New Year’s Resolutions:

Posted on December 31, 2010 by nrosanoff

Certainly committing to health, prosperity and happiness is good. Yet, what happens along the way that turns New Year’s resolutions to dust? Is there a solution?

1. New Year’s Resolutions are futile.

New Year’s resolutions fall apart due to the frustrations inherent in their pursuit. Pursuing personal goals often sets up a “no win” situation. In order to reach a goal we must deprive ourselves of activities we enjoy, yet when we enjoy these activities we suffer the consequences to our health, finances and happiness and judge ourselves on our failure. Either way there is frustration and anxiety – from either deprivation or remorse – a “futility duality.”

2. It is possible to transcend the “futility duality.”

To transcend this duality it is helpful to recognize that each behavior we are interested in changing means something. The unhealthy habits of eating, spending and behaving are each expressing an inner conflict.

3. Seek to see the meaning of the inner conflict and. . . .

The conflict is often some thought about who we “should” be and what we “should” do. “Should” thoughts are an attempt to impose an external standard and automatically set up a climate of rebellion.

4. Know that there is authentic wholeness.

Conflicts and the inability to make ourselves “better” is actually indicating that a more authentic self is waiting to be seen. There is a perfect Wholeness waiting behind the “scene” of what we think will make us feel good.

5. Take the journey by asking questions you cannot answer.

How can one stop doing something enjoyable, even if it is recognized as unhealthy, without feeling deprived? As they say in Maine: “you can’t get there from here!” A consciousness in conflict cannot heal itself. Good questions can lead our awareness out of the conflict and into a more loving, understanding awareness.

6. Neither do, nor not do – be receptive.

The stillness of mental chatter necessary to ask a question and wait for the answer to emerge is neither active nor passive – it is receptive. Receptivity is a spiritual capacity cultivated through a sincere interest in healing and understanding.

7. Let the holy healing unfold.

Each individual journey from conflict to transcendence is unique and holy. As we undertake this journey, the emergence of wholeness flows into awareness. Wholeness is our true nature. It is not something that we create, imagine or will. It emerges into receptive awareness as the conflicting feelings and thoughts are seen more clearly as not the real good-in-life that we are seeking.

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The Communion of Saints

Posted on December 23, 2010 by nrosanoff

The “Communion of Saints” is a beautiful phrase that has seemed like something that occurs up in some more refined part of the universe – where choirs of angels spend their days singing Hallelujah!

But it is actually much more available.

During a recent visit with a friend with whom is shared an interest in enlightened life, we sat together in reflection. We were both immediately elevated to a clear awareness. With the elevation came joy and lightness of being. From this state, all problems dissolved in the recognition of their root in small-mindedness.

This moment of shared elevation of consciousness brought to mind the phrase I had sung and prayed in church as a young girl, yet never understood. The “Communion of Saints.” In the presence of an elevated consciousness, all are elevated. A mutual interest in enlightenment results in what Christ referred to as “. . . when two or three are gather together in my name. . .”

Within the holiday exchange of greetings I am also finding the “communion of saints,” with friends, colleagues and acquaintances sharing and wishing the best of life for each other.

We are “gathered together” in the name of enlightened living – ratcheting each other up to live the best life available through mutual affection and love – regardless of the time and space differences.

In the “communion of saints” or the “communion of enlightened being,” or in the most basic of modern form – “hello!” the basic message of joint beingness in the midst of human expression shares love and affection with the capacity to lift and be lifted.

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Letting the Holidays Unfold

Posted on December 16, 2010 by nrosanoff

It seems clear in the Christmas story of the birth of Jesus that God functions outside the boundaries of conventional thinking. An illegtimate child is born in unsanitary conditions without social connections.

What was God thinking?

Perhaps the message from God is to appreciate the value of “letting be.” In the Christmas story the issues that often seem so important turn out not to be important at all. It was a blessed event, as it is whenever a child comes into this world, regardless of the circumstances. Yet how often we miss this.

And, perhaps all the events in our lives are blessed, regardless of whether it conforms to what we think it should be or shouldn’t be, whether we like it or not.

“The most important things in life cannot be done and it behooves us to learn to let.” So says Dr. Hora, the founder of Metapsychiatry.

And, as the bible says: “. . . the battle is not yours, but God’s” (II Chronicles 20:15)

When we demand, will or attempt to make something happen we are “battling” and missing the perfection of what is, rolling right over it with intentions to do what we think good and right.

“Letting” allows each moment be what it is, without doing or distorting. And, as the awareness of what is becomes clearly seen, we respond as participants in the unfolding journey of life, as did the shepherds and the wise men in the Christmas story.

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Angels

Posted on December 8, 2010 by nrosanoff

Angels we have heard on high. . .

Angels have appeared to many of the Hebrew Prophets as well as to the shepherds of Bethlehem and to Mary, the mother of Jesus. But what are angels? and what do they mean to us today?

In Metapsychiatry we recognize angels as messages(not messengers) from God. We can be aware of the love, peace and guidance of God, and in these moments we are inspired.

“And when we say God speaks to us, what do we mean? We mean that divine ideas ‘obtain’ in consciousness. 
We become aware of receiving intelligent, loving, creative ideas, and these ideas 
are messages from God. We call them angels.”
-Dr. Hora

We do not need to think of angels as something supernatural – occurring only to a chosen few – or as something that is a fantasy. We can recognize that all the images and songs and scripture about angels are referring to moments of conscious union with God and that is something available to anyone.

Santa Claus is similarly an image of a quality of being that is loving, generous, and joyful. These enduring, vital qualities are expressed in poetry, literature and scripture as images. As we mature spiritually, the image is replaced with individual understanding and the capacity for conscious union.

“Conscious union with God implies a conscious awareness 
of guidance from God in the form of inspired ideas or messages, commonly called ” 
angels,” which speak to us, saying: ‘This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn 
to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left’ (Isaiah 30:21).”
-Dr. Hora

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Giving

Posted on December 6, 2010 by nrosanoff

This is the season of gift giving. When gifts are given and received there is often an underlying dynamic that boils down to the formula: Giving = Getting. In giving there is often something wanted in return – even if it is a “thank you.” When a gift is received there is also something expected to be given – at the very least, appreciation of the gift.

When we give, we want to get – and when we get, we are expected to give.

The underlying “wanting” expressed in the giving/getting drama is not peaceful or joyful or grateful. These are transactions that take place between persons. Dr. Hora has referred to them as “bribes.”

In Metapsychiatry and other enlightened teachings, it is impossible for people to give or receive. Giving is a gift of God, as is receiving. Neither can be done. It is a holy process that takes place in consciousness.

God gives continuously and freely the gifts of life which in human consciousness is recognized as intelligence, love, creativity, prosperity, harmony, joy, and more. It is the nature of God that this giving occurs. These gifts are received in consciousness as individuals become aware of the grace of God.

As this awareness fills individual consciousness, true generosity becomes possible – one individual can responds to manifest needs with no strings attached.

A man can receive nothing except it be given to him from heaven.
John 3:27

You cannot ‘do’ generosity. Dr. Hora

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Joy of the Season

Posted on December 5, 2010 by nrosanoff

Join me on a journey of joy through the holidays using some of the healing concepts of Metapsychiatry as our guide to going beyond the flurries of fears and frustrations that are constantly tempting us to succumb to the holiday frenzy.

Rejoice in the joy that comes from understanding the spiritual meaning of the rituals, traditions and texts of the season.

During the month of December I will be sharing spiritual concepts and applying them to some of the common issues of the season. May these ideas be received, lived with, tested, and understood, and grow in consciousness like the star of Bethlehem, guiding you to the truth of your glorious being.

1: “For God is the author of peace, not of confusion.”(1 Corinthians 14:33) In other words, what is harmonious and good cannot flow from a confused state of being, yet flows freely from a state of peace. When there is an inner stillness we can live and move within the holiday frenzy without being influenced by it.

Without inner stillness we are susceptible to confusion and distraction wherein it is not possible to make good, clear choices.

So, whenever we find ourselves stressed, confused, or tired – STOP and know that what is more important than anything is inner stillness.

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