Perhaps not a popular perspective

There are three concepts that work together in our lives that seem to be quite important in this point of time…

• Through polarities we can develop our discernment to where we a make decisions as to what we like to experience in our lives. In other words, if we don’t know darkness, we will not recognize the light.
• Energy is energy, is energy… The frequency we tuned our energy to and how we express the energy that is available to us dictates our experiences. If we are frustrated or even angry, we may experience more frustration and anger in the world around us — a popular way to look at that is “The law of attraction”.
• We are responsible for our own lives, and how we tune in to life — the decisions we make and our actions that result from those decisions — have great impact on how we experience life. 

There are two things that — as we ponder those concepts — come up…

• There is no “good” or “bad” energy. How energy is used either agrees with us, or it doesn’t — and through our discernment we can then decide whether we wish to have that particular energy in our lives… Or not.
• The way these concepts work together gives us full responsibility over our lives… And also all the free will choice one would ever need — and more — in order to make this life count. (And even if we have trouble seeing that right away, from a Universal perspective this will always be true.)

What is boils down to is that any judgement is irrelevant. We can observe how people use energy to express themselves, to then discern whether we would like to bring people that express the energy in that manner into our lives. Whether that is in a meeting, through our thoughts, or even through an emotional reaction to what we observed…

Something else that is implied is, that when we ourselves are not entirely balanced it becomes easier for unbalanced expressions of energy to find us… The moment we notice that happening, we can choose to not allow that to become part of our lives. Yet it is a good thing to ask ourselves why it showed up in the first place… 

As a result we can choose to rebalance ourselves.

Ultimately this becomes a path where those expressions of energy we do not wish to experience in our lives are not labeled “good” or “bad”, but rather looked at as omens that show us where in our next step on our path of personal — spiritual — growth can be most productive…

The choice is ours!

Mindfulness — What the mind is full of…

“The quality or state, of being conscious or aware of something happening in this moment.”

Yet, mindfulness is perhaps more often seen at this point in time as:

A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.

As such, it is a method of detaching from the "hustle and bustle”, to the point of observing what is happening — without and within — while having no need to be part of what is happening, or even interact with it.

Therefore, when practicing mindfulness on a regular basis, a state of being can be reached in which we are aware of what is happening around us, yet we only choose to interact with whatever is happening within our own realm of influence — therefore more and more being in a position in which we can truly create our own experiences in life…

A step on the road to get there, is to check every once in a while what our minds are full of…

Are we truly just observing what is going on? In other words, is the calmness we project a reflection of our inner calmness?

Or do we look calm on the outside, while engaging in a conversation within ourselves in which we comment on what is happening, formulate opinions on who is doing what, and why, and perhaps even judging all that we see happening around us?

If our mind if filled with opinions, or judgements, on things that are happening in the world — perhaps even in areas, or on topics that are well outside of our realm of influence — we may find it hard to find (and let alone focus on) the good things in our lives. The things that work for us, that make us happy. Those things that bring the calm contentment in our lives that “there is enough”.

That we are enough.

In a sense, then, it is important of seeing the goodness in our lives, while still being fully aware of things that are negative, yet choosing to not interact with that negativity…

Just send it Light, and Love, and Healing… And move on with our own lives…

Like many things, it sounds a lot easier than is.

We probably all can reach a state of being calm in meditation, while walking in nature, or working on our favorite project (whatever that is). It is a lot harder to maintain that same state of being calm when watching the news or reading the newspapers.

The good news is that when we slip out of our state of being calm, we are still a good person! And being aware of it makes it easier to take a deep breath, observe what just happened, and move forward on our own path in the realization that we have just made a giant leap in our personal growth!