Thank you for Making the Shift

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Living in Harmony

I open myself only to what is good and pure. Only then am I truly all I can be. Living my life this way aligns my energies with what is good and positive in this world.

Though we may not always get what we want, we do get what we need. In a spiritually meaningful universe we get feedback and direction so we can really orient ourselves to what we need to learn. Synchronicities make us aware that we live in a participatory universe. As I've embraced my clinical mind together with my mystical experiences I've come to recognize that what really counts is living every moment with compassion.

Nervous energy, anxiety, negative thoughts are all part of a fear driven pessimistic outlook. It is a way of interfering with guidance and mindfulness. No doubt, when I'm filled with love towards another, truly filled with that energy, I have no room for negative thoughts. Then why don’t we just always love, why do we get so nervous? Fear of things we are unable to control and a distorted view of the social self (I’m not good enough) trigger fear and anxiety symptoms. As we re-program our cognitions and brain we need to re-orient with kindness and curiosity, instead of self-depreciation. As we become mindful through meditation by focusing on breath, and at the same time reframe our negative cognitions into positive cognitions our self-view changes.

New visions of oneself can arise as we make conscious choices towards appreciation and compassion. Usually then we get in touch with a a source of power greater than our bodily self and it is then that we can choose to be truly open to all that is pure and good. Only then am I in harmony, with all I can be.

Interspirituality




Life is a journey which starts at home.
- Charles Handy


Interspirituality is a growing movement, which is concerned with looking at similarities in global faiths and spiritual practices instead of their differences. How I perceive the world is profoundly affected by the lessons I learned as a child. My mother a German Catholic met my father a Jewish Holocaust survivor after the war. I was not as much intrigued by examining the practices of other religions as I was interested in the presence of something greater than myself. When I enter a Christian Church, a Jewish Synagogue, or a Muslim Temple I only seen one altar. The presence that connects us all is there inside me, no matter what church I pray in. Any of the world’s faiths see the alignment with a larger source worth striving for. Every loving thought heightens our capacity to be connected to this source greater than our individual selves.


Don’t aim at success- the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued: it must ensue....as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a course greater than oneself.
- Victor E. Frankl