Often in my travels I have come across those whose difficulties seem insurmountable. Those whose struggle with conflict seems to take on a myriad of forms within their various relationships. Often the root of the matter eludes them, even though it is the same cause for all of their various effects. Either it's in the form of "I'm battling with my boyfriend" or "I'm in a difficult way with my mother" ... or some other form of conflict.
Because we live in a world with ego, we cannot help but battle between ourselves. Especially as the ego clings to "rightness" and at the same time stomps out any chance for reconciliation or peace of mind. When you are right, someone else has to be wrong, and no one is happy. The mind fights to be right, while the heart chooses peace. The heart looks for unity and joining together, while the mind attempts to separate based on beliefs and previously learned ideas or misinterpreted principles. It is here that we find a conflict, not only between each other, but within ourselves. One the one hand, we want peace, we want serenity, we want a struggle free life, yet in the other the mind wants to be right and fights against all odds to do so. The form of the conflict is not important, as we have examples of this in our everyday lives, of which there are too many to even mention. Conflict is everywhere, at the macro level of our societal conflicts, or the micro level of our relationships... and even deeper still within ourselves.
We judge ourselves, from some misguided belief that judgement yields something of value... perhaps a discussion point as you make someone else the object of your judgements, or as tool in dismantling your own self-esteem. Nothing good can come of judging someone elses behaviours, but much can be learned from simple observation - without an egotistical need to compare them with yourself or others. It can be difficult, because we live in a world of judgement... but we also live in a world of conflict. With wars ever present, no one has bother to give peace a chance. Give the heart its due... and make the choice for peace.
If you make the choice for peace, you can "let" the other person be right... in whatever situation you find yourself in. They can be right... for what do you care if they think whatever they do? The end result is the conflict stops. The peace begins, and the heart is restful and undisturbed.
Would you rather be in some deep rooted painful state, as your mind knows you're "right" as you've just trampled the hell out of your opponent? You've judged them and made them "wrong" and by doing so, you've made no one happy... save the momentary ego delight you might revel in. It's not worth it... because it only perpetuates more conflict. The other person will only be "wrong" for so long before they judge you right back and seek to make you wrong as you've done to them. So let it go... be the noble man/woman and seek peace in your relationships and in your life. Make the choice for peace, and cause another to feel happy, and thus making yourself happy. And perhaps through this... you'll discover you're more alike than you realize... perhaps you'll judge a little less... and observe yourself a little more. A worthy choice indeed.
RG
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Announcing - A Partnership with "Ignite Your Essence"
I'm proud to announce a partnership between The Inner Process, and Ignite Your Essence! as announced in this months "Ignite Your Essence" News Letter.
This strategic, and synergistic partnership will bring a broader reader base to both of our channels, allowing for even more inspirational and motivational works to come forth. This partnership with Justin Popovic, Life Success Coach, is born out of providence, as most successful ventures are. With the success and talent achieved through the diligent and hard work put forth by both of us, we will be able to reach a much wider audience, and help bring many more lives into focus.
A focused life allows for many positive experiences, meaningful exchanges, and increased capacity for miraculous events. As more lives reach the pinnacle of their potential, the global affect will be tremendously fortuitous for all the lives touched by those individuals. And as these experiences grow, the more lives will be touched... the more people will question the structure of their own lives, and the world we've created, preparing our global reality for change. These events are no small feat, as we move forward in these incredible times of change, the right thoughts, the right motivations, and the right partnerships are crucial to ensure the peace of mind within ourselves, and then of course... the world.
"Ignite Your Essence!" has done some monumental work in this regard, and it is with great pleasure that I welcome them, and their reader base, and hope that you'll find my motivational and inspirational commentary touches you and ignites YOUR Inner Process and Essence.
I also encourage you whole heatedly to purchase a copy of the First Installment of my series "The 7th Journey - Book I" now in a Collectors Edition - Hard Cover, and Paper Back.
Also - stay tuned for the launch of an exclusive site dedicated to The 7th Journey works, and concepts... more details to come.
Thanks for reading!
Robert J. R. Graham
This strategic, and synergistic partnership will bring a broader reader base to both of our channels, allowing for even more inspirational and motivational works to come forth. This partnership with Justin Popovic, Life Success Coach, is born out of providence, as most successful ventures are. With the success and talent achieved through the diligent and hard work put forth by both of us, we will be able to reach a much wider audience, and help bring many more lives into focus.
A focused life allows for many positive experiences, meaningful exchanges, and increased capacity for miraculous events. As more lives reach the pinnacle of their potential, the global affect will be tremendously fortuitous for all the lives touched by those individuals. And as these experiences grow, the more lives will be touched... the more people will question the structure of their own lives, and the world we've created, preparing our global reality for change. These events are no small feat, as we move forward in these incredible times of change, the right thoughts, the right motivations, and the right partnerships are crucial to ensure the peace of mind within ourselves, and then of course... the world.
"Ignite Your Essence!" has done some monumental work in this regard, and it is with great pleasure that I welcome them, and their reader base, and hope that you'll find my motivational and inspirational commentary touches you and ignites YOUR Inner Process and Essence.
I also encourage you whole heatedly to purchase a copy of the First Installment of my series "The 7th Journey - Book I" now in a Collectors Edition - Hard Cover, and Paper Back.
Also - stay tuned for the launch of an exclusive site dedicated to The 7th Journey works, and concepts... more details to come.
Thanks for reading!
Robert J. R. Graham
Friday, November 14, 2008
Bashar - An Interview with Alan Steinfeld
Bashar - another interesting phenomenon in what we could call, the evolving consciousness movement. Similar in concept as the channel Esther Hicks, who communicates with the entities known as Abraham, as mentioned in previous posts. Bashar is a particularly interesting case study, and again this is for those who choose to explore such possibilities (there are those who do not), this is one that merits some particular attention.
I will not get into the vast details of what, or who Bashar is, as the video will speak to this briefly, as I only will attempt to introduce the concept of channeling to my reader base. This is because, in actuality, this "channeling" phenomenon, is a running theme throughout my Series, The 7th Journey. If you accept the premise as true, Bashar is an entity that is from a distant, futuristic reality, in a universe which vibrates at a higher frequency than our current dense matter world. It is from here, that he communicates with us, and brings us extremely interesting and detailed accounts of what may, and probably will happen as our world goes through the upcoming transition of consciousness. From this distant and futuristic reality, Bashar brings us concepts which are foundational to how these distant worlds evolved far beyond the conflict oriented reality we seem to find ourselves in. He offers interesting perspectives on the makeup of reality, and how our behaviours, perspective, and actions are foundational to creating our experience. Perhaps not new information to some of my readers, however - keep in mind that 100 years ago, this would have been considered heresy as the perspective at the time was very grounded in fundamental faith based belief systems. A hundred years before that, and we were offering fresh harvest surplus to our Gods as offerings. So... yes... we've come a long way. So with that in mind, imagine where we would be 300 years in the future?
Well Bashar seems to offer some clarity as to what that particular reality might look like, if we decide to evolve in that direction. I have researched, and seen many documentaries and lectures with Bashar, and I can only say that it is very... intriguing. Watching his behaviours, the speed and clarity of the information, and the foresight definitely would not lend to a pre-rehearsed set of rhetoric. I am very skeptical when it comes to the teachings of modern times, yet when the speaker only mentions progression, returns power to the people, and does not impose on free will... then I give them the benefit of the doubt. I am open to all information, but I am careful about which concepts I adopt.
This particular video is a very brief introduction to who or what Bashar is, and for those who are interested, I implore you to research further for yourself. I may also reference more of his work in the coming months, so stay tuned!
RG
I will not get into the vast details of what, or who Bashar is, as the video will speak to this briefly, as I only will attempt to introduce the concept of channeling to my reader base. This is because, in actuality, this "channeling" phenomenon, is a running theme throughout my Series, The 7th Journey. If you accept the premise as true, Bashar is an entity that is from a distant, futuristic reality, in a universe which vibrates at a higher frequency than our current dense matter world. It is from here, that he communicates with us, and brings us extremely interesting and detailed accounts of what may, and probably will happen as our world goes through the upcoming transition of consciousness. From this distant and futuristic reality, Bashar brings us concepts which are foundational to how these distant worlds evolved far beyond the conflict oriented reality we seem to find ourselves in. He offers interesting perspectives on the makeup of reality, and how our behaviours, perspective, and actions are foundational to creating our experience. Perhaps not new information to some of my readers, however - keep in mind that 100 years ago, this would have been considered heresy as the perspective at the time was very grounded in fundamental faith based belief systems. A hundred years before that, and we were offering fresh harvest surplus to our Gods as offerings. So... yes... we've come a long way. So with that in mind, imagine where we would be 300 years in the future?
Well Bashar seems to offer some clarity as to what that particular reality might look like, if we decide to evolve in that direction. I have researched, and seen many documentaries and lectures with Bashar, and I can only say that it is very... intriguing. Watching his behaviours, the speed and clarity of the information, and the foresight definitely would not lend to a pre-rehearsed set of rhetoric. I am very skeptical when it comes to the teachings of modern times, yet when the speaker only mentions progression, returns power to the people, and does not impose on free will... then I give them the benefit of the doubt. I am open to all information, but I am careful about which concepts I adopt.
This particular video is a very brief introduction to who or what Bashar is, and for those who are interested, I implore you to research further for yourself. I may also reference more of his work in the coming months, so stay tuned!
RG
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Reflections with Dan Millman
Dan Millman is the well known author of the Peaceful Warrior series, and someone whom I greatly admire. After spending years reading several other authors in the realm of evolution, mystisicm, metaphysics, psychology, etc, I rarely came across one that was able to encapsulate the power and profound responsibility that a weilder of knowledge must hold. Yet Dan Millman brought this all together by promoting the concept of a Peaceful Warrior, one that is fully aware, fully conscious, fully present and able to perform feats of impressive skill, by simply being completely engaged in the activity.
A martial artist like myself, and a very accomplished gymnast and coach, Dan has inspired millions through his many works, all starting with his original series based on the interactions between him and his unconventional teacher... Socrates. These stories are eye opening, and were inspirational for me throughout my life and writing career. The below message from Dan speaks about taking responsibility for who you are, and for being at peace without being victimized. A message for all of us, thank you Dan.
RG
A martial artist like myself, and a very accomplished gymnast and coach, Dan has inspired millions through his many works, all starting with his original series based on the interactions between him and his unconventional teacher... Socrates. These stories are eye opening, and were inspirational for me throughout my life and writing career. The below message from Dan speaks about taking responsibility for who you are, and for being at peace without being victimized. A message for all of us, thank you Dan.
RG
Saturday, November 08, 2008
The 7th Journey - Book II Update
I'm getting ready to head down south for a month, for a vacation from work, but a chance to work on the series. I expect to get a great deal of progress accomplished on Book II. The story is coming together quite nicely, and a clear vision exists for the story. The next chapter of the story will be extremely interesting, bringing the series deeper into the exploration of its' characters, and their motives. I'm very excited to get to writing this block of the story, as now that a foundation has been established, I'm able to freely write and explore various new concepts that I'm sure you the reader will really enjoy. This chapter of the series will explore cutting edge ideas and new realms of thought and our purpose and what's possible for our species. As I've said, this is the really fun part, and I'm going to enjoy every minute of it, and I'm sure you will too.
Book I continues to progress. I've taken the Synopsis back to the drawing board, as I am now going to write it with a new format and perspective which reflects more of the structure of Book I itself. I want this synopsis to be the best it possibly can be, so ultimately it cannot be rushed, and will be done as soon as it can be. The Query letter is already complete, so now this final piece is all that remains, and is truly the final barrier between me and the front window display at Chapters / Indigo. Keep positive, and watch for The 7th Journey in stores near you!
Thanks for reading!
RG
Book I continues to progress. I've taken the Synopsis back to the drawing board, as I am now going to write it with a new format and perspective which reflects more of the structure of Book I itself. I want this synopsis to be the best it possibly can be, so ultimately it cannot be rushed, and will be done as soon as it can be. The Query letter is already complete, so now this final piece is all that remains, and is truly the final barrier between me and the front window display at Chapters / Indigo. Keep positive, and watch for The 7th Journey in stores near you!
Thanks for reading!
RG
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