Listen to the ticking of the clock. The time is ticking. There’s much to be done: some things here, some things there, and some things around and about. Busy hands, busy body, and busy clock…
Mind goes hum and soothing hum hums my mind. Hummmmmm…
Hum sweet melody and keep this peace for me. I will share it and spread it like a busy bee.
What are we?
Harmony Meditation is not for meditation but for the practitioners.
World peace is not for peace but for us.
It’ time to restart The Harmony Story because we really need it now.
I recently talked about nurturing my brightness by helping the brightness in others and I have to say it has been a pretty incredible week. I have little time to myself to do training and decided to get it done anyway but on my own time.
If there is someone there I should do something for them and grow my soul in the process. I decided not to set aside time for myself and isolate myself when it is convenient for me but when it is convenient for others. What I have found is that the people around me are some of the best tools I have for growth especially my wife.
I used to come home and expect something from her. If she didn’t meet my expectation I would get angry and irritated. We would argue and recover well but with much more pain than is necessary as I can now see. It all seemed very normal, and I think that it actually is and that most people would defend my positions if I told them. But from my own experience when it comes to growth everything is always your responsibility with no one to blame. Although it was difficult to see that is exactly what I found once again.
When we met and when we got married I had the intention in my heart that this would be a relationship that would benefit our spiritual growth first and foremost and I feel that somehow and in someway we have been connected through that purpose.
Now my first inclination is “What can I do for her right now?”. With that new purpose the process and the result has changed completely. I feel we are much more in tune, caring, and really feel that we are growing together. Thank You Master Johwa!
Photo taken from http://blog.maia-intelligence.com/2012/10/11/challenges-in-self-service-bi/
I was recently trying to make a training regiment for myself. It’s something I have done a million times and I continue because the times that I stuck with it the results were indisputable. However at some point I sensed that there is something wrong or missing in all of this. I am too focused on myself and am planning to much while neglecting others and the opportunities that come with them.
In the book “Harmony Meditation, A New Way to Completion”, Master Johwa says that we have brightness in us and around us. He then asks the questions, “What are you doing with the brightness…In your life, what kind of role has the brightness been playing?” This really stuck in my brain and I would hear those words in my head consistently. With that in mind I thought a better way to take care of my brightness would be to serve other’s brightness. I can’t go into detail about everything that I experienced over the next several days. It would be too much for one post and I am still experiencing it and trying to make sense of it.
First I felt sorry. I repented for a couple of days. I felt so sorry, ashamed, and the word disgraced came into my mind. I could not look up most of the time. I felt sorry for so many things and I felt that if I repented and apologized for the rest of my life it would not be enough. It’s a brutal feeling but I know I should appreciate it more to even have the opportunity, but really it feels like there is no end at all. I felt that heaviness all day the second day and into the night and when things happened around me that picked me up I was drawn immediately down. Even through this repentance how many disgraceful things are still coming up. Where is the off button? Maybe this is what people mean when they say before you become enlightened you have to die.
People talk about desires a lot in regards to spirituality. Mostly I have heard people talk about taming desires for food, sex, or quitting bad habits. What I saw in myself is that there are so many more that are so subtle and so unbelievably strong and active 24 hours a day. I realized how much pain we spread with the most common things. Even simple chit chat seems completely self serving and wasting time.
I received several important messages but the one I will share is that every interaction with another person is a precious and important moment, and to take care of that person in spite of every emotion they stir up without reacting is my absolute responsibility to them and myself. Master Johwa has said before to meet people soul to soul. I have done it before and was surprised by what I found but this time it feels very different. When I see people like this I feel real urgency and strong desire for them to grow and complete their soul. It’s hard to even want to stay in this type of interaction because it is intense, I feel my body from my chest to my head bow to them. The second message is I am nothing but a servant.
Master Johwa also says in his book, “All problems originate because you are the you that you have.”  Wow! I have talked about growth and enlightenment but in the background just imagining a better version of Matt. Now I feel I am just starting to realize No Matt = No Problems.
Once upon a time, there was a mirror.
“I am the mirror”, he said.
A HwanDo practitioner asked, “How much are you?”
The mirror answered, “You tell me”
The same practitioner asked,”$10?”
“That is only for the frame.”, continued the mirror, “The real sale price goes up from there and it depends on the value of the one you see when you look at me”, with chuckling.
“I won’t pay more than $10”, the practitioner said.
“That’s nothing”, the mirror shouted.
The HwanDo practitioner corrected, “That’s not nothing but I am Nothingness”
The mirror was sold and they lived happily ever after.
Dearest friend,
Just breathe.
Leave them behind, your emotions. Â If you give way to your emotions, you cannot observe without bias and be truly aware of this moment that we share so dearly. Recognize how they limit and possess you, where they could enrich your life instead.
Breathe consciously and step aside to see clearly and be, who you are – Pure Love – infinitely big!
If you do not judge, you will not be judged. Love does not judge, it just flows. Continuously, unconditionally. From you, all around you and back to you.
Yes, my dear friend in the mirror, keep breathing. Love will flow from your heart and free your mind.
Photo From Barbara Ann Brennan book Light Emerging
We have all given and received many compliments and apologies in our lives. Why is it that sometimes it is easier to accept those compliments and apologies and other times it feels like we just can’t move on?
It seems like humanity in general has become overly technical even in our basic self management and communication that it leaves and underlying sense of dissatisfaction between each other. “I said I’m sorry what more do you want?”. Well, I want to feel your honesty and the harmonization between us so that we can keep ourselves open and moving forward together well. “It’s a compliment, what else do you want?”. I want to connect with you honestly and not use semantics, linguistics, or flattery to be handled by you so that we can continue business as usual for comforts sake.
When someone is sincerely apologetic there is no need to even say the words “I’m sorry”. You can feel it when you walk in the room and your resentment towards them is immediately replaced with sympathy and a natural willingness to forgive them.
It’s no wonder that celebrities who have their entourage and fans who pamper them day and night still have problems with drugs, alcohol, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, suicidal tendencies, domestic violence and so on. The mechanics and emptiness of language never satisfies or fulfills us. The intangible value that one gives from one’s heart can’t be faked or forged. It’s like we all have a detector inside of us for such things and even though we almost never realize it, there is always something lacking when someone try’s to pass off counterfeit love or when we do it to others as well.
I see people at work cleaning something. Then the owner cleans it and it is totally different. Doing anything just enough to say you did it not only puts off the obvious emptiness that went into the task but creates more of it inside of ourselves. Put a little heart into any task and the work alone was more rewarding than the result. It’s no coincidence that the people who have this basic attitude are usually higher up in the company and higher up in spirit.
