How to live from a place of empowered stillness and inner presence
by Heather Smith and Yanni Charalambous
In the first two articles of this series, we gained an awareness of our Invisible Self – our Consciousness – and its omnipresence, in order to become more aware of who we really are and where we really are. This gave us clarity about what’s consistently here in the midst of all sensory appearances. Now we’ll explore how Joel Goldsmith’s mystical teachings and the wisdom of Ho’oponopono can help us live continuously from a place of inner harmony and deep-seated peace.
Heather: Let’s recap on what we’ve covered so far in our previous sessions:
- Firstly, we gained an awareness of our invisible Inner Self, our Life Force
- Then we established the realization of the omnipresence of our own Consciousness – I alone Am
- We began adopting the practice of witnessing rather than reacting throughout the day, letting whatever arises come and then dissolve, moment by moment
- Now we’re going to take this a step further by learning how to be a continuous center of peace
I had an interesting discussion recently. Someone shared with me that they had really benefited from being able to ask questions about Joel Goldsmith and the Infinite Way on Chat GPT. They said it had helped them enormously when they were faced with a challenging situation with someone else in their life. Now, I too am utterly in awe of Artificial Intelligence, in much the same way as we were all in awe of the internet when it first became available – how was it even possible that something of this magnitude could exist?! It was amazing. But, I was very clear to point out during my conversation that Joel Goldsmith emphasised over and over that the Infinite Way is an experience – it’s not something that can be understood intellectually. Right at the very start of his book Consciousness Unfolding, Joel wrote:
‘To experience God unfolding as individual consciousness is the purpose of The Infinite Way. It is a revelation within your own being of your own being, an experience which takes place within you’.
If we can cognize something via the intellect or our senses, that’s not it because the senses don’t present to us that which is real. What’s real is the Soul and that’s where true peace lies.
Last time, we touched on the awareness that those who appear to be ‘other’ in our experience are in fact our own Consciousness in expression. There is no ‘other’; there’s only the one Mind, the one Life Force. This can be more easily understood, and perhaps also more readily embraced, when it comes to those we feel in harmony with, but can we live from this truth in our wider world?
To do that, here are a few ways we can practise incorporating conscious awareness into our daily life:
- Disciplining yourself to become more fully present moment by moment establishes inner peace. You’re not so easily swayed by appearances because you’re watching, rather than reacting. Peace within then becomes harmony without. As we become more conscious of our thoughts and emotions, we realise we don’t have to believe them and we can question whether they’re really true
- Embrace the practice of being inwardly empty (and by that I mean consciously seeing through the eyes of your invisible Soul). Maybe just for short intervals at first, but with persistence, this gradually becomes easier and you’re able to stay there for longer periods
- We can examine thoughts that draw us into the belief of a concrete personality by questioning, ‘Who am “I”?’ We can also examine the illusion of ‘doing’ rather than ‘being’. Very often the mind resists the idea of non-doing, but really the egoic mind – thoughts – just wants something to ‘do’. So we can discipline ourselves instead to keep focused within and this then stills racing thoughts
- Realising why we chose peace with another: because there’s only One Mind – our own Self, this vast field of Awareness, which is in fact an omnipresent aliveness of invisible activity beyond the veil of concepts and appearances. Resting in the conscious awareness of this enables us to be a transparency for Peace to flow through and express as our close relationships, our community, our nation and our whole world.
Yanni: Throughout this course, we’ve introduced the experience of the state of ‘Zero Mind’ which, in Ho’oponopono, is the conduit of Peace. Ho’oponopono actually means ‘to correct the errors within’ and it shows us how we can let go of attachments and reactions to negative thoughts about situations, people and places accumulated over eons of time. It was Dr Hew Len who gave to the world the updated version of Ho’oponopono. If you remember, through his own inner work based on the teachings, he managed to heal an entire ward of mentally ill criminals by addressing the feelings and reactions that came up for him whilst reading their case notes, taking 100% responsibility for the collective conditioning and healing those emotions within himself by using the four word mantra: ‘I am sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you’.
The aim of Ho’oponopono is chiefly to clear the mind, thereby establishing inner peace, balance within ourselves and good relationships with others. In this way, we return back to a ‘Zero’ state of mind by listening within, so that we can be inspired with the right solution for whatever problem we’re wanting to resolve. If you’re experiencing difficulty in remaining in a place of inner peace, as Heather’s just mentioned, I invite you to examine for yourself the power of addressing those thoughts and reactions by applying the Ho’oponopono mantra and then watching the results.
Heather: We mentioned one of the spiritual Wisdoms in Joel’s book, The Infinite Way in our first session: “Consciousness Lives Itself; You do not live it”. Understanding all that we’ve shared here together over this course – gaining an awareness of our true self, witnessing and examining thoughts as they arise and our reactions – we can now let Spirit, Perfect Peace, function as us.
We’d like to conclude by encouraging you to persist with your practice of mastering these disciplines. As Yanni’s just said, rather than simply reading this article, see the results for yourself by adopting the practice of pausing at intervals throughout the day to become aware of thoughts and emotions as they’re arising; using Ho’oponopono to bring you back to Zero State if thoughts are overpowering; and simply witnessing from a place of Inner Stillness. Practiced on a daily basis, you will find this radically changes your life.
Suggested reading:
The Infinite Way, by Joel Goldsmith
Consciousness Unfolding, by Joel Goldsmith
Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More by Joe Vitale and Ihaleakala Hew LenAudio recordings of this course drawing on the spiritual wisdom of Joel Goldsmith’s Infinite Way teachings together with the love and forgiveness principles of “Ho’oponopono” are available either as a compilation or individual recordings. One-on-one private consultations also are available upon request. Yanni will be speaking in London in November (also via Zoom). To attend or for more information, email Heather at: mysticalmeditation@yahoo.com
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