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July 1, 2010 |
Committed
to being an instrument in the transformation of world consciousness, Mary
O'Malley helps people experience the freedom and joy of being awake and aware
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Inspiration: We are ready for a new consciousness – one that does not divide but that unites instead. It bows in wonder to the awesome mystery of this living moment and realizes that recognizing the sacredness of everything transforms all that we turn our attention to.
Intention: I will notice when my mind goes into fear or blame and will choose to respond from my heart instead, recognizing that Life is in charge. ________________________________________________ Featured Offering:
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We have a choice about how we are going to respond to what is happening in the Gulf – from fear and reaction or trust and vision. To make this shift from reaction to response, we need to see that all great evolutionary shifts have happened in the midst of chaos, as the old way is dying and a new is being born. This has occurred countless times on our planet, and right now you and I are living in the middle of one. In fact we are the evolutionary shift. The shift is happening inside of us. We are being moved out of an old way of perceiving that says controlling and struggling with life will bring us the safety we long for. This old way of perceiving does not recognize the sacredness of our planet and it believes that getting ‘more’ (whether it is money, food, sex, success, etc.) will bring the peace it promises. This old paradigm also believes in ‘them’ and ‘us’. ‘We’ are doing it right and ‘they’ are doing it wrong. All you have to do is look at politics to see this soul crushing game of our minds. We have a choice whether to resist or to allow ourselves to be moved into a new way of seeing. We are ready for a new consciousness – one that does not divide but that unites instead. It bows in wonder to the awesome mystery of this living moment and realizes that recognizing the sacredness of everything (including oil spills) transforms all that we touch. It also sees that this moment in which you are reading this newsletter is enough. In fact, nothing you can try to add to your life will be more satisfying than true connection with right now. It also recognizes that there is no ‘them’ and ‘us’. We are all in this together, floating on a tiny blue green jewel through vast oceans of space. We have to think ‘big picture’ to step out of the old way of perceiving and understand what is asking to be born inside of our minds and hearts. As Brian Swimme, once said, “If you could fast-forward time, you would see that mountains are galloping across this planet.” If we can imagine mountains galloping, we can expand our awareness enough to see that life is waking up. We are part of the Earth, and we are finally becoming conscious. And what is happening in the Gulf is part of that. It is a call to a level of consciousness that sees the intelligent oneness of everything. Can you allow it to wake you up out of fear and into trust, into the knowing that life knows what it is doing? Can you allow it to wake up inside of you the place beyond ‘them’ and ‘us’ and realize that we are just characters in this theater of awakening that is life? Can you see what your ego is doing right now with this invitation into true consciousness? And I ask you too to watch your mind wanting to blame – really, really old paradigm. What would happen if we knew that everybody on the chain of command was supposed to act in a way that caused this oil spill as a part of this paradigm shift? Can you feel how it takes you out of reaction? Can you see from non-reactive space that you can go into vision rather than struggle mode? And from that place, instead of adding more to the disaster through your reactive mind, you can now respond? The Dali Lama was on the Today show a month or so ago and the interviewer asked if he thought humanity was getting better or worse. And he said absolutely better. He cited the fact that even 50 years ago if there was a major disaster somewhere in the world, basically the people in that region dealt with it. Now the whole world responds. Can you see our shared heart in the response to the Tsunami in Thailand and the earthquake in Haiti? Can you imagine a response of the heart to the oil spill? THAT is the evolutionary shift. It doesn’t mean that things don’t need to be done. We all, whether we are a person, a company, or a government need to learn from our mistakes (mis-takes). But let us leave the fear and blame out of it. Let us move into the new level of consciousness that works with what is unfolding in our lives rather than resisting or blaming. For whether we see it or not, Life is in charge, and Life knows what it is doing! Be light, Mary
Here is the link to The Magical Forest of Aliveness: A Tale of Awakening Quote:
“Let us move into the new level of consciousness that works with what is unfolding in our lives rather than resisting or blaming. For whether we see it or not, Life is in charge, and Life knows what it is doing!” — Mary O'Malley
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Dear Mary, I have heard and read and talked about the mercy and acceptance of our own selves with other teachers, and my mind can/could go with it all, but the depth of your message touches me so deeply. To accept myself every morning with mercy caresses my very being, and your words have touched me - moved me so very gently to enable me to make this shift and to feel the peace it can bring. You have been there and done that, and that is what did it. Thank you and bless YOU! I hope I one day have the Trust in Life and my Self that you do - that you have shown me. Thank you for supporting me in taking the first step. with Love, |
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Here we are on day 71 and the oil is still gushing into the Gulf. What happens inside of you when I say that? Most of the time, most of us would tighten, going into fear, judgment and blame. But what would happen if you didn’t do that? What would happen if instead of turning this into a disaster in your mind, you could see it as an important part of the shift in consciousness that is happening on this planet? Yes, on one level it is a disaster, and we need to do everything we can to help heal what is happening in the Gulf, but does reacting to it with fear and blame help anything?