Be patient. The path of self-discipline that leads to God-realization
\nis not an easy path: obstacles and sufferings are on the path; the
\nlatter you must bear, and the former overcome – all by His help. His
\nhelp comes only through concentration. Repetition of God’s name helps
\nconcentration.
\n– Swami Ramdas<\/p>\n
God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that He is so.
\n– Plotinus<\/p>\n
Love without condition, without strings. The only strings are your The thing that changes negative into positive is the willingness to do just that.<\/p>\n No one is going to do it for you; you have to do it yourself. The It’s amazing that each time you move from the negative to the positive – John-Roger, Q and A Journal From the Heart<\/p>\n <\/span>===== “How do I look at it?” First, you remove the veil of suffering and You say, “I’m looking! I’m looking!” You are not looking; you are – John-Roger, Walking with the Lord<\/span><\/p>\n =====<\/p>\n Friends, if you could only see yourselves as we see you, as your higher selves see you, you would be truly amazed.<\/p>\n You are far more than you have ever imagined. You are far more powerful Your natural state is that of well-being. Happiness is natural. Joy is And so if you simply get out of your own way, all good things will flow But most of you have forgotten all that. You have, instead, bought into the mass consciousness, the consciousness of fear.<\/p>\n You know what we’re talking about — life is dangerous, dying is That was never the way your higher selves and that divine energy you perceive as god, goddess, intended you to live.<\/p>\n You came to this lifetime to experience the vast diversity of life on Life is supposed to be good. It’s supposed to be fun. Fear — either of living or dying — is not supposed to be part of this.<\/p>\n Yet fear is a part of your lives, at least for many of you. And We shall talk more of this another time. But for now, friends, trust that all is well.<\/p>\n – Chief Joseph<\/p>\n =====<\/p>\n Man loves because he is Love. He seeks Joy, for he is Joy. He thirsts Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart… Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. Be patient. The path of self-discipline that leads to God-realization is not an easy path: obstacles and sufferings are on the path; the latter you must bear, and the former overcome – all by His help. His help comes only through concentration. Repetition of God’s name helps concentration. – Swami Ramdas God is not external […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ndevotion to the Light, to God, to Spirit, to the awareness of Self.
\n– John-Roger, Loving Each Day<\/span><\/p>\n
\nMystical Traveler will go through it with you and hold with you, but
\nyou must make the change, and as soon as you turn inside the Traveler
\nis there supporting the positive.<\/p>\n
\nit gets easier and easier, and pretty soon you are spending most of
\nyour time in positive patterns.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>
\nThere is a whole level of love, Light, Spirit, and God that’s beyond
\nthe physical veil of the body, that is so dynamic. You say, “Why don’t
\nI know that?” Why don’t you look at it?<\/p>\n
\nanguish and guilt. Then you have to find yourself worthy to look. It
\nhas nothing to do with your color, stature, sex, emotions, mind, the
\nfood you eat, or anything else. It is only that ability to look, just
\nlook.<\/p>\n
\nintensifying your whole position. so we tell you to relax. Relax the
\nconsciousness. When that ego consciousness relaxes, you move past it
\ninto the part that is you, and then it makes very little difference
\nwhat this level is. Truly, it makes very little difference.<\/p>\n
\nthan you have ever dreamt. You are so powerful you can –and often do
\n— create lives of misery and gloom. It takes a lot more of your energy
\nto create a sad life than it does a happy life.<\/p>\n
\nnatural. Good health is natural. Abundance is natural. All the good
\nthings you’ve ever wanted in your lives — these are natural.
\nThey are your birthright as human beings “descended from,” if you will,
\nyour higher selves, and from god, goddess, spirit.<\/p>\n
\nto you easily and effortlessly. Living (and dying) would be a true joy
\nto you.<\/p>\n
\ndisaster. And nowhere between life and death do you find any joy.
\nOr, as a family member of John’s put it some years ago, “Life’s a bitch
\nand then you die.”<\/p>\n
\nPlanet Earth. Whatever birth circumstances you (that is, your higher
\nself) chose, the intent was to be a joyful creator, picking and
\nchoosing among all the glorious choices and opportunities available to
\nyou.<\/p>\n
\nthat’s because you’ve surrendered to the mass consciousness. And you’ve
\nabandoned the wisdom you carried with you when you incarnated.<\/p>\n
\nfor God for he is composed of God and he cannot exist without Him.
\n– Sathya Sai Baba<\/p>\n
\n– Carl Jung<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"