RelativiTea: Home for Father’s Day June 13, 2008
Posted by Dr. Pamela Gerali in Intention, Spirtual Awareness.Tags: A New Earth, Awareness, Eckhart Tolle, Einstein, Frequency Holder, Presence, Relatives, Relativity, Thomas Moore, Transition
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Family life is full of major and minor crises — the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage, and divorce — and all kinds of characters. It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It’s difficult to imagine anything more nourishing to the soul. –Thomas Moore
My husband and I just drove 1,253 miles in our motor coach to visit my birth family and celebrate Father’s Day with my dad. At the urging of my other the entire family will be together—most likely with my dad for the last time before he makes his transition. Dad will have the opportunity to hold his new grandson, his only namesake for the first and last time.
This will be a bitter-sweet moment. We will all be together and will want to make it festive, but Dad’s condition is anything buy positive. In December he had another stroke. Twenty years ago, at the age of 58, he was paralyzed on the left side by his first stroke. The fact that he lost his right hand in a saw mill accident when he was nineteen and wore a hook for many years meant that my mother had to help him with many basic requirements of daily living. Twenty years later, she is still tending to him, but now he is blind, without short-term memory, incontinent, and totally dependent. It has been her labor of love.
Dad sleeps most of the time now and drifts in and out of awareness. He even sees and talks with his father and others who left us years ago. Dad is ready to go, but something has kept him here. Perhaps this gathering and the opportunity to say “good-bye” will free him from his need to hold on to his debilitated body.
This time with relatives will require lots of presence. It will be easy to get caught up in the drama and fall back into old judgments. Or I will assume my former role as “Peace Keeper,” smooth ruffled feathers, and make everyone happy and everything OK.
Einstein spoke about “relativiTea” the impact of the researcher in his scientific work. He discovered that whatever the observer noticed influenced the outcome of the experiment. In other words, whatever we see is what is—even if only in our eyes. And we know that we create our lives through our thoughts and beliefs.
During this week with relatives, it is my deepest intention to remain aware and be a “Frequency Holder” that Eckhart Tolle described in A New Earth. I will remain present, open, loving, and most of all, non-reactive. What is is, and all is well.
IntentionaliTea: Aligning with Spirit June 8, 2008
Posted by Dr. Pamela Gerali in God/Spirit, Higher Purpose, Higher Tea, Intention.Tags: Alignment, Higher Purpose, Intention, Potential, Presence, Spirit
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“Choose your intention carefully and then practice holding your consciousness to it,
so it becomes the guiding light in your life.” –John Roger
I’ve worked since early morning to prepare for a workshop in Asheville, NC, scheduled for 7PM on July 9th (Mystic Journeys, 333 Merrimon Avenue). I was tempted to postpone this event as I have been working night and day to promote my book, “Higher Tea: The Essence of Joy,” and I would have to really push to meet timelines. I also need a rest.
After discussing this option with my “book-widower” husband, I paused for guidance. Sitting in silence I received the inspiration and energy I needed to design the workshop, and write an article and news brief for the Natural Awakenings magazine for Western North Carolina.
Isn’t it amazing how Spirit provides everything that we need to remain in alignment with our higher purpose and to realize our highest potential? When we just “show up” and allow ourselves to be the vehicle through which God expresses, miracles happen. Seemingly unrealistic goals are easily and efficiently achieved. I feel as if I can leap tall buildings in a single bound.
In these inspired and timeless moments, filled with enthusiasm and focused by intention, my work becomes play; my “job” becomes my joy.
Pausing in the Presence is just one way to tap into our infinite, divine inheritance, and renew our alignment and oneness with Spirit. What tools and techniques have you found helpful?
IntentionaliTea: Doing or Being? June 4, 2008
Posted by Dr. Pamela Gerali in Being, Essence, Higher Purpose, Intention, Spirtual Awareness.Tags: Balance, Divinity, Empowerment, Essence, Excellence, Higher Purpose, Humanity, Intention, Perfectionism, Presence
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My friend, Jill, raises an interesting aspect of intention in her comment, “It has become increasingly clear that my purpose has been to discover the capabilities, gifts, and splendor of being me.” Is it important to use our intention to accomplish more and do everything better? Or should our efforts focus on “being” and expressing the Divine Essence of our Self?
As a “perfectionistic doer,” I have struggled to find a balance between being and doing. For years, I was not even aware of a higher purpose, but strove for excellence while chalking up achievements and accolades, positions and power. When I redirected my efforts to helping others excel, I discovered true joy and empowerment. Still, I remained a doer, albeit a more enlightened one. This is how I was able to finalize my book, “Higher Tea: The Essence of Joy.”
I am learning how to be present while I am busy writing, creating programs, designing marketing materials, etc. When I pause and take a breath in a hectic moment, I become more aware of Spirit working through me and as me. Instead of putting forth so much effort to succeed, I allow it to happen naturally and easily. Then I am truly amazed at the “qualiTea” and “quantiTea” of my work. I am so much more productive and my work becomes my joy.
Perhaps the key is to just be present while doing, to be fully awake while fulfilling our earthly “duTeas.” Then we can gracefully and lovingly express our “DiviniTea” through our “HumaniTea” every moment of every day.
