Posted by Regina on Mar 6, 2017 in Seeds of Wisdom | 0 comments

As Human-Divine Beings, We must not allow any act of fear to be an excuse to separate from Love, block the flow of Love or join another in an action of ‘Lack of Love.’ ‘Lack of Love’ is fear; of which only Love can heal and overcome.

 

 

The definition of excuse is an “attempt to lessen the blame attaching to a fault or offense; (it) seek(s) to defend or justify.

 

Causing harm to another is justifiable in our culture, using the excuse that the ‘other’ caused harm first. We blame, punish, even validate killing another, excusing ourselves from extending harm, unconsciously creating a ‘cycle of fear.’

 

You’ve heard it said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth will leave the whole world blind and toothless….

 

Matthew Henry writes an interesting commentary on the verse in the Bible, Matthew 5:38, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, he says; “Suffer any injury that can be borne, for the sake of peace, committing your concerns to the Lord’s keeping. And the sum of all is, that Christians (Christ-like, of the Light) must avoid disputing and striving. If any say, flesh and blood cannot pass by such an affront, let them remember, that flesh and blood shall not inherit the kingdom of God; and those who act upon right principles will have most peace and comfort.”

 

A Course in Miracles (ACIM) states defense is an attack; any fearful thoughts, hurtful word, or furrowed brow is an attack. Lesson 153: In my defenselessness my safety lies.

 

 

 

Recently I woke with tightness in my chest, a deep looming sadness. My Life-Partner and I have been in ‘dissonance’ for months now; the longest lasting unresolved conflict we’ve endured.

 

A few days earlier, a gifted healer & friend, anchored in Universal Love, guided me through a healing visualization meditation that encouraged me to ‘following the pain and contraction of my heart.’ As she guided me, she asked me to describe in words, if I could, the ‘energy pattern’ to communicate the feeling. It was profoundly insightful and liberating.

 

Shortly after waking with this terrible feeling of ‘contraction’ and emotional pain in my heart center, I was inspired to follow the pain. As I followed the pain, it became like a chain, linking every experience of this pain to my Partner. The words that made manifest in accordance with this ‘energy pattern’ were “unkindness and unloving.” Each link connected to a time when my Partner was ‘unkind & unloving’ to others and me. I was in awe of the patterning of the ‘contractions.’ The pain did not continue beyond the first time I had felt this contraction with my Partner; it was shortly after we had become intimate…seated on a park bench…. A chain, heavily weighted now, hung around my neck, choking me and restricting my heart. Though my story is only relevant to me, we each have a story relevant only to us; what is important to each of us is releasing the chain that links pain, and contracts our heart.

 

Chapter 21 Section II: The Responsibility for Sight, paragraphs 2 & 3 in ACIM I have read many times; verses 2:3-5 are instilled in my consciousness like a mantra.

T.21.II:

2. This is the only thing that you need do for vision, happiness, release from pain and the complete escape from sin (lack of love), all to be given you. Say only this, but mean it with no reservations, for here the power of salvation lies.

• (3) I am responsible for what I see.
• (4) I choose the feelings I experience, and I decide upon the goal I would achieve.
• (5) And everything that seems to happen to me I ask for, and receive as I have asked.

Deceive yourself no longer that you are helpless in the face of what is done to you. Acknowledge but that you have been mistaken and all effects of your mistakes will disappear.

3. It is impossible the Son of God be merely driven by events outside of him. It is impossible that happenings that come to him were not his choice. His power of decision is the determiner of every situation in which he seems to find himself by chance or accident. No accident nor chance is possible within the universe as God created it, outside of which is nothing. Suffer, and you decided sin (lack of love) was your goal. Be happy, and you gave the power of decision to Him (Christ Jesus, The Holy Spirit) Who must decide for God for you. This is the little gift you offer to the Holy Spirit, and even this He gives to you to give yourself. For by this gift is given you the power to release you savior (your Brother & Sister in God). that he may give salvation unto you.”

 

Each time I read ACIM I am ‘expanded,’ as if there are layers and layers of ‘realization’ & ‘enlightenment’ within each string of words. Though I’ve had the book in my possession for nearly 20 years, it’s in the last 6 years I’ve only became a devoted student, it is part of my daily spiritual practice.

 

Trained, even skilled, at looking ‘at myself,’ though not always easy, I’m aware of how essential it is to look at ‘your self’ for healing and returning to Love, our true Self. Looking at another with blame and reasons for excuses is far too easy, and a trap for ego that can keep us bound to looking outside of our self for healing & Love.

 

Someone dear to me asked, “Why do you suppose your Partner’s actions ‘bother’ you? They may not bother anyone else.” Encouraging me to look at my own reasons for choosing to feel hurt. Though feeling hurt is a choice and often expectations we have of our self, this seemed different…like an ancient memory of how Divine Beings treat each other and themselves…Divine Beings are loving-kind, always, in all ways. It matters not what another does or does not do, we must not loose our Peace or block the Love to healing our self and others.

 

Spiritual Scripture says that all we need is just ‘a little willingness’ for The Christ, The Holy Spirit, to be our eyes and hears, and it will be so.

 

In unification with reciting “the mantra,” ‘following the pain,’ and ‘looking at myself,’ I’d become clearer of the reason(s) or ‘excuses’ for the restricting pain in my heart, and was released from my suffering.

 

My heart was contracting because I was seeing the ‘stimulus’ incorrectly. It’s either Love or a ‘cry for Love.’ Even if the ‘Lack of Love’ roars like a lion, it is simply a loud cry for Love.

 

I asked to ‘See,’ to have the Vision of Christ. I’d asked the Holy Spirit to be my eyes and ears. I have chosen The Purpose of God, the Goal of Love, and to achieve only the Will of God….

 

I see I have been mistaken. I did not hear the ‘unkind-ness’ as a cry for love, and I reciprocated with hurt, another form of ‘lack of Love,’ blocking Love. With the realization that I have asked for everything that happens to me, it is incumbent upon me to SEE this and everything that comes to me as opportunities for growth, portals Home. Nothing is being done to me; I have called this to myself, to see and know my Self. With my ‘little willingness,’ I am able to see, and I vow to Love, knowing: Love heals all things…

 

Love is constant.

Love never fails.

Love dwells within;

IT does not change because of something outside of IT.

Love is Love

Love Loves, always.

 

Placing all things in Divine Right Order.

 

However minor or egregious the form of fear, we both acted and reacted with a form of ‘lack of Love,’ many call it ‘human,’ but that is an excuse too. We must not join with another’s ego or insanity in action or defense. When we loose our ‘Center’ and our Peace, may we give our self permission to remove our self from the stimulus‘ and take some ‘time-out,’ until we have returned to our ‘Center,’ grounded in our Peace, and will act or react from Love. And, may we not ‘beat our self up’ or be too hard on our self when we have had a ‘realization.’ May we say a big thank you! Once we have had a realization, we realize what we did not know and only then are able to correct the error. We can’t know what we can’t know until we know it! With this knowing, we’ll have many opportunities to correct our errors until we sin, which is a lack of Love, no more.

 

There are only two choices in every action and reaction, says The Course; the two choices are Love or Fear. Choosing Love as our Guide & Instrument, we can trust our relationships and our self are being made holy, and they are being placed in Divine right order.

 

The brilliant ‘gift of insight’ from this experience is: there is no ‘excuse’ to cause harm, to do harm unto another, through justification or reasoning, with a furrowed brow, angry scorn or life threatening, there is no excuse. If we want to heal & be healed, if we want to experience the Peace & Joy that passeth understanding all the Great Mystics speak about, we must have our vision and hearing corrected, allowing our Inner Guide to be our eyes and ears, to see and hear every act of fear as a cry for Love and choose in every action or reaction a form of Love. May we walk each other Home, together, hand in hand, ‘Peace as the Path; Love as the Way:’ from the microcosm of ‘relationship’ into the macrocosm of the Universe.

 

 

PEACE IS THE PATH;

LOVE IS THE WAY.

AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN

 

Inner Voice, Regina 2/26/17

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Regina on Jan 23, 2017 in Seeds of Wisdom | 0 comments

We are like filaments of One fiber, and fibers of the same Chord; each of us a spoke in the Wheel of Life; a drop of water in the same Ocean…

 

 Most of us look outside of our self onto a world of suffering, transferring the pain onto the ‘world,’ adding to the suffering inside & outside of us. Very few focus on looking within, to the ‘unhealed’ parts of ourselves to relieve the pain.

Here, in the eternal holy now, let us look within to re-store our self to wholeness; this will aid in the healing of the ‘outside’ & inside world. Mastering this, you become a healer unto others. First, you must heal yourself before you can heal another; this ‘ordains’ the healing of others.

If every fiber of the Chord chose to heal the unhealed aspects within themself, this would heal the world.

Yet, we continue to look outside of our self, we look at the unhealed aspects of our Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, Spouse, Mate, Child, Friend, Neighbor and imagined Enemy; The world outside of us, ‘seeing’ only the unhealed aspects of our Brother, which furthers our suffering. We can become so stuck in our ‘grievance’ with a Brother that we wait for His or Her apology &/or healing before we are willing to look within to any unhealed parts of our self.

If you are upset, or have an upset, with another, it is because you have an expectation, or are looking outside of yourself for healing.

Here, we will be looking within ourselves to remove any blocks to love and understanding that keeps us from enlightenment, The Christ-hood, the Truth of Who we Are.

We cannot open a rose before it organically opens; otherwise we may ‘kill’ the rose. Each of us are like a rose, we blossom in our own divined time. We are not here to pull another rose open, nor can we ask another to be healed, but we can heal our self, which aids in the healing of others and the full blossom of the rose.

This is the Key to healing, and our salvation; this is the Way Home to our Divine Self.

We can dwell on our Brother & Sisters’ self-made limitations and illusions or see them as the unlimited aspects of the Divine that they are, awakening in their own perfect Breath timing, as we focus on healing ourselves.

Setting You free, sets the whole world free.

That is why you came here…to release your suffering, pain and limitations. It is by no accident.

Your Brother & Sister are your salvation, the perfect mirror, divinely orchestrated. See them as sinless. Ask the Holy One to be your vision. This Key opens The Door of your True Home, where Grace will take the final step.

This will be the hardest work you have ever done and will ever do, but IT will be the most rewarding….returning you to the Peace that Passeth Understanding.

It is so much easier to look outside yourself and judge, than to look inside and dismantle the false self within. It is so much easier to think of yourself as ‘right’ and him as wrong, or believe that you are holier than she, maintaining our ‘egoic’ sense of a self-righteousness; a superior, separate self, rather than to see your Brother & Sister as your Self, the sinless, perfect, salvation they are, unified in Spirit and Purpose. There is no accident in your meeting. And every relationship is to be made holy.

“As a man thinketh, so does he perceive. Therefore, seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world.” ACIM T.21.Intro.

And Gandhi said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

If everyone did this, there would be Peace on Earth.

Can you imagine if each of us would reel-in the ‘looking’ from outside us, to within us, and not wait for the other to ‘change’ & heal before we extended our love and forgiveness?

Let us begin right now, in this holy present instant, and ask God, the Holy Spirit, the Christ, to guide us, to be our eyes and ears, our vision and thought, our word and action, no longer looking outside our self for healing. And, let us accept ourselves, and others, right where we are, having faith in the Divinity within us.

This will free us from sickness & suffering.

The power to experience true healing & joy lies within you & me, The One Self. Amen. Om Shanti Namaste Aho.

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Posted by Regina on Jun 3, 2015 in Seeds of Wisdom | 0 comments

“We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; It is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same.” ~Marianne Williamson

 

Why Is The “Full’ Moon So Powerful?

She Has Become A Full Transparency for The Sun’s Light; Together, They Are Powerful Beyond Measure.

 

Likened to the Moon when She becomes a ‘full’ transparency for the Sun’s ‘Light,’ when we become a full transparency for the Light within us, we are powerful beyond measure. By letting our Light shine, we give inspire others to do the same.

 

If the Moon forgot who She was, there would be great destruction on the Earth, and disharmony in the Universe. Likewise, because we have forgotten who we are, we cause, and have caused, much destruction on Earth and disharmony in the Universe. By returning to our True Nature, a full transparency of the Divine Light, we, the Sons & Daughter of God, The Eternal Light, return to our true Perfection, Love and Power, at-One with All, manifesting Heaven on Earth, and Harmony in the Universe.

 

We were born to make manifest the glory of God; Let your Light shine!

~Regina 9/20/13, rewritten 6/3/15

 

Mathew 5:13-16, Jesus said, “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt lost its taste (If you have forgotten who you are), how shall its saltiness be restored (How shall your knowingness & purpose be restored)? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light o all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in Heaven.”

 

 

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Posted by Regina on May 17, 2015 in Seeds of Wisdom | 0 comments

Do not look outside of your Self, nor onto another’s path, look within your Self for your path, and allow your Inner Guide to lead you Home.

 

When we look onto Another’s Path, we often will judge our own as less or more than, better or worse than another’s. This is not true; this is our ego criticizing and judging us against our Brother or Sister, separating us from our Self.

 

This world, the world our ego created, is not the real world; it is a world of illusions. These illusions are ‘obstacles’ on our Path, blocking us from our True Self. Yet, these obstacles are ‘opportunities’ for our Greatest Good and Highest Potential. By keeping our focus Within, staying true to our Path, and following our Inner Guide, the ‘Holy Spirit’ will lead us through these illusions to The Truth, illuminating any darkness and eliminating any ignorance within in us, leading us to Enlightenment, The Christ-hood, to Oneness. These experiences will strengthen our weaknesses, making us Whole. Walking another’s path will not! Whatever another’s path looks like or however we perceive it: materially or spiritually rich or poor, judge not, and judge not your Path.

 

Each person’s path is perfect for Him or Her, not greater or less than, but perfect & necessary for His or Her growth and expansion…be it homeless or with many homes, guru or disciple, conscious or unconscious, God loves each of us the same, knowing our needs before we do. Follow The Course within, and with just a little faith, The Inner Will, will guide us Home.

 

I will meet you there. Actually, I cannot go alone; we must go together, hand in hand and heart to heart. We are all on the same journey home, and no one can be left behind.

 

“I will accept the way You choose for me to come to You, my Father. For in that will I succeed, because it is Your Will. And I would recognize that what You will is what I will as well, and only that.” ACIM Lesson 246

 

~Regina Bolden 5/17/15

 

 

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Posted by Regina on Apr 13, 2015 in Seeds of Wisdom | 0 comments

“It seems that the living spiritual forces which so long ago confronted the man and woman for all their lower tendencies also want to confront humanity in all the dysfunctional relationships in which we separate ourselves, and cause harm in doing so. We are too often separated by gender, race, religion, nationality, age, soul age, beliefs, opinions, preferences, education, politics, and even what part of the country we live in.

Yes, we need radical unity in all these areas! We need to respect one another’s differences and listen to one another so that our souls can learn those spiritual lessons, which can only be learned in higher, complementary relationships with those whom we are destined to be interdependently entwined.” By Blue Evening Star

“Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.” Arthur Schopenhauer

“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” Kahlil Gibran

 

 Curious…very curious how we can ‘un-friend,’ ‘un-like,’ even loath our ‘ex’-Lover, Partner or Spouse, our most Intimate partner, our most sacred relationship. Yes, all relationships are sacred, however in this one, we are intimate on every level, having this “thing” between us–some enormous ‘attraction,’ and in this one, we become like giant mirrors to one another, not little bitty mirrors, but Giant Mirrors, reflecting to us ‘areas of needed healing,’ and ‘opportunities for growth,’ which we may not have been willing to look into, if it weren’t for this ”thing.’

We asked for the Light, and it is a beacon of Light, if we are willing to ‘see.’ It is the Holy relationship with the Self, if we are willing to choose the Love and not the fear.

It is the relationship we are the most comfortable with and the one we become the most complacent in, not keeping it fresh!

It is the relationship we often transfer ownership of the unilluminated spaces within us onto ‘them,’ our Lover, because we are not willing to look at ourselves or onto our Self, nor are we willing to admit we are ‘wrong’ or unenlightened because we fear vulnerability. Being vulnerable and willing to look at our self are beautiful beautiful qualities!

It is the relationship that is severed because of a lack of transparency–the lack of openness and accountability needed to form trust. Being open and accountable are invaluable qualities also. Being our self and accountable for ourself leads to our Higher Self!

It is the relationship that when we part company, even knowing it has served its true purpose or function, we often lack compassion, and we will separate not only physically but also mentally and emotionally, distancing ourself, though we can never part spiritually. Love turns to hate (a form of fear), and compassion turns to apathy (another form of fear). This is not love. Compassion is the passion of Love, and Love begets Love.

We can treat a stranger with more respect and loving-kindness than our Lover or ‘ex’–Lover. We can bring out the Joy in public and the woe in private. We are human beings doing our best, but often our ‘worst’ in intimate relationships. Our intimate partner should say thank you. We should say thank you, on bended knee, and ask, “How can I be more loving; how can I be more kind?”

Look on your Lover with the Eyes of Christ, holy, reverent, kind and loving. You are looking at God. This is an aspect of God. This is the relationship that helps you to know your Self. Make holy, for all relationships are to be made Holy.

Any separation ‘of the heart’ is a separation from your Self, is a separation from God, and will keep us, you & I, from Heaven. We cannot go alone; we must go together. Make a right; make whole. When you forgive, you forgive yourself. When you love, you love yourself. It’s a Miracle.

Intimate relationships are Miraculous Lovers!!!

Know that you look on the face of God.

Make fresh everyday.

Be Loving, Willing to look at yourself, Vulnerable and Transparent: LWVT.

Make Holy Love!

Wishing you Miraculous Love Making and Love. Ahh OM

 

The Legend of Cathedral Rock

“A long time ago, a man and a woman stumbled into the beautiful creek at the base of Cathedral Rock. It was at the tail end of an intense winter, which the man and woman had barely survived. They decided to stay in that beautiful place to recover from their ordeal and to begin preparations for the winter to come.

 

The mated pair set up camp and began to repair their clothes and tools and gather food. To all outward appearances they were in perfect harmony, quietly working together to fulfill their tasks. However, their inward thoughts were critical and very negative towards one another. The man would look at his wife and think to himself, “Oh, that wife of mine! It is her fault we nearly died last winter. And she is no longer as beautiful as when we first met. She makes me miserable!” And the woman had similar thoughts about her husband. “Just look at him!” she told herself over and over again. “It is his fault we almost died last winter. And he is a lousy hunter and is no longer handsome. How unhappy I am!”

 

On and on their negative thoughts would spin and, since thoughts have energy, the couple were rapidly creating a dark cloud of energy around the place which had always been a sacred healing site of great beauty. The spirits of the place came together and decided something must be done. They appointed a giant snake to appear before the man and the woman and have a word with them.

 

And so the next day, the snake rose out of the creek and addressed the man and the woman. He told them that they were misusing the energies, which had been given to them by the Creator. He showed them the stone formation of the man and the woman in Cathedral Rock standing back to back, each looking in a direction opposite from the other. The snake said that they should be like that man and woman. “Do you see how they hold one another up and support one another always?” said the snake. “You must come to realize that the Creator made man different from woman, and that there are some things they will never see eye to eye. However, you should realize the great truth that the woman sees her half of the world while the man sees his half of the world and that if they share what they see with one another and really listen to one another, they will have the whole world in their view. This is called the mending of the Sacred Hoop and is accomplished by listening to one another and respecting and honoring and celebrating one another’s differences. A relationship between a man and a woman (Woman & Woman or Man & Man) which is entered into in this spirit is the strongest relationship there is.” Blue Evening Star

 

 

 

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