They Didn’t Know Who He Was

“Sweet little Holy child, we didn’t know who you were.” (Robert MacGimsey)

“We didn’t know who you were”. What a heart-breaking statement about the state of the human race. It so succinctly expresses our incapacity, or unwillingness, to see every person as a true expression of Perfect Love.

Our social, religious, and educational cultures, tend to highlight those whose lives, in some way, stand out. We hold them up as role models, as the epitome of who we are to look up to, to emulate.

Jesus, Buddha, Mohamad, Quan Yin, Mother Teresa, Padre Pio, Dr. Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Gandhi, Maya Angelou; the list goes on and on as people we should be like! People whom we ‘didn’t know who they were’ at birth.

As harbingers of a world order change, whatever the accuracy of their histories, their lives have been seen as a turning points in civilization, spiritual as well as secular. Their lives DID herald a major changes in the larger cycles of the world we live in.

I experience each of us, you and me, friends and enemies, as that same “holy child” and am starkly aware that we “didn’t know who they were”.

You, specifically, may not be – or appear to be – a catalyst for the major changes we are all experiencing. Or are you?

You are the Sweet Holy Child living among us. As you discover who you are, and live from that knowledge, you too, in a quiet and subtle way, create change and healing in the world around you. You too ignite, in your own quiet way, the Love you came from and have always been. You, too, become a living example of the Peace which passeth all understanding.

I believe that when we choose to recognize the “holy child” we are, and embrace that same “holy child” in each other, we have changed the course of civilization, the consciousness of the world.

My Christmas wish for you is that you “know who you are”!

                                                                                   Blessings,
                                                                                                Charlotte

On The Bay

I sit at the ocean – at the bay, and listen to the sound of the waves upon the shore. As I watch the constant turmoil, smell the acrid-fresh air and feel the moisture on my skin and in my lungs, I know that anything – NO! Everything, is possible. After all, it is from this same roiling cauldron of sea, (a pale reflection of that greater “ocean” which Quan Yin names the “void that is full”), that Life itself evolved.

As I soften the boundaries of skin and mind to to become one with, I connect to the waters of the bay outside me, the bay within me, and the void that contains both. I know, beyond doubt, that everything, including me, is not only possible, it is unfolding before my very eyes.

A November Practice

As the days draw down into darkness (remembering that the Southern Hemisphere is gaining Light), you may wish to light a tea light or small candle each evening as a reminder that the Light is always present; present in you, present in me, present in everyone and everything. Something to definitely be thankful for!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

                                           Blessings,                                                                                                                                              Charlotte

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING,
I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS WHATSOEVER.

“Thank you for everything, I have no complaints whatsoever”, what a powerful statement!

It is an antidote to the poisons of the daily news, of a crumbling world filled with loss, abandonment and death. It subverts an eroding loss of faith; faith in a god of love, in the goodness of people, in our capacity to create and live at peace within ourselves and with others.

This statement has the power to shift us from judgment of self and of others to observation, to discernment, and puts us in the path of grace and kindness, both in thought and action.

As a statement of fact, an affirmation, or a mantra, it immediately puts “paid” to the past and leaves the door open for the future to unfold as it will.

In the face of crisis, fear, doubt, pain or anger, a few rounds of this statement changes the energy, moves you to your heart center, grounds you in your own integrity, and shifts how you relate to the current event. My own experience suggests that, at the same time, this ‘statement of fact’ heals my own past traumas and fears.

“Thank you for everything, I have no complaints whatsoever”, recognizes and reinforces one of Quan Yin’s foundation teachings:

                                                                 There is only Perfect Love, even if it doesn’t look like it.

During these days when we are all navigating a totally dysfunctional world, my ‘prescription’ for gaining emotional, mental and spiritual resilience is to do three to five rounds of “Thank you for everything, I have no complaints whatsoever” at least three times a day.

                                                                 Blessings,
                                                                              Charlotte

In-ter-est-ing Times

I find myself feeling as if we were living the apocryphal,* mythological, ancient “Chinese curse”, May you live in interesting times. And “in-ter-est-ing” times these surely are.

Everyday presents a new labyrinth to get through as I juggle staying in the present moment and accomplishing my desired tasks. Unlike a rat running frantically to find the food at the end of a maze, I am learning to stroll each corridor. When I hit a dead-end or unexpected turn, I take a breath and either return, or explore the new direction. Either way, the passage I follow is new and can be, not only “in-ter-est-ing”, it can be fulfilling and a gift.

I am constantly re-learning to make a plan, and then be flexible enough to change that plan as I go along. I am actually practicing how to live in the present moment while not being locked into a future I can sense.

Quan Yin tell me these “interesting times” are a result of so many of us who are applying 5th Dimension Consciousness paradigms (Self-Forgiveness, Gratitude and the Love which unfolds itself) while navigating a 3rd Dimension Consciousness world. We are practicing kindness, graciousness, generosity of spirit and discernment, while we are building spiritual, emotional and mental resilience.

When frustrated beyond bearing, I return to my old, well-used mantras for comfort: Quan Yin’s Om Mani Padme Hum, Gratitude Practice, the beautiful Hail Mary, the Heart Sutra, or ‘give me this day my daily bread’. I do these mantras not to become more spiritual, or to escape from the frustration of navigating the world as it is today from a higher dimension of consciousness. I do them for the comfort they bring. Centuries of use have created fields of love, of awareness, of serenity, of hope, of belief, and of promise. I wrap myself in these fields for comfort and renewal.

May you, too, find comfort, fulfillment and purpose in these all too ‘in-ter-est-ing’ times.

Blessings,
                                  Charlotte

*Apocryphal: of unknown authorship or of doubtful origin.

Understanding – A Trap?

Last week I was introduced to three principles underlying the work of Dr. Brugh Joy: 1) Make no judgements, 2) Make no comparisons, and 3) Delete the need to understand.

Because so many of us are experiencing a kind of “gap” where nothing is quite wrong and nothing is quite right, I thought I would address the ‘need to understand’ this month. (Check out September when I share my perspective on the “gap” we seem to be experiencing.)

Too often the “need” to understand is a red herring, a distraction which takes us away from actually addressing the issue or experience we have convinced ourselves we “need” to understand. The idea being that, if we could understand, we would then know what to do; how to change, fix, or prevent it from happening again.

Mostly, however, pursuing the need to understand inhibits or prevents taking an action to address, embrace and heal the issue or event. The need to understand supports judgment and comparison and frequently ends in blame, instead of healing.

There is no way to understand why someone takes up a weapon and murders people in mass shootings.
There is no way to understand why police, who are oath-bound to serve and protect, kill so many and with so many rounds fired.
There is no way to understand why so many are committed to believing T’s biggest lie.
There is no way to understand why so many (including ourselves) have fallen into a fit of temper, self-condemnation, hopelessness, depression or rage.
The “need” to understand serves none: not you, not others, not the world.

So, what to do instead? Quan Yin tells me to do my basic practices – even (or especially) if they are not ‘working’ as they once did. Just do them! Do them consistently and with a sense of confident waiting.

You can do your basic grounding practice, stand behind your heart and a few rounds of your favorite mantra (not an affirmation).

You may choose to do several rounds of Self-Forgiveness and Gratitude practice.

In other words, move from a “need to understand” to healing what is not life-affirming, by doing your basic practices!

Thank you all for being such beautiful Light Bearers at a time when we all can use a reminder of who we are and have always been: Light!

                                                Blessings,
                                                             Charlotte

Unto the Fourth Generation

Sometimes, when I look back over the past 50 years of my journey to “wholeness”, and look at what the world has wrought, I find myself asking, “Good Lord, what was I thinking?” And sometimes, as I want to put my head down and cry for the state of the world today, I find myself asking, ”Was/Is all this hard work worth it?”

And then, in the back of my mind, I hear Rosalyn saying, “The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children unto the 4th generation – and YOU are the 4th generation.”**
Once again I am struck by how deeply her declaration resonated with me, not really understanding what she meant.

“Sin”: This is a word, a concept that raises all my red flags. It is a judgement on people that, in my feeling nature and opinion, might be termed cruel and unusual punishment. As a result, I immediately move to a deeper understanding of the word as a metaphor, symbol, or a mis-translation.

I do not see “sin” as wrong-doing or badness, or prompted by ‘the devil’, and certainly not something anyone is ‘born into’. I find myself recognizing Rev. Wally Skagg’s perception of “sin” as ignorance. Not uneducated or stupid, I see it more as a lack of conscious awareness of the Universal Laws under which we all live. I see it as a lack of consciousness, and certainly an unrecognized separation from Soul-Self.

People living in “ignorance” are caught in the social, religious, ethnic, and educational mores they were raised in. They are not just unable to change, but do not realize that they could change, or, in fact, that there is anything to change from, or change to. They are locked into the ego-masks and roles they were raised in, that, in fact, they inherited from their generational families and cultures (‘the sins of the fathers’), and are struggling to come to terms with since the advent of 5th Dimension Conscious.

Rosalyn stated that we, the students and teachers in the room, were ‘the fourth generation’, and that the “fourth generation” was a reference to to the fourth chakra – the heart center – the “Seat of the Soul”. She noted that we were all in the process of healing from our old training (the sins of the fathers) so we not only could open our heart centers, we could actually live from them.

We who have, from a deep yearning or from desperation, fought to find a kinder, more loving way to live are “the fourth generation.”
We who have fought to free ourselves from the generational family dysfunction into which we were born, are “the fourth generation”.
We who find ourselves to some degree outsiders, at times separated from our families, separated from our society and often separated from our religion of origin, are “the fourth generation”.

We, you and I, are joined by many “fourth generation” people, of all ages and from all backgrounds. We came into being to help generate and midwife the shift into 5th Dimension Consciousness.

Many of us could be called one of the various waves of what might be called, “Starseed (or Star) Children. Depending on the time we were born, we would be recognized as
Indigo Children (the original ‘flower children’, who came to tear down all of the old traditions), Crystal Children (who came to teach compassion, tolerance, patience and gentleness), or Rainbow Children (who came to heal and re-balance humanity and the planet, and reveal truth). Regardless of the age we were born into, we have followed our Soul’s Path, and as “the fourth generation” we have been the vanguard heralding the transition and transformation into 5th Dimension Consciousness.

So . . . When I want to lay my head down and cry, and ask, is all the hard work of coming into integration and learning to live from my heart worth it?

Unequivocally, I say, Yes! The journey is and has been ‘worth it’.
Unequivocally, I say, Yes! I am ‘worth it’.
Unequivocally, I say, Yes! The world is moving in the direction we have come to guide it toward; peace, honesty, integrity, compassion, kindness and love.

Congratulations, you “fourth generations” folks, I’m honored to be one of you!

Blessings,
                                                 Charlotte

**
Exodus 20:5 and Deuteronomy 5:9
“You shall not bow vow down those them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me. (Part of the 10 commandments)
Numbers 14:18
“The Lord is slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers upon children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.”
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice:
“The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.”
Rosalyn Bruyere:
The sins of the fathers are visited upon the children unto the 4th generation.

Love and Grief

So many dead! Dead by Natures’ events, dead by disease, by war and so many simply murdered. The world’s dead weigh heavily on my heart and in my mind, so I have begun to do “rescue” work several times a week. I find I am, however, inexorably drawn to heal the hearts of those who are left behind; those  who are unexpectedly hurled into unimaginable loss and the devastating grief it brings: The heart and mind-numbing grief that so easily can become anger, despair and rage.

In my healing work I seek some clear path that will embrace and support the grief of loss, and also stop that gathering of rage which brings on the darkness of the Soul.

Doing rescue work with the children killed on the 24th (and what a sad, sad note that we have to name the date because there are so many to choose from), and their parents, I found a glimmer of a possible path forward.

Quan Yin and most of the Heart Masters that come to help me do the work of healing the heart reminded me of the following:
The heart can hold either Love or Hate, not both. We can choose to hold dear, to cherish, the love we feel for those who are dead, so that even in our grief they continue to live within us. They are in our hearts, an indelible part of our energy fields, and the blessings of their presence in our lives can live on.

I have come to see that when we people our hearts with anger, with rage, with a need for revenge (which all to often we call “justice”), we have truly lost our loved ones, for there is no room for them in the face of such anger. We may never be able to forgive those who murdered our children, our parents, our family and friends. We can, however, choose to fill our hearts and minds with the love we shared with them. Each day we can treasure the love we felt for them, and the love they gave us. We can go forward every day bearing that love as a banner and in the memory of their lives. And when we do, we change the world!
I am reminded again and again, that just as hate begets hate, so too does Love beget Love.

The deep healing states I have been experiencing have offered some deeper realities about Love.
Love is its own courage.
Love moves us forward in the face of devastating loss.
Love encourages to explore beyond our comfort zones.
Love challenges us to embrace and be open to new loves, even in the face of our fears of loss; even in the moments our despairing grief.
Love supports and nudges us to seek happiness when happiness seems to be forever stolen from us.

I am assured that in the face of unconditional, steadfast Love, even those who seem intractably locked into a nightmare of hate, fear and despair will eventually awaken.

It is that unwavering Love which calls each of us to acknowledge the seed of That Love as the foundation of our Human-selves and our Soul-Selves. That Love, from which we all came and which we all are, calls us to be more present to It with each breath, with each action, and when we are facing our own fears in each challenge.

That Love is eternal and untarnished and It expresses Itself through you and as you!

Thank you for joining me in my commitment to live from the heart of That Love, as we work to heal the world, one heart at a time.

Blessings,
                        Charlotte

THE COIN AND KOAN* OF LIFE

No one gets out of life without experiencing grief and loss. Sometimes the deepest grief comes when we look back at our life and think how much of our life was wasted! Wasted in anger. Wasted in fear. Wasted in confusion.

No one gets out of life without experiencing joy and delight. Sometimes the most delicious joy comes unexpectedly and from something unconsidered and passed over which has suddenly caught us by surprise!

Perhaps the most deeply felt grief is that we somehow choose to focus on  pain instead of  comfort, or laughter. Sometimes the exhilaration of unexpected joy happens when we simply turn our head and see what has been there all along!

I believe one of the qualities of Uncompromising Love is that we can choose to mark and grieve the loss, and mark and celebrate the joy, and also to recognize in our bones that both are passing and both are deserving of our unswerving gratitude.

The other side of joy is sorrow. Not the “opposite” of joy – it is the other side. Not “opposite” as to push against or overcome, but androgynous, encouraging us to experience the fullness of life.

Another dimension of sorrow is joy, just as another dimension of joy is sorrow. They are the warp and weft of the fabric of Life! they are two sides of the same coin, and as such a true koan* of life.

The experiences of sorrow and joy, grief and gratitude are not limited to physical or emotional life. We cannot “run” to “spiritual life” to avoid or escape them.

Quan Yin has stated that there is not a physical life and a spiritual life. They are the same life. There is, like Love, only Life. She shares, though rarely, that her heart hurts for us – for the fears which close our eyes and hearts to the outrageous beauty and exquisite joy of simply being alive!

So it is that Quan Yin and I wish you all the joys and sorrows, all the griefs and gratitudes of a full and wondrously rich Life!

              Blessings,
                                  Charlotte

*Koan: Oxford Languages defines koan as: A paradoxical anecdote or riddle, used by Zen Buddhism, to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning and to provoke enlightenment.