Category: Spiritual Blessings

The Divine Pilgrimage and Raja Yoga Meditation

The Supreme Soul, who is the Ocean of Knowledge, is not visible. However, it is the One who cannot be seen who is teaching you to remember Him.

from the Highest on High:

“I teach you Raja Yoga-the highest of all possible unions-the unique connection between the soul and the Supreme Soul.  I teach you to remember Me in order to remove your sorrow and lack of peace.  When you want to remember Me, you need only move your thoughts away from the physical world and all its attractions.  Having done this, you will be in a state of awareness that is only conscious of the soul and the Supreme Soul.  I say to you: Be Mine with your mind. Link your mind to My mind.  As you sit, as you move, as you walk, remember Me alone.  In remembering the name ‘God’, there isn’t the sweetness of the inheritance.  I am your Mother and Father.  You can call Me ‘Baba’.  By remembering Me as Baba, there is the experience of sweetness.  With this simple method, you will enjoy a divine relationship with Me.  I will take you beyond the consciousnss of the material world and lead you to a state of pure peace, love, and happiness.

Faith in Baba and faith in yourself is the first step.  Your thoughts will then walk towards My heart and My mind.  Then experience the result of linking your mind with My mind.  Your experience will become the proof of your relationship with Me; through this all attainments are possible.

I guarantee success to any child who comes to Me.  But I know you each come close to Me according to your role and the effort you make.  I never lose hope in any child.  You are all My children and you all have a right to connect with Me and to be with Me.  Why do you hesitate?  I only come when I am called.  I do not interfere or cause you any difficulty. I am your Obedient Servant.  I come to transform you and transform the world when you learn to connect your thoughts to Me.”

“Connect Your Thoughts to Me, With Love.” Supreme Soul

Remembering the Blessings!

Reviewed on October 1, 2016 and again on October 2, 2017.

The following blessings were noted in a journal many moons ago.  As I read them again today, I am blessed anew.  I am reminded of the benefits of keeping priorities straight and using the magic mantra~”Be mine in your mind, Remember Me alone”~Manmamabhav

January 5, 2015

I receive this Blessing:  You are the one who receives a great joy when you enable others to rise, shine, and soar.  By putting others first and letting go of all desires for yourself, you have won the heart of all, and you have become a World Benefactor.

January 6, 2015

You are the one whose luminous presence gives hope to the hopeless and courage to the disheartened.  Your light dissolves the weaknesses of souls and ignites the flame of power within.

January 7, 2015

Blessing:  With your stock of happy and Godly thoughts, you finish the stock of wasteful words and actions.  Because of this your spirituality fills the atmosphere with power and electrifies souls with the current of the Divine.

January 8, 2015

I receive this Blessing: You are the one, with magical eyes, who sees the beauty and speciality of each soul.  This vision unites the gathering and infuses every heart with a sense of belonging.

January 9, 2015

I receive this Blessing:  You are a child of the Bestower whose hands, heart, and mind flow with the riches of the Divine.  Because of this , desire has dissolved and the stamp of being a child of the Bestower is imprinted on your soul for all time.

January 10, 2015

The Beloved gives me this Blessing:  You have become a detached observer who strolls through each moment with a Beautiful Companion who all souls have sought through time.  Because of this, you sing the song of your fortune and bubble with joy in this Diamond Age.

January 12, 2015

Blessing:  You are the one who breaks free of the cage of bondages by letting go of the word “mine” and  flies like an angel through Godly skies.  Give this Blessing to the world.  From a caged bird, you have become an angel who soars with the wings of freedom, light, and love as you let go of the word “my” (mine) i.e. my pain, my body, my house, my car, my idea, etc,

January 13, 2015

The Beloved gave me this Blessing:  You are a perfect yogi.  You continue to smile and sing songs of wonder knowing that the greatness of sorrow is how it allows our days of happiness to come.

January 14, 2015

He blesses me with this Blessing:  You benefit yourself and shine with the Glow of God’s Light.  Because of this you remove the illness of spiritual disheartentment in all souls.  Your example infuses them with faith and inspires them to rise to their soul’s heights.

January 15, 2015

He blesses me with this:  Just as 1 drop of water cannot penetrate waterproof material, God’s Love has made you “mayaproof”.  No illusion or attraction can penetrate the barrier of this eternal and altruistic love.

January 16, 2016

He blesses me with this Blessing:  With the magic mantra of Remembrance, you can achieve whatever you wish.  By keeping this mantra in your awareness constantly, you achieve boundless success and a future beyond your wildest dreams.

Mantra= Be mine in your mind, Remember Me alone.

January 17, 2016

Blessing from Above:  You see yourself as special and only speak of the specialty of others.  Because of this you radiate Godly Royalty and fill the hearts of those you know with Dignity and Divinity.

Also began the “Happiness Project” with these words~

“I move through life with lightness and beauty.  I accept compliments and insults with humility and acceptance.  As a master I will be happy in all that I do.”

Start by being cool, introverted, and very cautious.

 

Message to self on January 19, 2015

It is a wonder that when I maintain a changeless sense of who I am, real change takes place within and without, in ease and grace!

It was during this time of blessings, noted, that a piece called:  ‘And the Mountain said Yes’ came through.  It is shared on another page of this blog of spiritual mementos.  Enjoy,  be nourished, and remember your blessings!!!

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7 Spiritual Questions to Turn Your Life Around!

Featured Image -- 6103What are your 7 big questions?  Have you made a list?  I have…here they are? Do you resonate? Would you add something?

1.  How do you know when you have recognized God as She/He really is?

2.  What does every soul long for?

3.  How can unshakeable peace be attained?

4.  How does being influenced by others hamper your personal journey and how can you protect your Self from this  influence?

5.  Do you know God as the Bestower of Happiness, the Remover of Sorrow, the Ocean of Love, and the Friend? Do you know yourself as the beloved child of the Supreme Divine Parent?

6.  Or has your life become such a hustle and bustle that there is no time left for you to develop this relationship?

7. What type of experiences do most people gravitate towards?

These are the deep questions which many people never consciously think to ask, yet on a subconscious level they may be alive and kicking.   You deserve a big congratulations for choosing to read this far and for your willingness to take a look at the possibility of  going beyond the hustle and bustle of life, beyond our deep societal programing and conditioning, and beyond the loss of our innocence at a young age, which has lead to the the  inevitable “rule of the ego” which has distracted  most of us from a quest such as this.

In order to answer these questions and turn one’s life around, it is a valuable practice to set aside the limiting perceptions and pre-conceptions of our own ego-dominated worlds, for longer and longer periods of time everyday.

Surrender the known in order to know the vast unknown and come into  your own, subtle, inner world.

One of the best ways to do this is through meditation.

Your ego and mine, have been doing their very best to keep us alive,  yet, at the same time it is our ego which  has also sadly separated us from the Truth about our Selves.  Our egos have masked our true Selves and the real questions of life which could reveal real answers.

While being held captive by our egos, we have become preoccupied with temporary, perishable, and limited pleasures, powers, and attainments.  The “true north” of our deepest longings, our truest contentment, and our lasting love and happiness has gone unnoticed and undiscovered.

Many souls look to the “after-life” for the type of fulfillment the answers to these questions can brings.

Without a doubt, I have been blessed and beset by difficulties and battles entrenched so deeply within myself that they wouldn’t budge, no matter what tools I used or how much service I thought I was doing.  Fortunately, very fortunately, these difficulties were also accompanied by an intense desire to be happy, loving, and kind.  The quandary of these two extremes created a subtle openness within,  far below the “ego’s watch”.

When I began to ask these valuable questions, I found some satisfying answers.   One of the answers came through the daily practice of Raja Yoga Meditation.   The other “godsend” has been the daily study of divine principles which has given me a deeper understanding of the soul’s battle between illusion and reality!

I’ve come to understand how important it is to pass blessings along to others, rather than compete and compare myself to others.   It is in the spirit of a blessing that I introduce you to one of our great present-day wisdom-keepers, who has blessed me in so many ways :  Dadi Janki, the 103-year-old head of the Brahma Kumariis World Spiritual University.

Dadi, as she is affectionately called, has been tested and found to have the most stable mind on the planet, at this time.  She has traveled all across the globe to share the truths and wisdom she has lived by.

One of her widely read books, Companion of God, is a simple guide to living life as a happy, fulfilled soul.  It is from this book that I share:

“As an actor on the stage of life, you need to detach yourself from the roles you are playing and get in touch with the part of you that is not an act.”

What Dadi is saying is to get in touch with you, the soul, the eternal you, the part of you that is not an act.

Meditation is your tool of discovery to discover the untapped treasures of the soul.

The part of us that is perishable and mostly running the show is kept unhappy by looking outside for true love, respect, and peace.   The present state of our world is one of  thirsting for deep relationship with the Divine, while fearing loss, annihilation, war, illness, and death.  Have you noticed that most people,today, seem to be sadly lacking in what truly makes one whole and sane.

This state of affairs is largely the result of allowing the Self to be influenced by thinking and believing that our true contentment could be found externally.

As Dadi Janki gently warns us:  “The world is a supermarket of sorrow. Don’t buy any! A good spiritual education teaches you how to be discerning in your shopping.”

How will having a spiritual education help make meaning out of your “movie”?  How will reflecting on the bigger picture turn  your personal journey around?

I invite you to take in deeply the following wisdom which identify  a condition, too often considered completely “normal”, which underpin the cause of so much unnecessary suffering.

In Dadi’s words: “Our ability to cope is hampered by thinking too much about other people…This causes problems in  the mental digestive system.  The best mental ‘antacid’ is in-depth spiritual study…( which leads to healthy introspection).  This, plus a  regular practice of self-awareness, penetrates the mind very deeply, dislodging emotional pain.”

You may be wondering how does one’s consciousness change by focusing on the spiritual aspects of the self instead of being caught up in thinking about others?  To quote Dadi again:

“An enlightened person understands that there is nothing to be gained by thinking about others.”

She suggest that a  better use of one’s time is to concentrate on the Source of Love.  Turning to the Source and to fill the Self with Divine Love is a deep aspect of Raja Yoga meditation.  This form of meditation directs one’s attention inward to the Self in order to connect again and again to the Ocean of Love.

This change of direction in our attention comforts the heart, reduces tension and restores clarity,   I invite you to carve out some time in your day to meditate on the Source of Love, and note what happens.

Dadi also encourages us to send  good wishes and pure feelings to others.  Creating this habit (in ourselves) will alleviate the need to think confused and negative thoughts any further about a person or a situation.   This one change can ultimately resolve the situations we find ourselves in and relieve us from the vicious cycle of negative, unproductive thoughts about “why”, “when”, and “how”.  Whenever you are in internal/external conflict with someone…begin to remind yourself that deep within, they too are a pure soul.

Continually repeat within that: ‘So and So is a pure soul’, each time your mind spirals into negativity about them.  This is guaranteed to resolve the situation which is more than likely a karmic account created in the past by your own actions.

Instead of sending worried, angry, resentful, critical, and /or doubtful thoughts to another, send love and pure wishes.  The truth of this can be felt at the end of the day, as one feels light, free, and peaceful.  To the one who recognizes it, putting this one jewel into practice is like receiving a key to changing the course of your life.  This type of wisdom is life-giving, universal, non-denominational, and very practical.  Best of all, it gets positive results.

 May the truth of this jewel,  allow you to understand the nature of these times and the nature of you, the soul,  in a new way.

More wisdom from the heart of Dadi Janki:   “Right now, what the soul really needs most is power.  Having been through birth after birth, accumulating rubbish along the way, the soul is burdened and depleted and therefore unable to perform to its greatest potential.  When we use our inner resources in the right way, power is gained, enabling us to stay with God and to reach our destination. Wasting the mind on ordinary, mundane, and conditioned thinking is a waste of time and energy.  Souls leave the path; they leave God, because they have wasted their thoughts, words, and breath in this way. Blaming others and complaining are just making excuses.

This is a big mistake which wastes more energy and causes more loss of power. There isn’t time to behave in this way any more.

Understand that we need power and start cultivating it.  As power develops, so will love.” You may be pondering how can I restore the original power of my soul?  Once again, I invite you to turn inward to your existence as a precious, peaceful soul, then turn to the Beloved who knows you fully and sees you in your perfection.

A simple 3 step method for this can be used:

1.  Find a time that works best for you every day.   Start out with a moment or two, and gradually build up to ten to twenty minutes each day, to stop and become still and silent within, connecting with the energy of you, as a peaceful soul.   Many souls find that a clear time of day that supports this inner movement is early in the morning.  Others may choose the beautiful moments created by the setting sun or the winding down time, right before sleep.

Take the thought, “I am a peaceful soul” and hold it, firmly and confidently, in your mind. As you focus on this one thought it will gradually release its essence into your consciousness; you will truly feel the peace that lies within.  Day by day, this thought will bring you into deeper and deeper peace, into the inner ocean of unshakeable peace which exists, intact, within you.

2.  As you hold this thought, wasteful thoughts may try to distract you.  Surrender each thought to the Beloved or the Higher Power.  Give the distracting thoughts and energy no attention, no matter how great the attraction or force with which they throw themselves at you may be.

Release, release, release, all wasteful thoughts, feelings, and opinions.  Surrender, surrender, surrender. Melt into Peace.  Surrender your mind to the Beloved who awaits you with the tenderest of love and peace.

3.  Whenever you feel distracted, return to the empowering thought about your true essence: “I am a peaceful soul. Peace is my true nature.”  As you continue this practice, you will find that when you return to the everyday world, you will be able to carry the awareness of your essence of peace with you.  This awareness will become more stable and unshakeable as you give yourself permission to stop often during the day, if only for a few moments and go within. You will accumulate the power to stop the hectic spinning of the world and return to your true nature.  This is one of the most important powers of the soul, the ability “to stop” in midstream, pack up your thoughts, and come back to peace.

Take this opportunity to fill completely from the Fountain of all Goodness and Virtue, the Fountain of Love and Divine Power.  Visualize yourself being showered upon from this fountain or immersed and floating in the Ocean of Love.

Below are suggested sites to find guided meditations that I’ve found to be personally conducive to opening my awareness to peace and love.

http://www.ariellehecht.com/spiritual nourishment

Anthony Strano’s Link of Life (4 part meditation can be found on YouTube).

Also websites: http://www.meditateinhawaii.com

http://www.awakenedacademy.com

justaminute.org

Here’s a Peaceful Affirmation which you may write out by hand and place in various spots in your home and workplace, to reinforce the remembrance of who you truly are:

I remember to be still and to bask in my inner ocean of silence and peace.

I find a time and place in which I am there for my Self, every day. 

I am true to this commitment to my Self and this practice of peace.

My spiritual energy is being charged and renewed every day

I enjoy these precious moments of time in which I stop and dip into the ocean of peace within.

I find I can go deeper and deeper into  peace each day.

OM SHANTI*  (from Hindi) = “I am a Peaceful Soul”

May you be continually blessed and bless others with your awareness of peace and may your feelings be filled with equal amounts of love and detachment.

                                                    You are a Being of Peace!

                                                           Your Sister in Peace,

                                                                   Shivalaya

One of my favorite pictures of Dadi Janki~a living treasure!  Dadi is one of the first female spiritual leaders.  She is a “Wisdom Keeper” and one of an eminent group of spiritual leaders who advise the UN at world summits and in times of trouble.

Message-de-Dadi-Janki

I Am Awake to the Magic of the ONE~

5/25/2014

The Deepest Questions sometimes require the simplest of answers. Tonight, my message is simple.

I am awake to the kindness of the ONE who teaches me everyday and who is healing my heart from all impurity. I, the soul, love purity, seek purity, and give pure feelings to others through my thoughts. I am in deep communion with the ONE on this magical night.

I am awake to the ONE’S magic.

The magic of a ready smile, the magic of a loving child, the magic of a pure and true heart, the magic of a flexible part. The magic of never being alone, the magic of flying home, the magic of belonging to ONE. The magic of listening, the magic of reaping, the magic of knowing all that I’ve been told is true. The magic the ONE holds for me and for you.

The ONE says: “All that I have is yours, but you must let go of all that you think of as yours. Share the blessings, share the greatness, share the wonder. Giving it away is the way to receive the fullness of my gifts for you. Have no fear, the ONE is always near to a loving heart.

The One said to the Child: Give me the sanskaras (imprints) of hurt, the sanskaras (imprints) of not being heard, the sanskaras (imprints) of having your toes stepped on. Stay introverted and know all will be yours.

STAY IN TOUCH WITH ME and with your own Self-respect in all relationships. Keep me between you and another. Do what you do for another child for Me. Put others ahead of yourself and you will always be first in My Heart. This is an Art.

5/30/2014

My Sweetest One,
You are my true Friend. With You, I am complete. With You, I know who I am, who I have been, and who I am becoming. Dearest One I belong to You alone.

The One Responded in my mind~

Know yourself as I know you, Child.  Sit on the seat of self-respect as the true sovereign soul that you are. You are becoming a master of silence and an embodiment of peace and love. Remember Me, be with Me , and the longer you stay within my Presence, within My reach, I will transmute you into pure gold, removing the alloy which you have collected over lifetimes of uncertainty, sorrow, and blind faith.

Restore your original joy, your original smile without a face, your original self without a body. All else is distraction, costuming, and subplots. Stay with Me and win the lottery, catch the golden ring and get off the merry-go-round of who, what, where, why, and when.

Your victory is in my Open Hand. Touch it. Feel it. Imbibe what is yours, has always been yours, and which no one can put asunder.

Take a step, reach for me, and I will be there a thousandfold.

Thank you Beloved Father, Mother, Child, Beloved, Friend, Guide, Comapanion~though you can not be seen, you can be felt.  You are the Comforter of Hearts, the Remover of Sorrow.

I wish to stay close by your side as I walk through this world which seems to be at some amazing tipping point~moving from the utmost extreme darkness into the very depths of our most pristine and light filled days.

Om Shanti and Happy Holy Days as we cycle through time back to the beginning, back to our original purity, our original joy, and our original truth.

BE READY!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listen From the Inside

 Sitting here thinking of you, the reader,  I realize how it has taken years of pondering issues, problems, and dilemmas to get to a point of knowing. This kind of knowing goes far beyond the twin shadows of doubt and delusion. For so long, I wondered if I  had something to say worth the time it takes to write it down and worth the time it takes you to read it.  For so long, as well, I’ve known that I can write and that I love to write.  For just as long, I wondered what is it that I want to say and what do I dare say in these times?

The next hurdle to writing that I faced was: WHO will LISTEN, really listen from the INSIDE???  Several years ago, while living here on Kauai, I heard the answer.

“Many will listen,  many will hear, will resonate, and find their own goodness and spiritual power through your courage to write and share.

Souls with their own unspoken messages, with their own questions banging on the door of their consciousness, gasping to be heard, will listen and feel happy to hear another soul, voicing from the deep!  Souls, immersed in their own struggles and challenges, will sense a life-giving voice, that acknowledges who they are.

As I continued to listen from the inside, I heard more:

“THIS IS THE WAY INTO YOUR OWN SPIRITUAL TREASURE.”  Share the jewels of knowledge you have been ever so fortunate to receive.  For the more you share, the greater your fortune.  Churn the knowledge and directions given freely by the “Knowledge-Full  One”, so they may feed your intellect and make it divine.  Jump start others’ intellects so they may become golden, as well.

This life is all about awareness.  Where your awareness goes, your intellect either thrives or withers.  The Jefferson Airplane, rock stars of the sixties, were approaching this truth when they sang: “Feed Your Head”.  Their reference was to hallucinogenics, plant medicines, and the like.  What I’m writing about, dear friend,  is a very different calling.  This requires a different “out of the body” experience.  This is about surrendering “normal”, everyday body consciousness and going beyond the limitation of the senses, to know soul consciousness, our original birthright. 

     This is powerful medicine~ divine medicine for souls trapped in the material experience, an antidote for the growing number of insomniacs of the world, a clear passage for all who have ever been bound by conflicting emotions, “shoulds  and shouldn’ts”, weakening thoughts, obsessions, addictions, or compulsions.  It is for the spiritually-hungry beings who need an infusion of nectar to open the doorway into matters of their own soul, to realize and emerge their true nature,  to activate their true awareness, and forge their own destiny!

Yet, sometimes the best thing, in matters of the soul, is to say nothing.  I’ve learned that the best practice is to give others an experience, an experience that will stay with them for a long time and give them a sense of authority, of self-sovereignty, of knowing.

For truly it is only Truth that can awaken the slumbering soul; however, according to David Hawkins, MD, PH.D.  doctor, psychiatrist turned mystic, who has done extensive research in the fields of human development and enlightenment, only 22% of the present population will resonate with or recognize the truth when they are exposed to it!!!

Yet, look around and see it IS the time.  It is ‘now or never’ for the souls of the world to be filled to overflowing with truth.

As I listened from the inside, I heard more: the world is awaiting the preciousness of your smile and the wisdom of your heart. Your part is that of the actor who loves truth and walks onto the stage of life and becomes it. Share the truth… freely, but tactfully. Distribute the nectar and the jewels.

The first and foremost jewel for souls is to know: who You are… who you are beyond your present name, gender, occupation, relationships, family, and even, beyond your own  body.

You are so much more than all you see. You have been brainwashed into thinking that “seeing is believing” and that this is all there is.  Though you have attached your heart to all that you see, there is still hope to experience the greater you, the Magical You, the Higher Self, the Great Soul that you are.

You may enjoy beginning with this simple experiment using your”power of thought”.

As Einstein said: “the world we have created is a product of our thinking, it cannot be changed without changing the thinking that created it.”

In this contemplative experiment, you are invited to perceive yourself and others differently.  Here goes:

“I  am an amazing prince or princess from a civilization of divine beings of light~ angelic beings~.  I have come into this physical dimension to find my brothers and sisters, who are also angelic beings of light.  They lost their when their wings were cut by the evils of ego, attachment, greed, anger, and lust.  They tried to substitute the transitory passions of material existence for the eternal bliss of the spirit.  They confused this physical dimension with their true Home in the dimension of light.

I’m on a mission to retrieve them from the clutches of Maya, the powerful force of illusion, which has caused so many souls to lose sight of another reality.  I am focused and full of memories of our true identity as powerful, eternal, masterful beings of light, beloved children of the Supreme Being, the One who is calling us back Home.”

As these seed thoughts are received into the ground of you, the soul, you begin the liberation process. As you resonate to the truth behind this vision,  ask yourself if you are willing to  live a life that goes beyond the limitations of the five senses.  Ask yourself if you would like to become aware of yourself as a being of light who has simply put on a costume made of matter in order to fulfill your earthly role.

This process of waking up from body consciousness to soul consciousness, from forgetfulness to remembrance is the practice of  Raja Yoga Meditation of India, the most ancient form of yoga/union, as taught and practised by the Brahma Kumariis of Mt. Abu.  At the present time, this ancient practice of remembrance has spread around the globe.

This is a truly rewarding process; however, please remember that patience is a virtue, especially when shown to yourself.  Know that this  journey, this pilgrimage of a thousand miles begins with one step, with one call.   And that with each step you take, the Divine Being of Light will take a thousand steps to meet you and assist you.

My pure wish is that your way always be blessed and that you may you reach your ultimate destination with ease.  May you journey with happiness and honor!

To learn more about the practice of Raja Yoga Meditation and to step into greater freedom and awareness, you are welcome to call me @ 808-639-9436. All meditations and classes offered are free.

I’ve been a practitioner and teacher of this wonderful practice of inner yoga, a yoga without asanas, a yoga which brings the soul into union with the Divine for almost 9 years. I’ve just returned from my 5th journey to Mt. Abu, Rajasthan where the World Spiritual University of the Braham Kumariis is located.  I have come to appreciate that this ancient practice is meant for these times.  It is for all souls, all faiths, and all walks of life.  Take just a  drop full, a cupful, or come merge in the Ocean.  It is your call!  I am here to be of service.

Wishing You Many Blessings of Love, Light, and Peace,

Shivalaya

p.s. I’m available in person on Kauai or on ‘Facetime’ if you are anywhere else on the globe.

love yourself from the inside out