Being Present

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Being Present is to be free of thoughts about the past or future. You

are focused on what's happening now. Your feelings are calm. Your

reflexes are fast. Your wit is quick. You are decisive. You know what

you want. You know what's right for you. You perform your best -

public speaking, sports, music. Your confidence is deep. You know

you're not perfect so you are forgiving of your weaknesses.

Your memory is strong when you are in the present. You can recall

times you were fully present because they are very clear in your

memory. All of you was in the " here and now " - in a first love, on a

great vacation, with a trusted friend. Most people rely on external

situations in which they feel safe, in order to be present. You are

truly capable of living in the present when you feel safe even in

difficult, stressful, anxious situations - when people criticize you,

when you make dumb mistakes, when you are in financial or lovelife

crises.

Answers " pop " into your mind. Most of us are quite present when we

first wake up. We " sleep " on our challenges. Then we wake up and we

simply " know " what's right for us. This is our spirituality speaking

to us. Then we move forward in confidence.

A racing mind is evidence of a poor ability to be present. This

condition disconnects us from our inner knowing. We experience inner

conflict and second-guessing - struggling to be true to ourselves,

yet afraid others will hurt us if we do. Accidents happen more often,

and people we love feel unloved by us, because we're 'absent'.

Being present is the time frame of your mind. There are only three

time frames possible - past, present and future. Once you become

aware of the thoughts you are having and the content of those

thoughts, you will notice which timeframe you are in at any given

time. You will begin to notice how often your thoughts and feelings

are focused on the past or the future. Many people spend less than 1%

of their time living in the present.

Being present is a holistic experience. Your mind, body, heart and

soul are all unified in that one moment. Time slows down. You are

connecting with the eternal force of the universe. In fact, the

definition of eternity is the present moment. It has never NOT been

the present moment, just as God has never not existed.

Being present happens when you stop comparing ('judging') the present

moment to past experiences or future expectations. The result of this

is a feeling of love and inner peace. Regardless of what other people

are doing or what situation you are facing, you are centered and

calm. No one can do this all the time. The goal of being present is

to be able to move towards being at peace inside even when your life

is full of unwelcome conflicts and crises.

Your ability to Be Present depends on the health of your boundaries.

In any given moment, you can move from being fully present to being

filled with upsetting thoughts that trigger emotions based on the

past and future. It happens in an instant and is highly dependent on

how good your boundaries are. If you have weak boundaries, you will

either lash out or crumble. Both result in conflict and unhappiness

rooted in past and future-based thoughts and feelings.

Being present begins with NOTICING when you are trying to alter the

present moment and learning what you can do about it. You are moving

from seeing yourself as a victim of circumstances to a decisive

person who makes wise choices in difficult, uncertain and even scary

situations. Your self-confidence and self-trust grow tremendously, as

does your faith.

It's a Journey on the Way, There Are Many Paths, yet each has " their "

path.

It's Not about a belief system, the Doctrines, the Observances.

It's about living for God, Spirit, and placing a spiritual life above

all else. To be spiritual is about being loving, kind, trusting,

loyal, fun-loving, and a light along the Journey.

" Lighten up about enlightenment. "

The Fulfillment of Love

Love is the creative substance of the Universe. Through love we raise

our consciousness to meet the challenges to transform our lives.

Love is the basic building block. Love is accepting right now, what

is: and who we are, and moving to what could be through intention.

Love cares about results, therefore is honest, as it awakens within

us our true intentions.

Honesty has a big impact on transforming our lives. When we are

honest about our feelings and thoughts, we then can go for results.

Honesty pushes us out of denial and suppression and brings us to

CHOICE! This is where individual responsibility takes over. Choice

only exists outside of need. Choice claims its birth in creativity.

Out of the very substance of our being; choice manifests its voice.

Choice moves intention into reality.

You create your reality through choice. There is nothing to get in

the way of your dreams, except your need to be right about your

excuses. Kalos invites you to love so deeply, so wisely that you

allow your wildest dreams to come true!

Expansion of Joy

1. Daily be clear on what you wish to experience and know it is a

possibility - don't go by what others may believe through limitation.

Meditate on this.

A. Discover inside yourself what will bring happiness. What makes you

feel light, connected and alive? (This is spirit)

B. What will support you to live your purpose and bring peace on the

earth? Start wanting this to happen. Say, " It is my intention that I

experience harmony. " It is my intention to experience health, energy,

creative adventures, etc..

C. Spend a few minutes each day focusing on clarifying what you want

and what spirit wants to do through you.

2. Daily send love and light out through the energy centers of your

body. Actuate gratitude for all you have or do not have - send

intentions and blessings to all parts of the planet.

3. Practice deep breathing, exercise, try spinning 33 times (text for

direction). Usually females go counter-clockwise - 3 x a day. Bring

palms together at chest press them together, keep eyes open, feet

shoulder width apart.

4. Drink lots of good water.

5. Meditate and pray.

6. Ground your intentions by taking action in the physical world.

Grounding is necessary to balance a multidimensional life. Grounding

can take place by submerging yourself in the elements of the earth:

a. Take a walk.

b. Swim or place your feet in water.

c. Be in nature.

d. Keep your nervous system in tact.

7. The mental and physical bodies go hand in hand, and emotional and

spiritual bodies go hand in hand.

A. Express your feelings and allow emotions to be felt. You access

your spiritual body through your emotions.

B. Don't get lost in the process. Processing can become a way of

life - doesn't work - use it to go on - examine the drama and leave.

Our thoughts (beliefs) create our experience. Your words are either

empowering or dis-empowering. Eliminate the following words from your

vocabulary - should and trying:

1. Should - implies you are operating under someone else's

sovereignty, " their rules. " You are sovereign unto yourself, your own

inner Truth.

2. Trying is very trying. Trying is an excuse for not doing. Try to

draw a picture, to change a pattern - you can try for the rest of

your life. Trying means that you are not doing! Instead, in your own

words say, " I am creating, " " I am manifesting, " " I am doing, " " I am

intending. " I am bringing about - Forget I am trying!

1. WHAT IS IT TO BE SPIRIT CENTERED?

BEING CENTERED ON THE SPIRIT - One's focus is predominantly on Spirit.

Spirit = the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in every

individual, animating the body or mediating between body and soul,

the divine

spirit flowing within and through us all.

We are Spiritual Beings having a human experience, yet how much of

the time does it feel like we are human doings, just recovering from

our experiences, trying to manage our circumstances. We are more apt

to say I have a soul or spirit rather than the deeper truth;

" I have a body, feelings, thoughts. " Being centered ON the spirit is

the

process (spiritual discipline) of remembering who we are and getting

everything

else out of the way so that Essence may express itself through it's

vehicles.

Aspiration, intention, commitment are to express know, love and

express the

spirit Love, Wisdom, and Will

Being Centered in the Spirit - The experience of one's life is thus

predominantly spiritual

Spiritual = of or pertaining to:

the spirit or soul, as distinguished from the physical interests,

attitude, outlook,

the sprit as the seat of the moral or religious nature, sacred things

or matters;

characterized by or suggesting predominance of the spirit;

Being Centered by the Spirit - The expression of one's life is thus

from the Spirit operating through you, expressed as you.

Centered = maintaining one's inner peace and outer balance, being

equipoise between dynamic forces, not being pulled off center into

reactions, coming from one's center in responding to circumstances

The Method = Detachment, Dispassion, Discernment/Discrimination

The Result = Individualism, Initiation, Identification

2. WHAT DOES LIFE APPLICATION, APPLIED SPIRITUALITY SIGNIFY?

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO LIVE ONE'S ASPIRATIONS, SPIRITUAL VISION?

Spirituality = The quality or fact of being spiritual; predominately

spiritual in character as shown in thought, life, etc.; spiritual

tendency or tone.

Integrity, Character, Congruity with Interior and Exterior Life

What Does it Take to Be Healed, Transformed, Aligned & Empowered?

CONVEYS CONGRUENCE AND INTEGRITY OF INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIFE

Matching your interior life with you exterior life. Character,

truthfulness,

High Intentions and purified motivations, sincere aspirations and

observant of consequences

IS ABOUT APPLICATION AND INTEGRATION OF ONE'S EXPERIENCE AND

EXPRESSION OF GOD INDIVIDUALLY

In all the realms of one's experience)

Qualifying and quantifying one's relationship to self, God and each

other.

IT IS ABOUT HEALING THE CAUSE, RENEWING YOUR MIND, AND TRANSFORMING

YOUR LIFE

Transmuting physical problems

Transforming emotional challenges

Transcending mental limitations

You can take you greatest attribute and build upon it, or

Take your worst area of weaknesses and focus on it,

you can make it your strongest area and

then you will be successful in what ever you do.

3. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ACTUALIZING GOD'S GIFTS, IN ONE'S FULL

POTENTIAL IN ALL DOMAINS OF LIFE?

APPEALS ALIGNING TO LIVING ONES PURPOSE AND FULL POTENTIAL IN ALL THE

DOMAINS OF ONE'S LIFE.

Physically

Emotionally

Mentally

Socially

Financially

Spiritually

Universally

" What you are is God's Gift to you. What you become is your gift to

God. "

4. WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE TO BE INTEGRATED AND WHOLE (WHOLISTIC)?

Integration of body, mind, spirit as one whole (wholly). Holy comes

from the word whole.

" Be whole as your Father is in heaven. " TALOS = PERFECT = WHOLE

Holy = dedicated or devoted to the service of God..., saintly, godly,

pious, devout;

of religious purity, exaltation, solemnity

Wholistic = the quality of comprising the full amount, containing all

the elements

properly belonging, complete, undivided, uninjured, undamaged,

sound, intact; pertaining to all the all the aspects of human nature,

especially one's physical, intellectual and spiritual development

an assemblage of parts associated or viewed together as one thing -

a unitary system.

5. WHAT DOES IT IMPLY TO BE BALANCED?

Beckons Us to a Balanced Life

Beautiful (Kalos) = Inspiringly aesthetic, compellingly lovable,

profoundly pleasing, symmetry in motion (Balanced)

Balanced = state if equilibrium or equipoise; mental steadiness

or emotional stability ; habit or calm behavior; composition of

components in an harmoniously integrated whole,

Each of these are aspects of the Divine Journey:

Knowing God

Loving God

Serving God

6. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE EXPRESSING ONE'S LIFE PURPOSE, MANIFESTING

ONE'S MISSION, CALLED AND ANOINTED.

EXPRESS ALL ASPECTS OF SPIRITUAL ALIGNMENT AND EMPOWERMENT GIFTS

FRUITS (Mind/body serves through the fruits)

7. WHAT DOES IT ENTAIL TO BE LOVING, GIVING LOVE, SERVING? WITH

COMPASSION AND WITHOUT JUDGMENT.

Hands raised to heavens are purposed to reach out to other's in

loving service. " Whatsoever you have done to one of the least of

these my, brethren you have done unto me. "

I have awakened in Thy shelter, O my God,

and it becometh him that seeketh that shelter

to abide within the Sanctuary of Thy Protection

and the Stronghold of Thy defense.

Illumine my inner being, O my Lord,

with the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy Revelation,

even as Thou didst illumine my outer being

with the morning light of Thy favor.

baha'i prayers - bahá'u'lláh