Oscar Wilde
Published on October 31, 2006
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”
– Oscar Wilde
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What is God’s Will?
Published on October 28, 2006
Another excerpt from “There Are No Secrets”:
Do we really know what God’s Will is? We would first have to know God’s intentions. Since Divinity is all that is, All-Knowing, All Loving, All-Powerful, is there anything God would wish for Himself? The reason I bring up wishing, is that intention brings up the will, which attempts to fulfill wishes. God is autonomous, omnipresent, omniscient, and The Creator of everything. Therefore is there anything God wants, needs, or wishes?
Humans love to project themselves into the place where God is. They also like to project that God is a mystical, magical, but physical being of great powers. Where is the place that God is and what kind of place is it? Is it a physical place, state of being, or a state of 
awareness or consciousness? Human beings place humanity’s aspects onto God. God is not a human being and does not have any of the aspects of a human being. God is an Energy Field of incomprehensible proportions with Infinite Power and Love. There is nowhere, where God is not. If God would wish anything, it would come into existence. That would take the fun out of allowing your creations to evolve.
What God’s will is, is exactly what we are. We are the actualized physical presentation, of the propensities and potential of Divine Creation. We are God’s Will! The reason we are Gods’ Will is because here we are! God makes no mistakes, therefore we must have been His Intention and Will. When we surrender to God’s Will, we are surrendering ourselves as we are to That Which created us. We surrender our egoistic qualities, negatives, positives, actions and thoughts. Everything we’ve been and everything we are being and yet to be, we surrender to God. Why do we surrender to God?
Human will is only as powerful as its human boundaries and as strong as its level of consciousness. Infused with spirit however, and fused with God’s Will, all actualizations are limited only within the parameters of linearity and karmic propensities. We surrender to Divinity because that is where we came from. Human beings have spawned as live creations developed through billions of (physical time years,) to surrender ourselves back to our Creator. In doing so we present our Self to God. You could say we are evolving children finding our way back to our Parent and Home.
A prayer of surrender:
God, I am Your Will and Your Intention. Everything that exists, both seen and unseen is Your Will, Your Love, and Your Creation, and I surrender myself devotedly to You.
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Keywords: God, Consciousness, Love, Divinity, Surrender
Erwin Schrödinger
Published on October 17, 2006
If we think we can picture what is going on in the quantum domain, that is one indication that we’ve got it wrong. ___Erwin Schrödinger
Jack E. Leonard
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“There’s nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won’t cure.”
– Jack E. Leonard
Discovery of the Presence of God_ Devotional Nonduality
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Discovery of the Presence of God_ Devotional Nonduality, by Dr. David R. Hawkins, M.D., PhD. is the clearest, most concise way to God, written by a modern day sage. It is pure genious and yet intelligible, arising from the highest level of intrinsic understanding of the levels of consciousness. There are no writings preceding this book which have had the ability to clarify what the doorway to enlightenment is, from within the radically subjective experiential state of enlightenment.
Dr. Hawkins, through his books, lectures, and The Map of Consciousness, has brilliantly lit the most direct route to God for the serious spiritual seeker of enlightenment. This book transcends all former explanations of the state called enlightenment. Devotional Nonduality is devotion to God in the Highest. I honor the presence of the teacher.
Advanced reading-Advanced Spiritual
This book may be purchased directly from Veritas Publishing.
Veritas Publishing
Keywords: Discovery of the Presence of God, Devotional Nonduality, God, Consciousness, Enlightenment, Map of Consciousness, Devotional Nonduality
Weekly Consciousness Tune Up…Yehuda Berg 10/8-10/14/06
Published on October 11, 2006
Weekly Consciousness Tune Up: Across the Universe
Why did you start on a spiritual path? Why do any of us?
We have questions that need answers, we recognize negative behavior that we want to correct, we want to meet our soul mate, we want to know what else is out there, we wonder if there is more to life than what we already know.
The common factor in all of our reasons is a desire to make “my” life better.
Two weeks ago during Rosh Hashanah, my family and I, teachers and fellow students shared our hearts and souls with 2,500 people. And as the weekend progressed, it dawned on me that although it’s a selfish desire that draws us into Kabbalah, if we really want to ascend to great heights, we must reach a point where we realize it’s not just about changing ourselves, it’s also about creating openings for others so that change can enter their lives as well.
As we often say, it’s easy to be spiritual on a mountaintop. Living in a utopia doesn’t include the angry neighbors, the cheating boyfriends, the absent mothers, the abusive fathers, the intolerant friends, the overbearing bosses, and all the people that push our buttons and tempt us off the spiritual path. Although it may seem we are separate beings, from a spiritual perspective we are all linked to one another in what physicists call “the quantum reality.” Our happiness is directly linked with the happiness of others around us.
Rav Ashlag taught that the only real free will we have in life is choosing our environment. No matter how many meditations we do, no matter how long we sit in the lotus position, no matter how many Valium we take, we are still going to be affected by the people around us. And judging from what I see when I look out at the world, there’s an overflow of hate, hopelessness, intolerance, and depression flooding into us.
We wouldn’t need to work as hard at being happier, stronger people if we were surrounded by others who embodied these attributes we aspire to.
That’s why, as we change ourselves, we are simultaneously focusing on changing the world.
We are now in the midst of a seven-day holiday called Sukkot in which, contrary to the rest of the cosmic windows we tap into, this one is not about “changing me.” It’s about changing the rest of the world.
Every single day of this connection, we will meditate on sending Light to the 70 nations of the world. (According to The Zohar, there are 70 original nationalities from which we all extend.)
The other two main energies we get from this holiday are the deepening of our capacity for happiness in the coming year and the increasing of our Surrounding Light. (Surrounding Light is a kabbalistic term for how much we will be able to grow this year.)
These two energies are linked to changing the world because when we focus on giving to others, we activate our Creative nature, thus increasing our ability to grow and our capacity to be happy.
It is such a liberating feeling to join together with a group of passionate individuals devoted to consciously sending energy across the universe. If you live near a Centre, or are in touch with a Student Support Teacher, please take part in this holiday. And even if you are not with us, focus on sending energy to the world. That means that when you are scanning Zohar, meditate on seeing the world enveloped in Light.
You can also make it tangible. This is the week to get more involved. Take part in a community project, volunteer at a homeless shelter, participate in one of The Kabbalah Centre’s Community Programs. Do anything that puts you in the mode of making a physical difference in someone’s life.
As my brother Michael reminded us at Rosh Hashanah, Rav Ashlag made it clear in his writings that we have to take care of people’s physical needs before we can take care of their souls.
All the best,
Yehuda
Keywords: Kabbalah
Free Speech
Published on October 10, 2006
Our society prides itself on its freedoms, one of the most important being the freedom of speech. It is true that the freedom to speak our minds has been an important part of humankind’s progress within civilized countries. Through the laws of our constitution (which calibrates in the 700s), this nation has become one of the freest countries in the world. 
This freedom however, when used to coerce, inflame, and further personal agendas, has not proven itself as the highest way of change throughout history. Usually those speaking Truth were killed for uttering it. The freedom to convey all manner of falsehoods has not added positively to the collective consciousness of the planet. This is one of the reasons for our slow move upward in consciousness, in this tough Karmic school.
Truth throughout time was and still is practiced in the form of relativity. This is truth according to the one who is speaking. Thankfully, the lower levels of consciousness are not as powerful as the higher levels, or the fallout from “free speech” would have eradicated this planet eons ago.
World wars, memes, and messianic dictatorships, through others freedom to speak (and act), has made planetary spiritual progress slow in earthly terms. Physical time is in actuality, witnessing evolution within a limited unit of measurement. In Truth, there is an infinite amount of time to create or discrete Karma using all manner of speech.
The freedom to speak whatever it is we wish to convey, has evolved however, into the freedom to act out in public using the constitution as a defense for bad (lower conscious) behavior. The phrase “Actions speak louder than words,” translates into “Actions are unspoken words.” This is witnessed whether the choice is present to see or not to see. Society presents with force, what Divine Power would otherwise negate. In order to stay in Higher Consciousness, the neutral Self witnesses without opinion. Being unopinionated is practicing non-attachment (a Buddhic state). Otherwise, we are merely chained horses pulling in opposite directions.
All words and actions have a calibrateable level of consciousness. Since our society is only 49/51 percent integrous to non-integrous, and more than 50 percent of what we believe as truth is fallacious, the odds are we are seeing or hearing non-truth and negativity daily. Those who wish not to hear or see most of what society has to say or do, are bombarded everyday regardless, through all forms of the media.
In order to practice avoidance of the negative, one would need shielding from the covers of the magazines at the checkout lines, the news and talk shows any time of day, billboards, or simply being out in public. This is a highly unlikely scenario, since money is being made through the sensationalism and victimization game.
Dr. David R. Hawkins uses a way of resetting one’s thymus, which is “blown out” continually by world negativity, which invades our “field.” The Thymic Thump* developed by Dr. John Diamond (Your Body Doesn’t Lie), does a complete job of aligning our subtle bodies.
In the meantime, we could use a little freedom from speech, as Dr. Hawkins often says.
One of the lessons of history is that Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
Will Durant
*See_ Applied Kinesiology__Testing For Truth
Keywords: Consciousness, Divine, Dr. Hawkins, Dr. John Diamond, Thymic Thump, Applied Kinesiology__Testing For Truth
Quotation__Warren Buffet
Published on October 5, 2006
Bad habits are like chains that are too light to feel until they are too heavy to carry.
Warren Buffet
What’s Going On With the World?
Published on October 3, 2006
There’s a great deal of confusion as to what is “wrong” with the world. Everyday we arise to find there’s another school shooting, sex crimes by “the respected,” or more deaths around the world due to fighting. It seems that we are out of control and the world is in serious trouble. 
In a way we are out of control, because control of other people’s human levels of consciousness is not possible. We cannot get into others minds, nor do we want to. Approximately eighty five per cent of the world calibrates* beneath the level of integrity, courage and empowerment. If we happen to live in highly populated areas, we witness on a grander scale the lower levels of consciousness in the form of hate, rage, scorn, blame, aggression, anxiety, and more of the same. Driving a car in a crowded city is often a lesson in world consciousness studies.
Whether we are in serious trouble or not would be how we project our feelings onto what is going on. In reality, nothing is happening other than our witnessing of how others are projecting out into the world. We can call it awful or just be the witness, which reflects our own higher level of consciousness. What must be considered is that the source of the issue is always individual levels of human consciousness. It explains the why, but does not explain the how to handle.
The first lesson in universe handling is avoidance of that which is inherently negative. We do not have to be ignorant of the fact that the rest of the world is not as you are. It may be spiritual simplicity to believe we are all one because of our connection to Divinity, but naive to think we are all alike.
Oftentimes we have to forgive ourselves and make amends to the universe for losing our tempers and being that which we didn’t want to be at that moment. We can still be of a higher consciousness and not always be in control of sudden emotional outbursts. As long as we know that at our core level of being we were only succumbing to the frailties of our ego, we can still witness our humanness without losing ground.
Our responsibility is to our own way of being in the world. What we want to be is willing, trusting, merciful, inspiring, loving, accepting and more. When we feel emotions which reflect what we do not wish to be, we can take a sort of adult time-out to forgive others (for they know not what they do), and ourselves. Our willingness to do this and be more, is all that is necessary to stay the course.
*Map Of Consciousness(c)
Keywords: Consciousness, Mind, Ego, Map of Consciousness
What’s Going On?
Published on October 1, 2006
There has to be a starting point when you are on the path of change and higher consciousness. What blocks are holding us back? What beliefs are no longer necessary to hold? What blocks are continually coming up? What are we stuck on? What things keep coming up over and over again to stop our growth? What really bothers us and fuels our anger? 
Objective: To find out what keeps us stuck at the core level of our being.
Expected results: To free up what’s bothering us and get a better idea of what we need to work on and surrender.
1.) List 5 things that you hold you back from change? i.e. Fear, age, abilities
2.) List 5 beliefs which come up in your life over and over. i.e Religious doctrines, about how you look, things about your childhood.
3.) List 5 things that make you feel stuck. i.e. tiredness, apathy, depression
4.) List 5 things that make you really angry. i.e. other people, not getting my way
Look at the list of your answers. Is there anything which keeps repeating itself? Is there something about a particular belief that prevents you from changing? What is it about the beliefs on your list that create suffering in your life? For each belief ask yourself what you are experiencing when you say that belief out loud. After each answer, ask yourself… and then what? (i.e. What other belief are you holding about this?) Keep on asking yourself the same question until you get to the core of the belief.
Example: I get so angry when people don’t pay attention to me.
…and then what?
It makes me feel like I don’t exist.
…and then what?
I feel like a nobody.
…and then what?
I don’t know who I am.
…and then what?
I get depressed.
…and then what?
I feel like I may feel like this forever.
The core belief is, feeling bad about ones’ self may just lead to endless suffering.
At this point, there is the ability now to start an internal dialogue to end this suffering through surrender and letting go. An issue has been addressed and can now be released using the exercise “All Suffering is Illusion.”
All Suffering is Illusion
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This exercise is not meant to replace medical or other professional help. It may be used in conjunction with professional help.
Suffering is caused by fear, anger, pain, confusion, depression, and many other factors. In many cases emotional suffering is due to one’s level of consciousness. Eliminating blocks to ascending consciousness is important to reach the levels of love and joy, which bring intrinsic peace. This exercise is very powerful, and is the core exercise for removing blocks when all is surrendered.
Objective: To see that what we create as suffering, is what our mind/ego has projected into our lives for us.
Expected results: To remove the illusions that we are our thoughts and release our suffering.
Allow yourself at least 30 to 60 minutes* of quiet time away from noise or 
interruptions. Wearing loose fitting clothing, relax into a comfortable position. Breathe in to the diaphragm slowly through the nostrils filling the lungs. Exhale through the mouth, to the count of 5. Continue until your entire body is relaxed. Continue the breathing exercises while getting an idea of floating through space, weightless. Expand your journey through space by expanding your consciousness until it reaches out in all directions. Continue to expand your consciousness out in all directions further and further until you become one with All That Exists. Your body may feel weightless at this point, or you may not feel the body at all. Keep expanding out until you see you are not your body, pain, or feelings.
Now keeping the entire issue as a totality, see it as a complete illusion inside a cloud. Allow the cloud to expand out further and further, disappearing the illusion as it expands. See the illusion vanish along with the cloud into space. If there is any part of it left, allow it to further dissipate into space reaching farther and farther out. Say to yourself, “That was not what I am. That was my illusion. Illusions do not exist. I surrender all illusion to God.”
* When becoming proficient with this exercise, changes will occur in shorter time periods, until you can do this exercise without the limitations of time or place.