that Awesome Love.
By seeing the hand of God working good for our souls in the present moment, we will respond to that moment with love and humility. We will be able to control our reacting emotions and prevent many "spiritual hangovers." When we fall, let us rise immediately, turn the situation to our spiritual good, repent with love and continue on with confidence in His Mercy and Goodness. Let us remember that if we see the Spirit at work in our souls in the present moment, we will respond with love, but if we only see ourselves we will react with uncontrolled emotions.
Suggested Remedies for Spiritual Hangovers:
1. Become more aware of the action of the Spirit in the present moment.
2. Make a habit of seeing what the Spirit is doing for you in life situations.
3. Look at yourself objectively, receive self-knowledge with gratitude. Bless those who cause your faults to manifest themselves. It is really the Spirit showing you areas in your soul not like Jesus.
4. After a fall, rise repentant and continue on lovingly.
5. Exercise Faith by seeing the Spirit making you holy, Hope by realizing He will bring good out of everything and Love by responding with a union of Wills-His and yours.
6. Try to realize that life and all that happens during that span of time is permitted to transform you into the image of Jesus. Each moment of that time gives each of us the opportunity to change, be transformed and shine bright. The clarity of the light that radiates from us will be determined by our response to the present moment and our union of wills. If His Word lives in us and we struggle to persevere in following that Word, His Spirit will sanctify our efforts.
Who is Mother Angelica
Born Rita Rizzo, and reared in Canton, Ohio, Mother Angelica experienced poverty, a broken home, maltreatment, multiple physical ailments, jealously, back stabbing, betrayal—she was even shot at—but nothing could stop her determination.
In her lifetime, Mother established the Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration and gave birth to the Franciscan Friars of the Eternal Word and the Sisters of the Eternal Word. She built the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, as well as the largest shortwave network in the world and the world's first so called Catholic satellite network.
More of her information can be found here: http://www.prophecyfilm.com/ewtn/ and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Angelica
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