the emotional treasure

 I want to tell something from my own life, which has really been a revelation to me, handed to me by a fellow man. I was in a period when I needed spiritual help, not because I was in big need but because I really needed a professional person to watch with me, objectively. In a certain conversation with him, he said to me: "what you suffer from is the colourfulness of your emotional life".

That hit like a bomb. Suddenly I understood that I was struggling with certain feelings, and that those feelings were allowed to be there, in fact they were part of my entire inner emotional life, colourful and powerful, from the brightest blue to the grayest black. Suddenly I started practicing saying yes to all my feelings, all, no matter what. What a revelation, what a liberation, what happiness to try to live such an insight. I am curious, My God, what You want to say about this.

Dear boy, now you don't mow the grass from under my feet, because it is a nice start.

Saying yes to all feelings inside, no matter how strong, how negative or how destructive, all feelings are allowed to be there. And then everyone knows that you don't have to do something with all your feelings, otherwise it would be murder and manslaughter at the supermarket. That's one thing.

Another important thing from the spiritual perspective is, let the emotions flow, let them flourish, leave them alone, and don't run away with them too much with your mind, let them, let them, let them, let them, otherwise they will become ugly/cloudy and maybe even sentimental. And that is of no use to you.

 And another important thing is this. Behind the most horrible negative destructive emotions are other pure and loving emotions, such as wanting to be comforted, being hurt, suffering from the life of yourself and the other. But those big, human and beautiful emotions only come to the fore visibly when the emotions are looked at with acceptance. Suppressing, magnifying, attaching yourself to them, blowing them up, all that is counterproductive. Look behind the scenes of the worst emotions and discover love and beauty and compassion for man.

 Finally, it would be nice if man found the middle between two extremes: a rational attitude that suppresses and despises emotions and an emotional attitude that revels in emotions and drowns in them.

 The emotional treasure is accessible, available and workable for everyone and that is dealing with your inner emotional life with love and acceptance, as you deal with your children, your hobbies or your loved one.

 My blessings to you all

No 583

Love for oneself

I had a nice meeting with a very good therapist/psychologist. I struggled with nightmares and a tendency to live more unhealthily than I know is good for me (alcohol, sweets, meat etc). And after my introduction of my problems, she asked me, "How would the spiritual world receive you if you arrived upstairs now?". I was stunned by her question because I was far from ready for that. Despite the inspiration of the blogs and my conversations with a living God, I still had so much to learn and unlearn. I thought. Because of her question, I suddenly made full and total and also almost physical but certainly in my heart contact with how I would be received. I realized in total love and acceptance.

Without reproach, without judgment, in total love. Suddenly I felt again what it is like to come home into yourself inside. I was good as I was, I didn't have to change anything, I certainly didn't have to be perfect. The days after, oh certainly not every day, but when I recalled this conversation and especially her comment, that it was a choice, an attitude aspect, an attention to myself, which I could choose at any moment, then it was there again: the peace, the silence, the acceptance, the love for myself,  The space, not anymore having to, not wanting anymore, realizing that I was so good enough. Good enough. That I could be there, as I was. That I could stop striving for perfection. Oh what a wonderful realization. I found myself humming inside, with pure satisfaction. Boy oh boy.  

Would You like to comment on this?

My good faithful naïve son, isn't all this contained in My words "Be assured"? This meeting has given you a final nudge in the right direction. This is how a nice meeting with a wise person can turn out.  

Total acceptance, total reassurance, total love. For yourself, and automatically for others. And know that you are then very close to Me. And that I can be so very close to you. Because with that acceptance and that love, God looks at man. 

Your therapist is blessed. 

My blessings to you all

No 549

Love resides in the here and now and remembers nothing

My good God, I believe that men does not really love themselves, even though they seem to indulge in holidays and luxury and "do your thing". Would You like to comment on this?

 My son, of course, are We not looking into this all together?

The love of God is like the love of a mother. She covers everything with the cloak of love. She forgives and forgets everything and only wants her object of love to be happy. She does not know anymore what has happened before and only wants to love her child. The mother beholds and enjoys her object of love and there is nothing else she sees than a beautiful person, a beautiful being, an almost perfect being, her wonderful child. And she sees the imperfections, but they are only trifles for her. She knows that those trifles make her child into a human being, a real human being, a child to love, to cherish, and almost to idolize.

This is how God looks at man and how beautiful it is when that human being begins to experience that eternal, nothing demanding love.

And it is the mission for every man, every day, so even at the beginning of this new year, to believe this, to hope for this and to experience and feel that love of God for his being. This is how a person comes very close to God.

If he does not do this, like many people, what is there a self-hatred and intolerance and restlessness and coldness in his heart. And that all day long. How will such a person become happy?

Does he do this, giving himself all the love that is there to give, and he loves himself, he cherishes himself, he is loving and tolerant to himself, then God can come very close.

Because then they cherish the same hobby, then they work together for the same job, then they cherish the same love, then they are together perfectly occupied with the same object of their love. And then everything is possible through this love.

                                                                                          
My blessings to you all

No 442

Sincere love for yourself comes from God

“If you can not help a hundred people, why not just help one”
Mother Teresa

When I read this, I thought for myself , "and that one should be me”?
Would You like to comment on this?

I’ll like to.
Of course man should take into account what he is capable of. So don’t be discouraged by the suffering and difficulties in the world, but do what you can. And just start somewhere.
Mother Theresa is saying true words. She shouldn’t even have started when she had been despondent by seeing all the suffering. She just started, got some help, got companions and founded an organization. And nowadays her organization is viable and flowering and impressing, even though she for herself has passed away to a better life.

Helping one person is already beautiful. Committing one act of love is already special. Making one loving gesture is already valuable and is welcomed by the spiritual world and nurtured and noted. Because no sparrow will fall from the roof to his death, without God knowing this. So even your smallest deeds of charity are noted.

You are asking Me, "Am I the one who needs help from myself?"
Yes, all of you should consider to help yourself.
You all are intolerant to yourself, and unloving and judgmental. Even the biggest egoists.
That is why you are creating unloving and intolerant gods.
It seems you all, especially in the rich countries, are have everything and are enjoying everything and making things all right for yourselves.
But it only seems so.

God sees into your inner self.
God sees a neglected child.
God sees a troubled and on the material outside world oriented mind.
God sees the human thinking not allowed to make mistakes.
God sees man pretending better than he is.
God sees man startling blankly when he gets some justified criticism.
God sees man intolerant to oneself.
God sees man condemning oneself.
God sees man making too many demands on oneself.
God sees man not tolerating his small and imperfect sides.

What am I going to do then, you might ask?
Tell the people of the exercise I have given to you some time ago.

Well, here it is.
I think of something cute, loving and tender, for example a little dog, a little baby, a bird in his nest.
I feel softening and love. I cling to this softening and love and then look at myself. That’s all. And I try to do it as often as possible, sometimes four times a day J. And I am feeling then more love. Life is becoming then more bright. And You seems to be more close then.

And with this attitude, this way of looking at yourself  you are coming very close to God.
For God is looking in this way to you, this loving attitude, this love IS from God.
So if you do this, you are very close to God. And God can come very close to you.
You only have to try this once to experience the love of God.
And if you would do it more often the earth would progress faster than currently is the case.

My blessings to you all

See http://watchthegod-english.blogspot.nl/2013/07/loving-oneself.html