A very big aloha.
How are you today?
I'm Reverend Cindy Paulos and I got a comment the other day from someone who listened to a recording I did quite a few years ago.
I've been on Insight Timer for years and years and years,
Since it kind of started actually,
And they got upset by the fact that they thought what I posted was religious.
Of course,
It might have been a little bit of a clue in the fact that my name is Reverend Cindy Paulos,
But I don't consider myself to be in the term religious religious.
I believe in a daily,
Everyday meditation and that deep connection that goes inside to the source of all love and light,
Which I call God.
Now,
And I do mention God in some of my talks,
But I try to always let people know that I'm talking about the God that I know,
That is a loving God,
That is of the most love,
That is not judgmental,
That it's not the way some people have unfortunately experienced religion to be,
That has turned them against God.
It's really a crisis,
I think,
That the fact that there's so many people that feel that they aren't accepted because of the way that religion has been divided,
With some Christians saying that you have to do this and that or else you're going to go to hell.
That's not my belief.
I believe deeply from my experience that I had when I was young.
I'd been meditating since I was about 13 years old,
And when I was 15,
I had a connection to what's called cosmic consciousness of sorts.
And again,
Any term is limiting,
But it was the inner power that I went through where I literally left my body and went through all stages of my beingness to my astral,
What's called astral,
To the higher plane,
To the consciousness beyond the mental plane,
To consciousness beyond that,
To the highest inner plane of consciousness,
To the super consciousness,
To the cosmic consciousness,
Where at that point I experienced the deepest,
Most powerful,
Most life-changing love,
And the most brilliant light that I had ever seen.
It was life-changing indeed.
It was truly a moment where I could understand what that energy,
That pure energy of what is called God,
Really is.
And it's not a judgmental God.
It's a loving God.
It's a God that is not involved in your daily life necessarily,
But is there from the source of all and is present there.
The love was so very intense,
I didn't want to leave that love and come back,
But I knew I had stuff to do,
And I did.
And for a while I was just addicted to wanting to go into meditation and feel that love again,
Getting that,
Well,
For lack of a better term,
Getting that high that love can bring.
But it became clear to me that it was a matter of putting that love to work in my life and being able to share it in ways that I might be able to share it.
And that has evolved over all those years ago,
And I meditate every day and have meditated every day since that time when I was about 13 years old.
And I always learn more by going inside to meditation,
And I always learn about how the mind needs to be cleared out,
That there's,
Well,
It's called the trickster,
Right?
It comes in and wants to have you think that God is separate.
God is there in you.
You are part of this energy.
You are really one with this energy.
It's in every single moment of your beingness and every breath is that power of that love and light.
But we limit that because we're running around doing our thing,
And we don't have the time to sometimes really experience it or believe it or handle it.
So we shut it out to a degree.
It doesn't mean you can't experience parts of it.
I experience it a lot when I listen to music.
Some music will lift me up to that highest light,
And I can get inspired by art that will really open a door to the higher energy.
Meditation,
Of course,
Does as well.
But this wonderful gift,
This powerful,
Life-changing gift of love is always there in everyone to be experienced,
To share.
And we do this in so many different ways without calling it God,
Which is okay,
You know?
I mean,
It doesn't need to be called God.
It's what you ever wish to call it,
Or maybe you don't want to call it anything.
Maybe you just are in that light and just living that love to the degree you don't need a name for it,
You know?
And that's just wonderful.
It really is.
It's wonderful if you can just live with that inspiration,
You know,
That spirit inside that can be touched and reached and guide you and uplift you and others.
And that's such a wonderful state of being.
And I do believe we're learning more and more and more.
And at the same time,
There are more and more challenges that,
Of course,
The world is facing.
So there's more and more need to find that inner sanctuary,
That inner place of Godness or goodness,
That goodness within,
To be able to have the strength and believe,
You know,
That that goodness is alive and it is present.
Because it always is.
We may not hear about it in the news.
We may not hear about it,
You know,
What we see on social media.
But it's there.
Trust me,
It is there.
The goodness is really always there.
And it's there in you.
And I know that.
And I'm so very,
Very grateful for those people that understand and that are present,
That share their energy.
And Insight Timers change the way they share information.
And it's not the same as it used to be when I started years ago,
But it's become much more popular as well.
So only a few people really get my messages and sign up for what I'm sharing,
Which is fine.
I love,
I just love the people that do follow me here.
I feel like it's a wonderful circle of energy that we can share together that makes a difference.
And it doesn't really matter how many people are there.
It's the quality of the people that are there that understand and that are present with that love.
And that beautiful power of love within that we can share together here.
So I bow deeply in the most deepest bow of gratitude,
Truly grateful for you being there and understanding.
And I hope that you can continue to listen and to share and to be in that love as I continue to share it here.
And the biggest,
Deepest bow of gratitude and aloha.
