Art Of Being
This being human is a guesthouse; every day a new arrival .
We all have unlimited potential and can accomplish whatever we want in life.
Each of one of us is gifted with innerwisdom that can help us realise our dreams and goals in life. Creating your life means taking a holistic approach by attending to the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual levels.
On the physical level, this means listening to your body and developing skills to enhance your own healing abilities. Grounding and applying what is learned into everyday live. Living, expressing and communicating your truth in your interactions with other human beings.
On the emotional level this means really listening to the voice of your heart. Our feelings are like divine messengers. When we welcome them in , when we embrace them instead of shunning them, fighting them and turning them away, they release their messages and offer their gifts. Hidden or buried feelings often make themselves visible in our dreams, together with other messages from the subconscious.
On the intellectual or cognitive level we have the power to re-program and re-learn. We have the power to examine and transform our negative thoughts and beliefs and replace them with positive thoughts, removing limitations in order to realize our full potential. With awareness comes choice and with choice comes power, personal authentic power. The point of power is always in the "now".
Discovering the spiritual or transpersonal level and the Self is the most important discovery you will ever make. Here lie the secrets of the universe.
Getting to know your Self and learning to hear and communicate with the voice of your Self , gives you access to a whole wealth of knowledge and wisdom. Developing this resource helps us make wise choices which in turn lead to wise actions and results.
The Artist's Way
In her book , " The Artist's Way , Julia Cameron helps demystify this creative process by making it a part of your daily life. She writes :
- It is my experience both as an artist and as a teacher that when we move out on faith into the act of creation, the universe is able to advance. It is a little like opening the gate at the top of a field irrigation system. Once we remove the blocks, the flow moves in.
Again, I do not ask you to believe this. In order for this creative emergence to happen, you don't have to believe in God. I simply ask you to observe and note this process as it unfolds. In effect, you will be midwiving and witnessing your own creative progression.
Creativity is an experience -- to my eye, a spiritual experience. It does not matter which way you think of it: creativity leading into spirituality or spirituality leading to creativity. In fact, I do not make a distinction between the two. In the face of such experience, the whole question of belief is rendered obsolete. As Carl Jung answered the question of belief late in his life, "I don't believe; I know."
The following spiritual principles are the bedrock on which creative recovery and discovery can be built. Read them through once a day, and keep an inner ear cocked for any shifts in attitudes or beliefs.
Basic Principles:
1. Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.
2. There is an underlying, in-dwelling creative force infusing all of life -- including ourselves.
3. When we open ourselves to our creativity, we open ourselves to the creator's creativity within us and our lives.
4. We are, ourselves, creations. And we, in turn, are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves.
5. Creativity is God's gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.
6. The refusal to be creative is self-will and is counter to our true nature.
7. When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity, we open ourselves to God: good orderly direction.
8. As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected.
9. It is safe to open ourselves up to greater and greater creativity.
10. Our creative dreams and yearnings come from a divine source. As we move toward our dreams, we move toward our divinity.
" The Work " by Byron Katie - a powerful transformative tool.
Go to : http://www.thework.com/index.asp
and click on " RESOURCES "There are worksheets in Swedish and other languages that you can download and they are free of charge. Two books that will help you understand " THE WORK " are :
" Loving What Is "
" I need your love - is that true ?"
- both by Byron Katie.
The Treasure Trove of Your Dreams.
Dreams nourish the soul as food nourishes the body and contain important messages from your soul.
" Humanity dreams the same dream at once, and you have your mass world. The whole construction is like an educational play in which you are the producers as well as the actors. There is a play within a play within a play. There is no end to the "within" of things. The dreamer dreams, and the dreamer within the dream dreams. But the dreams are not meaningless, and the actions within them are significant. The whole self is the observer and the participator in the roles. " - SETH Try these links :
http://www.soul-guidance.com/houseofthesun/dreamworld.htm
http://users.aol.com/john0417/dmgp/dg16.html