Again this weekend, I have had several deep insights that I feel compelled to share.
The deepest follows on from my visit to India in February 2008, and attending a conference, and resonating with one particular paper that was presented.
My professional work, since 1993, has been in the area of knowledge management, and I have always kept my professional writings and my spiritual writings separate.
At the conference, the speaker from India eloquently linked yoga and meditation, and the traditional values of the Indic culture and ancient knowledge systems, to knowledge management, as a personal tool to accelerate learning and give greater acces to subconscious, or even superconscious, knowledge and wisdom.
It blew me away, because it 'legitimised' and united the two streams of professional and spiritual in ways I had always intuited myself, but never quite verbalised in the same way.
It enabled me to see my daily spiritual routine and daily professional routine in a much better way.
But it did much more than that!
It made me realise the importance of 'daily' spiritual routines.
In particular, I realised again, that if you don't meditate daily, it's like wearing the same clothes without washing them. Eventually, they become dirtier and heavier. This is what happens to the Mind. Meditation is like washing. Each time we put the garment in the water it becomes cleaner, as the dirt is washed away.
If we wash regularly enough, the garment is always clean.
The Mind is like this. If we meditate, it is a cleansing and purifying of the Mind.
There are always rogue thoughts and events that can affect our natural state of tranquility, but if we meditate, we can deal with them properly. If we do not, these thoughts may get hold and our mind becomes less pure, less clean.
I guess I like the metaphor of continually needing to 'weed the garden'.
Stop regular weeding routines and see what happens when the weeds take over.
A pure Mind is naturally and unconditionally loving and compassionate and healthy. So are our resulting attitudes, thoughts and actions. An unpure Mind can become fearful and unloving. It's the same with our attitudes and actions.
I must wash my clothes regularly. I must clean my house regularly. I must weed my garden regularly.
I must purify and clean my Mind regularly.
A regular daily spiritual routine that, includes meditation, does that for me.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Inspire, Aspire, Expire
I had an insight this morning about the lifeforce and the breath.
Nothing new, in fact I have had this many times over the years, but I feel compelled, this time, to record it.
As a Yoga teacher, I realised the power of the breath and its link to the lifeforce, but this morning I felt a strong need to focus on
Breath in - 'Inspire'
Hold and develop the breath - 'Aspire'
Breath out - 'Expire'
As I consider that the life force, the creative intelligence, the loving wisdom, or whatever you wish to call it, is really the invisible, in and all around us, I relate it to ther breath as:
Inspire - I breath in the life force, I am being in life force
Aspire - I become the life force
Expire - I breath out the life force, after conscious awareness of becoming the life force
It's a sort of process that I find hard to explain, with many implications and interpretations, but, somehow, it feels right and right to write :-)
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Nothing new, in fact I have had this many times over the years, but I feel compelled, this time, to record it.
As a Yoga teacher, I realised the power of the breath and its link to the lifeforce, but this morning I felt a strong need to focus on
Breath in - 'Inspire'
Hold and develop the breath - 'Aspire'
Breath out - 'Expire'
As I consider that the life force, the creative intelligence, the loving wisdom, or whatever you wish to call it, is really the invisible, in and all around us, I relate it to ther breath as:
Inspire - I breath in the life force, I am being in life force
Aspire - I become the life force
Expire - I breath out the life force, after conscious awareness of becoming the life force
It's a sort of process that I find hard to explain, with many implications and interpretations, but, somehow, it feels right and right to write :-)
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Thursday, December 06, 2007
A moment of Eureka
I have just finished listening to the audio CDs from Esther and Jerry Hicks
on the Law of Attraction.
For the first time, in many years, I felt a strong sense of 'eureka'.
Several personal experiences and insights from Esther, on her spiritual path, made me realise that I had exactly the same experiences too! But I didn't realise the
implications nor relevance in the same way or in the same context.
Maybe this is an insight into a possible 'same pattern' of spiritual development and progress for many of us.In any event, I cannot do full justice to the work of Esther and Jerry Hicks in my summary insights below, so I would highly recommend their work at www.abraham-hicks.com.
My path resonates with her path as follows:
1. Jerry originally played around with a weejie board that Esther was not too happy about. They talk about the major phenomena of the non physical, non visible beings.
I always sensed this dimension and I never really wanted to play with the weejie board.
2. In 1983 they talked about "There has to be another level of knowing" and this is where channeling started for Esther. I often wondered about channeling myself, but, at that stage, nothing so specific as a personality such as Seth or Abraham had appeared for me. But I also felt that there was an intelligence, a higher and creative intelligence, that wanted and was willing to communicate. They talked of the "non physical being with all this wisdom".
3. The notion of a Spiritual Guide or a Higher Self or a Guardian Angel started to rock my cautious, reasonable, even doubting self. I love the wonderful, inspiring and powerful words of Esther "Something breathed me and it was a wonderful and loving experience". This resonated because I have increasingly felt that we, the lifeforce, are the invisible layer and that we breathe apparent life in to the body. The body lives and dies according to the flow of breath, the lifeforce. We are not the body. We use the body. We are the invisible lifeforce that permeates the Universe.
When my mother passed away, I saw her body in the hospital, and I knew it was not any more my mother. The lifeforce had left. The spirit had gone or returned. The body was just matter. Yet my mother and father are still very much with me in spirit.
If we are really the lifeforce within the Universe, using physical bodies to temporarily experience and express who we really are, then that lifeforce is certainly everlasting, beyond physical laws of life and death. We are what is breathed in.
4. Esther talks of her experiences in 1985 of her head moving around in meditation. For her it was spelling out letters with her nose. In my meditations, I would reach a stage of head and body movements. A swaying backwards and forwards, sometimes quite violent and sometimes quite soft. At times, I felt like I was being bent forwards and back. At times, I felt I was being massaged.
As these were the days before blogs, I simply wrote these experiences in my hand written spiritual diaries over many years. Being trained as a Yoga teacher, I was well aware, from teachings of some of the Yoga Masters, that strange experiences could happen along the way, and I was instructed to ignore them. Esther's experiences were the first similar experiences that I had heard from a lay person. She then communicated with Abraham and she took his messages to the typewriter every day for 2 months.
In my case, over a period of weeks, I had a spiritual outpouring and I incessantly wrote the short story of 'Christopher and the Knowledger'. It's a dialogue between Christopher, a man seeking the eternal Truths of the Universe, and the Knowledger, who occupies the invisible space around Planet Earth. I didn't think of myself as the channel for the Knowledger, but maybe I was?
5.Esther says that Abraham would speak with absolute clarity. For me, it was effortless to write Christopher and the Knowledger (C&K) in 1991. Even today, in 2007, I read the story and I am simply amazed at the timeless wisdom that seems to unfold to me, piece by piece, as I read and re-read. Maybe there is a timeless wisdom that we all can access, express and share with others in our own unique and authentic way?
6. Abraham told Esther that "there are many of us (we are in no place) and we are many of identical intent. In C&K, the Knowledger tells Christopher that there are many Knowledgers who surround Planet Earth. When Christopher completed his one atom of learning and understanding in the Universal Wisdom, he became a Knowledger himself. The Knowledger said that as soon as he had helped enough people to become Knowledgers, he would become complete in the Universal Wisdom.
7. It's so interesting to hear people who have the gift of 'inspiring' others. Of being enthusiastic. I feel gifted, as I am continually told that, as a teacher, I communicate complex concepts clearly and in an inspiring and enthusiastic way. 'In-spiration' and 'Ex-piration' take us back to the breath again, as life. Maybe inspirational teachers have a temporary excess of enthusiasm and lifeforce that they need to share with others?
8. For the Law of Attraction, the most powerful law in the Universe, we are told "That which is likened to itself is drawn" and that "you are a magnet attracting what you are thinking and feeling". So we are told to "Pay attention to what we are thinking and feeling" as "words and actions are extensions of thought".
In all my Yoga teacher training and meditations, and recently, in studying the Buddha and Dharma teachings, I have been told to become 'mindful' of the present moment, the 'here and now'. I have been told to be very aware of what I am thinking and doing. I have been told to make sure that I guard my mind from negative influences and dwell, instead, only on positive thoughts and emotions. The Buddha taught the pursuit of happiness. Makes great sense to me, but this was taught 2500 years ago by the Buddha and even earlier in the Vedas, the Hindu Scriptures. Abraham says "Without exception, that which you give thought to is that which you begin to invite into your experience"."The joyful launch of creation, you will be inspired into action, you must enjoy your action"
9. "Think them into being, expect them, you will be led / guided / inspired to the 'Perfect Action'". I have found this to be true for me too. I have learned to trust inspired thoughts and insights. I find it very useful to follow the Eight Fold Path of the Buddha, which is a framework for Perfect Vision, Perfect Emotion, Perfect Speech, Perfect Action, Perfect Livelihood, Perfect Effort, Perfect Mindfulness, and Perfect Meditation.
10. The Law of Allowing states "I am that which I am. I am pleased and joyful with it. Difference between us is good." In my case, I also studied 'A Course in Miracles' and the most powerful statement of all, for me, is, expressed in religious terms "I am as God created me". This means that I am not as I believe I am (I am not as I made me). This is very powerful and very liberating.
11. But one of the most powerful statements from Abraham, for me, in all the teachings, is "Another cannot come into your experience unless you invite them through your thoughts. Nothing will come into your mind unless you invite it in.
You are absolutely free to create your world and there is no need to contain or control others". This, to my mind, is Mastery of the Mind! Most of us are reacting and responding to external events in the world - good and bad - positive and negative. Mind Mastery is not about being reactive to what is out there, but being proactive, it's about being creative in thought, to what you will create out there.
So think creatively and positively and 'Guard your thoughts'.
Overall, I found the Law of Attraction, as narrated by Jerry and channeled by Abraham through Esther Hicks, to be very inspiring. It was also so comforting for me to be able, for the first time, to express my similar experiences and insights.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
on the Law of Attraction.
For the first time, in many years, I felt a strong sense of 'eureka'.
Several personal experiences and insights from Esther, on her spiritual path, made me realise that I had exactly the same experiences too! But I didn't realise the
implications nor relevance in the same way or in the same context.
Maybe this is an insight into a possible 'same pattern' of spiritual development and progress for many of us.In any event, I cannot do full justice to the work of Esther and Jerry Hicks in my summary insights below, so I would highly recommend their work at www.abraham-hicks.com.
My path resonates with her path as follows:
1. Jerry originally played around with a weejie board that Esther was not too happy about. They talk about the major phenomena of the non physical, non visible beings.
I always sensed this dimension and I never really wanted to play with the weejie board.
2. In 1983 they talked about "There has to be another level of knowing" and this is where channeling started for Esther. I often wondered about channeling myself, but, at that stage, nothing so specific as a personality such as Seth or Abraham had appeared for me. But I also felt that there was an intelligence, a higher and creative intelligence, that wanted and was willing to communicate. They talked of the "non physical being with all this wisdom".
3. The notion of a Spiritual Guide or a Higher Self or a Guardian Angel started to rock my cautious, reasonable, even doubting self. I love the wonderful, inspiring and powerful words of Esther "Something breathed me and it was a wonderful and loving experience". This resonated because I have increasingly felt that we, the lifeforce, are the invisible layer and that we breathe apparent life in to the body. The body lives and dies according to the flow of breath, the lifeforce. We are not the body. We use the body. We are the invisible lifeforce that permeates the Universe.
When my mother passed away, I saw her body in the hospital, and I knew it was not any more my mother. The lifeforce had left. The spirit had gone or returned. The body was just matter. Yet my mother and father are still very much with me in spirit.
If we are really the lifeforce within the Universe, using physical bodies to temporarily experience and express who we really are, then that lifeforce is certainly everlasting, beyond physical laws of life and death. We are what is breathed in.
4. Esther talks of her experiences in 1985 of her head moving around in meditation. For her it was spelling out letters with her nose. In my meditations, I would reach a stage of head and body movements. A swaying backwards and forwards, sometimes quite violent and sometimes quite soft. At times, I felt like I was being bent forwards and back. At times, I felt I was being massaged.
As these were the days before blogs, I simply wrote these experiences in my hand written spiritual diaries over many years. Being trained as a Yoga teacher, I was well aware, from teachings of some of the Yoga Masters, that strange experiences could happen along the way, and I was instructed to ignore them. Esther's experiences were the first similar experiences that I had heard from a lay person. She then communicated with Abraham and she took his messages to the typewriter every day for 2 months.
In my case, over a period of weeks, I had a spiritual outpouring and I incessantly wrote the short story of 'Christopher and the Knowledger'. It's a dialogue between Christopher, a man seeking the eternal Truths of the Universe, and the Knowledger, who occupies the invisible space around Planet Earth. I didn't think of myself as the channel for the Knowledger, but maybe I was?
5.Esther says that Abraham would speak with absolute clarity. For me, it was effortless to write Christopher and the Knowledger (C&K) in 1991. Even today, in 2007, I read the story and I am simply amazed at the timeless wisdom that seems to unfold to me, piece by piece, as I read and re-read. Maybe there is a timeless wisdom that we all can access, express and share with others in our own unique and authentic way?
6. Abraham told Esther that "there are many of us (we are in no place) and we are many of identical intent. In C&K, the Knowledger tells Christopher that there are many Knowledgers who surround Planet Earth. When Christopher completed his one atom of learning and understanding in the Universal Wisdom, he became a Knowledger himself. The Knowledger said that as soon as he had helped enough people to become Knowledgers, he would become complete in the Universal Wisdom.
7. It's so interesting to hear people who have the gift of 'inspiring' others. Of being enthusiastic. I feel gifted, as I am continually told that, as a teacher, I communicate complex concepts clearly and in an inspiring and enthusiastic way. 'In-spiration' and 'Ex-piration' take us back to the breath again, as life. Maybe inspirational teachers have a temporary excess of enthusiasm and lifeforce that they need to share with others?
8. For the Law of Attraction, the most powerful law in the Universe, we are told "That which is likened to itself is drawn" and that "you are a magnet attracting what you are thinking and feeling". So we are told to "Pay attention to what we are thinking and feeling" as "words and actions are extensions of thought".
In all my Yoga teacher training and meditations, and recently, in studying the Buddha and Dharma teachings, I have been told to become 'mindful' of the present moment, the 'here and now'. I have been told to be very aware of what I am thinking and doing. I have been told to make sure that I guard my mind from negative influences and dwell, instead, only on positive thoughts and emotions. The Buddha taught the pursuit of happiness. Makes great sense to me, but this was taught 2500 years ago by the Buddha and even earlier in the Vedas, the Hindu Scriptures. Abraham says "Without exception, that which you give thought to is that which you begin to invite into your experience"."The joyful launch of creation, you will be inspired into action, you must enjoy your action"
9. "Think them into being, expect them, you will be led / guided / inspired to the 'Perfect Action'". I have found this to be true for me too. I have learned to trust inspired thoughts and insights. I find it very useful to follow the Eight Fold Path of the Buddha, which is a framework for Perfect Vision, Perfect Emotion, Perfect Speech, Perfect Action, Perfect Livelihood, Perfect Effort, Perfect Mindfulness, and Perfect Meditation.
10. The Law of Allowing states "I am that which I am. I am pleased and joyful with it. Difference between us is good." In my case, I also studied 'A Course in Miracles' and the most powerful statement of all, for me, is, expressed in religious terms "I am as God created me". This means that I am not as I believe I am (I am not as I made me). This is very powerful and very liberating.
11. But one of the most powerful statements from Abraham, for me, in all the teachings, is "Another cannot come into your experience unless you invite them through your thoughts. Nothing will come into your mind unless you invite it in.
You are absolutely free to create your world and there is no need to contain or control others". This, to my mind, is Mastery of the Mind! Most of us are reacting and responding to external events in the world - good and bad - positive and negative. Mind Mastery is not about being reactive to what is out there, but being proactive, it's about being creative in thought, to what you will create out there.
So think creatively and positively and 'Guard your thoughts'.
Overall, I found the Law of Attraction, as narrated by Jerry and channeled by Abraham through Esther Hicks, to be very inspiring. It was also so comforting for me to be able, for the first time, to express my similar experiences and insights.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Oneness and teleporting through the Universe?
I had an interesting insight early this morning.
I guess it is because I have been reading so much lately
about Quantum Theory and how its laws explain the workings
of the Universe.
If the mind of the observer is the enabler of action.
If the mind can influence sub-atomic mattter (eg electrons)
If organisations like NASA and British Aerospace are all looking
for ways to tap in to the vast energy sources that exist in
the unknown, unmanifest, invisible, Universe, to bring about,
for example, teleporting to any part of the Universe,
....then maybe the only way we will all experience 'teleporting'
through enabling our minds, is through a paradigm of Universal Oneness?
Because Oneness implies total interconnectivity of all, then, as observers
and thought creators, we need to fully understand, or at least,
fully believe in, the laws of Universal Oneness.
The suggestion here is that once humanity has adopted the new
paradigm of Oneness as accepted mainstream thinking, that it will
then be possible to bring about new phenomena that goes beyond
time and space (which may only be a construct for nothingness to
exist in a dualistic world).
Then teleporting to other parts of the Universe,telepathy etc will be
possible, commonplace, and the next major form of transport for humanity.
I remember in my writings of 1991, in my short story 'Christopher and the
Knowledger', which was a simple outpouring of what I considered to be
naturally creative thoughts, insights and natural and spontaneous
writing, that I referred to this, at the time, as 'Cosmic Molecular
Transference'. Phew!
Beam me up Scotty!!!
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
I guess it is because I have been reading so much lately
about Quantum Theory and how its laws explain the workings
of the Universe.
If the mind of the observer is the enabler of action.
If the mind can influence sub-atomic mattter (eg electrons)
If organisations like NASA and British Aerospace are all looking
for ways to tap in to the vast energy sources that exist in
the unknown, unmanifest, invisible, Universe, to bring about,
for example, teleporting to any part of the Universe,
....then maybe the only way we will all experience 'teleporting'
through enabling our minds, is through a paradigm of Universal Oneness?
Because Oneness implies total interconnectivity of all, then, as observers
and thought creators, we need to fully understand, or at least,
fully believe in, the laws of Universal Oneness.
The suggestion here is that once humanity has adopted the new
paradigm of Oneness as accepted mainstream thinking, that it will
then be possible to bring about new phenomena that goes beyond
time and space (which may only be a construct for nothingness to
exist in a dualistic world).
Then teleporting to other parts of the Universe,telepathy etc will be
possible, commonplace, and the next major form of transport for humanity.
I remember in my writings of 1991, in my short story 'Christopher and the
Knowledger', which was a simple outpouring of what I considered to be
naturally creative thoughts, insights and natural and spontaneous
writing, that I referred to this, at the time, as 'Cosmic Molecular
Transference'. Phew!
Beam me up Scotty!!!
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Sunday, October 21, 2007
'One' has it all, now!
Now here is an interesting riddle.
Recently, I was lecturing at Cranfield School of Management, and talking to the group about the power of a part of the brain, known as the Reticular Activating System (RAS) in helping us achieve better results. see www.makingmillionsontheweb.com
A delegate came up to me afterwards and told me to look at two films that also explained this in other terms. One was called 'The Secret', a film about the Law of Attraction, and the other was called 'What the Bleep - Down the Rabbit Hole'.
I found both films extraordinary and totally fascinating.
For the first time, I heard scientists, quantum physicists, medical practitioners,
religious leaders, personal development teachers and mystics all talk about the reality of Oneness and our illusion of separated beings as a main cause for most of our world problems.
So that was really great to see and hear.
Then a thought more about the Law of Attraction from scientific, religious and spiritual values perspectives.
I decided to meditate and to focus on those things that I really wanted to happen in my life. It sounds very cheesy, but I simply imagined a few obvious material things like a wonderful Tudor Manor House, teaching in a training complex in the South of France, a Mercedes convertible etc. You know, the normal western material dreams.
Then,it happened. All at once, all these things appeared in my life. Or, at least, I was very conscious of them all appearing, even though they had been around for a long time. My wife and I were invited by friends into their wonderful Tudor Manor House, an old work colleage invited us to their new learning village conference centre and complex in Provence, South of France, my son in law took me for a ride in his Mercedes convertible etc
Of course, we do not own them, but they all appeard for us to experience and enjoy.
Then I thought, well at least we are near to these things.
Then I thought further. If we are really all One, and not separated beings,
then I really do have all these things instantly, albeit through other parts of my larger Self. Also, no doubt, as the Quantum Physicists taught me, there are infinite potential possibilities in our Universe, so I could see 6.5 billion people as potential experiences and possibilities that I could share experiences with in order to create my Universe.
So maybe the Law of Attraction does provide us with our wants in many different ways.
So, 'One, has it all, now!'
I guess I now need to focus on the illusory separated 'me', this small part of the Oneness, owning and continually experiencing what I already own in Truth and in the wholeness. So,I choose what I want to experience from the Universal catalogue that already exists now. The spectrum of experiences in this world covers everything from suffering to happiness. My creativity allows me to observe events, circumstances and conditions that I choose. The more people in this world there are, the more it gives us all a much larger external Self to experience. Is that the paradox?
I am probably going insane, but who cares, and it's an amusing riddle anyway.
If we are really One, then those people in the world who believe in separate selves are not that sane either?
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Recently, I was lecturing at Cranfield School of Management, and talking to the group about the power of a part of the brain, known as the Reticular Activating System (RAS) in helping us achieve better results. see www.makingmillionsontheweb.com
A delegate came up to me afterwards and told me to look at two films that also explained this in other terms. One was called 'The Secret', a film about the Law of Attraction, and the other was called 'What the Bleep - Down the Rabbit Hole'.
I found both films extraordinary and totally fascinating.
For the first time, I heard scientists, quantum physicists, medical practitioners,
religious leaders, personal development teachers and mystics all talk about the reality of Oneness and our illusion of separated beings as a main cause for most of our world problems.
So that was really great to see and hear.
Then a thought more about the Law of Attraction from scientific, religious and spiritual values perspectives.
I decided to meditate and to focus on those things that I really wanted to happen in my life. It sounds very cheesy, but I simply imagined a few obvious material things like a wonderful Tudor Manor House, teaching in a training complex in the South of France, a Mercedes convertible etc. You know, the normal western material dreams.
Then,it happened. All at once, all these things appeared in my life. Or, at least, I was very conscious of them all appearing, even though they had been around for a long time. My wife and I were invited by friends into their wonderful Tudor Manor House, an old work colleage invited us to their new learning village conference centre and complex in Provence, South of France, my son in law took me for a ride in his Mercedes convertible etc
Of course, we do not own them, but they all appeard for us to experience and enjoy.
Then I thought, well at least we are near to these things.
Then I thought further. If we are really all One, and not separated beings,
then I really do have all these things instantly, albeit through other parts of my larger Self. Also, no doubt, as the Quantum Physicists taught me, there are infinite potential possibilities in our Universe, so I could see 6.5 billion people as potential experiences and possibilities that I could share experiences with in order to create my Universe.
So maybe the Law of Attraction does provide us with our wants in many different ways.
So, 'One, has it all, now!'
I guess I now need to focus on the illusory separated 'me', this small part of the Oneness, owning and continually experiencing what I already own in Truth and in the wholeness. So,I choose what I want to experience from the Universal catalogue that already exists now. The spectrum of experiences in this world covers everything from suffering to happiness. My creativity allows me to observe events, circumstances and conditions that I choose. The more people in this world there are, the more it gives us all a much larger external Self to experience. Is that the paradox?
I am probably going insane, but who cares, and it's an amusing riddle anyway.
If we are really One, then those people in the world who believe in separate selves are not that sane either?
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Monday, September 10, 2007
Imagine there is only Love
Imagine, for a moment, the idea that there is only Love. This is the only reality. The Universe has only One Law. The Law of Love. Imagine that all other non loving thoughts and ideas are not real, although they may feel real to us at the time, in our thoughts, words, actions and behaviours.
With this idea, there is only Love in reality. It is the uniting force of the Universe. Because the Universe is really only One Being, and we are all parts of that One Being, there cannot be separate parts ‘outside’ or ‘separated’ from the complete Oneness. Nothing else, outside this Oneness is real. With this idea, we recognise that we have mistakenly conceived non loving thoughts and actions as real things. As real separated things. But they are not. They are simply incorrect perceptions of reality. They are degrees of a ‘lack of love’ perception or temporary blockages and barriers to the reality of Love within us all. They are errors of perception that can be corrected so that we perceive, and eventually know, the reality, the knowledge, the Truth of Oneness.
Several years ago, I learned from a Course in Miracles that the act of Forgiveness is the way to return to the reality of the one law of Love and Universal Oneness.
How?
By forgiving the lack of love. The unreal perceptions, thoughts, words and actions of others, ‘in your Mind’ you are letting go of the unreal perception and can then see beyond this to the reality of Love and Oneness within the people who have deluded perceptions. You see them as they really are, beyond the superficial. You see for them what they do not see in themselves. Your real thoughts of forgiveness temporarily supply the lack they perceive. This heals. Healing is Unity, Oneness, Wholeness, Abundance and Love. Peace that passeth all understanding is the condition of Reality.
So, Forgive. At least Forgive in your own Mind, for the Love and for the healing of others. Forgive the world and heal the world in Mind. After all, they are you in Oneness. So you are helping to heal yourself. By forgiving with your Love you are receiving Love, which is your inheritance from the One Love of Oneness or God. Forgiveness continually lets me know that all minds are joined.
By meditating, you are returning to the state of natural peace, you are returning to the natural state of Love. Love created us all in its likeness. Recognise this reality in yourself and in others.
There can be no conflict in Peace! There can be no conflict in God. There can be no conflict in Love. This is Universal Wisdom.
Forgive the unreal. It will disappear. It does not exist in eternity, it only exists in time and process, which is relative reality within a limited mindset and understanding, but not absolute reality which is infinite. It will pass. Extend Love and Peace and Wisdom. Grow to what you already are, here and now. Unlearn. Remember. Enjoy.
Reality is a state of happiness and joy. A state of infinite life in the Oneness of Being.
I have learned and experienced that a miracle is a correction of an error of perception, transformed to a thought of perfect knowledge, a thought of wisdom and reality.
Perform a miracle now. Realise that any people that may be upsetting you are, in Realty, perfect and unconditional Love. But they are deluding themselves and projecting fear and non loving thoughts on to yourself and others, based on their own delusions about themselves. They need help to ‘re-mind’ them. They need to be shown what they really are through the demonstration of others who are re-minded and enlightened. The re-minded demonstrate that there is another way. A better way. The deluded then realise, through seeing the light in others, a spark of who they are in themselves. Truth will then start to correct all errors in their minds. This is better than allowing them to confirm their delusions through your deluded behaviour.
So your demonstration must be of a much better way, so that others can see the potential of a much better way in themselves. That better way comes in the demonstration of the knowledge of Oneness as attitudes, thoughts, words, writings, actions, behaviours, competencies, appearance, tools and technologies, material and financial achievements.
Inclusive Oneness.
This has to be a better way for All. This has to benefit all greatly. This has to provide extraordinary value and success to All as One. This has to make millions, if not billions, if not all, happier, healthier, wealthier.
Any act of Oneness will demonstrate and succeed, because it is reality.
The word of Truth is given us all to speak. Recognise the Truth in all.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
With this idea, there is only Love in reality. It is the uniting force of the Universe. Because the Universe is really only One Being, and we are all parts of that One Being, there cannot be separate parts ‘outside’ or ‘separated’ from the complete Oneness. Nothing else, outside this Oneness is real. With this idea, we recognise that we have mistakenly conceived non loving thoughts and actions as real things. As real separated things. But they are not. They are simply incorrect perceptions of reality. They are degrees of a ‘lack of love’ perception or temporary blockages and barriers to the reality of Love within us all. They are errors of perception that can be corrected so that we perceive, and eventually know, the reality, the knowledge, the Truth of Oneness.
Several years ago, I learned from a Course in Miracles that the act of Forgiveness is the way to return to the reality of the one law of Love and Universal Oneness.
How?
By forgiving the lack of love. The unreal perceptions, thoughts, words and actions of others, ‘in your Mind’ you are letting go of the unreal perception and can then see beyond this to the reality of Love and Oneness within the people who have deluded perceptions. You see them as they really are, beyond the superficial. You see for them what they do not see in themselves. Your real thoughts of forgiveness temporarily supply the lack they perceive. This heals. Healing is Unity, Oneness, Wholeness, Abundance and Love. Peace that passeth all understanding is the condition of Reality.
So, Forgive. At least Forgive in your own Mind, for the Love and for the healing of others. Forgive the world and heal the world in Mind. After all, they are you in Oneness. So you are helping to heal yourself. By forgiving with your Love you are receiving Love, which is your inheritance from the One Love of Oneness or God. Forgiveness continually lets me know that all minds are joined.
By meditating, you are returning to the state of natural peace, you are returning to the natural state of Love. Love created us all in its likeness. Recognise this reality in yourself and in others.
There can be no conflict in Peace! There can be no conflict in God. There can be no conflict in Love. This is Universal Wisdom.
Forgive the unreal. It will disappear. It does not exist in eternity, it only exists in time and process, which is relative reality within a limited mindset and understanding, but not absolute reality which is infinite. It will pass. Extend Love and Peace and Wisdom. Grow to what you already are, here and now. Unlearn. Remember. Enjoy.
Reality is a state of happiness and joy. A state of infinite life in the Oneness of Being.
I have learned and experienced that a miracle is a correction of an error of perception, transformed to a thought of perfect knowledge, a thought of wisdom and reality.
Perform a miracle now. Realise that any people that may be upsetting you are, in Realty, perfect and unconditional Love. But they are deluding themselves and projecting fear and non loving thoughts on to yourself and others, based on their own delusions about themselves. They need help to ‘re-mind’ them. They need to be shown what they really are through the demonstration of others who are re-minded and enlightened. The re-minded demonstrate that there is another way. A better way. The deluded then realise, through seeing the light in others, a spark of who they are in themselves. Truth will then start to correct all errors in their minds. This is better than allowing them to confirm their delusions through your deluded behaviour.
So your demonstration must be of a much better way, so that others can see the potential of a much better way in themselves. That better way comes in the demonstration of the knowledge of Oneness as attitudes, thoughts, words, writings, actions, behaviours, competencies, appearance, tools and technologies, material and financial achievements.
Inclusive Oneness.
This has to be a better way for All. This has to benefit all greatly. This has to provide extraordinary value and success to All as One. This has to make millions, if not billions, if not all, happier, healthier, wealthier.
Any act of Oneness will demonstrate and succeed, because it is reality.
The word of Truth is given us all to speak. Recognise the Truth in all.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Monday, August 13, 2007
Forgiveness is giving up, and letting go, of attack thoughts
Today, I find myself in a cottage in the country village of Wickhambrook, in Suffolk, U.K.
I am surrounded my corn fields and the farmer is busily ‘making hay while the sun shines’. There is a great sense of working hard with nature.
This weekend, a miracle occurred. I have been having such a stressful time with a few people who, I feel, have been taking great advantage of my wife and I. We have both felt sad, pressurised and even, for a while, victims!
Today, simply by a change of mind; simply by seeing things differently; that all changed in just a few seconds, in the ‘twinkling of an eye’. I went from a feeling of stress and sadness to a feeling of deep loving compassion and peace. I felt the strength of unconditional love
.
I realised this morning that ‘forgiveness’ is not just about forgiving the person(s) who you feel have harmed you, but forgiveness is really about giving up, within your own mind, any attack thoughts that you may have.
I have built up attack thoughts and I have also felt that I needed to defend myself.
Suddenly, by giving up all attack and all defence thoughts that were in my mind, I felt a great feeling of ‘forgive them father, for they know not what they do’. I felt sorry for them and their situation. I felt great compassion and a desire to help and heal.
How wonderfully extraordinary it was to experience a rushing in to my mind of love and compassion, when I allowed my attack thoughts to go. I let go.
So forgiveness, for me, became a wonderful healing for me, and I now have a great desire to try to help others who try to hurt. Even if they will not listen to me, I know that I can, at least, see them in my minds eye in a state of perfection, as they naturally are, albeit with the need to correct errors. This will come when they are able to change their minds. Until then, I feel strong, with a willingness to help, and more at peace, as opposed to weak, anxious, stressed and sad.
So forgiveness, for me, is such a great gift to me. Forgiveness is simply giving up, and letting go, my attack thoughts in my mind. Forgiveness, for me, is seeing who we really are and what we can really be. Forgiveness is seeing Love as the only reality and lack of love as a call for help. Lack of love is simply an error in understanding.
We all want to give love and be loved. Attack thoughts make us feel we are not loved. Forgiveness makes us feel we are giving love. When we give love, we receive love.
I think it is a miracle to feel such a change of state simply by a change of mind!
Namaste
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
I am surrounded my corn fields and the farmer is busily ‘making hay while the sun shines’. There is a great sense of working hard with nature.
This weekend, a miracle occurred. I have been having such a stressful time with a few people who, I feel, have been taking great advantage of my wife and I. We have both felt sad, pressurised and even, for a while, victims!
Today, simply by a change of mind; simply by seeing things differently; that all changed in just a few seconds, in the ‘twinkling of an eye’. I went from a feeling of stress and sadness to a feeling of deep loving compassion and peace. I felt the strength of unconditional love
.
I realised this morning that ‘forgiveness’ is not just about forgiving the person(s) who you feel have harmed you, but forgiveness is really about giving up, within your own mind, any attack thoughts that you may have.
I have built up attack thoughts and I have also felt that I needed to defend myself.
Suddenly, by giving up all attack and all defence thoughts that were in my mind, I felt a great feeling of ‘forgive them father, for they know not what they do’. I felt sorry for them and their situation. I felt great compassion and a desire to help and heal.
How wonderfully extraordinary it was to experience a rushing in to my mind of love and compassion, when I allowed my attack thoughts to go. I let go.
So forgiveness, for me, became a wonderful healing for me, and I now have a great desire to try to help others who try to hurt. Even if they will not listen to me, I know that I can, at least, see them in my minds eye in a state of perfection, as they naturally are, albeit with the need to correct errors. This will come when they are able to change their minds. Until then, I feel strong, with a willingness to help, and more at peace, as opposed to weak, anxious, stressed and sad.
So forgiveness, for me, is such a great gift to me. Forgiveness is simply giving up, and letting go, my attack thoughts in my mind. Forgiveness, for me, is seeing who we really are and what we can really be. Forgiveness is seeing Love as the only reality and lack of love as a call for help. Lack of love is simply an error in understanding.
We all want to give love and be loved. Attack thoughts make us feel we are not loved. Forgiveness makes us feel we are giving love. When we give love, we receive love.
I think it is a miracle to feel such a change of state simply by a change of mind!
Namaste
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Oneness and Sacred Femininity
As a Westerner, having been brought up in the UK as a Church of England Christian, I believe that one of my fundamental problems, and limiting beliefs, has been the exclusion of the sacred femininity in my religious beliefs since childhood.
I was simply taught throughout, that God is a man, and to this day, I talk to God as a man.
God is our Father who art in heaven.
The Catholic Religion has the Holy Mary to worship with the virgin birth, on the one hand, but it also has Mary Magdalene the prostitute, on the other.
I am convinced that some organised religions decided to remove the female component from the fountainhead of God for political power reasons. I was told that the original Lords Prayer, translated from the Aramaic language at the time of Christ, was:
Our Father who art in Heaven
Our Mother who art on Earth……
Whatever happened to the second line?
The Father / Mother principle, the Yin and Yang, the Shakti / Shiva, the God and Goddess of Love and Wisdom, make so much more balanced and complete sense to me. Intuitively, it has to be right!
But, as I said earlier, I missed the female component in my religious upbringing and I think that has caused me problems.
To me, God is One and All. The Creative Intelligence, the Loving Wisdom, whatever words you choose to use, must have the male and female components to complete the fullness of the creation of life. I also feel that it is not just man and woman characteristics but the male and female aspects of all beings!
This is why I find the Hindu religion and the Vedas so appealing. Even Buddhism has archetypal male and female Buddha’s for us to consider and meditate upon, depending on our needs.
While contemplating more deeply, or facing a particular problem or crisis in my life, I immediately find comfort when thinking about my late mother and father, and what they both might have said or done. But I need both before I can get a full perspective.
I guess psychoanalysts might say I have a mother complex, but really, I simply think that my religious upbringing, from a child, has been unbalanced. I wonder if the UK Church of England realises this imbalance too.
Once I thought that it was only men who could become enlightened and that women provided the role of guardian angels? Well, I certainly don’t think that now!
I must try harder to talk to God as male / female, mother / father, left and right, yin and yang, positive and negative – all together as One and All.
Then, and only then, can we truly be in Oneness.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
I was simply taught throughout, that God is a man, and to this day, I talk to God as a man.
God is our Father who art in heaven.
The Catholic Religion has the Holy Mary to worship with the virgin birth, on the one hand, but it also has Mary Magdalene the prostitute, on the other.
I am convinced that some organised religions decided to remove the female component from the fountainhead of God for political power reasons. I was told that the original Lords Prayer, translated from the Aramaic language at the time of Christ, was:
Our Father who art in Heaven
Our Mother who art on Earth……
Whatever happened to the second line?
The Father / Mother principle, the Yin and Yang, the Shakti / Shiva, the God and Goddess of Love and Wisdom, make so much more balanced and complete sense to me. Intuitively, it has to be right!
But, as I said earlier, I missed the female component in my religious upbringing and I think that has caused me problems.
To me, God is One and All. The Creative Intelligence, the Loving Wisdom, whatever words you choose to use, must have the male and female components to complete the fullness of the creation of life. I also feel that it is not just man and woman characteristics but the male and female aspects of all beings!
This is why I find the Hindu religion and the Vedas so appealing. Even Buddhism has archetypal male and female Buddha’s for us to consider and meditate upon, depending on our needs.
While contemplating more deeply, or facing a particular problem or crisis in my life, I immediately find comfort when thinking about my late mother and father, and what they both might have said or done. But I need both before I can get a full perspective.
I guess psychoanalysts might say I have a mother complex, but really, I simply think that my religious upbringing, from a child, has been unbalanced. I wonder if the UK Church of England realises this imbalance too.
Once I thought that it was only men who could become enlightened and that women provided the role of guardian angels? Well, I certainly don’t think that now!
I must try harder to talk to God as male / female, mother / father, left and right, yin and yang, positive and negative – all together as One and All.
Then, and only then, can we truly be in Oneness.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Saturday, July 14, 2007
The Truth of humanity as One being
We all seek happiness, health and wealth. We all want to love and be loved. We all naturally want to give our best and become successful, however we may choose to define success.
This means that we all want to be in a better state than we are now in. Perhaps thats why we set goals.
But if we move away from our seperate state and desires for a moment, and consider the whole of humanity as One being, and we are a part of that One being, then things can look very different.
Collectively, humanity as a whole is very abundant. All of the wealth and material objects in the world, as one, is simply staggering! If the true reality of humanity is really One being, we can say that the reality, the Truth, is that there is absolute abundance and not scarcity.
Collectively, humanity as a whole is an ongoing life force. Collectively humanity as a whole does not die. If the true reality of humanity is really One being, we can say that the reality, the Truth, is that there is no death.
We can apply the same thinking to lots of other apparent lacks and even disease.
If the true reality of humanity is One being, there is wholeness, abundance, health and, I guess, much more happiness. We can only Love one another, in such a reality, because we are each other in reality!
The problems of the world start when we believe that the reality is that we are not One being but billions of seperate individual beings.
That's when scarcity, lack, disease, poverty, competitiveness and violence occur.
The thought of Oneness is not new for Eastern spiritual and religious traditions, especially the Hindu, but it is a relatively new, but growing,thought for many Westerners.
I was told, if a new thought or concept appeals, try it. If it fades away - that's fine. If it stays and works and even grows, then let it be.
The thought of Oneness, interconnectivity, interdependance etc certainly works for me.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
This means that we all want to be in a better state than we are now in. Perhaps thats why we set goals.
But if we move away from our seperate state and desires for a moment, and consider the whole of humanity as One being, and we are a part of that One being, then things can look very different.
Collectively, humanity as a whole is very abundant. All of the wealth and material objects in the world, as one, is simply staggering! If the true reality of humanity is really One being, we can say that the reality, the Truth, is that there is absolute abundance and not scarcity.
Collectively, humanity as a whole is an ongoing life force. Collectively humanity as a whole does not die. If the true reality of humanity is really One being, we can say that the reality, the Truth, is that there is no death.
We can apply the same thinking to lots of other apparent lacks and even disease.
If the true reality of humanity is One being, there is wholeness, abundance, health and, I guess, much more happiness. We can only Love one another, in such a reality, because we are each other in reality!
The problems of the world start when we believe that the reality is that we are not One being but billions of seperate individual beings.
That's when scarcity, lack, disease, poverty, competitiveness and violence occur.
The thought of Oneness is not new for Eastern spiritual and religious traditions, especially the Hindu, but it is a relatively new, but growing,thought for many Westerners.
I was told, if a new thought or concept appeals, try it. If it fades away - that's fine. If it stays and works and even grows, then let it be.
The thought of Oneness, interconnectivity, interdependance etc certainly works for me.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Oneness in nature and humanity?
Again, whilst walking in the foothills of the Pyrenees in SW France this morning, I had another insight.
I think it is the beauty of the mountains in the distance, the surrounding green rows of vineyards, the hot sun and the beautiful clear blue sky that does it. Especially, it gives a strong feeling of peace and solitude and, at the same time, total connection. And that is the point of this blog today really.
I felt, while walking, why is it that, when in nature, it is so easy to naturally feel connected to all things. To naturally feel that there is a creative force in everything, directing a magnificent play. A Oneness in diversity.
Yet, when with people, the connectedness and oneness is not so natural?
Of course, some people naturally resonate and radiate oneness, but many certainly do not.
I think, maybe, that it is simply that nature communicates that we all are inter-connected as One, silently with wisdom. Many humans communicate, sometimes loudly, that we are not connected at all. That we are seperated and, quite often, better than us, with misguided knowledge!
I even know humans who consider that we are not a part on nature, but are a super species above nature.
Maybe that explains the peace and silence of spirit and the, sometimes, disturbing noise of the ego? Or is that unfair?
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
I think it is the beauty of the mountains in the distance, the surrounding green rows of vineyards, the hot sun and the beautiful clear blue sky that does it. Especially, it gives a strong feeling of peace and solitude and, at the same time, total connection. And that is the point of this blog today really.
I felt, while walking, why is it that, when in nature, it is so easy to naturally feel connected to all things. To naturally feel that there is a creative force in everything, directing a magnificent play. A Oneness in diversity.
Yet, when with people, the connectedness and oneness is not so natural?
Of course, some people naturally resonate and radiate oneness, but many certainly do not.
I think, maybe, that it is simply that nature communicates that we all are inter-connected as One, silently with wisdom. Many humans communicate, sometimes loudly, that we are not connected at all. That we are seperated and, quite often, better than us, with misguided knowledge!
I even know humans who consider that we are not a part on nature, but are a super species above nature.
Maybe that explains the peace and silence of spirit and the, sometimes, disturbing noise of the ego? Or is that unfair?
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Get drunk on the highest Spirit of all!
This morning I was walking the dogs up to the foothills of the Pyrenees, from our home in SW France, and wishing that I had not drunk so much wine the night before.
It's not a big problem, but I must confess that, being surrounded by miles of vineyards, good wine is very popular here, very cheap and very tempting.
Then I started to think more deeply about why I drink wine so often. In moderation, it is fine, but if too much is drunk, too often, it can certainly damage your health. I came to the conclusion that it is satisfying a real subconscious need. It is not so much the alcohol as the social setting, in a bar, at a party, at dinner parties with friends etc.
I yearn for connectivity with others. I am a social animal. I love the feeling of being with friends and I especially love any connectivity that gives a sense of oneness.
I then remembered that when I was working in Cambridge UK, I would go to the Cambridge Buddhist Centre for several evenings a week. There we never touched a single drop of alcohol. In fact we loved drinking herb teas together. It is a popular centre and it normally had large groups of very interesting and like minded people. Although I am open to all and every, or no religion, I found the people who visited the Centre had the same values as I - non-violence, an interest in the key questions of life, a genuine caring, compassion and even unconditional love for others. They seemed so much more peaceful than the normal group I would find in a bar.
So I realised that if I wanted to reduce alcohol, I needed to find something that was even better at putting me into groups where I felt an equal or even greater oneness. Ideally, something that created an even greater oneness than my favourite bar. The Buddhist Centre was one such place.
Now I realise that I can get absolutely drunk, every night of the week, on the highest Spirit of all! A spiritual centre has taken on a new meaning for me now.
So I guess it has taken me a lot longer than most people to realise a fundamental timeless Truth, that like minded spiritual groups naturally create the greatest sense of Oneness possible. But let's not forget that any community creating activity, especially in the evening, a cafe, a yoga and meditation class, evening talks about anything, also serve the greater purpose of Oneness.
If I can't find a like minded spiritual group, here in rural SW France, I will simply have to create one myself!
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
It's not a big problem, but I must confess that, being surrounded by miles of vineyards, good wine is very popular here, very cheap and very tempting.
Then I started to think more deeply about why I drink wine so often. In moderation, it is fine, but if too much is drunk, too often, it can certainly damage your health. I came to the conclusion that it is satisfying a real subconscious need. It is not so much the alcohol as the social setting, in a bar, at a party, at dinner parties with friends etc.
I yearn for connectivity with others. I am a social animal. I love the feeling of being with friends and I especially love any connectivity that gives a sense of oneness.
I then remembered that when I was working in Cambridge UK, I would go to the Cambridge Buddhist Centre for several evenings a week. There we never touched a single drop of alcohol. In fact we loved drinking herb teas together. It is a popular centre and it normally had large groups of very interesting and like minded people. Although I am open to all and every, or no religion, I found the people who visited the Centre had the same values as I - non-violence, an interest in the key questions of life, a genuine caring, compassion and even unconditional love for others. They seemed so much more peaceful than the normal group I would find in a bar.
So I realised that if I wanted to reduce alcohol, I needed to find something that was even better at putting me into groups where I felt an equal or even greater oneness. Ideally, something that created an even greater oneness than my favourite bar. The Buddhist Centre was one such place.
Now I realise that I can get absolutely drunk, every night of the week, on the highest Spirit of all! A spiritual centre has taken on a new meaning for me now.
So I guess it has taken me a lot longer than most people to realise a fundamental timeless Truth, that like minded spiritual groups naturally create the greatest sense of Oneness possible. But let's not forget that any community creating activity, especially in the evening, a cafe, a yoga and meditation class, evening talks about anything, also serve the greater purpose of Oneness.
If I can't find a like minded spiritual group, here in rural SW France, I will simply have to create one myself!
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Making Millions on the Web
I was sitting in a railway station, on my way to London, a couple of days ago, and contemplating a question I had read on the web a few days earlier.
‘Ask yourself what the meaning and purpose of your life is and write down the answers on a piece of paper. Let the answers keep coming until you have one that makes you cry! Then you have found it’. So I took a pen and paper and started to write.
I was so excited with the very first answer that came out. ‘To take the ancient wisdom from around the world and transform it into modern wisdom stories, especially for children’ It didn’t make me cry but it made me feel I had a great meaning and purpose.
Later, on the train back from London to Stansted Airport, I added some more to my list.
Strangely, out came ‘To make millions on the Web’.
To put it mildly, it sounded very cheesy to me. But there was something that made me feel this was great. I felt that I was on to something.
Then I realised. It could mean:
‘To make millions of people on the web more happy, more healthy, more wealthy, more peaceful, more knowledgeable, more enlightened’ as so on …..in other words, giving millions of people extraordinary value through the web.
What a great mission statement! Imagine using the web to provide extraordinary value to millions. What a great heroic mission, if you dare?
And, of course, if it really did give millions of people such extraordinary value, then it would probably make millions of pounds / dollars, euros or whatever. I thought, what a great idea for a Foundation! Focus on millions of people. Invite and explore any initiative that has the potential to provide extraordinary value to millions of people through the web.
So, yesterday, I registered www.makingmillionsontheweb.com as step 1.
Now, as step 2, I cannot stop myself thinking about ways to use the web to make millions of people happier, healthier, wealthier, more at peace, more knowledgeable and, hopefully, even more enlightened about the world we all live in, and how to make the world a better place for us all.
Let’s see where this all goes.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
‘Ask yourself what the meaning and purpose of your life is and write down the answers on a piece of paper. Let the answers keep coming until you have one that makes you cry! Then you have found it’. So I took a pen and paper and started to write.
I was so excited with the very first answer that came out. ‘To take the ancient wisdom from around the world and transform it into modern wisdom stories, especially for children’ It didn’t make me cry but it made me feel I had a great meaning and purpose.
Later, on the train back from London to Stansted Airport, I added some more to my list.
Strangely, out came ‘To make millions on the Web’.
To put it mildly, it sounded very cheesy to me. But there was something that made me feel this was great. I felt that I was on to something.
Then I realised. It could mean:
‘To make millions of people on the web more happy, more healthy, more wealthy, more peaceful, more knowledgeable, more enlightened’ as so on …..in other words, giving millions of people extraordinary value through the web.
What a great mission statement! Imagine using the web to provide extraordinary value to millions. What a great heroic mission, if you dare?
And, of course, if it really did give millions of people such extraordinary value, then it would probably make millions of pounds / dollars, euros or whatever. I thought, what a great idea for a Foundation! Focus on millions of people. Invite and explore any initiative that has the potential to provide extraordinary value to millions of people through the web.
So, yesterday, I registered www.makingmillionsontheweb.com as step 1.
Now, as step 2, I cannot stop myself thinking about ways to use the web to make millions of people happier, healthier, wealthier, more at peace, more knowledgeable and, hopefully, even more enlightened about the world we all live in, and how to make the world a better place for us all.
Let’s see where this all goes.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Spirituality and Business Ethics
The tangible business world
Although I started my first business at the age of 25 years, and have been in business on my own for the next 35 years, I have always found it to be a great struggle between my spiritual values and the world of business. I have often felt odd and out of place.
The business world has its own rules, economy and ethics. Historically, it is based on a culture (values and beliefs) of ‘fear’. Therefore, it thrives on scarcity, competitiveness and secrecy. In this world, only the strongest survive. It is well known to be a ‘dog eats dog’ world for many. This seems to be the law of the ‘tangible’ world of things.
I have never liked this at all, and many people have said that I am too honest, too sincere and too open to be a good businessman.
The intangible business world
But my world is primarily based on ‘intangibles’. Knowledge and brain power is what I sell. And, instead of being fear based, I have always promoted open knowledge sharing based on ‘trust’. My world is based more on a culture of selfless service and, ultimately, I believe it to be ‘love’ based, or at least having a high positive regard and respect for everyone. In this world of knowledge and intangibles, we promote abundance not scarcity, collaboration and not competition, non-violence, coaching compassion and support and not violent dog eats dog. It’s an ethic more akin to Christ like or Buddha like values. I believe it to be cherishing spiritual values above material gain.
But because I prefer to see the good in all, the divinity in all, and the true reality of what we are, I tend to openly trust and help wherever and whenever I can. But often, as a result, when I meet competitive business warriors, I simply seem to get eaten alive.
So what do I do? Do I give up the business world? Do I stand firm and try to change the culture? Phew, that’s a huge task!
But maybe my time has come?
The ‘intangible’ global knowledge economy is now here! It’s huge! It’s likely to be one of the major business tides for the 21st century. It’s business evolution at its best.
And the only way the knowledge economy will thrive is when the culture produces natural knowledge sharing. This has to be based on trust, open communications, collaboration, partnerships and learning networks.
The knowledge economy will trade knowledge on the web for money on the web. Electronic bits of knowledge will be pumped around the planet on the web and traded for electronic bits of money in return. In many respects, this will provide enormous potential for the development of many knowledge workers around the world. For many, for many millions of people, if not billions, it will provide them with the perfect business and personal growth opportunities.
A new business ethics is emerging. A business ethics that is based on trust and love.
Perhaps, those that choose to stay in the old world of business ethics, based on fear, will find it difficult to trade and survive in the new intangible knowledge economy? Perhaps there will be a natural evolution to a higher order of business ethics?
Maybe my time has come to be a much better businessman after all?
The knowledge economy is like any economy. It’s about making knowledge and selling knowledge. But it will be interesting to see if we can develop and demonstrate a global business ethics based on trust and not fear.
I sincerely hope so, and I really look forward to the prospect.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Although I started my first business at the age of 25 years, and have been in business on my own for the next 35 years, I have always found it to be a great struggle between my spiritual values and the world of business. I have often felt odd and out of place.
The business world has its own rules, economy and ethics. Historically, it is based on a culture (values and beliefs) of ‘fear’. Therefore, it thrives on scarcity, competitiveness and secrecy. In this world, only the strongest survive. It is well known to be a ‘dog eats dog’ world for many. This seems to be the law of the ‘tangible’ world of things.
I have never liked this at all, and many people have said that I am too honest, too sincere and too open to be a good businessman.
The intangible business world
But my world is primarily based on ‘intangibles’. Knowledge and brain power is what I sell. And, instead of being fear based, I have always promoted open knowledge sharing based on ‘trust’. My world is based more on a culture of selfless service and, ultimately, I believe it to be ‘love’ based, or at least having a high positive regard and respect for everyone. In this world of knowledge and intangibles, we promote abundance not scarcity, collaboration and not competition, non-violence, coaching compassion and support and not violent dog eats dog. It’s an ethic more akin to Christ like or Buddha like values. I believe it to be cherishing spiritual values above material gain.
But because I prefer to see the good in all, the divinity in all, and the true reality of what we are, I tend to openly trust and help wherever and whenever I can. But often, as a result, when I meet competitive business warriors, I simply seem to get eaten alive.
So what do I do? Do I give up the business world? Do I stand firm and try to change the culture? Phew, that’s a huge task!
But maybe my time has come?
The ‘intangible’ global knowledge economy is now here! It’s huge! It’s likely to be one of the major business tides for the 21st century. It’s business evolution at its best.
And the only way the knowledge economy will thrive is when the culture produces natural knowledge sharing. This has to be based on trust, open communications, collaboration, partnerships and learning networks.
The knowledge economy will trade knowledge on the web for money on the web. Electronic bits of knowledge will be pumped around the planet on the web and traded for electronic bits of money in return. In many respects, this will provide enormous potential for the development of many knowledge workers around the world. For many, for many millions of people, if not billions, it will provide them with the perfect business and personal growth opportunities.
A new business ethics is emerging. A business ethics that is based on trust and love.
Perhaps, those that choose to stay in the old world of business ethics, based on fear, will find it difficult to trade and survive in the new intangible knowledge economy? Perhaps there will be a natural evolution to a higher order of business ethics?
Maybe my time has come to be a much better businessman after all?
The knowledge economy is like any economy. It’s about making knowledge and selling knowledge. But it will be interesting to see if we can develop and demonstrate a global business ethics based on trust and not fear.
I sincerely hope so, and I really look forward to the prospect.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
The spiritual turning point to Enlightenment
The turning point and the enlightened transformation comes when you are ready and prepared to accept that there is no real choice in reality. Rather, it is just a matter of time, initially choosing, experiencing and learning, in a state of apparent free will, until we realise that there can be no choice. The Truth is the Truth. Reality is Reality. I am as I was created, and I am not as I believed and made myself to be.
But before we reach that stage, we believe that we have a choice, and, as a result, what then comes from us is a reflection of what we have chosen to believe and accept. So, if we choose to believe in a separated self with our own ego, then that is what manifests itself externally.
Eventually, there comes a time when we realise, and accept, that there is in reality a Higher Self, a Creative Intelligence, a Loving Wisdom from within, as our only source, and, in reality, we are all connected to, and part of that One. We are not separated beings, as we thought and believed. The only true reality is One Being connected through selfless Love.
When we realise this state, we also realise that, in Truth, we are a channel to express the Higher Self, uniquely.
This is magnificent diversity expressed within Unity.
We have no choice but to express and radiate the Truth in a totally selfless way. Unlike the ego that suppresses, based on fear, we realise that this Higher Self cannot be blocked, suppressed or hidden.
This is our spiritual heritage. This is the spiritual fruit that we must bear to the world. This is the spiritual fruit that we must allow to be given.
This is the inner song that we all must sing.
Enlightenment is when we transform from an ego centred perspective of saying ‘I can’t say this’, to a selfless perspective saying ‘I must say this. I cannot do anything other than express this as best I can. It’s not me that thinks these thoughts. They are given, not learned. It’s my meaning and purpose to express them. It’s my dharma.’
This is my true work. Nothing is more meaningful than this. Fulfillment.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
But before we reach that stage, we believe that we have a choice, and, as a result, what then comes from us is a reflection of what we have chosen to believe and accept. So, if we choose to believe in a separated self with our own ego, then that is what manifests itself externally.
Eventually, there comes a time when we realise, and accept, that there is in reality a Higher Self, a Creative Intelligence, a Loving Wisdom from within, as our only source, and, in reality, we are all connected to, and part of that One. We are not separated beings, as we thought and believed. The only true reality is One Being connected through selfless Love.
When we realise this state, we also realise that, in Truth, we are a channel to express the Higher Self, uniquely.
This is magnificent diversity expressed within Unity.
We have no choice but to express and radiate the Truth in a totally selfless way. Unlike the ego that suppresses, based on fear, we realise that this Higher Self cannot be blocked, suppressed or hidden.
This is our spiritual heritage. This is the spiritual fruit that we must bear to the world. This is the spiritual fruit that we must allow to be given.
This is the inner song that we all must sing.
Enlightenment is when we transform from an ego centred perspective of saying ‘I can’t say this’, to a selfless perspective saying ‘I must say this. I cannot do anything other than express this as best I can. It’s not me that thinks these thoughts. They are given, not learned. It’s my meaning and purpose to express them. It’s my dharma.’
This is my true work. Nothing is more meaningful than this. Fulfillment.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
In Love with Wisdom ebook
If you are interested, you may read my latest ebook
'In Love with Wisdom' as it is being written, through
this blog, and on my website
I would welcome any feedback you can give!
SYNOPSIS
In Love with Wisdom
by Ron Young
This book will simply rock the world!
It’s for the entire planet to read. All of the 6.5 billion people alive have a very special reason to read it.
It is the year 2070. The entire planet has become spiritually enlightened by the most extraordinary event ever in the history of humanity.
Absolute perfection and abundance prevails everywhere.
Perfect global ethics, with everybody totally caring, with selfless service, for everybody else.
Heaven has arrived on Earth. There are absolutely no problems whatsoever.
At least, that’s what everybody thought for a while!
In 2050 all books and electronic writings became totally unnecessary and disappeared completely. Everybody communicated and shared knowledge perfectly through the one global Mind.
Suddenly, in all its apparent perfection, people realised an evolutionary flaw. Nobody could remember how they became enlightened as a total planet.
Nobody knew how it was done.
The world started to panic and parents increasingly feared for their children. If humans fell back into the old separated mind states, with individual ego’s again, they might take thousands and thousands of years to learn how to become one completely enlightened planet again.
Joel and Nirmala, two young school children took on the task to save the planet.
They, like all children of 2070, were all naturally creative genius’s.
They soon discovered that there was one human being still alive, an astronaut of the 1990’s at the age of 127 years, who lived in an old monastery in the mountains of the French Pyrenees.
He had some ancient recollection and, together with the children, they managed to recreate the 8000 year evolutionary plan that revealed each of the 8 secret phases to enlightenment for everyone.
They did this through breaking through the mysteries and revealing the ancient timeless principles.
They learned together, and shared with all the world, the workings of the secret philosophy that they all called ‘in love with wisdom’.
They saved the planet forever!
Contents
Chapter 1 The Pyrenees and the 8 Timeless Principles
Chapter 2 Principle 1 Wisdom revealed to the planet
Chapter 3 Principle 2 Meditation as the natural state
Chapter 4 Principle 3 Ethics to heal humanity
Chapter 5 Principle 4 Trust as the basis for all
Chapter 6 Principle 5 Communication & Collaboration
Chapter 7 Principle 6 Learning together
Chapter 8 Principle 7 Sharing Knowledge globally
Chapter 9 Principle 8 Enjoying Enlightened Oneness
Chapter 10 Beyond the Timeless Principles
More coming very soon, please check out the daily / weekly updates
Ron Young
June 13th 2007, at the French Pyrenees
The ebook may be viewed at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/in-love-with-wisdom-ebook.html
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com
'In Love with Wisdom' as it is being written, through
this blog, and on my website
I would welcome any feedback you can give!
SYNOPSIS
In Love with Wisdom
by Ron Young
This book will simply rock the world!
It’s for the entire planet to read. All of the 6.5 billion people alive have a very special reason to read it.
It is the year 2070. The entire planet has become spiritually enlightened by the most extraordinary event ever in the history of humanity.
Absolute perfection and abundance prevails everywhere.
Perfect global ethics, with everybody totally caring, with selfless service, for everybody else.
Heaven has arrived on Earth. There are absolutely no problems whatsoever.
At least, that’s what everybody thought for a while!
In 2050 all books and electronic writings became totally unnecessary and disappeared completely. Everybody communicated and shared knowledge perfectly through the one global Mind.
Suddenly, in all its apparent perfection, people realised an evolutionary flaw. Nobody could remember how they became enlightened as a total planet.
Nobody knew how it was done.
The world started to panic and parents increasingly feared for their children. If humans fell back into the old separated mind states, with individual ego’s again, they might take thousands and thousands of years to learn how to become one completely enlightened planet again.
Joel and Nirmala, two young school children took on the task to save the planet.
They, like all children of 2070, were all naturally creative genius’s.
They soon discovered that there was one human being still alive, an astronaut of the 1990’s at the age of 127 years, who lived in an old monastery in the mountains of the French Pyrenees.
He had some ancient recollection and, together with the children, they managed to recreate the 8000 year evolutionary plan that revealed each of the 8 secret phases to enlightenment for everyone.
They did this through breaking through the mysteries and revealing the ancient timeless principles.
They learned together, and shared with all the world, the workings of the secret philosophy that they all called ‘in love with wisdom’.
They saved the planet forever!
Contents
Chapter 1 The Pyrenees and the 8 Timeless Principles
Chapter 2 Principle 1 Wisdom revealed to the planet
Chapter 3 Principle 2 Meditation as the natural state
Chapter 4 Principle 3 Ethics to heal humanity
Chapter 5 Principle 4 Trust as the basis for all
Chapter 6 Principle 5 Communication & Collaboration
Chapter 7 Principle 6 Learning together
Chapter 8 Principle 7 Sharing Knowledge globally
Chapter 9 Principle 8 Enjoying Enlightened Oneness
Chapter 10 Beyond the Timeless Principles
More coming very soon, please check out the daily / weekly updates
Ron Young
June 13th 2007, at the French Pyrenees
The ebook may be viewed at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/in-love-with-wisdom-ebook.html
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com
Saturday, June 09, 2007
The monk who sold his Ferrari
I have just finished my third read of Robin Sharma'
great book, The monk who sold his Ferrari.
Each time I read it, I become inspired and learn more.
I particulary like to read, and strive hard to practice
the '10 Rituals of Radiant Living':
solitude, physicality, live nourishment,
abundant knowledge, personal reflection, early
awakening, music, spoken word and congruent
character.
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
great book, The monk who sold his Ferrari.
Each time I read it, I become inspired and learn more.
I particulary like to read, and strive hard to practice
the '10 Rituals of Radiant Living':
solitude, physicality, live nourishment,
abundant knowledge, personal reflection, early
awakening, music, spoken word and congruent
character.
If you haven't read the book yet - you must.
I highly recommend it.
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Oneness and selfless service
We are often reminded that the most noble and the
most worthy purpose is to be of selfless service to others
in need.
It occured to me this morning that selfless service is really
another way of understanding Oneness.
When we perform truly selfless acts, we are really losing
our ego and embracing others as us. Therefore,
selfless service, to me, is naturally acting in the state
of Oneness.
But I also realised that selfless service is, really another
way of understanding Love.
Selfless service to another individual, or for the good
of all humanity, is naturally loving others.
So, if our reality is Oneness, we know that this is
according to the Law of Love, which is demonstrated
by selfless service?
Love - Oneness - Selfless service
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
most worthy purpose is to be of selfless service to others
in need.
It occured to me this morning that selfless service is really
another way of understanding Oneness.
When we perform truly selfless acts, we are really losing
our ego and embracing others as us. Therefore,
selfless service, to me, is naturally acting in the state
of Oneness.
But I also realised that selfless service is, really another
way of understanding Love.
Selfless service to another individual, or for the good
of all humanity, is naturally loving others.
So, if our reality is Oneness, we know that this is
according to the Law of Love, which is demonstrated
by selfless service?
Love - Oneness - Selfless service
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Thoughts as the true cause of the effect
Most of us are familiar with the concept of cause and effect.
But it is normally explained as a material thing, i.e. if I
sow seeds, good and bad, I will reap what I sow.
I learned that the true cause is the thought behind the
action.
If I sow 'thought seeds', good and bad, I will reap the
effects, as both thoughts and physical manifestations.
Thoughts are creative things and bundles of energy.
The more thoughts we have of the same type, positive
and negative, the larger the bundles of energy that
they will create, and become our dominating thought
patterns.
Beliefs are dominating thought patterns.
We become what we believe we are, and our challenge,
therefore, is to seek and know the Truth. To know
reality, as it really is, not necessarily as we believe.
So I strive to sow virtuous thoughts and feelings, in the
certain knowledge that it will reap virtuous actions?
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
But it is normally explained as a material thing, i.e. if I
sow seeds, good and bad, I will reap what I sow.
I learned that the true cause is the thought behind the
action.
If I sow 'thought seeds', good and bad, I will reap the
effects, as both thoughts and physical manifestations.
Thoughts are creative things and bundles of energy.
The more thoughts we have of the same type, positive
and negative, the larger the bundles of energy that
they will create, and become our dominating thought
patterns.
Beliefs are dominating thought patterns.
We become what we believe we are, and our challenge,
therefore, is to seek and know the Truth. To know
reality, as it really is, not necessarily as we believe.
So I strive to sow virtuous thoughts and feelings, in the
certain knowledge that it will reap virtuous actions?
Ron Young
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Friday, June 01, 2007
Christopher and the Knowledger - a spiritual journey to Enlightenment
I am glad to announce the launch of my downloadable
ebook Christopher and the Knowledger.
This is the story of a man who has finally discovered
the eternal Truths of the Universe, and the special
purpose and meaning for human beings on Earth.
But he does not realise nor understand the meaning
behind the Truths, nor does he know how he discovered
them.
He meets the Knowledger, who reminds him of the
Universal Truths he has learned, and teaches him
how anybody can learn to harness the power of the
Universe, as part of the perfect plan for all humankind.
He then becomes a Knowledger himself, and is then
able to teach others the meaning and purpose of life.
Chapter 1. So you want to know the purpose of the
Universe?
Chapter 2. There are as many paths to Universal
Truth as there are people
Chapter 3. All the Universal Truths can be learned
from around the world or from where you are now
Chapter 4. You must learn the Universal value of
Knowledge and the part that you play for the Knowledger
Chapter 5. You must understand the structure and
meaning of Universal Spirituality
Chapter 6. The key to Universal Knowledge is Peace
and there is only one way to obtain it
Chapter 7. Your purpose is to be One and All
Link to the ebook at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/My-books.html
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
ebook Christopher and the Knowledger.
This is the story of a man who has finally discovered
the eternal Truths of the Universe, and the special
purpose and meaning for human beings on Earth.
But he does not realise nor understand the meaning
behind the Truths, nor does he know how he discovered
them.
He meets the Knowledger, who reminds him of the
Universal Truths he has learned, and teaches him
how anybody can learn to harness the power of the
Universe, as part of the perfect plan for all humankind.
He then becomes a Knowledger himself, and is then
able to teach others the meaning and purpose of life.
Chapter 1. So you want to know the purpose of the
Universe?
Chapter 2. There are as many paths to Universal
Truth as there are people
Chapter 3. All the Universal Truths can be learned
from around the world or from where you are now
Chapter 4. You must learn the Universal value of
Knowledge and the part that you play for the Knowledger
Chapter 5. You must understand the structure and
meaning of Universal Spirituality
Chapter 6. The key to Universal Knowledge is Peace
and there is only one way to obtain it
Chapter 7. Your purpose is to be One and All
Link to the ebook at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/My-books.html
More at:
http://www.in-love-with-wisdom.com/
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The Zimmers, My Generation and Oneness
If you didn't watch the TV programme last night, you simply have to view this video. It's truly brilliant. So inspirational and such a great btestimony to true Oneness. I wonder if 'The Who', when they recorded this in the 1960's would have ever belived that it would be re-recorded in the 21stC by people aged up to 100 years old, and broadcast around the world on the internet. Fantastic and congratulations to all involved.
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