Spiritual Art Blog - *Ed P

Gateway

Ed Parkinson — 2010-02-08T12:00:29+00:00

The struggle for the two Souls to reach the Gateway is nearly over. The giving Soul is reflected in the heaven behind her, showing how we are the creators our own heavens. We create our own worlds, here on Earth but more so in heaven.
This picture is now finished so next week I’ll explain the story within it.

Get to know Soul

Ed Parkinson — 2010-02-08T11:46:44+00:00

Observe ourselves, get to know ourselves (part 4)

Thought for the Week

One of the basic desires we have is to be happy. It is such a core driver in our lives we should get to know where it comes from, so we can get a better understanding of it. Our constant desire to be happy is really a desire to be where we as Soul are.

We initially fill our desire for happiness by chasing things like money, power, sex, drink, drugs and anything else that promises us happiness. Unfortunately, when we get what we have been chasing, we discover the happiness it promised is short lived. Then we go off chasing the next thing that promises us the elusive state. Eventually we get to the point where out of exhaustion, frustration or despair, we cry for help from God or whatever force is running our worlds and our lives. Once we recognise that life is more than just fulfilling our basic desires and needs, we can move on to exploring the reasons for our life.

Last week we explored our intuition and how our intuitive messages come from Soul, in the article Observe ourselves, get to know ourselves (part 3). Now it is time to explore Soul.

Lives in the moment
Soul lives in the moment, it lives for now. It doesn't think about the past or the future. If we can consciously live in the moment we will move our awareness closer to Soul's. As Soul is an intrinsic part of our existence, we do have contact with it all the time but we are often unaware of it. We get close to our Soul consciousness when we:
Concentrate fully on doing a task well.
When we share our love and friendship.
When we observe a beautiful scene.
When we are doing something we love.
When we use our imagination to explore new ideas, gain insights and discover new concepts,
When we are at peace with ourselves and our world.
When our world becomes heavenly.

Some of us have had experiences where we have been in our Soul body. Experiences such as:
Out of body experiences.
Near death experiences,
Dreams of exquisite beauty and joy
A feeling of oneness with the world around us,
A spiritual experience.

Re-establish the connection with Soul
So is there an easy way to re-establish the connection with Soul? The easiest way I've found of opening the flow of wisdom, light, sound and love into our lives is by singing the ancient, sacred word for God, HU. If we make time every day to sing this holy word out loud or to ourselves, we begin to receive insights and guidance bit by bit. The sound of HU is one of the sounds from the world of Soul. By singing it regularly we bring that vibration into our physical world and thereby opening a link between our inner and outer worlds.

As we sit quietly singing HU, ideas and thoughts come to us. We observe events, situations and difficulties from a higher view point. The sound of HU puts us at rest so we can relax and let go of the tensions of our lives. In that relaxed state our opinions, judgements and emotions relating to the situations in our lives are also relaxed. From this tranquil viewpoint we can observe different angles to theses situations and gain insights and deeper understanding about them, which can often lead us to solutions or better ways of dealing with them.

If we can make a habit of this, doing it every day, we begin to bring the wisdom and inspiration of Soul into our lives, re-establishing our Soul connection every day. It takes time for this to happen. Initially there is just a drop here and there, then a regular flow and then it becomes a stream. As we sign HU regularly our life becomes filled with the blessings of Soul and we become happier and wiser.

Wishing you happiness and wisdom.

*Ed Parkinson

There is more information on using HU in this article.

News

Ed Parkinson — 2010-02-08T11:33:30+00:00

I’ll have five pictures at this forthcoming exhibition:
The Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) Parents & Friends Association, is having their
Annual Exhibition of Paintings
On Saturday 27th, 11am – 6pm, and Sunday 28th, 11am – 5pm, February 2010.
Admission is Free. All proceeds from the sale of the pictures go to aid the CRC.
The exhibition is in the Central Remidial Clinic, Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3. (5 minutes form the Killester DART station).

Inspirational Soul Quotes

Ed Parkinson — 2010-02-08T11:23:54+00:00

“When you sing HU, you agree to let Divine Spirit do what is best for you. Singing HU does not guarantee a healing, but it does arrange for the conditions that are best for spiritual unfoldment.”
Harold Klemp

“Music connects with the soul. I think it's the quickest art form to the soul.”
Chris Tomlin

“You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”
C. S. Lewis

"Peace in our souls is impossible unless we beg the Lord with all our hearts to give us love for all men. The Lord knew if we did not love our enemies, we should have no peace of soul, and so He gave us the Commandment, 'Love your enemies.' Unless we love our enemies, we shall only now and then be easy, as it were, in our souls; but if we love our enemies, peace will dwell in us day and night."
Saint Silouan the Anthonite

“In this world you've a soul for a compass
“And a heart for a pair of wings
“There's a star on the far horizon
“Rising bright in an azure sky
“For the rest of the time that you're given
“Why walk when you can fly?”
Mary Chapin Carpenter

“Nothing is worth more than this day.”
Goethe

“Yesterday is already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.”
The Sanskrit

“It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.”
Abraham Lincoln

“I simply believe that some part of the human Self or Soul is not subject to the laws of space and time.”
Carl Jung

“One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I'll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other.”
Lord Byron

“Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.”
Marcus Aurelius,

“When you do things from your soul you feel a river moving in you, a joy. When action come from another section, the feeling disappears.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi

“Reincarnation is essential to enable the soul to evolve to its Divine right.”
R.F. Goudey

“The only beautiful thing in the world whose beauty lasts for ever is a pure, fair soul.”

Bram Stoker

“Imagination is the eye of the soul.”
Joseph Joubert

“What is soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.”
Ray Charles

“Dreams are illustrations… from the book your soul is writing about you.”
Marsha Norman

“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”
Napoleon Hill

“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond; and must be polished, or the lustre of it will never appear.”
Daniel Defoe

Gateway

Ed Parkinson — 2010-02-01T12:08:45+00:00

This picture Gateway continues to progress. I’ve done a lot of work on the Soul’s hair which is a bit wild and wavey at the moment. We’ll see how it develops.

Observe ourselves, get to know ourselves (part 3)

Ed Parkinson — 2010-02-01T12:07:15+00:00

Our intuition can bring us blessings

Thought for the Week

Getting to know ourselves is a key way to find happiness in our lives. In the Thought for the Week over the last two weeks we’ve discussed Observe ourselves, get to know ourselves (part 1 and part 2), now it’s time to explore our intuition and our true happy, loving selves, Soul.

It can take time to re-establish our connection with Soul. We probably have allowed a lot of mental baggage to distract us but we can reconnect with Soul via our intuition. If we try and grasp a few small intuitive messages first, test them and then begin to build out trust in the messages, bit by bit, we can get to the point where we get regular clear messages on all sorts of topics as we go about our lives.

Intuition
How do we recognise our intuition when it comes to us? This depends on our personality and awareness. Firstly we should ask to be shown ways in which our intuition comes to us. Who do we ask? We ask ourselves, our inner guide, our guardian angel, a saint or holy person, God, the life force, the Holy Spirit, or whoever we talk to when we need help in the spiritual area of our life. We do this to open ourselves to receive our intuitive messages. We then have to pay attention to the subtle things in our life, as our intuitive messages can come in several different ways.

Our intuition may come as:
A subtle thought,
An idea,
An urge to do something spontaneous,
A coincidence,
A series of similar events.
A dream that stays in our memory,
A feeling, a hunch or a knowing about a situation or subject.

Testing our intuition
Once we receive our intuitive messages, the next thing we need to do is test these messages to see if they are beneficial to us and those around us. For example, we could be walking to a particular place and as we proceed a series of similar events happen to us, such as people blocking our way. If this is an intuitive message it usually happens three or more times. We recognise that our way is being blocked and begin to wonder, Why? Is there a reason we should change our route? Is there danger ahead? Have we forgotten something? As we ask ourselves these questions we should be aware of any ideas or feelings coming to mind. If we feel uncomfortable about proceeding along the route, we should change direction. If an idea about something comes to mind we should think about it and see what we can do to deal with it now.

We now have a choice; do we follow our intuition or continue unchanged to our destination? If we want to test our intuition, we should go in the direction it suggests. When we get to the destination we may be able to check the original route to see if there may have been problems or challenges on the way. By testing our intuition in ways like this we begin to build up a trust in its suggestions. We are beginning to open up our line of communication with Soul, that true happy part of ourselves which gives this guidance and help to us.

Blessings
By reopening this connection with Soul, a flow of love begins to trickle into our lives. It shows itself as an appreciation of the blessings our intuition brings. Then it spreads onto our friends and loved ones, as we begin to see more of Soul’s love in our world as we benefit from the guidance our intuition gives us.

By using our intuition we are getting more in tune with life and our true selves and thereby going with the flow of life. Our intuition comes to us when it is needed, in the moment that is right for it to appear. We react to it, whatever way we choose and continue down the path of our lives. We no longer have to rely on our mind to calculate how we reach a point or goal. We use our mind to make a plan to get to where we wish to go but we watch and listen for intuitive messages which can guide us as we proceed. It all adds up to an easier, more pleasing and loving life.

Try it, it’s well worth the effort.

*Ed Parkinson