The Reflection and the Light

The Reflection & The Light

‘I was down at the creek the other day, she began, 'and decided to sit by the water for bit. I enjoy the sound of the water gurgling by, the smell of the earth and the foliage, the sight of the coloured leaves lazily floating down in the gentle breeze. I was thinking of reflections, something I'd read about recently. I studied the water and found that in this particular part, it was turbulent, and no reflection could be seen clearly. I carried on with my observations. A flickering on a slender tree trunk caught my eye and I turned back to look at it and realized that it was directly over the turbulent area I had just looked away from. 

There was the light. Perfectly reflected onto the tree, dancing and laughing. Though I found it difficult to see that light reflected upon the rough waters, there it was nevertheless. The light could be 'seen' on the still surface. Joyful and free. Even though we may be turbulent within, the Light is always shining to us and from within us. 

Find the still, quiet surface and we can see this Light.'

One of the Key Truths that was revealed to me, "The Light loves everything it touches." This has endless Truths held within it.

Many of us are so full of pain and we have no idea what to do with it. We lash out, or within, often when we perceive someone else could possibly be happy. We think, say, and do horrible things. Within ourselves, we are living a nightmare. We see within another that they had somehow escaped. But, we're still here. And we don't know how they did it.

  

The feelings. We're just so damned angry they did. There are so many reactions. The natural mind begins the stories and gets on a roll, the I Blame YOU chorus -- oh please, you're faking it...do you think you're better than me?... Who do you think you are?...I want whatever meds you're on...OK, so you're happy, but do have to rub it in MY face?...You have so much money, you can afford to go to those retreats, buy all those books. Poor me has nothing. --- 

--And now we slip into The I Blame Myself chorus --- I am such a loser. Why can't I get what I need? Because I am stupid, or maybe cursed. Maybe it's just not meant for me to be happy. Anyway, I did read the other day that I should embrace my negativity. So hey, I can just curl up here in this place and convince myself that I am living the life I was meant to...depressed, sad, fearful, hateful, ugly and tiny. And I can justify my moaning and whining and bitching and complaining -- after all, I am one of those very sensitive and empathic people. Woe is me.

This may be a generalized interpretation of what happens in the natural mind, the lower consciousness in which most of us are currently living from, when someone reacts poorly to another's happiness. 

I see that many misinterpret and perhaps overuse the term "embrace." We allow the mind to tell us lies about what it means. There definitely needs to be more clarity given with this word. I refer to all the poor souls caught in the prison of 'this is justification for how I feel, now I can be sad, miserable and horrible with an official title -- Sensitive, Empathic, doomed to carry the woes of the world.' There are whole communities of people feeding on and putting out negative energy. This, to me, reeks of self glorification of the most twisted kind. 

Ego. The mind can and will warp everything, until we begin to realize what it is, what it is doing, and what it was meant to do. Embracing the darkness of the lower nature means something entirely different. It can barely be explained in words. And it surely is not an easy task. To observe the parts of us that are incomplete as they become known to us via the Light shining on them. To suffer them and not react to them for a period of time in which the Light loves them and transforms them and makes them whole, takes a huge amount of faith, and a lot of practice. Never ending practice. 

We Need Every Voice That is Awakening to Speak Truth

For quite some time I had been reading about 'Who I am.' "That's not Who you are," I am told. Most of us are familiar with these terms. I found myself increasingly interested in them, but also reacting with thoughts like 'Who I am??? Maybe they mean besides a Mom, a Friend, a Wife, a mental case.... I have no idea.' But beyond that I could not decipher it. "That's a crazy big Idea...maybe I'll get it some day." Yet everywhere I turned, these statements kept coming at me. It really did become frustrating.

 
One day, I was watching a video, and the guy had me mesmerized. He was teaching about the tricks, subtle manipulation and clever conniving of the base level of consciousness most of us live from at this time, and have since the dawn of time. Then he said "That's not You!" And in such a way that he smiled, and I heard the unspoken ending of his statement "Silly girl". (Big Smile) In that moment I got it. I knew what that meant. A simple rephrasing, a different form, but the same shining Truth.

 
We need Every Voice of Truth, expressing Truth in as many forms as possible, so that Truth can be understood by those who would receive it.'

THIS, is who you are. Wise. A deep wisdom within; outside and a part of, the fear, the doubt, the anger, shame, and doubt. Outside of and a part of the messages, manipulations, and untruths of others. You, deep within your consciousness, lies your truth. Once found, you are never the same. 

Many blessings, love, & light. Beautiful Sunday, A day of reflection & light <3 Namaste, Lori-Lynn