Sunday, November 27, 2011

Today we have a Guest Blogger, Marriah Star. He is a Lecturer at Northeastern UniversiyStudied Political science at CUNY Graduate Center,Lives in Brookline, Massachusetts isFrom Tucson, Arizona and has graciously allowed us to feature one of his writings here today. 



10 LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

by Marriah Star on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:31am


There are 10 levels of consciousness between identifying with (internalizing) your environment or choosing to transform from within by heart
 
At the first level of consciousness you identify completely with your environment whether rich or poor, peaceful or warlike, cruel or loving
 
At the 1st level of consciousness you accept your social and physical environments as they are: You internalize their values and become them
 
At 1st level of consciousness if you are wealthy you define yourself in terms of your salary, your net worth, your property and rich friends
 
At 1st level of consciousness, if you are poor you accept that you'll always be poor. You believe all efforts to become successful will fail
 
At the 1st level of consciousness, if you live in a peaceful environment you believe that everyone you know lives among peace and prosperity
 
At the first level of consciousness, if you live in a war zone, you believe you must constantly fight other people for survival or else die!
 
At the 1st level of consciousness, if you grow up with parents who physically, sexually, and emotionally abuse you, you in turn abuse others
 
At 1st level of consciousness if you grow up with parents/friends who give you love, support, and affection, you give lots of love to others
 
At 1st level of consciousness you have no original thoughts or creativity inside you because you are a complete reflection of your community
 
At first level of consciousness you cannot adapt to changing environments that operate under different principles. Thus, you become limited!
 
At first level of consciousness you think dreamers and idealists, advocates and change-makers, are fools who have lost their grip on reality
 
You make your transition from the 1st level of consciousness to the second level of consciousness when you become disillusioned with reality
 
You begin to enter the second level of consciousness when you realize that the physical and social reality you have internalized is not real
 
 
When you enter 2nd level of consciousness you're surprised by your attraction to being alone so you can think instead of being around people
 
 
 
At the 2nd level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 90% and become aware that you have an internal environment too
 
At 2nd level of consciousness you define yourself by your family, your friends, your job, and your property, but you glimpse your creativity
 
At 2nd level of consciousness you are surprised by the fact that money and shopping no longer make you happy but that giving now thrills you
 
At 2nd level of consciousness you find yourself attracted to books about people instead of books about things: You want to learn about Self!
 
At the second level of consciousness you are shocked to realize that if you lose your job today and the money that goes with it, that is OK!
 
At the second level of consciousness you find yourself wanting to listen to a greater variety of people than just always talk about your job
 
At the second level of consciousness you begin to realize that a big house is just an empty home, lots of awards are just meaningless titles
 
At the second level of consciousness you realize that sex is not love, money and power are not influence, your job is not who you REALLY are
 
At the second level of consciousness you face a choice: Abandon your temporary physical and social illusions, or transform them from within!
 
When people reach the 2nd level of consciousness some of them quit their jobs, sell their houses, divorce their spouses, go search for Truth
 
When people reach the 2nd level of consciousness, some of them embrace their current physical reality and place it on spiritual foundations!
 
You make the transition from the 2nd level of consciousness to the 3rd level when you decide to take time to develop your mind and heart now
 
 
 
At 3rd level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 80% and start to feel and think for yourself, creating your heart!
 
At third level of consciousness you become very sensitive to the energies in your body, your heart and your mind. You start cultivating them
 
At 3rd level of consciousness you allow yourself to cry, feel joy, experience pain, entertain strange thoughts, and see all of life's beauty
 
At the third level of consciousness you start developing your artistic sensibilities, your empathy, and your need for spiritual connections!
 
At the third level of consciousness you begin to put your time and energy into exploring the different sensations of life: You eat and think
 
At the third level of consciousness you start to explore your physical appetites, your sexual energies, your creativity, and your intuitions
 
At the 3rd level of consciousness you can sense when people are happy and sad: You can console them and relate to them through communication
 
At the 3rd level of consciousness you shift from being merely a colleague at work and a neighbor to being a true friend when people need you
 
At 3rd level of consciousness you shift from being a well-trained employee, living in your mind, to being a human being living in the heart!
 
At the 3rd level of consciousness you stop reacting to people and events around you. Instead you start acting based on your values and ideas
 
You make the transition from the 3rd level of consciousness to the 4th level of consciousness when you begin to see that you influence life!
 
You make the transition to the 4th level of consciousness when you realize that training crushes your personality. You develop unique gifts!
 
 
 
At the 4th level of consciousness you identify with your environment 70% and start focusing more on your unique Spirit, changing who you are
 
At the fourth level of consciousness you decide what kind of person you want to be regardless of the kind of person you have been or are now
 
At fourth level of consciousness you decide what your lifestyle will be, what kind of friends you will have, and what resources you will use
 
At fourth level of consciousness you change your thoughts and emotions to match who you want to be: You practice being mindful and attentive
 
At the fourth level of consciousness you realize that each second of consciousness counts because every thought you have defines who you are
 
At the 4th level of consciousness you systematically examine your own thoughts, emphasizing those that are healthy and eliminating the rest!
 
At the 4th level of consciousness you examine your emotions, feeling in full those that give you joy and eliminating those that make you sad
 
At the 4th level of consciousness you feel your body, choosing to eat only foods that make you healthy, eliminating the rest from your diet!
 
At the 4th level of consciousness you look at your daily routines: You keep the routines that make you happy and change routines that don't!
 
At 4th level of consciousness you study your habits: Keep habits that are good and remove bad habits from your life to avoid self-judgments!
 
You make the transition from the 4th level of consciousness to the 5th level of consciousness by discovering your spiritual self within you!
 
You enter the 5th level of consciousness when you successfully maintain your health + balance. You now have abundant love, energy and ideas!
 
 
 
At the 5th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 60% and start spending more time with your true spiritual self
 
At 5th level of consciousness you've entered the 5th dimension: You have expanded from point, to line, to object, to being in time, to being
 
At the 5th level of consciousness you stop living for other people and you start living for yourself: You offer service based on your spirit
 
At 5th level of consciousness we spend most of our leisure time meditating, praying, singing, composing, loving, caring, rejoicing, thanking
 
At 5th level of consciousness you choose to live instead of forcing yourself to live. If you have a job you have a renewed sense of purpose!
 
At the 5th level of consciousness you make compromises with people so that you can be your true, Higher Self more and your other selves less
 
At the 5th level of consciousness you stop taking every job that will make you money and start taking only jobs that match your spirituality
 
At the 5th level of consciousness you apply your abundant love and energy to making a concrete difference in other people's lives every day!
 
At the 5th level of consciousness you generate ideas for turning your spiritual being into physical changes and your love into relationships
 
At the 5th level of consciousness you get your greatest joys from being around people who enhance your loving energy and natural creativity!
 
At the 5th level of consciousness you dig into yourself deeply in a never-ending quest to know your true, Higher Self, then manifest reality
 
You make transition from 5th level of consciousness to 6th level when all physical reality starts running parallel to your spiritual reality
 
You enter the 6th level of consciousness when you put all of your energies into spiritual development and physical realities derive from you
 
 
 
At the 6th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 50% and start living a double life, in the world but not of it
 
At 6th level of consciousness you are in the world, not of it: You show people the physical realities they know, not the true spirit inside!
 
At 6th level of consciousness you are bridging between spirituality and physical realities: You are a dual ambassador, a great double-agent!
 
At 6th level of consciousness you are constantly translating between spirituality and various social and physical realities, creating fusion
 
At the 6th level of consciousness you spend half the time physically manifesting inspiration, and half the time interpreting spiritual signs
 
At 6th level of consciousness you are a person of many masks, many social roles and identities, but only one true, Higher Self: YOU ARE LOVE
 
At the 6th level of consciousness you play many games, you learn the rules of systems, and you adapt to each one so that spirit lives in you
 
At the 6th level of consciousness you identify the right time, the right place, and the right person to receive a spiritual message from you
 
At the 6th level of consciousness you meditate while working so that you can mediate people's conflicts and help humanity move toward Heaven
 
At the 6th level of consciousness you have parallel thoughts in your mind, parallel emotions in your heart, because you are a spirit bridge!
 
You make transition from 6th level of consciousness to 7th level when you are no longer a spiritual bridge because everyone is now spiritual
 
 
 
You enter the 7th level of consciousness when you create Heaven on Earth with each thought, feeling and action every single day of your life
 
 
 
At 7th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 40% and start living from your heart, mind, spirit and soul daily!
 
At 7th level of consciousness you live from your heart, mind, spirit, body and soul, all simultaneously, as a complete, balanced human being
 
At 7th level of consciousness you live from your heart by connecting with people, animals and plants emotionally, communicating with energy!
 
At the 7th level of consciousness you sense what is inside people's hearts, what hurts them the most, what gives them joy, and you heal them
 
At the 7th level of consciousness you live from your mind by connecting with people psychically, reading their minds, knowing their thoughts
 
At 7th level of consciousness you see the thoughts that motivate every action and you help people change those thoughts so they have clarity
 
At 7th level of consciousness you live from your spirit, connecting with people, animals, plants and energies over vast distances and times!
 
At 7th level of consciousness you see people's spiritual paths, their deepest yearnings, and you help them to stay connected to spirituality
 
At 7th level of consciousness you live from your body, hugging people with warm, overwhelming embraces and touching their emotional centers!
 
At the 7th level of consciousness you live from your soul, knowing intuitively how the human race is evolving and taking actions to help it!
 
You make transition from 7th to 8th level of consciousness when you expand your spirit to connect with all energies around you every second!
 
You enter 8th level of consciousness when you become symbiotically connected to every person you meet, animal you touch, and every vibration
 
 
At the 8th level of consciousness you identify with your environment 30% but connect within yourself, with other people, and other energies!
 
At the 8th level of consciousness we realize that all feeling, thought and action is based on greater and lesser degrees of vibrating energy
 
At the 8th level of consciousness you learn how to change your vibrations to match the vibration of each form of energy you communicate with
 
At 8th level of consciousness you are able to sense intense vibrations from very far away: You know when people are in pain or feeling loved
 
At the 8th level of consciousness you communicate with people and other forms of energy through your dreams and spiritual exercises each day
 
At 8th level of consciousness you know immediately when you must stop everything you are doing to send spiritual messages to someone in need
 
At 8th level of consciousness you can influence other people's actions with your vibrations, somewhat like the Jedi mind trick in Star Wars!
 
At the 8th level of consciousness you are a servant of Spirit: You use material resources as needed to serve the purpose of awakening others
 
At the 8th level of consciousness you sense the spiritual needs of each energy in your environment: Their energies enter you, you enter them
 
You make transition from 8th to 9th level of consciousness when your thoughts and feelings become so strong that they transform every person
 
You enter the 9th level of consciousness when you walk into rooms and everyone instantly feels pure love, changing their feelings and being!
 
At 9th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 20%. You are becoming pure energy within and you transform others!
 
At 9th level of consciousness you transform people you meet and communicate with, improving their lives by raising their spiritual awareness
 
At the 9th level of consciousness you develop a powerful presence that penetrates the being of people you know: You overwhelm them with LOVE
 
At the 9th level of consciousness your mind, heart, body, spirit, and soul are fused together in a constant state of meditation and praying!
 
At 9th level of consciousness you no longer see yourself as mind, heart, body, spirit and soul because you are connected with universal love
 
At 9th level of consciousness you lead social movements, start religions, transform communities, and raise people's energy levels constantly
 
At 9th level of consciousness you are a healer, a mystic, a clairvoyant, a psychic, a seer, a prophet, a magician, a fortune teller. Spirit!
 
At the 9th level of consciousness you generate so much love that people and animals make existence effortless. Work is replaced by pleasure!
 
At 9th level of consciousness you have millions of "children" from thousands of spiritual partners, people you have inspired with pure love!
 
At the 9th level of consciousness you spread love, joy, and peace everywhere, creating peaceful communities wherever you go and ending war!
 
You make transition from 9th to 10th level of consciousness when you no longer have to be in a place for your loving existence to be enjoyed
 
You enter the 10th level of consciousness when you dream and people's lives change; you talk and people act; you write and the world changes
 
At 10th level of consciousness you identify with your physical environment 10%. Your spirit absorbs so much that you feel/act through others
 
At 10th level of consciousness you can perform seemingly amazing feats of physical and mental activities because love makes you super-human!
 
At 10th level of consciousness you live in your own spiritual universe: You move and everyone moves with you. You accelerate your evolution!
 
At the 10th level of consciousness your total being integrates with other people to form a collective spirit: When you act, you act together
 
At the 10th level of consciousness you communicate with all beings, all energies, on all levels of consciousness simultaneously in pure form
 
At the 10th level of consciousness your total being absorbs the universe, focusing infinite divine power on all things around you to create!
 
At the 10th level of consciousness you become God's magnifying glass: Wherever your attention focuses you spread the fire of inner lightning
 
At the 10th level of consciousness you are not only a constant enhanced version of yourself, you enhance other people with your loving mind!
 
At the 10th level of consciousness you project so much energy that the foolish become wise, the poor feel rich, the hungry feel full inside!
 
At the 10th level of consciousness you can share your love with all sentient beings on Earth, from those in poverty to the rich and powerful
 
At 10th level of consciousness you become aware of your spiritual mission on Earth: You focus on completing your mission, then transcending!
 
Once you reach the 10th level of consciousness you can stay connected with the 10% of your physical environment, or you can leave and travel
 
At the 10th level of consciousness you complete your soul's purpose for being in physical form. You confront a choice: Leave Earth, or stay?
 
At 10th level of consciousness, if you decide to leave Earth you enter the 1st level of cosmic being; if you decide to stay you guide Spirit

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Subject: 5-Minute Life Management Course; Lessons for Everything

Lesson 1:

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower,

when the doorbell rings.


The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.


When she opens the door, there stands Bob , the next-door neighbor..


Before she says a word, Bob says, 'I'll give you $800 to drop that towel.


After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked


in front of Bob , after a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves.


The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs.


When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, 'Who was that?


'It was Bob the next door neighbor,' she replies.


'Great,' the husband says, 'did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?


Moral of the story:


If you share critical information pertaining to what is going on with your finances

with your spouse in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable

exposure, embarrassment and hurt feelings.

Lesson 2:


A priest offered a Nun a lift.


She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg.


The priest nearly had an accident.


After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.


The nun said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?


The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide


up her leg again.


The nun once again said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?


The priest apologized 'Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.


Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way.


On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It


said, 'Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.'


Moral of the story:


If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

Lesson 3:


A man, his wife , and eldest son are walking to lunch


when they find an antique oil lamp.


They rub it and a Genie comes out.


The Genie says, 'I'll give each of you just one wish.


'Me first! Me first!' says the husband 'I want to be in the Bahamas

,
driving a speedboat, without a care in the world.


Puff! He's gone.


'Me next! Me next!' says the son. 'I want to be in Hawaii , relaxing


on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina


Coladas and the sexiest woman in the world.'


Puff! He's gone.


'OK, you're up,' the Genie says to the husband.


The wife says, 'I want those two back at the yard work after lunch.


Moral of the story:


Always let your spouse have the first say.



Lesson 4


An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing.


A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, 'Can I also sit like you and


do nothing?


The eagle answered: 'Sure, why not.


So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a


sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.


Moral of the story:


To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.


Lesson 5



A turkey was chatting with a bull.


'I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree' sighed the turkey, 'but I

haven't got the energy.


'Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?' replied the bull.


They're packed with nutrients..'


The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him


enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.


The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second


branch.


Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the


top of the tree.


He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree..


Moral of the story:


B. S. might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.


Lesson 6


A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to

the ground into a large field.


While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung


on him.


As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to


realize how warm he was.


The dung was actually thawing him out!


He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.


A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.


Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung,

and promptly dug him out and ate him.


Moral of the story:


  1. Not everyone who craps on you is your enemy.

    (2) Not everyone who gets you out of crap is your friend.

    (3 ) And when you're in deep crap, it's best to keep your mouth shut! Here endeth the 5 minute life course. Bright Blessings, Light Love and 
    Laughter,
    Chessie
    Chessie Roberts

Sunday, November 13, 2011

A LABEL IS NOT JUST A WORD

A LABEL IS NOT JUST A WORD
© Chessie Roberts 2010, all rights reserved

A label is a word we use to define a set of characteristics that reveal what we believe about some thing or some one. Trouble comes when we begin to believe something specific about the word that makes up the label and use that label to define other things. This relegates all things with that particular label to being thought of in a certain way. 
These labels can be any word, either positive or negative. Unfortunately, most carry negative feelings. Words like lazy, slow, stupid create emotions about them and who/what they are attached to. When enough people feel the same way about a label, it becomes a very loaded and powerful word. Because emotions drive the manifestation of things and situations in our lives, if the labels connotations are negative then there is a big ugly thing floating around out there that will do harm to whoever and whatever it becomes attached to.
The good news here it this can also happen to positive words and feelings. Positively driven feelings are becoming the ‘new thought processes’. As more and more of us become aware of the need for balance, positivity and love in our lives, we become aware that we can change and/or eliminate labels that are detrimental. Because we can’t become unaware, we share our new thoughts and feelings with others causing a ripple effect that will grow into a better, more positive and loving culture. This is beginning to be seen all over the global community and with your help and that of others of the same balanced, positive and loving mindset this can become a very healing change.
By the numbers of groups that follow ideals such as the ones presented in The Law of Attraction, Positive Thinkers, Evolution of Self; Journey into Mind, Body, Spirit Balance, The Healing Power of Sound and the ecology awareness folks we see that many of our race are waking up to the fact that this is the way we need to grow to save ourselves and our planet. So don’t limit yourself by using labels; keep sharing the new positivity, love and raised vibrations and the world will get better. 
Swami Chidvilasananda said, “Once the fountain of love is unlocked in our hearts, we see the magnificence of our existence. With that love we turn this world into a paradise.”
Bright Blessings, Chessie