Spiritual Growth June 1, 2011
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Following is a quote of The Mother, one of the founders of the Sri Aurobindo Society in Pondicherry, India. Her words help me to understand that everything we do in life can only be accomplished at the level of spiritual perfection to which we have evolved.
QUOTE OF THE MOTHER
An aimless life is always a miserable life. Every one of you should have an aim. But do not forget that on the quality of your aim will depend the quality of your life.
Your aim should be high and wide, generous and disinterested; this will make your life precious to yourself and to others.
But whatever your ideal, it cannot be perfectly realised unless you have realised perfection in yourself.
- The Mother [CWMCE, 12:3]
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
No Quick Fix on Spiritual Path January 27, 2010
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We face ourselves when we walk the spiritual path. This is hard work, not necessarily upsetting, but definitely work that requires patience, focus and endurance.
Spiritual work is not like instant oatmeal. If we want to walk the spiritual path, we have to be in it for the long run. Many of us become over inflated when we have spiritual experiences, and decide that we have “Arrived” with a capital “A.” We may have arrived at a rest stop on the path in order to take a moment to realize the progress we have made, but we cannot fool ourselves that this is the end of the hard work we have been doing.
The best teachers that I have had in my life, have been sure to tell me that they are not my true teachers, but that Spirit is my teacher. They are there to help me while on my spiritual journey, but they cannot tell me what to do and make all my decisions for me. My best teachers have also made me aware that they are still on the spiritual path and still learning, just as I am.
The ego would love to grab all of us and say “Look you are enlightened!!!!” And some seminar leaders who like to fill up the seats in the room, may make you feel that you are incredible and that within one weekend seminar you have Arrived,” when you really have alot more work to do.
As both a seeker on the spiritual path and a teacher, my suggestion is that all of us look at the spiritual path as a way of life, and know that we will be learning and having new understandings about ourselves and our world everyday. And in fact from my perspective as a psychic medium, I know that our learning will continue when we have left our physical bodies and transitioned to eternal life.
So the spiritual path never ends. We will walk this path forever.
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
Guilt After a Passing November 5, 2009
Posted by Carole Lynne in Feeling Better, Grief, Spiritual Awakening, Worries.Tags: guilt after a passing, sharing spiritual experience, spiritual growth
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“I was not there when my loved one passed”
While we would all like to be by the side of our loved one at the time of passing, it is not always possible. One of the hardest things to cope with after the passing of a loved one, is guilt. Not everyone feels guilt, but many do. As a psychic medium, I work with many people who are in deep grief and burdened with guilt. One of the things people feel guilty about, is not being with their loved one at the moment of passing.
I have talked with a woman who stayed with her loved one in the hospital 24/7, wanting to be with her loved one at the moment of passing. Then when she left the hospital bed for two minutes to go to the rest room, the loved one passed into eternal life. She was devastated and asks me “why did this happen?” She wants to know if her loved one wanted to pass alone to spare her the grief, or was her loved one angry at her?” All kinds of thoughts run through her mind over and over again as she tries to understand why her loved one did not wait for her to come back into the room before passing.
I cannot prove why a human being passes at a particular moment. It could be for very physical reasons, and it could be that the spirit of the human being makes a choice about when to pass. Many believe that there is a contract between the soul of the person and God and that the moment of death is in God’s hands. My experiences as a psychic medium have brought me to the conclusion that when the spirit of a human being passes into eternal life, the shutdown of the body and the mind do not always coincide with the moment the spirit leaves the physical body and makes the transition into eternal life. I sense that the spirits within many who are getting ready to pass on are beginning to leave their physical bodies long before the medical moment of physical death. For instance the spirits of people who are in comas may have left their bodies, but are still in the hospital room, trying to comfort their loved ones who are sitting by the bedside crying.
What I do know is that it is not always possible to be with a loved one at the moment of physical death. It IS possible to be with the spirit of your loved one, before, during and after the passing.
Remember that you can be with the spirit of your loved one at all times, and so if you are not able to be with your loved one at the moment of physical passing, you can still be with the spirit, even though you may not be at the physical side of your loved one. Place thoughts of your loved one in your consciousness and speak within your mind to your loved one. Or you may prefer to sing to your loved one as the vibrations of sound, whether sung out loud or simply “played with in the mind” are powerful and healing to the spirit of your loved one. And you do not have to be a good singer to send wonderful vibrations of love through sound.
When my father, whom I was very close to during his lifetime, passed into spirit, I was on the other side of the country. I was devastated, but I felt in touch with his spirit. In fact, I woke in the middle of the night and felt that he was passing. It was within the next hour that I received the news from family members who were with him. Many of my clients have had this same kind of experience.
It is never too late to communicate with the spirit of your loved one.
If you were not with your loved one at the time of passing, or if you did not feel in touch with the spirit of your loved one at that time, it is never too late to communicate your love. Just close your eyes and say a prayer and then talk to your loved one out loud or within your mind. I have had great proof in readings, that our loved ones in eternal life hear us even if they have passed on many years ago. I do not mean to insinuate that we can talk to them as if we were on a phone. But I know that thoughts are vibrations and that they can travel between the realms of our conscious earth life and the eternal life that many of us call “the spirit world” or “heaven.”
If you feel guilt after the passing of a loved one, know that are in the company of many who also feel guilt. It is all part of the grieving process. Try to focus on all the good things that you have done, and know that your loved one is not in eternal life, making a list of all the things you did that were not perfect. I have never had a communication with any spirit who came through in a reading with messages about all the imperfections of my client. In fact it is just the opposite. Those in spirit seem to have gained a greater understanding of life, and they are usually most appreciative for all that we have done for them and the love that we have given them and are continuing to give through our prayers for them, and through keeping their memories alive with the family.
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
Pebbles on the Shore October 24, 2009
Posted by Carole Lynne in All About Spirit, nature, Uncategorized.Tags: spiritual growth, time for yourself
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Pebbles come in all sizes and all colors
Just like we do
Pebbles are sometimes smooth and sometimes rough
Just like we are
Pebbles feel smooth under our feet or hurt us as we walk
Just as life can
Pebbles on the shore receive the footprints of many and then are washed by the sea over and over again
Pebbles will remain on the shore as natural and beautiful as they have always been, if we leave them alone to create their destiny
Pebbles change over time and evolve as the earth evolves
Contemplate the pebbles and learn something about yourself, about life and about the earth
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
Author of Cosmic Connection: Messages for a Better World, Consult Your Inner Psychic: Make Your Life Work Better, How to Get a Good Reading From a Psychic Medium and Heart and Sound.
The Larger View October 19, 2009
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Look as far as you can to find the larger view
When you feel trapped and caught in a corner
Find the larger view
When your perspective is as narrow as a solid line
Find the larger view
Gaze far beyond your own nose and find a whole world, a whole universe of knowledge
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
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Author of Cosmic Connection: Messages for a Better World, Consult Your Inner Psychic, How to Get a Good Reading From a Psychic Medium and Heart and Sound
Reason for Existence October 4, 2009
Posted by Carole Lynne in Carole Lynne reads Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Feeling Better, Spiritual Awakening, Spiritual Priority.Tags: empowerment, sharing spiritual experience, spiritual growth
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Last night a friend in his seventies, trying to cope with the troubles and the passing of too many close friends, asked me “What is the meaning of all this? I am not sure I see the point of life.”
As we get older and many family and friends are becoming ill and eventually passing into eternal life, it becomes hard to accept and it becomes easy to question the meaning of life.
I turned to my friend and said “We are here to enjoy each day as much as possible, and we have a whole world to try to save, so we better get busy.” At this point in life, we need to be doing things that help others. We must do this for ourselves. While it may look like we are helping others, it is really ourselves that we are helping. As we grow older it is time for us to understand that WE ARE ALL ONE. As we help others, we merge with THE ONE.
Of course the complications of our own lives keep us busy, but there is always some time that can be used to help others in the family, community and world.
This morning I picked up a little book of inspiration by Sri Aurobindo, one of the founders of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India. I asked the Divine to take me to a quote that would have meaning for me this morning, and here is the quote that appeared to me as I opened this small book:
“The soul- a spark of the Divine; to grow in flame towards the Divine in its true life and its very reason for existence.”
As I read these words, what comes to me is that the reason for existence, is to find the spark of the Divine within. The question that was brought up the evening before, was answered. As we open ourselves to the light of Divine
Consciousness, we find our true selves. We are able to cope with life, help ourselves, help others, and evolve in our consciousness, so that when the day comes when it is time to make a transition to eternal life, we are prepared.
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
Path to Spirituality: Honesty and Discipline October 2, 2009
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It is so easy to understand what the other guy needs to do. What is really tough is looking ourselves straight in the eyes and taking in the truth about what we need to do to “clean up our act.”
Many of us have noticed that the massage therapist never gets a massage, the diet counselor is over weight, and the physical trainer is either doing too much exercise or not enough. Of course there are exceptions, and please do not take offence if you are a massage therapist, diet counselor or physical trainer. The point that is being made here, is that it is easy to advise others, and extremely hard to have the courage to look at ourselves honestly. It is even harder to develop the discipline needed to solve our personal challenges.
The path to spirituality is self improvement. If we can do what is good for ourselves, then we can lead better lives and have much more to offer our families, friends, communities and the world.
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
Mind Must be Tamed September 29, 2009
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Mind must be tamed if we want inner peace. The hours and hours spent analyzing current situations, can become a waste of time. Sometimes, we need to make the best decision we can at the moment and then get on with life.
Of course there are challenges in life which require that we take our time making decisions. But in many cases we go around in circles as we make decisions, when that is not necessary.
It is sad the way many of us spend our lives feeling stressed and worried.
Feeling the love of the Divine and having faith in the future is the best path to inner peace.
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
THE SAME MOON September 5, 2009
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As I sat last night in County Durham, England, my good friend an I gazed at the full moon. What an incredible site. At one point my friend said ” Just think about it: people in the United States will see the same moon in this evening. People all around the world will see the same moon in the evening. What a small world.”
My friends words made me feel closer to all that live upon this earth, and I said a quiet prayer that we might be able to learn to live together peacefully. After all, it is a small world.
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
Many Lives within One August 27, 2009
Posted by Carole Lynne in All About Spirit, Feeling Better, Grief, Spiritual Awakening, Spiritual Priority, spirituality in action, Uncategorized.Tags: changing our lives, empowerment, facing challenge, sharing spiritual experience, spiritual growth
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During a single life, we lead many lives
Sometimes it feels as if we are dying and being reborn within the same life
When life brings its abrupt shocks and sadness, like a snake we shed our skin
We have completed a cycle and we never again be who we have been
A part of us dies as the skin is shed and the new skin is like that of the new born baby: tender and vulnerable
It is in these times that we need the courage to move ahead and see what our new life will bring
Holding on to what was is impossible as it has vanished
Like the new born, we must learn to sit, learn to crawl, and then finally be on our feet running around at top speed
Discovery and intrigue must carry us through as we find out who we are in our new life
**** if this post speaks to you, read Cosmic Connection: Messages for a Better World
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