| A few days after I published an article about the | | | | "raw" kind included) is touted to be a healthy, natural |
| subconscious mind and the misconceptions being | | | | alternative to cane sugar, but closer inspection |
| spread by so-called self-help gurus, I read a message | | | | reveals it may be worse than high fructose corn |
| channeled by Mike Quinsey about the awakening | | | | syrup. (I tried it once at Trader Joe's, never touched |
| process that humanity is currently undergoing. The | | | | it again.) |
| following is an excerpt: | | | | The two examples above are easy to adjust; it's |
| "...As the energy levels increase, more of you are | | | | much harder to change your mindset when it comes |
| awakening and seeking your own path to | | | | to older beliefs (which also have been "sold" to you). |
| understanding. The truth is there to be found, but | | | | I can imagine that for most people, it can be |
| not until you are prepared to move beyond the | | | | disturbing to even contemplate the possibility that |
| mindset you already have. You cannot accommodate | | | | the things they held true for so long may not be true |
| new ideas if your belief system is rigidly held in place. | | | | at all! How do you deal with something like that? |
| Unfortunately, generations upon generations of | | | | But--wasn't it Jesus who said that we should aspire |
| families or institutions have passed on their own | | | | to be as young children? And what describes young |
| misguided knowledge in all good faith, but their | | | | children better than being open to learning new |
| understanding has been tainted by false teachings. | | | | things? |
| Humans have a way of believing that a majority | | | | So where do you begin? How do you start? Well, I |
| opinion makes it correct, whereas in spiritual matters | | | | do not suggest letting go of your beliefs all at once. I |
| it is often quite the opposite. Your best guide in | | | | can promise you it will leave you feeling disoriented. |
| matters affecting your life choices is yourself, and | | | | Instead, cultivate the attitude that you believed what |
| through your intuitive feelings. Trust in yourself, as | | | | you believed for valid, even noble reasons and be |
| you have a wealth of experience to call upon that | | | | open to new information that is coming forth in this |
| has been acquired over many lifetimes." | | | | time of planetary change. (You will discover the |
| SaLuSa--channelled by Mike Quinsey, March 29, 2010 | | | | reasons as you awaken.) |
| What this says to me: As we raise our consciousness | | | | You do not need to jump into totally new beliefs. In |
| (as the collective consciousness increases) we are | | | | fact you may keep your old beliefs until you become |
| realizing the need to come up with our own | | | | sick and tired of them or are no longer able to |
| understanding of life. The truth can be found, but | | | | reconcile them with reality. At the same time, be |
| only by letting go of many cherished beliefs. (You | | | | open when a new idea that sparks your interest |
| cannot learn anything new if you already know | | | | comes into your awareness. Don't fear new ideas; |
| everything.) Unfortunately, many of the beliefs that | | | | know that the truth (that has--up until now--been |
| have been passed on through history are false, and | | | | hidden) shall set you free. Keep an open mind and |
| just because the majority of a population believes | | | | view the new spark of information as a possibility. |
| something doesn't make it true. Indeed, more often | | | | (You are "loosening" the hold that your beliefs have |
| than not religious as well as spiritual beliefs are false | | | | had over you when you do this.) Then check this |
| (all religions and teachings are filled with distortions). | | | | potential truth against your own inner knowing. The |
| You can access the truth through your intuitive | | | | more trust you have in your connection with your |
| knowing. Connect with your higher self because that | | | | higher self (and not some dogma that was passed |
| inner part of you has been around forever and is | | | | on to you), the better you can discern the truth. |
| connected to the divine. | | | | If it is true, then it should help explain, in a simpler |
| Here are a couple examples of current beliefs that | | | | and more elegant way, things that were poorly |
| are most likely fiction, found in my email inbox the | | | | understood before. If it is true it will be part of an |
| day I began this article: 1. Women who take | | | | emerging "bigger picture" that makes more sense |
| bisphosphonate drugs (those advertised to protect | | | | than the worldview that has been handed down to |
| against osteoporosis) are actually increasing their risk | | | | you. This is how to change your mindset, and |
| of fracture, according to the American Academy of | | | | connecting with your higher self is what activates this |
| Orthopaedic Surgeons (but you'll have to wait before | | | | awakening process. |
| the FDA acknowledges that). 2. Agave "nectar" (the | | | | |