Good morning. Happy Sunday!
I hope everyone had a chance to recognize and celebrate Global Oneness Day, which was officially recognized yesterday, but which, in reality, is every day.
Every single moment we have the opportunity to be one with All That Is, including every person and thing around us. If we could recognize our profound connection to one another and to Nature, it would simply be near impossible to inflict harm upon anything without first considering the ramifications to everything else. It is my dream that one day, humanity will reach this state of spiritual evolution.
Until that point, the best we can do is the best we can do. While it may not make a major difference in the state of the planet, both ecologically and socially, it will make a difference in our own lives if we decide to live in a manner that is true to spirit and honors all of life and all of Nature. Do the right thing. Live correctly and gently upon the Earth, because you can.
Be the example. Be the change.
As more people begin to recognize themselves in the eyes of others, they too will begin to live in a more sustainable way as they realize that this fine planet is our only home (for now).
Why would anyone choose otherwise?
As we awaken to our own personal power, it becomes more difficult to de-evolve and go back to a way of life that not only did not nurture our spiritual selves, but also did not honor our Mother Earth, Father Sky and all of the Spiritual Universe that surrounds us. We are a part of that Universe -- more so than we are a part of the materialistic world in which we find our human selves.
Recognize yourself in everything. Not just One day, but every day. It is vitally important. As you awaken to Yourself, Humanity awakens to itself. 100 monkeys. As more become aware, we reach critical mass and the majority begins to participate in a spiritual revolution. It is this evolution that has the potential to save humankind as well as this beautiful planet we live on.
Join me. Join One. Acknowledge your part in the web of life. Recognize the pieces as they fit together to create One living, breathing organism --- this great Earth. Allow yourself to open to your Spiritual home of simply being and flowing with the Universal energy (love) that creates and sustains your soul.
Have a great day!
~Rev Kerry
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Friday, October 24, 2014
Happy Global Oneness Day!
Today is Global Oneness Day. Come together and celebrate our connection to each other and All That Is.
Have a wonderful day!
Love to all.
~Rev Kerry
Have a wonderful day!
Love to all.
~Rev Kerry
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Confrontation and learning (10. 19.14)
Good morning. Happy Sunday!
Know this: You can not change anyone else, you can only change yourself.
I have had a recent personal experience that has brought this all to light again for me. And I have realized that there comes a point when it is certainly okay to stand up for ourselves and our own rights. If we are not hurting anyone and are living within the rights of the laws we have the right to continue to do so. But, how we express ourselves in the face of these confrontations and personal challenges says a lot about who WE are and not so much about who other people are. In reality and in the grand scheme of things, that person does not matter nearly as much as your own reaction and your own growth and spiritual advancement as you go through your life.
As much as we'd like to, when things get tough with those around us, we will never be able to make them change or even see our point of view, in most cases. And they shouldn't. It sure is frustrating though, isn't it?
The people that surround us are our greatest teachers. Not only the people that bring us joy and obvious positive teachings, but all people have something to show us about ourselves. If someone is getting on your nerves, you might ask yourself why? Your reaction to them or their actions is your issue, not theirs. Why are they pushing your buttons? What do you have to learn about yourself?
It is important that you take the time to explore your own feelings and very important that you do not REACT when in a volatile situation. Certainly take the necessary measures to protect yourself and even defend yourself if need be, but do not ever participate in the violence. There is a great form of communication that teaches nonviolence and how to handle yourself in potential violent situations -- how to diffuse the altercation. Nonviolent Communication (NVC). It would do everyone good to explore and possibly learn this method of communication. There are often classes offered around the country to teach the methodology and application of NVC.
In most situations we encounter in our daily life, the people are not particularly violent, but they may be acting contrary to our points of view or what we are trying to accomplish. In these situations, it is helpful to remember the mirror analogy. Everyone around us is a reflection of some part of use. It is our job to determine how another's behaviors or words are also a part of our own behavior and belief system, often when we can't recognize it within ourselves.
When we can see ourselves in those around us, not only do we experience empathy, but we allow ourselves to accept parts of ourselves that we need to work on. Acceptance is the beginning. Acknowledging the issues gives us the doorway to change.
Everything is an opportunity to learn. Every situation and person we meet has the potential to teach us something about ourselves, We can choose to embrace that opportunity to learn or we can avoid and deny that which is within ourselves that we may need to work on.
What is your life telling you? What are the messages? What do you need to recognize and work on within yourself?
Instead of reacting, let us open our eyes and our minds and really see what is being offered in every situation. Perhaps a situation is presenting itself as an opportunity for you to stand up for yourself and say hey, I have rights too. But we can do this in a calm and rational way.
Express love and kindness.
Have a great day!
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
Know this: You can not change anyone else, you can only change yourself.
I have had a recent personal experience that has brought this all to light again for me. And I have realized that there comes a point when it is certainly okay to stand up for ourselves and our own rights. If we are not hurting anyone and are living within the rights of the laws we have the right to continue to do so. But, how we express ourselves in the face of these confrontations and personal challenges says a lot about who WE are and not so much about who other people are. In reality and in the grand scheme of things, that person does not matter nearly as much as your own reaction and your own growth and spiritual advancement as you go through your life.
As much as we'd like to, when things get tough with those around us, we will never be able to make them change or even see our point of view, in most cases. And they shouldn't. It sure is frustrating though, isn't it?
The people that surround us are our greatest teachers. Not only the people that bring us joy and obvious positive teachings, but all people have something to show us about ourselves. If someone is getting on your nerves, you might ask yourself why? Your reaction to them or their actions is your issue, not theirs. Why are they pushing your buttons? What do you have to learn about yourself?
It is important that you take the time to explore your own feelings and very important that you do not REACT when in a volatile situation. Certainly take the necessary measures to protect yourself and even defend yourself if need be, but do not ever participate in the violence. There is a great form of communication that teaches nonviolence and how to handle yourself in potential violent situations -- how to diffuse the altercation. Nonviolent Communication (NVC). It would do everyone good to explore and possibly learn this method of communication. There are often classes offered around the country to teach the methodology and application of NVC.
In most situations we encounter in our daily life, the people are not particularly violent, but they may be acting contrary to our points of view or what we are trying to accomplish. In these situations, it is helpful to remember the mirror analogy. Everyone around us is a reflection of some part of use. It is our job to determine how another's behaviors or words are also a part of our own behavior and belief system, often when we can't recognize it within ourselves.
When we can see ourselves in those around us, not only do we experience empathy, but we allow ourselves to accept parts of ourselves that we need to work on. Acceptance is the beginning. Acknowledging the issues gives us the doorway to change.
Everything is an opportunity to learn. Every situation and person we meet has the potential to teach us something about ourselves, We can choose to embrace that opportunity to learn or we can avoid and deny that which is within ourselves that we may need to work on.
What is your life telling you? What are the messages? What do you need to recognize and work on within yourself?
Instead of reacting, let us open our eyes and our minds and really see what is being offered in every situation. Perhaps a situation is presenting itself as an opportunity for you to stand up for yourself and say hey, I have rights too. But we can do this in a calm and rational way.
Express love and kindness.
Have a great day!
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Another moment of gratitude (10.12.14)
Good morning. Happy Sunday.
Today I would like to focus on gratitude, which we should do often throughout our lives and throughout our days.
Let us give thanks for shelter and food, no matter where we are. When we have a warm place to sleep and enough food to fill our bellies, it is a good day.
Let us find appreciation for clean water to drink, because it is so important that we not take for granted our access to and our ability to have clean drinking water.
Let us find thanks in our very souls for the good people that come into our lives and bless us with their presence for how ever long they stay. Human interactions and relationships are remarkable things, always changing, sometimes unpredictable, but with so much potential to teach us about each other and about ourselves. Everyone is a mirror of who we are, reflecting our good and our bad back at us.
Be grateful for this Blessed planet we call home, our Sacred and Divine Mother Earth, who gives us abundance in the form of life and sustenance every single day. She keeps us grounded and reminds us of our connection to all things natural and the Web of Life, of which we are an intricate part.
Be thankful for the air we breath and grateful if it is clean. Take a few deep breaths of this precious air and remember that this too is threatened by our very way of life. This air carries oxygen into our very core and feeds our cells so that we may continue to enjoy our lives. Perhaps take a moment to think about how we might reduce our carbon foot prints and bring more clean air to our Earth and to the only home we will ever know.
Enjoy and appreciate the creatures and plants around you, be they tame or wild, for they share in this thing we call life on this planet Earth we call home. They are our allies, our friends and our brothers and sisters. Be thankful they are there to share your time and space.
Be ever grateful that you have this opportunity to live and express yourself in this time, that you as a spirit have chosen to inhabit this place and this human body. It is a miracle that we simply live. Enjoy yourself and give and receive love wherever you can. Share of your heart and open your soul so that you might connect with other spirits as they too experience themselves in human form.
I am thankful to be here. I am grateful for friends and family, past and present. I am very appreciative of my home and the wonderful food that we take from our Mother Nature so that we might continue to live and experience this life in this time and space. I am grateful to people who have helped and supported me over the years and I appreciate every single person on this planet simply for the spirit they are inside their human body. I am so lucky to be alive now. I will enjoy every moment of it, good or bad and cherish the time I have to be here in the company of Nature, the animals, the plants, the rocks, the mountains, the rivers and the big sky, and the wonderful people I continue to meet every single day.
Thank you.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
Today I would like to focus on gratitude, which we should do often throughout our lives and throughout our days.
Let us give thanks for shelter and food, no matter where we are. When we have a warm place to sleep and enough food to fill our bellies, it is a good day.
Let us find appreciation for clean water to drink, because it is so important that we not take for granted our access to and our ability to have clean drinking water.
Let us find thanks in our very souls for the good people that come into our lives and bless us with their presence for how ever long they stay. Human interactions and relationships are remarkable things, always changing, sometimes unpredictable, but with so much potential to teach us about each other and about ourselves. Everyone is a mirror of who we are, reflecting our good and our bad back at us.
Be grateful for this Blessed planet we call home, our Sacred and Divine Mother Earth, who gives us abundance in the form of life and sustenance every single day. She keeps us grounded and reminds us of our connection to all things natural and the Web of Life, of which we are an intricate part.
Be thankful for the air we breath and grateful if it is clean. Take a few deep breaths of this precious air and remember that this too is threatened by our very way of life. This air carries oxygen into our very core and feeds our cells so that we may continue to enjoy our lives. Perhaps take a moment to think about how we might reduce our carbon foot prints and bring more clean air to our Earth and to the only home we will ever know.
Enjoy and appreciate the creatures and plants around you, be they tame or wild, for they share in this thing we call life on this planet Earth we call home. They are our allies, our friends and our brothers and sisters. Be thankful they are there to share your time and space.
Be ever grateful that you have this opportunity to live and express yourself in this time, that you as a spirit have chosen to inhabit this place and this human body. It is a miracle that we simply live. Enjoy yourself and give and receive love wherever you can. Share of your heart and open your soul so that you might connect with other spirits as they too experience themselves in human form.
I am thankful to be here. I am grateful for friends and family, past and present. I am very appreciative of my home and the wonderful food that we take from our Mother Nature so that we might continue to live and experience this life in this time and space. I am grateful to people who have helped and supported me over the years and I appreciate every single person on this planet simply for the spirit they are inside their human body. I am so lucky to be alive now. I will enjoy every moment of it, good or bad and cherish the time I have to be here in the company of Nature, the animals, the plants, the rocks, the mountains, the rivers and the big sky, and the wonderful people I continue to meet every single day.
Thank you.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
Sunday, October 5, 2014
3 Lessons this week (10.5.14)
Good morning. Happy Sunday.
This week I have been reminded, once again, of a few important things. We have been moving from our off grid camper situation into a rental house for the winter--which brings me to my first lesson: Simplify.
It's time to let go of some more stuff. I realize this more than ever when I have to move. I have been unpacking boxes, and moving things from storage and the camper, and I realize it's just way too much stuff to keep hauling around. These things clutter up my life. Certainly a lot of our "stuff" is related to homesteading, such as waaaay too many canning jars, which would be great if we could actually fill them one year. Maybe next year we will be blessed with an overly abundant garden. In any case, holding on to stuff just bogs a person down. When you are feeling anchored to your things, like a weight dragging you down, pulling you under with the enormity of it all, it might just be the time to lesson the load. I'm feeling like that now. In order to keep the energy flowing, I have to get rid of some things. By giving things away, or even selling items cheaply, I ensure the energy will flow back to me and provide me with what I need.
The second point of this week is Gratitude. Boy am I ever grateful to have found this rental house that will allow all of our critters. I am even more thankful that it is a well designed passive solar house that needs little to no extra heat. Once again, the sun is providing us with nearly all of the warmth we need. It is amazing and miraculous to have found this wonderful house. I am grateful that my family will be safe and warm this winter. I appreciate this home and all that we do have every single day.
And the third point is Faith. My husband had a significant pay cut this past week, and we are living on the fumes of his old job, hoping the Universe will provide us with the means to afford this rental house and feed our family and all of our critters too. It's been difficult for me, trying to put my fear aside as we move everything we own into this new and temporary space. But as one door closes, yet another opens into a new space in our lives. What will happen next? Will anyone sign up for our recycling service? Can I get my alternative healing practice off the ground? Can I write a little something on the side and sell it? Can I sell some art? Or will one of us really have to go and get some dismal job to make ends meet. Certainly we can and will do this if it becomes necessary. But can we get by without it? It sure is hard to have faith when so much hangs in the balance. And yet, that is exactly what I must do. I have to know that the Universe will provide. So, I will take the step and release my fear, and leave it to the Field Of Pure Potentiality.
Yes, this week has been about lessons, these three specific and personal ones for me, but isn't life always full of lessons? There are so many opportunities that open up for us to learn and grow and expand our consciousness, and these opportunities appear every single day. Sometimes they are camouflaged in what we think are problems, which in fact most times they are, but instead of thinking of them as conflicts or obstacles, we can indeed change our perception so that we are able to see the gifts these moments bring to us. Without these particular incidents or life events, we would not have the opportunity to grow into better and more evolved people.
Thank you Universe for the trials and tribulations that come my way. May I live up to the challenge and face it head on so that I might become who it is I am meant to be.
Good luck with your lessons. Remember to take a second look and see what the Universe is trying to teach you, or what you are trying to teach yourself. For once you have mastered this lesson, you get to move on to the next.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
This week I have been reminded, once again, of a few important things. We have been moving from our off grid camper situation into a rental house for the winter--which brings me to my first lesson: Simplify.
It's time to let go of some more stuff. I realize this more than ever when I have to move. I have been unpacking boxes, and moving things from storage and the camper, and I realize it's just way too much stuff to keep hauling around. These things clutter up my life. Certainly a lot of our "stuff" is related to homesteading, such as waaaay too many canning jars, which would be great if we could actually fill them one year. Maybe next year we will be blessed with an overly abundant garden. In any case, holding on to stuff just bogs a person down. When you are feeling anchored to your things, like a weight dragging you down, pulling you under with the enormity of it all, it might just be the time to lesson the load. I'm feeling like that now. In order to keep the energy flowing, I have to get rid of some things. By giving things away, or even selling items cheaply, I ensure the energy will flow back to me and provide me with what I need.
The second point of this week is Gratitude. Boy am I ever grateful to have found this rental house that will allow all of our critters. I am even more thankful that it is a well designed passive solar house that needs little to no extra heat. Once again, the sun is providing us with nearly all of the warmth we need. It is amazing and miraculous to have found this wonderful house. I am grateful that my family will be safe and warm this winter. I appreciate this home and all that we do have every single day.
And the third point is Faith. My husband had a significant pay cut this past week, and we are living on the fumes of his old job, hoping the Universe will provide us with the means to afford this rental house and feed our family and all of our critters too. It's been difficult for me, trying to put my fear aside as we move everything we own into this new and temporary space. But as one door closes, yet another opens into a new space in our lives. What will happen next? Will anyone sign up for our recycling service? Can I get my alternative healing practice off the ground? Can I write a little something on the side and sell it? Can I sell some art? Or will one of us really have to go and get some dismal job to make ends meet. Certainly we can and will do this if it becomes necessary. But can we get by without it? It sure is hard to have faith when so much hangs in the balance. And yet, that is exactly what I must do. I have to know that the Universe will provide. So, I will take the step and release my fear, and leave it to the Field Of Pure Potentiality.
Yes, this week has been about lessons, these three specific and personal ones for me, but isn't life always full of lessons? There are so many opportunities that open up for us to learn and grow and expand our consciousness, and these opportunities appear every single day. Sometimes they are camouflaged in what we think are problems, which in fact most times they are, but instead of thinking of them as conflicts or obstacles, we can indeed change our perception so that we are able to see the gifts these moments bring to us. Without these particular incidents or life events, we would not have the opportunity to grow into better and more evolved people.
Thank you Universe for the trials and tribulations that come my way. May I live up to the challenge and face it head on so that I might become who it is I am meant to be.
Good luck with your lessons. Remember to take a second look and see what the Universe is trying to teach you, or what you are trying to teach yourself. For once you have mastered this lesson, you get to move on to the next.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
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