The Virtual Blog Tour for The Oneness Gospel: Birthing the Christ Consciousness and Divine Human in You is taking place from April 11th through April 25th.
The Oneness Gospel: Birthing the Christ Consciousness and Divine Human in You has won the Silver Nautilus Award for Spirituality/Religion in the Western Tradition.
Please note the links will not be live until after 1 p.m. EST on the day of the blog stop.
Wednesday April 11th
Create consciously with the Divine: Author Charlene Proctor on Michael D. Lawrience’s blog. http://t.co/21NoCHGS
Thursday April 12th
What is mass enlightenment? Author Charlene Proctor on Yvonne Perry’s “Writers in the Sky” blog http://bit.ly/xUXJKX
Friday April 13th
The Dark Night of the Soul: Author Charlene Proctor on Gill Potter’s blog http://bit.ly/H8BHEx
Saturday April 14th
How can women release suffering? Author Charlene Proctor on Mal Duane’s Alpha Chick blog http://bit.ly/HFZxuf
Sunday April 15th
What is Christ Consciousness? Author Charlene Proctor on Michelle Galatoire’s Nourish and Bloom blog http://bit.ly/H3T2zm
Monday April 16th
How do we lead joyful lives? Author Charlene Proctor on nrQi Radio’s blog http://bit.ly/HD8Mca
Tuesday April 17th
What is The Oneness Movement? Author Charlene Proctor on Eva Gregory’s blog http://bit.ly/HIBcp4
Wednesday April 18th
What’s the biggest disease of Western culture? Author Charlene Proctor on Patty Shaw’s blog http://bit.ly/HeIBun
Thursday April 19th
How can Grace enhance our lives? Author Charlene Proctor on Krystalya Marie’s blog http://bit.ly/HDE0OV
Friday April 20th
How to propel ourselves out of the ‘dark night’: Author Charlene Proctor on Callie Carling’s blog http://bit.ly/H76G8d
Saturday April 21st
What is unconditional Love? Author Charlene Proctor on Andrew Mondia’s blog http://bit.ly/HP5RMD
The outer world is made from manifested thoughts and ideas held in your mind. These ideas are the foundation of consciousness, and the nature of these ideas gives consciousness its character.
Everything we create has a belief behind it, an idea once held in someone’s consciousness. Because consciousness is shared, it includes the thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, and sensitivities held by all people. Therefore, every condition, circumstance, or situation in the material world is the embodiment of humanity’s mental equivalent, whether it is war or peace. War is an expression of an idea held in consciousness by the human race. Human beings have always (it seems) believed in death, fear, lack, aggression, and pillaging, which is why there is war. If enough people in the world have war consciousness, then there will be world war. Again, it begins with the individual and the mental equivalent he or she holds.
If we want peace, we need to enter the consciousness of peace and affirm its truth.
Collectively, we all help to define consciousness by expressing our point of view. Everyone has input, good or bad, into how consciousness is defined. In the aggregate, we are a giant, mass projection of ideas into collective consciousness. That’s why, when a big portion of humanity thinks a certain way and this is translated into behaviors and actions, these energies become very powerful. When we do this together, ideas can become firmly seated in our collective consciousness.
Remember, you are a sum total of everything that is expressed in consciousness. Nasty language, slamming people on the Internet or in the magazine gossip columns, circulating ridiculously negative opinions, and incessant arguing are all dumped into consciousness along with all forms of violence. We will keep recycling this negative energy until people are ready to release it from their conscious awareness. Humanity has a long way to go, but we can do it.
The reason we don’t have peace on earth is that the idea of peace is not fully assimilated into mass consciousness. Since not enough people express peace, we cannot override the wave of unpeace yet. For peace to take hold in mass consciousness, it must begin with you. Contribute to world peace by holding the idea of peace in your own conscious awareness. Practice being a peacemaker. Think peace and demonstrate peace in relationships, speech, and writing, at home and at work. Start small. Make peace with those who irritate you or share a negative history. Try forgiveness. Call your mother. Overlook shortcomings you have perceived in another person. Have peaceful interactions with people and quit flipping drivers the bird when they pull in front of you on the freeway. Practicing peace, love, and lack of flipping is called practicing the presence of God. See God everywhere, in all things and people, despite appearances to the contrary, and be in sync with higher-level ideas. Practice being peace, and don’t just talk about it.
Today’s balancing act isn’t just juggling credit card debt, a mortgage, and aging parents. It is learning how to be consciously aware of who we are and striking a balance between being and becoming. Pick a job that makes a positive contribution to the community. Quit worrying about what anyone else thinks. Get to work on practicing being God. Let’s raise our consciousness and increase our level of self-awareness together. As we grow, we have the ability to experience the simplest things in life with great humor and happiness. When we focus on what is real, we can grow into a living expression of the Divine.
Charlene Proctor is the author of the new book “The Oneness Gospel” and the founder of The Goddess Network, an on-line educational resource for topics on spiritual growth, positive thinking, consciousness, and unity.
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At this joyous time of year, many people find sadness in the holiday season. How can we feel joyful when we are missing loved ones, have lost a job, or can’t pay our bills?
We all encounter tough times and no one is immune to feeling sad or blue. Some situations are very challenging and many folks are encountering tough economic conditions, causing them to dread the holiday season. I’m finding that my “Journey to Joy” video lessons have encouraged people to rekindle joy. Click here to watch Journey to Joy! Here are a few easy steps from the series that will lighten your heart center:
Make room in your life for joy
Allow yourself to experience what makes you feel sad. Acknowledge difficult times. Do you miss a loved one? Did you lose your job? Go ahead and think about these things, and talk about them. This is all part of the healing process. Even though these feelings seem to bring you down, give yourself permission to feel sad or grieve. It helps you move forward so you can enjoy what you experience in life today and not dwell in the past.
Live NOW
Make a commitment to being here now. Be fully present for all life has to offer. Dredging up fear, self-doubt, regret, worry, resentment, anger, and old emotions holds you prisoner in the past. In order to experience joy and improve your current situation accept what is in front of you and appreciate what you have today. If you find yourself recycling old emotions, gently move your mind to the present. Replace these energies with those of love and gratitude. It’s how you anchor yourself in the here and now.
Think like a child
Children are fully seated in the present. Children with cancer are so inspirational because they find something to smile about, no matter the odds. Why? They live one day at a time. They live for the moment because they cannot think past the next week or day. Each moment and every hour is a blessing.
Enjoy the simple things
When is the last time you relished a sip of coffee, listened to the sounds of nature, watched a funny movie with gusto – all without multi-tasking, talking on the cell phone or texting? The Indian monks say we can never lead a joyful life unless we can enjoy simple acts wholeheartedly. Sit back and sink into a few uncomplicated moments. You will be surprised how much energy it gives you. Be with an activity and be fully present, even if it is a conversation with a friend. Our society is addicted to the endorphin rush of peak experiences. Stop raising the bar on pleasure and get back to basics.
Find your Passion
It’s important to find an activity that brings you joy. When I began ballroom dancing, it quickly became a passion for me. Parents, and busy moms: it could be cooking, singing, painting or anything that helps you grow! Joy is infectious to everyone around you. To increase your light, you need to do something for yourself.
When you are aware of your thinking, finding joy is possible, even during the holidays. Remember, as within, so without. If you are consciously aware of the light inside you, and seek to grow it, then you can create and attract joyful and positive conditions in your life. It will be different for everyone, but the end result is the same: true joy!
Every Blessing,
Charlene with Anna Trebunskaya and Jonathan Roberts at the Detroit Dancing with the Stars competition.
When my son graduated from the U.S.C. School of Music, Vince Mendoza, a famous composer and arranger, gave the commencement address. He advised young musicians entering the music industry to always ‘practice and play positive.’ Have positive energy while creating music, he said, and if you are making music with gusto and love, you will not only translate the art form into something that uplifts humanity, but you’ll make the loudest mistakes. The best musicians are unafraid to put themselves out there 100%. Finally, he reminded the graduates to have faith. Remember, the music is always in you. Always.
He also spoke about how important is to have an attitude of continuous learning in life. Without this humble attitude, a person can never be empowered to serve another human being, nor personally or spiritually grow. We teach our children the importance of a good education, going to school and the value of homework. But learning is more than getting prepared for a better job or tomorrow – it’s a positive attitude about how we should view life.
Commit to Constant Improvement and Growth
We can showcase our capabilities simply for the joy of doing it, but also we must make a commitment to constant improvement. Life is a process and we can never really expect to reach perfection. Often, it is not the material that provides a personal growth lesson, but the context surrounding the learning. Volunteer for an organization that teaches impoverished inner city kids to read. At the end of the day, you’ll find you learned far more from them then they did from you. Life is a big, reciprocal exercise and if we don’t put ourselves out there to learn something new, we will miss an opportunity to grow.
The possibility of what you can do keeps life interesting! To live a balanced life and feel empowered we must encourage others to learn, but also show we are not above making positive change. As adults, it is important to take a class. Test your limits to learn anything new. Develop your innate gifts that can help someone. By doing so, you are helping to serve and uplift humanity.
Together, let’s:
Show people that learning is about elevating the human condition. Learning, and improving your mind and heart, is about how we can better release our gifts to the world and serve humanity. Show your children you desire to challenge yourself in order to serve another human being. Teach them that learning and education is not all about making more money.
Fill each day with enthusiasm, positivity, and hope for a better world. All positive energy is contagious when you are committed to living life fully. Learning is a result of that process. You will experience life differently when your attitude is positive and hopeful. Teach others to see their challenges as opportunities, not obstacles.
Be humble to the process. Whether you want to learn to dance, get a high school diploma, or complete your Ph.D., feel empowered by the process. Don’t be critical of yourself and feel you cannot learn fast enough than someone else. You will always have your own rendition of every song, so sing with gusto and happiness. If you do, no matter what you learn, you will face your responsibilities with a sense of renewed joy and confidence.
We can trust life to show us what we need to learn but we must put effort into the process! Let’s affirm:
“When I look in the mirror, I see a person whose potential knows no boundaries. I am an example of a miracle and a work in progress. I engage in life robustly and wholeheartedly, without fear, knowing I contribute to the greater good of humanity. My contribution is important because no one has my unique essence. I love life, and love to learn.”
Become a life-long learner. Your desire to learn uplifts humanity and is vitally important to experiencing an empowered and balanced life.
Each day is an opportunity to stretch the limits of my mind and give more to humanity. The unlimited universe now gives me room to grow in unlimited fashion. It is time for me to step outside my space and expand my world. I give to the world with excitement and love I have extra energy to find ways to channel my capabilities, through either this situation or another, and I am grateful that I have time to take mental, emotional, and spiritual inventory in order to improve myself and my attitude. New opportunities are coming to me now!
Life Passing Me By
I live in the present moment; therefore it is impossible to watch the past or the future. I am fully engaged in a present life experience. I am the center of experience; I watch nothing and experience everything. My presence on earth contributes to a beautiful mosaic of everyone. I leap into life with vigor and say yes to all life has to offer!
Everyone experiences pain, loss, and setbacks. How can we look at our disappointments and hurts and still maintain a positive perspective on life? How do we increase our resiliency when we’re going through turbulent changes?
The story of Kisa Gotami
A Buddhist story, “The Mustard Seed,” shows that we don’t suffer independently or differently from others. This story is a favorite of the Oneness guides of India. As the story goes, Kisa Gotami, a woman whose son has died, is in deep suffering. In her grief, she carries her son’s body to all the people in her village and asks everyone for help. Finally a villager sends her to see the Buddha, to whom she cries out, “Master, please help me! Give me medicine to cure my child and bring him back to life!”
“Bring me a handful of mustard seeds that were taken from a house where no death has occurred and no grief experienced,” the Buddha replies. “It must be a home where no one has lost a parent, friend, spouse, or child. Then you will be free from suffering.”
So Kisa Gotami searches for a family that has not experienced death. She cannot find such a family, of course. At each home in her village, she is reminded that everyone has gone through the same grief she is experiencing. There is no house where a beloved person has not died. Everyone has suffered as she is suffering. Finally, she realizes that her suffering is not unique. Now she knows that her situation cannot be changed. Since death happens in all families, she can no longer remain selfish in her grief. At last, because she sees that she is not alone, Kisa Gotami releases her suffering. She buries her child in the forest and returns to the Buddha to take comfort.
This story is a lesson about shared suffering. It’s about understanding that we don’t suffer differently from other people. Like Kisa Gotami, we have experienced joy, happiness, pain, and fear. None of these are new, and our suffering is not special. Suffering is common to humanity because no one leads an independent existence. In the New Testament writings, the mustard seed represents faith. Everyone has the same emotions, even the same habits that we use to avoid suffering. We are intimately related and connected through suffering, and we share it collectively. We can no more own suffering than we can own the stars.
Your suffering is not unique
Your suffering is not unique, nor are you alone in your suffering. Suffering is shared, nobody owns it, and we even suffer the same way. Suffering is the same for everybody, because it is always the same mechanism at work. Since we share the same mind and consciousness, why would our suffering be different?
There is no one on this planet that will escape suffering. When we resist suffering, we dissociate from the experience, we blame others, or we set up escape routes in our mind to distract us. We’re afraid to experience suffering, but if you want to be finished with it, then you’ll have to allow those feelings to come. Resistance can be its own brand of suffering. This is because your resistance will keep the experience coming back again and again.
If hurt is present, don’t create some explanation for it. Experience the hurt completely and let yourself go straight through the experience. Give yourself permission to feel these things just as if you would if joy were in front of you. Don’t be afraid. Suffering is just another experience. It comes to an end. When you embrace it and move though it, you won’t get stuck in it.
How can we embrace the light and dark sides of life and still respect life as a learning journey?
Change your outlook on change. This is “big picture thinking.” Of course major upheavals in life can be challenging, but you still need to view adversity as change, not loss and failure. Changes teach us resiliency, both physiologically and emotionally. Change is necessary for all life forms to evolve. You have to give up certainty and trust the ever-changing process of life. Know that Spirit supports you, no matter what. Adversity is a deeply spiritual lesson because God is showing you a piece of life you need to view for your own evolution and transformation.
Remain fully present to your suffering. Being fully present during loss, grief, and other forms of adversity is important. Until you process your pain, you cannot move through it. People often stuff or manage their emotional pain, which then translates into poor health, bad habits, and more psychological suffering. Embrace your suffering. Feel it and experience it in order to move past it.
Affirm your positive, present-moment benefits, no matter what. Accepting life’s contrasts, whether from financial loss, divorce, illness, or grief, means you accept life wholeheartedly. You must accept the bad with the good. As adults, we tend to resent life. Keep moving forward, look up, and ask for Divine assistance. You’ll be amazed at how help arrives, so be open to receiving your good. The universe is infinitely creative. It will send help in ways you cannot imagine.
Let’s draw our strength together and remember that each day is a new opportunity to make positive change in your world, no matter what. Affirm:
“Change is good. I am comforted by knowing that starting over is an ongoing job. I am becoming more resilient with every circumstance. I never give up. Life is a cycle, so there’s always more room for love. I believe I am evolving every day.”
Suffering is a condition we can move through. Humans are designed to experience grief, but not to be permanently stuck in it. Remember that adverse changes in life permit personal growth and give us a greater capacity to love. Watch the corresponding video on The Balancing Act here.
More affirmations that help you develop resiliency and strength to survive adversity. Self development lessons and weekly power exercises from Let Your Goddess Grow! are included in attachments.
Grief arising from loss
My heartache fills my entire body today, but I know the love I have for this person who has crossed over is far greater than my heartache. From this day forward, each time I feel my heart aching from the absence of this person, I will focus on the love they brought into my life. I am so very thankful to have been blessed by their presence. No one is ever lost or gone forever, because love lasts forever. Every time I feel a heartache coming on, I send out a greater amount of love to the outer reaches of the universe and beyond. I am comfortable knowing this person will receive my love every day and through every loving thought.
Facing divorce
I leave this relationship with grace and dignity. I know my soul must grow in a place outside the perimeter of this relationship. No matter how painful the past has been, I am thankful that this venture has been part of my learning journey because it helps me to further define myself. My ability to give and receive love remains intact. My heart is healing. I have tremendous capacity to love others, no matter what the circumstances.
Confronting addiction
I no longer run from life. I now fully engage in what life has to offer. I rise above any physical need that does not contribute to my overall health and well-being. I do not need any substance to hide from life because I love what I have to offer. I am the parent and my body is the child. I take care of my child-body with love because I love my beautiful self.
Anticipating unemployment
Finding new work requires facing a transition and changing my old mental habits. I view this period as an opportunity to become clearer about what I want to do with my life. My hurt and uncertainty about the future leave my body before I get out of bed each morning. I arise with an attitude of success. I believe this change is a learning experience, and I step up to this challenge with strength and conviction. I have a great deal to offer both a new employer and the world.
Since its founding in 1921, the Detroit Historical Society has been dedicated to ensuring that the history of the region is preserved so that current and future generations of Detroiters can better understand the people, places and events that helped shape our lives. This organization educates and inspires our community and visitors by preserving and portraying our region’s shared history through dynamic exhibits and experiences at both the Detroit Historical Museum and Dossin Great Lakes Museum.
It’s really neat to see children take pride in the Detroit area and learn something about Great Lakes history. It’s a confidence booster and helps them connect to where they live. They learn to love and appreciate the Midwest. Having lived here my entire life, I support this effort and hope you will too.
To raise money for the DHS, I am performing at the Detroit Historical Society’s “Dancing With The Stars Event” on Friday, December 2nd It’ll be a wonderful and festive evening, filled with ballroom dancing, great music, entertainment and food! I hope you can attend. The winner of the Dancing with Detroit’s Stars competition is the dancer who receives the most “votes” (donations) the night of the event.
So this year, the society has online voting, beginning Monday, November 21st through Wednesday, November 30th. Each “vote” is a minimum donation of $20. We sure would appreciate your tax-deductible vote – it’s for a great cause! I am hoping my efforts to delight the audience with a waltz will help the Detroit Historical Society continue to educate the kids of this area for another year.
Thanks so much for your generosity! I appreciate it so very much. Go to this link to vote for me: http://www.olddetroitshop.com/bhisobada.html then click on my photo. It’s that easy!
And if you can attend, I hope to see you on the dance floor on December 2nd!
Affirmations are a simple tool we can use to feel better about ourselves. By repeating aloud or silently the positive things we want for our lives, we train our minds to move past other people's views and our own internal scripts to embrace new and joyful possibilities. According to Charlene Proctor, Ph.D., affirmations help "arrest the impulse to self-doubt and give you more energy to focus your attention on a life filled with prosperity, love, good health, and happiness."
Her affirmations, lectures, and electronic programs reach a worldwide audience daily. She is a frequent media guest and among the Top 100 Thought Leaders of 2007. (The Warren Bennis Leadership Magazine).
Charlene, your words inspire me each and everyday! They open my mind and expand my horizons to places I've never traveled. keep up with all the wisdom and words of encouragement!! My god bless you and keep you healthy and safe. Just one more thing. I would so vote for you if you were on Dancing with the stars !!!!!!! David
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Charlene Proctor,
Thank you for your kind words and becoming a great friend and mentor. You positive words help lift my spirits and inspire me. I look forward to having the honor to offer a great service to you.Gods Grace be with you, Aimee
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Amazon review from: Let Your Goddess Grow! 7 Spiritual Lessons on Female Power and Positive Thinking (Paperback)
I purchased the book for my 19 years old daughter as a Christmas Gift. She's enjoying the reading and is happy about owning this book. I can see a slight improvement and a learning as on a mother daughter day she'll explain to me how she's learning to think positive based on her reading....
The Virtual Blog Tour for The Oneness Gospel: Birthing the Christ Consciousness and Divine Human in You is taking place from April 11th through April 25th.
the Silver Nautilus Award for Spirituality/Religion in the Western Tradition.
