What Do I Want?

[scott snedeker]

Originally Posted by Zerbie

What if we all choose to ignore and stop responding to posts/threads that are aggressive, provocative, laden with non-viable comparisons, veiled insults and accusations?

Abraham's law of attraction states that like vibrations attract. We all have within us disharmony, predjudice, anger, need, predatory instincts, self pity etc. These vibrations disconnect us from each other and disconnect us from our Source. You can tell by the negative emotion felt

Like vibrations attract and activate each other.

If you respond to negative emotion with a negative emotional vibration activated within you, then the negative vibration will escalate in the other. This is what leads to argumets, lost friends, enemies and war.

We also have within us love, affirmation, compassion, joy, light, passion, safety, trust, comfort, etc. These connect us to each other and Source, God, Christ, Gaia or what ever label you give to your spiritual connection.

Within everyone is Love. This is the beatiful miracle that Abraham teaches, that Christ felt more than any other being, that the spirit of the forest will tell you......if you listen.


The response to violence that Abraham teaches is creation of something beautiful, creation of something healing, ackowlegdement of entitlement to desire.

The first Agreement of Don miguel Ruiz is to be impeccable with your word. This means communicating genuine love so as to activate this in the person to whom you are speaking.

The message of Dan Millman is the time is now, where I am is here, what I am is this moment.


This leads me to a new set of Questions to help me live happier, more real, safer, and alive with love:

1. What do I want?

2. What is required to achieve it?

3. Am I willing to do what is necessary?

If you'll notice, the first question is not "What don't I want?" or What do others want me to do or be? or What do others or myself expect me to be or do? Or what do I expect others to be or do? Or what do others owe me?

It is "What do I want?" Not so simple if all your attention is on the other questions above!

The second question is no less difficult to answer sometimes.

The third question often requires painful honesty on many levels.

If the answer to the third question is "No", then my desire will either not manifest or not manifest for long because to do something unwillingly creates opposition internally.

If the answer is "yes" then I am enjoying the action required to attain my desire. There is no opposition and the desire will last.

So what do I want from soulforce?

Sanctuary, to provide and receive. Compassion, love, affirmation, humor, friendship, expansion of spiritual awareness, connection to others and spiritual energy.

What don't I want from Soulforce?----wrong question!

[Zerbie]

Ahh, sweet, Scotty.

For clarification, since it is apparently needed, my suggestion to ignore provocative statements, accusations, insults and aggression does not include ignoring entire topics of discussion. It was a suggestion to ignore the aggression, the provocation, the insults, and the accusations. NOT the subject matter.

Since many of us are reading certain postings AS aggression, accusation, etc., I suggest that those of us who perceive those postings and threads in this manner not respond to them.

[scott snedeker]

I did get your intended meaning sweetie!

That is why I posted a new thread. To illuminate the parallels in your message that I get from my spiritual guides. To show you my affirmation and the affirmation I see from Araham, Ruiz and Millman.

Read my post again with the knowledge that I got what you were saying and you will feel the affirmation I am giving you!

But I am taking my own message one step further, well, it's not mine originally but It needs to be said more:

PEACE

[antonyh]

Gotcha Zerbie. Now I understand what you're getting at. I won't mention the "w**" word or Keltic will shut us down

[Zerbie]

Originally Posted by antonyh

Gotcha Zerbie. Now I understand what you're getting at. I won't mention the "w**" word or Keltic will shut us down

Cool.

[Daniel]

Originally Posted by scott snedeker

This leads me to a new set of Questions to help me live happier, more real, safer, and alive with love:

1. What do I want?

2. What is required to achieve it?

3. Am I willing to do what is necessary?

If you'll notice, the first question is not "What don't I want?" or What do others want me to do or be? or What do others or myself expect me to be or do? Or what do I expect others to be or do? Or what do others owe me?

It is "What do I want?" Not so simple if all your attention is on the other questions above!

The second question is no less difficult to answer sometimes.

The third question often requires painful honesty on many levels.

If the answer to the third question is "No", then my desire will either not manifest or not manifest for long because to do something unwillingly creates opposition internally.

If the answer is "yes" then I am enjoying the action required to attain my desire. There is no opposition and the desire will last.

So what do I want from soulforce?

Sanctuary, to provide and receive. Compassion, love, affirmation, humor, friendship, expansion of spiritual awareness, connection to others and spiritual energy.

What don't I want from Soulforce?----wrong question!

Thank you Scotty for this thread!

So many thoughts come to mind, some of them quite practical in nature. Such as- I've been thinking recently about developing a business plan. I mean, let's face it, if you don't have an idea about where and what you want to be doing, nothing is going to happen, right?

What's you're saying seems very practical to me.

And there is another, more personal reason, why I find your perspective highly attractive. And it's this.

My experience with tinnitus has been a huge teacher for me. Has that been fun? No. But I've been learning (and am still learning) that to have a full and vibrant life, I have to- I should say for the sake of my sanity- MUST- focus on what I WANT in life. God knows, when you have a siren going off in your head you have to decide WHAT you are going to give your attention to. If you don't, you go freaking NUTS.

When my attention goes towards that which I want, and what helps others, what I am 'made' to do, the ringing receeds from my attention. The volume diminishes. And that's a very interesting thing. This tells me that the mind is a great deal more malleable than we might suppose. (My hope and prayer is that, with time and practice, my brain will learn to find less noisy highways to travel.)

And let's face it, we all have something we have to deal with, right?

I say use it. Whatever it is, let it teach us to become more open to love and light, to warmth and joy.

The Buddhist's call it Maitri.

Maitri: Kindness, benevolence, or goodwill, as in the disposition of a friend (Sanskrit, mitra). An important Buddhist virtue, maitri is to be cultivated towards all in a spirit of generosity which is free of attachment or thoughts of self-interest. As the first of the four Divine Abidings, maitri is practised as a meditational exercise by being directed first of all to oneself, then those close to one (such as friends and family), and then extended by stages to embrace all living beings.

The point here is to take what seems unbearable and to use it as a way to find compassion for one's self and for others.

It's a lot better than sitting around whining about being a victim. And what a bore that is, to hear and become.

I bow to the light within you!

[antonyh]

Originally Posted by Daniel

So many thoughts come to mind, some of them quite practical in nature. Such as- I've been thinking recently about developing a business plan. I mean, let's face it, if you don't have an idea about where and what you want to be doing, nothing is going to happen, right?

What are some of your business idea(s). Just interested. I think entrepreneurship is awesome.

My experience with tinnitus has been a huge teacher for me. Has that been fun? No. But I've been learning (and am still learning) that to have a full and vibrant life, I have to- I should say for the sake of my sanity- MUST- focus on what I WANT in life. God knows, when you have a siren going off in your head you have decide WHAT you are going to give your attention to. If you don't, you go freaking NUTS.

It can be difficult sometimes to simply give yourself permission to pursue what YOU WANT. I decided to try this philosophy after graduating recently and I start a non-profit job advocating for LGBT sacramental/civil rights in January. I'm so excited. I could make $15,000 more per year in the corporate world but I'll be happy at work for once...so who cares.

My next goal is to become ordained and enter the ministry (yeah, frightening I know ). How I am going to pull that one off as an out gay man in a committed relationship is yet to be seen.

Relentless focus on what YOU WANT

Scotty, I really admire your loving, care free approach to life.

[Zerbie]

Originally Posted by Daniel

When my attention goes towards that which I want, and what helps others, what I am 'made' to do, the ringing receeds from my attention. The volume diminishes. And that's a very interesting thing. This tells me that the mind is a great deal more malleable than we might suppose. (My hope and prayer is that, with time and practice, my brain will learn to find less noisy highways to travel.)

And let's face it, we all have something we have to deal with, right?

I say use it. Whatever it is, let it teach us to become more open to love and light, to warmth and joy.

The Buddhist's call it Maitri.



The point here is to take what seems unbearable and to use it as a way to find compassion for one's self and for others.

I's a lot better than sitting around whining about being a victim. And what a bore that is, to hear and become.

I bow to the light within you!

Danny, I love you so much!