Developing the Compassionate Heart

Developing a Compassionate Heart

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As a spiritual mentor and New Thought teacher it is important to always be on the lookout for new awarenesses and inspirations. Very likely none of us has to go far to find it when we practice self awareness and introspection. The home, our family of origin and our intimate relationships are a rich source of fertile soil for the breeding ground of healing, revealing and spiritual insights and awarenesses. The more we grow spiritually the deeper the understanding of certain principles are. Compassion is a spiritual principle. Compassion means to walk upon the earth or within the world in such a way that it does not cause another beings unhappiness. I have always understood this and yet in the back of my mind the meaning has taken on a new perspective. In New Thought we teach that people create their own reality and it isn’t “really” us causing another persons unhappiness. This is a fact. Most often it is the persons perspective of what is being shared or said that creates a feeling of unhappiness. I came to an awareness that I have used this as a spiritual bypass, a walking stick I used as a crutch. I wasn’t consciously aware of it. It was like an extra finger or toe that I could sometimes hide with a sock or explain away. This morning it hit me. As I sat with a tightening in my womb, a physical pain. My sacral Chakra was wound up like a cobra or rattle snake waiting to strike.
Compassion KiMani………Compassion means to walk upon the earth or within the world in such a way that it does not contribute to another beings unhappiness. No sooner than a second did the uncoiling of the cobras head move up like the Kundalini rising, another awareness showed up. I  was in an internal conflict because compassion meant I had to “BE” a certain way and at my deepest heart I am a free spirit. I detest being controlled. Unconsciously it looked like I was losing my freedom to be me. I felt the conflict like a tug of war on my Spirit and more Truth glowed like a red hot coal. I was holding the rope. The me that was the petulant child, the teenager who just wanted to have fun, or the twenty year old who thought she was grown just because she left home and the me that was wearing this beautiful white tunic, who is a spiritual leader, teacher and mentor, tethered to the Soul, tethered to the ONE. And my tears rolled down my face and the dam broke open to a greater capacity to love. A deepening of love for myself, the wounded child who felt the need to protect herself growing up as a sensitive soul in this big ol’ world among others who had lost their sense of sensitivity. A deepening of love for others and an ability to sit with their pain without running away, explaining it away or chasing it away. I opened to a new level of Love. Developing a compassionate heart takes courage and a willingness to reflect, allow and surrender to a deepening of the understandings of life. 
Compassion commands us to grow beyond the comfort zones of our own walls and touch the borders of what true humanity means. Compassion means to walk upon the earth or within the world in such a way that it does not add to another beings unhappiness. So today, develop a compassionate heart, let this writing  supply an anchor to the Truth
“Let each disciple tether is so to the compassionate heart and daily define his mission to be first and foremost centered and that hold purging the old order and building the new…….. Let the tenderness of your Heart increase. Purify the heart and the heart chakra. Expand love! Give love! And see how your love joy with others will establish the foundation of the age of Aquarius……….
-Saint Germain 3-23-96, PoW Vol. 39 No.32, pp. 176-177
The name of I AM THAT I AM, I tether my soul to the compassionate heart and daily define my mission to  be first and foremost centered in that Heart.
I seek and find within myself the fount of everlasting compassion. I am joined by spiritual builders who direct the beginning and ending of civilizations.
In the name os Saint Germain, let the tenderness of my heart increase. Purify my heart and my heart Chakra. Expand my love that I may give love and that my love, joined with the love of others, will establish the foundation of the age of Aquarius” 
©1996-97 Church Universal and Truth Inc.

 As women we hold pain in our wombs and the hurt stacks upon one another waiting to strike out at the least provocation that causes us to grow beyond its borders. I got quiet, I listened to the pain, not the words that it can usually create as a defense mechanism. I listened from the crown of my head where the Truth of awareness sits. I listened with my brow Chakra where the seat of my soul consciousness sits and I felt my heart contract then expand and the light from within showed up. Like a movie reel floating across the screen of my mind softly the words melodically echoed. 

Full Moon Magick

The power of a full moon can be difficult to handle  The trick to moving through the energy of the full moon is to be in full allowance and nonresistance to what shows up. Often we're caught up in a whirlwind of emotions being thrown hither and tither with not just what we're feeling but as a result of what others are feeling too. Oceans merge with rivers and streams overflow. As an empath it is very important for me to stay abreast of my feeling, constantly checking in with me to gauge where I AM and measure when emotions have shifted. I pay attention not only to myself and the energy around me but the cycles of the moon too so that I can balance. Finding balance is about awareness so that we can make the necessary adjustment in order to not be overthrown. One of my clients asked me what I would suggest to do to work with the moon to either harness the energy or calm it?

My first thought is time to go outside, right now outside, which is 5:20 in the morning.  Take a look at the moon and let her fill you up. Letting her fill you up is a heart opening experience. It fills your entire being with light and it is as if by acknowledging her, we connect with the moon of our own being. We connect with the light within us that takes us from the darkness we're experiencing and illuminates a radiance of being that emanates pure unconditional love.

Meditating with the moon allows her energy to permeate your body your mind and your spirit so that this light fill you up. This light is filled with all the emotions we've bottled up or kept hidden. As the Eternal Grandmother she has a gentleness and fierceness of the wise old woman. She is nonplussed by our upsets. She teaches us to BE the watcher. She coos at the childlike nature of our minds and emotions. She shushes our incessant whining and pats us on our backs to the rhythm of her heart beat.

Go outside and connect with the earth. Stop, Drop and Roll! Stop what you think you should be doing,  Drop to your knees, butt or back and Roll around in the dirt grounding your energy in the earth. Sit and drop you anchor in the center of the Earth and let her fill you with the power to withstand the tides of emotions moving around you. The earth and moon, mother and grandmother. They will work together for our GoOD!


Prayer:

Beloved Grandma Moon teach me how to be with my emotions instead of in my emotions. Help me to withstand the torrents of inflexibility and rigid thought patterns and behaviors that keep me from being fluid and grace filled in every situation.

Mother Earth, anchor me to your core and help me to heal from the inside out. Provide me with the nourishment of time, thought and behavior that supports being grounded in the present. Help me to stay firm in my Faith when the waters of life become rough with the tides of change. Help me to know when to break open and  let Grandma Moon rise the waters within to cool the heat of my impatience.