A Sustainable Wave of Change is Coming

There is a wave of change upon us.

It is, and has been, our commitment to teach and support you in preparation for this wave of change in a tangible way, teaching you higher levels of wisdom in order to help you literally change your lives without attachments, pain and suffering. We have discussed many times how changing your thoughts and beliefs creates potentials in a personal way and universally. We have encouraged you, when asked how to help your world, to find moments of happiness and then dedicate it to humanity. Find moments of peace and dedicate it to humanity. Well, the time is arising to begin to see quite tangibly the effects of your commitment.

You will be going through this wave of change, no doubt.

Higher levels of consciousness, along with wisdom, will be arising within you. Because of these levels of wisdom and clear thinking, your intuition and clairvoyance will also expand. All of these things will be by-products of your internal work and because of that work, this wave of change is possible.

There will be toxins thrown off by the system in the initial adjusting to more light, which is part of the healing process. You may find this happening on all levels - physical, mental, spiritual and emotional. And not just personally, but also universally. So, when you hear or see situations arise in your world that are disturbing, it is just a necessary part of the readjusting, of seeing conditions more clearly. It will seem as if there is a detoxification occurring, and it may be uncomfortable, but it is all in the process of healing.

Remember the analogy of the hallway . . .

Imagine you are walking down a hallway guided by the light from a 100 watt bulb. You are comfortable with that amount of light, and then in front of you, you see a doorway. You walk toward it and, upon opening, thousands of watts of light come streaming through. It takes quite awhile to adjust to that amount of light, it is uncomfortable at first. You enter the room and your eyes finally adjust, gradually allowing you to able to very clearly see more and more of what is in the room. All of that light is shining upon objects you have never seen before. However, after you have adjusted to that amount of light, you look back out into the hallway. It looks dark. Everyone and everything looks dark. But the reality is, it is not because they are darker, it is because you have adjusted to more light. Remember this in moments of concern for what is happening in our world and around you.

One learns to appreciate lighted-ness by being initially exposed to darkness.

Please don't judge anything that arises now, whether seemingly harmful or not. It is like a rock, it may seem dense and useless, maybe even creating a painful situation or reminding you of a painful situation, for your toe still aches from stumbling over it. It is just a rock, it can, at times, even be appreciated for reminding you of becoming more conscious and present to your next step.

Adversity creates change.

The change you are seeking right now and are so impatient for, is going to happen. Maybe not right away - please remember, this wave of change must take time to create conditions that are sustainable. A consciousness of wisdom and clarity, tolerance and equanimity must arise in order for this change to become sustainable. Be patient.

In remembering you are responsible for this change, each individual then adds to the change that is happening and how sustainable it will become. So patience and mindfulness are the keys. Remind yourselves, 'How do I see each moment through the eyes of Wisdom?' and as a result, through this level of thinking, you become your own 1000 watt light.

Blessings.


from the transcript of the Guidance group session,
Ventura, California 11/14/10

Kalachakra Event for World Peace

Dear Loved Ones,

I have been informed that tickets are going on sale for an event that, I believe , is a direct physical manifestation of what Guidance has been speaking about in relationship to this convergence of extraordinary energies and blessings. The convergence that supports all beings, supporting us through this "wave of change" The event is one that His Holiness is doing in July, 2011 called THE KALACHAKRA. Whatever your beliefs are, whatever your spiritual orientation is, I believe His Holiness the Dalai Lama is one of the greatest influences of peace in our world today and the KALACHAKRA event is for World Peace. With all that is happening, I think it is of utmost importance that we are not only aware of such events, that if compelled, we can participate in many ways. Of course, being amidst the energies of this enormous event is, I believe a huge blessing.

If you are compelled to do something in honor of this extraordinary occurrence, I know of many simple ways to support this huge endeavor. It may not be your belief system, and yet as Guidance says, we are always given opportunities to support a momentum. Please contact me if you are compelled to do something to help this momentum. I have several suggestions, whether they are of a prayerful nature or a practical nature.

So, again, whether supporting the actual physical event, or supporting those that are coordinators of such event, or supporting through thought and intention the energy of this event, please take time for a moment of gratitude, for occurrences such as this are reflections of a consciousness that can literally change our world.

Below is the link to this beautiful site. It explains better than I about this event and the meaning. Tenzin Lhamo, whom many of you know, is a Tibetan Buddhist nun who has graced my home and with whom I am forever grateful for supporting me in developing greater levels of compassion and wisdom and much more, is one of the main coordinators of this event.

I hold so much appreciation for all of you. You have taught me much and have enriched my life in a way you will never know.

Thank You,

Cathy
cathy@thehighestlove.com

www.kalachakra2011.com

Take Time, Don't Make Time

Receiving High Energies Only Takes a Moment

If you feel you don't have the time to "practice" meditations given by Guidance, take heart. From here on out, let your mantra be: it only takes a moment. Really.

Take it from a busy, single mom who works full-time. I, too, received the email containing the blog post below, An Important Message.... Normally I'd scan it and tell myself I'd re-read it later—in some imaginary future when I could carve out the time to meditate "properly." Since such times are few and far between, I more often than not would find myself, well, never getting around to it. But this time I was overcome by the inspiration to try something new...a meditation experiment, if you will.

I awakened one morning with bouts of sneezing and the feeling of a brick in my sinus. I had to get my daughter off to school, get myself ready for work, and teach two four-hour classes that involved extensive lectures. Knowing that calling off would be detrimental to my students, I decided to try tapping higher energies. So while my daughter brushed her teeth, I perched myself on the edge of my bed and picked up my printed version of the meditation. Note: I did not light candles, put on Steven Halpern music, infuse the room with organic incense, don hemp yoga garb, or chant positive affirmations.

I simply closed my eyes, and stated "May my crown chakra and solar plexus chakras open and expand in balance and harmony with my physical being." After a few minutes of breathing into my solar plexus, I began to feel a sense of expansion in my crown but some stagnation/resistance in my solar plexus. I breathed for a few more minutes. By this time, my daughter was getting dressed for school. When I felt an (albeit vague) sense of opening/movement of my solar plexus, I stated, "I wish to receive these high energies in the highest loving context and with great gratitude. I ask for the courage to heal my physical body so that I may serve in the highest love." I stayed with that feeling and intention for another few minutes. By this time I could hear my daughter heading down for breakfast. Total time passed: 10 minutes. Yet I can't express what a tremendous impact it had on my physical being and my day.

Am I suggesting that Guidance can cure the common cold? Well, I wouldn't put it past them, but I must admit I also gave myself a dose of Cold Calm just for focus without exploding into a staccato of sneezes.

My next experiment took place in my car, parked on a busy street near my daughter's school, awaiting her dismissal. I asked for high energies to assist me—not for anything lofty such as aligning to planetary energetic shifts—but for the more mundane needs of getting through the evening of homework, dinner preparation and cleanup on a low-energy day.

Finding benefits each time I took whatever time I could muster to tap this source—be it 3 or 15 minutes—I continued this pattern. I also happened to have a session with Guidance where I asked if these "quickie" meditations were of any real benefit. Their answer was a resounding "YES!" When Cathy and I spoke about it afterward, she requested I post my experience here to encourage others to experiment in this way. In fact, she said that Guidance has called it "old school" to believe one must study as a yogi or go off to a secluded retreat in order to effectively meditate.

In my latest experiment, I had a bunch of errands to run that I was compressing into the two hours that my daughter would be at a Halloween party. As I drove away after dropping her off, I felt riddled with conflict as I wanted to get the errands done, take a walk on a beautiful Fall day, meditate and get back to her party on time. I happened to be driving towards the park anyway, so stopped the car, yet found myself overwhelmed with the idea that I couldn't possibly do it all and wondering what to sacrifice. I had the idea to use my semi-paralyized stupor to meditate, giving myself a 10 minute time limit which would also allow me time for a short walk. I went through the same routine in asking crown and solar plexus to open, expand and harmonize with my physical being, I asked to receive these high energies and for wisdom and balance in the rest of my day.

This time I forgot to offer gratitude but remembered while I was strolled in the sunshine, leaves crunching under foot. As I walked, I felt as if my chakras were connected by a strong rope and that all of them had been activated. It was then I remembered to give thanks.

For the record, when I stopped my car in the park it was 1:21 and when I got back in the car after my walk it was 1:53. All-tolled I gave 32 minutes to balancing, aligning, tapping high energies, getting my blood flowing and an oxygen infusion, sunshine, vitamin D and fresh air...and with time left over for errands.

I'm officially convinced that this practice can become as second nature as taking the time to floss. I hope there are others out there who find this of practical use. It's important for me to add that I happen to be a highly visual person, so when I'm meditating, I tend to efficiently see strong visuals. If you don't see visuals, be ok with simply imagining. If you can't imagine, be ok with simply intending. And know that you too can intend, feel, benefit, and express gratitude, all in those brief "in between" moments.

A Special Message From Guidance

Guidance is asking that we prepare ourselves for a very special opportunity, one that, in their words, "has not been seen by most in lifetimes." They are saying there is a convergence of the greatest, highest, Spiritual Beings to help support us through this "wave of change". It began to coordinate with us around the 17th of this month and will be very strong around full moons, having fluctuations of energy throughout the next few months.
They have recommended a daily practice that creates an opportunity to receive the blessings that will support us through this change. It will also influence the further coordination of our genetic structure and help expand and create more neuro-pathways. They said that it will eventually manifest in ways that effect our intuition, wisdom, clairvoyance, etc. through expanding brain capacity. This will take time so we need to continue to work on ourselves and stay prudent in developing further compassion, kindness and self-awareness.

The practice to receive from this convergence is as follows:

First . . . go to the crown chakra and ask that it open and expand and rotate in balance to your physical body.

Second . . . take your breath to the solar plexus and ask that it expand and rotate in balance to your physical body. This will set up a domino influence to help balance all chakras.

Third . . . intend to receive all blessings available in the highest loving context.

The energies will be coming in to the crown chakra area. Exhale any fear, anger or other emotions that are contrary to expansion. Practice this daily, always giving gratitude to those High Beings that are here to help us through this "wave of change".

Again, Guidance can't say enough about what a unique and tremendous opportunity this is for us. We have been hearing confirmation of this convergence from several different sources, so practicing every day will be very beneficial. If you want to make a ceremony out of this, even better - lighting candles, seeing the candles becoming millions more and asking that this light encircle our world and be a gift of gratitude to those who are helping.

We will be discussing these opportunities and more at the upcoming group sessions in Southern California on November 14th, and in the Santa Cruz area, November 20th.


For more information about the up-coming group sessions, email cathy@thehighestlove.com

Meditation For Balance & Grounding

This is a practice which is good for times when you feel off-centered or off-balance.

Sit in a quiet place, where you feel at ease and comfortable.
Take some deep breaths.
As you breathe in, feel yourself expanding to receive.
Then breathe out, and exhale any resistance or constriction.

Close your eyes. Imagine yourself asking permission to move safely into the care of the earth, to rest in the care of earth, to feel the sustenance and strength and life offered by the earth. Hold the intention that you do not wish to disturb anything or create any changes, but simply wish to connect respectfully with earth, in a safe and protected way.

Become aware of the pure majesty and strength and power of the earth, and of how it offers its life to support yours, like a vast womb sustaining the child it carries.

At the same time, let yourself be aware of the vibrant, life-filled, dynamic energy of creation and change which is expressing itself as earth, creating the earth with so many variations of form, of land and water, century after century.

One layered upon the other, one side-by side with the other, uncountable forms and compositions of land and water and air have arisen and shaped the earth as you now know it, over centuries and centuries and centuries. It is still occurring, in ways both slow and fast, powerful and subtle, hidden and visible, powerful and delicate.

Let yourself sense this unlimited process taking place across vast stretches of time, joining time and space and form in a profound union, both stable and changing. You can observe this, sense it, perceive it, balance yourself in it.

Earth was not impatient as this creation unfolded. As she expressed herself in the perfection of who she is and was, all of these things naturally coordinated and happened. She was not hurried or worried. She gave herself to the process with no need to control it.

Through your intention, let each inhale take you deeper into the experience of earth. Every inhale relaxes you, invites expansion, and takes you deeper.

Every exhale releases resistance or hesitation. Gradually, you access the pulse, the heart of earth. This will be almost audible to you as a consistent rhythm, much like a human’s heart.

Remain peaceful and aware and allow yourself time and space to listen to this heartbeat, this pulse. Rest in it and center your awareness on it.

And now imagine you’re looking upon your earth, aware that you are so deeply and intimately sensing your connection with the essence of what earth is. Your true connection to the earth pulse, the earth heartbeat, occurs through the medium of your body. Your awareness of this elemental connection becomes very sensitive and attuned, balanced, sustained and grounded in your perceptions of earth reality.

We suggest you do this exercise several times a week to align yourself with the pulse of your inner link to the outer earth. Allow yourself to experience this alignment, this linkage, and rest in it, stand on its sacred ground, safe and balanced.

How To Expand Your Perspective

Here is an exercise to help you see your life from a broader perspective and give you clarity in times of challenge. Relax into this exercise playfully, so that it becomes appealing to use.

First, set aside a little time for yourself and sit in a quiet and comfortable place. Then, look at something as simple as a pencil.

Contemplate the pencil and take a moment to see all of its parts clearly: the paint on the outside of the pencil . . . the lead in the center . . . the eraser on the end . . . the wood in-between.

Let your mind begin to stretch, to uncurl and wander.

How many things had to happen to create the simple pencil?

How many components went into simply making the paint? Where did they each come from? How did the paint get applied to the pencil? How many machines and people did just that one step take? Where did they all come from?

Then consider the wood: who grew the trees? Who sold the wood? How was it cut and transported? Who made the trucks that carried it? Who built the roads the trucks used? Where did the fuel come from?

Let your mind expand.

The lead, the eraser, the metal band around the pencil . . . contemplate each component in the same way and then consider how they all came into one form which we call 'pencil'. And then consider the factory where the pencil was made. How did that arise? How many parts were made and then fit together? What did it take to make each part of the factory?

Let your mind expand.

Each person involved in each step had to be raised, nourished, educated and trained - how many components went into that?

Let your mind expand.

This process gently sets a pattern within you of shifting from a small perspective to a larger one, then to a vast one, then into one that is limitless and relaxes your mind. As you practice, you will find you can shift back and forth, at will.

Your mind, when faced with the limitless, is released from a sense that it must understand, define, control. Released, it can relax and simply observe in wonder.

Can you begin to look at yourself in the same way, creatively understanding all the myriad factors that have influenced you and helped you become who you are? You can change and expand your relationship to everything in your life, including yourself, by shifting your perspective in this way.

As you allow your mind to relax in this way, deeper levels of wisdom and compassion can arise in you.

Say a person or situation comes into your life that would ordinarily throw you into reaction. Now you can pause and see the limitless intermixing of circumstances that created the situation. Taking a moment to gain that expansive view releases you from a constricting reaction and gives you more freedom of choice. You begin to see things in terms of possibilities, of finding points where you might intervene to create change. Your mind expands and your heart softens.

Gaining the ability to see from a perspective that is at once both vast, and precise, relaxes the mind and stimulates creativity. This will carry over quickly into many areas, supporting your ability to see choices and opportunities; to explore, rather than remain in the grip of habitually patterned limitations.

Voyaging into the space of infinitely interdependent reality allows you to see clearly, calmly, and compassionately.

This is a very traditional Buddhist practice. If anyone is interested in finding out more about Tibetan Buddhism, you may contact Tenzin Lhamo, an ordained Tibetan Buddhist nun at anitenzinlhamo@msn.com.

Becoming An Objective Observer

What does it mean to become an objective observer? Why should you want to?

Let’s illuminate the value of learning to do this. Specific reasons underlie the advice to develop this ability. Most important, becoming an objective observer liberates you from constrictions and restrictions such as fear, shame, and resentment, and offers you the freedom of true choice, of achieving true alignment with your ultimate goals.

The first reason to pursue becoming an objective observer is that you can better understand any given situation, truly and clearly, without being confused by emotions.

Second, when you are not controlled by emotions, you’ll make better and more beneficial choices.

And third, you will gradually gain peace. Turbulent emotions will not be in control. When you look back, because your decisions were better, there will be more peace because there will be fewer regrets. With trust in your ability to make the best choice, you will be confident that you see a situation clearly, without the entrapments and turbulence of being controlled by an emotionally upset state.

The fourth reason? By becoming an objective observer, you more efficiently step out of judgment. You will see situations from a position of understanding rather than being blinded by a knee-jerk response or default reaction set by earlier, unthinking experiences. You’ll be able to identify what is “just an emotion” passing through temporarily rather than some sort of solid, lasting reality.

Fifth, and possibly most important: choices generated from clarity are more likely to produce beneficial results for you to enjoy. Emotion-based choices, made on the basis of feelings such as fear, usually bring about additional fear-based results or equally distorted perceptions.

As you become an objective observer, you experience becoming a watcher. In observing and watching your emotions arise, and becoming more interested in how they arise, and why they arise, you’ll gradually achieve freedom from being controlled by them.

This is not a process of becoming detached from emotions. Instead, this is becoming more aware, freed from the constrictions and distortions imposed by primarily emotional responses. This is becoming free to live in alignment with your true self, rich in experience and awareness, warm-hearted and free from bullying emotional dynamics.

By practicing this technique, you will learn a great deal about how emotions create perceptions. Perceptions are often quickly and powerfully distorted by emotional associations and obscure the neutral objective reality.

Most experience of existence is based upon our perception of conditions and situations. How can you see clearly and have the ability to make decisions responsibly and productively, particularly in this current time of fear and confusion? This matters a lot, especially in our interdependent world, when how you decide things really affects others. An essential pathway that allows you to decide with clarity is to observe yourself and others objectively, rather than through distorted emotional lenses of fear, need, anger, etc.

By gaining this ability to observe yourself and others objectively, you gain understanding at the level of seeing why you make certain decisions or react in the way you do, and what results usually follow, when you act in those patterns. You can demonstrate reliably to yourself, through observing, that if your reaction is fear-based, and your subsequent decisions are fear-based, you will actually tend to create more fear-based experiences rather than freeing yourself from fear.

As an objective observer, no longer controlled by fear or confusion or other distorted states, you can make choices based on factors more stable and trust-worthy than ever-changing emotions. By giving yourself time to contemplate and understand yourself and your patterns more lucidly, it becomes clear to you what is truly motivating a certain decision; gradually, your decisions become more in alignment with your ultimate goals.

This also affects how you perceive others. You gain freedom from judging not only yourself, but from judging others. This creates less constriction, less blaming and guilt, and more freedom and warm-heartedness.

A Little Practice

Watch your emotional reactions, notice how you feel and then ask yourself these questions:

1. How old do you feel?
   
2. What does this feeling remind you of?

These simple questions will help you become more aware of why certain emotions arise under certain conditions. With this level of understanding it is much easier to see yourself and others more compassionately.

Are You A Harsh Judge? This is not being an Objective Observer

Judgment is one of the least productive experiences you can have. If one of your ultimate goals is to understand yourself, it is necessary to look at those aspects of yourself which prove, through repeated experience, to be detrimental if seen objectively. It is important to know these aspects of yourself from this viewpoint: you want to understand why those less-than-desirable aspects arose within you. Usually such aspects were used as tools; you were trying to achieve something, but the tools might not have produced the result you wanted.

Try this exercise:

Write down all the qualities or aspects of yourself you do not like. List them one by one. Then ask yourself these questions, as you consider each, one by one:

1. Is this quality arising at times to protect me? If so, how do I see it protecting me? What does it try to protect me from?
2. Does this quality arise out of anger? If so, is that anger being supported by fear?

Then try to identify, one by one, if there are ways these "qualities" have truly benefited and supported you.

Identify exactly how these qualities have served you as tools. What did you want them to do? Were they successful tools?

When you break down these aspects of yourself that seem detrimental, you can gain a different perspective of why they exist and how you have used them to support and protect yourself.

In realizing that, then, how can you remain in judgment of yourself? These were just specific tools used at the time when needed, when they appeared helpful. So now, it will also be easier to say, “All right, I have used these ‘tools’ in the past, and yet have seen results that were not ultimately of benefit to all. I have new ‘tools’ now.”

Therein arises a perception of choices, of freedom to choose a new way over the old detrimental tool. Now understand, please, that often times under stress, it is easy to default back into old "choices" for that is what you are familiar with and that is, at times, where you might feel safer. In the case of finding that you default back into old thought patterns and reactions, be patient with yourself and the experience. It takes time to shift and achieve a level of trusting the new "tools" as much as you have trusted the effectiveness of the old "tools.”

Remember, most children and adults are not taught actual coping skills; instead they learn from what they are exposed to, without being able to judge what is helpful and what is detrimental. Only when older, gaining in clarity and objectivity, can they begin to assess and evaluate what is truly helpful, and then gain choice to pursue a new course.

Controlling What?

We have noticed people asking us how can they control themselves?

We would encourage you to change your language to "how do I understand myself"?

Ask yourself: is it the situation I want to control? If so, why do I want to control it?
Then ask: or rather, is it myself I want to control?
Why do I want to control myself?
What in myself do I want to control?

Asking such questions will help identify if you are in fear. If you detect fear in yourself, what then are you truly afraid of? Is it a tangible fear or a perceived fear, a fear of something that often never actually arises? Using your logic at this time helps to counterbalance any emotion that is not realistic.

As long as you are still wanting to control yourself in a way that does not acknowledge your needs, fears, and conflicts, attempts will meet inner resistance. Other qualities which resist being controlled arise strongly. As the saying goes, “What you resist, persists.”

Using the word “control,” while lacking a deeper understanding of the processes at work in yourself, usually sets up an experience of fear, with associations of being inappropriately vulnerable, etc. Control also has a sense of judgment to it which usually obscures the ability of seeing situations clearly, factually.

Instead, if you think about becoming more compassionate with yourself, you can avoid that resistance which arises. By gaining the ability to objectively see yourself and the way you work, your patterns of needs and reactions, you will release the need to judge or to control. You will experience more and more choice, more clarity, more peace. You will be at ease with your emotions, rather than at the mercy of them.