I have realized one misunderstanding about the "spiritual path" upon which we have all embarked. This realization is that the "spiritual path" does not exist. It is not an accurate metaphor for what we are doing in life. A "spiritual path" implies walking a path, from point A to point B and so on. The concept of walking a path implies leaving point A in order to get to point B and this is not how is works.
Spirituality is more like a garden. We plant the seeds and then it grows into our vision of the future. When planting a garden, the intention is LIFE and GROWTH, not necessarily moving from one place to the other. A garden stays put, but grows to massive heights. This growth in turn benefits the entire earth by supplying clean air, fruits and vegetables as well as the beauty of flowers, trees and bushes. A garden provides food and shelter for animals and insects. Plus, a garden that is loved will also protect it's mother... the one who gave birth to the vision... it's creator, the same way God loves and protects us humans. A garden is a piece of eternity, our baby, as we are for God.
So, walking a spiritual path might not be the best way to explain spiritual awareness and enlightenment, perhaps we should use the metaphor of planting a "spiritual garden" instead. And this spiritual garden is one thing that CAN and WILL manifest.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Deep, Dark Secrets
Do you ever feel like the world is just one big, "No!"? Do you ever feel like there is no one out there who wants you to succeed?
Well, I uncovered a deep, dark secret about myself this past week. It is humiliating and has been a source of shame for years. What is this secret? It is the fact that I got a student loan when I was 18 to go to college and have never been able to pay it off. Not only that, I haven't been able to put a dent into it!
To some people, this might not be a big deal, but to me it has been horrible. It has been something I have tried to hide because I am ashamed that I have been unable to understand money for most of my life. This lack of understanding has impacted my self esteem, has made me feel weak, and has made me feel imperfect. Imperfection scares the heck out of me because during my childhood, being imperfect equated to getting viciously psychologically attacked by my over-achieving father about what a loser I am. (Granted, he never paid for my college education and has never offered to help me pay off the debt, so putting myself through college could be considered a victory.)
However, childhood is over now. If those patterns get repeated, then it's because of me not him. So I must move one and get past this drain on my energy.
My mother has a law degree and has worked for the government for years and it took her two hours to figure out what happened with this student loan. It turns out that when I was 18, the bank sent up the loan to never get paid off. They determined ahead of time what the interest would be for 10 years and then the majority of every payment I sent in went to pay this interest. Well, what happens when you only pay interest on a loan? When you only pay the interest on a loan, then the principle balance never gets touched and therefor never goes down. When the principle never goes down, then the interest continues to build up and one is obligated to keep paying and paying.
Gosh, I feel so stupid! I wish I would have understood that when I first signed the papers! But does anyone explain that to an 18 year old? Or is that the point? 18 year olds are easy targets for credit cards and outrageous student loans. So, now I feel like I will never get this thing paid off and it will haunt me and follow me the rest of my life... like being a slave. The best thing I can do now is make sure it never happens to my kids and to work on expanding my mind so I can come up with some way of manifesting the money to buy my freedom.
Money only makes sense to those who are making up the rules. This is why I talk about emotionally detaching from money and not losing our sense of God given perfection in this schizophrenic human world. I let this student loan beat me up my whole life. Now I just have to transform my sense of Self and remember my pristine origins as a powerful spiritual being and manifest myself out of this quagmire.
But I'm still angry about it.
Well, I uncovered a deep, dark secret about myself this past week. It is humiliating and has been a source of shame for years. What is this secret? It is the fact that I got a student loan when I was 18 to go to college and have never been able to pay it off. Not only that, I haven't been able to put a dent into it!
To some people, this might not be a big deal, but to me it has been horrible. It has been something I have tried to hide because I am ashamed that I have been unable to understand money for most of my life. This lack of understanding has impacted my self esteem, has made me feel weak, and has made me feel imperfect. Imperfection scares the heck out of me because during my childhood, being imperfect equated to getting viciously psychologically attacked by my over-achieving father about what a loser I am. (Granted, he never paid for my college education and has never offered to help me pay off the debt, so putting myself through college could be considered a victory.)
However, childhood is over now. If those patterns get repeated, then it's because of me not him. So I must move one and get past this drain on my energy.
My mother has a law degree and has worked for the government for years and it took her two hours to figure out what happened with this student loan. It turns out that when I was 18, the bank sent up the loan to never get paid off. They determined ahead of time what the interest would be for 10 years and then the majority of every payment I sent in went to pay this interest. Well, what happens when you only pay interest on a loan? When you only pay the interest on a loan, then the principle balance never gets touched and therefor never goes down. When the principle never goes down, then the interest continues to build up and one is obligated to keep paying and paying.
Gosh, I feel so stupid! I wish I would have understood that when I first signed the papers! But does anyone explain that to an 18 year old? Or is that the point? 18 year olds are easy targets for credit cards and outrageous student loans. So, now I feel like I will never get this thing paid off and it will haunt me and follow me the rest of my life... like being a slave. The best thing I can do now is make sure it never happens to my kids and to work on expanding my mind so I can come up with some way of manifesting the money to buy my freedom.
Money only makes sense to those who are making up the rules. This is why I talk about emotionally detaching from money and not losing our sense of God given perfection in this schizophrenic human world. I let this student loan beat me up my whole life. Now I just have to transform my sense of Self and remember my pristine origins as a powerful spiritual being and manifest myself out of this quagmire.
But I'm still angry about it.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Credit Cards
I got a credit card bill yesterday that went from 0% interest to 22.99% interest. The minimum payment went from $22 to $103. I was like, "What?!" So I called them up right away and said, "I happen to know that President Obama met with the heads of Citibank just today about illegal tactics like this." The woman on the phone said, "Congratulations, Mis. Joslin, it looks like I can put this back to 0% interest and we will remove all the extra fees."
Don't let them take your money!
Don't let them take your money!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Just My Opinion
Does it bother anyone that the media refers to us as "consumers"? It drives me nuts hearing that on the news. Wouldn't it be more flattering to refer to us as "contributers" or perhaps "smart decision makers"? But I don't think flattery is what the media or the corporations have in mind when it comes to the general public. They only want to flatter us if it puts money in their pockets. I think that we should pay attention to the fact that we get referred to as consumers. It says a lot about how we are viewed by big institutions. With all the misconceptions and flat out lies floating around the media today, this is one bit of truth we need to take seriously. All we are to them is consumers, not humans.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Clear Thoughts Outside
I just finished reading book 6 of the Ringing Cedars of Russia and many thoughts and realizations are running through my head.
The books are fantastic, the best series I have ever read, and yet it leaves a lot to consider about our world today. How did we get here? The books answers this clearly. But what can I do in my day to day life to help my family get out of the illusion and secured in the space of reality?
Today I am feeling impatient with the world. It's not easy to begin seeing through the illusions that surround us moment to moment. If one more bill arrives in the mail, I'm going to scream. It's all just a distraction from what is truly important: family and having uninterrupted time to think. It seems like we're being pulled in a million directions. It seems like there is so much outside of ourselves that cannot run without our constant attention. The outside world seems to nag and pull at us like starving children. Pay this bill now! Call me back now! Me me me! Now now now! Why do we put up with this? It's maddening.
So I see through the chaos. I see what is really going on. We as a society seem to have allowed our energies to be pulled away from our home, away from our gardens, away from our children. So, today I will be shutting off the computer and going outside with my kids to plant some seeds. My kids are far too used to playing with plastic toys instead of interacting with things that have a soul. Sure, I am to blame for this. I was ignorant when they were little. I was poor and living in a dead dimension. Only now am I realizing how important it is to interact with living things. Bills are not alive, so I don't need to expend an ounce of emotion on them. People on the phone can figure things out for themselves. I need to put my foot down and be a stand for my family. We are going outside. Perhaps you should too. I will hear your thoughts better outside than through the phone anyway. See you out there!
Blessings,
Stacey
The books are fantastic, the best series I have ever read, and yet it leaves a lot to consider about our world today. How did we get here? The books answers this clearly. But what can I do in my day to day life to help my family get out of the illusion and secured in the space of reality?
Today I am feeling impatient with the world. It's not easy to begin seeing through the illusions that surround us moment to moment. If one more bill arrives in the mail, I'm going to scream. It's all just a distraction from what is truly important: family and having uninterrupted time to think. It seems like we're being pulled in a million directions. It seems like there is so much outside of ourselves that cannot run without our constant attention. The outside world seems to nag and pull at us like starving children. Pay this bill now! Call me back now! Me me me! Now now now! Why do we put up with this? It's maddening.
So I see through the chaos. I see what is really going on. We as a society seem to have allowed our energies to be pulled away from our home, away from our gardens, away from our children. So, today I will be shutting off the computer and going outside with my kids to plant some seeds. My kids are far too used to playing with plastic toys instead of interacting with things that have a soul. Sure, I am to blame for this. I was ignorant when they were little. I was poor and living in a dead dimension. Only now am I realizing how important it is to interact with living things. Bills are not alive, so I don't need to expend an ounce of emotion on them. People on the phone can figure things out for themselves. I need to put my foot down and be a stand for my family. We are going outside. Perhaps you should too. I will hear your thoughts better outside than through the phone anyway. See you out there!
Blessings,
Stacey
Sunday, March 8, 2009
2012, Money and Freedom
Someone recently asked me if I thought the 2012 transformation will be scary. Below is my response:
The only fear in the 2012 thing is for the people who are not prepared for the transformation, which has already begun. December 2012 is the end of the Mayan Calendar (some researchers say it is actually 2013), but this does not mean the end of the world. It is only the end of the 500 years of darkness and slavery that we have been experiencing for generations. A disconnection from Mother Nature is akin to slavery since people no longer know how to live life without machines. The 2012 transformation is an awakening of consciousness. It is a remembering. It is a return to the Universal Intelligence to which we all have access, not just the select few who seem to have control over all the world's resources. We ALL have access to the Universal Intelligence and this access is through a connection with the earth. We are remembering the ancient wisdom and returning to the Source. Check out the Ringing Cedars Series, 9 books written by Vladimir Megre.
The only fear is in the people who have always been afraid. But for the people who are paying attention, detaching from the material world, and exploring their inner landscape, 2012 will be a time to rejoice. On the outside, however, the world will be getting worse before it gets better. We still have a roller coaster ride ahead of us. I see the biggest issue now is getting out of financial debt (for everyone) and emotionally detaching from money. I don't mean to stop using money, I simply mean to have NO more energy attached to it... no more worry, fear, power, excitement or any "emotion" attached to money. We need to return money to its original form: a tool, no more, no less. I see that people need to stop allowing money (or the lack of it) to dictate their self-esteem and personal value. By doing this, we, as the human race, can re-direct out planet's energy towards giving life to everyone instead of the unhealthy and panicked pursuit of paper "wealth".
And as far as getting out of debt, easier said than done, Right? I see that we need to support each other in this process. Not everyone is in debt because they were irresponsible. A lot of it was due to ignorance and misunderstanding by the average, every day American. There is a reason why advertising is a billion dollar industry... because it works! When credit card companies and mortgage companies "advertise" that they have a good deal, "Just come on in and buy your new house today", they know what they're doing, but the average person does not always get it. Congress just passed laws in December to better control the credit card companies deceptive treatment of their customers, such as raising interest rates for no reason and doubling fees when a payment is simply one day late. Many people are in debt due to theft and manipulation. This is one reason for the economy struggles today.
When I say that we need to support each other, this could be to help your friends and family pay off debt, but it also means LETS START TALKING ABOUT MONEY. I wrote about this in the blog below. Thank you for your responses. I love these conversations.
I see these as exciting times. The "pole shift" that many New Agers talk about is an internal one. Our internal poles are shifting, from survival and external pursuits to self exploration and owning our power to connect with the Universal Intelligence without an intermediary. God belongs to all of us, this realization is where our planet is quickly headed. Time is speeding up, because we are finally getting all the information we need to break free and THRIVE.
The only fear in the 2012 thing is for the people who are not prepared for the transformation, which has already begun. December 2012 is the end of the Mayan Calendar (some researchers say it is actually 2013), but this does not mean the end of the world. It is only the end of the 500 years of darkness and slavery that we have been experiencing for generations. A disconnection from Mother Nature is akin to slavery since people no longer know how to live life without machines. The 2012 transformation is an awakening of consciousness. It is a remembering. It is a return to the Universal Intelligence to which we all have access, not just the select few who seem to have control over all the world's resources. We ALL have access to the Universal Intelligence and this access is through a connection with the earth. We are remembering the ancient wisdom and returning to the Source. Check out the Ringing Cedars Series, 9 books written by Vladimir Megre.
The only fear is in the people who have always been afraid. But for the people who are paying attention, detaching from the material world, and exploring their inner landscape, 2012 will be a time to rejoice. On the outside, however, the world will be getting worse before it gets better. We still have a roller coaster ride ahead of us. I see the biggest issue now is getting out of financial debt (for everyone) and emotionally detaching from money. I don't mean to stop using money, I simply mean to have NO more energy attached to it... no more worry, fear, power, excitement or any "emotion" attached to money. We need to return money to its original form: a tool, no more, no less. I see that people need to stop allowing money (or the lack of it) to dictate their self-esteem and personal value. By doing this, we, as the human race, can re-direct out planet's energy towards giving life to everyone instead of the unhealthy and panicked pursuit of paper "wealth".
And as far as getting out of debt, easier said than done, Right? I see that we need to support each other in this process. Not everyone is in debt because they were irresponsible. A lot of it was due to ignorance and misunderstanding by the average, every day American. There is a reason why advertising is a billion dollar industry... because it works! When credit card companies and mortgage companies "advertise" that they have a good deal, "Just come on in and buy your new house today", they know what they're doing, but the average person does not always get it. Congress just passed laws in December to better control the credit card companies deceptive treatment of their customers, such as raising interest rates for no reason and doubling fees when a payment is simply one day late. Many people are in debt due to theft and manipulation. This is one reason for the economy struggles today.
When I say that we need to support each other, this could be to help your friends and family pay off debt, but it also means LETS START TALKING ABOUT MONEY. I wrote about this in the blog below. Thank you for your responses. I love these conversations.
I see these as exciting times. The "pole shift" that many New Agers talk about is an internal one. Our internal poles are shifting, from survival and external pursuits to self exploration and owning our power to connect with the Universal Intelligence without an intermediary. God belongs to all of us, this realization is where our planet is quickly headed. Time is speeding up, because we are finally getting all the information we need to break free and THRIVE.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Thoughts about Money
It seems that some of people's stress about money might be the fact that no one is socially "allowed" to talk about it. I am not "allowed" to come right out and say that all we need to save our house is $1,000 because some people seem "threatened" by this information. I have realized that our society's fear of just talking about money is a huge part of the problem with our country's economy. I literally think that people are scared that by talking about their money, that they will become vulnerable and exposed somehow. Money itself is not a reflection of us, but how we deal with money is. Perhaps we can help each other learn better ways of dealing with money if we could just talk with each other about why it is, or is not, working.
When our family business burnt down in 2007, several times a day, people sympathetically said, "If there is anything you need, just ask." Well, I experimented with how people would react to the money conversation and I answered very honestly, "We need money to pay our bills now that we have no income for awhile," and people got soooo uncomfortable. The next thing I knew, the conversation was suddenly over.
It made me realize: how many other people do I know who really need help but are too socially afraid to just say it? What is wrong with needing help? Would our entire country be in better condition financially right now if people would just get over this fear and start talking about what is going on with our money?!?! I think that this secrecy about finances works in favor of those who are trying to control the masses. If no one is talking, face to face, about our money, then how are we going to expose the lies on a larger scale? If we as a people don't talk, they won't either.
As a light-worker, I have never enjoyed secrecy or things hidden in shadows. It must be from what I experienced as a kid, but it does get under my skin when so many people are walking around pretending that everything is hunky-dory. The reason why our government is the way it is is because every day average people are they way they are. The macrocosm reflects the microcosm. It's okay to need help. It's okay to ask for help. But why the secrecy? Can't we just talk about it? How can we help each other out of financial difficulties if we can't bring ourselves to be okay with the possibility of conversation?
When our family business burnt down in 2007, several times a day, people sympathetically said, "If there is anything you need, just ask." Well, I experimented with how people would react to the money conversation and I answered very honestly, "We need money to pay our bills now that we have no income for awhile," and people got soooo uncomfortable. The next thing I knew, the conversation was suddenly over.
It made me realize: how many other people do I know who really need help but are too socially afraid to just say it? What is wrong with needing help? Would our entire country be in better condition financially right now if people would just get over this fear and start talking about what is going on with our money?!?! I think that this secrecy about finances works in favor of those who are trying to control the masses. If no one is talking, face to face, about our money, then how are we going to expose the lies on a larger scale? If we as a people don't talk, they won't either.
As a light-worker, I have never enjoyed secrecy or things hidden in shadows. It must be from what I experienced as a kid, but it does get under my skin when so many people are walking around pretending that everything is hunky-dory. The reason why our government is the way it is is because every day average people are they way they are. The macrocosm reflects the microcosm. It's okay to need help. It's okay to ask for help. But why the secrecy? Can't we just talk about it? How can we help each other out of financial difficulties if we can't bring ourselves to be okay with the possibility of conversation?
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