Dezember 10, 2010

the neutral heart technique

Even after all this time, the Sun never says to the Earth, "You owe me." Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.
—Hafiz
Dear Veronika,
As practitioners of the six heart virtues, our focus is on the expression of appreciation, compassion, forgiveness, humility, valor, and understanding. Sometimes, though, the outflow is diminished or our attention wanders and we can find ourselves depleted and discouraged, unable to express or radiate the virtues within us with vitality and genuineness.
When you feel a bit drained or dispirited, often it is because you feel that the balance between the inflow of love, appreciation, understanding, and forgiveness does not measure up to your outflow. In other words, what we give out to our family, friends, work associates and strangers, seems to be more—in some cases, far more—than what we get in return.
This perception can rapidly lead to discouragement; a sense that life is not working or is even unfair and unresponsive to our practice of the six heart virtues. There is a technique called the Neutral Heart that is an excellent method to refresh and balance your energy system especially when the feelings of depletion and discouragement overtake your expression of the heart virtues in your daily life.
Within the energetic heart is a place of neutral feelings; a place where energy-draining perceptions can shift and transform with a gentle nudge. It may seem paradoxical, but neutrality is the pivot of transformation. It is here that you can take the stubborn, concretized energetic densities that have become rooted in your personality, and realign them with the advanced energetics of the six heart virtues.
While these densities are familiar to you, they can operate as obstacles to the new patterns and new energies that are coming to the planet and potentially to each of us individually, especially as practitioners of the six heart virtues. These densities are like plaque to the energetic grid that surrounds you, restricting the flow of intuition and creating a dissonance to the incoming cosmic rays, which makes it harder for you to operate in the state of Oneness and accelerated virtuous cycles that are the hallmark of these new energies.
Between now and 2012 our solar system is undergoing a migratory orbit that will take it within a current of empowering rays or cosmic frequencies that issue from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. It is recommended that you devote a portion of your time to realign the blockages or densities within your energetic body during this time in order to align yourself to these new energies. Doing so will empower you to embody these frequencies and transmit them with greater potency.
The Neutral Heart technique has three steps, which are designed to help you transform the stubborn energetic densities that have concretized in your energetic field and align them to the new energy-flow in which you are learning to live.
Step One: The Smiling Heart
The first step is to center yourself in your heart by imagining that your heart area is smiling. If you imagine it is smiling outward it opens the door of neutrality into which you can bring densities you wish to transform and realign.
It is essential that your heart-smile expresses the genuine quality of the neutral heart, which is contemplative, with deep chords of intuitive knowing and the soft hush of divine love. This is the attitude that you can hold in your heart area. When you settle into this attitude, you are ready for the second step.
Step Two: Invite the Densities Inside
Next you invite these stubborn energetic densities into your neutral heart. For example, suppose you are feeling discouraged, and you have identified its source as feeling unappreciated at work. The feeling of discouragement is only wearing a new face, the true energy of discouragement has been with you all of your life. When you were an infant you were discouraged when your mother went away from you. As a toddler, when you did not get your way. As a child, when you were scolded. As a teenager, when you were put down by your peers. As an adult, when you were unappreciated for your contributions.
This energy signature of discouragement, within your energetic field, is calcified every time you feel it, regardless of what the temporary source may be. Most of us have a strong energetic density around this feeling of discouragement. This is what you invite into the neutral heart, not the temporary disguise that discouragement is wearing today or yesterday, but rather the collective of discouragement that is the foundational energy for this feeling.
Each of the emotions that cause depletion of energy, creativity, intuition, mental acuity, and sense of well being can become calcified to the point that they interfere with your energetic field and its connection to the Oneness we all share. The negative emotions, like anger, envy, depression, chronic anxiety, and hopelessness, are like fundamental chords that we strike in our energetic field every time we feel them, and these chords resonate and activate other negative emotions, which can be our ruin.
Inviting these densities inside our neutral heart requires that we invite the fundamental chords. Here's what I mean. Imagine that anger is a chord that is played with three fingers. Each time you feel anger; these three fingers strike the chord. The chord resonates throughout your energetic field. It finds sympathetic chords that resonate with it and together they form a dissonance within your energetic field.
The fundamental chord is triggered by the three fingers, and what are the three fingers? They are the day-to-day events and experiences that strike the chord. And every time the chord is struck, it is welded tighter to your energetic field and your field becomes a little more rigid and less adaptive to the new energies of the six heart virtues.
Negative emotions, at their fundamental level, are packages of history like balls made out of rubber bands. It is to these "packages" that you extend the invitation, and by inviting them into the neutral heart, you are, in a sense, awakening them to their pointlessness in your present reality. In this step you are not trying to force them to change or remove them, but rather you are allowing them to feel the new perspective and energy field you are assembling.
You are creating a new discernment process with this approach, and this new process is "heard" by all parts of your system, including your energetic densities at their most fundamental level. You are accessing the intuitive guidance of your heart and asking it to realign the energetic blockages or stubborn energies that create the sense of imbalance, discouragement, and depletion that you feel. It is a gentle reminder to these old behaviors and stubborn energies that change is stirring and that they need to be aware of this change and either align to it or let go.
Step Three: Marinate with Conviction
The final step is to let these negative emotions "marinate" in the neutral space of your heart. Imagine these obstinate energies are like rigid knots when they enter your heart, and as they soak in the wisdom of its neutrality, they loosen up and begin to relax as they begin to understand your new plan. They do not magically disappear, but rather as they relax they choose to realign to the energetic grid you are consciously engineering.
What is stubborn and unwanted within you is not something you want to evict like an unwanted tenant or exorcise like a demon; rather it is a part of you that has served you in the past, and once aligned to your new plan, can continue to serve you in the future. Nonetheless, your heart—within the wisdom of its neutrality—entrains these stubborn energies to its plan and you must feel the certainty of this plan. Step three is focused on this certainty because it is in the crucible of conviction that old energies can realign and entrain to your new energetic grid.
The six heart virtues are the instruments we use to re-engineer the energy grid upon which we live. The old densities that exist in all of us are based on the history of our belief system and experiential world. In a sense, they are the bridge we crossed over to get to where we are in this very moment, but our learning must be constantly realigning itself to our present comprehension—our present learning needs. The Neutral Heart technique helps our historical learning and the behaviors and attitudes that arise from them to have less resonance and therefore cause less dissonance within our energetic field.
The Neutral Heart technique can be used for any set of emotional disturbances or imbalances, and it is ideal as a method of discernment for decision making; regaining your sense of empowerment; rebalancing your energetic field, or rejuvenating your attitudinal buoyancy.
As with any technique, the Neutral Heart is a framework. You can experiment with it, add your own ideas to it, and modify it to your own personality. If you find a better way to perform the steps in the process that helps you dial-in to the core purpose of the technique, then feel free to utilize these adjustments.
The Neutral Heart technique is not a universal remedy for emotional ills. Everyone feels depleted and discouraged from time-to-time. I'm not suggesting that if you practice this technique you will be free of these feelings, but rather if you apply it when you do feel these negative emotions, it will accelerate your movement through them, and you will feel that your energetic system has been refreshed and is able to take on the next challenge of life with greater ease and grace.
You do not need to practice the Neutral Heart technique in private or in a quiet room free of distractions. When you become adept with the technique you can use it at any time and in any place. It only takes a minute or two. Think of it like an energetic body maintenance program, not unlike the grooming you provide your physical body each time you take a shower or brush your teeth.
Your energetic (quantum) body is the connection you have to the universe of Oneness and the creative empowerment of virtuous cycles. Whatever care and maintenance you provide it returns a hundred-fold. It's truly one of your best investments.
From my world to yours,
James

http://eventtemples.com/

Dezember 04, 2010

victim or master?

:
each action that you repeat, or each thought – because thought is also a subtle action in the mind – becomes more and more powerful. Then you are in the grip of it. Then you are imprisoned in the habit. Then you live the life of an imprisoned man, a slave. And the imprisonment is very subtle: it is of your habits and conditioning and the actions that you have done. It is all around your body and you are entangled in it, but you go on thinking and befooling yourself that you are doing it. When you get angry, you think you are doing it. You rationalize it and you say that the situation demanded it: “I had to be angry, otherwise the child would go astray; if I were not angry then things would go wrong, then the office would be in a chaos, then servants won’t listen; I had to be angry to manage things, to discipline the child. To put the wife in her right place I had to be angry.” These are rationalizations. That’s how your ego goes on thinking that you are still the boss, but you are not. Anger comes out of old patterns, out of the past. And when anger comes you try to find an excuse for it.
but through these rationalisations you do not feel yourself a victim but a master

and that*s a pity ....

November 28, 2010

das leben ist in sich schon ...

aussagekräftig - bedeutsam - bedeutungsvoll - aussagekräftig
und es gibt keinen zweck dahinter

der so oft erfragt
gesucht
oder was auch immer wird
von vielen

die fragen
was ist mein auftrag hier?
warum bin ich hier?

sind sie wirklich wichtig?
für wen sind sie wichtig?
wer will sie beantwortet haben?



das leben ist eine zuweckfreie "bedeutsamkeit"

wie ein lied
wie ein tanz
wie eine blume am wegrand

sie blüht - einfach  - ohne irgendeinen bestimmten zweck
ob da jemand vorbei kommt und sie sieht oder nicht
sie sprüht ihren duft in den wind
ob da jemand vorbeikommt und den duft riecht oder nicht

kommst du an ihr vorbei
lass sie dein sein bereichern


der regenbogen entsteht
völlig zweckfrei

natur ist

erschaffung von immer wieder
schöpfung von immer wieder

natur

blühen ist bedeutung genug - oder?

November 22, 2010

der goldene hund

eines tages
ich ritt mit einem freund durch einen wald
kam ein goldener hund zu mir

viele tage vergingen

bis wir eine busfahrt unternahmen
eine station vor unserem ziel ausstiegen
wir wollten zu fuß dorthin
noch ein bisschen gassi gehen

interessant
es war nicht MEIN ziel
wessen auch immer ...

wir erreichten dieses erste ziel nicht
unterwegs war uns ein anderes ziel genannt worden

und wieder ein anderes
immer wieder

wir wanderten
und wanderten
und wanderten

unterwegs trafen wir unterschiedliche menschen
in unterschiedlichen gegenden
manchmal mussten wir nach dem weg fragen
manchmal baten wir um essen

immer erhielten wir antwort
immer erhielten wir essen

es war anstrengend
doch für mich nicht ermüdend
und der goldene hund
ging mit mir
oder
ging nicht eher ich mit dem goldenen hund?

wir sahen den see
wir sahen den berg
wir sahen den ort

dort wollten wir hin

plötzlich
ein harter knall

der goldene hund war umgefallen
die zunge hing ihm aus dem maul
er verdrehte seine augen
müde schaute er mich an

ich kann nicht mehr
ich bin so erschöpft
lass mich einfach liegen

ich kniete mich zu ihm
nahm seinen kopf in meinen schoß
fand ein kleines fläschchen mit wasser in meiner tasche
das flößte ich ihm ein

die augen wurden wacher
der goldene hund entspannte sich
unter meinem streicheln
immer wieder
strich ich ihm das fell
vom kopf zu den beinen
vom kopf zur rute
vom kopf zum bauch

er entspannte immer mehr
trank den rest des wassers

fing an zu glänzen
in den farben des regenbogens
und signalisierte:

jetzt kann ich endlich schlafen ...


meine erschöpfung ist unter deinen händen gewichen


ich kann schlafen


bleib bei mir
bis ich wieder wach bin
mein kopf in deinem schoß
lass ihn dort
da fühl ich mich geborgen

lieber goldener hund

schlaf gut
erhol dich
und dann wandern wir weiter

das dorf
der berg
der see

sie laufen nicht davon

schlaf mein lieber
schlaf gut
ich bewache deinen schlaf

so wie du eines tages
den meinen bewachen wirst

September 19, 2010

chanting

Chanting heals the body, mind and spirit. 
Chanting causes the body and mind to relax 
which helps us physically, mentally and emotionally.
It can increase intuition and raises your energy vibrations within. 
Some people have problems focusing and stilling the mind in meditation,
instead they can use chanting to focus on.

The ancients, native americans, yogas, buddhists and so on 
used these technique to raise spiritual vibrations,
involving breath, chants, sounds and colors
to focus attention on the inner planes of reality, 
while opening to higher energy frequencies and consciousness.

September 11, 2010

charming

ist das doch klasse heute
in der  silence on violin strings zu finden:

und das ganze bei sonnenschein
wie viele bilder da entstehen
wie das kind in mir sich angesprochen fühlt



Charming Humor


andere mit meinem witz und charme
zu "entertainen"





Regaling those around you with your stories and banter can be a way for you to connect with them through the lighthearted joy of funniness.
Letting others experience the bright side of life through you might not only amuse the people you come in contact with, but it could lessen any tension they may feel about their own lives.
Should your humor generally tend toward the more sarcastic or sharp side


 naja gehört doch dazu und macht auch spaß
zeigt sich darin für mich
dass noch nicht alles "attachment" entlassen ist!!!


perhaps today you can think of ways to be funny


Humor is most powerful when it is done in a spirit of good-natured fun.
While we might not be conscious of how we use humor


das zu erfahren ist möglich


wogegen
das folgende ätzend ist:


many of us may find that humor is often a way to either deflect attention from ourselves or make ourselves feel better by putting someone else down.


wenn ich meinen humor mit aufmerksamkeit verbinde
kann ich ihn recht gut einsetzen
meinem gegenüber
mit zwinkernden
blitzenden augen


mut zusprechen
ihn aufmuntern


und
auch sehen lassen


die sunny side of the strrrrrreeeeeet




und sich vielleicht auch dafür zuentscheiden
die straßenseite mal zu wechseln

September 04, 2010

the essence is

whether ironing
whether vacuuming
whether sitting
whether going
whether talking
whether being silent
whether dancing
wheher ... 
what ever doing


the essence is serenity
that * s it
to be tranquil  in the innermost core

being in doing
and doing in being

relaxed in my middle
within the fullness
I am

now
in every and each moment

there was the cork on it

a birch does not compare itself with an oak
a thistle does not compare itself witth a rose

in my unique way
fulfill my potential

in motion
like the river
like water flowing

without imagination
of what will show around the next bend
within
the feeling of trust and relaxation

what ever happens
it is just right

mastering the energy of  fire
to create not to destroy

creating with me within myself
revealing
the masterpiece
that is hidden within me

polishing this piece
till it glosses


and to thank my Creator
for this wonderful - work

he has created


 mind is understood to assist me
but he and I
are independent of each other

He is very helpful to me
but not my "master"

gaiety
joy
fulfillment
satisfaction

form live
with me
into
a work of art

so the rainbow
is felt

with all its nuances