We each see a different world. There are billions of worlds occurring right now. For each person has a unique view that is shifting moment by moment. The world we see is not fixed. It cannot be described as a noun ‘fixed’ but as a verb ‘changeable.’Moment by moment each person’s sentiment, projections, desires, aversions, attachments,conditioning is shifting and affects our lens of perception. The world we see as an object is in fact a projection. It is ever changing.There are unending potentials of perceiving reality. The world can be seen as a Dynamic Field. This field can be flexible, open, spacious and spontaneous. In fact so much is out of our control…much suffering comes from attempting to reify or solidify who we think we are or the world around us. Each day we may have a structure in place, so to allow the day to unfold in a spontaneous, relaxed fashion. This structure is there to support not infringe upon this creative flow of life. Allow yourself to rest in the gentle space of your heart. Watch from this space. Let all the changes around you happen, as a great display of consciousness.When you change…then the world changes….

Awakening is possible for You. It will let you know that you are not who you think you are. It will introduce you to your true nature. Unconditional Love. In order to live from a new view or awaken, we must first let go of the old. Empty out all beliefs, thoughts, ideas, concepts, feelings…that do not support your awareness of you or Source as unconditional love. Awakening is about relieving suffering and increasing well being through a shift of identity and knowing. First, you recognize that awakening or shifting out of your ego identity is possible. Its flexible, fluid, a moment by moment choice. This loosening up or relaxing allows for you to then shift out of the old ego identity. The confusion and suffering we experience with the old ego identity begins to soften, becoming more clear. You feel the spectrum of sorrow to joy, however there is an awareness of Presence that is untouched by feelings or thoughts. Take some time each day to empty out or release any views that no longer serve your well being. For example,  the old ego identity may believe,”I am not creative.” Allow yourself to let this go and remain  open to a new way of perceiving yourself as creating all the time. Your creating your reality with each thought, each choice you make. Awakening is taking full responsibility for one’s own life. Response- ability, the ability to respond…. Its the ultimate growing up!

Mind is like a TV with many channels to choose from. The Worry and Anxiety channel. The Desire channel.The To Do List channel. The Doubt channel. The ‘When I have this I will be content’ channel.The Too Serious channel. The Reruns of the Memories of the Past channel. The Fear of the Future channel. The Romance channel. The Horror channel.So many channels! We think these regularly scheduled programs are the place to look for solutions to the dissatisfaction of our lives, so we channel surf through them all day long!

It is Possible to take the remote and shift these channels to the Spaciousness of Your Mind. First, notice the channels that your mind plays. Each day they may change due to what is occurring in life. Take 5 minutes in the morning to notice what channel you woke up with, decide if you want to keep playing this or not. Make a conscious choice as to the channel you would like to perceive reality from. For instance, You wake up with the Worry channel. The Worry channel is very narrow with an outcome produced by fear.  Simply notice and shift to the Trust channel. The Trust channel is open to various outcomes and feels loving. All day long you can  practice simply noticing the channel of your mind and shifting it to the one that most benefits your well being. The more you practice the easier it becomes. Be gentle. Be patient. Be persistent. Your mind will become flexible and spacious. You will loosen up the fixed views of ego-identity and conditioning starts to dismantle. Now, from this Spacious Mind solutions and decisions can be created!

I Am  (You are) the witness of time. Time is not the witness of me/you.

Know this and be Free of sorrow.

Know in your heart. You are the light.

Forms, thoughts, feelings, people may come and go..

You the light…the I Am Presence never was born or dies…

Know this…Share this by being this….

To be awake and present we do not have to do anything…Just rest in experience whatever arises..the luminous quality of mind is present always. As thoughts, feelings, sounds, physical sensations…all arise and dissolve. What is left…non-reactive presence without identity. You become un-selfconscious and you flow…No more stories of your identity. No past, no future. This is timeless and spaceless. You just simply rest in Now. Its a field of being that is always present that takes care of everything. Throughout your day practice in any situation relaxing the body, relaxing your mind, relaxing into your heart space. While driving rest, at the grocery store rest, with your child rest, with your client rest, cooking rest, bathing rest….It’s so simple, its a challenge. The greatest challenge is the willingness to develop a new way of being that allows rest. The challenge is facing our  conditioning that places most of our value collectively on ‘doing’ and being someone special through our accomplishments. As you practice resting this ‘doing’ conditioning starts to ease and space for experiencing non-reactive Presence occurs . Trust that resting is valuable and all that is needed….

How do you speak to yourself when you look in the mirror? Do you say ‘I love you’? Do you say ‘I need to change this and that’? Do you appreciate your face, your body? Do you wish you looked like someone else? Is it hard to look in the mirror? This is just one test of many, that can show us whether we are a good friend to ourselves or not. If you notice that you are your  enemy…  this is an opportunity to begin a new kind of relationship with yourself. Your enemy will find all that is ‘wrong ‘ with you and focus on this. This focus of energy only narrows your relationship to self and world emphasizing all that is negative. Its a self imposed prison. When the enemy is running the show it (I call the enemy ‘It’ because its simply a conditioned pattern)…. will say….your not smart enough, your not attractive….all the lies to keep you small. This enemy appears to protect you from some perceived outside danger however, it prevents you from experiencing your limitless Self. This enemy is Fear.  Your best friend is Love. Love accepts, love allows, love is honest, love is patient, love is sweet, love is fun, love is gentle, love is energizing, love is limitless…… Imagine your best friend’s kind and wise words. What would your best friend say to you the next time you look in the mirror?

Suffering comes from wanting things to be different from what they are and from our struggling to try to change them.This understanding can allow us to naturally feel compassion for others.This compassion is not based on pity, mercy or charity. It comes because we know through our own experience, that we are all  doing the same thing…struggling with our experience because we want things to be different from what they are. Allow this compassion to break open your heart…see and know the pain of the world. Face the tragedy of the human condition and know it does not have to be this way.Allow this compassion to not be a feeling but an awareness of your open heart. This open heart awareness will allow states of freedom, clarity and peace to be expressed in life.

A distinction between mind and mind itself.’Mind’ refers to how we ordinarily experience life, filtered and distorted by reactive patterns. ‘Mind itself’ refers to a knowing, an openness, present in every moment of experience…an open knowing free from distortions and projections. This mind it self is no thing. There is an experience of vast openness and transparent awareness, an experience so vivid and intense that meditation practitioners are often moved to say, “There is nothing there.” This sense of nothing there pervades everything we experience, even as we see and hear the world around us, even as thoughts and feelings arise. Space is just there, whether there are objects or not. In this way it is like silence or stillness. Silence is present whether there is sound or not. Stillness is present whether there is movement or not. The same holds for this awareness: it is there whether thoughts, feelings or sensations are there or not. Like space, stillness or silence, it is there. Yet there is no thing there….Through out your day or night practice taking moments to simply acknowledge and see this kind of Mind for yourself. Hear the silence, Feel the space and Experience the stillness…..  all around you. Its as simple as placing your attention on one of these points of awareness….Silence, Stillness, Space….

         Your Dark Goddess  is present in the unseen realms of your psyche. She emerges when it’s time to cut through delusion and fear. She knows the value of her sexual energy and uses it to awaken unconscious to conscious insight. Allowing for true love that is fierce and direct. This energy penetrates through self deception, lies and projections. She says what everyone feels but is afraid to say. Courage to take risk because she knows that there is nothing to lose… An Ego- Death…the ultimate surrender..It leaves you feeling raw, excited and energized.  No room for excuses, ambivalence or flip flopping. Your dark goddess Knows from her sacred vagina to her open heart. This energy emerges through the body into the third eye to pierce through false pictures we believe about ourselves or others. This is the ultimate purifying scorching energy that burns away any fears, doubts, self loathing tendencies that prevent us from loving ourselves just as we are. She sees beyond space and time. She is the ultimate liberator. She is free from the relative plane and observes the limitless potential in all around her. She is a shape-shifter becoming what she chooses as each situation is presented to her. She is flexible, agile and stable all in one. She IS Presence. She knows boundless sky and knows when to end relationships, beliefs, attitudes and fixed views. She sees souls and is not fooled by personas. She loves everyone she encounters all the same……She is You.

At our core, each unique, individual vibrates sparks of Love, by doing something that is joyful for us, it actually means we are in alignment with our unique signature frequency. This is why it is joyful, enjoyable and fun…. we are in alignment with Love as it is being uniquely expressed through us in the way that is only applicable for us as an individual.

A lack of joy means we are not in alignment with our unique, true selves. Ever heard the phrase, “going with the flow?”  We are either in the bandwidth of our signature  frequency (being in the flow) or we are not. Feeling love, contentment, joy, peace means we are in our personal “flow”.

A hint: if there is mind chatter, repetitive thoughts over past or future situations, ruminating over other people, the actions of others, work, anything at all… we are outside of our unique “flow”.

Much like tuning the dial on an older radio, the more static (thoughts & mind chatter) the further away we are from  our unique signature vibration and thus the further away we are from aligning with joy, excitement and peace.

Start small. Start with baby steps. Practice by asking in each moment, “out of the choices I have right now, what is the one thing that “lights up” the most for me?” Now obviously, we would each choose going to the beach in Maui, making out with your favorite movie star…. all of those fun things that pop into our heads but typically may not manifest in the  moment. Instead, choose from what is within our capacity to act in that moment.For instance: listening to a favorite song, snuggling with a pet or relaxing in nature…

Joy supports us in letting go of the lower vibrations, old habits and attachments to the past that are no longer applicable to the existence of living in the higher levels of our consciousness. Joy is the tractor beam to finding and living all we were meant to be. Joy is what leads us to be in service to ALL and as a part of the all, we participate in receiving service as well. Joy is our birthright. Joy brings magic. Joy opens our hearts to living in Love.