1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period this time around.
2. You will learn lesson. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid.
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works".
4. A lesson is repeated until it is learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning lessons does not end. There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.
6. "There" is no better than "here". When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will, again, look better than "here".
7. Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.
8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your answers lie inside you. The answers to life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen and trust.
10. You will forget all of this.
Here is a little story. It reminds me of what it is like for us when we enter into our earth life. If only we could see life here for the illusion it really is. We really are just expressions of Divine Love in its myriads of forms..... The Cave of Illusion ............ You are trapped in an illusion, a dream. Only when you awaken, only when you remember who you are and then treat all others and yourself accordingly, will the dream end. Imagine that you are a Being of Light. An expression of Infinite Love. You are floating at the entrance of a cave. There are other Beings with you. They tell you that you are about to enter a world created by the beliefs of those who are trapped inside. That when you enter the cave you will believe as they do; that this is real and that this is all there is. You too will believe that you are a tangible creature and that the physical world within the cave is real. You will experience a world of linear time and space, a world of dualistic extremes; light/dark, good/evil, life/death, and so on. You are told that there are demons in this cave, products of the beliefs of those who are trapped within. These demons will attempt to distract you so that you are trapped along with all the others. These belief-created demons feed on dark emotions like pain, fear, anger, depression and regret. They will do whatever they can to keep you in the cave forever so that they can continue to exist. The beings trapped within this world will attempt to convince you that you must stay within the cave lifetime after lifetime until you are good enough, have experienced enough, learned enough or suffered enough. Or they will tell you that you will go to one of a variety of other worlds after this one according to your actions in this world. They sincerely believe these ideas. Do not judge or chastise them. Do not believe what you are told. Do not believe what you see. It is all illusion. Live the Truth. Set an example. Do what you can to remind your fellow Beings who they are. Be your Divine Self in all things. Imagine that this is what you were told before you entered this world. Why would you enter this cave in the first place? You go because you are an expression of God’s Compassion and God’s Love. You also go because you are an expression of God’s Creativity and God’s Joy. You do not enter the cave to suffer, to be punished, trapped or tested. You enter to remind those seemingly trapped within that they need not do this. You enter out of compassion and love. You enter as a creative and joyous endeavor. You enter the cave because Love is what you are and suffering always draws Love to it. Love loves Itself and will do all it can to end suffering. Even if that suffering is an illusion.
© 1997, Jon Shore .... Love & Light Chrissy / Astara
When you open to channel, you automatically open up to the light of your own soul
Imagine this scene if you will. Two babies are in utero confined to the wall of their mother's womb, and they are having a conversation. For the sake of clarity we'll call these twins Ego and Spirit. Spirit says to Ego, "I know you are going to find this difficult to accept, but I truly believe there is life after birth." Ego responds, "Don't be ridiculous. Look around you. This is all there is. Why must you always be thinking about something beyond this reality? Accept your lot in life. Make yourself comfortable and forget about all of this life-after-birth nonsense." Spirit quiets down for a while, but her inner voice won't allow her to remain silent any longer. "Ego, now don't get mad, but I have something else to say. I also believe that there is a Mother." "A Mother!" Ego guffaws. "How can you be so absurd? You've never seen a Mother. Why can't you accept that this is all there is? The idea of a Mother is crazy. You are here alone with me. This is your reality. Now grab hold of that cord. Go into your corner and stop being so silly. Trust me, there is no mother." Spirit reluctantly stops her conversation with Ego, but her restlessness soon gets the better of her. "Ego," she implores, "please listen without rejecting my idea. Somehow I think that those constant pressures we both feel, those movements that make us so uncomfortable sometimes, that continual repositioning and all of that closing in that seems to be taking place as we keep growing, is getting us ready for a place of glowing light, and we will experience it very soon." "Now I know you are absolutely insane," replies Ego. "All you've ever known is darkness. You've never seen light. How can you even contemplate such an idea? Those movements and pressures you feel are your reality. You are a distinct separate being. This is your journey. Darkness and pressures and a closed-in feeling are what life is all about. You'll have to fight it as long as you live. Now grab your cord and please stay still." Spirit relaxes for a while, but finally she can contain herself no longer. "Ego, I have only one more thing to say and then I'll never bother you again." "Go ahead," Ego responds impatiently. "I believe all of these pressures and all of this discomfort is not only going to bring us a new celestial light, but when we experience it, we are going to meet Mother face-to-face and know an ecstasy that is beyond anything we have ever experienced up until now." "You really are crazy, Spirit. Now I'm truly convinced of it."
Adapted from a story by Henri J. M. Nouwen. Copied from Your Sacred Self, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer..
A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, the son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Curious, he yells: "Who are you?" He receives the answer: "Who are you?" Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!" He receives the answer: "Coward!" He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?"
The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention." And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!" The voice answers: "I admire you!" Again the man screams: "You are a champion!" The voice answers: "You are a champion!"
The boy is surprised, but does not understand.
Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions. If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart.
If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence. This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; Life will give you back everything you have given to it.
YOUR LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. IT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU!
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