Good morning. Happy Sunday!
This morning I'd like to talk about love and conflict.
Love is the foundation of everything and the glue that holds the Universe together. Conflict tears it all apart.
Love is all we have left when we shed the constraints of our Ego world. There seems to be a lot of conflict (and power struggle) in a world dominated by Ego. Ego thrives on separation and Spirit is pure love. To connect to Spirit we can practice acts of love and kindness, remembering that we are all ONE. If we are all One, all a part of each other, then the power struggles fade away and Ego loses itself in pure love.
As we try to raise our vibration to a higher frequency, we will find it easier as we begin to release our Ego self that tries so hard to dominate and maintain the status quo. Ego would like for us to react and retaliate when others around us are treating us negatively. Ego is only trying to protect us and as a result, we often find our self in a fight or flight mentality. Instead we should remain calm and remember that when we react, we are allowing Ego to be in control. Conflict is an illusion. We are fighting our self.
If we listen to our Higher Self, we know that conflict is not what we want. How can it be when Spirit is pure love? We don't really want to hurt our self, which is what we do we we hurt others.
To avoid and resolve conflict before it begins, we must listen to Spirit instead of Ego. This is not easy, and in fact is very difficult in the heat of the moment.
When I find myself angry, it seems like the last thing I want to do is love my "enemy." No, my Ego often rules the moment and I find my Higher Self sitting on the sidelines, watching. After the Ego tantrum, my rational self returns and tries hard to clean up the fallout created by my reactionary Ego moment. No one wins. No ONE.
Instead, as we progress on our Spiritual journey, we must train our self, and this means our Ego, to practice love in the face of conflict. If our Higher Self is in control, then that is wonderful and we should not react at all, but if instead, our Ego is still running the show, then we have to tame it and teach it to react with kindness instead of anger and more negativity. This becomes easier the more we do it.
The Ego part of our self is like a child that feels threatened by almost everything. If we can allow our Higher Self to guide our Ego with love, then perhaps we can diffuse conflict and have a more amenable outcome to most negative situations that arise.
In most conflicts, we can choose kindness instead of reacting with the same negativity that is being thrown at us. If we see the Wholeness of our self, we realize that somehow the negativity we are experiencing is a reflection of some part of our self that is hurting and crying out for love. Feed the love and not the anger. Love thyself.
This is certainly easier in theory than in practice in a world that promotes separatism and feeds the Ego mentality. But we have to try. If we want to change our world (and our lives) to be one of peace, love and kindness, then that is what we must practice. We must become what we want our lives to reflect.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Today is Now (12.22.13)
Good morning. Happy Sunday!
Today, I'd like to focus on the NOW.
What is it? Simple. It is past, present and future all rolled into this single, glorious moment we are in. There is nothing else.
You can think about the past, but your memories are occurring now. You can visualize the future, but your ideas are happening now. Now is absolutely all we have.
This moment is right now. This moment I am alive. I breathe, my heart beats...I am life now.
In this moment what am I feeling? I can choose to alter my mood to one of peace and joy, if it is not there already. This moment creates the next. How would I like to go into the next moment? With feelings of love?
I choose to practice acts of kindness and love in this moment, knowing those acts will reflect back into my next moments.
This is how we create the life we want to live---by creating a perfect NOW moment.
Now, this morning, the sun shines and I am in awe of its life giving force, enjoying the warmth and light that comes to me now. There is a sprinkling of new snow on the ground and I am blessed with the moisture that will melt into the earth.
Right now, I can acknowledge all of the things I am grateful for.
Right now, I can practice kindness and patience with the people I am with.
Right now, I can remember that my Ego is an illusion, and I can choose to listen to my Higher Self.
Right now, I can be love.
Right now, I can feel my connection to All That Is, the Wholeness, the Oneness.
Right now, I can simply be, without any judgement of self, of others, or situations I find myself in.
Right now, I am.
Let us all practice being present in our NOW moments. Let us simply be. In the NOW.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
Today, I'd like to focus on the NOW.
What is it? Simple. It is past, present and future all rolled into this single, glorious moment we are in. There is nothing else.
You can think about the past, but your memories are occurring now. You can visualize the future, but your ideas are happening now. Now is absolutely all we have.
This moment is right now. This moment I am alive. I breathe, my heart beats...I am life now.
In this moment what am I feeling? I can choose to alter my mood to one of peace and joy, if it is not there already. This moment creates the next. How would I like to go into the next moment? With feelings of love?
I choose to practice acts of kindness and love in this moment, knowing those acts will reflect back into my next moments.
This is how we create the life we want to live---by creating a perfect NOW moment.
Now, this morning, the sun shines and I am in awe of its life giving force, enjoying the warmth and light that comes to me now. There is a sprinkling of new snow on the ground and I am blessed with the moisture that will melt into the earth.
Right now, I can acknowledge all of the things I am grateful for.
Right now, I can practice kindness and patience with the people I am with.
Right now, I can remember that my Ego is an illusion, and I can choose to listen to my Higher Self.
Right now, I can be love.
Right now, I can feel my connection to All That Is, the Wholeness, the Oneness.
Right now, I can simply be, without any judgement of self, of others, or situations I find myself in.
Right now, I am.
Let us all practice being present in our NOW moments. Let us simply be. In the NOW.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Other worlds (12.15.13)
Good morning. Happy Sunday!
This week as we navigate the cold temperatures here on our little farmstead, I have found the same subject coming up over and over again in the reading material I find myself surrounded with. It shows up in books, in articles, and even in an online class I have been taking. That subject is, remarkably enough, out of body travel or astral travel.
Now, I tried this when I was a teenager, without much luck. Actually without any luck at all, but I remained interested and aware of the possibilities.
It seems odd now that this would show up, but, I like to be thankful for gifts from the Universe, and having so much time to spend inside, I began to read. As I delved more into the subject, trying to determine if some of my dreams are actually ventures to the astral plane, or another dimension, I discovered that there are many conflicting opinions on this. However, those who have been actively studying out of body experiences, and regularly recording their data, seem to all conclude that there are several other dimensions that we as spiritual beings have access to. Our dreams may be one door to these other dimensions, but there are other ways to get there as well, such as deep meditation.
This is interesting as I have been meditating regularly for many years now, but have not been aware of traveling out of body as I slip into Alpha, the most aware trance-like state of consciousness. Perhaps I need to go deeper? This usually leads me to fall asleep, and I'm back in the dream land, which may or may not be another dimension.
Another subject that has been coming up for a while is quantum jumping, which involves actively visiting parallel realities (or dimensions) in order to gain some perspective on a more successful or happier version of ourselves. Is it possible that we can simply slide into a parallel dimension without even noticing? Obviously there are infinite possibilities for alternate realities, such as how our lives might look had we made different choices. Because we have vast amounts of choices in any given day, imagine the potential spin off for different versions of ourselves in slightly different realities.
All of this information allows my mind to stretch and expand as I begin to wonder about the solidity of the fabric of my current reality. Is it possible that we, as a unified culture, can slide or jump into another dimension where humanity is not destroying the planet and everything on it? Is it possible that as we, as individuals, can make minor changes to our own lives, recognizing the potential to change the outcome of the shared human experience?
One thing I did learn this week from all of my reading, was that regardless of how many dimensions there may be out there, or inside of me, as it may actually be, the underlying message seems to be the same. There are other realities we can't even begin to understand, and the physical death of the body is another doorway into higher dimensions. It would appear, however, that as we travel throughout our life (lives) the most important thing to consider is the evolution of our spiritual selves. When we leave this reality, we may very well find ourselves in another dimension facing the very same lessons we have been facing in our physical form.
There is absolutely no way around it then. We must continue on a path to better ourselves and raise our spiritual vibrations so that no matter which reality we find ourselves in, it will be one of joy, love and happiness. And it doesn't matter which dimension we are in, the truth of it is that our reality (or realities) mirrors what is inside of us--our thoughts and feelings and attitudes about ourselves and our world.
Keeping this in mind, it becomes so important that we learn to rise above Ego and practice kindness, expressing love to everyone and everything. Keep positive thoughts in your mind. Thoughts become our realities. Let us all work together to create a reality of peace and love on a beautiful and healthy planet that sustains life. We can do this. With a little bit of determination and active control of our thoughts, we can reshape the future of our planet and humanity to one of peace, love and unity.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
This week as we navigate the cold temperatures here on our little farmstead, I have found the same subject coming up over and over again in the reading material I find myself surrounded with. It shows up in books, in articles, and even in an online class I have been taking. That subject is, remarkably enough, out of body travel or astral travel.
Now, I tried this when I was a teenager, without much luck. Actually without any luck at all, but I remained interested and aware of the possibilities.
It seems odd now that this would show up, but, I like to be thankful for gifts from the Universe, and having so much time to spend inside, I began to read. As I delved more into the subject, trying to determine if some of my dreams are actually ventures to the astral plane, or another dimension, I discovered that there are many conflicting opinions on this. However, those who have been actively studying out of body experiences, and regularly recording their data, seem to all conclude that there are several other dimensions that we as spiritual beings have access to. Our dreams may be one door to these other dimensions, but there are other ways to get there as well, such as deep meditation.
This is interesting as I have been meditating regularly for many years now, but have not been aware of traveling out of body as I slip into Alpha, the most aware trance-like state of consciousness. Perhaps I need to go deeper? This usually leads me to fall asleep, and I'm back in the dream land, which may or may not be another dimension.
Another subject that has been coming up for a while is quantum jumping, which involves actively visiting parallel realities (or dimensions) in order to gain some perspective on a more successful or happier version of ourselves. Is it possible that we can simply slide into a parallel dimension without even noticing? Obviously there are infinite possibilities for alternate realities, such as how our lives might look had we made different choices. Because we have vast amounts of choices in any given day, imagine the potential spin off for different versions of ourselves in slightly different realities.
All of this information allows my mind to stretch and expand as I begin to wonder about the solidity of the fabric of my current reality. Is it possible that we, as a unified culture, can slide or jump into another dimension where humanity is not destroying the planet and everything on it? Is it possible that as we, as individuals, can make minor changes to our own lives, recognizing the potential to change the outcome of the shared human experience?
One thing I did learn this week from all of my reading, was that regardless of how many dimensions there may be out there, or inside of me, as it may actually be, the underlying message seems to be the same. There are other realities we can't even begin to understand, and the physical death of the body is another doorway into higher dimensions. It would appear, however, that as we travel throughout our life (lives) the most important thing to consider is the evolution of our spiritual selves. When we leave this reality, we may very well find ourselves in another dimension facing the very same lessons we have been facing in our physical form.
There is absolutely no way around it then. We must continue on a path to better ourselves and raise our spiritual vibrations so that no matter which reality we find ourselves in, it will be one of joy, love and happiness. And it doesn't matter which dimension we are in, the truth of it is that our reality (or realities) mirrors what is inside of us--our thoughts and feelings and attitudes about ourselves and our world.
Keeping this in mind, it becomes so important that we learn to rise above Ego and practice kindness, expressing love to everyone and everything. Keep positive thoughts in your mind. Thoughts become our realities. Let us all work together to create a reality of peace and love on a beautiful and healthy planet that sustains life. We can do this. With a little bit of determination and active control of our thoughts, we can reshape the future of our planet and humanity to one of peace, love and unity.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Cabin Fever (12.8.13)
Good morning. Happy Sunday!
It is cold out there! So much of the country is in the midst of a winter storm with very cold temperatures. The most important thing now is to keep warm and make sure you have enough provisions to get through these cold, winter days. It is also vital that we take care of our mental and spiritual selves.
Some of us enjoy the winter weather, and use our time to play in the snow, and that's wonderful. But some of us find ourselves fighting a sour mood that comes in with the cold.
While, for some of us, it seems like it will never end, be assured, this too shall pass and soon we will be embracing the warm winds of Spring.
The cold, and our bad moods, may seem overwhelming, but we have to remember to keep positive thoughts in our minds and warm, positive visions in our heads as we go about our days. We can use this time to strengthen ourselves through meditation practice, through learning new things and even by reading mind opening books. We might try to finish indoor projects we never got around to or begin something entirely new. It is important that we do not allow ourselves to be sucked into the negative thinking that tends to come with the freezing temperatures. Instead, we can use this time to expand our knowledge and our awareness.
Some of us may be suffering from "cabin fever," seemingly stuck in our homes as the snow blows outside. Reach out and make connections. Call an old friend and catch up, write a letter to a relative you haven't seen for a while, invite your neighbors into your home and share a warm meal, but try to stay connected to others. If you can get out, you might take a class somewhere and meet new people. You can take online classes too, and most have chat rooms to connect to other students.
We can also use this time to explore and strengthen our family relationships. Spend a little more time with your spouse and/or your children and share the love in your heart. Your family may consist of friends and pets, and that's okay too. All of life is your family. Spend time with them and share good feelings. Cuddle up and stay warm and enjoy some quality time with the beings you love.
As the cold wind blows and the snow flies, and the temperatures drop, we can still warm our spiritual selves by sharing the love in our hearts, and connecting to life around us. We are all One, and we are never really alone. It is important to remember that each of us is connected to the rest. Show gratitude for that connection and nurture yourself and others through expressions of love.
Stay warm.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
It is cold out there! So much of the country is in the midst of a winter storm with very cold temperatures. The most important thing now is to keep warm and make sure you have enough provisions to get through these cold, winter days. It is also vital that we take care of our mental and spiritual selves.
Some of us enjoy the winter weather, and use our time to play in the snow, and that's wonderful. But some of us find ourselves fighting a sour mood that comes in with the cold.
While, for some of us, it seems like it will never end, be assured, this too shall pass and soon we will be embracing the warm winds of Spring.
The cold, and our bad moods, may seem overwhelming, but we have to remember to keep positive thoughts in our minds and warm, positive visions in our heads as we go about our days. We can use this time to strengthen ourselves through meditation practice, through learning new things and even by reading mind opening books. We might try to finish indoor projects we never got around to or begin something entirely new. It is important that we do not allow ourselves to be sucked into the negative thinking that tends to come with the freezing temperatures. Instead, we can use this time to expand our knowledge and our awareness.
Some of us may be suffering from "cabin fever," seemingly stuck in our homes as the snow blows outside. Reach out and make connections. Call an old friend and catch up, write a letter to a relative you haven't seen for a while, invite your neighbors into your home and share a warm meal, but try to stay connected to others. If you can get out, you might take a class somewhere and meet new people. You can take online classes too, and most have chat rooms to connect to other students.
We can also use this time to explore and strengthen our family relationships. Spend a little more time with your spouse and/or your children and share the love in your heart. Your family may consist of friends and pets, and that's okay too. All of life is your family. Spend time with them and share good feelings. Cuddle up and stay warm and enjoy some quality time with the beings you love.
As the cold wind blows and the snow flies, and the temperatures drop, we can still warm our spiritual selves by sharing the love in our hearts, and connecting to life around us. We are all One, and we are never really alone. It is important to remember that each of us is connected to the rest. Show gratitude for that connection and nurture yourself and others through expressions of love.
Stay warm.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Pieces of the visualization puzzle (12.1.13)
Good morning. Happy Sunday!
This past week and a half of bitter cold weather has left me in a sour mood, where I mainly focus on finding a warmer place to move by surfing the internet in the hope of finding an affordable and vacant place in a nice small town, where the lows never fall below 20 F. This is not productive for anyone.
I have neglected my spiritual self, my artistic self, my family and my household chores as I lock myself in my own mind and try to create a dreamscape of sunshine and blue skies, a warm house and a warmer climate for my family and farm animals to live in. None of this actually changes the cold temperatures that haunt me. Nor does it seem to change my crankiness.
This leads me to think more about the act of visualization, and how when done correctly and in a focused manner, the act of daydreaming can indeed bring about the changes we desire, if we let the Universe in to participate in our co-creation.
I have been studying the subject of creating my own reality for a while, but rarely have much luck in attaining my goals. Why is that, I have to wonder? What am I doing wrong?
Well, most likely in my case, I forget to actively visualize several times a day. I forget to be specific, and instead my thoughts oscillate between here and there and never settle on a specific scenario I would like to create. Also, my negative self talk tends to sabotage anything positive I have been creating. One little word, one negative thought, one negative sentence spewed from my mouth, and it's all gone--all of my positive visualization is wiped away, erased from my creative canvas.
I have read that it takes seven positive comments to undo one negative. This is in relation to child rearing, but I suspect the same might be true for our own self talk. Seven positive words or thoughts to undo each negative, or to counter the negativity we have created with our reactionary words. Think about that.
Wouldn't it be better to not say the words at all? Or think them (which is much harder, in my opinion)? Certainly something to aspire to. But, in the event we do find ourselves thinking or speaking or even acting in dis-empowering ways, we have to balance the energy by turning it around. If you can, stop the negativity and begin to act in a positive and kind manner, even if it is in your own head. Thoughts have a lot of power and energy.
As we gain control of our thoughts and words, we tame Ego, and are much more likely to have positive results as we create the life we want to live.
We can practice our visualizations, which are so powerful in their own right, as we strive to live more consciously. See the world you want in your mind and flesh out the details. Be there, live there, and do this for a few minutes each day, reveling in the joy and happiness the vision brings you. It never hurts to continually think about this as you go about your day, picturing how you'd like things to turn out, but do not get stuck in how the current reality does not match the one in your head. Do not let the negativity in to cloud your beautiful vision, for when you do, it fades away into nothing.
Instead, realize that creation takes time. As you think about the wonderful life you want, you are laying the foundation for tomorrow. Those thoughts are creating, working together to weave a future where your dreams come true.
Find gratitude for the things you have now, and take small steps to take yourself toward the life you see in your head. Those small steps certainly include thinking positive and countering negativity as it pops up. While I may think I am working towards my goal by endlessly searching for a warmer climate to relocate to, and this does help with visualization, as I neglect my current reality, I forget to find gratitude for what I do have, and this is a big part of the puzzle. Without gratitude, I spiral into negativity, and this erases the good work I may have done thus far in achieving the life I want.
This week, in the aftermath of Thanksgiving, we should continue to find gratitude in our own lives for what we do have--family, friends, shelter, food, electricity, water, clean air---and in spite of the obstacles in our lives, we should strive to keep our thoughts positive.
Hold your visions and dreams close to your heart and don't let them be washed away with a careless word or errant thought. If you find yourself in a negative state of mind, remember to be in the NOW, where, generally things are just fine and how they should be. Get yourself back on track with positive thoughts...about anything at all. (Guided meditation can help with this, if you are having trouble coming out of a negative spell.)
As you continue to create positive in your life (positive thoughts, words, actions), then more positive will show up in your life and you will find synchronicities or coincidences occurring that are leading you toward the vision you have created for yourself--the vision of the best life you want to live and the best person you want to be.
Good luck.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
This past week and a half of bitter cold weather has left me in a sour mood, where I mainly focus on finding a warmer place to move by surfing the internet in the hope of finding an affordable and vacant place in a nice small town, where the lows never fall below 20 F. This is not productive for anyone.
I have neglected my spiritual self, my artistic self, my family and my household chores as I lock myself in my own mind and try to create a dreamscape of sunshine and blue skies, a warm house and a warmer climate for my family and farm animals to live in. None of this actually changes the cold temperatures that haunt me. Nor does it seem to change my crankiness.
This leads me to think more about the act of visualization, and how when done correctly and in a focused manner, the act of daydreaming can indeed bring about the changes we desire, if we let the Universe in to participate in our co-creation.
I have been studying the subject of creating my own reality for a while, but rarely have much luck in attaining my goals. Why is that, I have to wonder? What am I doing wrong?
Well, most likely in my case, I forget to actively visualize several times a day. I forget to be specific, and instead my thoughts oscillate between here and there and never settle on a specific scenario I would like to create. Also, my negative self talk tends to sabotage anything positive I have been creating. One little word, one negative thought, one negative sentence spewed from my mouth, and it's all gone--all of my positive visualization is wiped away, erased from my creative canvas.
I have read that it takes seven positive comments to undo one negative. This is in relation to child rearing, but I suspect the same might be true for our own self talk. Seven positive words or thoughts to undo each negative, or to counter the negativity we have created with our reactionary words. Think about that.
Wouldn't it be better to not say the words at all? Or think them (which is much harder, in my opinion)? Certainly something to aspire to. But, in the event we do find ourselves thinking or speaking or even acting in dis-empowering ways, we have to balance the energy by turning it around. If you can, stop the negativity and begin to act in a positive and kind manner, even if it is in your own head. Thoughts have a lot of power and energy.
As we gain control of our thoughts and words, we tame Ego, and are much more likely to have positive results as we create the life we want to live.
We can practice our visualizations, which are so powerful in their own right, as we strive to live more consciously. See the world you want in your mind and flesh out the details. Be there, live there, and do this for a few minutes each day, reveling in the joy and happiness the vision brings you. It never hurts to continually think about this as you go about your day, picturing how you'd like things to turn out, but do not get stuck in how the current reality does not match the one in your head. Do not let the negativity in to cloud your beautiful vision, for when you do, it fades away into nothing.
Instead, realize that creation takes time. As you think about the wonderful life you want, you are laying the foundation for tomorrow. Those thoughts are creating, working together to weave a future where your dreams come true.
Find gratitude for the things you have now, and take small steps to take yourself toward the life you see in your head. Those small steps certainly include thinking positive and countering negativity as it pops up. While I may think I am working towards my goal by endlessly searching for a warmer climate to relocate to, and this does help with visualization, as I neglect my current reality, I forget to find gratitude for what I do have, and this is a big part of the puzzle. Without gratitude, I spiral into negativity, and this erases the good work I may have done thus far in achieving the life I want.
This week, in the aftermath of Thanksgiving, we should continue to find gratitude in our own lives for what we do have--family, friends, shelter, food, electricity, water, clean air---and in spite of the obstacles in our lives, we should strive to keep our thoughts positive.
Hold your visions and dreams close to your heart and don't let them be washed away with a careless word or errant thought. If you find yourself in a negative state of mind, remember to be in the NOW, where, generally things are just fine and how they should be. Get yourself back on track with positive thoughts...about anything at all. (Guided meditation can help with this, if you are having trouble coming out of a negative spell.)
As you continue to create positive in your life (positive thoughts, words, actions), then more positive will show up in your life and you will find synchronicities or coincidences occurring that are leading you toward the vision you have created for yourself--the vision of the best life you want to live and the best person you want to be.
Good luck.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
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