THE INVITATION - To Awaken & Learn to Trust our Inner Guidance

It is by this inner work of human evolution that we can correct the misguided ways in which we as humans have been engaging and destroying our world. 

We need to see ourselves as we truly are, if we are to use all the tools that are available to us. We tend to see things as either black or white (polarity) and we need to see life as shades of gray. We are always swinging like a pendulum, but somehow focusing on the extreme ends of the swing. 

It is in coming together and seeing all of our facets as part of the One, that we can fully become integrated, whether it is in ourselves or within the outer world. 

The foundation of this work is in recognizing that we are always both human and spiritual. Learning to cultivate the inner state that harmonizes these two aspects of ourselves, will bring an inner contentment to our basic needs and free us from the “hypnotic state” that is holding us hostage to our misguided political and economic systems.

We have a narrative that believes that we are all separate from one another and from the world we inhabit. We are blind to the interconnectedness of all beings. We all share the same energy field and our thoughts, actions, and emotions move through all of reality. All of creation has a holistic synergy within its parts. 

Fundamentally, the interpretations of our mind create an overlay that distort how we perceive the truth in each moment. We see every situation through the filters of our mind. We prejudge people and situations. We project the past into the future. We live in the narrative of our individual perceptions. The antidote for this way of living is the spiritual practice that allows us to pierce the veil of ignorance and separation conjured up by our minds. 

By the practices of Mindful Meditation, we train ourselves to recognize what our senses are experiencing in each moment, and can see what our minds are overlaying over the situation. Through the practices of Insight Meditation, we question our assumptions and look for present moment direct experience to bring light to any and all situations. Through these practices we can start to see the conscious and subconscious patterns that are blindly guiding our lives and we can become wise and independent thinkers, taking our place as aware co-creators of our lives. 

We are not our bodies nor our personalities. We have a body and a personality from which to experience and contribute to our shared world. Our job is to continually cleanse, purify, and refine our ego to allow more of our divine light to express itself through us. We minimize our distortions by aligning ourselves to the gentle flow of divine nature. 

By silencing the constant overlay of our thinking mind, we can hear and feel the source energy that sustains all of life. Reaching this level of oneness creates a total sense of self love and interconnectedness to the whole of reality, that will inherently sooth our sense of lack and fear and lead us to a healthy relationship with our world. 

Through our inner work it becomes easier to recognize the delicate balance between all the aspects that are our lives. We can make holistic choices that bring harmony to ourselves and our shared world.

As humans it is imperative that we cultivate our higher qualities. We need to respect and support each other, become more aware of the affects our actions have on the planet and each other. We must question the direction of our lives, our communities, our companies, our governments, and bring some wisdom and common sense to humanity. 

We must be willing to see things differently, help others expand their perspectives and become an active part of the shift of consciousness so needed at this time in human history. From this deep place within ourselves we can become true leaders with a genuine voice that can “speak truth to power” and bring constructive action to solve today’s problems. 

“If you can see the hand of God in all that surrounds you, If you can taste his fragrance in all the beauty of Nature, If you can see his soul in the eyes of a new born baby and in the wise old lady… If you can do that, you will be living in God’s kingdom and Heaven”. - Manny Muros