Session 10 - Forgiveness, The Art of Love I

Welcome to session 10

AIM: To release all the pain, all the resentment from past, present and future circumstances in our lives and to be able to finally see life through a different perspective; with a different set of mind. Free of hang ups, weights and obstacles that keeps us away from realizing our true potential.

ACTION: Take a journey into our life and make mental a list of all those who needs forgiving. Circumstances and people alike. From the earliest memories to the most recent. Putting special attention on forgiving the only constant in this story... Oneself!

Nearly everyone has been hurt by the actions or words of another. Perhaps your mother criticized you since you were a child. or maybe your father abuse you during childhood or your partner had an affair. These wounds can leave you with lasting feelings of anger, bitterness and even vengeance — but if you don't practice forgiveness, you may be the one who pays most dearly. By embracing forgiveness, you embrace peace, hope, gratitude and joy.

What is forgiveness?

Generally, forgiveness is a decision to let go of resentment and thoughts of revenge. Forgiveness can even lead to feelings of understanding, empathy and compassion for the one who hurt you.

Forgiveness means taking responsibility of your own destiny in the greater picture of life. Spiritually speaking, we know that all that happens in our life is being attracted by us to help us grow as souls in human form. By forgiving those who hurt us we bring healing and understanding into our experience.

What are the benefits of forgiving someone?

Letting go of grudges and bitterness makes way for compassion, kindness and peace. Forgiveness can lead to:

• Healthier relationships and lives.
• Greater spiritual and psychological well-being
• Less stress and hostility
• Lower blood pressure
• Fewer symptoms of depression, anxiety and chronic pain
• Lower risk of alcohol and substance abuse

Why sometimes is so difficult to forgive?

When we're hurt by someone, we may become angry, sad or confused. This is the state of the egoic mind, when in a very simplistic and dualistic sense we feel to be victims of the circumstances. If we allow our mind to dwell on hurtful events or situations, grudges filled with resentment, vengeance and hostility. If we allow negative feelings to crowd out positive feelings, we may find ourselves swallowed up by your own bitterness and sense of injustice.

What are the effects of unforgiveness?

If you're unforgiving, you may pay the price repeatedly by bringing anger and bitterness into every relationship and new experience. Your life may become so wrapped up in the wrong that you can't enjoy the present. You may become depressed or anxious. You may feel that your life lacks meaning or purpose, or that you're at odds with your spiritual beliefs. You may lose valuable and enriching connectedness with others. At the end all ends up reflected in our physical body. illness and disease will start causing problems. Cancer is one of the most common effects of unforgiveness.

How do I reach a state of forgiveness?

Forgiveness is a commitment to a process of change. A way to begin is by recognizing the value of forgiveness and its importance in our life at a given time. Then reflect on the facts of the situation, how you've attracted such a situation, and how this combination has affected your life, health and well-being.

When ready, actively choose to forgive the person who's offended you. Move away from your role as victim, be grateful for their role in your spiritual growth and take responsibility and power over the offending person's action as something attracted to you, by you. This is the only way to release all anger, frustration and pain. of As you let go of grudges, you'll no longer define your life by how you've been hurt. We may then find compassion and understanding.

What happens if I can't forgive someone?

Forgiveness can be challenging. It may be particularly hard to forgive someone who doesn't admit wrong or doesn't speak of his or her sorrow. Remember, they do not have to admit anything as they could be acting unconsciously. We can't get angry with a dog with rabies for being angry. The same thing happens with an unconscious mind.

If you find yourself stuck, it may help to write in a journal, pray or use guided meditation. You may want to talk with a person you've found to be wise and compassionate, such as a spiritual guide, a mental health provider, or an unbiased family member or friend. You may also want to reflect on times you've hurt others and on those who've forgiven you. Keep in mind that forgiveness has the potential to increase your sense of integrity, peace and overall well-being.

Does forgiveness guarantee reconciliation?

If the hurtful event involved someone whose relationship you otherwise value, forgiveness may lead to reconciliation. This isn't always the case, however. Reconciliation may be impossible if the offender has died or is unwilling to communicate with you. In other cases, reconciliation may not be appropriate, especially if you were attacked or assaulted. But even in those cases, forgiveness is still possible — even if reconciliation isn't.

What if I have to interact with the person who hurt me but I don't want to?

If you haven't reached a state of forgiveness, being near the person who hurt you may be tense and stressful. To handle these situations, remember that you have a choice whether or not to attend specific functions and gatherings. Respect yourself and do what feels best. If you choose to attend, don't be surprised by a certain amount of awkwardness and perhaps even more intense feelings. Do your best to keep an open heart and mind. You may find that the gathering helps you to move forward with forgiveness.

What if the person I'm forgiving doesn't change?

Getting another person to change his or her actions, behavior or words isn't the point of forgiveness. Think of forgiveness more about how it can change your life — by bringing you more peace, happiness, and emotional and spiritual healing. Forgiveness takes away the power the other person continues to wield in your life.

What if I'm the one who needs forgiveness?

Consider admitting the wrong you've done to those you've harmed, speaking of your sincere sorrow or regret, and specifically asking for forgiveness — without making excuses. Remember, however, you can't force someone to forgive you. Others need to move to forgiveness in their own time. Simply acknowledge your faults and admit your mistakes. Then commit to treating others with compassion, empathy and respect.

Remember to enjoy the process

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Session 9 - Challenge, The Art of reinventing yourself

Welcome to session 9:

AIM: To realize our full potential as spiritual beings. Feel the ecstasy of being alive and be able to share this feeling with the world.

ACTION: Start by being grateful for all that we have and then take time to question our old way of thinking. Be grateful for the difficulties, problems and calamities and see them as an opportunity to raise above them.

Life is a Banquet and most people survive only with a tiny piece of cake (if lucky).

How many times have you said to yourself: I can’t do that. Or, is not my fault that this isn’t working. Or, Every time I try to do something right, everything goes wrong. Or, if only things were different - if only I were different.

Unfortunately the list can go on and on and on.

Anything of these sounds familiar?

Nobody said life is easy. Easy make things boring and mediocre. Be grateful that roads close in front of you, that you car brake up in your way to work or that you got sacked from that job you hated so much. That cancer came knocking at your door, or even HIV made his appearance in your blood. Anything that challenges our life and mind is our wake up call and the opportunity to raise above it. Getting closer to realize our full potential as spiritual beings.

Are you raising your eyebrow? Remember to keep an open mind

Every time and I mean EVERY SINGLE TIME life, God, luck, fate, your neighbor, our children, parents or whatever or whomever we choose to blame during challenging times make things difficult for us, is because we’ve been chosen. Yes, we’ve been hand picked for our special aptitudes, for our capacity to learn, for our capacity to rise above any problem to offer us a new opportunity to amazed ourselves and come closer to realize our strength and full capacity.

The all powerful being that's been dormant and now has the opportunity to wake up.

Life have acknowledge our readiness to overcome obstacles and therefore place them in front of us to realize how good and absolutely magnificent we are. How amazingly brilliant we've become over the years and more importantly, how perfect everything around us already 'is'.

So, please let's stop our whining about how difficult everything is and start thanking God for it.

When things are way too comfortable for too long, is because we've trained our mind to control everything so precisely that life becomes unbearable, boring, flat... Unfortunately this is what many people call happiness. Weird isn’t it? And is until something explodes and start making massive waves that life becomes colorful again, interesting and creative.

Look up, find your star and go for a ride. Don’t hesitate. And don’t ever think “oh this is not for me” or “I’m too old or to young, too sick, or to disabled” “too rich (busy) or too poor (lazy)

IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, FOR GOD SAKE... YOU CAN BE IT!

Remember to follow the three Rs:

-Respect for self

-Respect for others

-Responsibility for all your actions

Go out and shout to the world your message. Who care’s if people laugh. Who cares what the message is. Is yours and for that reason is perfect. Don’t judge your feelings or intuition. leave judgement outside, and welcome acceptance and love into your home, into your life, into yourself.

What are you waiting? For something to happen? For someone to die? For some one to do it first. If it feels right... DO IT NOW! with no regrets. You may say: what about if shit hits the fan? Well wipe you face out and start all over again, until either shit doesn’t gets you or you don’t mind it all over your beautiful face.

Now, Take some time to breath. Can you feel it? Can you feel the emotion I’m writing with? Oh, this is more than I can express. This feeling is exactly what I’m trying to communicate, to pass on to you. To awake the need for change, the hunger for new things and the willingness to go for it.

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Session 8 - Innocence, the art of acceptance

Welcome to session 8:

AIM: To discover life with the curiosity of a newborn soul, allowing life to unfold in front of us without judgement. Accepting the flow of divine energy to run freely through our bodies.

ACTION: Observe what life offers, play with it without attachment. Observe the thoughts and reactions. Observe the feelings and emotions.

Innocence; Zen says that if you drop knowledge - and within knowledge everything is included; your name, your identity, everything, because this has been given to you by others - if you drop all that has been given by others, you will have a totally different quality to your being: innocence. This will be a crucifixion of the persona, the personality, and there will be a resurrection of your innocence. You will become a child again, reborn.

♦ Commentary:

The old man in this card radiates a childlike delight in the world. There is a sense of grace surrounding him, as if he is at home with himself and with what life has brought. He seems to be having a playful communication with the praying mantis on his finger, as if the two of them are the greatest friends. The pink flowers cascading around him represent a time of letting go, relaxation and sweetness. They are a response to his presence, a reflection of his own qualities.

The innocence that comes from a deep experience of life is childlike, but not childish. The innocence of children is beautiful, but ignorant. It will be replaced by mistrust and doubt as the child grows and learns that the world can be a dangerous and threatening place. But the innocence of a life lived fully has a quality of wisdom and acceptance of the ever-changing wonder of life.

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Meditation every Wednesday @ 7:00 pm FREE

Want to know more about us?

Come and join us this and every Wednesday for 31 minutes meditation with Jiwan Jot.

Meditation, silence, mantras, music, connection... This and much more will be on offer for any willing one.

Please RSVP.... Simply call or send us an email with your intention to join us.

What you need to bring?

-A matt to sit down could be useful.

-Comfortable clothing

-And yourself

How much it cost?

-Nothing, is completely free. However we encourage the donations, from an apple to all the millions of pounds.

Prosperity is a flow of energy and to be open to receive we ought to be willing to give something in return... How much is up to you and up to how much you are allowing this energy back to you.

Where?

Finsbury Park,

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London

Contact:

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Test No. 1 - Monitoring progress

Moving away from predetermined thoughts of ideas and by learning to think for ourselves.

- Test about SUGGESTED LECTURES:
a) "The Gold Coin' Story by Eduardo Blanco
b) "Look Beyond the Horizon" by Neale Donald Walsh

Answer the following questions.

Note: There are no wrong answers here. Just go with the flow, trust your intuition and see what you come up with.

1. Who you think is the main character in the 'gold coin' story, and why?

a) The gold coin

b) Little Eiwan

c) The root tree spirit

d) The old man

e) Mother

f) Father

g) All of the above

h) None of the above

2. With which character from the 'gold coin story' could you identify yourself and why?

a) The gold coin

b) Little Eiwan

c) The root tree spirit

d) The old man

e) Mother

f) Father

g) All of the above

h) None of the above

3. Which one is your favorite character and why?

a) The gold coin

b) Little Eiwan

c) The root tree spirit

d) The old man

e) Mother

f) Father

g) All of the above

h) None of the above

i) Other

4. What do you think about the 'gold coin' story?

5. What do you think about the 'look beyond the horizon" note?

If you'd like to share your answers please feel free to post them in the comments section below. Or you can email them to us HERE

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Session 7 - Questioning & The Law of Flow

Welcome to session 7:

AIM: To be able to understand and consciously apply the law of flow. Realizing the importance of questioning to open the channels to new, creative and innovative ideas.

ACTION: 1) To clean up the old and dirty and welcome the new and clean. 2) Take the test No 1. 3) Start questioning.

The 'law of flow' says that nothing in the Universe is static, everything is in constant movement, a constant flow. And whereas we can take something out of its place, something else will replace it just as quickly.

Imagine for a moment our daily lives; Day always follows the night; spring follows the winter and winter the fall; when we move a solid from its position at least air and a millions of unseen particles will takes its place. Like a river, life is a constant flow.

Taking this concept from its basics where everything is energy, we now can move forward and start to consciously apply the law of flow to everything in our lives. To let go of the old thoughts, patterns, addictions and unconscious behaviors and give way to new and creative ideas that will bring different circumstances into our lives.

Remember the aim is to replace... boredom with inspiration; illness with health, loneliness with love; scarcity with abundance and so on.

Exercise 1:

To give away what we no longer need.

A friend once told me; If you haven't use it in a year... you don't need it and may be time to move on.

Let's give away our old clothes so new ones can replaces it; Lets give a deep clean to our chest's drawers, covers and closets. Let's bring a breath of fresh air into our lives and give a thoroughly cleaning to our mind.

TIP: All we need to do to make this exercise work is to set the intention and declare it during the whole cleaning process. 'I am letting go of the old and now, I welcome the new'.

In order to change, we first need to let go of the old way of thinking. Let go of any thoughts or ideas that are not longer assisting us in achieving what we are here to be. But how to let go of something that is so embedded in our experience we hardly know is even there? Is like asking a fish to question the water it swims in ... difficult, but possible. So let's start asking.

-Who am I?
-Is what I do fulfilling my heart that even if I don’t get paid I'd still do it?
-Do I feel the happiest person alive?
-Am I surrounded with everything my heart desire?

-Do I feel in control of the circumstances happening in my life or is the other way around?

-Am I what I've always dreamt to be?
-Am I all I can be?

These are very intense questions that we normally don’t ask ourselves for the simple reason that we quite often get the answer we don’t want to hear. However, for how long have you been longing for a breath of fresh air? How long has it been since you laugh so loud you peed (almost) yourself? How long has it been since you felt loved and complete, surrounded with prosperity and abundance? How long has it been since you felt happy, relax and satisfied with who you are and the life around you?

If you can’t remember when was the last time you felt so alive your eyes filled with tears or created something so wonderful that you amazed yourself... Then wouldn't be now a good moment to know why?

- Why can’t you remember?

Be brave and ask yourself, ask your family, ask the world, ask God!

You’ll soon start getting some answers. Can’t guarantee that you’ll agree, but don’t discard them. Acknowledge, keep quiet and keep asking.

When was the last time you question anything?
When was the last time you accepted something without questioning it?
When was the last time you created you own judgement.

Hardly anyone accepts the fact that we’ve been told what to think, do and be; hence becoming clones or copy-cats of who brought us up; our family, our society, our culture, our traditions, our governments, etc.

When we first arrive to this world, we do it with a clean sheet. No judgements, no culture, no ideas, no thoughts... only feelings... and a massive hunger to experiment everything.

If lucky, as babies, we're placed for a while as the center of attention of a loving family group, who is part of a bigger family group. In time we realize we're now part of a culture with certain religious, moral, educational, economic and existential beliefs... and the only thing asked from us is to act accordingly to the beliefs and laws of the rest of the group...easy! No fuss, no problems... do what is expected of you and everything will be just fine. Right?....

Then, why people don’t find the rewards in the life they were offered and the life they've been told to live?

Why is so difficult to survive?
Why so much stress?
Why so much unhappiness?
Why so much disease?
Why so much hunger?
Why so much death?

WHY ???

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Today's video: Michael Jackson's "Man in the mirror"

Session 6 - Observe - The Art of Now

Welcome to session 6:

Aim: To be able to relax in the now and open our eyes for the first time into our new reality.

Action: Nothing much. Just observe like a newborn baby finding for the first time the movements of his/her tiny feet and hands. Observe everything around, the place, the smells, the objects and the people. Feel the feelings, warm or cold, feelings of stress or peace. Look with innocent eyes and mind. No judgment only acknowledgment with big open eyes and a humble smile.

Today we are stepping for the first time in holy ground. Imagine how the pilgrims of the 13 colonies felt when they first arrived in America. All that land, all that beauty, all that richness and abundance. Imagine if you can how did they feel. Imagine the humility of being presented with all that generosity.

Can you see the endless valleys, the majestic mountains and the bountiful rivers?

Just like them, today we're placing our first footprint in the field of our new consciousness. Don't try to understand it, just enjoy all the bounty of this empty field where we will plant the seeds of our dreams, hopes and desires.

Let's take the sufficient time to process all that's is happening inside of us. Yesterdays Big Bang left us bewildered and we need to take it slowly.

Let's be kind with ourselves today.

Even our thoughts are new. Yes, I know we brought our luggage with us thinking that we may need it.

However, we now realize that all that we need is already here and we can relax and let go of the old thoughts. It may feel a little strange and sad at the beginning but it will get better with time. Let them go with gratitude for they served they purpose.

Lets take a moment to acknowledge our old thoughts and lovingly releasing them back to the Cosmos to be integrated to the All-One-Self.

Exercise I:

Close your eyes and make a cup of offering with both your hands at your heart level. Place inside, in the middle of your palms the old ways of thinking and reacting.

How? With conscious intention of releasing the old patterns and see them fly away.

They don't belong to you anymore. You may remember them but it will be like remembering an old movie. Completely impersonal, like an outsider.

Pain & Disease

Part of the baggage we brought with us could be physical pain or disease. Whatever we brought along, let's simply observe it and be aware that those feelings or pains are now taking a different intensity. Why? Because we choose to. When we consciously become aware of our body pains, they immediately take a different tonality because their message is finally being heard.

When our body becomes aware of our intention to listen, it will start talking to us more frequently and less painfully. Enjoy this experience and live it to its full.

Exercise II:

This is an exercise to help experiencing the process of:

How to listen to my body?

Time: We can start with 1 minute and gradually increasing to 3, 7, 11, 31 or 62 minutes.

Place: Try to choose a place indoors or outdoors that is quiet and inviting for meditation and relaxation and try to keep away from distractions. That means no children and pets allowed. This time is for you only.

Atmosphere: What about choosing a mantra or a relaxing melody. (check the video at the end of this post) Mantras help us to interrupt the production of involuntary thinking with its repetitive and high frequency nature.

If you like, put a candle or incense that will change the aroma of the air.

Open windows and let the air flow all around you.

Posture: Sited or lying down. Choose an easy position that you can hold for some time. Keep an open mind and loving attitude. Remember you are preparing yourself to listen to yourself maybe for the first time in your life.

Concentration: Embark on an imaginary journey throughout your body. Start at your toes and slowly move upwards, feel your feet, ankles, lower legs, thighs, hips... all the way to the top of your head. Imagine a warm bright light coming into your crown chakra and spreading evenly through all your body. Feel every part, every inch. Imagine the muscles, the bones, the blood as you travel up to your head. Spread love and joy to every part while you’re visiting them.

Now, listen, feel & observe.

Take as as long as your heart calls for and when it feels right, come out of this experience and smile.

Remember to enjoy the process

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