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Spiritual Principle #7- The Power of Community

March 1, 2010

Yeoshua is ready to share the seventh spiritual principle in the series. Here goes…

Let us begin. The seventh principle is all about creating community in the people around you. When you are connected or linked to each other, you automatically create community. You care about one another. You provide opportunities to one another to grow, to learn, to find a new job, to read a book, to share an experience. These are all ways we share in what is called community. It is different than how we used to live in community.

The power of community lies in your hands...

The power of community lies in your hands...

For example, a community would be a tribe for Native Americans and then tribes within their clan would be extended community and these tribes people lived outside of their immediate village but were still considered family or community. Native Americans are more likely to use the word family rather than community. We in Western culture understand the term community better so I will use this term here.

We can and each most probably have created communities around ourselves. This is happening more and more and it’s a good thing. People in communities are seeking a more traditional form of living where neighbors cared about neighbors and shared resources and traded with each other to get what they needed and wanted. This is returning. The spirit of community is returning and this is good for all of the world to recognize. True change does not come from the top down but can begin from the bottom up. It can begin in our own communities.

Try teamwork for a change...

Try teamwork for a change...

Think about the recycling programs begun by members of your own community. This changes your day-to-day living tremendously. You can now recycle your paper, plastics, and glass because one person or a small group of people thought it was important enough to inquire how they could get a recycling program in their neighborhood. Think about the power in that. There is much power in community to change the status quo if we would only realize it. There is untold power in the many over the power of the few. I’m not calling for a revolution here. I am calling for change starting with your own community.

Look around and see what is needed in your community. How can you help? Are you connected to other people, either physically in your community by walking down your street and waving or being a part of a neighborhood watch program or helping with a community event?

Or are you part of a virtual community online? These are most extraordinary things. And they count just as much as physical communities. Whenever people are involved in helping one another whether it’s online or not, it does not matter. It still counts as a community and the beauty of a virtual one is that your community can stretch over thousands of miles and there are no borders around your community. Your community becomes the world at large. This is one of the most powerful unsung virtues of the World Wide Web or Internet. We are all connected virtually just as we are energetically. We can find real people living in Ethiopia or Iran or Lithuania or China or Bali or wherever you can dream. You can connect with people there. You can bypass the use of airplanes or automobiles and touch people–really affect their lives from the space of your own desk. How magical is that? How powerful is that? Amazing, the web we weave.

We are each a part of the web...

We are each a part of the web...

I want you to contemplate the power of community over the next few weeks. What are some examples of how communities have changed the course of human history? How have communities made this world a better place? How can you make your community a better place? What you have done for your friends on Facebook or on Linked In? These are social networking sites that create a community. How can you spread love and light in these virtual meeting places?

How can you be someone who brings people together? Reflect on this power and see what you can contribute today. Namaste.

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Spiritual Principle #5- Energetic Debt

January 22, 2010

Yes, we will discuss your energetic debt. This is a part of the Lord’s prayer—forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And it, of course, depends on the interpretation and translation you choose but I feel the core of the message is there. You see, we all live in a field of energy. The earth has its own energy field and we are tied to it—all of us. It is what creates our oneness.

The energy field around us...

The energy field around us...

This energy field extends into space and encompasses everything on our planet. Everything is a part of this energy field. Scientists have studied this and have confirmed it. What most of us have not done is realize our responsibility in terms of this energy field. We each have a part to play. It is as if we are all a lightbulb in a huge sign that advertises some product. If one light does not turn on, it can look OK but if many lights are not on, it can look bad. If all the lightbulbs are off, the sign will never show up. What humans don’t know is that we are even a lightbulb and we have the energy to turn it on. We don’t realize we are part of something larger and when we are not doing our part, we can effect those around us. When we do turn on our light, it encourages those around us to turn on theirs. We effect greatly everything that happens around us because we are all a part of this large energy field.

We are all a part of the Earth's energy.

We are all a part of the Earth's energy.

I encourage you to become aware of energy in all its forms and vibrations and the earth’s energy as well. Once you feel this energy, you can see it show up everywhere. Every interaction with another human being is an energy transfer. We just don’t see it. But energy is exchanged. Energy is moved and altered and transformed. It can get angry and violent. It can be peaceful and loving. Energy is the playdough of the Universe. What we don’t realize is how much we can alter our own energy and thereby effect the energy of those around us in our family, our community, our city, our country, and the entire planet.

We are quite powerful when we choose to see ourselves in that light. We each have control over our own energy and by claiming that energy and owning it, we can move mountains, create miracles, and carry love and peace far and wide.

One way to do this is to engage in energetic payback. This is a spiritual practice dating back thousands of years. When you understand the play of energy in the Universe, you will see that sometimes it ebbs and flows between people and groups of people or locations. When someone gives you their energy, you feel it and experience it and you feel better. You feel good. You feel juiced up. But if you did not reciprocate the energy and give them some of your own, they now feel depleted. You did not complete the exchange. You feel good but something is nagging at you if you are tuned into your intuition. Something feels out of balance. I’m here to tell you what that is and why it happened.

The elder and the young man...

The elder and the young man...

I will tell you a story. A young man comes to his elder to ask about God. The elder shares his wisdom, joy, and laughter with the young man. The young man thanks him and leaves. The young man feels ebullient and enthusiastic and good about himself for following through to find the answers. The elder felt good about answering the man’s questions but feels a bit depleted. The young man did not offer anything in return except a verbal thank you. If you had a scale and were to weigh the knowledge of an elder about God with a verbal thank you, do they feel energetically equivalent? I would hope your answer would be no. They are not equivalent. The elder will hold space for the young man to pay his energetic debt so he lets him go happily, willingly. Three days later, the young man appears with a lamb to offer the elder. The elder happily accepts and his energetic balance has been restored. The young man feels good now that he has honored the wisdom and knowledge the elder bestowed upon him. They have had a successful energetic exchange. We all know this when it happens. We all feel good. The lamb represents the energy received from the elder. The energy can take any form. The energy given for payback can be a material item, a prayer, money, or a promise to do something in the future for this person. But it will not feel right to both parties until the exchange has been completed.

Think about this in your own life. Has someone done something for you and you do not feel “right” about the exchange? Do you feel as if you should do something to equal what they gave you? Do not think of conventional things such as money. Energy does not care what form it takes only that it is freely and equally exchanged for the highest good of both parties. Think hard about what people, what businesses, what groups of people, or what books or lectures have made a difference in your life.

What energy do you hold in your hands?

What energy do you hold in your hands?

Then listen to your still, small voice (your divine inner guidance) and see what you can offer in return to pay off your energetic debt. Can you offer your time? Your service? A token of appreciation? Something you know the other person needs that you can acquire? Give of your energy today–somehow, some way–see what happens.

It is my wish for you to practice playing with the energy and the idea of the energetic payback. See what it does for you. When you take and do not payback your energetic debt, your energy gets stuck. There is no free flow of energy. When you pay it back, the universe responds and quickly to get your energy flowing freely again. Experiment. Try it out. It is one of the simplest ways to begin to “play” with the energy field around us.
Namasté, Yeoshua.

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Spiritual Principle #3 – Divine Inner Guidance

December 17, 2009

[I wanted to ask some other questions of Yeoshua and Mary Magdalene but Yeoshua had his own plan for what he wanted to share so I gladly let him. I love this series on spiritual principles. I sense another book coming...]

Yeoshua: I wish to speak on the third spiritual principle of divine inner guidance. This is the practice of going within to find the answers you seek. Because as you start this journey, you will have many, many questions and if you start asking people or churches or leaders in the world, they will each tell you a different answer. So you must begin looking within for the answers. This is a practice that takes time and effort but is well worth it.

So many directions...you must look within to your own inner compass to guide you.

So many directions...you must look within to your own inner compass to guide you.

I encourage you to ask questions constantly. This should be a part of everyone’s spiritual practice. If you are not encouraged to ask questions, you are not challenging yourself and continuing to grow. It is as if you are stuck in the middle of a pond feeling all wet from the thighs down but being told there is nothing you can do about it. Don’t ask any questions. Although if you would ask in your own heart for guidance, you would hear, “Get out of the pond—just start walking and you can dry off and feel the sun and enjoy the grass and see what else is out there in the world.”

There is so much to be explored yet so many are stuck in the pond of life. They do not seek more than their current condition because they were told from an early time that there is no more. They were told to respect their elders and not ask questions. If you want to live the life you’ve only imagined, you need to get out of the pond and start asking questions and explore this amazing, beautiful world that we all live in. There is so much to see and so much that we can’t see that also needs to be explored.

So the first step is to check with your heart center and begin to listen to your divine inner guidance. Quiet yourself in a moment of relaxation or meditation, if you prefer, and ask a question. Wait for a response. Wait respectfully as if  you have just asked God or Gandhi or Buddha for your answer. Wait and listen. What is the answer? How does that answer feel in your heart? In your stomach? Is it a peaceful, loving answer? Is it not what you expected? Begin to journal these question and answer sessions to see what you discover. Maybe you will hear a voice telling you to get out of the pond. Ha ha.

The second step is to continue to move forward even if it’s baby steps. Move forward away from the pond of the collective thinking of those around you.

Think for yourself...is it time to get out of the pond?

Think for yourself...is it time to get out of the pond?

Continue to question and explore as if you are five or ten years old. Ask why and ask how and ask what is for your highest good. Ask what church you should go to or what books to read or what movies to watch that will provide the answers you seek or at the minimum, show you your next step on your journey. It may take a lifetime or more to answer all the questions you have but the journey is so worth it. I encourage you to begin today. The pond will always be there for you to return to for comfort, safety, and the known but today, I want you to step out of the pond and feel the sunshine and explore the surroundings that is your own inner divine guidance.

Your inner divine guidance is always with you. You need not text or call someone to find out if you should do something or not. You need only check within. You need not find it in a book or a web site or a psychic hotline, the answers are within. You need only ask and listen and your divine inner guidance will speak to you. It is a beautiful and wondrous experience to behold. You will be overcome with tears when this first happens because it is as if you have met an old friend who loves you and knows everything about you and you embrace. Only this old friend is your higher self who has your best and highest good in mind when giving you guidance. It is an amazing skill we all have. We were all born with this skill but we have forgotten it. I encourage you today to connect with your divine inner guidance. Give it a try. You’ll be glad you did.
Namaste, Yeoshua.

Tend to this relationship with your divine inner guidance as if it is a candle.

Tend to this relationship with your divine inner guidance as if it is a candle.

Mary Magdalene: This is the most important relationship of you life and yet, the most ignored. People have been scared of this skill for thousands of years. But the ancient ones coveted this skill and you were a pariah if you didn’t practice this connection with your divine inner guidance. It is time to return to this practice. Listen for your guidance from within. Listen to your stomach. Yes, I said your stomach. Read on. Think of a question and then each answer. If one of the two answers creates a gut wrench in your stomach then that is your sign. Don’t choose that answer. Your body provides you with divine inner guidance, especially in women. If you never receive a word from your higher self or a vision or a feeling or an intuition, then at least begin to trust the inner guidance of your body. It will never lie. It will never misguide you.

Divine inner guidance can work through your body without even having to have a strong connection. It can be the beginning point for many of you in discovering your relationship with your higher self which is really spirit or God. We are all one, you know? Even if you find that difficult to digest, it is OK. We will work with the body. Here is how it works.

Sit down on a comfortable chair. Have a question about something small to begin with. Maybe you could start with whether to attend an event or not. You have not decided whether or not to go. You sit down and take 3 deep breaths and maybe you think of a beautiful scene in nature. This will relax your body and get you into a state of deeper relaxation. Good. Now, think of the question in your head. “Should I go this birthday party for my cousin?” Think of one course of action like attending the party and feel with your body what that feels like for you. Do you have a gut wrench or tightness in your abdomen? Or does your body remain relaxed and light? Don’t think about it just note your body’s response. Then reset your body by breathing 3 deep breaths again and think of the scene in nature. Then think of the question again. Now choose the other course of action which might be stay at home and enjoy a home cooked dinner with family and watch a movie. How does that feel in your body? Do you feel tight anywhere? Do you have a gut wrench about that? Do you feel limp and lifeless? How does it feel to choose that course of action in your body? Do you feel light and happy?

Well, if you haven’t guessed, your inner divine guidance wants you to take the course of action that feels light and happy and relaxed. Do not choose the course of action that created the tightness or gut wrench. Your body wants you to listen to it.

Keep track of your inner divine guidance...

Keep track of your inner divine guidance...

I encourage you to begin a journal where you briefly write down what your question was, what your course of action decision was, and how it turned out. Upon seeing even just  5 or 6 of these events turn out well because you checked in with your body about your decision, you will begin to trust this process. As you trust, your inner divine guidance grows and becomes louder and easier to recognize. It may even change shape and morph into hearing a response or seeing a response to your question as well as the shifts in your body. Allow this practice to grow and flourish. You will be amazed at your results and the positive changes that take place in your life. Trust it, follow it, and be amazed!
Namasté, Mary Magdalene.

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