Saint Germain And The Violet Flame – Elizabeth Clare Prophet

May 29, 2014 By The Golden Light Channel

source: http://www.saintgermainonalchemy.com/violet-flame.html

What Is the Violet Flame?

The Violet Flame – Power of Transmutation

Violet flame of alchemical, spiritual transmutation Just as a ray of sunlight passing through a prism is refracted into the seven colors of the rainbow, so spiritual light manifests as seven rays, or flames. When we call forth the spiritual flames in our prayers and meditations, each flame creates a specific action in our body, mind and soul. The violet flame is the color and frequency of spiritual light that stimulates mercy, justice, freedom and transmutation.

To “transmute” is to alter in form, appearance or nature, especially to change something into a higher form. The term was used by alchemists who attempted to transmute base metals into gold, separating the “subtle” from the “gross” by means of heat. The real purpose of alchemical transmutation was spiritual transformation and the attainment of eternal life. That is precisely what the violet flame can do for us. It separates out the “gross” elements of our karma from the gold of our true inner self so that we can achieve lasting spiritual transformation.

Why is the violet flame so powerful? In our physical world, violet light has the shortest wavelength, and therefore the highest frequency, in the visible spectrum. Since frequency is directly proportional to energy, the violet light also has the most energy. That means that it also has the greatest ability to change matter at the atomic level.

How Does the Violet Flame Work?

Saint Germain explains that the violet flame has the ability to change physical conditions because, of all the flames, the violet is closest in vibratory action to the components of matter. “The violet flame can combine with any molecule or molecular structure, any particle of matter known or unknown, and any wave of light, electron or electricity,” he says. Wherever people gather together to give violet-flame prayers, “there you notice immediately an improvement in physical conditions.”

The violet flame can literally consume the debris within and between the atoms of your being. It’s like soaking them in a chemical solution that, layer by layer, dissolves the dirt that has been trapped there for thousands of years.

When you call forth the violet flame, it sets up a polarity between the nucleus of the atom and the white-fire core of the flame. The nucleus, being matter, assumes the negative pole; the white-fire core of the violet flame, being Spirit, assumes the positive pole.

The interaction between the nucleus of the atom and the light in the violet flame establishes an oscillation. This oscillation dislodges the densities that are trapped between the electrons orbiting the nucleus. As this hardened substance that weighs down the atom is loosened, it is thrown into the violet flame. On contact with the violet flame, the dense substance is cleansed, purified and restored to its native purity. Freed of this debris, the electrons begin to move more freely, thus raising our spiritual vibration and our energy levels. This action takes place at nonphysical, or “metaphysical,” dimensions of matter.

Check the Summit Lighthouse YouTube channel and see Elizabeth Clare Prophet leading Violet Flame decrees with visualizations.

Heavenletters: Love Fills You Like Light

May 28, 2014 By The Golden Light Channel

thanks to http://cultureofawareness.com/2014/05/28/heavenletters-love-fills-you-like-light/

Thanks to The Galactic Free Press.

God said:

In Heaven, there is no such thing as Hurry Up, nor is there such a thing as Slow Down. Hurrying up and slowing down are not even a possibility in Heaven. In Heaven, an idea pulsates. It is instant. There is no planning it, no making a big decision, no board meetings. The idea is done. It is over. It circulates across the Universe, for there is no time in Heaven to speculate in. There is Infinity which leaves the concept of time out. Time in Heaven is an impossibility. Time does not accumulate in Heaven.

There are no storage places in Heaven as well. There is no stopping-off place either. Think of the most solid happy time in your life on Earth, when all was easy, and all was sweet like a dream come true, and you will have a thimbleful of how loving it is in Heaven. It’s not that you flit in Heaven. No landing place is needed or offered. There is no cleaning or upkeep that has to be done. Great mobility in Heaven. No barriers. When you think about it, are not time and space barriers on Earth?

In Heaven there are no boundaries to break, for there are no boundaries.

Time and space confront you on Earth wherever you turn. At the same time, the concepts of time and space are a blessing to you, a mixed blessing. Time and space boss you around. They take over your life, and, yet, even so, they give you great joy. You look outside you, and there is sunshine or rain or any of the elements, and they come in season. There are no seasons in Heaven. The concept of seasons does not exist in Heaven any more than the absence of joy exists in Heaven.

Pure love streams in Heaven, and more of that essence of love is streaming into your lives. You are surrounded by miracles that love brings. Heaven is an exciting dimension, yet contrast does not take place. When all is love, what more can there be? Nothing can be missing for all is well and all is supreme. In Heaven, love is beyond emotion. Fullness of Love is simply present. Divine Fullness of Fullness.

You might as well start getting ready. You are ascending while Heaven leans over and reaches for you. It is not that you have to ascend. You can even let go of ascending. We could say that angels and I lean down to pick you up and bring you here. We could say that. Yet there is no up and down in Heaven. There is no here and there. Let Us say that Love fills you like light, and you are risen to your true value. Ah, you become right-side up even as there are no dimensions in Heaven like that.

I am already in your heart, not solely as theory but rather as Reality. It is not really that you enter Heaven. You clear your eyes, you let go of non-recognition, and you begin to see what always has been. You have been a virtuoso of perception, seeing what is not and not seeing what is. Now, you are beginning to see. You are beginning to sense Reality which is, of course, beyond perception.

Certainly, We can say that you pull yourself up to the Reality of Heaven, although you don’t really pull yourself up. You can’t pull yourself up to where you already are. You can only be here with Me deep in your heart, and not for yourself alone, for what is the fun in that?

Permanent link to this Heavenletter: http://www.heavenletters.org/love-fills-you-like-light.html – Thank you for including this when publishing this Heavenletter elsewhere.

10 Steps to Enhance Your Natural Telepathic Communication Abilities

May 20, 2014 By The Golden Light Channel

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Note from Goldenlight: as our higher dimensional capabilities are being awakened during this time, I’ve noticed that my telepathic abilities have increased. I can send someone a light-encoded “packet of information” which is kind of like an energetic telegram with a message/visual image, and have noticed when I do this, people pick up on it! This has happened countless times recently. In one case, I was discussing a photographer with a client of mine, and we were looking at her website. I hadn’t spoken to this photographer in around 5 or 6 years. When I called the photographer that same afternoon, she said “You’ll never believe this, but your name just popped into my head!!” Or in another case last week I wanted to send a message to someone that was quite complex. She contacted me the next day out of the blue after not speaking for several months and I was able to relay the message. Things like this are occurring more frequently now in my life. The clarity of the message both given and received depends on the skill of the person sending and the other person receiving. Receiving messages from the higher dimensions is easier because these beings are highly skilled in this form of communication, so they are easy to tune into.

Telepathy is the natural form of communication in the higher dimensions and transcends all language barriers. This is how our star nation families will communicate with us when we intersect our realities with theirs (and vice versa). We can all begin to practice this technique now to develop this higher dimensional skill so that we are prepared as we shift into a higher frequency vibration. By the way, “channeling”, which is a term that I try to shy away from now as it has an extremely bad reputation and connotation, is simply telepathic communication with the higher dimensional realms. The ability to accurately hear/see/feel a message clearly affects the clarity of the message brought in. When I bring in a message from these realms, I am simply transcribing a message as it comes in, which come in as visions and I can also hear the message. I usually start a formal message transcription by connecting in first with my higher self, then with my Council of Angels, then any individual archangels or Ascended Masters with whom I wish to speak. Although lately I can just pick up on conversations with St. Germain and my mother who passed away last winter. It seems that my telepathic skills and ability to connect with these realms and to hear and “see” these messages are growing stronger. I was never able to bring in messages like this until the summer of 2012 when I had a spiritual process called “The Reconnection” done…it was after this that the messages started coming in; first from my Council of Angels, then with the ability to connect with other higher dimensional beings such as the ascended Master St. Germain, members of my Pleiadian family, and later my mom after she passed away. I also learned that this ability to bring in messages from the higher dimensions is one of my life contract items that I agreed to joyously before coming into this lifetime on earth, so this ability is kind of hard-wired into my energy structure. Even more recently I learned that all lifetimes and all realities are happening simultaneously. Now there’s a mind twister! I think the golden energy ball/lightbody is the transport mode for connecting with these realities. Fascinating stuff! Love, Goldenlight

more info:

http://thegoldenlightchannel.com/message-from-the-pleiadian-council-about-star-or-light-channels-goldenlight/

Telepathic Communication and Teleportation & Ascension: Sandra Walter

Ascension update: Council of Angels, Archangel Michael and Source Creator via Goldenlight: Upgrading to a Multidimensional Operating System

http://www.esoteric-philosophy.net/telepathy.html

10 Steps to Master Telepathy–Mind to Mind Communication

10 Steps to Enhance Your Natural Telepathic Abilities

By Abhishek Agarwal | Trans4Mind | Abhishek’s Paranormal Den

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The word “Telepathy” has been derived from the words “tele” meaning “distance” and “pathy” meaning “feeling.” So Telepathy actually means getting feelings through a distance. To elaborate, Telepathy is the communication between two minds, separated over a distance, without the use of the five known senses.

At some point or the other, we all have experienced Telepathy. Maybe you were thinking of someone you haven’t talked to in months and you suddenly get a call from them. Or when two people are together, they might say the same thing at the same time. These are spontaneous mind-to-mind communications that tend to occur frequently between closely related individuals.

In this article we will go through the steps required to practice voluntary Telepathy. Here are the steps:

Sender And Receiver
We will need two people. One will be the Sender, who will attempt to transmit thoughts; the other will be the Receiver, who will attempt to receive the thoughts transmitted by the Sender. Prior to the experiment, decide clearly if you are going to be the Sender or the Receiver. If you don’t, you both might end up being Receivers or Senders! Avoid that confusion. For this article, we will assume that you are the Sender.
Belief
First of all, it is very important that the Sender and the Receiver both believe that Telepathy is possible. Even if the belief is not 100%, an open-minded attitude is a must. In fact, it is best if the participants not only believe in Telepathy, but also actually deeply desire it to occur. If you are a skeptic, and if the doors of your mind are closed, you will get very poor results.
Physical Relaxation
Telepathy is most effective when the Sender and the Receiver are both totally relaxed physically. Also, being in positive health makes you concentrate better. Try not to practice when you are unwell. Relax yourself using any relaxation method you find best. You can either breathe deeply a couple of times, or use the progressive relaxation method.
Mental Relaxation
Clear your mind of unwanted thoughts. Make your mind tranquil. Let thoughts come and go, but don’t get attached to them. Focus on your purpose. Since you are the Sender, your focus will be to send your thoughts across. Your partner, the Receiver should focus his mind to be receptive to your thoughts.Make sure that both of you do not have any distractions around. A disturbed environment will be detrimental to your progress. A calm and quiet environment will give maximum results
Visualization
Before beginning the transmission, it is important that the previous steps are well followed. They will set up the foundation for your success. With your eyes shut, visualize a very clear picture of the Receiver. Imagine that he is a few feet away from you. Visualize him in full color. Feel that he is actually there. If you want, you can even look at a colored picture of him before the experiment. This will help you visualize him properly.Now imagine a silver tube connecting your mind and his mind. This tube is the channel through which your thoughts would be communicated to him. Visualize this tube to be full of energy. Know in your heart that this tube is very effective and will do the job well.Please note that visualizing the tube is not a must. It is just a very effective aid to help you focus and gives your thoughts a well-defined direction. Instead of this tube, you can even visualize that you are talking to your friend over the telephone.
Transmission
Now imagine that your thoughts are being transmitted through the tube – from your mind to his mind. If you are thinking of transmitting a mental picture of an apple, visualize a bright, red, juicy apple traveling across our tube. Make the picture as vivid as possible. Charge the apple with emotion. Believe that Telepathy is real. Desire that your thoughts reach your friend. Imagine the feeling you will have when you succeed. This is very crucial. Emotions are a very powerful trigger and give excellent results. Very often, Telepathy experiments fail because the thoughts lack emotional charge. Make sure you do not strain yourself to send the thought. You have to be relaxed and composed.
When to stop
While you are sending your thoughts, there will be a moment when you will have a strong feeling that the thought has been transmitted. This is an unmistakable feeling that cannot be faked. Whenever you get such a feeling, the job is done. This might take a few seconds to several minutes. If even after 15 minutes, you do not get this feeling, you can abandon the experiment and try at a later date. Trying further will not help much because your mind would be exhausted.
The Receiver
Throughout the experiment, the Receiver should keep his mind blank and should try to receive the thoughts being sent by you. He should avoid trying too hard. Forcing himself to sense what you are thinking will sabotage your attempts. His mind will be most receptive when he is relaxed and at ease. He will get several impressions coming to his mind. He should keep a pen and paper next to him, and note down whatever thoughts come to his mind. He will probably feel that he is making things up. But that’s ok. This is how Telepathy works.
Compare results
Once you are through with your experiments, compare your results. Check all the impressions that the Receiver has written down. Does it contain the thought that you tried to transmit? The more you practice, the more accurate results you will get.
Repeat the experiment
You should then repeat the experiment – either immediately or at a later date. If you have got some success, your confidence would be quite high and you would want to repeat it immediately. But if there was no success, do not get discouraged and try the next day. Regular practice sessions are a must, because only consistency will make you better. You should also alternate between being the Receiver and the Sender. This will tell you what you are better at – Receiving or Sending.

Keep it short
Keep your experiments short, maybe 15 minutes or less. This will prevent boredom and fatigue. Your Telepathic ability is at its peak when you feel most energized.

Have Patience
One of the most important conditions of experimental telepathic work is patience. Don’t be discouraged if you do not find much success initially. Any psychic experiment, including Telepathy, takes some practice before you see results. Once you practice for a few days, you will start getting more successes.

Stay away from skeptics
Skeptics have got one purpose in life: to sidetrack believers. Stay away from such people because they will put doubt in your mind and will dampen your spirits. Your results prove to you that Telepathy works. Skeptics will not help you much. Sharing your results with them will only discourage and hinder your accomplishments. Only try to share your experiences with like-minded people, people who are positive and encouraging.

Conclusion
Exploring your own Telepathic abilities is an incredible journey. Although it will be fun and exciting, developing a strong foundation will take time and patience. Never expect too much success in the beginning. But the good news is that Telepathy can be learned and cultivated very easily. With regular practice you will become a Telepathy adept! You will always be correct in sending and receiving messages, with astounding clarity and accuracy.

Abhishek Agarwal to know more about Telepathy, visit Abhishek’s Paranormal Den. You can also download his exhaustive free 167 page ebook on Astral Projection.

– See more at: http://www.thehealersjournal.com/2014/05/17/10-steps-to-enhance-your-natural-telepathic-abilities/#sthash.JfdP0V1q.dpuf

The Healing, Transformational Golden Energy Ball – Council of Angels via Goldenlight

May 20, 2014 By The Golden Light Channel

Dear Friends,

This post was originally written in November of 2012….I’m coming across this information again about our Lightbody/Golden Energy Ball/Torus and will be expanding upon this in future messages. Today I came across some more info from the Thrive website which correlates with this information. I’ve published part of this below this post with a link to the full article, as well as an excellent video from the Thrive Movement. Look at the golden torus-shaped energy ball around his body in the video…this is exactly what I saw in my original meditation! I’m going to work with this more and do a channeling on it at some point soon. More will be revealed! Love, Goldenlight

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In September 2012, I experienced a vision during a spiritual energy session….in the vision I was at a special part of my favorite beach where I always go during spiritual meditations. I found out later in one of my messages that this is a place of spiritual healing for me and also a portal to the 4th and 5th dimensions. (I have been going to this certain spot on the beach in my meditations for many years.) I then entered into this vision, and became a part of it. I saw my my energy session guide drawing a huge circle of golden light around herself, showing me how to do it in turn. She showed me how to construct with my thoughts a golden energy ball around me with me on the inside; I then experienced how this is a higher frequency energy device for teletransportation, manifestation and healing.

I received a telepathic message afterwards. This was also when my Council of Angels told me that they wanted me to share this information on a spiritual website, and that they had much information they wanted to relay to me to communicate on this site. The Golden Light Channel website was created in November of 2012. The number of visitors to the site bypassed 520,000 by May 2014.

Below is the message I transcribed about the Golden Energy Ball (my terminology). I later found out that part of the form of the energy ball is the Torus, which is the form of much of the life and energy in the universe. I first saw the torus in the movie “THRIVE” – there it was, the exact thing I had seen in my meditation.** Note: all my channeled messages are in “stream of consciousness” format, with very little punctuation or capitalization, often reading like a run on sentence, but this is how they come to me. My side of the communication is in italics. Some of this may seem unbelievable, but they assure me it is all true. Much of this will be coming to us as we enter the 5th dimension, and all of our 5th dimensional abilities will be awakened at that time (including telepathy, teletransportation, etc), as our DNA and chakras our being upgraded, and our new light body of Mer-Ka-Na is being formed, a lightbody which is crystalline-based instead of carbon-based. See my channeling on The Crystalline Grid & Shifting to Crystalline Energy in the 4th & 5th dimensions for more information on this.

This was one of my earlier channelings in late October, posted on 11-10-12 but is extremely relevant now. Indeed, as I read this, I am reminded to practice this meditation in this NOW moment. 🙂 -Goldenlight

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The Healing, Transformational Golden Energy Ball – Council of Angels via Goldenlight

Channeled by Goldenlight, www.thegoldenlightchannel.com

GL: Tell me about the golden energy ball.. I discovered tonight the torus and what you showed me in the meditation is a torus..and that is how it can be used for healing teletransportation entering alternate realties etc.

Yes that is absolutely correct.. We helped you come across that information today this is part of the important information that we want to share with you. You can heal and change your body shape with it… heal relationships with the power of thought .. And teletransport to visit people also transport to alternate realities that you can manifest with your mind. This information on using this healing and transformational golden energy ball in this way is new information that no one has brought forth yet in this way, and it will help all who inhabit planet earth to heal and in changing over from carbon based to crystalline form just as the earth is also locking in its crystalline energy this new vibrational pattern is a higher octave and frequency and the healing torus will assist your body in making this transformation more smoothly.. It can also help with all healing and manifestation and in creating a life that you want and a world that you want… Creating peace and prosperity..

The first place I went while using the golden energy ball was to a nearby beach house that I love and I had bought it and was living in it…..then I imagined an alternate reality where there was a shift from how a certain aspect of my life had turned out, and I was able to briefly enter that reality. “Wow!,” I thought, “…amazing what a shift in perception can do!”

You can go there and practice whenever you need to… simply focus on what you wish to manifest then you can either observe or dissolve the energy bubble and enter into that reality.

What happens to the old reality?

All realities and possibilities exist simultaneously it’s just a matter of what you focus on as to where you are.

But are those other realities real?

Just as much as the one you are currently “in” is real yes.

How do I go into one of those alternate realities and be ” in” that one instead of this one?

It takes a little bit of practice but the more you visit the more real it becomes. This will all be easier after the shift, especially after the 12-12-12 portal opens up and definitely after the new frequencies are locked in after 12-21-12.

Start with easier things like manifesting the life you want for yourself and the body you want.. The alternate realities are at a more advanced level and after you master the manifestation teletransportation and healing you will advance more easily into alternate realities involving you and other people they are more complex and slightly more “advanced” to master but you are at a level now where you can manifest quickly and this energy device that we have shown you tonight will be most useful to you. Simply bring it around you with the light activation as we showed you in the meditation (we will give Goldenlight the steps of this meditation technique in another channeling so it may be used by All), then focus and concentrate on your desired manifestation (only to be used for your highest good), then visit yourself in this manifestation, and to make it real just dissolve the bubble! Think of your driveway … we helped with that to show you how quickly you can manifest now. With just a little bit of focus, you had a brand new driveway and walkway in two days!

Use the energy ball…focus in your mind to make it real then visit and dissolve the energy ball.. The more you visit the more real it will be then your current reality will catch up with it and events will naturally occur to lead up to the manifestation of it, including insights on some of the actions or steps you take that will lead up to its manifestation …Wow! Thank you so much for this gift. I promise to use it only for good and for healing.

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Exploring Ancient Cultures and “The Code”

source: http://www.thrivemovement.com/exploring-ancient-cultures-and-the-code.blog

By Foster Gamble

Introduction

Did ancient cultures encode knowledge that could help us survive and thrive today?

The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, National Treasure, Contact… people love the thrillers about some secret code which, if solved, would reveal something of great value. But they are fiction.

What if there were a true code — a message encrypted by people centuries ago — a message so important that it could give us access to clean, boundless energy and a template for designing sustainable systems for humanity?

And what if there were powers that would stop at nothing to keep this code concealed?

This is in fact what 40 years of research led me to and the film, THRIVE, lays out how just such critical and advanced understanding has been sent across time to us from numerous ancient cultures. It has been passed down through stories, icons, buildings, and even alphabets in places all around the world, from Central America, to Egypt, to China. And now, at this critical crossroads in human evolution, it is being de-coded…

What is the code? It’s a fundamental pattern revealing how energy works in the universe. At the most basic level it consists of a torus, a donut shaped energy vortex that exists at all scales, and the Vector Equilibrium (VE), the underlying structure of space itself. This code has already proven to help us access clean, abundant energy, expand and evolve our consciousness, and advance the sciences. You can learn more about it in the fundamental pattern section of the website.

The Torus.

The Vector Equilibrium (VE).

Vector Equilibrium Inside Torus.

Nassim Haramein showed me how the code shows up in revered and closely guarded messages from civilizations long ago. It is remarkably coherent and often embedded within patterns such as the “flower of life” or the “64 tetrahedra matrix.” Check out the following examples to see for yourself.

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All is One……as I post this I find many other postings online with similar info……http://www.heartcom.org/GlobalHealingVision.htm

**Watch the THRIVE movie here:

The Dalai Lama and Buddhist Science

May 18, 2014 By The Golden Light Channel

thanks to: http://illuminations2012.wordpress.com/2014/05/18/the-dalai-lama-and-buddhist-science/

source: http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/08/17/the-dalai-lama-and-buddhist-science/

Gene Hart, Guest
Waking Times

Why does consciousness seem to complicate reality? – A question that arose in my mind upon hearing that His Holiness the Dalai Lama was coming to England to spread his teachings of non-violence. The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, was visiting Manchester to share his wisdom and knowledge, something which he has dedicated his life to doing around the world. Despite leading a life of peace, he has had his share of drama, being in exile since 1959, due to the Chinese government taking over Tibet. Since losing their country, Tibetans have stayed loyal to the Dalai Lama, claiming that they feel alone without him – a bond between a leader and his people we rarely see today. Both have been pleading honorably for Tibet’s independence. Furthermore, the Dalai Lama has been trying to establish a democratic system of governance, speaking with countless world leaders. Parallel to this His Holiness works for the promotion of moral values, harmony and respect for religions throughout the world; not preaching on Buddhism, but teaching how to promote inner happiness and Buddhist science, to which many people take an interest. I had the pleasure of participating in several talks by His Holiness over a period of four days.

I joined a news conference on the morning of his arrival. It’s not every day you see a Buddhist monk being exposed to apprehensive press taking 100 pictures a second. However, like a true Zen master, he seemed barely distracted. I thought how, if every person in the room was of a calmer nature, this would have given him a warmer welcome to a more enlightened country, but then this country thrives off media consumerism.

Immediately, he expressed the purpose of his visit: to spread his message of non-violence, the value of dialogue, universal responsibility and expressing his views on modern education:

“We should implement the teachings of compassion, tolerance and forgiveness by teaching scientific moral education not based on religious beliefs. This has the potential to bring harmony to the basis of human life on all levels. Furthermore, I will be talking about the nature of reality; such as what is really happening in any situation at a fundamental level.”

Everyone laughed when he used an example of the press, saying that they may all seem pleasant, but at a more fundamental reality, they could just be looking for gain and money.

“I am not here to popularize the Buddhist religion but to respect all religions. The 20th century was one of violence; the 21st century should be one of dialogue. Why do we not see the world as one entity rather than separate places of people… wouldn’t this diminish the violence?”

Afterwards, questions were asked by the press. To my curiosity, the questions all came off the topic of what he was talking about. All the questions were about economic problems and the conflict between him and China. Although these may be concerning issues in mainstream modern news, I felt that they could have found the answers they were looking for through the objective attitude that the Dalai Lama was displaying. Nevertheless, every answer was expressed in a highly detached manner:

“Despite being in a world of tough economic times each must lead a life of compassion.”

Afterwards, he came down to have a handshake with the press. As he approached me, he gave me a two-handed handshake and looking at my dreadlocks, he asked what kind of hairstyle I had. Everyone laughed. Noticing my appearance he asked where I originated from; I replied that my mum came from the Philippines. He remained silent for a moment looking into my eyes. I felt a tranquil presence come over me, and then he proceeded. The intellect and true power of this man was apparent. I was very excited for the next three days of his upcoming teachings to the masses.

The first event was free to ages 15-25. It filled over 10’000 seats in Manchester’s MEN Arena. The Dalai Lama was presented to the stage by actor and comedian Russell Brand; the Dalai Lama entered with a happy, humorous nature and received a lively loving audience. He was impressed with the amount of people who turned up. During his talk, he touched on many subjects including: the reason behind why our species is lacking from compassion and happiness, “Most unhappiness comes from the sense of self-importance and self-centeredness;” how to use dialogue rather than violence; and the relationship between thinking and emotions. Moreover, he expressed how we can perceive ourselves and everyone else on different levels of identity and significance. Using himself as an example, he said that on one level, he was a cellular human. However, on the subsequent level, he is a man, then on the next level, he is a Buddhist Monk, and finally, comically expressing – he is the Dalai Lama. In the laughter of the audience, I felt anyone who was expecting a boring preaching session was in-fact delighted to find such an amusing and honest man. He spoke about things which we could all relate to as human beings.

“For us to live harmoniously we must live and conceptualize compassionately with the ‘human level’ of experience. In this way, we cultivate an authentic realistic way of being, expanding consciousness to finer levels of experience, moving us away from a level of consciousness that emotionally attaches itself to identities, for instance, thinking of ourselves as being greater or inferior to others, which can limit deeper levels of relationship.”

He emphasized the importance of cultivating an ‘analytical mind-set’ to develop our sense of skepticism about all things and to think reasonably, scientifically and morally. He went on to say there are two types of meditation. Firstly, stabilizing meditation – which focuses on nothingness, awareness and healing. This allows you to become devoid of mind, which is known as ‘clear light’ or ‘luminosity’ in Buddhism. This purity of mind is Nirvana and gives way to expanse of mind and consciousness. The other type of meditation is analytical meditation – which he explained is the key to understanding, and we do it as part of our nature such as when we are studying or contemplating life. This certainly shed some light for me on distinguishing the types of awareness in everyday life.

“However, it is easy to misinterpret reality. The analytical mind can come to a distorted way of knowing. At the root of all distorted perception is ignorance. An example of this would be of people who perceive impermanent things to be permanent, i.e. material objects. In doing so, we can become attached to things whether it be material or thought forms.”

An interesting fact which struck me: a scientist, with whom the Dalai Lama spoke, said that there are an estimated six billion different perceptions about the world, all defying each other. So how can we know which ones are factual? He said to cultivate what he calls the ‘ultimate perception of reality’, we must question and contradict every view we have with defying ones to come to a more realistic, natural way of knowing.

Another event with the Dalai Lama was named ‘Being western – being Buddhist’ and included a panel of 5 western Buddhist practitioners. This was a Q&A event about any aspect of Buddhism. The panel was surprised to find such a large audience. They only expected a few hundred people to turn up but over 4,000 participated. It is obvious that Buddhist interest is flourishing at an accelerating rate in the western world. One of the answers which caught my attention was from a man who told a story that he once took a group of Monks through a prison where he worked. As they walked through, the prisoners hurled abuse at them, and the man said to the Monks that this must be the worst place to practice Buddhism. In fact, they replied saying it is a perfect place to practice, adding that the best place to practice is in a place of suffering, and the prison was abundant in suffering. A significant message I thought. We conceptualize spirituality as different from everything else. It seems that we are unable to learn vital information from all things. As long as humanity continues to identify all experience as separate, we ignore the fact that all experience can be our spiritual teacher, not just school, books or going to see the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama had also expressed this when he said:

“We should pay particular compassion to people that we wouldn’t usually take a liking to, i.e. criminals, people who get shunned in community. As well as this we should see close relations (who give us pain and suffering) as spiritual teachers in order to analyze experiences. For example, during an argument, check to see if there is any intelligent thinking going on rather than just defensive emotion.”

I think people who participated in these events who had a general problem with religions were surprised to find the Dalai Lama talking about the negative sides of religious beliefs such as God. He also expressed his attitude towards his religion, which I found very viable for all religious people:

“I am Buddhist, but there is no attachment to Buddhism, if there is attachment you become biased; you start to become suspicious about other faiths and start to close your mind to other possibilities. It’s very helpful to have the ability to appreciate other faiths as well as your own.”

After three days of the Dalai Lama connecting, laughing, philosophizing, articulating universal energy, he went on to his next destination in the UK to spread his light.

Why must the Dalai Lama travel across the world discussing our problems? Why does consciousness complicate reality? Are we fooling ourselves for a reason, a purpose? Do we really know deep within ourselves the ultimate truth? Where does common sense originate from? An ‘all-knowing source’? If it is, then we surely have all the answers we need within ourselves. However, it seems evident that the human race currently lives through a perception far-off the ‘cellular human level’ as we tend to seek spiritual understanding from sources we regard as ‘spiritual’. You could say the Dalai Lama was not teaching, but reminding people of what we already know. How have we lost this simple universal wisdom that he was expressing? Are our habitual ego-driven minds holding us back from seeing the truth?

Did you know that there is an inherent nervous system within the heart made up of 40000 neurons similar to brain neurons? Research shows it can learn, remember, feel and sense independently. Maybe in this ‘brain in the heart’ lies the simple universal truth of compassion that the Dalai Lama was expressing.

During the first event, a video of a Mayan woman was played to the audience before the Dalai Lama was presented to the stage. She spoke about her people who predicted an era of peace and harmony around the year 2012. The possibility struck me that the Dalai Lama also sensed this shift happening. Is he going around the world to accelerate the process of the evolution in consciousness? Only time will tell.

After the four days, I was left with a great sense of admiration for the Buddhist religion. Cultivating a fully awakened mind benefits all fellow sentient beings, and as long as every sentient being endures suffering, the practice of Buddhism will remain to dispel and endure the miseries of the world. However, I think that once humanity reaches a tipping point in the awakening of the human psyche, it will flourish in a sense of connectivity, expansion, abundance and purpose.

“Whatever seems impossible now may be a reality in 100 hundred years.” – Nagarjuna

About the Author

Gene Hart is a dedicated yogi currently studying Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is most interested in the multidimensional nature of the universe. Through extensively practicing meditation and out of body exploration, he investigates the links and relationships between the non-physical and physical; dreams, thoughts, emotions, and the root, or essence, of all reality and existence in its entirety. You can reach him at genephart@gmail.com.

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