Topic of our August 12, 2018 gathering was about the energetic shifts currently happening within ourselves and all around the world along with some tools to help us support and take care of ourselves in such times of transformation.
Gathering began with guided mediation to ground, clear, balance and protect…
Perception Is A Mirror
You respond to what you perceive, and as you perceive so shall you behave.
Every response you make to everything you perceive is up to you, because your mind determines your perception of it.
You cannot be aware without interpretation, for what you perceive is your interpretation.
Understand that you do not respond to anything directly, but to your interpretation of it.
Your interpretation thus becomes the justification for the response.
Perception selects, and makes the world you see.
It literally picks it out as the mind directs.
The laws of size and shape and brightness would hold, perhaps, if other things were equal.
They are not equal.
For what you look for you are far more likely to discover than what you would prefer to overlook.
Reality needs no cooperation from you to be itself.
Perception is a choice of what you want yourself to be; the world you want to live in, and the state in which you think your mind will be content and satisfied.
It chooses where you think your safety lies, at your decision.
It reveals yourself to you as you would have you be.
And always is it faithful to your purpose.
Let us be glad that you will see what you believe, and that it has been given you to change what you believe.
If you perceive truly you are canceling out misperceptions in yourself and in others simultaneously.
Because you see them as they are, you offer them your acceptance of their truth so they can accept it for themselves.
Let us not rest content until the world has joined our changed perception.
Let us not be satisfied until forgiveness has been made complete.
As I share the peace of the world with my brothers, I begin to understand that this peace comes from deep within myself.
Ministers Message
Reverend Felecia Mulvany D.D.
Reverend Felecia Mulvany D.D.
There are huge shifts in perception happening all around the world. These shifts are supported by the energy of our times but they begin within each of us, individually, in our minds, within our thoughts.
This energy is pushing us to be honest with ourselves, to take responsibility for our own thoughts and actions. Those who refuse are beginning to be held accountable; their misdeeds are being brought into the light for all to see. Our world views are shifting. We are becoming more aware of what has been happening in the shadows and how each of us may have contributed in even the smallest of ways. It is getting harder and harder to burry our heads in the sand, to ignore those things that are not being done from a place of loving kindness.
As we change our own perceptions, beliefs, thoughts, and actions and begin to live in our hearts, from a point of love, for ourselves and others, our lives begin to transform. The world will be healed and transformed only when we are healed and transformed. The greater number of people who do this – the greater world transformation can occur.
We must find the courage to look deeply within, to be truly honest with ourselves, and to live in integrity. Even though this can be a painful process, there are great benefits when we do. We will find ourselves in fewer situations that trigger us and when we are triggered it is easier to work through and heal the pain that created those triggers.
Our thoughts are energy and this thought energy manifests into our reality. How do we think of and talk to ourselves? How do we think of and talk to others? What are we creating? Is it positive? Is it loving? If not, let us look within to find the cause of those negative thoughts and heal that. Love that.
A large part of our collective energy is so intensely negative right now it can be difficult to stay detached, to know what is ours on a mental, emotional, and energetic level, and what is not. It may be someone else’s energy we have picked up and are acting on. It’s our responsibility to know the difference, to disconnect from that which does not serve our well-being. We can support others but we must take care of ourselves first.
Tools for self-care
· We can start by being energetically grounded, clear, balanced and protected
Group discussion
My variation on the Buddhist Metta Prayer
May you be filled with loving-kindness
May we be filled with loving-kindness
Please join us as we gather to Celebrate the Spirit within each of us.
Spiritual Gatherings held the 2nd & 4th Sunday's of the month at 10:30 AM
At Laughing Giraffe Therapy Center
100 O'Connor Drive #14, San Jose CA 95128
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