I
live a life of victorious goodness and prosperity!
In
ancient times, palm branches signified goodness and victory. The Jews
use this during the holiday of Sukkot to represent part of the
struggle of the Israelites on their 40 year journey out of Egypt
(used palm fronds to build housing, etc.) and to thank God for a good
Summer abundance and to say, 'hey, don't forget next year'.
Today,
the Christians celebrate Palm Sunday. The day Jesus entered the City
of Jerusalem on a donkey (which represents peace). He was greeted not
so much as the spiritual leader who taught them the way to think...bringing
the heart and mind together and the innate divinity in all to the
forefront...you know...“the kingdom of heaven is within” and the
“we reap what we sow” stuff that are two major tenets of our
teaching.
The
people also looked to him as a potential political leader who would
save them from the Roman rule. The cries of Hosanna mean 'save now'.
Jesus
showed up to show the people how to save themselves from
themselves....from the perception of less than, the missing the mark,
the sin, you might say, of self-doubt, the ignorance of fear, and the
dis-ease of shame, blame and guilt.
Earlier,
Moses was around to illustrate the Power of God, the respect and love
that is deserved for this singular Divine entity, this Creative
Intelligence that is Allness, everywhere and with everyone – Christian, Jew, Muslim,
Buddhist, Republican. All
the mystics over the centuries spoke up to show that we are Spirit
infused. And that this Divine, love-filled Source is ours to use and
be one with.
Today,
I want this to be a symbol for all of us to have the courage and
tenacity to tell the world, when 'negative commands of a culture of
fear” show up in the media, conversation and mind... to get lost. I
am not telling you to ignore the facts or the experiences going on in
the world and your life that aren't so nice, but to learn to
transcend them. The perspective of not ignoring your pains, just not
absorbing them is a choice you can make.Take
action in body through your intention of Mind, supported by the love
of life.
In
the book “The Heart-Mind Matrix”, Joseph Pearce discusses how the
heart can teach the mind new ways to think, especially in the midst
of chaos. In the forward, Dr. Robert Sardello, co-founder of the
School of Spiritual Psychology wrote,
“The
Self expresses the Universal through the heart and the individual
aspect of things through the Mind.” In gestation, the brain is
developed with neurons, through what is called the neural tube, with
mitochondria cells that come from the heart. There is a physical
connection there from day one of our physical development.
I
urge you to continuously loop the head with the heart, the Mind with
the Spirit, the calculating intellect with the engine of feeling, and
bring conscious victorious goodness into your life.
Then
share it with the world, so that love and peace spreads, overwhelms
and prevails.
