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My Spiritual Journey Part 5

Published 28/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

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My Spiritual Journey Part 5

My Dear Friends,

I’m so sorry that it has taken me so long to provide you all with an update to My Spiritual Journey, however the pain I got from writing Part 4 was so great that I felt literally lost for words and I found it so difficult to draw any enthusiasm to write Part 5 ☹

It has been so long since I placed electronic pen to paper and even now I am finding it difficult to have a clear mind and tell you more about my journey thus far but I do know that if I stick to it my spirit will come through and help me place these words on this social media writing tablet ☺

The passing of my father and my immediate accident took their tool on my health and my wellbeing, they also impacted my spiritual journey so much so that they now effect everything I do each and every day, I do get extremely saddened and frustrated by the sights I see and experience every day, especially those of negativity, hatred, death through wars, starvation and the general lack of compassion in our world. I do however gain great strength from the good, the light I see everyday, the smiles I see and the wonderful words I read through my fellow bloggers posts and their comments and replies to mine, these special wonders give me so much strength and forge me on to bigger and better things in my life.

I am; through my life’s experiences so much stronger, all I really need is to gain some inner strength to do what I really need and must do with my life, I need to stop procrastinating because once I do, the words just flow and I do really help people that are less fortunate than myself, I can and do offer support to the many and I am starting to fulfill my life’s destiny with growing vigor.

Since the passing of my father, I did go into a shadowed depressive state, outwardly I looked fine, I was strong for those that needed me and I continued my work with a cheery smile on my face, my clients, colleagues and family saw me as no different than before and I even became stronger and more helpful (in their eyes), however, inside I was dying, my experience of loosing my dear Father and my severe pain was so much to bare, the loss of my own dignity was hard for me to handle because I have always been the strong one, the leader, the father and the coach. I found it difficult to feel safe anymore, I was very careful when walking in the rain or on wet marble tiles, I held out my had for support and held the guard rail when walking down stairs, I became more nervous with heights, felt uneasy in crowds and aged about 30 years in the process. My dear wife May was and is always here for me, she did even more for me each day, she helped me through this period with a huge smile on her face and spoke softly to me when I needed comfort but not once did she criticize or get angry with me, she just allowed me to live and experience the time for I guess she knew me better than most and knew I would pull through with the help from her and my spiritual calling.

My spiritual feelings and intuitions went from strength to strength, each day something new would happen, people would be drawn to me from all over the world and my own law of attraction gained strength. I never sought out people to help me on my way, I did not actively look for information in books or on the internet, things just came to me, people would just come to me and all of a sudden everything made sense.

I had many experiences with mediums, clairvoyants and healers, now because I looked them out but they just happened to connect with me. Some of these ladies and gentlemen blew me away, their intuition, guiding and knowledge of me, my journey and my past lives were all 100% spot on and more importantly they all agreed on my journey, my pathway and my calling. I have always kept my thoughts to myself, I am a very humble man, I try to help everyone I come across, often to my detriment, although in saying that I also believe in Karma and the love of giving so I guess my gifts of giving and selflessness will return good for me in the end ☺

A friend of mine told me about a visiting Intuitive healer who was visiting Shanghai I will call her (Heather), so I booked an appointment with her, I duly turned up at her hotel a day or so later and she invited me in, sat me down on a massage table and asked me what I had come to see her for!..My simple answer, “I don’t really know”….She said would I like to do a past life regression, look at my future or for her to answer any specific questions…again my answer “ Sorry I don’t really know”. So Heather said well, let’s try hypnosis and see what we find together so I laid down on the table and we began, Heather gently started to hypnotize me, I thought to myself…. Ha, this is the same process I use to hypnotize, I know this method and there is no way she will hypnotize me…then…bang! I was floating on a cloud, high up in the mountains looking down on the earth, the sky was clear apart from the odd puffy white cloud and I could feel the warmth of the sun on my face as I lay out on the comfortable cloud, I was completely ‘At Peace with the World’….and then; all of a sudden a white light from above came straight down to me, the white light formed itself into a ball of spinning pure white and golden energy, my hands reached up and grasped the ball of light, I could hold the ball in my hands and as I explained the experience to Heather, the ball re-formed itself into a pyramid shape, which was spinning in my hands , the heat and radiance of the light was incredible, I could feel the energy, the sheer power that was entering my body at the point of contact to my body, straight to my heart! I was articulating this experience in minute detail to Heather which was great because she taped the session so I would have it to go back to when I need clarification on the message/s I received in the future. The energy and light became stronger, a hand reached down to me from the heavens, the hand was holding a sword which was pointing directly into my chest, into my heart, I reached up and grasped the hand and the sword and the light became brighter and the energy source even stronger, I was saying “ the energy is incredible, its coming directly down the sword and into my heart, its moving out through my chest, to my shoulders, to my arms to my hands, through my stomach to my hips, to my legs to my feet to my toes, I can feel the energy the vibration in every cell of my body”! My whole body began to shake, I was bouncing up and down on the massage table as I held the hand and sword while it channeled its/their energy down into my heart, into my body, this continued for what seemed to be a long time and all the time I was articulating the feeling, the sight, the sounds and the brilliance of the experience, messages were coming to me quickly, it was like a video tape was playing on fast forward through my mind, images flashing before my eyes, sounds and voices flashing through my mind and through my ears, images of the world, of our environment, of our people, our brothers and sisters in every far away land, starvation, global warming, wars, pollution, the disabled, children in severe poverty, every possible image and message of good over bad was flashing through my mind in quick succession….I began to cry out loud, to sob as I gave commentary to Heather as my journey unfolded right before her eyes, I then began to settle, the vibration slowed and the light and energy disappeared along with the hand and sword and I was still, silent on the table. I could hear the soft voice of Heather, she was calling me back, bringing me back and grounding me again!

As I sat up, I began to cry again as I relived the experience with Heather, we talked about the journey and the message/s, she said this had only every happened to her twice and, me and another gentleman in Malaysia and our experiences were almost identical.

Heather could not say why I had had this experience only that it was a message from God or one of the Arch Angels, probably Michael or Gabriel, for me it was another place on my journey another look at my future and more clarity as to what I need to do to help others in our world. I do know I am on a special journey, one in which I grasp with enthusiasm and love, I know I don’t know everything and I am learning more each and every day, I reach out my hands to the world and say “I am here, I am here for you and my heart and love is open to you all, I will learn from my experiences and share my love and compassion with anyone, regardless of race, colour, religious belief, to mankind and animals alike and I will do all I can to help heal our world” This is my message and is only still a part of my Spiritual Journey, Part 6 I do hope will follow soon and I promise I will try to bring you all up-to-date within part 6 or part 7.

So my dear friends, I bow to you all, my love and compassion is with you each and everyday, If I can be of help, please ask and I will ‘Always’ do all I can to support you on your spiritual journeys.

Namaste
With Love
Mark

Every Child Deserves to be Happy

Published 27/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

My Dear Friends,

Every Child deserves to be happy. If you get the chance drop by your local hospital or hospice and see if you can help. Maybe it’s fundraising, maybe its singing, face painting, dancing, very little helps!

Namaste my friends
With Love
Mark

Is it Time for You to Spread Your Wings and Fly?

Published 24/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

 

Get close to the edge my friends, take a chance on life…Your Life…Make a Difference to this World…

Give it a Go!

Namaste with Love

‘Always’

Mark

 

 

Kuan Yin’s Day Today.

Published 23/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

Hello my dear friends.

My spiritual guides were telling me to go to the Jade Buddha Temple here in Shanghai today because today is a very important day in the Nong Li Chinese calendar. Today is Kuan Yin’s day of enlightenment, the day she was made eligible for Buddahood status, way, way back in Chinese history. I spent a couple of hours or so in deep meditation at the temple today, it was very busy, many tourists and of course thousands of local Chinese going to pray and pay their respects to Kuan Yin the bodhisattva, goddess of compassion and mercy.

Kuan Yin is one of my spiritual guides so we spent some quality time together today. It is always a little funny because I do tend to draw a crowd when i’m deep in meditation at the temple because foreigner tourists cannot inderstand why I a westerner is meditating and praying at a Buddhist temple and local Chinese are also not sure too…. 🙂

Here is the Da Bei Zhou大悲咒 祈禱 Mantra to Kuan Shi Yin. Please watch and listen it is very beautiful 🙂

I also came across this wonderful article on Kuan Yin posted by Linda Backs  on http://consciousconnectionsdailyreadings.blogspot.com courtesy of Doreen Virtue.

Please enjoy my friends and spend a little time with Kuan Yin in meditation today 🙂

Namaste

Mark

Kuan Yin ~ Compassion

Your card today is drawn from the ‘Goddess Guidance’ deck, authored by Doreen Virtue. Your card is the ‘Kuan Yin ~ Compassion’ card, and Doreen’s message for the card is this:
“Release judgments about yourself and others, and focus on the love and light that is within everyone.”

My message for you today is this:
This powerful goddess is a ‘bodhisattva’, which implies that she is eligible for Buddhahood, yet she has committed to remain as a goddess/Ascended Master in service to Souls on Earth.  Kuan Yin (pronounced ‘Kwawn Yin’) assists us in all matters of compassion and mercy, in relation to ourselves and others.  Her gentle energy exemplifies that to be gentle does not imply weakness, as she vehemently protects women and children, encourages those with musical abilities, and accelerates the gift of psychic clairvoyance (clear ‘seeing’) for those with such aptitudes.
We have just moved into Mercury retrograde, beginning Oct. 21st, and will continue in this cosmic energy over the next 3 weeks.  According to United Kingdom astrologist, Sarah Varcas, (www.astro-awakenings.co.uk) the energy of this final Mercury retrograde of 2013 carries the energy of bringing to the surface what needs to be revealed, and, as Sarah states, “…whatever is revealed now is better out in the open than hidden in the shadows.” This Mercury retrograde is about communication and being authentic in doing so.  Sarah concludes her assessment of the energies of this Mercury retrograde by saying, ” So here’s to truth, openness, humility and compassion – the key qualities so vital for an atmosphere of trust and hope to grow.” My reasoning for sharing Sarah’s perspective on the cosmic energies we are moving into is that Quan Yin’s energies are perfect to support us in utilizing these cosmic energies for our greater good!  I believe that that is why she has stepped forward for us today on this first day of the the retrograde…there are no coincidences!  So, call on Quan Yin to support you whenever you are seeking a compassionate perspective, for yourself and others.  Understand that to be gentle does not mean that you are not also powerful, and that gentleness actually reflects a deep inner strength. Understand that to seek to see another’s perspective and to understand their motivation in their communication with you does not mean that you must take on their perspective…at times, another’s perspective can serve to help us determine and CLARIFY what our OWN perspective truly is. Understand that standing in your own power NEVER implies disempowering another…  Kwan Yin‘s desire is that we all be true to and honour ourselves, while also seeing the Divine spark that resides in everyone…yes, everyone!   Embrace the cosmic energy of this current Mercury retrograde to support you in stepping into your own authenticity.  Resist stepping into judgment, and choose compassion…
Blessed be…

Humanity as it Could Be and Should Be!

Published 22/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

My Dear Friends,

I just had to post this short video about a New York Photographer Steve Hartman who asks strangers on the street to pose as couples. It’s amazing to see the transformation from apprehension and slight fear to happy, caring and comfortable…

Lovely, just Lovey

Namaste with Love

Mark

Colour Your Future Bright

Published 22/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

Hello my dear friends,

I wanted to share an event we held in Shanghai last Saturday evening, the event was all about communication, friendship, fun, creativity and teamwork.

We had about 60 people there ranging from young children of 5-12 and adults ranging from 18 to 60+ and from all walks of life, education level and business title.

The purpose was to create a masterpiece, something to be proud of, a painting to bring smiles to all our faces through communication and fun.

The following image was the picture we wanted to create.

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Each person was given a canvas, an easel, paint brushes, paints and a 6 x 4 inch piece of the final painting which was cut down into about 60 pieces. Each person was put in a team of about 6 people and each person needed to create what was on their 6 x 4 inch piece of the paining on their own canvas.

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Once everyone had finished we put all the individual paintings together to create this wonderful masterpiece.

 

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The evening was fantastic, smiles were on everyones faces, lighter could be heard everywhere, people were communicating the old fashioned way…verbally..face to face 🙂

A great way to have fun!

I hope you enjoy

Namaste with Love

Mark

Love is Love and it has No Boundaries

Published 19/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

 

Well, what can I say other than Congratulations to the happy couple.

I’m sure there are many people out there who for either personal or religious beliefs disagree with same sex relationships let alone marriage… but I say, who am I to judge! It is not my place to judge others and their choices in life, in fact I have enough challenges making choices for myself and my life without worrying about others and their choices. I watched this video and had tears, lots of tears, tears of Joy and Happiness as I watched the pure Joy and Happiness on the faces of the happy couple and their friends.

I wish them both all the luck in the world and all the happiness and joy that they deserve.

Love has no boundaries my friends and if we all realised that simple fact then I am sure we could start to make our world a happier place and a more peaceful place to live in.

Love to you all

Namaste

Mark

Words can make you Happy or Sad…Which would you Prefer?

Published 18/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

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Sticks and Stones Can Break My Bones But Words Will Never Hurt Me……

We we taught this rime when we were young children, back in the day, long before computers and social media…and how Wrong these words are!….

Words can be extremely hurtful and cause great pain and often lead to self harm and in the worst cases even suicide.

Words my friends have the power to hurt and to cure so we must learn to use our words carefully and to surround ourselves with words of joy, of happiness, of love, and compassion because these words were created for a reason, to raise our energy, to raise our spirits, to raise our awareness for good and to help us live lives filled with joy.

My Love, My Smile and My Positive Energy goes out to each and everyone of you today 🙂

Namaste

Mark

You….Yes You

Published 17/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

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You, Yes You, You Are Special

And Don’t You Forget It!

Don’t Allow Anyone To Tell You Otherwise.

Take a minute to close your eyes and thank yourself for you, just you, to say I Love Me and I am Special 🙂

Namaste with Love

Mark

Planet Earth…It’s You

Published 16/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

Viewer discretion is required to watch this video, but I assure you it is  MUST watch…..

We Must Make Changes,

We Must remember it is their world too,

We are destroying our planet,

Our Earth is hungry for our Love,

Why do we remain silent?

We are dying to along with our Planet.

We are capable of conquering Oceans, Planets but we cannot conquer our own hearts!

We must change our habits, we must educate our children,

We must Change!

Our Time is Now, the future of our planet is still in our hands

The Future of our planet is… YOU!

Namaste

Mark

One, Uno, Yi, Un, Jeden, Jedan, En, Een, Yisi, Eins, Ichi, Um

Published 16/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

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I have talked about this in some blogs before…It only takes One!

We can all do good in this world, help ourselves, help our friends, our neighbours, our family, our brothers and sisters in far away lands who are so much less fortunate than ourselves, our environment, global warming, conflict resolution, peace on earth…..It is in our power and it only takes One….

One Person,

One Hope,

One Voice,

One Smile,

One Hand,

One Word,

One Touch,

One Laugh,

One Candle,

One Life,

One Tree,

One Person Wanting Change,

One Person Who Has Had Enough With Excuses

One Person Who Cares…….

It Only Takes One to Start a Chain Reaction…….Can you Be That Person?

Namaste

With Love, With Smiles and with Joy.

Mark

 

 

Versatile Blogger Award

Published 16/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

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A huge Thank You to a dear blogging friend of mine Tazein over at http://transcendingbordersblog.wordpress.com for her nomination of my humble blog for the Versatile Blogger Award 🙂

I always thank the people who nominate me for these awards but always decline to take part in the process due to the time it takes to comply. I do however always welcome the loving kindness and thoughts that brought about my nomination in the first place 🙂

Please take a look at Tazein’s blog,  it’s great 🙂 and a big Well Done to her for her award 🙂

Namaste with Love

Mark

 

 

What is Happiness?

Published 15/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

 

What is Happiness?

What Does Happiness Mean to You?

Where is your Happy Place?

Some great response here in this short video.

Enjoy my friends

Love as Always

Mark

Mommy, she’s showing us she’s all Free!

Published 13/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

 

Wow!……All beings deserve the freedom to live their lives as God intended them to do…

Please watch this beautiful and inspiring short video and gain from it what you will, for me it is inspiring and it helps clarify my mind to do even more to help mankind and all the beings living along side me on this beautiful planet.

We can do so much to make changes happen.

We can do so much to help our fellow brothers and sisters and free them from enslavement.

We can do so much to help save our endangered species.

We can do so much to clean up our environment.

We can do so much to save our planet.

We can!

Namaste my friends

With Love

Mark

My last day in Paradise

Published 11/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

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Well, that’s it, my last day in paradise, so today started with a 1.5 hour snorkelling session on the reef tidal pools close to our house then followed by a leisurely lunch and rest next to the ocean….oh then a reality check…come on said my wife we need to buy a few gifts to take back for friends…peace broken…:)

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Most heart touching video ever MUST WATCH !!

Published 10/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

 

 

No matter what your dreams are…Don’t Give Up on them….

 

You will be tested,

You may be ridiculed,

You may feel disheartened,

You may sometimes feel lost,

And often you will cry…

But Never, Never Give Up, because …….Achievement May Be Around the Next Corner!

Namaste with Love

Mark

 

So Much to Share with You My Friends

Published 10/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

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Namaste my friends.

Well my 15 day trip to the Big Island of Hawaii is nearly over 😦 and I will be soon travelling back to Shanghai to take up my spiritual journey once again, but I have so much to tell you, so much to share with you regarding my spiritual experiences here in beautiful Hawaii….I almost cannot wait to share the biggest experience and amazing connection I had on the night of Tuesday 9th October while we were in Kona…Let me just set the scene and I will update you on this amazing experience and many more when we get back to Shanghai…Tuesday 9th October the evening started off with a stunning Crescent Red Moon shining its magnificence over the beautiful pacific ocean with about 10 or more huge Manta Rays feeding directly in front and around me, their feeding was like a ballet, their, grace, speed and agility amazing to behold……then around midnight off to bed with beautiful memories of a fantastic day….But wait… there is more, so much more…

To Be Continued….

I Promise…

It’s really worth the wait 🙂

Namaste with love and Light

Mark

Everyday not just Someday

Published 07/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

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Somedays you just feel down,

Somedays you just feel lost,

Somedays your just lost for words,

Somedays you don’t feel loved,

Somedays you don’t know which way to turn,

Somedays you feel so alone,

Somedays you have no confidence,

Somedays you just want to be on your own,

Somedays you feel empty in side,

Somedays life feels so hard,

Somedays you just want to cry,

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But Somedays life is GREAT,

Somedays Life is SWEET

Somedays you feel beautiful,

Somedays you just want to smile,

Somedays everyone loves you,

Somedays you want to be out with friends,

Somedays are perfect for a party,

Somedays everything is within your reach,

Somedays everything is possible,

Somedays you want to sing out loud,

Somedays you want to dance in the rain,

But everyday…..IS A GIFT….Life is a GIFT….You are a GIFT…..You are BEAUTIFUL…..You are LOVE….You are LIGHT……

Respect YOURSELF…Everyday…Not just Someday..

Namaste

Mark

Spiritual Awakening

Published 05/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

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Water is a cleanser for the body and the soul, you can see how important water is in all religions, also water is vital to our health and wellbeing. The next time you have rain, don’t curse it, look at it for what it is and how important it is for the survival of people all around the world, the difference between Life and Death is often determined by rainfall.

Some faiths use water especially prepared for religious purposes holy water in some Christian denominations, amrita in Sikhism and Hinduism). Many religions also consider particular sources or bodies of water to be sacred or at least auspicious; examples include Lourdes in Roman Catholicism, the Jordan River (at least symbolically) in some Christian churches, the Zamzam Well in Islam and the River Ganges (among many others) in Hinduism.

Ritual washing

Faiths that incorporate ritual washing (ablution) include Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Islam The Baha i Faith, Shinto, Taoism and the Rastafari movement.  Immersion (or aspersion or affusion ) of a person in water is a central sacrament of Christianity (where it is called baptism); it is also a part of the practice of other religions, including Judaism (mikvah) and Sikhism (Amrit Sanskar). In addition, a ritual bath in pure water is performed for the dead in many religions including Judaism and Islam. In Islam, the five daily prayers can be done in most cases after completing washing certain parts of the body using clean water (wudu). In Shinto, water is used in almost all rituals to cleanse a person or an area (e.g., in the ritual of misogi. 

Immersion of deities

 

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In Hinduism, statues of Durga and Ganesh are immersed in rivers at the final stages of the festivals Durga Puja and Ganesh Chaturthi  respectively.

In Christianity, the baptism of Jesus is an important moment in Christian theology, and is the third most important feast of the Church, following Easter and Pentecost Its feast, called Theophany or Epiphany, is celebrated on January 6th.

Water deities

Water deities are usually a focus of worship at specific springs or holy wells, but there are also more abstract ocean  deities, and deities representing “water” as an abstract element, such a Abans  in Zoroastrianism.

Example for local tutelary water deities include Celtic Sulis , worshipped at the thermal spring at Bath, or Ganges in Hinduism, personified as a goddess. The Hindu goddess Saraswati originated as a personification of the Saraswati River in the Rigveda, but became a more abstract deity of wisdom in Hinduism. African examples include the Yoruba river goddess Oshun, the Lgbo lake goddess  Ogbuide, (Uhammiri), or the Igbo river goddess, Ldemili (Achebe).

 

Namaste

Mark

Who is in Control of YOU!

Published 04/10/2013 by inspiringyourspirit

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Stop.and.Think!…Who is in control of your life?

Is it you… or others?

We often live our lives with other people in control of our minds, our feelings and our emotions, they steer our lives following their path with little concern over our thoughts and our opinions.

Maybe it’s time to take stock, to take a look at our lives and take control over our own future.

Life can be good, it can be great, we just need to regain control.

Come on, have strength, look forward to a new YOU… 🙂

Namaste

Mark