Practical Spirituality with Selina
BRINGING PURPOSE TO BEING AND SPIRIT TO LIVING
While we are meant to enjoy our beloveds when life goes smoothly, it’s truly the tough times-the moments that pinch that provide us with our opportunity for conscious growth.
Most of us however miss that opportunity during moments of conflict as we get trapped in our feelings and negative thoughts and spiral into the distraction of creating more chaos.
Everything carries frequency, even words.
Perhaps the easiest way to begin to live an abundant life is by watching the words you use and making sure that the energy that fuels your words words carries high vibration.
You may never have thought about words holding a certain vibration but you most certainly have had the experience.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? Can be said by an exasperated parent when their child knocks over a glass of water and spills it all over the floor. Those very same words can be spoken by a loved one when they are curious as to what is on your mind.
Your work first and foremost, is to take care of you.
How are you doing at that job?
Are you taking time for quiet and rest and meditation?
Are you asking for help when you need it?
Are you speaking your truth?
Here’s the big question; do you allow yourself to receive or are you always the one that is giving?
When I ask these questions of my students most of the time I hear:
Now is a perfect time to gently and kindly remind you in the midst of all of our global chaos, to please take care of you.
The United States just had an election that has left us seemingly polarized, as overnight we move from a president who worked from the energy of “hope“ to a president who seems to hold fear as his weapon of choice.
Around the world people continue to fight for basic rights, liberties and something as basic as food and water.
For those of us privileged to not have to worry about where our next meal is coming from, the bills still need to be paid, the children and animals taken care of and then there’s us.
We need care too.
Are you on a path going nowhere?
People from many parts of the globe come to me with the same requests.
“I want to end the drama and have a peaceful life”.
“Please help me be financially abundant”
”I want to heal my body”
“I long for a romantic partner”.
While these pleas are very different, they all speak to wanting peace. The common element in all of these requests is that all of the folks asking for help are on a spiritual path.
They go to workshops, they read books, they meditate, they do yoga, but still their daily lives are not a representation of their spiritual values. They are puzzled and frustrated as they are unable to THRIVE beyond their circumstances.
They wonder, With all of my spiritual efforts why am I not moving forward?
Spiritual transformation Does Not Come From External Sources!
Listen to this audio for a special message from Selina.
I’m Inspired to write to you today after reading an article in the NYT about Rabbi Kenneth Berger who 30 years ago delivered a Yom Kippur sermon to his congregants about the tragedy of the Challenger explosion, and the fact that all of the members on board were totally conscious as they raced toward the Ocean.
The rabbi spoke eloquently wondering what thoughts ran through the minds of the astronauts as they plunged into the sea. He asked his congregants to imagine themselves with only five minutes to live and he encouraged them to imagine what that would be like, but he didn’t stop there.
The Rabbi’s words…
“And then the capsule hits the water, it’s all over, can you realize it’s all the same. Five minutes, five days, 50 years, is all the same and it’s over before we realize it. If only I knew, yes my friends it may be the last time, if only I realized. Yes, stop, appreciate the blessings you have. If only I could, but YOU can, you still have today.”
The Rabbi, his wife and 110 people died in a plane crash three years after the sermon was delivered.
If spring is the time for renewal, then perhaps autumn and winter are times for reflection and rectification.
And so I ask of you,
Words carry frequency.
Frequency affects your state of being and our world at large.
As you speak words you are actually contributing vibration into the field.
Positive charge, Negative charge.
You may know this truth, but how actively do you consciously consider your words?
Is what you see a result of reflection (seeing something that exists?) Or is it a result of projection? Your personal interpretation of what you think you see.
Much is shared in the spiritual realm about our judgements of others being a reflection of how we feel about ourselves.
Rather than try to answer this question, perhaps we can use it as a reminder when we find ourselves in a righteous position.
I’m Just Trying To Find My Place In The World.
Aren’t we all?
We all come into this Lifestream with a purpose. A destiny that we are to fulfill.
But somewhere along our physical journey some of us forget that our daily life is a vehicle for our spiritual maturity. We become our responsibilities and forget that there is more to our journey here.
Living in New York, I see lots of people every day and often my encounters with them may last for only seconds or moments… maybe I’m going up subway stairs, or sitting across from a person on the train and we both look up and our eyes meet. Often I’m walking down a crowded street and people rush by, bumping into me as they pass, and for a moment I look at them and they at me.
