Answers to Life's Questions
12/11/09 23:47
Answers to Life’s Questions...
For much of my life I have attempted to understand what has appeared to be two divergent philosophies. When I was young my godmother was my spiritual mentor. Her premiss was that life was about being in service to "God" or the Universe," whatever you call the I AM THAT I AM. She believed that it was God’s will that we should, live by faith and trust and that all that we needed would be provided for. It was important not to "push" our will and to trust that the Creator always knew our needs better than we knew ourselves. She lived this way throughout the time I knew her and she made a lasting impression on me.
As I entered my late 20's I became aware of a somewhat different philosophy, "We are the creators or creator gods and Source or God was a loving but neutral energy and it was up to us to set goals and take an active part in the creative process." This also means accepting responsibility for what you choose or create. For much of my life these two philosophies seemed to contradict one another. I went back and forth between both realities for periods of time trying to understand them and to gain an awareness on which held true for me. As time evolved I began to accept that the two concepts worked together in varying degrees. As you might imagine my new question became how and when to apply each.
For me a part of this process has been the evolution, not only of how my role was in the universe, but also my beliefs on how I really saw myself. I have never been wealthy and my youth, like many advanced souls, had its share of challenges that affected my self-esteem. In this reality my godmother’s beliefs gave me comfort and so I left it up to God to portion out what HE/SHE felt I deserved. I rarely went without but spent most of my life living on the edge. What this approach did for me was teach me to trust. As I grew to both accept my self worth and to trust, in both myself and the Universe, taking charge of my creative process began to make more sense. In the last few years more information has surfaced to support this reality. Although I found “The Secret” to be a good overview of what I had already worked with for years, it did not do much for me. Eckart Tolle is another popular philosopher and metaphysician. Much of what he writes I understand and accept. I find that “living in the now” seems to be the crossing over point for the two philosophies while weighing in toward my godmother’s beliefs. Esther Hicks’s channelings on Abraham speaks to me more directly. Her information has helped me to sort out the two philosophies into their proper place. I feel that Abraham definitely subscribes to the “creative” process. Abraham’s analogy of “flowing down stream” and using your emotions to be your barometer to indicate to you whether you are “flowing up” or “down stream,” helps me to merge the two philosophies in a way that they no longer feel dissimilar. My godmother spoke of how emotions are a strong component of the creative process. I have also experienced rare moments when emotions serve as a monitor to indicate when I was receiving guidance from my teachers. At this point I should mention that for the last thirty years, I have learned to rely on guidance from my “inner council of teachers and guides” to help me make decisions, especially the more important ones. This has been a part of my process in living my godmothers philosophy and more importantly to learn trust. However, there are moments when my guidance and my gut emotions are not in agreement and up until now I have listened to my guidance.
Recently I have opened up to the Human Design blueprint and although I understand very little about it, Human Design has helped to clarify some of the loose ends that I have struggled to understand. My particular “design” is a manifesting generator. My inner authority is emotional-solar plexus. My emotions, according to my design and Esther Hicks’s channelings, are an important barometer for me. Eckhart Tolle, on the other hand is, quite possibly speaking to another design inner authority which calls for live in the now.
Learning to use my emotions as my guidance has become very helpful. In the last couple of years my guidance, from my inner-council, has become more ambiguous. It is not that I have lost my connection to “Source” but more that my “Dharmic” path has been to foster more responsibility in making my own choices. It is as though I am being trusted to choose as I may which I find to be both an “honorable” and somewhat scary path to be on. Then again, if you see life as a stage.......well you decide.
If you would like to learn more about Human Design contact Stephen Rebolledo on Kauai at (646) 533-5418 or visit his site at www.humandesignnow.com. There you can find a link to create your own free human design chart.
For much of my life I have attempted to understand what has appeared to be two divergent philosophies. When I was young my godmother was my spiritual mentor. Her premiss was that life was about being in service to "God" or the Universe," whatever you call the I AM THAT I AM. She believed that it was God’s will that we should, live by faith and trust and that all that we needed would be provided for. It was important not to "push" our will and to trust that the Creator always knew our needs better than we knew ourselves. She lived this way throughout the time I knew her and she made a lasting impression on me.
As I entered my late 20's I became aware of a somewhat different philosophy, "We are the creators or creator gods and Source or God was a loving but neutral energy and it was up to us to set goals and take an active part in the creative process." This also means accepting responsibility for what you choose or create. For much of my life these two philosophies seemed to contradict one another. I went back and forth between both realities for periods of time trying to understand them and to gain an awareness on which held true for me. As time evolved I began to accept that the two concepts worked together in varying degrees. As you might imagine my new question became how and when to apply each.
For me a part of this process has been the evolution, not only of how my role was in the universe, but also my beliefs on how I really saw myself. I have never been wealthy and my youth, like many advanced souls, had its share of challenges that affected my self-esteem. In this reality my godmother’s beliefs gave me comfort and so I left it up to God to portion out what HE/SHE felt I deserved. I rarely went without but spent most of my life living on the edge. What this approach did for me was teach me to trust. As I grew to both accept my self worth and to trust, in both myself and the Universe, taking charge of my creative process began to make more sense. In the last few years more information has surfaced to support this reality. Although I found “The Secret” to be a good overview of what I had already worked with for years, it did not do much for me. Eckart Tolle is another popular philosopher and metaphysician. Much of what he writes I understand and accept. I find that “living in the now” seems to be the crossing over point for the two philosophies while weighing in toward my godmother’s beliefs. Esther Hicks’s channelings on Abraham speaks to me more directly. Her information has helped me to sort out the two philosophies into their proper place. I feel that Abraham definitely subscribes to the “creative” process. Abraham’s analogy of “flowing down stream” and using your emotions to be your barometer to indicate to you whether you are “flowing up” or “down stream,” helps me to merge the two philosophies in a way that they no longer feel dissimilar. My godmother spoke of how emotions are a strong component of the creative process. I have also experienced rare moments when emotions serve as a monitor to indicate when I was receiving guidance from my teachers. At this point I should mention that for the last thirty years, I have learned to rely on guidance from my “inner council of teachers and guides” to help me make decisions, especially the more important ones. This has been a part of my process in living my godmothers philosophy and more importantly to learn trust. However, there are moments when my guidance and my gut emotions are not in agreement and up until now I have listened to my guidance.
Recently I have opened up to the Human Design blueprint and although I understand very little about it, Human Design has helped to clarify some of the loose ends that I have struggled to understand. My particular “design” is a manifesting generator. My inner authority is emotional-solar plexus. My emotions, according to my design and Esther Hicks’s channelings, are an important barometer for me. Eckhart Tolle, on the other hand is, quite possibly speaking to another design inner authority which calls for live in the now.
Learning to use my emotions as my guidance has become very helpful. In the last couple of years my guidance, from my inner-council, has become more ambiguous. It is not that I have lost my connection to “Source” but more that my “Dharmic” path has been to foster more responsibility in making my own choices. It is as though I am being trusted to choose as I may which I find to be both an “honorable” and somewhat scary path to be on. Then again, if you see life as a stage.......well you decide.
If you would like to learn more about Human Design contact Stephen Rebolledo on Kauai at (646) 533-5418 or visit his site at www.humandesignnow.com. There you can find a link to create your own free human design chart.