Authentic Relationship

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Authentic Relationship

I was getting ready to start this inner reflection by saying; the statement authentic relationship especially resonates within me because it is dealing with something I have been and am still dealing with in my life today. However, that is true when it comes to everything I think about and write about and everything I share with others. Everything I write about either has to do with something I am going through, or something I have gone through. Everything I write about is for my wholistic growth and expansion, and the most important part of that is Spiritual. That which I write about comes first to me for me, then I share it just by chance it may resonate with someone else and possibly trigger something within her or him that will assist them on their journey through this physical plane. Foremost and continually, I am seeking a deeper more fluid and intimate Authentic Spiritual Relationship with GREAT MYSTERY, SPIRIT, MOTHER-FATHER GODDESS-GOD, THE DIVINE, OMNI-INTELLIGENCE. The reason why there are so many names for THE DIVINE is, THE DIVINE means so many different this to different people. Nevertheless, there are those who are not conscious of that Divine Reality as of yet.

The conscious reality of people having authentic relationships seems to be getting slimmer with each passing moment. That is because the art of developing, having, and maintaining an authentic relationship is being lost due to the rise of personal ego, “Edging GOD Out” as Wayne Dyer refers to the ego. The decline of authentic relationships has a lot to do with the level of impatience that is permeating humanity today. Developing an authentic relationship takes a lot of time, effort, and patience before we even enter into the relationship, and a whole lot more of time, effort, and patience throughout the life of the relationship. The number one major problem why so many people have gotten so selfish may possible be ego, edging GODDESS-GOD out. Their first concern is usually what can you do for me. Actually, our first concern should be, what can I do to make the Whole of Creation a better place. Then it should be; what can I do to make my relationship with all of my sisters and brothers of creation better, especially with the one I am in an intimate relationship with. Nevertheless, many of us are focused on others doing what pleases us all of the time. Those who think like that actually have a low self esteem, because of that they try to compensate for their short comings by demanding attention and expecting everything to be done for them by their mate, and everyone else they associate with.

They are missing the second most valuable gift afforded to us all in life, and that is the gift of giving, treating others as we want to be treated. The Law of Reciprocity dictates that what we give will be returned to us multiplied many times over. So in order to get what we want, we must plant the seeds of our wants through giving in order to flow to us freely. We cannot try to do it in reverse and expect the results we desire, some are fooled and think it is working perfectly doing it the opposite way. However, if you examine there past relationships you will notice that they do not have longevity and balanced happiness. They go from one relationship to the next doing the same thing, completely edging GODDESS-GOD out. That is why marriage is at an all time low in America. I find that if the relationship continues in such a state, they are void of any true Love, partnership, companionship and service one to the other, they are merely existing together. When two come together in an authentic relationship both individuals should function as one finely tuned instrument, one entity, making the concern of the other just as important as the concern for self. Becoming one is not exclusive to the christian religion, it is a Divine Universal Reality. If you study animals in their natural habitat, you will witness that taking place. In addition, we say that we are the most intelligent creatures on the face of the earth. Acting the way that we have been acting, we had better think twice about believing and boasting that we are most intelligent creatures on the face of the earth. We need to take notes and learn from the Animal Kingdom, they have a lot to teach us about service and living together in harmony with each other and the Whole of Creation.

One other extremely important thing is missing. The first most valuable gift afforded to humanity in this lifetime, and that is the gift of Unconditional Love. I see Unconditional Love as the purest part of our now-time make-up. Unconditional Love is GODDESS-GOD’S Purest ENERGY. We must learn how to allow Unconditional Love to rule Supreme in and through us at all times, and in everything that we do. Until we learn how to do that, we are like chickens running around the barnyard with our heads cut off. Sorry for the gruesome analogy, however, when humanity acts as it has been acting it is as if our heads are gone, because we are not thinking at all. All we are doing is following the lead of one or more mindless individuals who nominated themselves as our teachers, preachers, spiritual guides, and leaders. It is as I point out from time to time, the blind leading the blind down the cliffs of the Grand Canyon. We must open our eyes wide, see our error, respond appropriately and then make the necessary changes in our lives. On the other hand, we can continue living as we have been living with our humongous egos propped up on our shoulders taking the place of our head and common sense. We do not have to give up our individuality to accomplish this. The true self is the Collective Self, which is also the Higher Self. The Collective Self supplies the entire human body. Because we have unconsciously dis-connected from our Divine Oneness, we are acting the way that we are today. When we lash out at another, we are lashing out at ourselves. When we hurt another, we are hurting ourselves. When we fail to Love another, we are failing to Love ourselves. We must understand that loving and caring for another does not mean that we are to forget about our needs, wants, and desires. It actually provides for those needs, wants, and desires, because of the Law or Reciprocity.

We must first have an authentic relationship with our sisters and brother before we can expect to have an authentic relationship with THE DIVINE/GODDESS-GOD. How can we say that we Love GODDESS-GOD when we mistreat our sisters and brothers and they are one with and the dwelling place for GODDESS-GOD? Humanity being in the frame of mind that it is has lost its common sense and its instinct. When it comes to humanity, common sense is no longer common, and instinct is an ancient thing of the past. Animals are more in tune with the Universal Vibration and Universal Law then human beings. We need to stop fearing that if we give of ourselves freely and unconditionally we will not get what we need and desire in return. That does not align with Universal Law at all. We do not have to look to a man or a woman to make good on our unconditional gifts and offerings to humanity through our authentic relationships. We will reap a bountiful harvest, if we plant a bountiful harvest. I cannot say that I know a lot, because the School of Life is still in session for me. However, I can say that I know this to be Divine Reality. I know from experience, and from simply a knowing deep within myself, we always know what is and what isn’t in Divine Flow. Nevertheless, sometimes, since we have been pretending not to know for such a long time that we actually start to believe the lies we have been telling others. If we take the time to go within, and commune Spirit-to-SPIRIT, we will get every answers to every question we have. As we re-acquaint ourselves with this true state of being, we will make a few mis-takes. However, the more we practice communing in an authentic way, the more accurate we will get. Put ego (edging GODDESS-GOD Out) and change your script and reality.

“ The reality of people having authentic relationships is getting slimmer with each passing day.”

However, the power rests within us to change that!

Baba-Kundi Ma'at-Shambhala

(SpiritWalker)

Copyright © July 2010

Affirmation

I Am Totally and Only Committed To Authentic Relationships.

I Have An Eternal Authentic Relationship with GODDESS-GOD.

Baba-Kundi Ma'at-Shambhala

(SpiritWalker)

Copyright © July 2010

"ONE LOVE, UNCONDITIONAL!"

Change - Transformation

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Change was originally written July 2006. I have revised it and renamed it to share with you today.

Change - Transformation

to become different, or make something or somebody different

to exchange, substitute, or replace something

alteration, variation, or modification, or the result of this

make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character

to convert one form of energy to another

Greetings Beloved! How time flies. We have just entered into the month of July. I want to share with you the origin of the name July. Julius Caesar reformed the Roman calendar (hence the Julian calendar) in 46 BC. In the process, he renamed this month after himself. Isn’t it something how things always flow together. I am writing about change and transformation on the fist of July and the name of the month has to do with change due to ego.

Could it be that, as we get older time speeds up? No that is not it at all, there simply is just so much more for us to do in the same amount of time and space when we get older. I remember talking with my father one day when I was a little boy saying this. Dad, I will be glad when I grow up and become a man just like you. I said that because my Dad was everything to me, my hero, my role model, and the man I wanted to be, because my Dad is my everything. He followed that up with this. Son, when you grow up and become a man you are going to wish you were a little boy again. When you are a child you do not have to worry about bills or anything else, life is just happy go lucky. Son, do not rush life, enjoy your childhood, enjoy the experiences of your youth. Well, there have been times since then that I wished I were a little boy again. However, I am grateful for all of the challenges, changes, transformations, and all of the growing pains that have taken place in my life on my Path of Light and Love that brings me to this day. All of my life experiences have delivered me to my present place of Spirithood; most importantly, all of the change and transformation has caused me to enter into the Divine Realization of my Oneness with MOTHER-FATHER GODDESS-GOD and the Whole of Creation. I wish my Dad were here today to see me in person and to know that everything is working out fine in my life because of what he taught me, and because of how he Loved me freely, openly, and unconditionally. I wish he could see that I have become just like him, a man full of Love, One with and totally committed to SPIRIT within. My dad was and still is my Hero, my Role Model, and my Everything! Thank You Dad, I Love You!

Baba-Kundi Ma'at-Shambhala

(Kevin William Naylor)

William is my Dad’s first name.

Change - Transformation

Over the years, I have talked to a number of people about change and transformation. In one group, the majority believes no matter how we are we can change and be transformed into something greater. In the other group, there is the minority who believes that some of our characteristics and actions will never change as long as we live. I have to say that I know that we cannot change, we must simply remember, we must remember who we truly are. Then we will be consciously transformed in such a way that our True Self, which is our Higher Self will emerge completely. We have a major role to play in this thing called life and our role must be played out by us from our originally eternal scripted. We must accept that who we are is simply who we are, and that is all there is to it. We are Spiritual Beings on a temporary sojourn through a dense physical plane. We are not of this plane; we are simply passing through it.

Many men and women of the world are completely out of control because they do not have a clue of who they are, why they are here, and what they should be doing with their lives while they are here. They are acting out their lives exactly how they have been programmed by their parents, friends, preachers, teachers, television (tell-a-vision), movies, world leaders, governments, and a host of others. The saddest thing is this. The blind have been leading the blind; I am speaking of the so-called leaders who are running most of the countries of the world in the past and today. We cannot change who we are because we can only be who we are, who we were created to be. I would guesstimate that nine out of ten people are not living the life that reflects who they truly are. They are living a life of absolute mis-education, mis-understanding, illusion, and deception, orchestrated by others and forces outside of them. They have attempted to alter something that cannot be altered. Here is something for you to contemplate. There was once a stray kitten, which was nursed and raised by a dog, because the kitten’s mother died after birth. Luckily, there was a dog that had just had a litter, and the dog allowed the kitten to nurse along side her pups. Because of that, the cat grew up acting a little like a dog. However, the kitten could not change who it was, it was still a cat no matter how it was raised and how it acted.

Like that kitten, we cannot change who we are. Those of us who are acting out of character and doing that which does not promote Life and Unconditional Love are trying to change who they are, and that is absolutely impossible to do. Anyone who is acting out of character and masquerading as a thief, liar, cheat, sexual abuser, murderer, and any other negative action lived out through their physical existence are lying to themselves, they are also trying to do the impossible, change who they truly are. No matter how they act, they are still a Spiritual Being of the purest form of Love there is, Unconditional Love. If we are looking at someone and the negative way they are living their life, and we believe that they cannot change their ways, we are wrong to a degree. They can change the counterfeit things they are doing, but they cannot change who they are, which is the original blue print of their Divine Design. They can stop pretending to be someone they are not, that is the only change that can and must be made. Anything that we do that is outside of our original Divine Design can not be classified as a part of who we are, because that is not how MOTHER-FATHER GODDESS-GOD created us. Anything outside of that is simply role-playing.

Who are we? We are the Divine Design, the Perfect Creation, the Perfect Image and Divine Likeness of the DIVINE FEMININE-MASCULINE, MOTHER-FATHER GODDESS-GOD. We are not murderers, thieves, child abusers, or any other negative energy driven personality that is pretending to be us. Everyone who is acting outside of their character and living a counterfeit life of negativity needs help allowing the transformation of authentic personality to come forth within their consciousness, they can and must allow transformation to completely take place within them. DIVINE INTELLIGENCE can and will help us all through this process if we will allow it, because every single one of us need to go through it to some degree. GODDESS-GOD forgives us when we have gone astray. That is of course if they truly and sincerely desire and seek forgiveness, help, and transformation in their lives. I know that from first hand experience. I will share a little of that first hand experience with you right now. In 1969 at the age of 15 years old, I started using drugs. Heroin was the very first drug I used. Can you believe that? In addition, heroin remained my primary drug of choice throughout my addiction. For ten long agonizing hellish years, I was a drug addict who did just about every drug that was out at that time. On September 2, 1979, I decided to face reality head on. That is when I started to live my life in the way that MOTHER-FATHER GODDESS-GOD intended for it to be lived. It may be hard for some to believe but at the very moment I decided to be authentic, be myself, and consciously start my Spiritual Journey. That is the moment when I consciously stepped back into who I truly am. From that moment to this very day, I have been drug free and I will never used drugs again. I am proud to say that it has been 31 years since I quit living the counterfeit life of a drug addict. When I put drugs and the lifestyle that went along with it behind me, and consciously stepped into my true Spiritual Higher Self, I miraculously did not experience any withdrawal pains, because there were none. In addition to that, I no longer had the taste or desire for drugs or any part of that old counterfeit lifestyle. It is more than possible for everyone to get back to who they truly are, get back to who they are created to be. All of us will make that journey eventually, either in this lifetime or another lifetime, the choice is up to us. Nevertheless, why wait until tomorrow to do what can and should do today?

Some believe there are different levels of wrongdoing or sin, as some prefer to call it. For most of us, there are negative actions/so-called sins that rate higher than others. Murder for example rates at the top of the totem pole as far as most are concerned. However, even a murderer can be forgiven by GODDESS-GOD and welcomed back into the fold that they thought they had left forever. There is absolutely nothing that we can do that will permanently keep us from being that which we truly are. There is nothing that we can do that will permanently keep us from our Oneness with GODDESS-GOD. Our main problem is this; we tend to see things in a finite way. We are extremely limited in our vision, thinking, and infinite possibilities when we look at things through our limited intellectual unrealistic human mentality. GODDESS-GOD sees everything through the Divine Infinite View of Divine Reality. Beloved, we must open up and learn how to see things through our Spirit. One reason why murder seems so bad compared to other negative human actions, for the most part is that we see life as being all there is. We see life as the beginning, and death being the end, that is of course until we go to heaven to be judged by God. I hate to burst anyone’s bubble, but that is only one of many grand fairytales. We are Infinite Spiritual Beings; there is no such thing as an end to our existence, or an eternity in the fires of hell, no matter what we have done in life. That is because we are one with MOTHER-FATHER GODDESS-GOD. No woman or man needs to go to heaven to be judged by God as the fairytale tries to persuade us to believe. Matter of fact, heaven and hell are right here on earth, they are temporal realities that you and I create every single day of our existence here on this physical plane. The judgment that we must experience takes place within our very own Spirit, the dwelling place within us where MOTHER-FATHER GODDESS-GOD resides. You and I will repeat life over and over again until we get this thing called life right, and that can only be done Spiritually. Also, here is no such thing as eternal damnation. In addition, there is no such thing as anyone being separated from our Divine Parent MOTHER-FATHER GODDESS-GOD, because Divine Reality dictates that we are eternally one with MOTHER-FATHER GODDESS-GOD. We completely deceive ourselves when we think or believe anything else. It is time that we allow the transformation of our Spirit to take place within and around us.

“We Can Only Be That Which We Are Created To Be.”

Baba-Kundi Ma'at-Shambhala

(SpiritWalker)

Copyright © June 2006

(Revised 07.01.10)

Affirmation

I Am A Perfect Creation,

I Am One With MOTHER-FATHER GODDESS-GOD.

Baba-Kundi Ma'at-Shambhala

(SpiritWalker)

Copyright © June 2006

"ONE LOVE, UNCONDITIONAL!"

Life

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Life

We create happiness within our Spirit, and then that happiness is shared with the Whole of Creation. Everything that is originally a part of our Divine Realty can be found within us, in our Spirit. I heard something similar to what I am about to say on tell-a-vision (TV) that truly resonates within my Spirit. To touch life is to know life, and to know life is to love life. That is similar to something that came to me a few years ago that goes like this. To Love is to Live, and to Live is to Love.

Earth Mother Loves and Blesses humankind unconditionally and abundantly, however, if we continually abuse and misuse her, she will eventually return to us what we have given to her. If we protect and honor her, she will protect and honor us. Again, if we continually abuse her and misuse her, she will reflect our negative actions and energies back to us. Every single thing that happens to us is necessary to further awaken and mature us Spiritually. Life is all about respect, honor, and balance. Life gives back to us what we give to life. Our seeds of life are our thoughts, words, and actions. Be assured that every seed that we plant will grow into fruit after its own kind. Because of that very important reality, we must be ever conscious of our seed thoughts, words, and actions. We can bet on our every seed returning to us a bountiful harvest after its own kind. Life is what we make it. We are the authors of our life and we are the creators of our reality.

Everything Is In Divine Order As We Follow Our Souls Melody!

Baba-Kundi Ma`at-Shambhala
Copyright © June 2010

Gratitude

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Gratitude

How do we obtain and maintain True Happiness? We obtain and maintain True Happiness through gratitude. I am not saying that we should be joyful over every life experience, because we should not be and will not be, and that is okay. Nevertheless, we should be grateful for every single life experience that becomes a part of our journey through life. I have learned over 57 years of life that every life experience whether I view it as positive or negative always guides me to a better place in life. They also cause me to awaken more Spiritually. When I am ever so conscious of that reality I can be grateful for every experience I have in life. So, I invite you to join me on the Path of Happiness by expressing Gratitude for everything you see, hear, taste, touch, feel and experience in this lifetime.

I maintain the space of Gratitude!

Baba-Kundi Ma`at-Shambhala

Journey Within

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Journey Within

Peace and Blessings!

I am extremely happy and excited to share with you what is going on within my Spirit today. I have been sharing my inner dialog with others online since 1996; I started by sending a daily email entitled Essence of Paradise, then after a few years I renamed it From Within My Spirit. In 2008 I started posting on a new blog I call Essence Blogesphere. Now I have decided to also post on Facebook. You can find me under the name Essence of Paradise Wholistic Health and Spirituality. I hope you will enjoy my inner dialog there. Please join me in Creating A Beauty-full Life, One Day At A Time!

... how very important it is becoming for each of you to learn to follow the guidance and direction you receive through the channel of your own heart. All teachings serve only as signposts created by those who have gone before, pointing the way toward a mystery each student must achieve in their own unique way.

Eric Klein

When I read this by Eric Klein, I cannot help but say, Yes! That is what has been going around within my Spirit for the longest time. I am one who really enjoys reading. However, one day years ago I experienced a time when I just could not sit down for any length of time and read with the same joy I once had. At first, I could not understand why. That was because I had not taken the time to go within and ask why. I had slipped into the rut of seeking all of my guidance from the teachings of others in books, audio recordings, and lectures. Even though I was still practicing Early Morning Prayer and Meditation, the Still Small Voice of SPIRIT within my Spirit was getting faint. That was due to the fact that I was becoming more and more reliant upon the words and direction from the books I was reading. One book would say this, and another book would say that. There were giving me many different perspectives of the same thing. I was not paying attention to the fact that it is that way because of the many different experiences each writer had.

That was when I first started to truly understand something I heard a long time ago, that goes something like this. There is no right or wrong when it comes to an individuals understanding, truth, and belief. As you know, you and I could look at beautiful countryside, and our interpretation of what we see would be totally different. Was our interpretation wrong? Were we being misleading? Of course not. Who we are, and our life experiences paint the canvas of life with a picture of personal thoughts, beliefs, and understanding. That is authentic, personal, and true to us.

When I was reading as profusely as I was, I became unbalanced. That was due to the fact that I was trying to follow everything I read, causing me to be pulled in many different direction all at once. Even though each author was headed to the exact same final destination, many had chosen very different paths. If you were trying to go somewhere and you were not sure how to get there, and you asked a friend for directions and they gave them to you. However, as you started out on your journey you saw another friend, and you told that friend where you were going and they here is the way you should go. Then you began to wonder if the first directions were right. Now in your mind you were going back and forth wondering which set of directions was right. Later after making the trip many times, you realized that both ways were right, they simply took you on different paths to the same final destination.

Well, it is exactly the same with just about everything in life. That is why it is so important that we develop the habit of go within and check in with someone that is closer to us than anyone or anything could ever possibly be, I am speaking of SPIRIT. We should be communicating with SPIRIT just like we communicate with our best friend or our partner. In a normal situation, could you be with someone all day and not communicate with them at all. Well SPIRIT is with us always, and it will be that way throughout eternity. So that being the case, why do so many people end up having to go for days, weeks, months, years, and even lifetimes without communicating with SPIRIT in an intimate personal way? Every answer to question we could ever possibly ask, can be found within our Spirit by way of communion with our Eternal Parent MOTHER-FATHER GODDESS-GOD, also called SPIRIT. As Eric Klien said, "…how very important it is becoming for each of you to learn to follow the guidance and direction you receive through the channel of your own heart. All teachings serve only as signposts created by those who have gone before, pointing the way toward a mystery each student must achieve in their own unique way." We must follow the guidance given to us after checking it against our Heart/Spirit; which are one in the same. Moreover, yes, we must follow our own unique way, what I call our Souls Melody. If we do not do that, we will find ourselves wandering around following someone else’s Souls Melody and going from place to place and never reach our personal destination.

Every answer to ever question we have can be found within our Spirit, the dwelling place of our one and only true counselor. SPIRIT. We simply must take the time and effort necessary to receive the answers we seek. However, in doing so, we must practice patience. Today people have become impatient because so much has become instant such as automatic tellers, Microwave food, drive-in pharmacies, computers, movies on-demand, and the list goes on and on and on. We want everything right away or preferably yesterday. Just as it is when it comes to cooking, taking time to slowly marinate and simmer food makes the end result tastier. We appreciate things better when we take our time as we create and learn. There is an old saying that I heard from many of my elders. Stop and smell the roses, slow down and enjoy life before you miss it. We must slow down and be conscious of everything that we do, and be conscious of everyone and everything we come in contact with. We should start looking each other in the eyes and truly listen to them when we talk, and pay attention to the details of everything around us. If we do not fully take in and digest our every experience, we may miss some very important keys that will open some very important doors we need to walk through. Our eyes may be wide open, while our minds and hearts are shut tight.

I have committed myself to consistent communion with SPIRIT throughout each and every day of my life. Let me tell you something, there is nothing like communion with SPIRIT. Nevertheless, communion with SPIRIT does not eliminate all of my challenges and mis-takes. However, it does make everything I experience that is less than favorable, tolerable and a lesson I can learn from and stimulate additional Spiritual growth. Communion with SPIRIT helps me maintain a balanced attitude towards this experience called life. When I am consciously connect to SPIRIT through prayer (which is us talking to SPIRIT) and meditation, (us listening to SPIRIT) life becomes Wonder-Full no matter what.

I am enjoying taking time to go within and reading my personalized book that is kept in my Inner Spiritual Library. Hey, why don't you join me and go within and read from your personalized book today. The more you do it, the better and easier everything will get. Enjoy!

Create A Beauty-Full Life, One Day At A Time!

One Love, Unconditional!

Baba-Kundi Ma`at-Shambhala

Copyright © June 10, 2010