Security???

"Giving up security usually means giving up your drama about what you have been through in your life. This is because we often envision security as whatever will keep us from going through unpleasant events we have experienced in the past, especially in matters of money and love. No journey into consciousness is complete until we leave security behind, and learn how to be joyful without it."

This quote, from one of my teachers Grandfather White Elk, is probably at the heart of what challenges many of us. It bears contemplation. It ties in with being in the present moment and dancing with whatever uncertainty the universe may present you with in that moment. Which is most often pleasant enough and often quite pleasing.

Inspiration

"There is no more important spiritual endeavor you can undertake than the unflinching examination of your darkest fears and most spectacular fantasies. When you experience a surge of emotions, whether positive or negative, your psyche is displaying for you the Mind's fabrications. If you are able to focus your attention inward during these moments of intense reaction, and take full responsibility for the distortions of Mind upon your reality, your evolution will be served enormously." A quote from White Buffalo.

Spontaneity

"Employ spontaneity in the service of actualizing essence. Anchor yourself in the now. Dance with the potentials that are present. Allow a choice based on essence to set up a flow . Allow one essence-rich choice to lead you to the next, without having to know where the flow is taking you." This a quote from Spotted Eagle.

Health Care?

There has been much said about the body in metaphysical circles. To start there is a lot of mythology and misinformation about what bodies are for, what they are about, and what their condition reflects. A growing increasingly obvious objection to this New Age model of physical perfection is that it purports a Nirvana fantasy, that if we just get our thoughts in proper order, that a perfect body will suddenly be reflected.

The body is really the soul's vehicle for expression on the material plane. It is the only way the soul can access this classroom about fear, in our case, the Earth-plane. The human body is our current vehicle of choice, and this has proved to be a very effective choice because it has given the soul a very broad framework for connecting to physical awareness and then exerting its higher awareness in order to have dominon over biological urges. The body-psyche complex of a human being comes complete with a biological tendency to fear the future, so this makes the body a perfect tool for overcoming fear.

The above perspective was offered in a workshop given by Jennie Marlow on transforming your health and well-being. Perhaps the simplest first step we can take in improving and maintaining our health is to take responsibility for our actions that directly affect our health. How much and what we eat, what we drink, where we choose to live and what level of stress do we continue to bear in the quest for what marketers tell us we should have to be considered successful. That question could begin with a deep inner search to answer the question "What do I consider to be a succcessful life?" Above all we ought to take some time to look inside ourselves and explore what really lies there.