Archive for Consciousness
leadership: holding your connection with source
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Recently a very dear friend of mine was recounting the culture he is experiencing in a new work assignment. He is within the same company, but has been transferred to a different division which, according to him, is like another planet compared to the culture in his old division. In the new division they are a culture steeped in fear. Everything is done – whether it makes sense or not – so that the axe doesn’t fall. They spend considerable time being busy so that they can fill in the requisite hours and not be written up. Any suggestions for doing things more efficiently are met with disdain, because the culture is rooted in the beliefs that it must be hard. We have to struggle; because it’s the pain and hard work that makes you worthy.
From his human perspective, my friend was disgusted and had pretty much resigned himself to just “get through” this two year assignment. “I’ll keep my head down. I’ll do my job, but I won’t suggest anything anymore. It just doesn’t pay. They don’t appreciate what I have to offer; they don’t value me; and they certainly don’t get the idea of fun and effectiveness in the same sentence.”
As we spoke, I could feel his frustration and anger. I suggested to him that this is his first assignment in being a Light Being on planet Earth. These are the people you came here to assist. This is the practicum of the advanced course in staying in alignment with Well Being and Who You Really Are, no matter what.
This is what Leadership is all about. It does no Good if you loose your connection and slide vibrationally downward. Instead, you hold your connection and thereby influence all around you vibrationally upward. Like water you drip, drip, drip Well Being into the situation in each now moment, not by words but by your beingness. You stay in alignment with what you KNOW to be possible: Good, Fun, Effective, True – and in this way you be Who You Are. Your anger is the result of your Self knowing the Truth and your human mind being disconnected from that. Your emotion is telling you that your human mind has slipped from alignment with Truth.To a light being, this “disconnect” or “gap” is devastatingly painful.
Leaders throughout time have had to believe in their cause beyond what anyone else could imagine. Let’s see. Do you think the guy who was telling the world that the the earth was round received a standing ovation? Or how about Lincoln who had the vision of a peaceful, harmonious United States where every man was free? How many people stood with Edison as he plodded through his experiments to try to harness electricity? Leaders hold the space of their vision, their Truth, and are not swayed by those who cannot or will not see it.
In the meantime, I advised, you don’t have to just “get through”. You can go through well. You can notice what’s good; you can imagine things differently and feel how good that feels; you can constantly be in hope and encouragement knowing you’re right where you need to be and that your good is at play. You can know that you are sending out myriad rockets of desire for what you will create next in your experience. You can know that the Universe is answering your requests – now look for and expect the evidence. Everyday go through your day and appreciate every tiny bit of Well Being or new light you witnessed. Pull on those as evidence that things are changing because of you. You can remind yourself that these folks are fellow Light Beings that are simply asleep right now and awakening to Who They Really Are. You can be grateful for the assignment. Even though the culture is one of fear, you can go through it Well. You have complete control of your focus, therefore your alignment with Source. Cultivate hope. Cultivate your belief. Nourish your Vision. Become the intractable Leader that you are.
My friend was breathing easier now; he was remembering Who He IS and feeling his alignment with himSelf slip back into Connection.
This is the only place we have any control: our own connection with Self. But this is the most powerful place of influence, for one connected with Source is more powerful than a million not connected. This is how we create a new world and be well in the process.
Funny, years ago my Mom would say to us, “Don’t sink to their level; why not let them come up to yours.”
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Kath
spiritual intelligence agency
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Daily I am aware of two things: 1. the world’s view of how wrong everything is and at the same time 2. how perfect and elegant everything is.
Like everyone else, I am a dual-vibrational being. The first vibration is that of my human mind focused here on Earth. With my body and mind I navigate this physical planet, experience physical things and translate them with my miraculous Self. Some things I love and adore, others not so much. All the while my Higher Self, some 96% of me, remains in Well Being knowing the utter perfection of this World, this Universe, and the Laws that operate unfailingly to produce the sunrise every morning and the seasons in their appropriate time. The degree to which I am happy and content is the degree to which I am master over my human mind, closing the gap between my human mind and lining it up with my Godmind. This, my friends, is True for every one of us.
We are growing in numbers, those of us who choose to awaken from the dream of this “reality” to create the one our hearts know to be True. If we had but eyes to see, we would awaken every morning in Paradise right here on earth. This is a time of great awakening. You, too, can be a part of this, because you come from the same Substance as the rest of us who have held the Space of this Knowing for a very, very long time.
I came across this poem by Brian Piergrossi. Isn’t it time you joined? Don’t let your ego or pride stop you. You have nothing to fear, nothing to loose and everything to gain. Join us, won’t you at Applied Spirituality? Books and online courses. Affordable Life Transformation Coaching.Whyever would you wait?
perception: whose?
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Recently I had two opportunities to realize how much our laws bind our movement based on someone else’s perception. The first was a class given at Akron University on federal labor laws. The second was a training being given for substitute teachers here in Medina County. What was startling to me was how fear-based our laws are and how they bind our Natural Response to life. The most obvious one is all the training on sexual harassment, which is totally based on the perception of the person who perceives harassment and has nothing to do with someone’s intention.
If you interview a group of people who have witnessed the same event, you will get that many versions of what happened. Why? Because everyone has their own “learned filters” of human mind. This is the entire study of psychology, the pathology of the human mind which is infinite in its permutation and mutations. Two children can witness the same event in childhood, one goes blithely along his/her way unscathed, the other spends 10 years in therapy years later trying to get over it. Why one is affected and the other is not?
Laws based on perception then cater to the individual’s false beliefs, or mis-perceptions. Explained in terms of the Law of Attraction, what you believe and think is what you will gather to you time and again to prove to your human mind self that you are right. For example life is unfair, men are predators and you’re the victim. If you believe this “fact”, you will indeed prove yourself “right,” because the Law of Attraction will match your vibrational countenance containing this belief by sending you incident after incident where you are in fact the victim. This continues until you are so sick of being the victim, that you take the time to change that belief and stop playing the role. Once you’ve done the inner work and shifted that belief into one that says you are powerful Creator in the world and safe with yourSelf, then you will gather to yourself circumstances and events with no hint of victimhood or threat. It is Law.
The entire process of the spiritual journey and a life transformation is about leaving these false premises behind, replacing them with new beliefs so that we no longer “see through a glass darkly”. Life transformation is about changing this beliefs in the direction of Who You Really Are – powerful Creator of your entire life experience and ultimately realizing that you are in Well Being, if you so believe. Here at Applied Spirituality this is what we do: help you shift out of the old, limiting beliefs and free yourself to live your best life through ongoing group coaching and books with online courses.
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Kath
eat, pray, love – a review
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In 2006 Elizabeth Gilbert published her first book, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
The book, the story, is about one woman’s search for her true self, her best life, her authenticity. She wakes up one morning and finds she is living someone else’s idea of a perfect life. Well, hmmm. This happens whenever someone finally begins to awaken to live a conscious life. The big Self is bursting to come forth so that It can have Real Fun, Joy, so the human involved gets to live a joyful life. If you haven’t had this happen to you yet, then you very well might not like the movie. At the very least the movie might make you squirm if you’ve been consistently ignoring your inner Self.
The book is an easy read and told in a conversational tone. You get to know and love Elizabeth, root for her, and wonder how this journey to Italy and her Love of Food and Language has anything to do with a spiritual path. Next she treks off to India to stay at an ashram to silence the chatter of her unrelenting human mind. [If you haven't tried to do this yet, you're in for a real treat!] There Liz meets the perfect people to mirror back to her what the current state of her internal vibrational countenance is. Finally she heads to Bali where she now has the opportunity to put all her internal work into play to achieve balance in the world and live her joyful life.
Eat, Pray Love is Elizabeth Gilbert’s story. It’s well told. It’s well illustrated in the movie. Now,what’s your story of awakening to your best life? Time to start, eh? It’s what we’re all about here at Applied Spirituality. Living your best life in the “real” world. Ya gotta love it (your Life) or it ain’t your Best Life.
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Kath
ps If you want to read my story (at least the first part of it), check out Well Done – A Story of Applied Spirituality.
what do you have full faith in
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Once a month I write 4 entries for my free weekly message series. Today was that day as I wrote messages 85-88. Usually I cast about for a “monthly theme” so to speak, but this time it came roaring in as Faith. What do we have Faith in? What can we say without a shadow of a doubt that we would bet the farm on? The Law of Gravity? The Sunrise and Sunset? The Government? God?
Recently I had to have new house keys made. The gentleman making the new keys for me went on an on about how he’d lost Faith in humanity. I asked him if he had Faith in God? He responded that he had Faith in a strong lock. How sad, I thought. How very, very sad.
We are definitely being pried loose from our false sense of security. Every where we look something new is now unreliable, the government, unemployment benefits, our employers advice from our doctors. Our sense of safety and security is being rocked to the core forcing us to let go of our faith in externals, bringing us “home” to our sense of Self.
But even then, most of us don’t feel safe with ourselves. What can we count on? What can we have full Faith and Trust in after all?
There are the immutable Universal Laws that operate unfailingly, most famous of which is the Law of Attraction; but there are others, as well. And there is the immutable Truth that we each are an integral part of this elegant Universe with the ability to master our focus and create our own Reality.
You can and should take the time to become the master of your focus, your spirit, your energy. This is what Applied Spirituality is all about: remembering Who You Really Are, Source Energy in physical format and mastering the focus of your Energy, yourSelf.
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Kath
appreciating the past: beaver,pa
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I just did a whirlwind 36 hours back to my past. The effects are stunning. I have come away remembering some things, but more I realized for the first time how much I gained from those 4 brief years spent in Beaver, Pa from age 12-16. The occasion of this trip was a collective class birthday party held at Two Mile Run Park.
Beaver, Pa on the Ohio River
Beaver, PA has become a jewel along the Ohio River. However it was also the site of Fort McIntosh during the Civil War.
However, what I value is the great Quality that this community added to my life during my time there, which is still there. It was, looking back, a Camelot experience. In Beaver I had the great good fortune to be taught by a school system that placed a high value on quality. I learned to love music. Not just love music, but I was taught how to play the instrument and had my first experience of creating music whist playing Igor Stravinsky’s, Firebird. At that time three men ran the music department, Robert Jones, Mr. Schwartz and Mr. Howarth. While they nourished my Spirit in music, Mrs. Hughes was busy enlivening us with her interpretation of Caesar’s Commentaries and Pliny in Latin. Ms. Coleson was passionately instructing us in grammar, insisting that proper grammar was essential in clear communications and accurate personal expression using the written word. Mr. Payne was mad about math, and excited even the most marginal students to understand and use algebra in everyday encounters. On and on, each teacher was inspired and inspired us.
But another thing happened in Beaver. We students never became competitors with each other. There were many excellent students. Yet even all these many years later we agree that we were somehow inspired to become better rather than compete with each other. It took a visit back to remember this and check in with my old classmates to verify if my perception of this time was theirs, as well. And it was. Now I understand that since then, I have been looking for this same Quality of experience: Love, support, all for one and one for all, community of appreciation for the individuality of each as complimentary to the Whole.
How blessed I am to have had this Quality benchmark so early on in life. There’s enough for everyone; everyone is Valuable; and Joy is the essential experience be it in math, Latin, music or business. Most certainly this was the birthing grounds for Applied Spirituality.
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Kath
Desire: Summoning Life Through You
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Recently I came across this video of Paul Vasquez seeing a double rainbow at the Grand Canyon. I was particularly interested to watch it, as I’ve had the wondrous experience of seeing doubles and on one occasion a triple rainbow in Montana just after a storm. I totally understood his reaction. The thrill of lining up with Source Energy is what you’re hearing from him, because there are literally no words to describe the feeling of that alignment with God and It flowing through You in the moment. It’s so big; as he says, “intense”. Watch.
One might wonder how this incident came about for Paul.
Desire. Paul had a powerful desire, which summoned Source Energy to him.
Paul in someway at some time had the desire to “feel God”. It might have been verbal and conscious, it might not. It could have been unconscious and cellular; but a powerful desire to feel his Oneness with Source issued forth from him. Perhaps a prayer to “know God aright” or “to understand Reality”. Whatever the prayer, desire, the answer was tailored made just for him. The response, when allowed, is universal. We have no words.
Then, one day when he was relaxed and allowing It, he was witness to this event. He could appreciate it. He was available for it. He was willing to have the experience; so Paul let It in. The wonderful part is that he had his video cam on so that we could, in part, witness both the rainbow and his alignment with Source.
He kept asking through his tears of rapture, “What does it mean?”
It means, Paul, that you asked; and it was answered. It means that you aligned your human mind with your Godmind and had quite a moment of Oneness. It means that you are the deliberate Creator of all you experience. It means, your emotions are the indicator of your alignment or not. It means that everything you need to understand about Reality is there for you and all of us to “get”.
You don’t have to travel to the Grand Canyon and see a double rainbow to experience your Oneness. It’s available to you anytime you are desiring Love, Beauty, Goodness, Abundance, Health, etc. and you are looking for It, expecting It, and allowing It in. You’ll know It by the way it “knocks you over” with Well Being. It’s the way we ought to feel most of the time. Hmmm
Very well done, Paul, indeed! Thank you sooo much for sharing It with all of us.
Thanks for reading,
Kath
freedom + love = JOY
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Our Founding Fathers
On July 3, my son Judd, married his beloved Kelly at the National Constitution Center in Philly. As you might imagine, it is quite the dramatic venue, dedicated to our Constitution and its signers, our Founding Fathers. Add this to the national holiday weekend, throw in a military wedding and oh, yes, a funeral; well, you have many, many layers of Love present all at the same time.
I was on an emotional roller coaster most of the time choking up over one thing or the other as my heart opened wider and wider, letting go of past and expanding to embrace more and more Love – Daring us each to be more Love. By the by, I wasn’t the only one. Anyone in the vicinity of this wedding was feeling the Power of Love and is forevermore transformed even if just a little.
From the very first when the kids checked into the availability of the National Constitution Center as their venue back in September, 2009 and found July 3 available, somehow we “knew” this was prophetic of something that had the potential of being big, transformative, and profound. Paradoxically, the week long festivities began with a funeral. Kelly’s grandfather, Pop, passed away June 24. Kelly’s birthday was June 25 and Pop and was buried on Monday, June 28. In the spirituality business we soon know to pay close attention when paradox or irony appear -for truth is now available to those who would but see. It was Pop’s idea, I’m sure, to prime the pump and get our hearts opening up. By his returning to Well Being – back into the fullness of Love, he beckoned us to reach into consciousness and follow him to feel the fullness of what he is now.
Peg, Kelly, Francine and Aileen at Geno's, Philly
With our minds now quietened to some degree and our hearts more available, we were pulled forward into the wedding which by now had a life and momentum of its own well established. By we, I mean my new family, the Kelly’s. This family is applied spirituality in application. They immediately and without hesitation or reservation opened their homes and hearts to me. We went to the funeral together, to the fitting of the wedding gown together; we wept together and partied together. I slept in Kelly’s old bedroom, and was even welcomed by their life-long neighbors. I had no idea going to Philly that I would come home with a new family let alone of such heart and quality. I knew my dream of having a daughter was coming true, but little did I understand that my life was expanding to include the entirety of family. How amazing is that? Did I mention the food? Turns out that Philadelphia has it’s own food that one has to try: the Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich, Tastykakes, and Water Ice to name a few. I tried them all; I delighted in the Water Ice (sort of a cross between gelato and a slushy). Tastykakes are the answer to Twinkies and kinda fun. The Cheese Steak Sandwich was not my cupper with cheeze wiz. But, what the heck, it was so much fun eating it with my new family.
Jarrod and Judd Sing The Power of Love
On Friday evening Judd and Kelly hosted a party at JDMcGillacudy’s on 7th. True to the concept of love including, not excluding, the kids chose to include everyone who had traveled from out of town for the “rehursal dinner”. This was a magical evening of family reunions, karaoke, dancing and of course, more food. Everyone was caught up in the party. One by one, then by twos, threes and even more, people got up and belted out their favorite songs on stage whilst everyone else danced and enjoyed the music. Later in the evening I was surprised to see both my sons doing a duet to “The Power of Love” by Huey Lewis and the News and the movie, Back to the Future. Come to think of it, Back to the Future and The Power of Love pretty much describes the whole event vibrationally speaking. It was past; it was present; it was future; it was love of family, country, friends physical and nonphysical. It was gratitude; it was appreciation; it was joy; it was fun; it was delight; it was magical; it was meaningful; it was expansive, inclusive and fulfilled. We were in our Oneness, aligned with Who We Really Are.
On Saturday once the Constitution Center closed, the events people magically transformed the interior for the wedding and reception. Everyone appeared one by one dressed in the finery. Grandparents, parents, friends, cousins, mothers (both Kelly and Judd have two each), fathers and brothers were all there to witness and be immersed in this multi-layered event. The music continued to be the clues to the plethora of vibrations present: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring summoned Love at the beginning, followed by the The Secret Wedding from Braveheart and the recessional to All You Need Is Love as the newlyweds went through the sword arch. Readings were from 1st Corinthians 13, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, and the poem, The Master Speed, by Robert Frost.
Upstairs with the view out to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell the reception commenced. First, there was dancing! No usual order or predictability to this reception. Everyone was bid to join in and did. Later, there were toasts and speeches. Between every course there was more dancing. Everyone danced with everyone in groups, pairs, singles, circles. On the wall was a slide show of Kelly and Judd growing up 3000 miles apart. Judd at the Pacific Ocean boogie boarding; Kelly at the Jersey Shore. Judd playing baseball; Kelly rowing in high school. Judd at Ohio State; Kelly at Annapolis. Judd getting his aviator’s wings; Kelly getting her masters. With each slide they were winding their way towards each other finally meeting on their first deployment to the Middle East on the USS Belleau Wood. On Tuesday, July 6, Judd went out to sea trials on the USS Boxer.
I wish so much all of you could have been enveloped in this. I truly wish the whole world could have, for but a moment, felt all that we felt: the beauty, the healing, the possibilities, the magic and come away changed forever for the Good as we have. Life IS! We expand and become More, which is the perfection of the way it is and the perfection of being natural Creatures – Source Energy in physical format – all of us in this Universe of Love playing in Joy. Enjoy a few more pictures. And, of course, thanks for reading! Kath
 The Groom, Judd |
 Kelly and Dad,Harry |
 Mr. and Mrs. Judd Kirk |
Get Into Alignment with YourSelf!
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My Dad sent me this video this morning; and it put a grin on my face. Here’s hoping it starts your day off Well and helps you remember how very, very Good Life Really Is….can you feel that?
Now, go forth and make happy! Create Good! Spread the Well Being!
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Kath
for the fun of it
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It’s just come to me that we just don’t play enough; be silly enough; do something just because it’s fun to do…like kids. I listen a lot to Abraham-Hicks. I can’t for the life of me figure out how I missed this underlying message of “just get happy”.
I think, like many of us, that I have had this underlying belief that unless something’s productive, meaningful, useful, etc…well, then, it’s a waste of time. ARgggg! How could I have missed this for so long? Well, no matter. The point is I get it now and now is the place where all my creative power is. So, new order of the day? Get Happy. Do things just for the fun of it. My new credo.
To this end I salute the folks who created this video – but who must have had a blast creating this invention which does absolutely nothing useful, except open the drapes to a brand new day. And that – a brand new day – is something to Be Happy About. Enjoy!
And, oh, thanks for reading! Kath
