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Tools For Conscious Awareness
Newsletter For A Next Step...light center for emotional
healing
Vol 44 May, 2004
In Truth, Simplicity Love and Service
The Goddess Loves and Blesses Us in a Myriad of Ways
daily.
Thank You Mom for all your Grace, Generosity,
Patience, Compassion,
Love and Understanding. We Love
You..
FEATURES:
Kelley and I are incredibly grateful to our sister Uma
Lave for her generous tithe to A Next Step. May
Mother Father God and the Whole Company of Heaven give
back to her One Thousand Fold her Gift of Love.
Sing, Feast, Make Music and Love, All In My Presence,
For I Am The Ecstasy of the Spirit and Joy On Earth.
I Who Am The Beauty of The Green Earth and White
Moon Among The Stars and The Mysteries
Of the Waters, From Me All Things Proceed and
Unto Me They must Return.
Let Worship Be In The Heart That Rejoices
For All Acts of Love and Pleasure Are My Rituals.
Let There Be Beauty and Strength,
Power and Compassion, Honor and Humility,
Mirth andReverence Within You.
And You Who Seek To Know Me,
Know That Your Seeking and Yearning
Will Avail You Not, Unless You Know The Mystery;
For If That Which You Seek,
You Find Not Within Yourself,
You Will Never Find It Without.
For I Have Been With You From The Beginning,
And I Am That Which Is Attained
At The End of Desire.
Jai Ma!
Bursting The Body Light-Violet Flame of Forgiveness
breath meditation for World Peace is a gift from
Source to speed us back to the Light we were created
to be. Do these breath meditations to silence your
monkey mind, to create relaxation, peace, calm, to
create loving compassion for the self and All of Life.
Our intention this month for World Peace: "Truth Is
Known, Understood and Accepted; Mother-Father God's
Loving Light Prevails Triumphantly!"
Please join us the first Sunday of each month. We
gather at 3 pm rocky mountain time, we take time to
share, and breathe using BBL -VFF breath/meditation.
You can join us wherever you are with BBL - VFF
breath/ meditation. Bursting the Body Light - Violet
Flame of Forgiveness.Victory to us! Jai Ma!
**Our next World Peace breath meditations: Sunday,
May 2nd and June 6th , 2004.
**To learn the first part of Bursting the Body
Light-Violet Flame of Forgiveness, go to the opening
page of www.anextstep.org and click on free offer, put
your email address, submit and we will send it to you
free of charge. To learn both breath meditations and
support this light center, purchase it thru the
website or send us a check for $54 and we will email
it to you-make sure to send us your emaiL address.
Do you recognize that we as a peoples have been
programmed to be obedient, quiet, motionless,
repressed, suppressed and powerless? If you don't
believe me, make a list of all the places where we
have been taught we must be quiet. Then make a list of
all the places where we are allowed to be outspoken.
Compare the lists. Need I say more?
Are you an outspoken individual? Is it easy for you to
express yourself verbally? Do you sing in the shower
or with the radio in the car? Do you journal? Do you
write poetry or short or long stories or articles for
journals or magazines? Do you ever write letters to
the editor? Do you like to doodle or paint? Do you
like moving your head, tapping your feet, snapping
your fingers when you hear music that feels good to
you? Do you like to dance? Do you enjoy moving your
head, hands or body when you speak? Do you wear bold
or understated colors?
How do you express your uniqueness? How do you reveal
yourself? What about you do you hide from others,
fearful that you will be misunderstood or rejected?
How much risk taking is involved in expressing
ourselves in whatever medium? How many of us hide our
true selves? How many of us hide from our true selves?
I was thinking the other day about how long it took me
to find my voice-my power. I wondered how many of us
still had no voice yet, no real power with which to
live our lives, with which to uncover our true selves.
I thought about my 7th Rolfing session working with
my rolfer-actually attempting to surrender while she
worked on my cranium through the roof of my mouth. As
she worked to release the tension from my face and
skull, a really loud memory revealed itself to me. I
saw myself and my four siblings dressed in our finest
Sunday duds all lined up on a sofa while our parents
entertained some of their friends. My parents got lots
of compliments about how well behaved and beautiful we
were.
In retrospect, I feel like we were a bunch of stool
pigeons; silent, repressed, well trained. I understand
about the domestication process; the importance of
discipline to get good results.
But really, what are the results? It feels to me like
we are a repressed, suppressed numb society that is
dying from lack of expression, lack of emotion, unable
to communicate with ourselves-our bodies, our minds,
unable to communicate with each other and worst of
all, we do not know how to be honest with ourselves or
anybody else, because it seems we learned that honesty
does not pay.
When I started Rebirthing in 1980, and learned that I
could give myself permission to consciously release
from my body-mind-field loads of held back
emotional-thought and pent up energy, I just wanted to
scream my head off with release. While my Rebirther
encouraged me to do this outside of our breathing
sessions, I was told I could do this kind of thing
anytime, as long as I did not scare people. So she had
me scream under water or in a pillow. I quickly
discovered that that was unacceptable to me. The only
way I felt release and satisfaction was when I could
hear myself screaming.
I trained my young son and friends to support me in my
process, by telling them I was going to be doing some
yelling and screaming and that I would be fine and not
to worry.
Why are we so frightened of making loud noises? We
let our monkey minds--our chatterboxes run and yell at
us all day long? Why not consciously choose to let off
some steam? It harms not a soul. I 'd rather let off a
good ripping yell, then hurt myself by not doing it.
What do you think happens to all that energy you stash
away anyway?
The cool thing about making the decision to sound off
and release the energy is that I am choosing to do it
in a place that I create which supports me-like my
bathtub, shower, bed, car-actually I do it many places
now compared to 24 years ago, because I love myself
more now. The other cool thing is I hurt and frighten
no one. The third thing is when I decide to do this
and then do it, I make multiple copies of it in my
subconscious and I create more confidence and energy
within myself. And the fourth thing is that I am
carrying around less emotional tension, creating
better health and my coping skills increase as I live
in the world.
So, go ahead be honest with yourself.is keeping silent
rather than expressing yourself, a place where you
hide.so you don't rock the boat.so you don't have to
reveal yourself,.so others won't be affronted or ever
get to know the real you?
Do you hide your voice because it is "safe"? Do you
hide your thoughts and feelings from others because
you hated being scolded or yelled at as a child? Does
fear keep you silent?
Before 9-11, the number one fear of Americans was fear
of public speaking-talking in front of one or more
people. We feared speaking to others not so much
because we were afraid we would not have the right
words, but rather that we would speak what we really
thought-our "truth". We feared we would reveal
ourselves and then be judged and /or punished as a
consequence.
My friends, as James Forbes Jr, nonsectarian minister
of Riverside Church in New York City, says, "Now, more
than ever is not the time to be silent!" Find the
courage to find your voice, to speak your mind, to
express yourself in as many ways as you can conceive
of. The Earth needs you to express yourself.
It is also, more than ever, not the time to be "right"
in your thought. The world needs more people to open
up, but we do not need more polarization. We need to
honor the diversity of thought on this planet and
learn that it is absolutely OK to disagree with each
other.
Find Your Voice. Express yourself-if only with
yourself to begin with. Then share your expression
with others. We are here For Giving of ourselves to
ourselves first and then to others. Withholding your
energy robs the rest of us of your gifts. And your
presence is needed or you would not be here now. Find
your Voice and then Sing Your song.
Tips for getting the energy going:
1) Aliveness Sessions: Create a time and place where
you will not be disturbed. If you are not comfortable
with other people around, wait until you are alone. Or
drive to a place where you can emote and not disturb
others-a beach, park, desert, etc. Lie down or sit
comfortably. Breathe. Relax. Slowly start moving
your arms, hands, legs, hips, shoulders. head.do not
hold on or hold back.just let go and go easy. Now give
the movement a sound. Toning is really good.any tone
or sound like "Aaaaahhhhhh". Keep sounding and keep
moving. Go for about 30 seconds or so, then stop all
movement and sound. Let go, relax. Breathe. Repeat,
until you feel done.
Yelling and screaming works too and you may find that
this can exhaust you because of the hurt, kill, blame
and revenge attached to it. And if it works for you ,
go for it.
2) If you have a stuffed animal, doll or pet around,
they love hearing your story. So start telling them
everything and then do this regularly.
3) Take healthy risks with people you know or don't
know. Be willing to speak your mind, without
attachment to what they do with the info. You may
make a real connection and a stronger bond with them
and yourself.
4) What is your Aliveness Quotient 0-100%? Ask your
body. Whatever number you get be willing to up it
daily. What can you do to up your aliveness quotient
right now? How about smiling more? How about singing
in the shower? Get creative!!!
5) Find a way to Sing Your Song today. How does the
divine express thru you?
What do we mean when we say there is no good and no
bad, only experience? We mean that in the highest
sense, there is no good and bad karma; there is
self-created experience that presents opportunities
for spiritual advancement. If we can't draw lessons
from the karma, then we resist or resent it, lashing
out with mental, emotional or physical force. The
original substance of that karma is spent and no
longer exists,but our current reaction creates a new
condition of harsh karma to face in the future. As
long as we react to karma, we must repeat it. That is
the law.
Good or bad is just a door, going one way or the
other. So I say, "There is no good, there is no bad;
there is just a swinging door." Good deeds siphon the
collective good deeds of other good deeds. When the
door swings the other way, mistakes siphon the results
of past mistakes. Hatreds, the accumulated results of
hating, are pulled up from way down there. Thus, one
of the major keys to understanding the importance of
good conduct relates to the release of seed karmas.
Performing dharma-acting with correct thought, word
and deed--siphons the results of previous patterns of
behavior from the past and causes those seeds to
sprout in this life. Like attracts like. These
patterns then aid the individual by bestowing clarity
of mind and a life in which yoga can be performed and
truth sought. In the practice of yoga, the negative
seed karmas can actually be burned up without ever
having to be lived through.
Conversely, adharma--wrong thought, word and
deed--siphons the results of past misdeeds, like
attracting like. These seed karmas begin to bear
bitter fruit, resulting in a miserable life and state
of mind. The individual is immersed in confusion,
wrong patterns of thought and is, of course, in no
position to practice yoga, follow dharma or realize
truth. He is simply immersed in samsara.
In His own way, Siva is bringing you into realization,
into knowledge of yourself and of Him. He has given
you the world of experience. Study your experience.
Learn from your experience. If it is painful, that is
also good. In the fires of experience, which are both
pain and pleasure, you are being purified. It is
Siva's duty to bring you forward into the fullness of
yourself. In doing so, you must go through much pain,
through much joy. Both register on the scale as the
same intensity of emotion. It is what caused it that
makes one more pleasurable than another. Don't be
afraid of experience, and don't be afraid to go
through your karma. Go through it with courage.
Of course, you can minimize reactions to unhappy
experiences by performing selfless service, which will
create good karma. This is what you have to do to
progress your spiritual life. Moksha--enlightenment
and liberation from rebirth--is the ultimate goal of
all souls. The exit is through the crown chakra. Go
forward without fear.
Both have the same amount of calories. Butter is
slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared
to 5 grams.
Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women
by 53% over eating the same amount of butter according
to a recent Harvard Medical Study.
Eating butter increases the absorption of many other
nutrients in other foods. Butter has many nutritional
benefits where margarine has a few only because they
are added!
Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can
enhance the flavors of other foods.
Butter has been around for centuries where margarine
has been around for less than 100 years.
Now for Margarine...
Very high in Trans Fatty Acids - Triple risk of
Coronary Heart Disease...
Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad
cholesterol)
Lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol) -
Increases the risk of cancers by up to five fold...
Lowers quality of breast milk ... Decreases immune
response...
Decreases insulin response; and here is the most
disturbing fact....
HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!
Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being
PLASTIC...This fact alone was enough to have me
avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is
hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing
the molecular structure of the substance).
YOU can try this yourself: purchase a tub of margarine
and leave it in your garage or shaded area. Within a
couple of days you will note a couple of things: no
flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near
it (that should tell you something) ... it does not
rot or smell differently...because it has no
nutritional value, nothing will grow on it...even
those teeny weenie microorganisms will not a find a
home to grow.
Why? Because it is nearly plastic. Would you melt your
Tupperware and spread that on your toast?
Share This With Your Friends
June 15th , Tuesday Evening, Leonard will conduct an
evening of Questions and Answers.
Topics:
Rebirthing-Conscious Energy Breathing, Physical
Immortality,
Surviving Senility, Spiritual Practices, Nutrition,
Alternative Government-For The People, Alternative
Money Systems For The People, and more.
Contact Toni and Kelley for More Info.
toni@anextstep.org or 505-382-8771.
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According to Don Juan Matus, in the Castaneda books,
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Sunday, May 2nd and June 6th , 2004 : our next
gatherings for intenting World Peace using Bursting
the Body Light-Violet Flame of Forgiveness. We would
like as many of you as live nearby to join us and
those of you afar to join us as well. The time is now
to take action and be taking action continuously for
World Peace. It starts with us.
Join us the first Sunday of each month. We meet at
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Mother Father God I thank you for the Desire, the Hope
, the Faith, the Willingness and the Experience of
Loving You with all my Heart, all my Mind, all my Soul
and all my Strength, creating Perfect Gratitude,
Perfect Praise, Perfect Love, and Perfect Faith -
filling my heart with Songs Of Joy, Waters of Life and
Clothing of Light.I love you, I love you, I love
you.amen.
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In Truth, Simplicity, Love and Service,
Young Toni Delgado and Young Kelley Elkins
A NEXT STEP-light center for emotional healing
P.O.Box 429
Dona Ana, New Mexico 88032
toni@anextstep.org
kelley@anextstep.org
www.anextstep.org
505-382-8771
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