Sedona’s Vortex energy is always available with its innate ability to bring us more into our own still center within. It’s always there with us whether we are in Sedona or at home. But how do we access it?
I remember being in a talk by a meditation master, and she said “The fastest way to evolve is just be kind to each other.”
“That’s it?!” I thought, “Gee that’s easy!”
Thirty years later, I am still working on it. What does that actually mean, and why is it such a high virtue?
In order to be kind, we automatically have stepped into the other person’s world. There is understanding, acceptance, concern, compassion. There is a genuine desire to be present and make a difference in someone’s life, even if it’s just smiling at someone on the street walking by you, or dealing with a person you deem insane. There is a lot that is behind this idea of kindness.
Most interestingly is why does it take us so long?
Let’s just say there are a lot of hidden agendas by the conditioned mind, and as long as we are identified with that mind we are in the realm of that mind.
Our conditioned ego mind has us convinced that as long as we are relatively kind, or kind most of the time, (usually with people who agree with us) that we are doing great!
As long as we look at the world from the ego’s point of view, we ARE doing great…. relatively speaking, but still stuck in the dream of separation and fear.
It’s a closed system, looping around with the same triggers and hurts, fears, etc… So how do we get out?
Choose otherwise.
It’s like we have 2 minds, the mind of our Higher Self, and the conditioned mind of the ego. Begin to notice when you are in the realm of the ego and step back, take a breath, and ask to see the situation from a higher perspective.
This idea to be kind was reinforced when I was in a lecture with Ram Das, and he mentioned that a great litmus test to where you are on the spiritual path is to put a political figure you dislike, or ANYONE you may hold a resentment toward, on your alter or sacred space, and until you can love them the same way in which you love Christ, Buddha, or anyone you hold as sacred you aren’t making much progress.
Darn! That’s a tall order! Here’s the thing, as I listen to that statement even after hearing it years later, it is clear that he’s speaking about the end result.
But! Are you willing, or at least willing to be willing, to offer that person kindness or compassion for where they are in their lives at any given moment? They are the same divine spark as you are, there is no difference.
If we aren’t offering love to others we aren’t offering it to ourselves. If we don’t think change is possible for others, we don’t think it’s possible for us.
With this in mind I sat with a particular political figure in mind, and I would not get up from my contemplation until I could give this person at least 1 second of love from my Higher Self. To be honest, I sat there for a while, it was an epic battle and then I finally let go of the ego’s determination for smallness, I did it! I felt the same love toward him as I do my Higher Self.
It doesn’t mean I now love this guy all the time, but it does mean if I could do it once, I could do it again, and again, and again. Just one second at a time. Switching my alignment from the ego mind to Higher Mind. Willingness to choose Higher Self. At times it takes a massive amount of willingness.
It’s our intention to choose our Higher Self every time we catch ourselves going into separation, that is the ticket home, staying with our intention and choosing our thoughts when we catch them.
No one is saying you have to do this perfectly. Just catch your mind when you do, and don’t when you don’t.
No self judgement, just self awareness.
If you read what Ram Dass has said you may think we could never do that! We would stop before we even got started.
And how is it possible to love a political figure or that person who has done you wrong as much as you would a sacred being? Again it’s a willingness to want to free ourselves from the feelings that we seem trapped in. That is our inner work.
Where do you get triggered? That is where you’re not being kind!
So what! You get triggered. That’s IS the moment of looking, not judging yourself or others. It’s when you catch it you can look. That is the shadow work to be done.
Noticing your triggers can be a gift, your ticket to freedom.
You get to free yourself with a little willingness. And cut people around you some slack, hence being kind.
I look forward to working with you and guiding you to your own transformations – transforming your relationships with the people in your life and with your own self, by tapping a deeper inner peace and a much quieter mind. ©
Vishali Shahin B.S., R.N.
Spiritual Mentor
Certified Meditation Teacher
Spiritual Journey Tour Guide
Quantum Touch Energy Healer