Aloha.
I'm Reverend Cindy Paulus and I wanted to talk about our concept of getting to that point of maybe some people think it's enlightenment or getting whatever you need to get there and to explore what getting there is to you.
I know that it's very different after a long time of doing this and I've been doing this for over 55,
56,
57 years.
A long time and I realized that I at some point thought that you know if you do it long enough you'll get to some point of understanding and I happen to have gotten there at a very young age when I was around 15 years old where I reached this amazing stage of enlightenment where I changed all of my points of view,
My way of seeing things and understanding things.
But an interesting thing happened.
I realized that didn't stop the learning process and it didn't stop you thinking or me thinking in this case that there's still having to get to another stage of getting there wherever there may be.
And I wonder sometimes I really ponder on whether this is an ingrained part of our being that we always think we need to achieve something else to get where we need to be.
And I don't at this point in my life wonder,
I don't know if that's the truth.
I know that at some points you can just be okay with just being,
With just being and that you don't have to achieve anything more as far as your state of mind or your enlightenment or anything.
But I think it is part of the human condition and I think it is also part of how we are here to learn and how we are here to grow and I think that's very,
Very important because there is this amazing learning process that does happen on this earth plane.
There's this amazing depth of the ability to encounter what we need to encounter that we actually really create in our lives to learn what we need to learn.
And we forget that sometimes,
That also I think may be meant to be,
But we forget that we're creating our perceptions and our reality and our learning process.
It's so funny that we do that.
And I think meditation and I think the perceptions that we are having and that's actually directing a lot of our life can be encountered in meditation.
Because when you're still,
You don't cover up as much in your states of mind.
You don't cover up a lot of your,
I guess the escape process that people have learned to deal with to get through life.
And it's not easy always and some people don't ever want to go to that extra stage where you have to encounter yourself and all of your process and what you need to learn,
Etc.
It's a beautiful process though and it does really,
Really help.
If you can get to that place where you can see what you are doing,
You can see how you're creating your life and your learning process and you can accept that.
And you can just allow that to be and understand that that is there and happening so that you can learn and grow.
And that it's a gift.
It's really an amazing gift actually.
Now some people find escape routes around it in many,
Many ways you can do that.
But there's nothing that takes the place of just being still and being quiet and allowing yourself to be okay with just being.
It's really a very amazingly deep process.
It is.
It's such a gift.
It's such an amazing gift because when you get to that point of just being and accepting yourself and wherever and whatever comes up,
You are allowing yourself to just do a speed jump.
A huge,
Huge leap forward into understanding what's going on inside yourself.
And I can see where this is so valuable.
However,
It takes a lot of honesty and it takes a lot of mental strength and it takes a lot of inner strength to face yourself and what you are creating in your life.
And to just be able to accept,
Ah,
Aha,
Aha.
And once you get to that point,
Then you can also learn to understand your own process and dialect that you have in your life for dealing with things.
And we all have our own ways of dealing with things,
You know.
I happen to love writing.
I happen to write every single day and I let that process speak to me and teach me and reflect to me what's going on inside myself as well.
It's a,
It's a,
For me,
A beautiful way to let the soul speak and to be present in my life.
And,
You know,
I've been doing this all my life,
Well,
Since I've been 13 or 14,
And it's never failed me.
It's always been there and it's always different and it's always insightful.
And I do encourage you,
If you are that kind of,
If it feels,
If it feels like it's right for you to follow this process,
It's a,
It's a beautiful path to take and it does work and it works in a way that really can resonate with your own way of thinking,
Feeling,
Learning,
And being.
Because it's from your inner self,
Your highest self.
And it's so,
So wonderful to see sometimes people resonate with this and,
And follow this.
Now,
I see people do music.
I see people do artwork.
I definitely see books and things such as that written as people do discover this is the way that works for them.
And it's,
It's very interesting to see how the people who are following that process are learning the insights to what's going on.
And then others,
As they listen to the music,
Or as they hear the words,
Or they hear what's going on in the music,
Or maybe in a book,
How they also start to do,
Aha,
Yeah,
Maybe,
Yeah,
I can relate to that.
Yeah,
That that's going on with me as well.
Because there is this interesting thread.
There's this fascinating thread that goes on between everyone living.
And it kind of resonates on the level that you need or that you recognize,
You know.
You're not going to be resonating with me if you're doing,
Looking for stories,
Horror stories,
You know,
You're not going to be resonating with the message of peace and kindness and love if you're,
If you're angry,
And you want to take out your anger.
So we all resonate with certain things.
And we find that way to follow what we resonate with,
You know,
It's so,
So it's such a gift to be here,
And to find you,
And to share with you what I have found in my long,
Long process that works.
And the way it works is without fail for me.
And if I meditate every single day,
And if I write down,
If I listen to what's inside,
And then write down what comes to me,
How I learn from that process,
And it's a great teacher.
Oh my gosh,
What an amazing teacher.
And because I publish it and put it out,
As I do on my,
Every day I put out some message,
You know,
That I get.
And it's interesting how people who do get that same thing will follow,
Or read,
Or make sure they understand what I'm putting out,
Or try to put out every day.
And it's kind of an interesting thread that goes forth.
There's people I've never met,
There's people I don't really know,
Who kind of understand and resonate with what I put out,
And maybe listen to what I say,
And maybe are part of that,
Where it goes,
Yeah,
Okay.
And I don't know who they are,
I don't know who you are,
But I know that there's part of me that understands that you resonate.
And I am so glad and grateful,
Really so very,
Very grateful,
When I make a connection,
Or if there's a certain response that goes,
Oh,
Okay,
We're interesting on the same path,
Or learning from each other on this path as we go.
And I do believe that's so nice to know,
And so valuable.
So,
I wanted to thank you,
Really from my heart and soul in advance.
I wanted to really thank you for being there,
And for being open to the prompt to meditate every day,
To be open to the prompt of going into the silence,
And listening to what comes to you from your higher self,
And to getting that message out there.
It's an amazing thing that happens as we continue to grow together.
So,
My deepest bow of gratitude to you,
And thank you so much for understanding.
And may your path,
And may your learning,
And your insight just unfold in a beautiful way,
That really teaches you from the source,
The course of your being.
