"In the world of the true self, there's no need
for such calculations. All we have to do is call
on divine nature authentically - honestly,
directly, forthrightly - by going within. The
kingdom of heaven is within. The Soul resides
within. Whether we call it prayer, meditation,
silence, stillness, communion, or spiritual
exercises, making contact with divine energy is
the way to tap in to authentic power.
When we tap in to authentic power, we do not then
need to become anything in the world. We just
become present with the true self. The true self
is joyful and loving. It needs nothing external
to be joyful about."
- John-Roger
And the truth shall set you free.
LLS
Richard Powell
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"When you find yourself getting tense or stressed, take a moment to focus on your breath. Sit quietly, let your body relax, take a slow, deep breath, and feel the air gently filling your lower belly. Don't force it. Breathe naturally, without straining or pushing. Follow your breath as it moves in and out.
After a few moments, you may begin to feel yourself "being breathed." You're making no effort. The breath is just being received, then let go of. When your mind wanders, as it inevitably will, gently bring it back to the breath.
The practice of breathing can bring more joy, peace, and calm to your life in an effortless way. Perhaps, too, it will increase your awareness of the connection between breath and Spirit. When we become consciously aware of that connection, something expansive takes place within us.
Focusing on the breath is an accessible and ever-present doorway to our loving."- John-Roger
I know that...
But...even though this is one of those techniques that are at hand at any moment and many of us know this innately we will not use.
I find myself trying to control situations through my mind, "figure it out", worry, go outside of ourselves in distraction, and on and on.
To actually bring ourselves to the moment in the breath and center is a Master's Path. To move beyond the need to control and distract to go to the now, the breath is a Masterful way to live our lives.
May you go to the Peace, the loving, that is in the quiet of your breath.
LLS
Richard Powell
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​“What is seen is not the Truth
What is cannot be said
Trust comes not without seeing
Nor understanding without words
The wise comprehends with knowledge
To the ignorant it is but a wonder
Some worship the formless God
Some worship his various forms
In what way He is beyond these attributes
Only the Knower knows
That music cannot be written
How can then be the notes
Say Kabir, awareness alone will overcome illusion.”
― Kabir
This is an awareness training...
LLS
Richard Powell
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"Your life is NOW. It is not last year, two years ago, or ten years ago. It's right now. Let go of those past patterns that block you and bring you despair, and move yourself into the NOW." - John Roger
So how do you do that? I bring my focus to my breath. I observe where the emotion of the past is inside my body and watch it without thought, without going over the story in my mind and allow it to dissolve. I do a pattern deflect and move into the present moment. Break the habitual pattern that you might have developed over years.
It may sound simple but it's not easy. It is a path to freedom.
Much LL to you today, right NOW>
Richard Powell
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"When all your desires are distilled
You will cast just two votes:
To love more, And be happy." - Hafiz
We may think it's the relationship, the house, the career, the car, it's actually the essence behind those symbols. The essence came first and is always there.
LLS
Richard Powell
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"The challenge is to make your mind hold a focus until you complete the action of your thought. If you learn only that, you will have overcome this earth."--John-Roger
What you behold you can become.
Inside is the Source and the Action.
...and when you are distracted by the petty tyrants of your mind, of what others think, of your misbeliefs and judgements, go to the forgiveness, reframe and redirect yourself to your focus, to what you want to Co Create with the Source.
May Grace fill your world and may the blessings that already are come into form with ease and joy.
LLS
Richard Powell
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“All happenings needed to be; accept that, my
dear. Ask for any forgiveness one more time
if you must,
ask for forgiveness one more time if you must,
then move on to your glory and sublime reign.”
― Hafez
Acceptance- the first law.
Accept that all your life up until now has been perfect.
This moment is perfect.
Peace be still.
LLS
Richard Powell
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Only
That Illumined
One
Who keeps
Seducing the formless into form
Had the charm to win my
Heart.
Only a Perfect One
Who is always
Laughing at the word
Two
Can make you know
Of
Love.
-Hafiz
May the energy of Loving bring you to the awareness of The One.
Separation is illusion.
LLS
Richard Powell
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Painting by Shelton Smith
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Last night
the rain
spoke to me
slowly, saying,
what joy
to come falling
out of the brisk cloud,
to be happy again
in a new way
on the earth!
That’s what it said
as it dropped,
smelling of iron,
and vanished
like a dream of the ocean
into the branches
and the grass below.
Then it was over.
The sky cleared.
I was standing
under a tree.
The tree was a tree
with happy leaves,
and I was myself,
and there were stars in the sky
that were also themselves
at the moment
at which moment
my right hand
was holding my left hand
which was holding the tree
which was filled with stars
and the soft rain –
imagine! imagine!
the long and wondrous journeys
still to be ours.
​-Mary Oliver
"...the long and wonderous journeys."
Thank you Mary Oliver.
LLS
Richard Powell
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"It seems that in the negative experiences of our physical existence, most of us lose our sense of connection to Soul or to Spirit; we lose our sense of being an intimate part of God. In the midst of feeling hurt and angry and upset, it is easy to forget. When we are struggling to get through each day, to compete in the world, to achieve some level of success, to protect and take care of ourselves and our families, it is so easy to forget that we are of God and loved by God." John-Roger, DSS
Expand in the midst of contraction.
Basically, what I have come to realize for myself, is this bottom line.
Get up one more time than I fall.
When I stretch into moving through the fear, doubt, the worry, then something meets me there and I see the next step.
LLS
Richard Powell
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