Dear Ones,
Instead of having conversations with people around the current situations on Planet Earth, especially in the United States, we would have you redirect the conversations to specific steps that people can take.
First, people need to go inside their hearts and find the space of peace, of centeredness that is their Being. They must breathe into this space for a moment.
The next step to take is to step up above the situation being discussed and to see it from a Higher Perspective. Why would the Universe allow this situation to exist? What good can come from this situation?
Having a perspective on the positive possibilities that exist in the situation, each individual must then ask, ‘What is mine to do about this situation?’ Each must be patient for the answer to this question might not become obvious immediately. If the answer is not clear then one is to take no action at that time. This includes continuing the discussion at hand.
Sometimes the next step is to educate others. This can take the form of more discussion, the suggestion of reading material, or a sharing of knowledge and resources. People are very emotional and are especially clinging to their fear of coming changes because they have been told to fear the very possibility of change. Yes, it is the mere mention to some that things might change that drives them into panic.
Consider the source of this panic. It is not the possibility of catastrophe that has them so panicky – it is the possibility that things might change. Even if they are uncomfortable with the way things are currently they have been trained to approach all things with fear, especially a change from the ‘status quo.’
This tactic has been used to control human beings since the first hierarchical structure was put into place. If one person can put another person (or group of people) into the energy of fear, then that person gains control by offering to protect people from that which they fear. The original source of the fear may be fabricated, but it does not matter to the unconscious mind of one who is fearful. They long to have someone to protect them from that which they fear.
Now go back to a conversation about what is happening around you and notice that fear can lead to anger looking for someone on whom to place the blame for this fearful state. People settle on blaming whatever they are told to blame. (Remember that in their fearful state they are easy to control and to lead where the controller wishes.) When you find yourself in one of these conversations be careful to avoid becoming a controller of others. Share what you know and invite the others to go inside themselves to find their own empowerment.
It is only from this place that true change, in the direction of the evolution of human consciousness, can take place.
And so it is.
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MUSE-INGS: Focus on the Joy!
April 27, 2010 — RosemaryHow easy it is to focus our attention on the things that need to be fixed or on the painful things that we wish were different! We can get so caught up in wishing something would change that we forget how powerful we are to change how we think about a situation.
My wonderful Mom, Gloria Robertson, always saw silver linings. One of her favorite sayings was, ‘Everything always works out for the best.’ And the other thing she said often was,
‘As a rule, Man’s a fool,
When it’s hot he wants it cool.
When it’s cool he wants it hot,
Always wishing what is not.’
My Mom was a very wise woman. We spend so much time wishing things were different when really the only thing we need to change is how we think about things. I remember my Mom, towards the end of her life, deciding that she would only worry about those things that it was in her power to make different. She had an appointment with her doctor who asked her what had changed because her health had improved. She said, ‘I’ve adopted a new attitude – NMP.’ When he asked what ‘NMP’ stood for, she answered, ‘Not My Problem.’
It is very freeing to look around and decide what is ours to work on and what is beyond our control or what belongs to someone else to handle. And it is very empowering to take charge of those things that ARE our own to deal with. Not everything around us requires that we take charge of it. Not everything is ours to handle or to fix. Sometimes another person needs to learn to help himself or herself. Sometimes someone else needs to learn a lesson by handling something their own way. Sometimes ‘good enough’ is okay – it doesn’t always have to be perfect. Sometimes another person just wants to be left alone and it needs to be okay with us to allow that. And sometimes another person needs company and we need to be beyond ourselves enough to see that and to offer the company without judgment.
Look around you today and see if there isn’t some joy to be found in every conscious moment. What can you do to make yourself smile? Is there someone you can help? Is there some situation that you can laugh at? Can you laugh at yourself or do you always take yourself terribly seriously? Is there an animal to watch? A flower to notice? Music to enjoy? What can you feel gratitude about in this moment now?
Adopting the attitude that there is always some joy to be found will bring happiness into your life. And if you are truly struggling to find something about which to feel good, then get out your sense of humor and remember a time when you laughed and laughed at something you thought was hilariously funny. All you need to do is remember and you will be smiling again.
Keep a stock of funny movies or joke books or funny emails that you’ve received and get them out when you truly cannot find anything to give you joy. One joke, one laugh, is all it takes to shift your energy. One look out the window and you will find something to delight in, no matter how small it might seem. Remember, that if you spend all of your energy thinking about what you don’t want, the Universe won’t know what to bring you from the list of what you DO want. Energize the aspects of this moment that you want to magnify in your life. Experience delight and you will have more delight. Focus on joy and you will have more joy in your life. That’s how things work!
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