This is where I share from my open heart on all things Spiritual.
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Love,
Carol
Lessons from a Butterfly: All You need is within You
"Look deep, deep into
nature, and then you will understand everything better."
-Albert Einstein
Just as it is miraculous that a caterpillar can transform
and take flight as a butterfly, it is just as miraculous that you can transform
from feeling the illusion of separation and come home to Oneness. It may seem a
stretch for you if you are feeling ‘disconnected' from your essence, fortunately
this isn't about theory, this is about your human experience, you are
experiencing it now at what ever stage in the journey you are at. You can
resist it all you like and seemingly stay at the caterpillar stage for longer,
gorging yourself in so many ways. There will come a day where as for the
caterpillar the next stage in your evolution begins, a stage of massive change,
where you feel almost unrecognizable to the former stage as you return home and
join as One to play your part in creation of the universe.
The Butterfly represents the process of transformation. The
process of metamorphis is fascinating and holds many gems for us in our own
transformation.
From Oneness The Gift
of Healing the wounding of the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine
From the purity of Love of Oneness the archetypical wounds
of the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine are healing.
From separation and disconnection and ego the masculine and
feminine wounding feels like it is deepening. From fear, when the masculine is
rejected by the feminine and not honored by her, feels wounded even more deeply.
In an effort to protect what is left of
the masculine, the masculine ego strengthens and has become a dominant way of
being within the masculine psyche. From ego the masculine energy subjugates the
feminine, in an effort to re establish his strength and power, by sexual and
physical and emotional domination. Her wounds of violation deepen, and close
her off further, her ego closes her off further. The feminine is sensitive and
very perceptive and sees through the veil of ego and closes off more to protect
herself from further violation and domination. When the masculine subjugates
the feminine, his strength and power is limited and destructive and the
feminine is closed. Then both of these hold the cycle in place. Thus the Matrix
is held in place and strengthened on a daily basis. Held together by reactive ego's
each unconsciously trying to protect itself from further wounding; not realizing
that its protection mechanism is in itself what holds the destructive
dysfunctional matrix in place.
The escape from this madness is not found in an egoic
response of blaming or making the other wrong. It is just a place to start. The
way out is awareness and raising consciousness.
‘Are you more focused on your Christmas presents than on
your Christmas Presence?'
It is December, Christmas season, a time when people devote a lot of
time, thought and effort into the preparation and giving of Christmas presents.
While everybody is rushing around in their hunt for the
perfect gift, it is interesting to sit back and have a look at how much
attention we also give to our ‘Christmas Presence'.
Opening our Hearts and Coming Home To Love. This is our choice in every moment, to resist what 'is' or to open our heart and reconnect with our deep inner essence, and see the ease and grace and beauty and Love that is there. If we choose resistance then we are choosing suffering. If we choose to open our heart, choose Love, then our experience is of freedom and a peace beyond understanding.
As an author in the ‘Thank God I ....'. Book series, Carol Goddard shares candidly the back ground to her
story ‘Thank God I Love Being Me'.
I would love readers to be touched, and to open their
hearts, and see that they are enough just as they are.
Being Grateful: My Pathway to Love. Seeing
through the illusion of fear and naturally coming home to Love. I Choose
Love....
How often have you been gripped by fear, and even stopped by
fear? Is it time for you to explore another way? Would you love to explore how
to remove the blocks and barriers of fear and guilt in the way of being Love?
When I awaken from the illusion of fear, from the dream I thought my life was,
then I naturally become aware of who and what I am .... Love.
Fear used to feel like it had a power over me like a storm
buffeting a tree. As the tree learns so do I, as those stormy winds blow, I dig
down deep and put my roots well below the surface, and deeply connect with the
earth. The stronger the winds the more I learn the value of flexibility and
flowing with the seasons.
I now see the illusion that fear is. Fear used to be a
block, a barrier in the way of Being Love. Seeing through the illusion led me
home to Love.
My spiritual awakening has led
me on a journey through the raw times of life, and I have been present with
many people during the transitions of birth and death.
Our
spiritual health to me is measured by the level of peace we experience, and is reflected in our
physical health and energy levels. When we are truly in alignment, our energy
levels are high, we experience a high level of physical health, and on a
spiritual level there is a sense of serenity. Unencumbered by the limitations
of painful thoughts and memories, inspiration flows freely.
Spiritual
healing comes from within, and neutralises the deep wounds we perceive within our soul.
When I realize that everything is a mirror giving me feedback on my journey, any judgment or resentment of others becomes a gift from them allowing me to see and explore an aspect of me that I hadn't previously looked at. With this awareness that those
around me are reflecting back to me aspects of myself, I have the opportunity to dissolve judgment, resentment and fear, as I see the gift they are giving me. This allows my inner love, gratitude, ease and grace to shine.
Why is family important to me? My family are my biggest teachers.
My family are the ones who get to see me in my 'raw' state. They are
the ones who even when I don't like what is happening, or I can feel my
self resisting something, my family are the ones who are best
positioned for me to learn from.
There
have been times in my life where I have read a book and it has been a signpost
for me, opening up possibilities that I hadn't seen before. This is one of the
reasons I love reading what are often referred to as spiritual inspirational
books, as reading them has inspired me in ways that I couldn't have imagined
possible. Beyond a purely inspirational book, a spiritual inspirational book
allows me to awaken my soul and come home to the truth of who I am.
You are who you have
been waiting for. As we realize that it is by tuning inwards that we find our
own voice and knowing about life. We remember that our natural state is
balance, when we tune in we innately honor and respect ourselves and remember
that our natural state is health and wellbeing.
I have had the honor and privilege of being
with people as they cross the bridges of 2 of the most profound rights of
passage of life: birth and death. The rawness, the sheer vulnerability of these
times opens portals for us to the sacred, to the divine. They are times where
we can go one of two ways. There is a divide in the road. One road feels
traumatic, pain and suffering. And the other is of love and grace. We choose. I
choose Love.
Our
spiritual journey offers us so many opportunities to develop spiritual
exercises in our daily life. In a similar way to our physical fitness, we know
that the more opportunities that we can weave into our daily lives for exercises,
the greater of fitness will be.
Spiritual
books have been like sign posts along my journey. The right book always comes
into my hands as I am searching, and as I read the book the spiritual message
that I was seeking is shown to me.
Once
we embark on our spiritual journey, we soon see the spiritual direction that we
are heading in. And as we seek and ask questions, seeking guidance, it can be
of wonderful assistance to have a spiritual guide. Spiritual guides come in all
shapes and forms and offer help in ways that guide us rather than straight out
telling us what to do.