Your Connection To The True You

The seasons of life bring gifts that we can be aware of. I believe that the people who are meditating can help to bring a wonderful to the world. Meditation is so valuable for everyone to use. There are so many kinds of meditation. I use meditation to connect with Higher self.

Transcript

A very big aloha.

My name is Reverend Cindy Palos and I wanted to talk about the seasons of life and the turning of the wheel.

And it's interesting how,

Of course,

I live in Hawaii.

Very different weather and way of living in Hawaii than the rest of the United States.

And of course there's such a difference in the hemispheres and northern hemisphere,

Southern hemisphere,

And the way people celebrate.

Well,

I went to,

I'm going to Australia at around Christmastime and it was so hot and it was like so different,

You know.

And it's hard to even imagine how you celebrate some place like that,

That is in a different time feeling of,

You know,

It's the hottest time of when we're in celebrating our winter,

They're celebrating their summer.

So it's very different where you're living,

Right?

But there is this universal gift of the seasons of life.

And the seasons of life are there for,

Through nature and throughout time,

You know,

Something that's been universal throughout time.

There's always been some special way that it's celebrated here.

In Hawaii,

There's been a whole time,

Makahiki,

Is the time and starting it around actually November and going through the Christmastime and into some of January,

Where it's a time where you don't do your regular work schedule.

You gather,

You do taking care of things around your place,

You know,

You do repairs,

And it's a time where you don't go out and do as much.

And it's an interesting concept,

Of course,

And I kind of relate to that,

The fact that there should be a relationship to what's going on in certain times of year.

It's important to be aware of that and it's also important to realize that there's a universal principle that can be sensed in,

Gosh,

Throughout time and seasons of life.

I wrote a poem called The Seasons of Life and The Turning of the Wheel,

And the wheel does turn through the seasons of life for very good reason.

And we need to get prepared.

Now,

Of course,

We've got to tell you what happens with media.

I mean,

I'm already seeing Halloween.

It's right now,

It's September here in Hawaii.

In the United States,

It's September,

Right?

But we're seeing Halloween already.

And if you go to any of the Starbucks,

You're already seeing the changing of what's being offered as far as drinks.

So,

Obviously,

There's also the commercialization of what each holiday brings.

It's a time to make more money.

I think the one celebration of events that happen is Thanksgiving isn't nearly as commercialized,

Except for all the people that take a trip to their homes at that time.

It's a very busy time for people to travel and be with their family.

So,

Going through these seasons of life and the changing and the turning of the wheel of time,

It's always good to be sensitive and aware of how you feel and what you sense during that time,

Not commercially,

But spiritually.

Because there is a connection to what's going on spiritually in your life and the input you're getting in your life spiritually in the different seasons of life as well.

And that happens as well as when you're passing through time and getting older,

You know,

And what you sense and the way you look at what you're doing in life as you get older.

It's an interesting changing of the guard that has been happening.

And I think it's really good to be aware of the new inspiration coming from people who are in a few generations younger and how they're looking at things.

And I think the most inspiring thing that I see is that there is a very deep caring in some of the younger generations for what is going to happen to our planet and how we take caring,

How we take care of nature,

How we take care of the earth.

And I watched a beautiful special on PBS about what the problem with the extinction of the white rhinoceros was going through that there are only two left.

But they were able to save the sperm and they're going to try to bring them back.

And we are seeing,

Unfortunately,

Quite a few of these very sacred,

Special beings,

These animals that have been killed to the point of extinction.

And I have,

I have sensed that there's so many younger,

Wonderful,

Inspirational people trying to do something about this to care.

And that doesn't remove the older people involved as well doing that lifetime work of caring for the animals and caring for the wildlife and caring for what is going to be occurring and has occurred throughout time.

We are evolving in an interesting way,

And that through the seasons of life,

We are seeing that evolution turn.

And I think there's a calling and an interesting,

Gosh,

Input of how this changing of life has to be taken care of and addressed.

And this is also part of that turning of the wheel.

What do we do about this?

You know,

How do we get involved?

I mean,

It's important to be aware,

I think,

Number one.

I think it's important to be aware of what's happening,

And then to try to be inspired as much as possible by those who are taking on some of the occurrences that are going on in the world with nature and also what's going on with our society.

And I think it's really amazing when I look at the people who are meditating more than ever.

I started when I was about 14,

And I didn't ever,

Ever imagine or guess that there'd be so much going on that would evolve where meditation would become so universally popular now.

It's very interesting to me.

It's kind of mind-blowing to me to see how many people are meditating now,

How many people are taking on this interesting insight that is going on in the world.

And because of the awareness and the need for it,

This is making a difference.

I have to believe,

I really do strongly believe that this time of people's awareness and growth and spirituality is helping to balance out what's going on in the world.

And so I don't know how you really can balance that out.

There's no,

I'm sure there's studies.

I'm sure I can probably ask AI.

There's more and more.

It's like,

Okay,

AI,

How is meditation and people's more awareness in affecting what's going on in the world?

It'd be an interesting question to actually ask AI.

And we have integrated,

Of course,

AI.

It didn't exist when I was growing up at all,

But it's integrated now into our life in an interesting way.

I'm writing an autobiography,

And I am using an AI form to help me correct my language and the way my grammar is and the way it's formatted.

It's pretty amazing what it can do.

And at the same time,

I have to be aware,

I just can't rely on it.

Sometimes it just changes entirely what my intent was.

It's like,

No,

No,

No,

No,

No,

No.

I didn't do that.

I didn't say that.

But at the same time,

If I'm clear,

I'm clear on what the changes have to be,

It will correct it as well.

So I'm learning in my own way how valuable it is to be able to use a tool of AI and the way you have to use it and the limitations and how it can be used.

It's part of our whole life now in so many ways.

I'm seeing that happen in music.

It's mind-blowing to me how music,

Now people can just say,

Write a song about this,

And it'll come up with a song and create a song.

I'm a member of the Grammys,

And I've been doing music for pretty much all my life.

And it's an issue that they're having to deal with as far as people not being allowed to submit an AI-generated album or song.

And that's evolved as well.

We're not seeing albums anymore,

Folks.

We're seeing individual songs.

And maybe after a year,

They put together as an album.

So in these times that are changing so very rapidly,

That core base of you going inside and meditating and having that inner strength.

As far as I know,

Meditation hasn't been an AI thing at this point.

I'm sure that will probably change.

But that meditation that you have individually of connecting with your inner self and your higher self and your soul self and that individual light and that love that is present within is a more powerful gift than ever.

And I really believe that is more sacred than ever and more necessary than ever.

I take the time every morning to meditate for an hour.

And I really find that that is the most important,

Inspirational time of my day.

That it can also set seeds to do things that come from that time,

For me,

Poetry,

Words,

Or possibly a book that will then be developed.

Now,

How do you use that time where you go inside and meditate?

I mean,

Everyone's answer will be different,

Right?

I mean,

I've done these studies for a long time.

And there's the theory that there's seven different rays of energy.

And each ray has different input and different ways of receiving energy and using energy in different ways,

Right?

So what I get and the way I use it could be very different from what you get,

Which is a great gift.

I mean,

The colors of the rainbow,

Right?

So many different colors.

Each color has its own energy rays,

Its own gifts that it brings in the light that comes forth.

So let's just take some time to do this.

I mean,

Enough talk already,

Right?

A little time to go inside the sacred silence within and just be aware of this beautiful gift of breath and make sure that you feel good in your body and that the whole body's aligned as best it can be to allow the flow of energy to go through it and just breathe in and breathe out.

Nothing to do but just be here now and breathing in,

Holding the breath.

Ooh,

Cracking the neck.

Ah,

Breathing out.

Ah,

Ah,

Is breath annoying.

Breathing deeply in and ah,

Ah,

Ah,

Aloha.

Breath,

Breath sweeps mind.

Enjoy this gift of breath as you just allow yourself to go deeper and deeper within.

And as you do that,

Allow the whole body to become aware of itself and the gifts it brings you.

It's always so nice to take a few moments to be grateful for your feet and all they do for you,

For your ankles,

For your calves,

Your knees,

Your thighs,

Your hips,

Your lower back,

Your root chakra and all that energy there at the base of the spine.

Ah,

That fire energy there.

Just allow it to be lit with that lovely highest light of that color,

A ruby red.

And the beautiful second chakra with all the feelings and all of the organs around the second chakra is so important to allow it to be loved and given its beautiful attention that you can and gratitude for your digestion and the way everything works with what you feed it.

Ah,

Be grateful for that in the third chakra and the wisdom that comes through your third chakra.

Ah,

And into your heart of hearts,

That heart chakra,

Let it become alive with your awareness of what this love within the love in your heart can bring you.

And just dive deep into that beautiful center of your heart and allow yourself to be grateful.

Oh,

So grateful for that love that's present within your heart,

That goodness of the love that helps you get through everything,

That love you have for yourself,

For your energy field,

For what you've been doing,

For the way you carry on doing it.

Just have gratitude for yourself and the love that is present within you.

And allow that energy to flow on up to your neck.

Ah,

That throat chakra is so beautiful,

So creative,

That energy there,

That gift of creative energy in the throat chakra.

And allow the energy to continue to flow up to the third eye chakra.

And with your eyes closed,

You can often see reflections of the thoughts and the clouds that pass through your mind.

And allow that light and that energy to be given again,

That gift of seeing within.

And allow the energy to continue on up to the head chakra,

The top of the head chakra,

The very sense of that beautiful area there,

That precious,

Precious area at the top of your head that brings in that lovely high energy and often can influence your dreams as well.

And now make sure your entire body is surrounded in a precious,

Wonderful white light above you,

Way above,

Down through you,

Below you,

To the left and right of you,

In front of you and behind you.

Now I'm just going to allow the space for you to be inspired by what is there within you,

By that gift of your connection,

Your deep connection to your soul and the light that feeds your soul and the love that inspires your soul.

Just be here now in that precious,

Precious place where you can connect with what you need to feed you that pure inspiration.

Open that doorway wide.

What would your soul have you know?

What would you like to communicate to your soul?

Allow it to open that precious doorway to the infinite.

There are many people who believe we can be in many different places of energy in the universe at one time.

But that highest place that is way beyond this planet and beyond that is all within the realm of what is being understood and explained and explored now.

And as we go deeper and deeper within,

It's interesting how more and more of the universe is being explored further and further out.

We are combined as part of that energy field that is discovering how amazing this energy of life is more than we can even imagine.

Allow that connection to that highest energy.

As we spin around on this earth and are part of this amazing universe,

That one verse,

That one song of life still continues within you.

Each individual life has its own tone,

Its own universe,

Its own song,

Its own way to express as well.

How would you express that highest energy that you are and able to connect with through you and in your life?

Now slowly,

Slowly,

Slowly,

Come on back,

Slowly,

Come back slowly into that all the realms you've been and into your head and your body and your whole beingness and just feel how good it feels to be connected.

Connected here in this beautiful energy field together,

Connected with that one source of all,

Connected with the love and the light of all.

What a special gift this is.

I am so very grateful to you for being there and I thank you.