Having no negativity

In realizing how to live and come from what is deeper than the accustomed self, having a living Master is so helpful.  I learn so much from John - from his transmission, his teaching and at times from his more direct and personal guidance, where he points out where I am not moving in agreement with what I Know.  Loving the little bit that we know the truth of within can become the living nectar that sustains us all day long in the midst of life's ups and downs - that subtle tiny little bit is everything.  Unseen yes, but Known and able to grow and blossom with our quieted agreement and surrender to it - in which giving nothing to negativity is so key.  During Friday's meeting John said:

"Deeply surrender

to using no negative phrasing

inside your life and out."

The above statement was in response to the questioner asking for some help to come from the heart.  John then went on to say how the self has feelings of like and dislike and, in no longer validating the feelings of dislike, giving such feelings no voice or movement.  Whilst saying what you do like  often and easily puts you into your heart, giving voice or movement to negativity is you taking your self to heart and not what you know that is deeper within.  When the questioner spoke to John of having no negativity, he said:

"Not even on the inside.

If you say it on the inside

you'll say it on the outside -

so you give it no voice and no movement."

John spoke that any time that you have a negative feeling, it's your cue to drop deeply within into surrender:

"The deep surrender

to being quieted within

when any negative feeling comes up

puts you into what you really are."

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"Be quieted within instead of being right."

Being quieted within when negativity arises steers us, as awareness, into what is deeper and cleaner within, allowing us to love the little; to be True ...

Until next time,

Love,

Shanti

The Little that Matters the Most

Dear ones, firstly - thanks for the comments to last week's post  :)  We're all in this together; we're not as alone as we think we are - and in the pressure cooker of life on planet Earth at this time, it ain't always easy, but the opportunities abound!  The more difficult, the more it's clear: there's only one place to be - in the tiny little bit that actually matters the most.

In last night's meeting, John spoke of what is quietly realized when you go to your "last hour death bed" - when everything else is almost gone and your perspective changes, making it easy to realize what really matters:

"What you quietly realize there

tells you how to live

and what to live for."

He went on to say how, in your last hour death bed, it won't matter much to you what you've done with your life and your self, that:'

"What will matter to you

is what you've done with your heart."

In contrast to what the patterns in the self and this world tells us, what actually matters the most is that openness and softness of heart, in the midst of anything and everything in life.

"When you realize

that you're about to die

and that it is absolutely not within your control,

the only real response 

is that of openness and softness of heart.

That means that there is - so deeply - no problem

- there's no issue."

That kind of honesty shows us that in truth, deeper within than our accustomed self and any pattern, there is no issue worth hardening and closing in our hearts over - and that we have the ability to remain open, to soften and to let go of that which we are making so important.  The simple truth is that it never is more important than having a beautiful heart.

"Openness and softness doesn't hold

- it is in clear, clean response

to what it Knows."

It's not how we've been programmed and it's not what surrounds us in our living - but it's the truth we know when we allow ourselves to become gentled and quieted within.  That most lovely little bit, that seems like nothing in the face of horrible thoughts and strong negative feelings is, at the end of the day (and your life), simply all that really matters.  

Until next time,

Love,

Shanti

Postcards from the Edge

First up, sorry that this week's post comes to you a day late - I was otherwise indisposed - and the title for this post has something to do with that; as to why I was indisposed.  In a manner of speaking, I was taken in by the Matrix at it's most ghastly, pretty much - I tipped over the edge, so to speak.  It was unexpected, particularly being as I'd been so happy to have John back in our midst and after I'd been in the Chair on Sunday afternoon -  for that was a sublime time to be sure.  It was one of the deepest connections I've ever had with John whereby I was so One with him, I was  him.  Now that sounds completely nutty from the worldly, conditioned self perspective - but it's the truth.  What I went into a day or so later, that  was true nuttiness - being completely sucked back into the Matrix of horrible thoughts and feelings, leaving me so drained I was like a dried out starfish, lying motionless on my bed for hours staring blankly at the ceiling .. lost in the darkest corners of the Matrix.  And now that I'm back in the saddle, a bit shell shocked at the severity with which I was suckered back into - hell, basically - it seems to me that to say there is no middle ground anymore is understatement of the century.  That's where I fell into the abyss of negativity, floundering about until I was that dried up starfish ...  It's a funny analogy, given that at the start of my time in the Chair on Sunday (and at the end too), I was deeply acquainted with such a deep, profound and beautiful calmness, that I likened it to being on the bottom of the ocean; John's ocean ... And then, a short while later, in believing thoughts and feelings which were not true, it was like a huge and unexpected wave cast me high and dry smack bang onto the beach - where I flapped around until I was almost like a dead thing ...
No middle ground means you can no longer get away with believing even a little bit of what isn't true.  In fact, it seems to me, that the more you Know the quicker and the harder you is gonna fall if you even look  in the general direction of that Matrix!
My time in the Chair with John on Sunday was all about receiving help to stay on point;  to stay only in what I know is real and true and good.  Yep, you guessed it, that's the help I unknowingly walked away with - middle ground, what middle ground?  What I have learned (again) from my recent decent into hell (pretty much, it was) is this:  Give nothing  to negativity - simply do not believe even the strongest thought/feeling/appearance of things if it's negative.  Give it nothing and instead, stay in the tiniest bit of what you Know, even if it seems so tiny that it's not in your experience at all, stand firm - and keep your mouth shut.  At the very least you can be OK in that sandstorm/tsunami, just keep quiet until it passes and stay calm (that tiny little bit is always so calm).  And never give up, never ever give up!  And it's good not to feel sorry for yourself (that's negative).  Sometimes these tests and challenges can feel overwhelming and so dark and difficult - but keep the faith people, don't take it to heart (and don't lose your sense of humour).  Just keep to the little tiny most quiet bit, that you Know is true.  Everyone has to go through dark and difficult times - it's what you believe and what you do (or don't do) whilst you're in them that's important, not the experience and certainly not the story that seems so believable ... You have everything you need, it's just so quiet and so tiny ...

Until next time,
Love,
Shanti

Your First Love

Not the person you had a crush on at school but rather that which you truly belong to within, the unseen and magical kind - that's with you for ever - because it's You.  Here's a few John snippets from the current seminar in India:

"When you're coming from your Being

you don't have problems, you have openings."

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"When you are coming from within your own Being,

even just a tiny little bit, 

what you are being is Love -

in the midst of some of your forms

that are not like that yet.

But they will become as you are.

That's their beauty;

they keep becoming

what you're being in them.

It enables you to see and experience

what you're being."

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"Openness is your first love.

When you're honest to what you Know

you love opening.

Opening answers you in the midst of anything."

Happily John's back soon and meetings will resume here in Edmonton this Sunday.

And, although it's been good to see what I can do without the support of being in his immediate field, I'm ready now to go 'back to school' and enjoy more proximity - learning more of what it is to embody one's Being, directly ...

Until next time,

Love,

Shanti