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Chaos Addiction and the Fear of Peace

The socialized mind is drawn towards chaos. As you begin to pursue peace you  may find yourself drawn towards chaotic thinking, chaotic situations, and people who are in chaos.  This draw stems from an addictive familiarity.  To the ego, the loss of chaotic thinking means death, and so it tries to equate chaos with life.

You may find yourself feeling that peace is associated with boredom, isolation, and death.  This may lead to the fear of peace.  However, a peaceful mind is never bored because it needs no external chaos for stimulation.  A peaceful mind does not feel isolated as it understands that it is always joined with other minds.  A peaceful mind knows that there is no death, that we may remain in the physical form until the minds of all are healed, then ascend into the form of spirit.

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Mental Health Issues Perceived Spiritually

The use of labeling people with a "disorder" will be seen as primitive in the near future.

The ego takes a label and uses it against one's self.  In challenging times the ego will use a label the self has been given (by the ego or another) as a reason that one can not cope with the current circumstances.

What follows is a list of common labels, their underlying dynamics, and suggestions for healing.

Depression:  individual is suppressing one's true nature, and identifying with ego.
Healing:  let one's self be guided towards what has been held back, and identify with God.

Anxiety:  individual is not listening to inner guidance.
Healing:  follow through with thoughts and behavioral changes one is resisting.

Codependence/Other Addiction:  individual is identifying with someone or something outside of one's own true nature as their source of happiness.
Healing:  identify with one's higher self, recognizing wholeness.

Bipolar Disorder:  individual is identifying with a source outside of self.  Individual fixates on external gratification when "high" and feels rejected by fixations when "low."
Healing:  find source of peace in one's mind, identifying with God as your source of unconditional love.

Mania:  feeling suppressed energy from being guided to change but not following through.
Healing:  do what you feel guided to do.  Make the changes that are in your highest spiritual  interest.

Phobias:  projecting guilt onto external situation or focus.  One feels one should be punished and believes that external source will punish him/her.
Healing:  understand that no one deserves punishment.  Ask that guilt be removed from your mind and replaced with peace.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:  individual is avoiding new awareness by fixating on repeated thoughts or behaviors.
Healing:  allow new guidance to enter your mind.

Borderline Personality Disorder:  fixation upon another's approval/disapproval as the source of one's worth as opposed to the unconditional love of God.
Healing:  release others from the illusion that their approval brings happiness.  Turn to God for a sensation of unconditional love.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder:  projecting feelings of inferiority onto others.  Feeling inadequate in the eyes of God, and perpetuating guilt by using thoughts of separation.
Healing:  understand that you and all others are sinless and perfect in the eyes of God.  Realize that you are all equal and perfect in your true essence.

Histrionic Personality Disorder:  using one's body and behaviors to receive attention and achieve a sense of power stemming from a feeling of inadequacy and emptiness.
Healing:  realize your wholeness, turning to God for an understanding of your completion and wholeness.

Antisocial Personality Disorder:  projecting anger at God onto others.  Even someone who self-identifies as an atheist has an unconscious recollection of God's existence.  If one feels victimized by God s/he projects that anger upon others.
Healing:  recognize inner peace and when you are not angry at God (which is like being angry at love) you will hear God's guidance.  No matter what your current circumstance is, there is a path to wholeness and peace in your current manifestation.  Once listening, God will guide you to your peace.

Paranoia:  projecting your inner fears upon your environment.  The ego uses the idea that at any moment you will be punished for your sins.
Healing:  understand that there are no sins and that you are safe.  Know that regardless of what has occurred in the past, God wants you to be at peace, and protects you from harm.  The ego will attempt to frighten you but it is not real, and you can not be harmed by what is not real.

Schizophrenia:  a state of being unsure if one is ego or spirit.
Healing:  understand your true essence is spirit, and that you are an extension of God.

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Conscious Ascension

Fear of death "happening to us" via illness, attack, or accident is our deepest fear, which we cover up with various fixations.  The emptiness of fixations may lead to suicide, another method of dying.

Common fixations include codependence, drugs, alcohol, overeating, undereating, anger, gambling, materialism, and anything else that temporarily appeases the ego, keeping you in the illusion that you can not experience the peace of God.

Conscious ascension refers to the act of consciously perpetuating your body until you no longer have a use for it.  Currently there is much to do, and many teachers are needed to allow love to take the place of fear.

It is possible to remain here until every mind is healed.  When you are finished with your lessons and teaching here you may then transition into the spirit realm for further experiences, without dying, without death "happening to you."  By this point you will have fully understood the complete mastery you have over your experience.

You will already be familiar and friendly with the spirit realm, as the walls between these worlds will have already begun to dissolve, and interaction between the physical and spiritual world will have increased.  There will be nothing to fear as these two realms merge.  The communication between these realms will help us better understand our immortal essence...as well as the perfection of the system in which we live.

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The End of Pain

There seems to be resistance in the mind when it realizes it has the opportunity to give up pain.

Will I have fun without pain?
Will I be bored without pain?
Will I die without pain?
Will I be motivated without pain?

The relinquishment of pain comes from letting go of self-sabotaging thoughts and not putting energy towards attacking thoughts.  And yes there is fun, stimulation, life, and motivation without pain.

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In the Face of Attraction

The Universe provides us with exactly what we need for our personal growth at any given moment.  The people that come into our lives are perfect for instructing us in our current life lessons.  You may use each encounter as a chance to evaluate yourself and further define who you are.

We are free to mindfully make decisions that are not in our "best interest."  Ultimately we can do no "wrong."  However, we may prefer to be aware of the decisions we are making and whether or not they support our growth.

The realm of intimate relationships presents particular challenges to the ego due to our biological and socialized aspects of self and how they react to physical attraction.

The following is a series of questions to reflect upon when attracted to another so that you may assess whether or not you are merely attracted or authentically connected:

You may choose to place a check next to items that may indicate a "red flag" or some cause of concern.

How many checks is too many?  Only you can decide.

__   1. Is this person showing attentive listening skills?
__   2. Am I the one asking all of the questions or is this person reciprocating inquiries and interest?
__   3. Am I confusing feelings of sympathy with attraction?
__   4. Do I feel at ease, comfortable with this person or do I feel I have to perform?
__   5. Is this someone I would feel comfortable with around my friends?
__   6. Am I attracted to this person or does s/he simply remind me of someone with whom I have unfinished business.
__   7. Does this person have the same relationship goals as me?  Do we both want monogamy or nonmonogamy?
__   8. Are our personal/spiritual beliefs compatible?
__   9. How do I imagine I would feel after being physically intimate?
__ 10. Beyond the physical realm do I imagine looking forward to spending time with this person?
__ 11. Can I be honest with this person and vice versa?  Is this someone for whom I feel trust?
__ 12. Is this person open-minded or does s/he appear to be judgmental?
__ 13. Does this person radiate with a positive or negative energy?
__ 14. Does s/he smile?  Is the smile authentic or forced?
__ 15. Would this person's time availability be compatible with my desires and vice versa?
__ 16. Does this person emanate gentleness or abrasiveness?
__ 17. Is this person basically happy?
__ 18. Is this person defensive or defenseless?

You may find the above assessment tool helpful with staying mindful when assessing intimacy partners.

Trust that whatever incongruent situation you say "no" to opens up greater possibility for a congruent "yes."  Trust as well that experience is the greatest teacher and that we will go through the lessons we need for increased awareness.

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Do not judge yourself or concern yourself with what others are doing.  Love them, forgive them, and use your projections upon them to increase your self-awareness.

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To shift your focus towards daily blessings make a list of the positive events that occur daily in your life.