The Default Position

I have a humble confession to make. These last few weeks and months have been a bit of a struggle. Certainly my issues are no different than the billions of Souls on this earth today dealing as best they can with the pervasive stresses that society has imposed. From economic uncertainty, joblessness, home foreclosures and depreciations, to rising healthcare costs, disease, the threat of terrorism, political divisiveness and cultural polarization throughout the world; you name it, people are going through quite a lot right now, more than seems fair or even normal. So my own personal difficulties and challenges are simply dealt with in quiet solitude and spiritual introspective fortitude because frankly, they are no different than anyone else’s. It’s rough out there for almost everyone.

That said, there seems to be a kind of ubiquitous internal, emotional and spiritual struggle going on where people are fighting to remain afloat amidst the morass of negativity and social volatility within our mass consciousness today. With this seemingly ongoing negative frequency pulse, even during our current ascension cycle, comes a conscious need for Souls to actively try and maintain a positive, or at least neutral attitude and state of being. There is a saying that I have used time and time again in my writings that states “Heaven must be re-won everyday” (source unknown). What this fundamentally means is that because of a kind of “net” of negative consciousness that seems to have surrounded our world and in some cases our internal state of being, we must consciously, and constantly make a concerted effort towards maintaining a positive spiritual attitude and perspective, even when the world around us seems to be spiraling.

To forfeit your daily maintenance routine for spiritual balance means to fall into a default position; a position of engulfing negativity, depression, anger, and most importantly fear. This is what can and most often does happen when we fail to do our due diligence and keep ourselves emotionally and spiritually above the fray. The rules have not changed. We are still responsible for our own actions and manifestations within our own respective universes. Our personal universe is still directly determined by our state of consciousness; the playing field, however, seems to be stacked a little more against us, so rather than “Just Being” in a state of effortless bliss surrounded by a bubble of loving energy, we have to constantly maintain a conscious effort to keep a protective shield of spiritual energy around us; we are constantly having to tread water (so to speak) so that we don’t succumb to the external stresses and internal bombardment of negative energy. For some, this can be hard work, and if not made a part of our daily routine and ritual, we can sometimes fall prey to feelings of hopelessness and helplessness.

This world that we as human beings have been occupying for millennia has been wrought with coercive manipulation and malevolent intent by many who occupy it, and perhaps in some cases oversee it. History has shown that maintaining the light and love of Source in our hearts has often been a constant struggle, and that keeping this high vibration while living in this dense consciousness of physical energy requires true dedication and vigilance. It’s not easy to stay above the turbulence, but it’s not impossible either.

The deck may be stacked and the playing field may be far from level, but so what. This is the hand we have all been dealt and it is up to all of us to continue the good fight. By good fight, I mean the maintaining of high spiritual ideals and the inner connectedness of God’s love and light permeating our being, even in the midst of outward decay. What it means is first awakening to our true identity as a being of higher consciousness, as one with All That Is. But it also means doing the necessary work, the daily, hourly, moment-by-moment work that is so necessary to maintain our keen awareness and understanding that what we are living in is a holographic illusion of energy. What it means is constantly reminding ourselves that even in the midst of this illusion that we are not our bodies or our circumstances, that our gender, race, ethnicity or cultural heritage are not who we truly are, but are only the external trappings and wrappings we cling to so as to have identity and purpose in this physical realm. The truth is we are more than this, we are divine sparks of Eternal Source. We are God individuated and self-aware.

Yes, heaven must be re-won everyday, and especially now as we are bombarded by the dysfunctional dramas and stresses perpetrated on our mass consciousness in this crazy world. Even when those around us are completely lost in and oblivious to the illusion, and fixated on the world stage play, the awakened one sees the dramas unfolding for what they truly are. "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God…" keep your focus on your true identity as a divine, connected spark of Source energy, endowed with the same spiritual rights and abilities as Source itself. You can turn your circumstances around by changing your state of consciousness, regardless of outer conditions and challenges. But you must do and maintain the daily work necessary to get and keep your spiritual vibration strong enough so that pull-through is possible and assured. I write this as much to remind myself of this as I do in sharing with all of you. It’s an easy thing to forget, getting trapped in the illusion; the Maya of life’s drama, but we MUST remain vigilant if we are to find our way back home again. Where we are, here and now, is merely a testing ground, a kind of spiritual boot camp.

On this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, I wish you well and hope you all give thanks to one another and take a moment to reconnect with Divine Source, with the hierarchical reality of your higher self. There is an internal spiritual family that is with you at all times, just waiting for the opportunity to help you stay above the fray, but you have to ask for the help. Don’t be afraid to ask, and certainly don’t feel that you are unworthy, for this is an illusory trap of the worst kind. As we give thanks this holiday season for family, friends and life itself, please take a moment of personal introspection to pray and reconnect with that which gives you life, knowing that you are it and it is you. This is what awakening is all about. Stay connected, do the daily work, don’t give in to the fear, and live within the love. Love is what you truly are.

Namaste

Darrell

Tap Into Your Higher Self

Angels, archangels, saints, guides, ascended masters, these many wondrous entities and archetypes have captivated our collective imagination and consciousness for eons, creating strong fascinations with spirituality, belief in miracles, and a magnified inner longing for connection with Source. They have served as the personifications of religious and spiritual perfection, and templates for our own personal development and growth (What would _____ do?). Many of these ideals have also served as conduits for a petition with God, and in many respects, have become intercessors for a hopeful direct connection with All That Is. While it can indeed be wonderful and inspiring to use these many powerful inner matrices as a means of gaining enlightenment and providing a source of focus for the attainment of God’s gifts and miracles, it is important that we place these cosmically conscious spiritual energies into a larger context of spiritual enlightenment; that of providing temporary succor while we grow and develop our own personal means of ultimate spiritual unfoldment.

What all too often tends to get lost or overlooked while tapping into the energies of spiritual intermediaries is that the greatest ally each of us possesses is already within us. What is missed in all of this is that our greatest source of strength, unlimited insight and knowledge, and the key to ascension itself all comes from our own higher self. We are our own true path to God. It is wonderful to connect with Angels and the like, and yes they do exist (I’ve had my own experiences), but one should be focusing their primary attention on channeling their higher self, their direct connection to Source itself. You need nothing else but you, for you are a spark of the Divine itself.

Just to provide a brief snapshot into the inner cosmology of your true essence:

1. You possess a physical body, but you are not that body. The spark of awareness that drives this biological unit in 3D, and is the eternal center of awareness that is you is known as Soul,
2. You are Soul, capable of controlling this biological machine and process information in the 3D spectrum through our bio-computer known as the brain, but we also have the capacity to leave our physical body and travel into the inner worlds of creation. This is most often done in the dream state but can also be done through meditation and projection,
3. Our inner Soul awareness is only one aspect of a collective consciousness that is us, containing a myriad of experience through incarnation after incarnation, all taking place simultaneously within the illusion of time. There is in fact a higher aspect to this consciousness collective, which is called an Oversoul. This is a key provider of spiritual insight and enlightenment, and is tapped directly into the universal consciousness of Source allowing us cosmic consciousness and the ability to tap into any aspect of understanding we may wish; we only need to learn how to connect into this energy on a conscious, regular basis.

There are even greater aspects of personal awareness beyond this point, ultimately leading to Source itself, but we’ll stop here for now (this is enough to absorb and process for one entry). What is most important to take away here is that all you need in order to gain universal (and multiversal) enlightenment is all within you now. You need only accept that it is here and begin to learn how to consciously tap into this unlimited pool of awareness, for it is you. This is ultimately the goal. While guides, angels and ascended masters can be wonderful, they are only stepping stones, a means to a greater end, not an end in itself. After all is said and done, you are your only true path to Source, for the goal is to awaken to your true self, your incredible multi-layered, multi-dimensional essence. This is where we are all headed. You truly have your own back. You need not worry whom to trust when it is of you. Your collective consciousness, which eventually takes on a WE focused perspective, ultimately has everything you need.

During this amazing time of ascension, it is very important that this point be brought into the lexicon of mass spiritual dialogue. My reason for being so adamant about this is a simple yet significant one. As we all collectively come online in our own respective spiritual awakenings, we will be enticed to open ourselves up for channeling other energies that are not our own. Yes, it is true that we are ultimately all connected as sparks of divine awareness to the ONE, but some energies are more connected than others, with intentions that are sometimes less noble than others. You should love God and all that IT has created, but you should also keep your shields up. Do not become seduced and/or intoxicated by the swan songs of enlightenment from sources that claim ascension, but do so by inviting you to channel their energies, for many of these energies can be deceptive and may lull you into a false sense of well-being, ultimately pulling you into a bait-and-switch scenario of dark intent. Any true ascended master, angel and/or multi-dimensional entity that is Service to Others and of the light would be encouraging you to tap into your higher self, not channel something or someone else. So be careful.

Ultimately, you are your own path to God. Ultimately, you are all that you need to get back home to Source. This is by design. All of the spiritual giants from Jesus to Buddha and Mohammed, whom have become the sources of today’s many world religions, all came to this ultimate personal divine understanding within themselves. They became their own way and their own light back home. We should use them as inspirations and examples, but we should ultimately awaken to our own higher essence. This is what Source always intended, for we are Source itself; we just forgot.

In future discussions, we will delve further into how to enhance this personal connection with your higher self, but for now it’s good to just contemplate that you do have a higher self (selves), and on the other key message contained in this writing. Love All That Is, but keep your shields up. No one can make you do anything without your consent. Namaste.

Connecting to Your Higher Self

Scenario 1: You’re rushing out the door for your morning commute. As you head to the bus stop, a clear mental impression comes to you, “You left your wallet on the dresser.” Immediately you check to find out that your wallet is missing. You run back to the residence and get your wallet, hoping you’re not late for work.

Scenario 2: You’re driving in your car not sure where you’re going, but you have a general sense of direction. Your inner guidance tells you to turn left, then right, then left again. You see the highway sign up ahead leading to the on-ramp you’ve been looking for, and you feel relieved and grateful for the help you’ve been given.

Scenario 3: You’re at a pivotal moment where you have to make an important decision; a crossroad between two or more delicate options, and you do not have all of the information necessary to formulate a clear choice. You’re intuitive nature kicks in and you begin to trust your instincts (follow your gut), resulting in what becomes the perfect solution.

These are but a few every day examples of a connection we all have (and have had from the beginning) with something that has always been there (here) with us, but many of us have as yet failed to recognize what it is. As we are all Divine sparks of All That Is, we are in fact the microcosm of the macrocosm of existence and have a direct link to Source. This link is in the form of something that has come to be known simply as our Higher Self; the true essence of who and what we are within the Divine connectedness of Source. Some have given it the tags and groupings of Universal Mind or Cosmic Consciousness, and I don’t dispute these references, but for me it is much more personal than this.

My higher self is me, beyond the ether and illusion of physical reality and restriction, completely connected and in tuned with Source, allowing my physical manifestation to experience what it needs in order to fill in the gaps of knowingness already possessed. It is alive and simultaneously aware of what is going on in my physical existence and expanding multi-verse. It is completely aware of inter-dimensional existence beyond space-time and is constantly growing in awareness while I physically grow in my current life. It is working with me and within multiple reincarnational experiences simultaneously, and often allows me to connect with these varied states of consciousness and identities while in the dream state. My higher self is my inner connectedness with all of existence, constantly feeling the infinite love of God at all times. An absolutely excellent fictional reading that describes in great detail what I am referencing here is a book by Jane Roberts entitled, The Oversoul Seven Trilogy. It is currently out of print but still available at some bookstores.

My higher self is my best friend, always companion, absolute confidant, eternal compatriot, and constant advisor and protector. It is an amazingly important layer of the Omniscient, Omnipresent and Omnipotent Divine energy known as Source. If God is the ocean, then my Higher Self is the iceberg, and I am merely the tip. I attribute my Higher Self with authoring most of what I share in these blogs. Goodness knows that most times when I read back on what I have shared, I am often amazed at where it came from, but I trust it and know that it comes freely and willingly whenever I request and summon it. What is important to understand here is that I am no different from anyone else. My only difference (if any) is that I am consciously aware of this partnership and work on a daily basis to develop and strengthen the relationship so as to help “us” grow.

It is worth noting here that if there is a Higher Self, there is also a polar opposite. This opposite can best be described as the Little Self. It is the emotional body; it is the child. It is the bio-computer that we all possess and move around in on the physical. It is the irrational narcissistic side of each and every one of us that fights with us constantly for the sole purpose of self-gratification with no consideration for outcome. It is within these polarities of consciousness that many of us live while on the physical. As is consistent with the law of free will, our Higher Self will advise and make aware, but will not force us to make any decision we do not wish to make. This is a part of the growing process, and it is hoped that after banging ones head enough times, we will eventually come to trust that our inner guidance is being provided for our eternal good.

Throughout this dialogue I have tried to describe what the Higher Self is, but I have not as yet discussed how to connect with it. The best thing I can say to this is that we are already connected to it. We need only allow ourselves to find that calm within the storm of emotion and stress that plagues us daily, and feel the loving warmth that is always at the core of our being. It is always communicating with us, but we so often ignore its presence. Stop doing this. Strike up an inner conversation and allow the dialogue to progress. Your familiarity is already there. In one of my earlier scenarios, I mentioned something about following your gut. This is a very important inner barometer, which is an integral part of identifying your Higher Self. If the information you are receiving feels intuitively correct, chances are this is the right instinct. We must learn to trust it more and more, and act when it calls.

Much of what I have described here as your higher self could also be an apt description of a personal communication with God. If this is the case, perhaps the next question that arises is how do we know the difference? I submit to you that this may be the wrong question to ask, because it is a question stuck inside an old paradigm of thought that presupposes a separation between various aspects and layers of our existence. As I have said over and over again, WE ARE ONE. Your higher self is God; you are God. When we are connected to our Higher Self, we are connected with Source. So don’t worry about whom specifically you’re talking to. It’s all coming from the same Source anyway. Ponder this for a while; contemplate on it. You’ll start to feel that amazing sensation of oneness when you do. When that happens, embrace it.