TO THINK YOU KNOW IS NOT TO SEEK

TO THINK YOU KNOW IS NOT TO SEEK
“Study and practice are both very important, but they must go hand in hand. Faith without knowledge is not sufficient. Faith needs to be supported by reason. However intellectual understanding that is not applied in practice is also of little use. Whatever we learn from study we need to apply sincerely in our daily lives.” {The Dalai Lama} How many books about spiritual practices do you own? How many classes have you taken? How many degrees have been conferred upon you? How many self help books, classes, and degrees do you have? Now the hard question; What are you doing with all of this information?

Humans seeking enlightenment seem to have a tenancy to become collectors of information and, once it has been obtained, we are prone to be proud of its ownership. Our shelves are full of information but what about our lives? Our everyday, mundane, one foot in front of the other lives? When is this wonderful information used?

In order to become the better, spiritual person that so many say they want to become, the information must be incorporated into your daily practices. Here is where most of us get into a dilemma. How to do this. We are so “informed” that we are choking on the huge wad of “what to do-s” and “what not to do-s” that we give up in frustration and do nothing, thus not becoming anything other than what we already were; the person we weren't happy with to start with.

Here is a suggestion, find a program that will give you a foundation on which to start. One that will guide you through your own “stuff” so that you can see/feel step by step what it is you are trying to accomplish; the you that you wish to create. Then incorporate those practices until they become second nature to you so that you can grow further as your understanding reaches new heights.

Practices are called that for a reason, if you do not practice, you will not achieve. When you were a baby learning to walk, you practiced diligently to get the hang of putting one step after the next. You learned to talk so that others could understand you with the same determination. What about learning to drive, how long did you strive for that goal? Everything worth doing has taken practice. Think about this the next time you are ready to announce that you “can't” do something; meditate, pray, feel anothers distress or joy, or let something go.

Evolution of Self; Journey into Body, Mind, Spirit Balance is such a program. One of my students called it “an easy to learn/digest package that is now available for those who are are willing to accept it when it's offered.” We now have a testimonial tab on the website so that you can read what some of those who have followed the classes and have made them part of their daily lives are saying about EOS.

Please feel free to email questions (information and links are on the website @www.eos4me.com) that you may have, sign the guest book and check out the other links and services that are offered.

© Chessie Roberts 2011, all rights reserved (491)

Being in Your Now

Being in Your Now

A group that I was in recently was asked why we should be in the moment, in the now. How to get there and how we stay there in our day to day life. Some of the responses were things like :why is this important/” and “it's too hard”. The one the really made me realize that the group was not “getting” the concept was when someone said, “I have to get out of the now to let my mind rest and to stay sane.”

The fact is that staying in your now will do just that, allow your mind to rest and keep you sane. Think about it, if you are not into what you are doing, who you are with and/or where are at any given moment what is going on in your mind? For most people the mind is bouncing back and forth between what you wish you had done, what you feel you should have done in the past and what you are going to do , how you are going to do it and with whom in the future. Because of this unfocused state, what you are doing at the present moment is not done well or correctly, and this gives you something to grind on later so the you can worry about it later, while trying to do something else. Do you see the cycle here? This will create stress, fear, apprehension and distress; all leading to some sort of dis-ease in your biology. This thought state also makes time seem to drag out to uncomfortable duration and keeps you unhappy in your present and fretful about the consequences of your past actions and apprehensive about future plans.

Now, if you are attending to what you are doing right now, in this minute, you have no agitation or upset. You are focused on right now. In this way you become consciously aware of the joy of time well spent in purposeful activity. You will be assured that you did your best and you will actually find joy in the moment (because you aren't worried about all the other stuff) You will notice things that passed you by before because you were distracted, you will enjoy even mundane tasks more because of your focus and you will not feel spread too thin. These feelings will occur spontaneously because your mind is free of tormenting “wish I had”, “I should have”, “gosh I could have”, “why didn't I” type thoughts. Nor are you plagued by the “what is next” thing encroaching on your mind and, you find peace.

This is why and how meditation works, as your mind becomes quiet, your body becomes peaceful. When you learn how to live that way all of the time, you begin to live in peace, grace and understandings dawn upon you.

Next question is how do I do this staying in my now thing? It is an inherent trait, you are born with this ability. Watch a child at play how many times does Mom have to call before the child realizes there is something going on outside his now? In actuality you, as an adult, do it more than you think. Remember a time when you were doing something that made time seem to stand still? You were doing it then. Just become consciously aware of what you are doing, where you are doing it and with whom, even if it is just yourself. That is being in your now. Yes, it is a process; yes, you have to work at it a bit and truly all you need to do is to remember it. Anything you have ever done required the same investment to make it a part of you daily life. Learning to walk, talk, drive and yes to think. This is just a calmer more productive, satisfying and peaceful way to do the thinking.

I congratulate you on your decision to pursue this path and I wish you Love, Light, Laughter and Bright Blessings as well as new things to grace your path. Chessie

© Chessie Roberts 2011, all rights reserved

HOW TO DIMINISH NEED

HOW TO DIMINISH NEED

                                                   Traditional Transylvanian house blessing.

“With Faith there is Love,

With Love there is Peace,

With Peace there is Blessing,

With Blessing there is God and,

With God there is no need...”

Have faith that all is being taken care of and love will grow,

As love fills and overflows you, peace will envelop you and you will begin to see your blessings,

As you acknowledge these blessings you begin to become closer to the Energy that is God,

And when you achieve this connection, there is no 'need' for you require nothing more.

Light, Love, Laughter and Bright Blessings, Chessie

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OK, SO WHAT IS A MIND-SET ANYWAY?

OK, SO WHAT IS A MIND-SET ANYWAY?

“The ancestor of every action is a thought.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your mind set is your mental map to your life. Your mind registers absolutely everything that passes through your life and processes it according to your core beliefs. For instance, if you were trained while you were a child to truly believe that you are worthless in some way, that belief is super glued to your deepest thoughts and feelings about you. This holds true for EVERYTHING in your life path.

What you habitually think whether you are aware of it or not, you manifest. If there is something in your life that just will not go away and you feel that it should, you must dig down to find the thought, the mind set that is mapping that part of your life. These things that you don't want will show up everywhere, in your ability to succeed in all aspects of your life, in your biology, in your attitude(s) about certain beliefs that vary from your own. Quite frankly, there is a spiritual maturity issue here, a level where you recognize that examination, opening and growth is required for you to proceed.

Your root chakra holds your past life experiences and fears concerning your survival, work, family,health, trust and things of this nature; you may have to start work here. Truthfully and with LOVE for your self, examine these deep seated beliefs to find your overriding belief so that you can change it. Change is scary but the enlightenment and growth are well worth the effort. As you work through the changing of your mindset you bump into the chakra 2 issue of change itself; your feelings about what others think (and why you care) and your ideas concerning attention and power-seeking. (Don't get your knickers in a twist here, we all go through these things as we must to evolve, I am just letting you know that they will come up...eventually)

Once you have gotten this far chakra 3 comes into the transformation. This is where your personal power, self confidence,self esteem and your ability to stand by your own convictions comes into play. So you have identified the fact that your mind set map is “off” and not fitting the lay of the land as you used to think it should lie, you have decided to dig down to fine out why you are thinking in an unhealthy way and, once found, you have decided to implement change to remap your thoughts, so here is where you make your stand. Is your new thought map worthy of you? Does it reflect your best interests? Does it raise your vibrations? Does it make you feel good? Great, now, can you stand by your new conviction?

Congratulations! You have grown into the balance of love at your heart chakra area. You have come to the place that, with a new and empowering mind set, you are able to move up to a higher level of life and love with yourself and those around you. You will spontaneously move into your throat chakra to communicate your new hearts truth of your new mind set and find the courage to cross the bridge that connects your intellect with your senses. This will shoot you up into your 6^th chakra where you can see the deepest beauty and truth in all things then you will evolve again into your greatest connection to Transcendent Spirit and your one-ness in the cosmos and true freedom.

All of this wondrous growth from the seemingly small decision to change your mind-set! I wish you blissful growth, remapping and Bright Blessings Chessie

© Chessie Roberts 2011, all rights reserved