I want to let my Facebook Family know that I graduated into Spiritual Adulthood yesterday. I was confronted once again with someone who should only show me love who did his very best to shame, subjugate and minimize me. What did I do? How did I respond? Uncharacteristically. I smiled. I breathed deeply. I loved. I finally rejected as false the supposition that I am small, powerless and worthy of humiliation. Further, I loved that man right back into a place of union, fellowship, acceptance and wholeness. His need to keep me small is from his unhappy distortions, not because I am indeed small. I loved him. We parted as friends. I am free. I know who and what I am. I am love. Because that is my nature, and my true identity, I can now give out freely to all that which is my divine birthright. I am unable to accept distorted definitions of myself as accurate. I see these distortions now as reflections of the other's pain, fear, sadness. They are not me. And I now can reflect love back to the ones who cannot see clearly. I love all. But I will no longer accept shit sandwiches and call them yummy. I can identify a shit sandwich when I see one. I thank the chef. I appreciate the gesture. I take the chef into his kitchen, and together we make a nice salad. I do not shame the chef. After all, he had the good grace too offer me sustenance. I am careful to appreciate the effort. Together we enjoy our meal, and we part company nourished. I think this is what the next little bit is going to be about. Transmuting shit sandwiches into salads. In Jesus' day, it was water into wine. I fail to see the difference. Love to my virtual community, strength to we Earth-bound angels, joy to the world.

In the early stages of meditation the aspirant will notice a sense of loss, lack and emptiness, which is frequently most distressing. This is due to the fact that the focus of attention is away from the things of the senses. This indicates a sure sign of genuine progress in your meditations.

Slowly and naturally a measure of control of the mind emerges. You begin to sense the truth more clearly gaining greater compassion toward others.

Expansion of awareness, understanding, perception and emotional detachment heightens your senses, reducing stress and improving health, bringing peace, centeredness, self-discipline and a greater ability to focus. Visual imagery increases in conscious reception.

Regeneration of the physical, mental, emotional, and etheric  bodies, giving rest to the mental and emotional bodies that receive rest only during the conscious stilling of the mind, altering the process of aging.

One of the first positive effects of the meditation work is an increased efficiency in the daily life, be it home, office or any field of human endeavour.

Whether or not illumination is achieved, through the practice of meditation, the life of the individual will be greatly enriched. There will be much gained usefulness and power as a result along with an enormous increase in awareness, widening their sphere of influence.

There will come a quickening of your psychic nature. Leading to development of a new and subtle apparatus, by means of which you no longer see the vision of Divine reality as separate, but know yourself to be Divine reality.

CREATIVE MEDITAION