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March 31, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part V

The Land of Your Soul

This is Part V of an eight part blog.

Why would you believe that the answer to what is troubling you in your life now is in what you've already thought of or what somebody else has already told you? No, instead, it lies deep within you at the core of who you really are.

You know why you came upon this planet, you know why you are in the situation you are in now, you know why it's good for you – it's all really in Divine Order and Divine Timing – you know it's leading you to a deeper sense of Self, of awakening, of healing, of growth, and so forth.

So why try to use the mind to understand all this? It’s stuck in a box of limiting beliefs. Shift out of that place and enter The Land of Your Soul and there you will know who you are and you will know why you are where you are and where you are going.

Intuition opens you up to the big picture rather than to the little, narrow-minded picture of your ego. The ego says, "I'm suffering, whoa is me!" – but your Soul or Intuition helps you to see "No, at the moment, I am learning. And this is what I am learning and this is where it it’s all going and why.”

How do you make sense of the “things” that happen to you in your life? What do you use as your source for perspective, understanding, meaning and purpose in your life? Do you go within? Do you believe that there is a purpose and a meaning for everything that happens?

Quiet your mind for a moment and then bring up an issue in your life now that is a challenge. Focus on an image or feeling about it for a few seconds and then sit back and “see” what insights, inspirations or images you get. Don’t think; just trust and feel what you get.

Please go to my Podcast of April 4, 2008 and there I will lead you in this exercise or do it on your own.

This is Part V of an eight part blog.

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March 28, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part II, Podcast


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March 26, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part IV

Where is Your Reference Point?

This is Part IV of an eight part blog.

Where is your reference point? Is it within you or outside you? Who do you use as your authority—yourself or another?

Do you use your Self as your sole reference point or do you use others? In other words, do you check within your Self first or do you always go without (i.e. you trust the opinion of others more than your own) in making decisions, big and small?

In order to access your Intuition and access your Self, you must “quiet your mind and open your heart.” There is no other way. And when you do this, you experience the Silence that is there when all the unrelenting thinking and emoting quiets down. And it is in this Silence where you hear your Self for the first time.

So, by learning how to shift into this internal space—this intuitive space, you are not only accessing your Intuition, you are also learning how to be "true to your Self;" and you end up hearing and listening to your Self and to no one else. So, you now begin to use your Self as your internal reference point. There is no other reference point but You – inside You – you now recognize, hear and listen to your own voice.

So, Intuition isn't just simply the, Woo, woo, well, “I see guides”. And, you know, “I was King Tut in my last lifetime," or whatever other kind of woo, woo stuff you might think it is. It's actually an opportunity for you to come to know You – to come to know Thou--the Divine that is You--the essence that is You and be “True to Your Self.”

If you follow any one other than your Self, you will surely get lost!

This is Part IV of an eight part blog.

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March 24, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part III

The Mind as a Vestigial Organ

This is Part III of an eight part blog.

Your mind is basically useless – that's why I consider it a vestigial organ, on some level at least. To find that intuitive, Soul level part of yourself, you must quiet the external mind—the ego mind. As you quiet that mind and slip in between all your incessant thoughts and emotions, you then can begin to eavesdrop on your own Soul, on your Higher Self—your intuitive Self and on God/Goddess.

Cease trying to work things out with your mind.
It will get you nowhere.
Let your whole life be led by intuition and inspiration.
Let your whole life be a revelation.
Eileen Caddy

The mind only knows what it has been programmed to know, much like a computer. Your heart/Soul accesses the infinite “knowing” of the Universe and therefore, can and does “know all things.”

With the ego mind quiet, you can sense or “tune into” the subtle energies and realms. It’s really that simple and everyone can do it.

Do you rely on your mind too much—in other words on what you already know and believe rather than on the possibility of being inspired with new insights about yourself and others? Do you think too much? Take a moment to reflect on these questions.

This is Part III of an eight part blog.

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March 21, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part I, Podcast


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March 19, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part II

What is Intuition?
It is Seeing or Listening with Your Heart
and not with Your Head.
It is “Going Within.”

This is Part II of an eight part blog.

I want to touch in on what it means to "go within," for when you “go within” you see/listen with your heart and not with your head. By “going within” you become one with your object of attention because you place it in your heart.

On the other hand, when you only use your head/mind, you are only seeing a small percentage of your object of attention because you are only using your logical mind to analyze, categorize and judge it, and, in effect, you are just scanning the surface of it. While, when you “go within” you learn how to “identify” with it – to “feel” it – to “embrace it.” And by doing this, you allow yourself to become “one with” it and see the whole picture from the Inside Out.

In other words, when you're looking at something from the outside, i.e. with your mind, you are only seeing a small part of it. You are truly just skimming the surface, but when you allow yourself to become a part of it internally, then you see the whole picture because you have become “one with” it.

If you don’t go within,
you go without.
Neale Donald Walsch

What I am suggesting above is a very different way than most people use to gather information about a person or a “thing.” By interacting in this way, you gather information with your heart and not your head. The mind does not truly “understand” anything; it just analyzes and measures. It is the heart that really “knows.”

As Vine Deloria, a Native-American scholar wrote in this regard:

“For primitive people the presence of energy and power is the starting point of their analysis and understanding of the natural world...primitive people felt power, but did not measure it. Today we are able to measure power, but do not feel it.”

What do you think about what I have suggested? Do you think it is possible for you to use your heart as the primary way to gather information?

Close your eyes now and take a moment to focus on a person you care about. Instead of thinking about them, just softly focus on an image/feeling of them and see what you feel” about them rather than what you “think” about them. Then spontaneously jot down a few notes about what you “felt.”

Do the same as above with someone you recently met or don’t know that well.

You can do this exercise on your own now or go to my Podcast of March 21, 2008 where I lead you in this exercise.

This is Part II of an eight part blog.

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March 17, 2008

The HeArt of Intuition: Live from the Inside Out, Part I

Live Your Life from the “Inside Out” &
Have the “Inside Edge” on Everything You Do?

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind a faithful servant.
We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
Albert Einstein

This is Part I of an eight part blog.

What follows is an eight part mini-Course on Intuition. In this course you will learn how to honor and use your intuition to empower your life and live authentically.

Besides offering you written material to read on my Blog posts, I will, as well, lead you through a number of Intuitive Meditative exercises on my Podcasts.

So, enjoy this mini journey into The Land of Your Soul.


Why I feel that intuition is such an important skill to learn is because it is the best and most empowering tool with which you can come to know:

1) Who you are.
2) Where you are in your life right now.
3) Where you are going.
4) Why you are going there.
and
5) What to do next.

So, as well as being a metaphysical tool to explore the inner realms; intuition is, also, very, very practical.

What are your reasons for wanting to learn how to “connect” intuitively? Is it to connect with your Higher Self, other people, your Guides, your Ancestors, etc? Is it to help you make better decisions in your life, to feel good about yourself, to impress others, etc?

Take a few minutes to reflect on this. It will help you to set your intentions for this course and doing this will also help you to get the most out of it.

This is Part I of an eight part blog.

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March 14, 2008

Graduating From Our Beliefs, Part II Podcast


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March 12, 2008

Graduating From Our Beliefs, Part IV

This is part IV of a four part blog.

I have come to realize that as I have integrated and released many belief systems that I have come to feel so much freer and so much more empowered and authentic than I ever imagined. I have come in this process to really understand what it means to “be true to myself.” And learned that, “if I follow any one other than myself, I surely will get lost!”

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The truth is that everything that is represented as what God said—every word of it—has been brought to us by men/women. Now maybe they were good men/women, well-intentioned people, but they were just human beings like you and I are who were filled with strengths and wisdom, but also with the contradictions and foibles that you and I have. They just made huge claims and they spread.

Until you can stand up to the authority of those who claim they have “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” and instead live according to the God/Goddess truth within your own heart, you’re not following your Self. You are following someone else. Period! And that will get you nowhere! Actually, it can only get you eternally and infernally lost!

You are the creator and the authority of the meaning and the purpose of your life. No one else is or can ever be! Claim it!

If you follow any one other than your Self, you will surely get lost!

This is Part IV of a four part blog.

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March 10, 2008

Graduating From Our Beliefs, Part III

This is part III of a four part blog.

When we reach this point in our personal evolution events in our lives truly have meaning because it is a meaning that comes from within us and not from an external source. We are connected to the power and essence of our Source. We no longer need to go outside of ourselves for answers or validation. It is a wonderful stage in our growth. Our only reference point is within. We now have learned to live our lives from the “inside out.”

The whole point of this is not to get identified with the system of growth you are using presently because it is temporary. Know that at some point you will graduate from needing it and/or it may take on a form very different from what you thought it was.

Please note that I myself am presently writing this piece using a belief system of some kind, but I know it won’t last. Actually, I hope it doesn’t last very long at all.

I am climbing my mountain of mastery and mystery and each turn brings me to a new vista—a new horizon—a new perspective. One that builds to some degree on the previous one, but ultimately it is one that is now very different from the previous one; and it does not allow me to “go back” any more. Once through the “rabbit’s hole”, you are in a totally new dimension—an entirely new reality—and there is nowhere else to go, but deeper.

So, what is important to understand here is that whatever system you are using is bringing you closer and closer to who you really are and to finding your own personal meaning and purpose for your life; and that you are gaining more personal power every step of the way.

This is Part III of a four part blog.

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March 7, 2008

Graduating From Our Beliefs, Part I, Podcast


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March 5, 2008

Graduating From Our Beliefs, Part II

This is Part II of a four part blog.

In the beginning of our search for meaning and purpose we need structure—a system for healing and growth. It is a natural part of our evolution. We can not take our initial baby steps of growth without structure. We need a common system just to communicate the concepts. But whatever the system, there is a tendency to turn the system into a set of rigid beliefs that “know it all,” so to speak. And these beliefs then validate all those who believe in them. This is when we get stuck. This is when our growth gets stunted.

Each belief we subscribe to is meant to be a stepping stone to the next. It is not meant to be a permanent landing place. Life is an evolutionary process, not a stagnant one, so is it the case with truth. We are meant to take a belief—digest it a bit, integrate it and then make it our own; that is, take the best it has to offer us and then release the rest. Then we move on and integrate a new one and so on up the line.

So, what I am saying here is that it is necessary to transcend our belief systems one by one. And then at some point we come to a place where we release all beliefs and we live our lives from pure intention simply connected to that which comes to us from our Higher Self. Thus it is no longer our beliefs or those of others that create meaning and purpose in our lives, but it is our connection with our God Self that does. We now live a life that is true to itself.

This is Part II of a four part blog.

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March 3, 2008

Graduating From Our Beliefs, Part I

This is Part I of a four part blog.

Stop believing in anything; and you may find that which is truth itself.
Krishnamurti

If you follow any one other than your Self, you will surely get lost!

Yanni Maniates

A belief is a thought that you repeat over and over again. Eventually you no longer question its origin or veracity. As well, in time some beliefs become “belief systems” that large numbers of people swear by and no longer question.

What of your beliefs have you consciously examined and explored to determine if they are really “true” for you or not?

Eventually there will come a time in your internal growth process when you will realize that you need to drop your “belief systems” completely—yes, all of them—and I do mean completely! Our Higher Self or our God Self does not adhere to a belief system or to a set of doctrines. It’s only reference point is the God/Goddess within. It’s only authority comes from within.

In order to fully develop our potential we must free ourselves of our existing beliefs. For it only then when we can hear and listen to our inner guidance and be lead by that which is for our Highest Good.

As Krishnamurti wrote: “Stop believing in anything and you may find that which is truth itself.”

This is Part I of a four part blog.

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