The Power of Me: Making a Commitment to Yourself

By Rev. David-Uriel Ibarra, N.D., CHt, CBT, RMT
July 20, 2010

How many times have we started a new venture only to be told by those we see as credible people that, "It can't be done. You don't have enough experience..."  or "You don't have the education to do that." There are also times that even our loved ones give us the "Look" that tells us we shouldn't even think of a new venture because it may steer us from our intended goal.  But who's goal is it really?  Can it be that the goal we' ve been striving for is really not ours but theirs?  Can it also be that when friends, loved ones, even our business partners, tell us to not follow a chosen path, or act on an idea, because it will not work and it may hurt the business, they are really trying to say, "Don't do it because I don't want to be outdone by you and feel stupid."?  Enough is enough!!

We have the power to do whatever we choose to do.  If we want to climb Mt. Everest than so be it.  If we want to help heal the world then do it.  If we want to venture into a new business then start the journey.  No one should ever feel that they are beneath anyone.  Whether this feeling is imposed upon you intentionally or not, we all need to feel free to speak our mind with the confidence that the other person will not take it personal.  If they do then the issue is them and not you.  You're only speaking your mind and your feelings.  Just keep in mind that when you speak your mind your intention is to convey your feelings and not to hurt the feelings of the other person.  Now, how do we begin to use our power in our life to begin our journey... do some soul searching on what you really want in life and make a commitment to yourself to do what you have chosen.

When you make a commitment to yourself you really are giving yourself permission to do what you have chosen to do.  This begins to open the doors of manifestation to bring to fruition the ideas and plans you have created for yourself.  What you focus on determines your reality in life.  If you choose to be successful in what you love to do then that is what will occur in time.  If you choose to believe others that you are a failure then life will provide you with scenarios to prove your thoughts.  No one has the power or the right to tell you what to believe, to feel, or to do in your life.  It's your life!!  You are the captain of your journey.  Why would you want to let someone else steer your ship to a destination that you don't want to go to.  Those that are on the path of light will be approached by many who are not of the light.  They do not want you to succeed because this would mean that they no longer control you, which also means that they do not have any power over you. 

You are a beautiful soul with the potential to create miracles for yourself and for others that are truly in need.  Don't give your power away to someone who is only going to use it for their own benefit of greed, control, hate, etc.  Once you take back your power then the miracles will begin for you.  Make the commitment to take back your power and destiny and become the future you deserve to have.  No one is your boss but yourself.  Be the change that you already are.

Namaste

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The Doorway Out of Ego, Part 3: The Fear of Loss

By Rev. David-Uriel Ibarra, N.D., CH.t, CBT, RMT
July 13, 2010

In part 2 of the Doorway Out of Ego: The Ego and the Illusionary Universe, we found out that, “… the physical body, like the Universe, was created within the Universal Mind with the soul’s own energy. Also, since both the body and the Universe were created within the Universal Mind, they are both illusions. To place importance in the body creates a false ground in the illusionary Universe. To break this bond from the body the soul must “remember” where its true ground is…The point of origin within Universal Consciousness.”

In “Earth Avatars,” we also found out that, “…Since we co-created the current state of our world then we must take responsibility for its condition and take action to co-create a different outcome where love and light reign. It begins with US! Our focus determines our reality.”

Now with this information available to us, we are able to begin to address the one thing that holds us back from reaching our true potential and, more importantly, hindering us from fulfilling our soul goal and evolving to our next level of consciousness… FEAR!

Since the beginning of our Universe, fear has been a tool used by the ego very extensively.  During our early development stages, fear served us well by protecting us from things that could have hurt or killed us.  Fear, or better yet, fear of loss (FOL), always played it safe.  I guess you can call FOL the ultimate conservative (smiling).

As time progressed, we as a people, more so than other creatures and Mother Earth, began to be hindered by FOL when it came time to evolve to our next level.  It became more and more difficult to learn and grow from our experiences because we would allow FOL to keep us safe.  We as a people felt very comfortable in our own worlds.  We knew exactly what was to occur at any given moment.  The drawback to this is that when opportunity came knocking at our doors we closed the windows, closed the shutters, and pretended that no one was home.  Eventually, we answered the door and realized that there was a new view on life, which helped us move to the next level of evolution.  Every time we answered our evolutionary door we came closer to fulfilling our soul goal.  We’re now at a point in time to move again into possibly our final level of consciousness evolution and the ego knows this.

The ego has become very strong within this Universe.  It’s become very strong because through FOL we have been feeding it.  The ego knows our souls’ agreed upon time line.  It knows that its time is short.  The ego uses the energy we give it to re-create the Universe how it sees fit so it came better manipulate us into FOL.  When we fall into FOL we then willingly give our energy (free will) over to the ego, which then will continue with its own version of the Universe.

In “The Doorway Out of Ego, Part 1,” we discovered that, “Our ego (left brain) is always trying to pull us away from what is needed to be seen, heard, and done because it fears any form of change.”  So what we begin to see here is that the ego is at the mercy of its own attempt of controlling itself and those it has influence over.  By the ego using FOL we allow the ego to influence and drag us down along with it.

As Earth Avatars-Ambassadors of Gaia, we have a responsibility to not only help ourselves reach our soul goals but to help others to attain their soul goals as well, as long as it does not hinder their life lessons.  When we allow ourselves to be influenced by the ego through FOL we will not be able to attain our soul goals and be true Ambassadors of Gaia.  To fulfill our soul goals we must declare to the world, and to the Universe, in one resounding unified voice that we are Earth Avatars-Ambassadors of Gaia and that we commit ourselves to “NO FEAR.”  By making this declaration we will be exercising our free will and begin to reclaim our power.

The ego has no control over our free will because free will is a gift given to each individual soul from outside of this Universe.  Anything from outside of this Universe can not be influenced by the ego.  Anything created within this Universe can be influenced by the ego.  The reason for this is that the ego is a product of the Universe.  Our souls, as well as our free will, are products outside of the Universe (Universal Consciousness, God, etc.).

We agreed to have this physical experience as a global consciousness.  Let’s own up to the state our world is in.  Create the world as it should be according to our agreed upon soul contract.  Let’s take the final steps to our final level of evolution.  Make the declaration to the world and the Universe.  Be free of the ego.  Be the master of your ego and not it of you.  Be true Ambassadors of Gaia.  Be Earth Avatars.

Namaste

The Doorway Out of Ego, Part 2: The Ego and the Illusionary Universe

By Rev. David-Uriel Ibarra, N.D., CHt, CBT, RMT

Originally written: March 7, 2008

We are all one within this illusionary Universe. This illusion resides within the mind, or Universal Mind, of the Universal Consciousness as a thought, dream, vision, etc. Many other thoughts exist within the Universal Mind. As these thoughts combine with each other they form larger and larger thought forms. These thought forms may be perceived by the soul as different dimensions existing in various states of building and rebuilding. For each thought form created there is a unifying energy within the Universal Mind we call ego.

Within the Universal Mind there is only one ego holding all thought forms together. In each thought form is inserted a piece of Universal Consciousness (soul) so it can move into the illusionary Universe, create its physical body to incarnate into, and experience the lessons that can only be learned within the Universe.

The soul cannot create its physical body outside of the Universe because for a physical body to function WITHIN a Universe, and abide by the laws created for that Universe, the soul needs the resources that exist in that Universe to build the body. Just like building a house in the middle of the Antarctic using ice and snow instead of straw and wood. If you build a straw house in the Antarctic, you will soon have a mushy house.

(Note: Any thoughts created by the Universal Mind within itself, i.e., planets, galaxies, the Universe, etc., are in of itself an illusion. All things created outside of an illusion are real. This means that the soul that comes from Universal Consciousness is not an illusion but very REAL because Universal Consciousness is outside of the Universal Mind and the soul was created by Universal Consciousness!)

Once the soul incarnates into a physical body it begins to become fragmented and lose awareness of Self due to the lower vibration within the body. When this occurs the ego steps in to deceive this fragmentation (soul) into feeling fear through the use of abandonment. At this point, because of the fear, the soul is convinced to give its power to the ego for “safe keeping.” Very much like what a bank does when we give it our money. Also similar here is that although we are able to withdraw money from the bank a portion of the interest earned is kept by the bank. The ego works very similarly. The ego will “withdraw” ever so slightly from the soul’s “interest” so the soul does not notice.

Once the ego attains the soul’s energy, it will create scenarios within the Universe to continue to manipulate the soul in giving its energy to the ego. The entire time this is occurring the soul is given the illusion of safety and love from the ego.

When the soul begins to realize what is occurring, and begins to take back its energy (bank withdrawals) the ego will create a situation to instill more fear into the soul. This will then cause the soul to fall back into a more comfortable pattern, which is to the benefit of the ego. Through energy given to it by the soul, the ego is able to continue creating numerous thought forms (planets, galaxies, other dimensions, universes, etc.), scenarios, and fear within the Universal Mind to manipulate the soul and to maintain the ego’s energy consumption.

When we realize that our Universe is an illusion, created by the ego with our own energy we freely gave to it, we can begin to “withdraw” our energy from the Universe, thus draining the ego’s ability to control the soul. When we begin to reclaim our energy the ego will begin to use any means possible to prevent the soul from reclaiming its energy. Eventually, when enough souls within the Universal Mind have reclaimed their energy, the ego will disappear, along with this illusionary Universe, and the soul will in a sense “wake up” and realize that there is only one Universal Mind, with many thoughts, within Universal Consciousness. At this point, the soul can choose to return to Universal Consciousness to co-create or to return to the illusionary Universe to continue experiencing physical life in another body.

Reclaiming the soul’s energy will involve connecting with all of nature, and the Universe, and focus this energy into our hearts to reawaken our “awareness.” This process will begin to cause a chain reaction within this illusionary Universe that will push us to separate from the ego and the Universe. Once separated, the soul realizes that its source of energy is determined by its ability to remain grounded to its point of origin, which exists outside of the illusionary Universe and Universal Mind but resides within the Universal Consciousness.

In the past, for those souls beginning to “wake up,” the ego would deceive the soul into grounding itself into this illusionary Universe. When this occurred we would unconsciously deposit our energy back into the ego’s “bank,” thus providing it an endless amount of energy. The act of “remembering” the soul’s true ground, which exists within Universal Consciousness, begins the process of disconnecting from this illusion and reconnecting (awakening) to Universal Consciousness. Once fully awake from the dream, the soul becomes fully “aware” of its oneness with the Universal Consciousness. The illusionary Universe will begin to slowly cease to exist, and the ego will forever disappear.

Free will is a product (gift) given to the soul by Universal Consciousness. This free will can not be infringed upon by the Universal Mind but can be influenced by the ego as long as the soul remains within the Universe. Outside of the illusionary Universe, and outside of the Universal Mind, the ego has no power so it can not deceive the soul into thinking that it needs to give its energy to the ego. So it’s imperative that the ego continues to deceive the soul into remaining in the Universe so it can continue to exist. Remember, the soul was created by Universal Consciousness, which is outside of the Universal Mind and the Universe, so the ego has no influence over the soul outside of the Universe.

To recap, the ego will use many forms of deception to deceive the soul. One of them is the need to place importance on having a physical body to exist. But keep in mind that the physical body, like the Universe, was created within the Universal Mind with the soul’s own energy. Also, since both the body and the Universe were created within the Universal Mind, they are both illusions. To place importance in the body creates a false ground in the illusionary Universe. To break this bond from the body the soul must “remember” where its true ground is…The point of origin within Universal Consciousness.

To be continued…

The Doorway Out of Ego, Part 1

By Rev. David-Uriel Ibarra
Originally written on October 26, 2006

The final doorway we must walk through before reaching full realization is the doorway that leads us out of our ego. Once through the doorway we enter a void that holds the raw material for all possibilities and potentials. Here is where it all begins and ends. The identification of “I” and “me” dissolves and what takes its place is a feeling of just being.

All worry, fear, anxiety, and anything else that exists in the physical world is non-existent in this void. We come to realize and understand that we are a part of something much larger within this void. The more time we stay within this void the more we know that we are not within the void but the void is within us. It is the point of all creation. From this point what is created expands out into the universe. Once an idea, potential, etc. is created and placed into the universe, it runs its course, not mentioning free will, until it is exhausted. Once exhausted, what’s left of that idea, potential, etc. is then returned to the void as raw material to be used again.

The ego keeps us in a state of fear purposely to keep us out of this void because it feels that it will lose its identity once we enter this void. The ego also knows that once we enter the void we can re-create ourselves into our highest potential, which means we will have no need for the ego.

Walking through the doorway also holds the ability to heal all aspects of ourselves and our family tree for past, present, and possible future. Any and all diseases can be removed out of existence in the void. Once all imbalances are removed we then can re-create ourselves into a healthy state to where we can pursue our highest goals in service to others.

The doorway of ego can be looked upon as an exit out of space and time from our universe and into the void of creation. How can this be? Our limited science can only show us the visible universe we live in but is not able to see the edge of it. But going on the idea that the universe is a reflection of itself (as it is above so below) we assume that the universe is a sphere like our world because in nature the sphere is the most perfect, and duplicated, object, i.e. Earth, Mars, the Sun, etc. We continually see evidence of this reflection around us. We only need to take the time to see. For example, the Earth can be considered to be holding an entire universe within it. This means that for every planet in our universe contains an entire universe within it. How large is our universe? Only time will tell when we’ll have the technology to answer this question. The real question here is how do we open the doorway into the void so we can begin re-creating not just our lives but our universe as well? To begin opening the doorway we first must clean our body temple of any and all issues that exist in the mind and body.

For the mind, this can be any issue that clutters it, which causes some form of distress. This clutter slows our ability to listen to our inner voice because the clutter distracts us with unnecessary busy work. The act of forgiving ourselves for any transgressions we feel we’re responsible for, whether in the far past or just recently, is an important method to releasing the clutter that might exist within our minds. Other forms of clutter that develop from not forgiving ourselves might manifest in several ways. Some of these are worrying about paying a bill that has not been created and sent to you, work projects that begin two months from the day they were scheduled, to any other issues (clutter) that we don’t have control over. Once the mind clutter is addressed then we need to cleanse our physical body.

Cleansing the body of toxins can be accomplished through numerous body cleanses available that assist the body in removing toxins that inhibit the body’s ability to function at optimal levels. These cleanses vary from juice, to vegetable, to lemonade, to homeopathic cleanses. Once the body cleanse is complete we then begin the process of quieting the ego.

Our ego (left brain) is always trying to pull us away from what is needed to be seen, heard, and done because it fears any form of change. One method of quieting the ego is by talking to it and convincing it that changes are a part of life, is beneficial to it, and things will be alright when this change occurs. If this doesn’t work then a more forceful but compassionate voice will need to be used to get it to quiet down. Other methods to help in quieting the ego vary but a few of them involve physical and mental exercises, i.e., Tai Chi, yoga, and meditation. The ego is like a child so it knows only what a child knows and sees through its own perspective. Once the ego is quiet we must then listen to our inner voice.

This voice is our guidance that will assist us in opening the doorway and what to do once we open this door. Whenever we begin to stray from our set intent our inner voice begins to gently speak to us to let us know that we need to return to our intended path. Straying from our inner voice’s guidance will send us back to a fear state and we fall back to where we started. The last step in this process is actually walking through the doorway.

One good method of starting the process of walking through the doorway is through the stimulation of the bodily senses. The stimulation of the senses assists in further quieting the left brain (ego) and helps us in letting go of our physical and mental issues. Doing so also allows us to better listen to our inner voice as well. What form of stimulation is required is dependent on the individual. If you’re drawn to aromatherapy (smell) than that is the best method for you. Same goes for music (sound), touch (massage), etc. Once through the doorway what should we expect from the void?

To be continued…