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written by Juli Somers

I sometimes imagine what it was like being pure spirit before taking this body – at peace, at one with all – then getting thrust into this dimensional plane of duality. Alongside the bodysuit comes the immersion into a deep forgetfulness of your spiritual nature and your connection to All That Is. Finally one day you decide that it is time to get off the Ferris wheel of unconscious living and you make the commitment to awaken.

Most likely if we remembered the truth of who we are and where we come from right from the start we would choose to forego some of our experiences. As a result, we would miss out on the soul lessons necessary for our spiritual maturity. Let’s face it – from a solely physical perspective it is hard to understand why things happen as they do.

It can challenge you to your core to have faith in a higher order when faced with the current troubles and devastation. Yet it is faith we must have to rise up in this time being presented to us now. It is a time to bring forth in our lives the truth of spirit – unchanging and infinite – amidst all the flux of physical life.

How do we step into this next phase of our spiritual potential? The handholds that we have depended on in the past to guide us through our transitions personally and globally are simply not there. We are not only creating a new world as we go but simultaneously living the effects of the karma of the old one. We are being given the opportunity to recognize ourselves not as victims but evolving participants of a massive shift in consciousness.

With the tragic aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, one can feel helpless with how life on the planet is manifesting. Our bodies are designed to return again and again to homeostasis just as the earth, the larger body in which we all reside, is trying to restore a balance in a world that has grown destructive. What is the answer? To remember ourselves as spiritual beings and use our energies in ways which are healing.  We always have a choice in how we focus our energy. Imagine the solution and the healing happening, instead of being mesmerized by the problem. As Gandhi stated, “Be the change you want to see in the world”. Now is the time.

This is the time to deepen our body and spirit communication. We are indeed spiritual beings having this physical experience with more inner power than we often realize. It is from the invisible realm that we have manifested what we perceive and experience in the visible world. If we want to change things in our lives and in the world we need to go back to that level of the invisible. This is the level of thought, desire, prayer, and visualization – basically the level where it is all about how we focus our energy. Therein resides the power of change.

Both meditation and prayer have been scientifically documented to change brain wave patterns. When we choose to pray or meditate or even just reach for the positive interpretation of what is happening, we are invoking the awareness of God consciousness into the scene. The best part is each of us can make this choice in any circumstance at any time. We are never stuck! To bless something instead of judge it is an expression of the love that you are. Where the ego will judge, the spirit will always want to go for a healing response. When we choose to bless what is challenging our peace, that positive God-filled energy has a ripple effect and helps to counteract all the negative happenings everywhere.

I had an experience recently where a wonderful opportunity seemed to be placed on my lap. I explored it, went forward with it, and then it seemed to disappear as quickly as it showed up. I observed myself go to an old feeling of disappointment and get caught up in my mind seeing the whole thing as a problem. Then I realized it for what it was – an opportunity to believe in myself as a creative spirit. As a spiritual being infused with the power of life moving through me, I always have choices about what I want to experience. As I surrendered my judgments to what was happening – awakening to the consciousness that somehow this was an opportunity despite appearances – suddenly I saw many doors available to me. I now had freedom to choose how I wanted to proceed. What a reminder that at any moment I can create something new instead of getting stuck on the thought that there is a problem. It was a tremendous healing for me.

It’s time to break through our collective amnesia so we can embody our spiritual knowing and peace in these chaotic times. We offer many workshops, classes, and services to support you in cutting through the illusion that you are powerless with what is happening around you and within you. It is time to be the change we wish to see!

written by Juli Somers

“It’s not about having any particular experience. The practice is about opening to whatever presents itself”  – Joel Goldsmith

A student asked me in a class recently what I thought about affirmations and intentions. It was a wonderful question to reflect on. The trick to using a compass is to know the direction you want to go from where you stand now. It helps to have a destination in mind otherwise you won’t know when you get there. Same with intention; it is good to have an idea of the direction you want to move in. The bible tells us, “ask and you shall receive”. The trick is to ask – set your compass in the direction you want to go – and then just walk. Trust the way life moves you.

Ever notice that sometimes you set an intention and then what shows up is vastly different from what you were intending? There is always a reason in the invisible realm as to why we are led in seemingly the wrong direction or why you have to go through a pond full of frogs before the prince or princess comes along. It is, after all, a souls’ journey and our souls are always nudging us to grow. Those nudges can take us far out of our intended direction. But they always lead us closer to Truth.

I may consciously affirm something until I am blue in the face but if the program running my subconscious isn’t aligned with that, then I’ve merely succeeded in getting a blue face. Say you are trying to lose weight so you affirm to yourself ‘I feel light in my body’. At the same time maybe there is a belief in your subconscious that tells you that you are fat. A positive affirmation may help you to feel better and possibly shift negative thoughts. That’s a good thing. However, to create lasting change you must heal the roots of that defeating message and change it to loving yourself.

Remember those old slide viewers? You could pop in a slide and look through the viewer to see the picture. Energetically we are always influenced by these “pictures” or experiences from our lives that have formed our sense of who we are. That message that you are fat may be there because your mom didn’t like having a chubby baby. In order to change what has been created you have to remove the old slide from the view finder that influences how you see yourself or the world. To just cover up the old with a new pretty picture won’t heal the invalidation inside.

I once had a friend that would frequently be on very strict eating regimes. Whenever we went to lunch, she would look at my food and commence to tell me all the reasons why the food was bad. Finally I had to tell her to stop putting her pictures on my food. I didn’t believe what she believed so my food was innocent of all that judgment. All my food wanted to do was provide me with sustenance and suddenly it was getting told how bad it was.

This same person was big on affirmations. What I would often notice is that her inner vibration didn’t match the thing she was affirming on the outside. Yes, she wanted to be there but her energy was nowhere near accepting that affirmation as truth. There are many stories of people who win millions in the lottery and then lose all of it within a couple of years. If the program in the subconscious says lack then lack is what has to return.

A good starting place is to bless whatever it is you want to change. Bless it with the knowing that there is a reality beyond appearance where all is perfect. With my above example, the key would be to love your body just as it is; it is the vehicle you have chosen to fulfill your soul purpose. A true affirmation moves you from wanting something different to allowing yourself to be in love with you exactly where you are.

There is nowhere to get to but enlightenment. Life is constantly offering us opportunities to awaken. The good news is you once accepted the unwanted program and you can now decline it. The ultimate affirmation is that God is All That Is. And in the meantime, may all of our intentions and affirmations lead us ever closer to living that truth. Come take a class at the Center and learn how to move out some of those limiting pictures with amusement.

Reverend Juli Somers is the Director of The Center For Inner Truth
She can be reached at 920-4418 or revjuli@newmexico.com