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Ascension 2010-02 - Trancending The Ego Deel 2
Ascension 2010-02 - Trancending The Ego Deel 2
M.A.G.I.C. Congratulations
Through the Back Door On
By Rev. Pam Murray, Ph.D. A few days ago some friends and I attended a memorial Certification
service at a retirement complex. We finally found the
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chapel, entered, and sat in one of the pews. As we looked Beppy Guliker
around, we realized we had come in through the back door. Putten, The Netherlands
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“Isn’t life just like that sometimes?” I said. “We come in beppy@vraag-teken.nl
through the back, but we still arrive where we wanted to go.”
Mukti-Olga Thoma
SPIRIT also sometimes works like this in our lives if we let it. Athens, Greece
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Have you ever had the experience of working and struggling to achieve something,
finally giving up in frustration? After you did so, the thing you wanted to do, be or have Renewed Consultant
seemed to unfold in ways you never expected. It’s happened to me on more than on Lina Petitta
occasion. It’s a lot like coming in the back door. When we get stuck on needing Connecticut, U.S.A.
something to be done in a certain way, it’s like always needing to come in the front door (203) 470-0298
when the back door or a side door will do just as well. linapetitta@gmail.com
Art and Helga Marceau will 1. Select something in your life that just doesn’t seem to be working. It may be a
be hosting a potluck social goal you want to achieve, a relationship that is either not working or is non-
and information meeting at existent, a situation that you can’t seem to resolve, or a material object you
their home on: would like to manifest in your life.
January 24, 2010 2. Write what you want. Make it specific, but do NOT write how it must happen.
3. Burn it in a safe area, saying, “I turn this over to you, SPIRIT, for perfect
17206 12th Avenue NW outworking.” (If you cannot burn it safely, tear it into small pieces and throw it
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(206) 546-2822 4. Do your best not to think about it. If you find yourself becoming distracted by a
desire to push it through, sit down and breathe through it.
5. Do nothing until you feel prompted by SPIRIT to take action. Then take action in
a peaceful, loving way.
See if your life changes. If your life doesn’t change much, see how you change.
If you feel like you are struggling in any action, back away. The hardest part of this is to
do nothing occasionally, when you really want to ram or tug. When SPIRIT is working
through you, you will feel a sense of peace. There is a large difference between the
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energy of pushing and toiling, and that of walking through the doors unlocked by
SPIRIT.
highest guidance, and can attract lower vibrational interference, such as discarnates. If Treasurer
being in ego in our work means we are operating mainly from our own thoughts and Marianne Blaha
feelings, then transcending ego means working from SPIRIT, and a sense of unity with Albertshofen, Germany
others. While the ego thrives on beliefs of separation (such as “I am better than you” or Directors
“I am right”), working from a connection to SPIRIT and others is grounded in the Yamini Bhatt
knowing that we are all ONE. Texas, U.S.A.
Karla Marie
In addition to conscious connection with SPIRIT during prep to work, and setting up a Texas, U.S.A.
shielded space, there are many other “practices” that will help keep you in alignment Linda Turner
with SPIRIT and your oneness with others rather than ego. This month, we’ll look at Kent, United Kingdom
how compassion, gratitude, and reverence can help us know a space of ONE-ness. Erika Laszlo
Budapest, Hungary
Practicing Compassion
Why do people come to us for help in their healing? Whether or not they can articulate SRA
it, everyone at a minimum wants to alleviate their suffering. I’ll bet none of them come Advisory &
to us to be told - or treated as if - they are wrong, damaged, unspiritual, or unwise. If we
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work from a space of ego, we may find ourselves triggered by others’ “stuff” in a way
that puts us in a defensive posture - in SRT language, this means we are at risk of having
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our own negative programming or beliefs activated in our healing sessions. Marianne Blaha - Chair
Albertshofen, Germany
One defensive posture of the ego is judgment. In working with others in SRT/SpR, this Kathleen Butler
means judging the client for where they are, even as you may move to help them. Have Arizona, U.S.A.
you ever found yourself thinking in response to a client’s story or circumstance, “What Robert E. Detzler
was the person thinking? Why didn’t they know better?” (I have). High Self suggests a Washington, U.S.A.
response of compassion to every “story” the client may bring to you, even if you know it
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to be based on their own ego focus. Try to remember that even if based on a
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misperception, the pain of separation caused by the ego is very real.
Erika Laszlo
Budapest, Hungary
A complete compassionate response may take practice, as most of us must overcome
lifetimes of a conditioned response of judgment. The Dalai Lama tells us that “To be Emily Matweow
genuine, compassion must be based on respect for the other and the realization that Calgary, Canada
others have the right to be happy and overcome suffering just as you.” Compassion is Carmen Pluciennik
not about pity. “Just as you” is an important part of our understanding of compassion - it Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
reminds us that we should be looking at what is the same between us, rather than what is Emily Russo
Caracas, Venezuela
Shakti Wilson
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For Sale different. Compassion is unbiased. If you see a human before you (or talk to them on the
phone), know that they are essentially the same as you in their emotional makeup.
As you work for people, become the “observer” of your own internal response to them.
If you have a judgmental thought, say to yourself “That’s just judgment, and it’s not real.
What’s real is my connection to this person.”
If you find yourself in a constant state of judgment rather than compassion, your own
The Freedom Path: negative beliefs and pain are probably being triggered. This means you must also do
Your Mind Net to Clear Your work on yourself. Often we are blocked in compassion for others because either we do
Soul Records not have compassion for ourselves or we don’t think we deserve compassion.
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Ask High Self, “Am I blocked to expressing or receiving compassion?” If yes, ask
that all programs and blocks be cleared.
Do you feel unworthy of compassion? Do you feel incapable of compassion? If so,
ask High Self why this is so. You may need to do additional research.
Even after programs are cleared, you may have beliefs at a Soul/Spirit level or conscious
mind beliefs that are blocking. Releasing statements like the following are often effective
Soul Re-Creation: here (High Self indicates that the forgiveness statement inserted in the middle of the
Developing Your Cosmic standard release statement may be necessary):
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$19.95 “I release all belief, perception, and judgment that I am undeserving or incapable of
compassion. I release all need and desire to believe that I am undeserving or incapable of
compassion. In addition, I forgive myself and affirm that others have forgiven me for any
perceived harm I may have done to them in any lifetime. I now accept and believe and
instruct my subconscious to accept and believe on every level of my being that I am
compassionate, loving, and deserving of compassion and love from SPIRIT and
everyone.”
Spiritual Healing If you simply have a habit of being judgmental about the people you would like to help,
$19.95 try substituting one or more of the following thoughts found in the “commonalities
practice” summarized by Zen Habits author Leo Babauta:
SRT Dictionary of Terms Once you can begin to feel a stronger commonality with others, it is much easier to move
$25.00 into the more challenging work of helping to alleviate their suffering. That discussion
pretty much includes the entire work of SRT/SpR!
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Ascension This doesn’t mean that you get to sit back and live a lazy life. But, it does mean that you
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SPIRIT do what needs to be done by SPIRIT. Who knows, by letting SPIRIT open the
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