Easter and the Inner Mysteries

Mony at the "Cross", found on a path near my home

To our Christian friends around the world, today (Good Friday) marks perhaps the most sacred time of the year.

My thinking about this time of crucifixion and resurrection changed radically when I began to read the more mystical interpretations of the life of the Great Master known as Jesus.

The teachings of White Eagle resonated especially deeply with me. Those who read our book know that he "appeared" to Alberto and I at the end of our Rome-to-Jerusalem pilgrimage, to give meaning to the true inner journey we were walking:

We are eternal beings of Light, on a journey of unfolding ever more Light;

Our sole/soul journey is to BE ONE with that Light (which is God-Love), so that we may pour forth its plenitude into the world.

Jesus was the perfected instrument for this Great Light; and he blessed the world not only with his teachings, but with his presence and example of BEING this Light - of BEING Love - in every moment; and in so doing, demonstrated the ultimate power of this Light, which is to overcome "death".

This is truly a very sacred time, a reminder that though we may suffer (or feel crucified), within that too is the seed for re-birth and ever-greater manifestation of the Light.

I share with you this quote from the teachings of White Eagle, which I especially love at this time. The pictures is of me at the "cross" that I encountered during my walk this Easter week.

Blessings to all, 🙏💖
~Mony

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From White Eagle:

'We wish we could express in earthly words more of the inner significance of the life of the master Jesus.

So little is really understood of the inner meaning and the power of that incarnation of the Great White Light - we are speaking not just of Jesus the Nazarene, but the LIGHT which flooded his being and used his physical form.

This is the eternal Light in which you will learn to live in full consciousness; and Easter is the demonstration to all people of the inability of people to destroy God's life.

However much they try to destroy life, it just rises again like the phoenix.

There is no death, and life cannot be destroyed.

This is a most important truth for everyone to absorb into their consciousness.

We ask you to meditate on this; and as you meditate, to remember how you are linked on that higher level of consciousness with the eternal and infinite Light, the Son of God, the Sun."




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Christmas Eve in Bethlehem

 

On this night many years ago, Alberto and I celebrated Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, ending a 13-month pilgrimage for peace.

Like the Wise Men, we too had journeyed from afar, following a six-sided star. It was one of the persistent signs that guided our journey. We naturally assumed it referred to the Star of David, confirming our pilgrimage to the Holy Land. But it was so much more!

We didn’t plan to arrive in Jerusalem or Bethlehem on Dec. 24. I see now that it was one of those seminal moments – like the many we had during our walk – where a greater Hand was orchestrating the events of our arrival so that we may understand the mystical meaning of this sacred day. We were led to the people and circumstances to be physically in Bethlehem and to participate in the outer celebrations, but to mark the inner significance of this birth in a completely unrelated manner.

In stillness. In silence. In simplicity.

In our hotel room, we each lit a candle and gave thanks to all the forces that had delivered us there safely. We offered our deep love and appreciation for the journey we had just completed and the many lessons yet to be revealed.

We bowed in reverence to the Light and the Love that was being born that night in the cave of our hearts.

We brought gifts as well, offering a heart that had been broken open and its darkest recesses filled with love. We brought a mind whose ideas and constructs has been torn down and rebuilt on a foundation of truth and higher thought. We offered feet and bodies that had walked in service to that Love, and that committed to do so over and again.

It is a Love that is eternal. A Light more brilliant than a thousand suns. It heals all. It beautifies all. It comforts all. It illuminates all.

It is the Divine essence of who we are, a universal consciousness of brotherhood, compassion and service. It is what is born again at this time, and what we delight in celebrating.

May this Light shine ever so brilliantly in your lives, always. <3

Mony




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Winter Solstice - Return of the Sun

Tonight is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year for those us in the Northern Hemisphere.

This night, in which the light is eclipsed by the darkness, is deeply meaningful. It holds a promise, of days ever brighter, of a light never really extinguished; a light awaiting greater expression. There is something comforting about this – that no matter how dark it may appear to be, the light is always there as well.

Now is the time to nurture that light, to journey inwards towards that sacred star, and bear witness to the truths awaiting revelation. These truths, these whispers of the spirit, are ours and ours alone. They are carried in the stillness that only darkness can bring.

May this night be blessed for all, and the light shine ever brightly. 💖

~Mony




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Shine On!

Mony Dojeiji

Those of you on this path of awakening with me know that the journey is not usually a straight line.

Often, what you thought was fully healed comes back under a different guise to confound you. The fear and hurt that you were confident had been brought back to love surprise you with their ferocity and persistence.

If we - as individuals - find our journey to wholeness arduous, imagine what it must be like for a family, a community, a nation.

So, we keep on keeping on, putting one step in front of the other, celebrating the positives and the gains, strengthening the bridges to the heart, pouring love into every crack, baring our souls to the world. We walk on. We shine on.

It's a good day to be alive...

~Mony


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My message on Election Day in the U.S.

To my American friends today:

I love you.

No matter who you vote for. No matter what you believe. I see YOU. And I love you. <3

That is my mantra for the day.

~Mony




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Pointing the Way

I’ve recently been introduced to the work and magnificence that was Nikola Tesla. A man truly ahead of his time. This particular quote got me thinking…

Of course, the comments don’t apply to scientists only, but to any and all who choose a vision for themselves and the world that doesn’t fit into the mainstream.

There will always be those tweaking the systems and structures we hold dear; and then there will be those who upend them altogether to show another way.

Many of you reading this, I know, consider yourselves to be light-workers, bringing a vision of our world and a consciousness that is grounded in love and Oneness. I count myself among them. Sometimes, it’s easy to feel that we can’t change anything because the traditional, often fear-based, systems appear too strongly entrenched.

This quote from Tesla, however, breathed new life into me.

Our work is to show the way. Paint a vision of how we can be, and how our societies can be. It may sound Utopian, but we are here for no less a task than to mark a path.

I believe the technology exists today to eradicate poverty, hunger, illness. Free energy, free WIFI, free communications, free education, universal basic income, the right to contribute your highest without worrying about economic contribution… by today’s models, all these are considered utopian and unattainable.

But just because today’s models don’t support these ideas doesn’t invalidate them. It doesn't mean we give up.

Enter the dreamers, the artists, the poets, the healers, the visionaries, the misfits, the compassionate ones, the quantum physicists, and all those who dwell in the realm of possibility.

Your ideas may not be taken up today, but no matter. Our sacred task as souls on a journey of exploration and expansion is to lay down the foundation anyways for those to come, and point the way.

Ever onwards. <3 
~Mony


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"State of Union" - a channeling

I recently watched a documentary about Israel-Palestine that got me thinking about the inner state of that Promised Land.

Is that land still divided within? What will create peace and harmony within? 

The state of union moves ever closer and, as it does, unleashes the fury of the resistance, long-entrenched, believing it is its right to be there at all costs.

Resistance comes from deep fear, for in the moment these elements (meaning, the fears) stop resisting, there is the possibility that they might stop existing. That (resistance) is what currently defines their (meaning the fears, the anger) existence.

In your own heart must there be a place for the resistors, for their existence is at stake. 

The Love in the heart, the strength of the Light, must be strong enough to assuage the resistors. 

They held sway over the entire heart at one time and are reluctant to let that territory go. 

They are uncomfortable in the Light because they don’t know what it’s going to do to them.

Rather than obliterate them into non-existence, resistors must be made to see their role in the Light, and AS the Light.

Filled with that Light, an energy of entitlement shifts to one of co-existence. 

The energy hasn’t disappeared. It has merely been allowed to see the other end of its energetic spectrum, to see the positive of itself, of that quality that it carries.

Fear of disappearance, fear of no longer existing, fear of a dream dying…those are the energies that also need to be transmuted to the other end of their spectrum. 

Fear of a dream dying may become the beauty and excitement of a new dream envisioned today, not driven by ideas of the past but by possibilities of the future.

Look within for a moment and stop thinking about the Israelis and Palestinians. What is occurring at the moment on a macro scale has some root and meaning in a micro scale with you. 

Ask yourself: what are you defending without second thought? What benefit is there to remaining divided?

...Control is certainly easier. With it, there is perhaps guaranteed outcomes. There’s no need to grow or expand. You’re entrenched in what you know, thinking it’s enough. Rigidity sets in. Inflexibility. You justify the occupation of the heart in so many ways.

But then love arises.

What swings to one extreme naturally swings to another until harmony is found. 

Love and harmony must fill the land. 

They must be strong enough to withstand the acid attacks of the deepest fears manifesting as righteousness.

That work only you can do. 

Strengthening the land, inundating the terrain with Light and entrenching it there, IS YOUR work.

And then, on its own, fear will come into its harmony. 

It cannot withstand the magnetic pull of the energy of Love radiating itself in the heart. 

Fear will find its Light despite itself. It will see its Divinity.

And you will know peace.

~Mony

"What is going wrong in the world?" my friend asked

There are so many ways to answer this, and on so many levels, but fundamentally, to me, it’s this…

The world is going through a magnificent transition, so many people are waking up to the lives they wish to live and how they choose to BE in this world. And with every change, personal or collective, the hidden needs to come out. Our hidden biases, prejudices, judgments… all of it. And it’s now staring us in the face.

And we stand at a crossroads, trying to choose how to BE and ACT in light of all that we see.

I can tell you for sure that the more that we label and judge individuals as “terrorists”, “radicals”, “fanatics”… the more we keep them in our collective consciousness. The more attention we pay to those artificial labels, the more of them we see. The more that we believe that “these people” are incapable of change or transformation, the more we keep them where they are, and we look for any action to support what we believe.

We do this individually, and we do it collectively.

But we can change those labels, because what’s a label? Nothing more than an idea, a thought… And an idea can always change.

So, consider that “terrorist”… what if I choose to see him as nothing more than a fellow human being, a brother, who has chosen terribly, whose life journey has led him to such desperation and hopelessness that the only solution he saw was this terrible act?

Would that influence what I say and how I act? I believe it would…

And what if I believe that there is nothing random in this Universe? What if I believe this person is a spiritual being having a physical experience, as I am, as you are, as I believe we all are? How do I know how his actions affect his soul journey, the highest within him? Who am I to judge that? How do I know the sacred agreements involved with others? How do I know what their soul journeys are all about? What they have agreed to do? I have no idea… but again, this is all based on my belief that that nothing is random in this Universe.

I’ll go even further and say there is only Love in this Universe.

If I didn’t believe this, I couldn’t possibly make sense of this world… but that’s my paradigm.

My first act is to stop the judging and the labeling. I work on changing the narrative in my mind about who this “other” is. I envision the light and awakening arising in him, in the same way that it is in me. I see him changing in every moment, in every moment becoming more and more filled with wisdom, with light…and acting in consequence.

I see that for every person. And I stubbornly hold on to that, no matter what others choose to say or do. That is my work, what I do on the inner planes.

There’s also a lot RIGHT with this world. There are so many people working from a consciousness of love, bringing that into the world, building the world we want to live in. It is happening now, and it is gaining momentum. That’s why the hidden needs to come out. So that we can see it, and heal it, collectively and individually. We’re ready for it.

That’s how I see it anyways… and believe me, this is the summarized version! lol

Hugs, my friend. Just keep on keeping on!

Dallas, Baghdad, Orlando...

Dallas, Baghdad, Orlando…

I have seen all the news, and have kept quiet vigil, trying to decide how to respond.

The work of peace is often solitary and not lauded, but there are moments when its voice must be heard.

I hope I can do it justice.

Condemnation, fury, resentment, revenge, fear… they rule in abundance. And they are powerful tools of division.

And if those must rule in you, I encourage you to let them. Feel the emotions. Let them have their outlet.

But ONLY in your mind.

And ONLY for a while. Give them a time limit. Half an hour. Half a day. Whatever.

And once the time limit is up, put a big bracket around them.

Take a deep breath.

Let it out.

And do it over and again, until you can find some measure of calm and stillness, in mind and in body.

Now, imagine a light so brilliant, so pure, so powerful, so loving, so wise…right in the very centre of your being beginning to grow and expand until it fills every atom of your being. Your physical body is filled with it. Your every thought. Your every emotion. Your very core vibrates with this light. It is the only force in action in your body right now. It sweeps over and dominates all other thought, feeling, emotion (especially the ones you put in those big brackets!)

…And with it, you know that everything is all right. You are safe. You are protected. You are infinitely loved. You are at peace.

If you can’t do this for yourself, then it’ll be tougher to do it for another.

Now comes the hard part…

That person that you want to condemn for carrying out those terrible acts?

He’s your brother.

Do you believe that the God-of-your-choosing looks at YOUR not-so-favourable actions and says, “That’s it, I’m done with you! I’m so fed up with you inability to get this whole love thing, that I’m going to seek my revenge and do away with you?”

It that is your God, then please stop reading here. My next words will probably only frustrate you. Also feel free to unfriend me or block me. I won’t be offended... :-)

But if you want to lift the world, you must begin by lifting yourself.

You must master your self.

That means: observing all events, but not judging them. Allowing the anger and fear to express, but not dominate. Looking at the person you want to blame, and doing the following:

That same light that dominates in you, you now witness rising in them.

They have it too. It is in every single one of God’s creations.

You may only see it as a flicker in the darkness, but that’s OK. It’s still there.

You are now going to breathe life into that ember, blowing softly, insistently, gently… you watch it grow into that same powerful light that you feel in yourself. That light continues to expand until it fully dominates THEIR very being, THEIR every thought, THEIR every emotion.

That light fills them so completely that it directs their thoughts. It directs their actions. They can’t help but act in consequence.

Just as you can’t help acting in consequence either.

Because from this state of consciousness, any action that you take is powered by infinity.

If you can’t imagine this “despicable” person capable of change, then perhaps your work in releasing your judgments isn’t finished…. I’m not judging, just saying! :-D lol

If we can't see them capable of change, “they”, or others like them, will remain in our collective reality.

I don’t know the answers to every conflict in this world. I can’t control what is happening outside of me.

But you can bet I can control what is happening inside of me, how I choose to see the world, how I choose to use my energies.

And I am choosing love over fear.

Blessings,
Mony <3

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A Mony Moment..."Consciousness of Reassurance"

From the depths of the well of love, a stream of consciousness flows. A stream lit by the light of the heart. 

This consciousness stream has no beginning or end. It is a flow that began at the beginning of time, and that will continue beyond all time and space. 

It is what creates the ripples for change to occur. It is the beginning and the end.

Consciousness must be in motion, be it expansion or contraction, but it is an energy that is fluid, continually seeking expression from its heights into all the levels and planes of existence. 

Each plane is given what it can handle and what it needs in its moment of evolution.

At this time, this earth plane is in need of the energy or consciousness of reassurance.

That can only come when there is the knowledge that only love exists, that there is no death despite the physical body’s deterioration, that all serves the individual soul, brotherhood and universal growth... That all is interconnected and woven as a beautiful net of knowledge that feeds the All. 

Reconciliation is what is required, but first within the heart of each man and woman. 

Within the heart, we repeat, is where true reconciliation must take place before its effects can be witnessed in the outer realities. 

If we can but encourage one thing at this moment, it is reconciliation of fears that have taunted you, doubts that have haunted you, any and all thoughts that have kept you small and far from your own magnificence…these are the attributes that need to make their home in your heart, in a heart that is not only their safe haven, but that is also the fertile ground for more love to grow. 

And so, make peace with the enemy within. 

Make peace with the tyrant and bully within. 

Find a place in your heart to embrace the shadow part of yourself that runs wild and that desperately craves your attention and love. 

All of these now are critical as humanity makes tremendous leaps forward in its personal and universal growth. 

One cannot grow without the other in this web of inter-connectedness. 

Have heart. 

Have the courage to embrace all that you perceive as dark within you, all that is considered the shadow aspect of you. 

There is nowhere to go, but inwards. 

Keep your eyes inner focused, for the greatest treasure is awaiting revelation, awaiting the fruits of your grand and courageous labour to bring the shadows home.

Receive our blessings, and our love.

~Mony

A Mony Moment..."Don't ever stop reaching"

At the highest vibration, words fail. That is because of course there are no words, there is only presence, vibration, sound, OM….. 

As the vibration descends into the physical realms, it shifts and moulds itself to the receiver of this vibration. This vibration lodges itself in the heart, and uses the mind to give itself expression.

What Love conceives is grace, a blessing to each, flowing all over you. 

Picture for a moment a child reaching for a ball that is just out of reach. No matter how she tries, she cannot grasp that toy. Imagine the frustration of being so close to attaining what you desire, but find it so frustratingly out of reach. It is right there, simply untouchable. 

And so it is with those oftentimes who struggle to touch the Divine, to grasp what is often ungraspable and so, failing in the attempt, give up on the toy, frustrated by the effort, and search for something easier to grasp.

But we say to you that as you grow, as you reach, as you flex, as you try… that effort alone brings the ball closer to you. Your efforts shift your vibration and bring Divinity, the state of grace, to you. You draw it to you by your reaching, by your effort.

And so, do not ever stop reaching, trying to grasp what seems impossible to reach. That effort will bring its reward.


~Mony

A Mony Moment... "Love Resident"

...And what is this wisdom that is behind all the great teachings of today? 

It has inspired poets, scientists, your medical people, your philosophers. 

It is expressed in words, formulas, compositions, all of which demonstrate its face. 

In the ancient teachings, it was understood that Love was at the heart of all creation, all existence. 

Until man could be made to see that he was loved exactly as he was, and that Love was moving the Universe in which he lived, there was no progress.

That simple teaching, the foundation of which changes everything, was the ultimate teaching. 

Jesus demonstrated it, and lived it. 

Great wisdom is often so simple. 

The mind seeks explanations ad-infinitum, but true wisdom touches the wings of the heart, of the soul. The mind then tries to reason the feeling, that instant of pure knowing that happens when the infinite touches the finite, if only for an instant.

The grandest truth, the most ancient of knowing and of wisdom, is that you are Loved. 

You are created by Love, and Love inhabits every corner of this vast Universe. 

It is what rules your life, if you allow it, if you bend to it. 

It is what delights and heals you. 

If you could but reside in that state, in that vibration, in every instance, with every breath, you would find your life forever shifted. 

With love resident, you write the greatest story – the story of your life.

~Mony
From my March 27, 2013 channeling / inspired writing

Christmas Eve in Bethlehem

This evening is special for so many reasons.

On this day many years ago, Alberto and I arrived in Jerusalem, ending our 5000-km, 13-month pilgrimage for peace from Rome.

We hadn't planned it that way, but there we were the afternoon of Dec. 24, at the doors of the Old City, at Bab-al-Khalil. We would learn that Bethlehem was open that day to pilgrims wishing to celebrate. And it was indeed where we celebrated Christmas Eve.

I have photos and souvenirs from our time there, but this particular nativity holds a place in my heart. It is simple, carved by a local Arab artisan from the woods growing there. It's missing a shepherd or two :-)

But when I look at it, all that emerges is love. A magic transports me to a time and place where I feel the hush and witness the wonder and light that were born that night.

I share with you that wonder and that light, sending its blessings to you and your loved ones on this, and every, holy night.

Ho'oponopono and Money

Alberto and I have made a bet on this work that we are doing, this sharing of ourselves with the world and pouring as much love and light into every expression that may take (books, paintings, blogs, etc.).  We can’t imagine ourselves being or doing anything else.

But every once in a while, when I see the bills of our publishing endeavor or look at the many little things we’d like to fix up around our house, I become anxious and worry about whether this path we have chosen will sustain us. It sustains us emotionally, spiritually, mentally… but my impatience demands that I see it sustain us economically! Despite all that I know and have lived and practiced, these fears still pop up…

That consciousness of lack has manifested in some interesting experiences. The details don’t matter as much as what they have inspired in reflections. The first thing I immediately do is accept responsibility for this consciousness within me. I certainly don’t condemn it or push it away because it’s coming from me. And, if it is in my experience, I have put it there to show me something within me, be it a fear or energy or misunderstood thought pattern…something of a lower vibration within me which is revealing itself to me to be seen, to be acknowledged, to be wrapped in love, to be brought back to the light that it is. This is the teaching of Ho’oponopono that I love so much.

And so I begin my personal meditation, allowing whatever words to pour through:

“Mony, I love you. I’m not sure how this energy lodged itself within your fields, what you thought, did or felt that put that energy there but it’s OK. Mony I love.

I’m sorry. Please forgive me, Mony.

Thank you, this energy of fear of not-having-enough, of having-your-work/livelihood-taken-from you, of being-left-with-nothing… all of this fear, I see you. Thank you for revealing yourself to me in my experiences lately. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to bring you back to your natural state, to the light of abundance that you are, to the eternal energy of plentitude that rules the earth and the Universe. Master, envelop this energy in your love, in your golden aura. Violet flame of transmutation, add your flame, your energy to bring back to light all what has temporarily forgotten its nature.

Light fills my physical body, reminding every cell of its Divine nature, of its Divine plan and purpose.

Light fills my energy field, my emotional body, my astral body, my mental body, my temple… Light dominates my vibration. I vibrate in the Light. I am Light. I am Love pouring through every crevice of the creation that I am. I am the Christ consciousness, incarnate. The Christ, the I AM, dwells within every aspect of me and rules my every movement, conscious and unconscious, my every thought, my every deed and word. I know no lack.

I only know infinitude. I only know plentitude. In this plentitude, the gates burst open and the waves of light long trapped by fear deluge forth. The dams have burst open leaving in their wake the spreading expanse of ever-more light, ever-more grace, ever-more beauty through this beloved creation called Mony.

Rest in our arms, beloved, for you are well tended and held.”

I don’t know where these words come from, but they sustain me and leave me weeping with gratitude.

The inner teaching of Easter

My thinking about Easter, and this time of crucifixion and resurrection, changed radically when I began to read the more mystical and esoteric interpretations of the life of the Great Master known as Jesus. The teachings of White Eagle resonated deeply with my belief that we are eternal beings of Light on a journey of unfolding ever more Light, and bringing it into the world; that our sole/soul journey is to be in ever greater states of that Light, pouring it forth through a heart connected to its Source (which is Love), in every moment.

Image by artist Bruce Harman

The Master Jesus was a perfected instrument for this Great Light; and he blessed the world not only with his teachings, but with his presence and example of BEING this Light, of allowing it to flow through him; and in so doing, demonstrated the ultimate power of this Light, which is to overcome "death".

This is truly a very sacred time, a reminder that though we may suffer (or feel crucified), within that too is the seed for re-birth and ever-greater manifestation of the Light.

Blessings to all,
~Mony



From White Eagle: 'We wish we could express in earthly words more of the inner significance of the life of the master Jesus. So little is really understood of the inner meaning and the power of that incarnation of the Great White Light - we are speaking not just of Jesus the Nazarene, but the LIGHT which flooded his being and used his physical form. This is the eternal lig...ht in which you will learn to live in full consciousness; and Easter is the demonstration to all people of the inability of people to destroy God's life. However much they try to destroy life it just rises again like the phoenix. There is no death and life cannot be destroyed. This is a most important truth for everyone to absorb into their consciousness. We ask you to meditate on this and as you meditate to remember how you are linked on that higher level of consciousness with the eternal and infinite light, the Son of God, the Sun.'
 

The Golden Key

These last few days, as news around what might happen in Syria occupies the airwaves, I began to reflect on my experience with the Ottawa Peace Camp, and to appreciate more deeply how the relationship between Israeli and Palestinian youth was evolving. As these kids struggled to create connections, to re-write the story that each had been taught about the other - the ones that made one the victim and the other the aggressor - to me, they entered hallowed space. They entered the space of all possibility. Even from the brief time I was there, I could see their hesitation in this unknown land, and at the same time, their exuberance in what was possible, in what they were creating, in the story they were writing of what their world could look like, and who they were inside of it.

It feels very much that this is where we’re all at, individually and as nations. Although it may be argued that institutions take longer to change than individuals, all institutions are made up of individuals. And individuals – whether in a corporation or institution – challenging the stories they have been taught, or convinced themselves of, cause the first domino to fall.

Those of you who have read my writings, know that I work the inner planes first before I express in the outer. I am doing no less here, and invite all who read this to look within first to heal those elements (…those adjectives that you are using about this situation) within yourself, to create that harmony and peace within first. And then from that place, to express your deepest callings.

I recalled a story I had read several years ago in Spanish about Conny Mendez, one of the great leaders of the Metaphysics movement, and her experience with a technique called "The Golden Key". She speaks of how she applied it while fleeing New York during WWII. Of the nine boats that left New York, hers was the only was to survive the German bombings. I’ve translated it from the Spanish original and share it with you HERE.   

She was referring to a teaching by Emmet Fox, a great spiritual teacher of the 1930s who wrote about the “Golden Key” to transforming any situation or experience in life. In its simplest terms, it is: “Stop thinking about the problem and think about God instead.”

There are many sources for this technique, but try this LINK. The Golden Key is only a few screens down. 

Fox believed that the only real truth is that God IS; and wherever God is, by default, there can be no fear, no conflict, no lack, no problems. And that our job is to affirm this, to believe this, if only for a moment. And when we are able to do this, and hold on to it, all things good will naturally unfold.

It sounded almost trite, condescending even, to tell someone who is afraid that all they need to do is stop thinking about the fear and start thinking about God. So, I decided to put it to the test these past days. And although Fox uses the word "God", to me, it is equally valid to use Allah, Jesus, the Creator, the Universe, Divinity, Love, Light… whatever word evokes the greatest feeling and connection. These are the words he shared: 

“God is the only Presence and the only Power. God is fully present here with me, now. God is the only real Presence - all the rest is but shadow. God is perfect Good, and God is the cause only of perfect Good. God never sends sickness, trouble, accident, temptation, nor death itself; nor does He authorize these things. We bring them upon ourselves by our own wrong thinking. God, Good, can cause only good. The same fountain cannot send forth both sweet and bitter water.

I am Divine Spirit. I am the child of God. In God I live and move and have my being; so I have not fear. I am surrounded by the Peace of God and all is well. I am not afraid of people; I am not afraid of things; I am not afraid of circumstances; I am not afraid of myself; for God is with me. The Peace of God fills my soul, and I have no fear. I dwell in the Presence of God, and no fear can touch me. I am not afraid of the past; I am not afraid of the present; I am not afraid for the future; for God is with me. The Eternal God is my dwelling place and underneath are the ever-lasting arms. Nothing can ever touch me but the direct action of God Himself, and God is Love.

God is Life; I understand that and I express it. God is Truth; I understand that and I express it. God is Divine Love; I understand that and I express it.

I send out thoughts of love and peace and healing to the whole universe: to all trees and plants and growing things, to all beasts and birds and fishes, and to every man, woman and child on earth, without any distinction. If anyone has ever injured me or done me any kind of harm, I fully and freely forgive him now, and the thing is done forever. I loose him and let him go. I am free and he is free. It there is any burden of resentment in me I cast it upon the Christ within, and I go free.

God is Infinite Wisdom, and that Wisdom is mine. That Wisdom leads and guides me; so I shall not make mistakes. Christ in me is a lamp unto my feet. God is Infinite Life, and that Life is my supply; so I shall want for nothing. God created me and He sustains me. Divine Love has foreseen everything, and provided for everything. One Mind, One Power, One Principle. One God, One Law, One Element. Closer is He than breathing, nearer than hands and feet.

I am Divine Sprit, the Child of God, and in the presence of God I dwell forever. I thank God for Perfect Harmony.”

I could feel the energy of those words vibrating within me, and whenever I have found myself in feelings of worry, helplessness, indignation or <fill in the blank>, which all feed the fear and give it authority and validity, I have actively, and sometimes with effort, used the Golden Key. I even added my own phrases:

“God IS. The Creator is not only WITH me, but also IN me and IN this entire situation. Light is in each leader. Divinity is the peacemaker in this. God is the peace. Love is the great healer. Allah is in the words spoken and unspoken. Jesus is in the minds and thoughts. God is our safety. God is the shelter. God is the only Presence and the only Power.”

With my fears aside, and those words filling my every thought, I felt more empowered, more hopeful about the possibility of a new, possibly unexpected, solution emerging. I felt that I was dwelling in the state of possibility, even when not knowing what the "solution" might be. I now try to hold on to that state. I don’t look at the news or read anything about the situation. I simply apply the Golden Key, and focus my attention on the Divine that IS and that IS THERE.

With love and gratitude,

Mony

Magical Dates

As we get closer to these magical dates of 12/12/12 and 12/21/12, Alberto and I would like to share with you perhaps the greatest lesson that we learned during our pilgrimages: we are not alone; there is a great hand at work moving the tiniest and grandest events of our lives and our world...and that hand is Love. At these times, we feel we are all being called to heal the divisions and conflicts within our own minds and hearts, so that we may heal those same divisions in the world. The shift that is happening is inner. The healing that we are witnessing is inner. And as greater and greater numbers of individuals embark on this journey of awakening and healing, so does the outer change occur even more rapidly. Our only task is to stand strong in our own light, our own authenticity, and in so doing, we remind others of their innate power, their innate divinity, and their innate choice to BE the change they wish to see in the world. ♥

~Mony and Alberto

On Jerusalem and Rainbows

A few days ago, I watched the Spanish book trailer of Coelho’s latest book called “Manuscript found in Accra”. I had no idea what the book was about, and so was very surprised to learn that the story takes place in Jerusalem, in 1097, on the eve of the Crusades entering a city whose major religions had hitherto been living in peace. While awaiting the imminent invasion, the people gather to ask a wise man to speak about various themes: life, love, fear, death. It reminded me a great deal of Khalil Gibran’s “The Prophet”. They also discuss what makes up the soul of the city, and decide to hide it until the conflict is over and peace is restored to the land.

Jerusalem, and that entire region, had been on my mind lately, of course, because of recent events there. Although in my heart I know that the path to peace is inner, I was having a difficult time holding on to that. I couldn’t find clarity. I couldn’t calm my emotions. Even after watching a spectacular TED presentation on how to stop violence without becoming violent, I couldn’t find centre.

At the same time, for the past week, I had been reading with my daughter (as part of her homework) about Jerusalem and the Crusades. We were specifically reading about the year 1099, when the Crusades captured Jerusalem.

Clearly, these were not mere coincidences. There was something there for me to consider; so I decided to go for a walk to see if I could gain some clarity.

The day was clear, the sun was brilliant and the air brisk; so you can imagine my surprise when I saw the trace of a rainbow around the sun. Now, I love rainbows. They are magnificent creations and, to me, represent the highest symbol of divinity and grace. Whenever I see one, I feel as if the heavens are saying hello, reminding me of their presence not only in my life, but in all life.

I thanked that little rainbow for appearing, and tucked it away as encouragement from the heavens to feel hopeful. I continued on my walk, enjoying the day, and as I looked up once again, I could not believe what I saw. In that clear blue sky was what I can only describe as a smiling rainbow, or the bottom arc of a rainbow. I was beyond incredulous and stopped to look at it for the longest time. Even when I thought I lost it a few times during that walk, whenever I turned a corner or looked through some trees, there it was again, a little fainter, but still fully visible. I took some pictures with my phone, but can’t seem to download them. The picture above comes from the Internet, but is what I saw.

That rainbow was with me for over half an hour. As I walked back home, contemplating its significance, I stopped to pick up a discarded piece of paper along the path and couldn’t contain my amazement. I brought it home, the final traces of that rainbow saying its final goodbye as I got to my front door.

Here’s the paper at my feet:

It was a Rainbow Mine firecracker wrapper, made by the Mystical Distribution company! Clearly the heavens and the rainbows were speaking to me that day, trying to bring me the clarity I sought. And so, as I sat to meditate later that night, these are the words that emerged. I’ve only done minor editing.

There is no outer. There is no other. There is naught but the inner: the rebellion within; the massacre within; the bloodshed within as the forces within you try to unite. The ground on which their reunification must take place is on the land of the Christ, in the realm and kingdom of the Christ light (or Buddha or Krishna light…here, I refer to that universal Divine light that transcends all dogma and religion, whose essence is Love). It is upon this light that all parties, all divisions, must merge into. What you are seeing in the outer planes is the inner revolution; the resistance to the consciousness that is overtaking your soul and the soul of the planet. The soul of Jerusalem is in the hands and hearts of its people living together. That is the soul that is uniting, and that is resisting. All you can – and MUST – do is keep the terrain, the land of the Christ in your heart, pure. Keep it sacred, untouched by these passing currents. Take into your heart the suffering and pain that you feel from all sides, and TRANSMUTE IT. Bring it back to balance, to harmony, like the beautiful music that you have been hearing of late; the music made by Palestinians and Israelis coming together to create harmony. It is happening.

Embrace within your own heart the Palestinian and the Israeli, the aggressor and the victim. Both archetypes are within you, and are playing themselves out for you in this aching drama. Bring them into you; and as vehemently as they struggle, you shine equally as brilliantly. They are closer than ever, even though they seem so far apart. Hold the light steady. Keep the terrain clean. Do not abandon them now. Radiate the love that you are, and allow the anger, the fear, the antimony to dissolve. That is your only role. Keep gazing within. Keep the warrior’s heart clean and strong. Prepare the land for unification; for only in the land of light will darkness naturally, and of its own volition, dissolve.

Blessed be.

Perhaps Coelho is right. The soul of Jerusalem does reside in the heart of each and every one of its inhabitants; in their hopes, in their dreams, in their highest of intentions and tiniest of acts. But it also resides within us too. We each carry a piece of Jerusalem, and it is up to each and every one of us to heal our piece: that part within us that is in conflict, the bully and victim within us, that which is silent within us and that which clamours to be heard…and all those fragments that refuse to bow to the Light, to the Love, that is our essence. Only by healing those shattered pieces within our hearts may we be able to offer that all-important peace to the whole.

And so I thank you, inner conflict, for revealing yourself to me in this way. Without you, without this external drama, I wouldn’t be at this place now, grappling to find wisdom and meaning. Thank you Israelis and Palestinians for taking on this terrible role, so that we may see the conflict and division in our own hearts. I am preparing your land in the meadows and valleys of my heart, where you may finally rest and find strength and wisdom in the glory of the Light that you too are. Thank you, thank you and thank you.