I'm often asked by my students, What is unity with God, and how do they start to have a relationship with the Creator...Through the practice of QI Gong.. They have learned to Mediate, but also to have a relationship with themselves by taking care of their Bodies, and improving their minds.. That's Unity... to this Goddess...I hope that they will share what we experience in class with family members and others in their lives..Which is Unity... It's all of Our responsibility as co-creators with the Divine to educate, support, and assist all of human life.. in this quest for enlightenment...

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Nearly 40 years ago a friend, after living a year in Japan, relayed an amazing piece of information. In Japan she said, people considered Ikebana, Japanese flower arranging, a form of meditation. I had just become a professional floral designer following a stint in a Catholic seminary. The idea that flower arranging could bring together two life long passions, flowers and spirituality, was most intriguing.

More intriguing was the idea that if the people of Japan had discovered the link for themselves, then we in the West could also discover a link. So began a long time pursuit. In a career that now expands nearly four decades, the link has become more obvious but not in a religious way.  The link is with the soul.

 

Soul needs no definition. Soul is known intuitively. Listen to popular uses of the word, “soulful gathering,” “soulful music,” “Dark night of the soul.” Without explanation each gives a sense of depth. So when talking about soul, we are talking about our inner depths.

 

When speaking of flower arranging as prayer it is in relationship to soul. The art of flower arranging takes one to the depths of his or her soul where one finds dreams, visions, hopes, feelings, intuitions, and imagination. This is where all art emanates from and where art returns us.

 

When I think of prayer I think of that practice, with or without words that takes us to a transcendent experience of life and of a higher power. It is not important what name one calls that power by. What is important is that the experience of reaching the transcendent takes us to the deeper realms of soul and lifts us to the higher realms of spirit. There we consciously encounter the great mystery of life.

 

So as one creates a flower arrangement as art, one is taken to the depths of soul where he or she, through the transcendent experience, touches the mystery. At that moment when one become conscious of touching the mystery through the art of flower arranging, flower arranging becomes prayer.

Read more about Flower arranging and soul in Letting the Lotus Bloom, the Expression of Soul through Flowers

NAVIGATING CHANGES AND CHALLENGES

Change feels like tossing a coin up in the air—you don't know which way it will land, good or bad for the ego? The ego is deeply concerned it will turn out badly. The ego considers the worst case scenarios and fears the worst. It attaches a story to what's going on: "My life is going downhill."

But good and bad are concepts, not realities. In reality, everything that happens is a mixture of what we would consider good and bad. Everything has its advantages and disadvantages, its hidden blessings and hidden costs. Even in every day, both what we like and don't like show up. Every moment has this same mixture of what we would consider good and bad. If we stay in the moment in the midst of something that is changing that we don't like (e.g., a divorce, a move, unemployment, a health problem), we see that the actual experience of life in each moment is constantly shifting. Even in the worst of times, our bad feelings come and go and we are capable of laughter, happiness, and certainly love.

The story we bring into this moment about our "problem" makes the moment seem more difficult and stressful than it actually is. How challenging life is, is largely a matter of how much we are just in life without the story of our problem and how much we are not in real life but in our story. We carry our problems around with us mentally and bring them into the moment, spoiling it. Our problems have no objective existence, but exist only as an idea of a problem. We define something as a problem, and that creates the experience of having a problem.

No situation or circumstance is unmanageable, but we make it so by thinking about our problem, complaining about it, trying to figure out what can't be figured out, feeling bad, being angry or afraid, worrying, rehashing the past, and wishing things were different. These thoughts make whatever we're experiencing more challenging, much more than any particular situation actually is. When a challenging time or situation is stripped of these thoughts, all that's left is what to do or not do in this moment about it or anything else. Often what's required of us in a particular moment has nothing to do with our "problem." And yet, we may carry the idea of this problem into such ordinary and potentially pleasant moments.

I challenge you to stay depressed or unhappy constantly. It's impossible! Like a fist that is clenched too long, the contracted state must let go at a certain point. Eventually, we experience relief from it. That relief usually comes as a result of putting our mind and attention on something other than our problem—getting lost in some experience we are having.  Getting lost in what is real rather than what is unreal—our problem.

The trouble is our ego actually loves the idea of a problem and all the worries and plans that go with that problem. The ego is also what hates the problem, while at the same time it enjoys hating it! You can sense this when you notice the complete experience of your suffering. Within that suffering is enjoyment of suffering! That's the ego. Suffering keeps the ego alive and gives it an identity: I am someone who is suffering. And I have a problem that needs a solution. A problem gives us not only an identity, but also something to do.

The ego defines something as a problem, generates unpleasant feelings around it, and seeks solutions. This problem-creation and seeking of solutions is how the ego is maintained. Without a "problem" and the suffering caused by that, there wouldn't be anything to think about. Without thought, you would drop into Essence and be happy, and the ego would be out of a job. The ego has a racket going that keeps in power, and it doesn't want you to catch on to it.

The beauty is that change isn't like a coin that is tossed in the air; it just feels like that to the ego. Change isn't like a coin because a coin has only two sides—one considered good and one considered bad. From the standpoint of Essence, any change that is happening is just as it is meant to be. In other words, the flip of the coin always ends up in your favor. That is actually the truth about life. It isn't like a coin for two reasons: It doesn't have two sides: It is neither good nor bad, but just what it is. And it is always a mixture of what the ego would consider good and bad. Life is often like a coin tossed, however, in its unpredictability. We just don't have to be afraid of how it will land.

Something very wise is behind every experience that feels like a coin toss. We may not be aware of it, but we can trust that it will bring us the experience we need. And if we don't bring worries, fears, judgments, resistance, victimization, anger, confusion, or other negativity to that experience, we will discover that it serves our growth and evolution toward becoming a more loving and wiser human being. Life is wise, and it is bringing us Home. Change and challenges are a natural and necessary part of life. When we trust and listen to the wisdom that we are instead of to the false self that we are not, we find that any change or challenge can be navigated gracefully and without too much suffering.

Gina Lake is a spiritual teacher who is devoted to helping others wake up and live in the moment through her books, counseling, and intensives. She has a master's degree in counseling psychology and over twenty years experience supporting people in their spiritual growth. Her books include Loving in the Moment, Radical Happiness, Embracing the Now, Anatomy of Desire, Return to Essence, What About Now? Living in the Now, and Getting Free. Her website offers information about her books and consultations, free e-books, book excerpts, a free monthly newsletter, a blog, and audio and video recordings: http://www.radicalhappiness.com.

Parama Pujya Shri Shri Nimishananda Guruji's reply:-

God has created so many creatures – reptiles, birds, mammals and insects and so forth . There is so much diversity in His creation, while we human beings can create only other human beings. Creation is not in our hands. Even if we can create something, we can’t change its very nature itself.

There are seven subtler worlds above the earth as well as seven netherworlds. The earth is like the PH value 7. It is neutral, where the souls born come only to experience their karma. There are good people who take birth to help others, as well as bad ones - who destroy others. That is why both Jesus Christ and Hitler were born, each as to fulfil his own karmic destiny. So, none of us have the moral right to gauge and judge another. As is his karma, so will be his thoughts, speech and actions.

If we take an example of pickpocket, he sees every person as a potential customer. His sole intention wherever he goes is to find ways of putting his hands into others’ pockets without being noticed. Ordinary people don’t look at the public like this, while a saint’s views everyone as souls. Each one’s perception is coloured by his karma. God says – “You have no right to judge others. I have sent them to fulfil their karmic obligations. If they come to harm you, you are permitted to protect yourself. Otherwise, you must not interfere.”

If we get into the habit of criticising others, we waste plenty of useful time in talking about them. What they do in their lives is none of our business. However, there is one solution to all the problems in the world - prayer. Pray for them.

God created a yard stick so that we could measure our own internal evolution. One end consists of Jesus Christ, Guru Nanak, Lord Krishna and Prophet Mohammed – who worked all their lives to uplift people - while dictators who terrorised millions, like Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin, comprise the other end. Using this, we must analyse the level of our progress on the spiritual path, rather than condemn those who – according to our judgement – are below us. God created both good and evil for us to learn to stay away from evil and follow the good.

The more we engage in judging and gauging people, the more we will be caught in their karma. Whatever we think about, we attract. If we think negatively, negativity surrounds us. There is a saying which states that if we feel depressed, we must go and shake hands with the most successful people in the world because their vibrations will be transferred to us. In spiritual terms, God is always waiting to shake our hands. In fact, He is waiting to hold our hands and guide us on the path to Light. So, the more we tune into Him, the more Divinity we see in the people around us.

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Most people are afraid to take to Krishna Consciousness in their youth because they are afraid that this process will curb their freedom and regulate their life.They want to live a free life of fun and enjoyment of senses.The freedom of a conditioned soul is compared to the freedom of football. What is football free for? Free to be kicked. Similarly, the so called freedom of a conditioned soul only has him kicked like a football by maya,the material energy.
The rules and regulations which one follows on the path of Krishna Consciousness are like the string of a kite. The string of kite appears to be limiting the movement of the kite. Actually, it is because of the string that the kite is flying in a certain direction. If the string is cut, the kite will simply fall down. Similarly the rules and regulations, which one is expected to follow in this human form of life, are like the kite's string that helps us fly higher and higher, towards the spiritual sky. Otherwise, without these rules and regulations and discipline, one will simply fall down and be miserable.Therefore to impose rules and regulations on oneself, to be disciplined and self controlled, to have a direction in our life is very important. For similar thought provoking articles Visit Radhanath Swami.net

Anyway since the propaganda that is infiltrating the minds and hearts of the youth and through the watching of television and through hearing western music and especially just the whole promise of material prosperity according to western concept, the youth of India are considering that India's culture which is so wholly and deeply rooted in spiritual principles is counter productive,it is a burden and it is disturbance towards the real part of life, which is economic development and sense gratification. In fact, our Guru Maharaj, Srila Prabhupada was preaching the message of Gita,Sanatana Dharma, for many years in India and especially he was trying to reach the youth because he knew that the future of India is in the hands of the youth. If we can't imbibe our culture, our beliefs and practical applications of them in the hearts of our children then morality,spirituality and all ethics will be utterly destroyed in due course of time.For more spiritual experience of people with Radhanath Swami, Visit ItSoHappened