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Raising Windhorse
Raises Personal Power
By Phaeryn Sheehan, Ascended Masters Foundation Community
It’s
that time of year when Spring has begun, but
Summer blooming is yet to arrive...a time when
we have a very important decision to make. That
is, ‘are we going to really Going to Go for it this year and
make Real Change in our lives or
is this year going to be just another
rendition of last?’
Major change had to happen in my
life before I embarked on my spiritual
path. As I contemplated this, I often
would find myself remembering
Albert Einstein’s infamous quote of
‘one cannot solve problems with the
same thinking one used to create
them.’
I wanted this brilliant observation
to empower me, but found it instead
stymied me because I had no idea how
to change my thinking or my feelings.
They seemed to have overpowering
authority over me most of the time.
With that belief, I also felt that the
only way I could create change in my life was to work extremely
hard and then deal with some lingering disappointments over
the results. Mostly, it was because I had to continue working
like a dog to keep the changes continually happening!
It wasn’t until my spiritual nature was stirred enough that
I realized Real Change was waiting within me...waiting for the
right time to manifest into my everyday reality and in perfect
synchronicity with every other unfoldment in my life. I came
to also realize that our world is constantly being woven into
degrees of physicality by an all encompassing Field of Sacred
Power that we can tap into on an ongoing basis.
Knowing this changed my entire orientation to life because
I was shocked to discover that I no longer had to access my
personal power and natural confidence by conforming to the
demanding and demeaning guidelines of the outside world. I
could instead find a diversity of ways to tap into my inner world
where, that Sacred Power also existed within me to actually
transform my everyday experience.
One of the ways I found was to
practice the pre-Buddhist/Tibetan
teaching of ‘Raising Windhorse.’
The first step (I was guided to take)
was to slow way down and increase
my attention to being totally present
in each moment (mindfulness).
Whether I was washing dishes, getting
dressed or preparing a speech, I began
to concentrate only on that. When I
felt my mind leaving the moment, I
would snap a rubber band that I had
placed on my wrist and it would bring
me back to the present moment. There
were so many moments that I lost
Tibetan Symbol of ‘Windhorse’ track of at first. Nonetheless I kept on
practicing.
Secondly, I committed to watching my mind as it was
being judgmental of myself. I was appalled at how intensely
my mind judged and criticized almost my every move and
thought I made.
And so, Thirdly, I strove to meticulously practice
contradicting those judgments with sincere, self loving
compassion.
By practicing these simple steps devotedly, I learned to cocreate
wondrous changes in my life with the sacred forces and
powers assessed by ‘Raising Windhorse’ and still do.
The reason the practice of ‘Windhorse’ causes effortless
change and miraculous outcomes is because, when we
consistently connect to the very essence and Wind of Life,
an overall state of Enlightenment just has to happen. It is as
if we are riding on the back of a mystical horse that is being
catapulted into the heavens by mysterious winds of Sacred
Power to divinely alter us forever, albeit ‘Raising Windhorse’.
The best part of embracing this tradition is that unlike
the enormous effort our 3D world requires of us, the practice
staying in the moment (when typical mindlessness takes us
over), we simply begin again and fuel our sense of self with
loving kindness and tender compassionate patience.
Don’t allow another day much less another year hamper
your Destiny. For more information regarding this Spiritual
Teaching, contact me, Phaeryn Sheehan at 505-206-6139,
www.ascendedmastersfoundation.org
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