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AGEING AGELESSLY
David Attenborough celebrated his 100th birthday with around 5,000 people at a special concert at the magnificent Albert Hall in London recently.
Splendidly attired, he proudly looked, moved and spoke as if he was no more than 75 years young.
Royalty, the media, the financial, business, church and government elite all attended to honour a man who was always enthralled by, loved, respected, and appreciated Planet Earth and all who share her beauty and her bounty.
Without doubt that was the prime reason he glowed and moved almost agelessly.
Last time you looked in the mirror how were you going?
Are the skin regenerating creams, botox and hydrating liquids winning the fight?
There is another way, you know……
Instead of degenerating from the ‘outside-in’ we can regenerate from the ‘inside-out’.
Instead of starting at the skin we start at the Essential Mind.
That’s because our Essential Mind has no age: it’s age-less: it simply is.
It’s our True Being.
It was ageless when we arrived into our body and it will remain ageless on the day we quit our body.
Of course, if we don’t access it, it will have little effect on our life and we will quickly lose our youthful petals and soon droop in both stem and stamina.
However, when we access and utilize our Essential Mind we find our youthfulness flowers abundantly (regardless of any calendar of years), the sun shines copiously, the rain falls joyfully, people treat one another lovingly, opportunity springs delightedly …….. and all sing the song of gratitude for Life.
So exactly how do we access this seemingly hidden Essential Mind, our True Being? –
It’s really quite simple.
We simply go within and familiarize ourselves with the Loving Spirit we find therein.
Meditation, chant, prayer, mantra, song will all centre our focus on our true being.
Creative Self-Expression – everything from poetry to art to sculpture to music will all refine our deeper appreciation of our True Being.
Voluntary support of people, positive practices and socially enhancing endeavours will further expand our true Self-awareness.
Slowly, gently, our True Being – hidden so deeply within – will shine outward to show us the Ageless Path to follow.
As we embrace – moment by moment, day by day – our ultimately unavoidable True Being we will, like Sir David, relish each rising sun, each screeching galah, each whistling wagtail, each trumpeting elephant, each playful kitten, each clicking dolphin, each neighing horse, each chattering monkey, each tail-wagging dog and each inquisitive human we find on our extraordinary individual journeys across the wide plateau of Planet Earth.
Ultimately, the ‘spirit-child’ within each of us will shine throughout it all……and ‘age’ will simply be a three-letter word signifying the fullness of our experience.
Anyone for an adventure?
Blessings,
Les
SNIPPETS
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GIVE THE WORLD THE GIFT OF YOU !!
Dearest Friends, My deepest apologies for the absence of SoulLight over the last month. Trudi and I have been in the midst of complete chaos…..moving home from Gympie Qld to Nambucca Heads, NSW. Every possible thing has gone wrong from phone disconnections to removal truck losses to damages to internet and phone loss to delays
BE THE PROCESS….NOT THE PROCESSOR!!!
(Special retreat note for you at the bottom of this article). Hopefully, I am one of the ordinary, everyday, normal people you can happily call a friend. That’s because I try, as much as I can, to be normal. So what does it mean to be normal….? For each of us there may be
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EASTER MESSAGE
Death comes to all of us. At Easter Christians celebrate the life and mortal passing of a most remarkable and selfless man called Yeshua. He not only overturned the money lenders’ tables outside the synagogue but also laid the groundwork for what has been the most influential religion of the last two millennia. Many of
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We all face those sad times when loved ones pass on….hopefully these words will give comfort if it has recently happened to you…. Or is shortly to happen…. When loved ones are ready to pass over it is helpful to send them thoughts and prayers of peace and assurance that all is safe. When they
WHAT EXACTLY IS LOVE?
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DO YOU THINK LIFE IS SOMETIMES TOO HARD ?
When the Roman army marched into England in 43 AD its soldiers (and their female helpers) walked over 2,500kms fully laden just to get there. There were no planes, trains or motorcars. When Genghis Khan, the Mongolian ruler of China took his warriors (and often, their women) west, conquering the lands he crossed as he
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Sebastian Junger wrote in his book Tribe: “Society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary.“ Think about that for a moment…… Do you sometimes think you’re an unnecessary add-on? Do you sometimes feel you’re expendable? That it wouldn’t matter if you didn’t exist? Stop reading now if you think you’re worthwhile.
ONE MAN(KIND)
Imagine one Being. Standing. Naked. Arms outstretched. Legs apart, perfectly balanced. Sexual gender ambivalent Totally at peace. Content. Complete. Fulfilled. Now zoom in closer. 100 trillion cells compose the body….. 100 trillion atoms compose just one cell…… Protons, neutrons and electrons compose each and every atom….. There’s also many many trillions of light rays (photons)
I STILL REMEMBER YOU….
Before this week’s article, I’d like to take a moment to directly THANK YOU for being part of my (and Trudi’s) wider family. We may meet rarely, if at all (you may not even reply to my emails) but you are still a beloved part of our spiritual family,,,,and life would be less satisfying without
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY……?
A beautiful writer, Terri St Cloud wrote : “If (after death) I’m asked what I did with my life I want to be able to say “I offered Love”…… What would you say? For some I’m sure the answer would be “made a lot of money” or “had some great jobs” or “visited some amazing
ME, MYSELF AND I……
The American Psychological Association researched how truly comfortable people were with themselves. They asked a mixed cohort of people to make a choice to either sit comfortably alone with their private thoughts for fifteen minutes OR give themselves electric shocks. 67 percent of men chose electric shocks. 25 percent of women chose to zap themselves
IT’S NOT WHAT YOU GET BUT WHAT YOU’VE GOT
Here’s one of my favourite jokes that I often tell in workshops….. There was a very rich man (Mr Smith) who prayed to St Peter incessantly asking if he could take his money with him when he went to heaven. St Peter kept saying no – you just come as yourself, naked – but
THE TALE OF FOUR ROCKS
I’d like to start the new year with a story that is both simple and yet can also be life-changing, if we really own its truth…..! I am not the author and I apologise for not being able to tell you who wrote it, other than that they are American. A 10 or 11 year-old
A NEW YEAR – A NEW AWAKENING
Welcome to the new year! Actually every day is the start of a new year. And at a planetary level every moment is both brand new and totally ageless. Late last year I mentioned that “we are all aspects of the Divine” and also that “we are each born as a Messenger of God”. I
HAPPY CHRIST MASS!
(Trudi’s yummy nut-loaf alternative to eating animals at Christmas is at the bottom of this article!! It’s de-lic-ious!!!!) Next Monday is the day set aside to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Jesus, for us, is a great messenger of Divine truths. For some people, he IS the Divine in human form. Whatever your beliefs, he
STARTING SMALL – Part 2
In today’s hectic world, even at Christmas, many people live much of their time in a ‘fight or flight’ zone. Neighbours, relatives, finances, home issues, work issues – even time off – can trigger distressing moments and pent-up trauma. A great number of people have trouble relaxing and simply enjoying the moment. (It’s one of
STARTING SMALL ….
In today’s rather chaotic and upsetting world, how do we start changing our lives from some level of quiet desperation or distress into a richer level of deep contentment and certainty? A mental health professional (who is also a dear friend and has been a subscriber for the last 30 years) recently wrote to me