Love Is The Key

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Simon Herfet website: www.simonherfet.com for info. about his books.

Mooji on the Concept of 'You Must Have a Purpose'

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Awakening to Love.

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As a retired Dorset Police officer who spent thirty years serving around the county, even I was surprised to hear today, that forty percent of the calls which the police now receive are related to mental health issues! What is going on? Many will ask. We all know many factors play into the reasons for this exponential increase in mental health problems for people in recent years, so I do not think I need to list them. However, what I do believe needs to be addressed among the more obvious reasons for this dip in the mental well-being of society in general, is the ‘void’ of emptiness that so many people complain of feeling within themselves and often for no apparent reason.

This is in my opinion driven by the neglect of the spiritual well-being of the individual. This is largely because of the lack of spiritual teaching during the upbringing of most people that we receive especially here in the western world these days. The materialism all around us, is enforced by our capitalist driven system of living and the exam driven methods of education only reinforces this this feeling of emptiness too, I believe.

As a society in general we are in many cases cut off from our connection with nature and the peace, calm and health enhancing qualities that we derive from such.

The politics of austerity have of course only added to societies problems and anxieties by adding financial pressures on many and making it more difficult for some to reclaim their inner calm. Yet, if we all lived in safe communities as our indigenous ancestors once did, close to nature and the rhythms of both our inner selves and nature, with all the support true community living offered, plus no digital devices, then I am sure we would all be healthier and happier. Add into the mix, a plant based diet and plenty of exercise we would all be sorted in my opinion. However, that is not possible. So, then what?

I have just spent two years writing a book part time in the Royal Lion Hotel in Lyme Regis, near to where I live and with a pot of tea for company while I wrote my first book. Part of the objective, was to find a way out of the pain of this spiritual famine that so many of us suffer from and which is what I believe to be the cause of the emptiness that so many of us are left feeling.

The book is called ‘Awakening to Love’ and is published by Balboa Press UK. It is about ‘the spiritual aspect to consciousness, universal love and awareness’. It takes an unusual format- of my questions, followed by channeled answers which come, I was told, from within the same ocean of consciousness which we all are and share at the deepest level. So, dive in and take a look if you dare! The book is available online at various address including amazon and www.balboapress.com.

The Buddha and The Crystal Tree.

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The Buddha once came across a man and offered him the gift of enlightenment and it came in the form of a most beautiful crystal tree that the man could hold, as it was small and hand sized.

The Buddha told the man," whenever you wish to feel the ecstasy of true enlightenment just pick up and hold the crystal tree that I have manifested for you as a gift from me to you". The man left having thanked the Buddha for his gift.

The man revelled in his gift from the Buddha for some time, until a shop opened in his village selling crystal trees identical to the one the Buddha had given to the man.

All around him the man saw other villagers carrying crystal trees the same as his and all the villagers said when they held the tree they felt as if they were 'enlightened'.

This sent the man into a rage as he felt it could not be so as his crystal tree had been given to him by someone no less than the Buddha himself and theirs had come only from some cheap shop.

The man went around the village for years protesting his crystal tree and hence his enlightenment derived from it was more true and more real than theirs.

As the years past so did the man's anger grow.

One day the Buddha reappeared to the man and asked how he was getting on with his relationship to the crystal tree and the enlightenment it brought with it.

The man told the Buddha his story, about the shop selling Crystal tree versions of the small one the Buddha had given to him and how it was not possible for the cheap versions to bring enlightenment to the many villagers other than himself as only a divinely manifested Crystal Tree from the hand of the Buddha himself, could invest such power.

The Buddha smiled at the man and said,

"My friend these other people believe so strongly that their copies of the crystal tree will bring them enlightenment. Such is the power of belief and the mind itself, so it is true for them. For what they experience is real to them and no different than it is to you."

"However, the true power of my gift to you, and the gift they never received from me was the insight that my gift is now bringing unto you."

"My gift is bringing to the surface of your awareness the anger that you have long since carried for many lifetimes, very clear often to others but not to yourself. This anger is as dangerous potentially, as the sword or the knife were you to always carry such a weapon. Yet you choose not to, as you have experienced enlightenment. In such a way anger itself can be deadly to both the bearer and the victim of its actions. This anger can skulk as a thief in the night when you are not watching and bring misery into the lives of many whom it may touch near or far. But first to vanquish and let go of such a snake. It must appear clearly to you."

"Then when such a snake, in this case, your anger, which has long been largely invisible to you as you have become so used to it having carried it for so many lifetimes, yet clear to see to those around you. Now you have the opportunity to release your anger and touch deeper enlightenment that your heart truly yearns for".

"Use your awareness to watch out for it, to see it is truly within you....see also how it does not serve you but holds you, prisoner, as you do it. Then through divine grace may it depart from your being and no longer will it hold power over you stealing peace from your life."

Namaste.

The Song of the Soul

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The song of the soul you are.
The melody of the universe you are.
The glow of the moon you are.
The roar of the ocean you are.
The radiance of the sun you are.
The mystery of the night sky you are.
The love for your children you are.
The passion for your partner you are.
The inheritance of your parents wisdom you are.
The twinkle in gods eye you are.
The sum of the joys of the universe you are.
The wisdom of wisdoms you are.
The smalls grain of sand you are.
The son of the grandest sun you are.
But most of all my child
You are the love that created all these things and
Still more.

In Your Magnificence

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In your magnificence
may you see
the sunshine in your heart.
In your beauty may you feel
the full moon
glow in your heart.
In your magnificence
may you feel the power
of the Eagle that takes flight
on the wings of
Gods love,
towards the heavens,
into the lovers embrace
of your humanity.
Namaste.

I Thought a Thought

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I Thought a Thought

I thought a thought and then it was gone.

It passed through me you see.

I do not know which way it went.

It was not mine and it was not me.

It may pass this way again,

For it is free, it does not belong to me.

It is not mine or anyone else's.

It just came to visit for a while.

I saw its reflection in the mirror of my being.

It was not real but I the mirror that is aware, am.

You Are

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You Are

You are the sea spray my friend,

You are the diamond sparkle on the wave.

You are a droplet of rain sent towards it from our sky.

You are the wave the one before and after.

You are the tide and the moon that is it's cause.

You are the ocean and the ocean of oceans.

You are the breath and the water of life.

You are the awareness within its flow.

My friends each of us are so much more than we know.

Dance As One

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Dance As One

You and I dance as one,
in remembrance
of our love we share,
awaken now from the dream
from the dreams ,
of a thousand lifetimes and more.
For in the remembering
you will know yourself
as I have always known you.
As the mother cradles her off spring
so as the father
nurtures mother and child.
For I have held you in my gaze.

Surrender to Love

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SURRENDER TO LOVE

SURRENDER TO THE DIVINE INTELLIGENCE THAT CREATED YOU,

KNOW THAT THE ANSWER TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS LIES WITHIN YOU.

YOU ARE CONNECTED TO THE SEA OF ALL THAT EXISTS.

WITHIN YOU LIES THE COURAGE THAT YOU SEEK AND THE ROUTE TO FREEDOM.

BUT HOW CAN YOU TRUST THAT?HOW CAN YOU KNOW THIS TO BE FACT?

BY TRUSTING YOUR INTUITION,YOUR INNER TEACHER.

THIS IS YOUR LINK TO THE DIVINE WITHIN AND AROUND YOU,

INFACT ALL THAT EXISTS.

TO THE DEGREE YOU CAN LET GO TO THIS DIVINE INTELLIGENCE WHICH IS THE TRUE YOU,THE MORE YOU SURRENDER TO YOUR OWN POTENTIAL FREEDOM.LET GO AND BE FREE.

Self Belief

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Self Belief

Belief in the self.

Is it trusting your own judgement?

Or the belief you will not fail?

Or neither of these things?

Belief in the self

Is having faith in yourself.

Knowing that within you is

The opportunity,

The possibility,

To be whom you wish to be.

To enable you to follow

Your own life’s path.

Trusting yourself to be able

And capable of being that person.

Your achievements,

Are of secondary consequence.

For what brings these about

Is that you believe them

To be possible.

Think not of yourself as

A person in the making

But already that person.

Just be the person you want to be.

Don’t try to be that person.

Let go to that person.

Allow the person

You want to be

To take over and be

In control of your life.

Seashore

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Seashore

Come my friends and join me hither,

Come my friends fast don’t dither.

Let me show you depths unknown,

Depths below to chill the bone.

Tempest wild, strong and free,

Dive into your ocean, see,

See no limits all around,

See no constraints to hold you down.

Plunge into the arms you feel,

I will support its no big deal,

For I am above, below,

I am all there is to know,

For you and I will journey ever.

In time complete our joy together,

For I am yours and you are mine

And in our gods own gracious time,

The shores that join disconnect us not,

Is revealed the truth.

For in the oceans sands of time,

Is an eternity still sublime.

For droplets you and I

Create once more.

Realise with open eyes

The oceans gift for you and me,

Unity completeness be.

Save A Place in your Heart

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Save a Place in your Heart

Save a place in your heart

For yourself.

Do not allow the illusion

To grow that you are not loved.

That you are not loveable.

For you are as loveable

As anything could

Possibly be.

You are as loved

As the sunrise

After the darkest night

Of the darkest soul.

For but one light illuminates all,

Even those for whom

Evil hold’s no contempt.

For the light of grace

Reaches even the smallest crevice

Hidden by the darkest night.

For the joy which holds always

The hand of eternity

Is the one hand

Outstretched As ever

To us all.

Responsibility

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Responsibility

Be responsible to yourself

And for yourself.

You are responsible for your own life.

No one else has that responsibility.

Your life is in your hands

And no other, except gods.

Accept god into your life

And he will take responsibility,

Not for your action,

Your actions are of your own choosing.

But for your fate.

For your fate is god’s responsibility only.

For there is no other.

So responsibility is shared,

Between you and god.

Each united in their own fate.

Equally dependant on the other, choose wisely.

Allow god the responsibility.

Choose peace and your actions will lead you home.

Poetry

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Poetry

Poetry is a form of communication

Of the written word, expressed

In rhythm and rime with love and

Beauty, to uplift, inspire and

Liberate the reader.

Allow your poetry to uplift and

Inspire the reader with its beauty

Love and wisdom

And trust

That in so doing that you will

Improve the life of others

Through your communication with them.

Our Beauty is Within

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Our Beauty is Within

Our beauty is within

As much as it is all

Around us.

Seek out your own beauty

And the beauty

In all whom you meet.

Then that beauty

Will be reflected

Back always.

Loves Embrace

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Loves Embrace

A dream relived

A thousand times.

The face longed for

But never seen.

The embrace yearned for

Though never felt.

Love denied

To another

And thy own self.

A past life remembered perhaps.

To recapture that departed love

From a yesterday

Long gone,

Yet so recent,

The after glow

Still felt.

The embers of a heart,

Still smouldering

From the touch

Just broken.

A lifetime’s memory

Lost in the mists

Of eternity.

Love Together

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Love Together

What is love I hear you say!

Between two people it is respect.

It is thoughtfulness towards each other.

Care and nurturing through good and bad.

Love is about making allowances

And forgiving each other.

But not condoning unfairness

Or controlling actions.

Love is saying sorry when

‘Sorry’ is due.

It is about finding the courage

To communicate your truths.

Also it is about conferring

When important decisions need to be made.

It is about compromise

Much of the time.

But not compromising oneself.

Loving another is often about

Putting ones own happiness

After another’s happiness.

It is about seeking the best

For the other and not just for

Oneself.

Love is journeying and growing

Together.

It is about having fun, playing

And loving together.

It is about just enjoying

The moment in togetherness.

Let go of The Snake

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Let go of the Snake

When you are angry,

When you hold on to resentment

Or bitterness

Towards another person

Or some circumstance,

See yourself

As holding on to a live poisonous snake

Within your own hands,

Arms outstretched to keep it

As far from yourself as possible.

But still you are holding on to the snake.

As long as you do

You are as much its prisoner

As the snake is your prisoner.

You are not free.

You are not truly alive,

Your anger, bitterness

And resentment

Hold you prisoner too,

Let the snake go free,

In doing so

You set yourself free as well.

Once again peace can

Return within yourself.

Forgiveness

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Forgiveness

Allow your suffering to subside

Like the ebb of the tide.

Do not hold fast to past hurt as

All have their failings.

Each persons focus and world

Is created around themselves,

This is nature’s way,

It is a fine balance

Between selfishness

And selflessness.

When you allow your pain

To fly away you set yourself free.

Free to be present

In the present moment.

Into that space within you

That you have cleared,

Will come peace and joy.

Your sorrows will melt

From you and the sun

Can once again shine

In your heart.

Your countenance of joy

Will bolster others in times

Of their own sorrow

And you will be a light

Unto the world.

Fear

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Fear

There are many faces on the veil

Some are more frightening than others.

But fear has an energy of its own,

Invest not by focusing upon it.

Seek out those imposters,

Thoughts born through

Doubt and distress

And lay them to rest.

Let go and fly freely.

Do not be a slave to that, which holds you prisoner,

Allowing your illusion to dictate and rule your life.

You are much too great

To be consumed by some emotion or other.

You are divine,

You are infinite,

You are all knowing and wise.

Remember who you truly are

When your fear descends upon you.

Hold fast to your truth,

Hold fast to your true nature.

You are immortal in the sands of time,

You are immortal in the eyes of god.

Enlightenment

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Enlightenment

Open your eyes my sons and daughters

Open your ears my sons and daughters,

Open all your senses my sons daughters.

What do you see around you renewed?

Do you not see with greater clarity?

Do you not hear with greater clarity?

Do you not feel with greater clarity?

You are the creator of all you see,

But a dream of forgetfulness

Separates us from conscious

Awareness of our true

Divine union.

We are one and the same.

Your hand is in mine

And mine in yours always.

We dance our dances together

And our lovers embrace

Are ours and ours alone.

Yet all share this same embrace

We are one entity on

A voyage and journey of discovery.

In your awakening we will dance

Again in full knowledge

And remembrance of our true selves.

Our eyes will see afresh

A new vision.

The truth behind the façade,

The light that shines

Within you is the consciousness

Of the god we all share.

Detachment

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Detachment

Think of your thoughts as clouds in the sky.

They come and go.

Is the sky or the clouds your focus.

The sky is never changing,

The clouds are always changing.

Know that you are truly like the sky,

Rather than the clouds.

Let your darker thoughts pass,

In the same way those clouds pass.

Focus on your inner you,

Your centre of peace within your heart.

This is your own sky within,

It does not change.

Watch your thoughts as they come and go,

Without passing judgement

Or feeling distressed by some.

Pay no importance to them.

They are like lights,

Which flash but for a moment.

You are not your thoughts.

You are not your mind.

You are consciousness itself shared by all.

Like the cloudless sky

Pure in all its beauty.

Awaken to your Inner Magic

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Awaken to your Inner Magic.

Oh, see in this picture,

My friend

The fragility

And the balance

Which lies within you?

Within all others,

Within all creation.

For as the earth

Rotates at great speed,

As it flies forwards

On it’s never ending

Journey around our sun,

There is the illusion

Of stillness in the world.

These stones stand

Because of the inner

Rhythmic dance of

The magnetic love

Each stone feels for the other,

Through the intent of their guide,

The kiss of the

Co-creator,

Hidden inside us all.

Awaken to that part

Of yourself

Which is your own?

Gift to the world.

Shine your own light brightly

Making manifest through

Your own gift of co-creation

That you choose to share with the world,

Whatever form it may take.

A Child

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Time Waits for Mr. Nobody

Time is our enemy

If we let it become such.

Do not pause between each breath.

Do not pause to forget

The gift which each moment brings.

For contained within the pause,

Is the amnesia of Mr Nobody

Who lives beneath the blanket

Of your own creation.

He who breaths the kiss

Of the stale breath

Which is the loss from your consciousness

Of whom you truly are.

For you are the gift of the present

Holding within the moment

Your connection with the breath

Which breaths life into

Mr Nobody and all.