| "Namaste": a Hindu greeting, translated literally it | | | | waves, and he began to be afraid, and began to sink |
| means, "The divine in me greets the divine in you," | | | | beneath the water. He cried out, Lord, save me! |
| or, "The spirit in me meets the same spirit in you." | | | | Then Jesus put forth his hand, and took hold of |
| This greeting recognizes the equality and sacredness | | | | Peter, and pulled him out of the water. He said, oh |
| of all living things. The Lakota Sioux have a prayer | | | | you of little faith, why did you doubt?" Now he was |
| that states, "Mitkuye Oyasin," literally translated it | | | | not asking Peter if he doubted God, or Jesus, he was |
| means, "All my relations," it states that we share a | | | | asking Peter why he doubted himself! It is fairly |
| common kinship with all living things, in the hoop of | | | | obvious from the story that Peter believed in Jesus, |
| life. The Maya also have a saying, "In Lakech," | | | | and his ability to save him. Peter doubted himself! |
| translated, this means, "I am another yourself." So all | | | | Think about modern times, and your own life. How |
| living things are connected, related, but what | | | | many times have you not gone for something that |
| connects us to each other? In the Christian Bible, | | | | you dream about because you doubt yourself? Peter |
| John 14:20, quotes Jesus Christ as saying, "I am in | | | | was just an ordinary person, like you or me. He was |
| my Father, and you in me, and I in you." God is in all | | | | a fisherman by trade. Yet he walked on water for a |
| of us. The Chinese believe that there are 5 realms of | | | | few steps, until he doubted himself! This is the power |
| energy that manifest in energy and physical matter. | | | | we all have! But we must believe in ourselves, and |
| Metal, plant, animal, humanity, and the divine. Metal | | | | our ability to control our reality. Matthew 17:20 in the |
| has the lowest energetic vibration, the divine the | | | | Bible quotes Jesus as saying, "For truly I say unto |
| highest. Each realm has a progressively higher | | | | you. If you have faith as only a mustard seed, and |
| vibration, each are connected to each other. Each | | | | you say to a mountain, move from here to there, it |
| drawing energy from the realm before. | | | | shall move. Nothing shall be impossible to you!" |
| So all living things are connected by energy, running | | | | This puts a whole new meaning on the idea of |
| through them, and sustaining them. Modern science | | | | creating our own reality! We really can take control |
| confirms this when we look through a microscope at | | | | of our own lives! We don't have to live with the |
| an atom. An atom is made up of molecules that are | | | | things in our lives that make us unhappy! But it also |
| in constant motion, with energy in between the | | | | brings a new responsibility. We must take |
| molecules. This is the energy we see in nuclear | | | | responsibility for our actions, more so than ever, |
| weapons when we split an atom. What does this | | | | when we realize the power that our very words |
| really mean to us as human beings? We know that | | | | have. The other lesson that this teaches us is that |
| our Creator gave us all the ability to think and create, | | | | others only have power over us if we allow them to. |
| and free will, but how far can we go with this ability? | | | | What you believe is. Others cannot harm you if you |
| The Toltecs believe that all of our conscious reality is | | | | refuse to believe in their power to harm you. Harsh |
| a dream, a collective dream that all humans | | | | words cannot harm, if you do not give them power. |
| contribute to. They believe that humanity dreams | | | | Constant self criticism, and negative beliefs about |
| while awake, thus creating their own reality. Modern | | | | yourself, can do great harm, to yourself, and to your |
| quantum physics also states that we create our | | | | ability to believe in yourself. This causes you to doubt |
| reality with our thoughts. | | | | yourself, and then you cannot use your creative |
| A Japanese scientist named Masaro Emoto ran some | | | | ability to bring yourself a reality that you want. This |
| experiments in which he proved that words and | | | | can also cause physical illnesses, as modern medicine |
| intentions have a profound effect on water. Positive | | | | has seen. Stress causes physical illness. This is a |
| words and thoughts had a positive effect on the | | | | known fact. So my message to all of you is, be kind |
| water, negative words and thoughts had a | | | | to yourself. Learn to love yourself, don't believe all of |
| profoundly negative effect, almost making it sick! Dr. | | | | those negative things that others may have said to |
| Emoto proved that our words, thoughts, and | | | | you, or that you imagine they are thinking. What you |
| intentions have an effect on physical reality. The | | | | imagine is far harsher than what others are actually |
| Toltec shamans taught that we should be careful | | | | thinking. Changing this is a process. It will not be easy, |
| with our Word, because it has power. It can heal or | | | | but it must be changed, if you are to have the life |
| harm. John 1:1 in the Christian Bible says "In the | | | | that you truly want. It is a process worth going |
| beginning was the Word, and the Word was with | | | | through. You will have to be patient, because it is not |
| God, and the Word was God!" The Word was God! | | | | going to happen right away. You have an entire |
| This is our power to create. In the Christian Bible | | | | lifetime of building up all of the negative beliefs you |
| there is a story about Peter, one of the disciples of | | | | have about yourself. You are going to have to |
| Jesus. Matthew 14:25-31 says, "And in the fourth | | | | change your entire way of thinking! So if you |
| watch of the night, he came to them, walking upon | | | | stumble, and slip back into your old way of thinking, |
| the sea. When the disciples saw him, walking upon | | | | and you will, many times, try again. Don't get angry |
| the sea, they cried out in fear, saying, it is a ghost! | | | | or harsh with yourself, be patient, tell yourself that |
| But Jesus spoke, saying, do not be afraid, it is I. | | | | you don't have to live that way anymore, that you |
| Then Peter said, Lord if it is you, command me to | | | | want a new life. Eventually you will change. |
| come to you on the water. Jesus said come. And | | | | Remember, the only person that you can change is |
| Peter got out of the boat, and walked on water, | | | | yourself! Others must grow at their own pace, and |
| toward Jesus! Then Peter saw the wind, and the | | | | we must allow them to... |