Tag: silence

I find the teachings of the song “Sound of Silence” were not finished.

This image refers to the last verse of the song. And the words of the Prophets were written on the subway walls and tenement halls and in the Sound of Silence.

WE ARE ONE at the ESSENCE OF OUR BEING. The ESSENCE of our BEING is UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. It is not the sexual passionate emotion humans call it or the liking of an item that we say we love. It is the Caring, compassion and commitment to making sure that “We do unto others as would have them and the Source (by whatever name you call the All That IS) would do unto us. ”

If we do less there is something within us that needs to be cleared. We are called to walk our talk. One cannot be against killing in one instance and yet be fore it in another. One cannot ask to have help financially just for ourselves at the expense of others.

In this image on the right we have elderly living in poverty in a tenement. I am not forgetting about the millions who live in poverty in the world just focusing on one aspect that we can help. There are ones who would take away social security from the elderly and medicare. These people worked and earned these by putting money into them, it is not a gift. Ones who are wealthy and don’t need these to survive will take them and that is their right. Yet ones would cut the benefits instead of increasing them. Many are barely able to pay their rents, and must forgo food and medicine to have a roof over their heads or they may already be homeless. The Cost of living does not mean the increase in rents and there are also increases in medicare that cut into their cost of living. Many their families turn their heads to their poverty and needs. They have no cars to get to stores. Yet, ones would cut them and instead of taking limits off of wages paying into social security which would increase the fund, they choose to ignore the problem.

This would apply to both images : It is attributed to Reverend Martin Niemoller

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me.

So how do we speak out without moving from a center of love and alignment to our higher self.

MINDFULNESS – to center in our heart, align to our higher self and ask for guidance as to the highest perspective in any situation for the good of all involved.

‘A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.’ – Mahatma Gandhi

‘Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.’ – Mahatma Gandhi

‘A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks he becomes.’ – Mahatma Gandhi

‘A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.’ – Mahatma Gandhi

‘Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.’ – Mahatma Gandhi

I want to refer here to two separate Beings and instances of how to deal with anger, violence and aggression in others.

It is written in one of the Masters of the Far East books by Baird Spalding that during his missing years Jesus traveled to Tibet. While reading the ancient texts in a monastery one day the people began to be worried and agitated and Jesus asked what was wrong. They said the Mongol hoards are coming to invade us. The hoards were violent warriors who much like today would kill, plunders, burn, raped and destroy all that was in their way taking what they wanted. Jesus in response walked to the top of the mountain/hill facing the passage through which they were approaching. As they came forth he simply raised his hands and the horses bucked off the riders and ran away. The riders were stunned and confused and ran away. What did Jesus do? He simply sent Love towards them which reflected back their anger, violence and negativity upon themselves.

i asked for an example from Buddha and was guided to this.

Narayan Helen Liebenson: There are two instances in the Buddha’s life that are instructive regarding your question. The first involved a drunk and angry elephant running toward the Buddha with the intent to kill him. The Buddha responded by sending the elephant metta, whereupon the elephant stopped in his tracks and bowed down instead of trampling the Buddha to death.

In the second instance, the Buddha was subjected to angry insults. First the Buddha just listened to the man, then he basically said he could not accept the anger, that it was a gift he would not receive.

So yes, we need to respond in the moment to any mistreatment of ourselves or others, but the question is how.

The Buddha taught that violence begets violence and that only love can stop the cycle, so it is important to avoid participating in violent actions. But this doesn’t mean lying down and passively accepting abuse. Nor does it mean demonizing the person who is causing the trouble or seeing that person as the “other.”

Nonviolence does not equal passivity or nonresponsiveness. It means bringing forth the qualities of heart we are training ourselves in, namely, loving-kindness, courage, patience, and wisdom, and doing our best to enact them in the heat of the moment. Pausing to be mindful of just one breath can help calm the mind. Calmness offers the possibility of responding out of wisdom and compassion, rather than out of anger.

Standing up to injustice and preventing those who are causing harm from continuing to do so can be an expression of love and compassion. It protects not only oneself and others but the perpetrators as well by preventing them from being harmed by their own unskillful actions.

Our conditioning tells us to fight or flee but the dharma tells us to stand our ground and be aware of the emotions being stirred up, and then to take the wisest and most compassionate action possible in a given situation. Of course, the wisest action may be to fight (without anger) or to flee (without fear). What would it mean to fight or flee without self-centered aggression and because it’s the sensible thing to do?

In unjust situations, this can be extremely difficult to do. Sometimes the only thing we can do is be patient and try not to make a situation worse until a beneficial and creative action becomes clear.

You can read the complete teaching here:

https://www.lionsroar.com/ask-the-teachers-19/

Buddha taught that we all have different karma, experiences and obligations in life which may be factors in our choices of fight or flight. Which is what our ego/rational mind was designed to determine to protect our physical form so our Soul/Higher Self can guide us and work through us. It is as we clear karma and come into higher vibrational clarity and alignment with our Higher Self that we become able to know that fight – does not mean physical violence is necessary, but allowing a higher energy to move through us to create the pathway forward. We do not tolerate violence being done to another as none of our business, but violence against violence is only a temporary solution that does not change the energies.

Just because we did not get our way in a situation doesn’t mean we have the right to try to force another to believe as we do, even to the point of killing them. Is a piece of land worth the price of the life of another person and the creation of karma for ourselves. Do you believe that abundance is a possibility for all? It is if you align to your higher self and allow the Universal Oneness to flow through you. Yet, we are each given this opportunity to choose.

Why? Each Universe is created with a different perspective of experience. One of the perspectives of our Universe is the Free Will to make choices. The ultimate experience was diving as deeply as we could into the ‘darkness’ of separation from alignment and memory of who we truly are to experience the pain and suffering of duality. Why? To realize the futility of it, that the ultimate experience of learning, growing, expanding and Being comes from alignment to the Oneness of ALL THAT IS. Form there we know and understand, we create new worlds, we partake of the bounty, joy and abundance available to all. We reach the depths of separation and cry out and say , “NO MORE”. “I am tired of this game of dark and light we created. I want to be FREE”

Then you begin the process of walking the pathway home to Freedom and Unity. You see that all the wrong or right, good or bad, in reality means nothing. There is so much more in this world of which to partake.

We can create a heavenly/paradise on Earth. But that is our choice. We can move forward into 5D and higher reality with Earth as she transforms, or stay in 3D. Now is the time of choice. It is amazing.

Those who awaken realize the futility of the duality of US or THEM. If it is not about WE then it isn’t worth our time or focus.

This isn’t about practicing a religion or spiritual philosophy it is about BEING the LIGHT we TRULY ARE upon the Earth.

I salute each of you who are stepping upon or walking this path. I will do whatever I can to help you as you take your steps.

I AM Mareya Shimayah Elohim