Art

STUNNED INTO SILENCE

Words strung together in wondrous ways become works of art. Everything is a color that comes from the light that comes from God. Wise and wonderful words are colors angels use to paint the pictures God wants painted. Meaningful words strung together in an artistic way can have the effect, not only of educating the mind, but also of stunning it into silence. This is one reason why the same ideas are repeated in these lessons, and in life, by so many teachers of wisdom.
    There is art, and there is the observation of art. Moments of perfect art—a sunrise, a birth, a melody—can have the effect of stunning the mind into silence. In such moments, the separation that is at the root of suffering vanishes.
    So you can see that everyone experiences moments of perfect art, moments of enlightenment, moments of complete absorption when ego disappears. These moments can also happen when we are completely absorbed in work or play. Children easily enter into imagination, becoming one with whatever game they are playing. Since we were all children once, we all have this ability, even if we have forgotten it. It is meditation. It is unison. It is peace.
    Angels are always completely absorbed in the moment. This is why we say that an angel with a job is like a child at play.

PRECIOUS BEING

Why not think of yourself as precious today? Now. Why not think that you are of great value. That your life is not to be wasted or treated carelessly. That you are greatly loved, even treasured. By the angels. By God. Yes. The Great Universal Energy that created you loves and treasures you. You are the treasure of God. You are precious in God’s perfect vision. You are love and you are loved beyond all measure. Now. As you are.

Relationships

Relationships are important to all of us, right? Yes, because we live within relationships everyday. The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives. Here is a link about relationship that are formed in unhealthy avoidance. You may find it interesting. Do you fit the pattern, either as someone who avoids intimacy, or has relationships with people who avoid intimacy? Either way -- you end up in the same situation -- without a close and intimate loving relationship. This happens most often with partners, but it can also happen with other people in your life. You can read more about this, if you like: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-29315/why-you-should-never-date-an-avoidant-what-that-actually-means.html

QUOTE

The nature of the soul is to gather on its way all that it can gather and to make a mold out of it. The attributes of the lower world become so clustered around the soul that it almost forgets its very first experience of itself, its purest being. In the angelic sphere the soul attracts angelic atoms, in the djinn sphere it attracts djinn atoms, and on earth, physical atoms. Thus mankind is clothed in the garb of an angel, of a djinn, and of a human being. But when he sees himself in the garb of a human being without seeing the other garbs, he believes he is a human being. -Hazrat Inayat Khan

ANGELS LOVE...

 

Do you know that angels love all kinds of weather? Angels are not dependent on the sun for light, as we are. Angels shine with their own light! You shine with your own light too. When you are living from your heart, even the most somber winter day can seem warm and peaceful—because real peace is independent of any experience. Even the most somber moment can be filled with peace—because peace is the backdrop upon which everything is written.

🎵 More Laughter 🎵

Dear Students & Classmates -- I found this to be very humorous and maybe you will too. I am including LAUGHTER more often in our Schoolroom because it is so important to take life as lightly as we can -- because then we are in tune with our real nature, which is -- well -- uh -- LIGHT! Laughter benefits body, mind, and spirit at every level -- so laugh when you can. All love always.

Laughter

There really is Nothing in the Center of Everything!!

Gratitude

Thinking about some ideas from our lessons. One is gratitude. The other is writing, which we are often asked to do. So I decided to use the Open Classroom to (1) write, and (2) express Gratitude. I invite my classmates to write and gratitude, along with me, in the comments, on a regular, or whenever you get some time. There's always time for gratitude, isn't there? I am committing to myself to show up here with gratitude. Today I am grateful that I was given this idea. I am also grateful for the school and for each of you. Love, Kevin

Guided by Higher Intuition

Throughout your day, take time to be aware of your breath. If you notice that any unpleasant emotion has crept into your psyche, meet the sensation with intelligence. Stop everything and give it your full attention. Ask, “Why is this feeling here? Does it have a message for me? Is it an old habit, unrelated to the present moment? What can I learn from this?” When you meet any situation with calm intelligence, it looses its power over you. -From your lesson, "Guided by Higher Intuition"

Create!

Create! Write. Draw. Paint. Scribble. Sculpt.  Release the dust of everyday life so it does not accumulate and choke you. It's not about being perfect. The idea of perfection is a wall that stands in the way of freedom.

LoVe

Love knows no boundaries when you live beyond and above the mind.

Nisargadatta Maharaj

Laughter

Thought you might enjoy some laughter. This cartoon is intriguing, is it not? It is humorous because it deals with the unordinary. Without the 2nd line, it wouldn't be funny at all. Or intriguing. The unexpected gets our attention.

For Your Health

Dear Students, I am posting this new way to drink coffee. I've been drinking it this way and it really is amazing. I feel energized and satisfied. Sometimes I add also Kerrygold Irish grass fed butter. And honey. And cinnamon--good for keeping blood sugar levels normal. If you try it, let me know how you like it! Have some with your morning Open Classroom. Smile.
http://thecoconutmama.com/coconut-oil-coffee/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork
P.S. I grind my own organic coffee beans and use a French Press.

Coconut Oil Coffee Recipe

Words

Be careful of your words!
You can no more take back something you've said than you can pull a knife out of someone and pretend you never shoved it in.

Seeing

Observe an object, for instance, a candle. See the candle. See what is seeing the candle. Drop away the candle. What is left is that you are seeing or observing what is seeing the candle. In other words, you are aware of being aware. This is true self- remembering or self-awareness avoiding the trap of illusory self-remembering.”  -Sri Madhava Ashish

"There is such a way, open to all, on every level, in every walk of life. Everybody is aware of himself. The deepening and broadening of self-awareness is the royal way. Call it mindfulness, or witnessing, or just attention - it is for all. None is unripe for it and none can fail. But of course, you must not be merely alert. Your mindfulness must include the mind also. Witnessing is primarily awareness of consciousness and its movements." -Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

In case you were wondering....

You are not on earth to be "normal." You are here to learn what it is to be natural -- naturally you. Not unnaturally you. Not false you. Not trying to live up to anyone elses standards, even the standards of society ... maybe, especially the standards of society. Who set those standards?

This does not mean that you must not adhere to cultural norms and be a functioning part of the society you live in. We don't do things just to shock people or get attention. That's just more ego. We make our way calmly through life.

It means that you are not on earth to be a non-thinking reacting robot. You are not here to try to be something or someone or live up to the expectations of society. You are here to become. Become what? Become what you naturally are. In being as you naturally are, you come to a great acceptance of yourself, which means you come into peace. Peace is your natural birthright. Peace. Is. Natural. 

Conscious Suffering

Jacob's Ladder by William Blake

"For many years before I met this Work I was Jung's pupil in Zurich. One of the useful things he taught was that we all cast a psychological shadow and that the beginning of the way to internal evolution lay in making the shadow gradually conscious. The shadow is the part of us that we are not conscious of, but must—with pain to both pride and vanity, which is CONSCIOUS SUFFERING—eventually make conscious.
It is absolutely necessary to face this shadow if we are serious. Of course it alters our idea of ourselves very much. This shadow, which is in everyone, can make havoc in our lives, as long as we are unconscious of it. As a part of our Being that we do not acknowledge, it attracts much that seems incomprehensible in our Life, owing to our not accepting it. A man without a shadow would be fully conscious to himself. He would have suffered usefully." -Maurice Nicoll, 'Commentaries' p. 1729-30

I am posting this quote (above) because I happened to read it this morning and perhaps it will be as meaningful to you as it is to me. It is what the angels say in your lessons, in different ways. In our lessons, we talk about becoming conscious of everything -- this includes the darkness. In the words above, it is referred to as the shadow, but it means the same.

a list of untranslatable words ☕️

Some of you know how much I love words and language, even though I only speak two language (English and Angelic) fluently, though I know some German and French, so I indulge in posting this here...beautiful words...

A list of untranslatable words ☕️

Life

 Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable. -Helen Keller (where I walked yesterday in Austin woods)