In
the midst of everything happening in my life right now, it is a wonder how I am
still keeping my thoughts and staying sane. Even though there is a struggle
going on in my mind, I am still very self aware that this conflict
is coming from the limitations of the beast within me;
otherwise referred to as our EGO. For the longest time I would
ask myself, “Why is it that we can get to
such a level of calmness within ourselves, but then still revert back at times
to fear, anxiety, or sickness?” or “Why do I still encounter times, even
though rare, that I inexplicably get headaches?” What I have learned is that
these times are parallel to when our paradigm, our illusion, or our reality, is being pushed too its very
expanding limits. Coincidently, when we courageously step into the illuminating
realm of growth and expansion the forthcoming overwhelming
unknown
in our complacent, existing EGO derails our equanimity into a panic.
An uncontrolled panic can manifest into realities of pain,
illness, despair, doubt and many other fears. You
may not know what to do when this happens. First and most importantly, quietly
stop, take a moment to breath, and in that same chivalrous moment, realize;
you are on the forefront to starting a
new
beginning in your life. And you, now, as your astonishing
SOUL is pushing the limits of your EGO, will awaken on the RIGHT
path!
This is what some of us call, “Growing Pains of the Spirit.” You
are now bringing your mind, body, and spirit, that much closer
to being into ONENESS!
With
the prior words written, let me tell you about what is going on with me in my
life lately. My family and I are dealing with the fact that my mother has
gotten sick with cancer, and I as well as you do, realize the ultimate stigma that word has, and the pertinent
reaction of fear it brings with it. And
we got this news only a few days before Christmas. The reason I am sharing
something that would seem particularly personal is for an important understanding
that all
things are happening for a purpose here, and that all things come with the lessons
of the Soul, to expand all awareness. I now know, first hand, what it
does to our EGO, and very honestly, it scared the life out of me when I first
heard it. And, what would the truth do
to me? It pushed higher my beliefs of
life and death; my faith in God, and my belief that the Soul always lives on.
My
Mother is still here with us now.
So,
not only in the last week have I been angry,
upset, crying, happy, confident, and
hopeful, but also at one point, I
even yelled at God for saving me any healing skills at all, if I could not save my Mother. When I
heard this screaming cry in my mind, I had to stop and breath, realizing I had
spoken it to a friend on the phone while I was crying. This is when I had my
moment of clarity, and in this moment, I realized I was not standing in the flow of
the Universe. There is a natural
order to all things, and remember, all things happen in divine timing and
divine order. Though perhaps too easily, you rebuff, “We are only human and we only have human emotions.” Yes, you are
wonderfully correct. We have extravagant, human emotions; and this is justifiably
why when the little boy in me was screaming, “I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE MY MOTHER!” that these were overwhelmingly powerful
yet substantially starving emotions happening inside of me. I realized that I was being a victim in that retaliatory
moment. So I stopped, and I breathed, and I reassured the little boy inside of me,
“She is still here, and we have each
moment, right now, together, as we have always had each moment”.
I
remember the words of my friend Mary,
who said; “She never belonged to you anyways, but she has always belonged to God.”
and I also remembered the words of my friend Nelson, who had just said to me 30 minutes prior, to; “Do not
let the medical staff get me afraid, because they are afraid.” Lastly,
I heard my inner Spirit, say; “It’s
all going to be divinely perfect dear one, and all things will happen as they should”. I took this moment into my Mothers room
to tell my Mother how much I love
her, and; “We don’t need to be victims, we are going to be okay, no matter what”. We knew that Spirit would guide us
every step of the way, and that we trained by Spirit to accept these clouded times,
but had no expectation of what would enduringly happen. We would just follow Spirit on what happens eternally going forward in
the NOW of the moment.
An
even deeper lesson I learned was, that; No
matter what I knew intellectually or who I had as a friend, there was no way I
was going to be able to control this situation. Nothing I could do but be
open to the power of GOD; and when I say GOD,
I mean the force of power that is all that there is! Meaning US!
This lesson is what surrender is all about! In this moment, I had to learn how to surrender to what was
greater than my physical manifestation. I had to learn how to receive and go into the flow of what is happening right
now, in this situation, and as my friend Nicki taught me, a long time ago; “Let go and let God!” And
I am reminding all, “You have to open your heart, and learn to trust, in order to have joy
in life.” I ironically shared the morning before; A great self-reminder
to, talk my own walk. In order to
help my mother and me in this moment, and understand the divine plan, I
had to open my heart and operate only from my heart because it is my heart that
will guide me and keep me in that divine flow.
This situation is a NEW BEGINNING for all of us, because as we let
go of the FEAR of death, we will dramatically
change the world around us. Once we eliminate the panic, that;
we do not have enough time to get all the things done that we need to
get done in this world, then we
can go even more in the flow with the divine nature of Spirit.
It took that situation for me to see this on an even deeper level and this is
where the limitations of my EGO
have been pushed. My beast, so to
speak, has been enraged because it
was scared to go even deeper into
the unknown and this is why we go into these moments
of panic. It is not that we are
going backwards in our growth, it is because we are going forward. Each step of
the way we are getting deeper into ourselves and looking at each one of our FEARS, so we can let go of these fears and get
closer to God; God has no doubt because we are no doubt God!
When we eliminate doubt and fear we are liberated to align with the wholeness
that is all of us.
We are entering the dawning of a new
age in 2012 and this age will be an age of LIGHT! The Spiritual Revolution of
Light is Total Awareness and Acceptance of Who We Are and Where We Came From!
This is the New Beginning! How do we do this and where do we go from here? 2012
is going to be pushing us even more then 2011 did and every situation in our
lives is a situation of growth for our Soul. Become very conscious of what is
going on around you and pay very close attention to all the relationships, moments,
and events going on around you. Allow your spirit to guide you and push you
when need, because you are operating from the heart and only from the heart.
Your heart is your way to live in this world and be connected to God. When we are
centered and flowing through our hearts, then we will heal many things in our
lives. This path is a constant path of learning how to let go and take leaps of
faith in your life no matter what the situation is and you are willing to trust
and having faith knowing that you will be okay, because all things are
happening in divine timing and divine order.
Jeremy McDonald
Accomplished spiritual healer and teacher Jeremy E. McDonald has been a public speaker for over 14 years and has designed and delivered many workshops to assist individuals helping them find peace and joy in their lives. He does this by helping people look at their fears and use this as a source of looking from an inside soul perspective. By doing this he helps people overcome their fears and as a result his clients find balance, peace, joy and true sublime self love. For accolades of the world Jeremy is a Reiki Master, EFT Practitioner, Theta healing practitioner and Life coach. He has served as a key note speaker in both the spiritual and non-spiritual worlds for expos, colleges, professional conferences and just the small workshop in a living room.
