The Power of Humility

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Mulla Nasrudin“Mulla Nasrudin was outside on his hands and knees below a lantern when a friend walked up. “What are you doing, Mulla?” his friend asked. “I’m looking for my key. I’ve lost it.” So his friend got down on his hands and knees too and they both searched for a long time in the dirt beneath the lantern. Finding nothing, his friend finally turned to him and asked, “Where exactly did you lose it?” Nasrudin replied, “I lost it in the house, but there is more light out here.”

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HumilityHumility is one of the greatest qualities we can have because it is the result of the awareness of people loaded with memories of harmfulness. No matter what position the person has or how great the respect people give to him, he is humble.

Humility is not a state in which you suffer with your own transgressions of the past. It is a state in which you are above the image you had in the past, and you are now on the road of freedom from your lower nature; from ego and vanity. You do not feel proud or privileged, as long as a single memory of hurting a sentient being exists within your memory.

The way to humility is not achieved through denying the existence of these memories, but by using such memories as tools or materials:

to understand our complicated selves

-to understand the subconscious life of others

-to find ways to uplift others and to emancipate their minds from lower thoughtforms

-to use such memories as fuel to deepen our aspirations

-to see how cause and effect travel on the path of our life

You must see that understanding life is impossible if we have not passed through

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—the burning fires of conscience and,

—slavery and freedom

gratitude-shannon-grissomIt is through meditation that all negative memories of these experiences are gradually drawn to the surface and then used for the service of life.

Nature helps us to forget many past memories. Even the subconscious mind throws them out and makes them vanish, but the permanent atoms keep the records. Such records can be annihilated as our True Self, the Divine Self unfolds within our nature.

A person who is fused with his own Divine Self is a person of deepest humility because when one becomes hi True Self, he also becomes One with the Self existing in all beings.

“It is the feeling you experienced when you came face to face with losing your reputation, prestige, and honor and being considered a failure. This is a very strong pressure created to crack very hard crystallization’s in your nature, but they cause the spirit to release itself.

Sage by N.K.RoerichHere is an example that some of you may have experienced: Many years ago my husband and I found ourselves facing a bankruptcy. It was in the mid 1970’s when there was a stock market crash similar to 2008. Several of our clients, who had owed us a substantial amount of money, in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, were unable to pay their monthly account with us. It forced us to close our business and declare bankruptcy. My husband was then left to find another job to support our family – a situation where he moved from being wined and dined by bank executives and corporation presidents to working behind a counter at a 24 hour business similar to 7-11 stores. Those who had at one time been clamoring for our money and business would now see my husband serving them behind the counter. It was humiliating for both of us, but only momentarily. I learned firsthand what is essential in life – integrity, honesty and good friends; as did he. I was very proud of him; and to this day I admire how he took care of our family and did not allow pride to disrupt his life.

star of the morningIt is not how much money you have; it is your ability to stand tall and to do what you have to do to survive, with honor. It is about faith in your future and in yourself. Do you see?

Your comments are most welcome.

With love,

Joleen

SPIRITUAL INDEPENDENCE

abode-of-the-spirit_N.K. RoerichSpiritual independence is a goal; it is something most of us are working toward, or desiring, once we know it is possible.

To be spiritually independent means, in part, to do our best to be independent from the limitations we have in our personality life, for example, freeing ourselves from negative emotions. There are a myriad of others things as well, of course, but this is a big one.

When you become spiritually independent you are going to be a soul lighting the way. Soul independence is an urge in you, in me, in the soul of every person, to be free and to prevent any imposition of the will upon our life.

WMEA Meditation Garden at Izvara Property

WMEA Meditation Garden at Izvara Property

The White Mountain Education Association (WMEA) has a prisoner’s outreach program – a study program, which includes men and women from prisons all over the United States. We recently received a nice long letter from one of the men who was explaining how the prison guards would not allow him to be independent – saying they do not want any one prisoner to stand out from the rest. He felt that because of their attitude he had lost his individuality. This was his understanding of independence and individuality…to do what he wanted to do and not have to cooperate with the prison system. I think his misunderstanding of being an individual vs having independence is pretty common.

scaledTo be independent we must become substantially free from our personality limitations. However, it is in being independent that we learn how to be interdependent, how to cooperate, and eventually reach a point of harmony and balance within ourselves and with Life itself.

Spiritual independence is when you have the ability to prevent any imposition of the will from others upon yourself, your group, as well as from the limitations of your personality nature. We must be careful that others do not impose their will upon us.
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spiritual arroganceSo now that we understand, at least in part, what spiritual independence is, we should keep in mind there is also a wrong independence. For example, arrogance; arrogance is an urge to be independent. But being spiritually independent has nothing to do with arrogance. In independence we try to manifest the beauty that is within us without letting other people hinder the process of manifesting our beauty. If we understand that, it will be an important step on the path of our soul, do you see?

Heart of the UniverseNow comes the critical point of spiritual independence…”when we ourselves are walking on the path of independence, we must let other people be independent and we must not impose our own will upon them. Anytime we violate the independence of other people, we impose our image upon them and we do not let them manifest their own original beauty.

With love,

Joleen

 

 

Mercury Retrograde Goes Direct Feb 11th, 2015

retrograde MercuryYou may already be feeling this—Mercury is slowing to its station direct in early Aquarius. This is exact at 7:57 am MST tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 11. Mercury turned to retrograde motion on Jan. 21, right after the Aquarius New Moon. Mercury is stationing direct while in a conjunction to the brightest asteroid[1], Vesta.

As the next few days progress, I suggest you take things one step at a time, check your facts, and not make any promises. Mercury stationing has a precarious effect, and it’s very difficult to predict the influence that it will have. The most noticeable energy to work with at the time of a Mercury station is that of reversal.

group 01You may also find yourself having an opinion contrary to that of your family or of a group. So if this is the situation, choose your points well always backing your points with facts and experience. You may not be able to change the beliefs of some in the family or group, but at least they will know your point of view. It is always best to speak up in such a way that that you are more likely to have credibility with those in authority.

Retro Mercury and Aquarius NMThe retrograde phase included a somewhat ominous, impressive Full Moon of Aquarius, and spectacular activity in Pisces, which is not over. Indeed, we are about to experience a beautiful aspect — Venus conjunct Chiron in Pisces. Mars was recently conjunct Chiron; both Venus and Mars will soon move on to Aries, and have their first of three meetings this year, both fresh out of their initiations with Chiron.

Activity in Pisces is lavishly creative and mystical; Venus and Mars conjunct Chiron offers the essence of deep emotional and psychological healing and conscious sharing. It is, at the least, about being fully aware of who you really are, what parts of yourself you want to transform, and what your healing agenda is.

This is highlighted by Mercury retrograde making a conjunction to Vesta back on Feb 5th and with a second one coming on March 4 when Mercury is in direct motion. Vesta holds space for what you might think of as rituals — a clear space where something can come through. This is not necessarily ritual in the formal sense but rather that of opening yourself up to new experience in a conscious way.

Mercury retrograde can dredge up events and revelations from the past. This week there were two of them.

To Kill a MockingbordI learned that Ms. Harper Lee, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, will be publishing her second novel, called Go Set a Watchman. Watchman predates Mockingbird as a written work, and the manuscript was presumed to be lost. But someone turned up a copy, and it’s scheduled for publication on July 14. Ms. Harper has her Sun in Taurus, a good sign for creative people. Taurus grants persistence and staying power, and that unusual mixture of energies which brings about a sense of being strong, solid, and sensitive.

Brian WilAlso in retrograde Mercury news, Brian Williams, the well known NBC Nightly News anchor, has admitted that he wasn’t really involved in a helicopter incident in Iraq 12 years ago. His recent version of the story was that he was on board an aircraft that was struck by enemy fire and forced down. He was actually in the helicopter behind the one that was hit. He is quoted a saying, “I think the continued viewing of the video showing us inspecting the impact area – and the fog of memory [Neptune influence] over 12 years – made me conflate the two, and I apologize.” For further information go to this link : USA Today quotes him

Love,

Joleen

 

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[1] An asteroid is a irregularly shaped rock that orbits the Sun, mostly occurring in a band asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids range in size from the largest, Ceres, with a diameter of 930 km/580 mi, down to dust particles. (Encarta Dictionary)

THE EFFECTS OF NEGATIVITY UPON YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS

consciousness 01Before I get started on today’s blog, I think it is best to have a basic understanding of the definition of consciousness. This definition is according to esoteric psychology as taught by Torkom Saraydarian: “Consciousness is the soul’s light or radiation. It is an accumulation of light around your head that can penetrate many miles and be amplified through them.”

Observation tells us that a negative state of consciousness sees only the dark side of things. And this state of consciousness, as it grows, can easily become obsessive and fanatical. Having a negative state of consciousness causes a person to only see things that are ugly, failing and unstable. He only sees defeat, and in the end, affects the local and global environment in the most insidious ways. It has become a contagious disease, causing many to lose hope and vision for their future.

Then there is the person who has an opposite state of consciousness, the “all is good” consciousness. This kind of person is as dangerous as the “all is bad” person. “All is good” people can be trapped in terrific miseries until eventually they realize the realities of life. And I believe that the “all is bad” thinking person destroys his or her chances to be someone or something better.

abode-of-the-spirit_N.K. RoerichA healthy person has principles, ethics, and measures by which he senses, by which he can distinguish a dark heart from a heart that is alive with hope, vision, and beauty; that can recognize ugliness from beauty.

A positive person is one who has the conviction that beauty, light, and love eventually will be the most desirable goals.

Okay, let’s say that you yourself have, or you know someone close to you who has a negative consciousness. How do you know? To have a negative consciousness describes a person that only sees grammatical mistakes in your writings, weaknesses in your verbal communications, and hidden agendas in your behaviors.

Blessed Soul - N.K. RoerichFor example, grammatical mistakes: Some time ago I wrote what I thought was a beautiful article on esoteric astrology. I was aware such information was not well known to the spiritual community and so I wanted to share the information. And I did, sending the  report to my spiritual mentor, who was also a published author. He returned the article and told me to have it printed in Meditation Monthly International. So I did but only after the magazine’s editor took a look at it.

consciousness 04A few days after the article was published, a co-worker sent a “corrected version” of the article to me in the mail. She had decided to edit the article herself…making countless red markings, correcting what she considered grammatical errors. (This reminded me of olden days when grammar teachers would “red letter” student’s papers.) The “red letter” person’s negative consciousness affected my writing for the next few months; but rather than to defeat me, I tried hard to take something good from it. I bought several books on grammar and learned a lot, including the fact that I should trust the magazine’s editor who was up-to-the-minute on the rules of grammar. This was an example of a person, who well intended, had a negative consciousness.

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E E CummingsOne day a mother, trying to give encouragement to her son and daughter-in-law sent them what she thought to be a letter of love. The couple were struggling with things in their married life and really down on their “luck.” It took her an hour to make sure everything in her letter was worded with love and care and concerns in such a way that it would lift their spirits. The son was responsive in the positive to the letter. The wife was not…she saw only the worst in the letter and told her husband’s mother she never wanted to see her again.

joy 03For the son, the letter was beautiful and uplifting for him. For the daughter-in-law there was no appreciation coming from her; she had found nothing but negation of all the good written in the letter. The daughter-in-law was only concentrating upon all that she thought was ugly, wrong, short, condemning, unloving and so on.

The wife’s negative consciousness was blocking the psychic energy, the life-giving energy circulating within her system and gradually poisoning herself and the marriage. She could not see the good in the letter nor the good in her husband or yes, even the good in herself.

Negativity destroys such a person’s true identity. To feel that they have an identity, they always attack others to feel that they exist and that they are superior. They feel superior if they make others inferior.

It is important to identify a negative consciousness and not to allow it to poison your own beingness. When we become poisoned by the negative consciousness of someone close to us, it dims our light and can ultimately turn us against the beauty of life. There is no transformation in a negative consciousness.

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May the light of love guide our consciousness; always.

Love,

Joleen