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The Tree is itself. Never. Always. What Joy!

July 18, 2024

I had a dream this morning: In the dream I was newly arrived at an ashram and waiting, seated quietly, for my first meditation assignment. 

The Guru beside me said: Contemplate a tree.  As he turned to leave I stopped him with an upraised hand, “Wait,” I said.

A short pause followed after which I spoke: “The tree is itself.”  He raised his eyebrows, then turned to leave again.

 
“Wait…” I said once more.  “Never.”
 
More raised eyebrows and turning away.
 
“Wait…” my hand raised, still…. “Always.”
 
My hand remained up, he stayed. 
 
 Another pause. “What joy!” I said and fell quiet.
 
He repeated my brief contemplation of the tree: The tree is itself.  Never.  Always.  What joy!
 
And then we both burst into laughter as he – recognizing me – extended his hand to help me stand and we embraced in happiness at seeing one another after so long.
 
I know the many levels of delight and understanding this dream convieghs to me… but it is your dream now.  What is it telling you?
 
Playfully,
Mayet
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What Spiritual Frontier Lies Beyond our Dogma?

July 11, 2024

This morning I sent a clever and fun You Tube short to a friend.  I remarked that when in India I often was amazed and delighted by what practical innovators they are.
 
“When you don’t even own a box, you’re not inclined to think inside one,” I remarked.
 
The video is shared at the end, but it got me thinking further about something that’s been on my mind lately.  So called “New Age” ideas have formulated now to the degree that the arena is somewhat dogmatic, here and there.  There are isms – phrases and wisdoms and “truths” that we hold dear and that we use as yardsticks for ourselves… and others.
 
Here are a few of those dogmatic ideas we might want to examine.  There are hundreds of them.
 
“I created this unhappiness myself, It’s my fault.”
“They created this situation themselves.”
“People who are suffering agreed to do so (often for some greater good.)”
“If your life has any problems in it, you’re doing something wrong.”
“You can become enlightened and then your problems are over.”
“Enlightened“ people don’t talk about.” 
 
These can become unhelpful.  Even destructive.  There’s often truth in them, but at some point each idea began to veer toward judgment (of self or others) and from there to disconnecting us from our compassion.  To me, anything that does that needs rethinking. 
 
Today’s message is an invitation to begin to notice where dogma has crept into your spiritual life.  Note: It’s not an invite to notice where it’s crept in other’s spiritual lives, hehe.  The opportunity here is to look at what’s become rote, judgmental, unhelpful and dogmatic in our own spiritual practice and views.  It’s a fruitful ponder, if continued over time.
 
If we see where we’re getting boxed in by our own beliefs, we then can be the Spiritual Innovators we came to be, freely uncovering our connection to our truest identity, and discovering the real opportunities of that. 
 
It’s best not to invent a box where one isn’t needed, right?  Making a box causes us to miss the innovation.  The spiritual frontier that lies out beyond our personal beliefs – our dogma – is where the real joy and fun of innovation is.  AND, that’s the surest way out of Dogmaville.
 
Here’s the innovator video that sent me in this direction today, enjoy!  I’m sure it’ll give you a giggle.  I know what I’m going to keep in my trunk for road trip emergencies now… rope and a skateboard!
 
Sending you love and laughs,
Mayet 

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An Independence Day Message

July 4, 2024

It’s Independence Day in the U.S which is making me think about freedom of course.  Which makes me think of sovereignty which is defined as freedom from external control or controlling influence.  I don’t think we can say that’s the state we’re in, right?

The word is applied to spiritual matters sometimes and seems to imply freedom in that context – one would assume it’s freedom from earthly matters.  I’ve inquired about spiritual sovereignty and even written about it here a time to two.  Recently I received a new take on spiritual sovereignty that’s a great share, I think.  

A client and I have been doing a month of readings from the book Mother Mary, Visions and Visitations, by Robert Frutos.  It relates 31 documented reports of Mother Mary visitations that have occurred around the world.

I read early each day during my Morning Musings and part way through our month, I started jotting down messages from Mother Mary that came in my meditations following the reading.  They were quite wonderful and as I shared them with my client, it added a lovely dimension to the Mother Mary practice.  

One of those recent messages mentions sovereignty, defining it in a really interesting way I think.  I used it in the recent weekly article called 4 Wise Sayings.  The first of those saying had part of that Mother Mary message, though I didn’t mentioned it as such in that article.

That message, in its entirety, seems the perfect Independence Day message for us.  Here it is:

“I am associated with ministrations unto children, to those in pain or in need of healing.  It is often thought that I am one whose prayers primarily concern these.  And certainly prayers for the health and well-being of humanity are always in my heart.

But were I to give the essence of my prayers I would say that my prayerful intent for humanity is that each being glimpse or fully come to know their own sovereign nature.

For What is Sovereignty?  True sovereignty is living in the experience of having no barrier between you and your Creator.”

That takes my own understanding of what sovereignty means to us, to a new level.  Such a beautiful revelation!  The freedom of living with not barrier between me and my creator!

May all beings come to understand their own sovereign natures and to live in the experience of having no barrier between them and their Creator.  This is my prayer.

With love,
Mayet Leilani

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