A Peace of the world

Have you ever found yourself wanting world peace? Have you ever imagined what that would look like? What would be different? What would have to change to have world Peace?

It has been said that if you put the wisest minds together in a room with the intention to have them come out with a list of how to create world peace. They would never come out, because they would fight over how it should be done.

I like the idea of world peace. Sure there is a part of me that says with out war we would not appreciate peace. But to that part I say, “you can still have chaos and destruction without war.” Pain and anger are natural, hate is man made.

That being said, in the past as I pondered what I can do to create world peace I have become overwhelmed with how small I am compared to the amount of war and violence and hate that is out there.

At times I have found solace in knowing that there are other people on this planet that are standing for peace but all to often I find that they are actually creating war by trying to project their view of what peace is and how it can be attained… and again I feel small.

A week ago I attended the SyncCreation Advanced Workshop and had the opportunity to look at my beliefs about peace and what it would take to create it in this world, in my life time.

I again had my beliefs about my ability to make a difference on such a huge challenge show up. At first I was a little disturbed that I was going to be using my energy on something so distant and possibly unattainable. Why not put it on something smaller, more local, etc?

As we prepared to focus our intention and send energy to world peace Dr. Joe Gallenberger invited us to increase our energy so that it is bigger then the challenge at hand and even bigger then this world. From a left brain interpretation that made sense on quantum physics, size is all relative, way. There is a universe in me (my atoms, cells, etc) and we are a universe in another universe, in another and so on (more on this, another day).

So I decided to give it a try. We sat in a circle and sent energy to the center with the focus and intention of moving world peace one step closer. As I began, I let my energy climb combing from the sky, meeting with the earth mixing with my heart and moving towards the middle of the circle through my hands.

I watched/felt the energy move out me going to the middle of the circle. I began to feel my energy expand until I/it filled up the room, until it filled up the city, the state, the U.S. Then as it span across oceans I found stepping back, as if to exit the earths atmosphere. I rapped my arms around the earth and felt it size shrinking in my embrace until I found myself holding it in my hands.

No longer was I sending my energy to the middle of the circle, I was sending my energy to the earth as I stood among the stars. At that moment I had the thought to send the world peace by creating a REBAL (an energy balloon) of peace around the earth.  As I went to do this it became clear that there was already a REBAL around the earth.

When I realized this, something clicked in my conscious; that the earth itself is already peace. That it has a REBAL of protection and that each piece of the earth, of Mother Nature, with all of her many facets, is peace, harmony, creation, passion… As this realization flooded over me I experienced an overwhelming feeling of support; that I was not alone in creating and maintaining peace on this planet.

With that thought I leaned in to look at the dance of peace that I held and found myself falling into the world as if it opened up to embrace me with its peace. Next thing I new I was in a meadow with one singular tree. It was a very modest tree, nothing spectacular about it.

But even though the meadow was barren for miles I could feel a glow of peace radiating from the tree as if the size of the tree was an illusion. The glow from the tree was that of a thousand forests and as I gazed at its beauty I heard as clear as day “as long as there is one tree there will always be a being standing for peace” .

Overwhelmed with the power of this message and with my attention on the tree, I did not notice that the meadow had turned from a barren meadow to one rich with life, trees, bushes, birds, animals… I could feel the peace exuding from each of them as it surrounded me.

I took a deep breath to breathe in the moment and as I did, I became aware that I too was radiating with peace. I could feel it as the harmonious symphony of my cells and organs worked to sustain life. I could feel it vibrate through my nervous system as it transmitted this experience across the network that is me.

Tears formed in my eyes as if they were being pushed out to make room for the immense gratitude I was feeling. Gratitude for truly feeling the peace that is me, gratitude that I now knew I was never alone and would never be alone, grateful for this surreal moment that would forever change my belief; about peace, the size of my soul, this beautiful earth and much more.

Through my gratitude I found myself back in the circle, in the room, in SLC Utah. I could hear the breaths of those in the circle with me and a smile came across my lips as I knew they too were a stand for peace…

…I am a peace of the world…

Is My iPod Trying to Tell Me Something?

I am fortunate enough to be able to take 30 minutes at lunch each day and do an exercise from the SyncCreation Home Study Course. It’s very powerful for me to be able to take some time for myself each day, and do an exercise that moves me forward.

Last Thursday I had a unique experience while on the couch at the office with my iPod. I did my usually preparations. I put out a sign asking people not to enter the room. Told my co-workers that I was “taking-off” and would be back in 30. And selected the exercise for the day. Thursday it was to be “Free Flow 12”.

Next was to create an intention for the meditation. I wanted to create some registered attendees for our next workshop. I wanted to attract some like-minded, super powerful people to be part of our January workshop.

Now I was ready to go, I pressed play, and went to focus 12 (takes about 10 minutes). But something happened once I got there. It wasn’t playing the Free Flow 12 exercise I had selected.

Abundance Tree was playing. Of course this pulled me out of the meditation for moment. I looked down at my iPod and it still read “Free Flow 12”. What was going on? Free Flow 12 I can create patterns I want. Abundance tree is all about eliminated blocks of lack and guilt. Hmm… was my iPod trying to tell me something?

I decided to continue on with the meditation rather than restart with my intended selection. Partly because I was taking it as a message and partly because I didn’t want to take an extra 10 minutes it would take to get back to focus 12.

So I went on, releasing blocks of feeling like I was to blame for the results of the workshop. Like there was never enough that I could do. Like I should work more, longer, harder. I kept running these thoughts through the chipper and over and over I heard “Gratitude” after releasing the blocks. This message kept ringing in my ears.

After coming out of the meditation, I felt great. I was lighter, more free, and full of energy. But this was nothing new. This how I always feel after this meditation. Wondering what had happened I looked at my iPod to see if it read the abundance tree exercise instead of the intended free flow focus 12. And it didn’t. It still read that I was listening to Free Flow 12.

I exited out to the menu screen. Paused the recording. And pressed play again. It was still reading Free Flow 12 and yet playing Abundance Tree. How odd. But who knows, could be a technical glitch, could be the universe trying to send me a message.

Not being one to dismiss a possible message from the universe, I immediately went to work on being more grateful. I listed all the wonderful people I have in my life. I thought of the people I had met through SyncCreation and how powerful they are. I thought of family, friends, work, pets, and everything else I have to be grateful for.

I felt great and it was a wonderful experience. And I’ll never know if I should tell Apple they have a glitch, or if there was something larger going on. What I do know is that over the next few days the exact blocks I was trying to clear up by doing free flow 12 seemed to have melted away. I was looking for some specific results and they came rushing in the door.

The company was able to communicate with some people who were interested in the workshop and in our home study course. These people are amazing, and truly powerful.

What do you think? Was this merely a glitch in my iPod’s software? Or was there a message to be found in this?

Abundance Tree Exercise

This exercise is designed to soften lack and guilt, two main blocks which, if present, will impede your energy. Feeling lack increases the odds that you will manifest lack. Feeling guilt constricts energy. This is a guided imagery exercise designed to help you release both.

Take two pieces of paper and label one A and the other B. Relax; ask for help from highest Source, from your body, and from your own unconscious. After you feel relaxed and connected, spend about 10 minutes listing on paper A, any sense of lack you feel, or have felt in the past, even as a kid. Do this even if it seems trivial, or if it seems that you are wrong or selfish to feel that way. Don’t exercise judgment, just observe with compassion. If it comes to you, trust it surfaced for a reason and jot it down.

List material and non-material things, such as:

* Any areas of lack in physical beauty, strength, coordination, and health
* Any areas of mental ability (trouble with math or spelling)
* Any emotional areas such as lack of happiness, ecstatic loving, or peace
* Any relationship areas such as lack of parental love, or caring and understanding from friends, mates, ministers, teachers
* Any material areas such as not getting a certain toy as a kid, money, etc.

Next, list on paper B, any ways — past or present — that you have felt any sort of guilt for acts and thoughts of omission or commission. Again, do this with a sense of non-judgmental, observant compassion. List minor things like not going to church on Sunday or forgetting someone’s birthday, as well as major things like hurting or failing yourself or another.

Now, take the lists and a pencil or marker with you and enter a relaxed or meditative state (perhaps playing soft music in the background). After you are relaxed and expanded, imagine yourself in a beautiful field of soft grass with the sun warming your body as a nice breeze keeps you fully comfortable. Close by is a grand abundance tree, strong in structure but in need of food. Nearby lie two piles of dead branches. In the first pile, see each entry on your list A as an individual branch, large or small. The branches represent the pattern that is both created by, and holds the dead, frozen energy that any sense of lack or guilt create.

Now, imagine a large, gas-powered wood chipper like those that tree-cutting crews use. You know, those noisy machines with sharp rotating blades and a big chute out of which spew wood chips that are used as a fertilizing mulch. Turn on the wood chipper. Hear its powerful, smooth whine, and feed into it, one branch at a time, the pile of branches at your feet, crossing each off your list as you go. Hear the tone of the machine change and then return to its strong whine after each branch goes through. It works even better to make the sound of the wood chipper, letting your voice change as the branches go through. Smell the woody freshness of the released energy. When you have finished with the entire pile, turn off the chipper. Rest a moment, and then repeat the same process with your B list.

Then, in the vibrant silence, take the resulting pile of fresh, nutrient laden, wood chips and spread them around the base of your abundance tree. See the tree greening and growing fully healthy, with strong roots that reach deep into the earth and a crown that reaches to the heavens.

Give great thanks for the experiences that created the piles of branches, to the abundance tree, and then to yourself, for being willing to experience all those things. Bring yourself back to an awake and alert state and then throw away or burn your lists, letting go, once and for all, the constriction and pain represented by the lists.