The Medici News - Edition 7 (October 2006)

 

CONTENTS: 

. Letter from the Editor

. Featured Poems:

- 'Parenthood – A Healing of Forgiveness’
- 'Life Everlasting'

. Featured Articles:

'Forgiveness'

 

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR:


Don’t forget to get your entries in for THE 2006 MEDICI CHARTER POETRY PRIZE and THE 2006 MEDICI CHARTER LITERARY PRIZE. The deadline is October 31, 2006.

We would also like to take this opportunity to further clarify our requirements for entry to these competitions.

For THE 2006 MEDICI CHARTER POETRY PRIZE:

We are seeking poems about ‘LOVE’.
We are asking all you poets out there to submit poems about what love means to you.

It is our belief that unconditional love is the answer to everything.
We are asking you to submit poetry that will perhaps inspire others to develop the attribute of unconditional love.

For THE 2006 MEDICI CHARTER LITERARY PRIZE:

We are asking you to describe ‘YOUR OWN SPIRITUAL JOURNEY’.

Tell us how you first became spiritually aware, the life lessons you have learned, the synchronicity you have experienced in your life that has influenced the direction you have taken in your career or in the life choices you have made, and where you are at spiritually today.

Perhaps you have been influenced by what you have read - by special books that have held meaning for you, or maybe a particular person or philosophy has influenced the spiritual direction you have taken.

We would like you to share your spiritual experiences with our subscribers, in 1500 words or less.

It is our belief that sharing your experience, and the experiences of other entrants, will benefit other seekers on the Spiritual Path.


FEATURED POEMS:


Parenthood – A Healing of Forgiveness
(copyright by Janette Wighton, 2006)

If as a parent with guilt you reflect,

and look back on your life and circumspect.

And when on your children you do ponder,

about opportunities lost and moments you did squander.

If I could help, here’s what I’d say:

“Don’t let sad thoughts and grief hold sway.”

For God will make it plain for all to see,

you’ve been the best parent you knew how to be.

For its only with age we begin to see,

we’re not always right in our opinions free.

And often our will we did impose,

without thought or reason for all those

who in love are entrusted to our care,

our lives, our joys, our experiences to share.

Your children chose you before they were born,

and their lives are theirs alone to spawn.

They should honour you for the part you played,

for the role they set you have portrayed.

The lessons they’ll learn are of their choice,

and it was you who helped give those lessons voice.

So don’t look back with recrimination.

Forgive and love with determination.

For your children one day will forgive your lack.

They’ll learn their lesson – their own feelings to back.

For when they become parents too,

the mistakes you made, they won’t renew.

Please understand, and it is true,

the lessons they’ve learned have come from you.

For there really isn’t good or bad,

only lessons to be had.

So go in peace, live your life with love,

and place your trust in God above.

Just know your little ones in time will see,

that you were the best parent you knew how to be.



Life Everlasting
(Copyright © by Janette Wighton, 2006)

When you know how to die, you know how to live,

for you’ll have learned life’s lessons, learned how to forgive.

So let go of the reigns, and all direction cease.

Then you’ll have learned the greatest lesson of all,

you’ll have allowed God to take charge and stood tall.

So place every aspect of your life in His hands.

Let go of the reigns and your potential expands.

When you understand the promise of life everlasting,

and make this your goal, your mission forecasting,

then life will have meaning, purpose and joy,

for all God’s loving attributes you will employ.

When you live your life by His Universal Laws,

your life will unfold, and God will open all the doors.

For in death lies the secret of life eternal,

the victory of a life that has reached the supernal.

When your physical body dies, your spirit will transcend.

Your life will continue, for there is no end.

For you will be Spirit in all its glory,

a Being of Light, part of the Greater Story.




FEATURE ARTICLES:


'FORGIVENESS'

“Forgiveness is the mental and/or spiritual process of ceasing to feel resentment, blame, anger or hatred against another person for a perceived offence, difference or mistake, or ceasing to demand punishment or restitution”…………Wikipedia.

In most of the belief systems and major world religions of humanity, the teachings of forgiveness are included.

All the Ascended/Enlightened Masters, Divine Teachers, and Prophets throughout the ages taught forgiveness, prayed for it, and lived that belief. The Lords Prayer is an example of such prayer.

Forgiveness is the greatest POWER.

It is a personal journey of the mind, body, and spirit through the field of our emotions.

It is an act of unconditional love and a letting go of all that is not in and of the Light. It is a gift from God and a catalyst for our enlightenment and Ascension.

Forgiveness is the highest form of compassion, kindness, and blessing you can give either to another human being or to yourself. It is a gift from your heart to the heart of the receiver. It lets the other person know that you accept their apology for any perceived hurt toward you and that you hold no ill feeling toward them.

Genuine forgiveness takes time as you go within and face each perceived hurt or experience. The deepest levels of your consciousness need to be accessed layer by layer – almost like peeling an onion. You need to go deep within through meditation/ contemplation, asking for the issue to present itself. You need to address the issue at a cellular level, asking for guidance and insight to bring yourself back into balance.

Most of all, you need to ‘Let go, let God.”

Forgive yourself for any choices that you made that were not always for your highest purpose. Make a commitment to change your life and, most of all, find Peace.

Understand that you may have contracted to experience the event in question as a major lesson for release in this incarnation. Letting go of your negative feelings and achieving forgiveness signals to the Universe that you have reached a higher state of being. It changes your state of being, your cellular structure into your 5D Light body.

Forgiveness attracts PEACE – a state of internal calm.

Forgiveness gives you HOPE – if you can make positive changes and forgive, it gives hope for humanity as a whole.

Forgiveness teaches you COMPASSION toward yourself and others.

Forgiveness breeds TRUST – trust that what has hurt you in the past cannot hurt you again because you have made different choices.

Forgiveness brings FAITH – faith that you can work miracles in your life and find your STATE OF GRACE.

Forgiveness HEALS your life – it is a gift from the Divine.

To love yourself means to truly forgive yourself for all past perceived mistakes, and to acknowledge all your successes.

You do not know what love means until you can truly accept and love yourself, and everyone else, unconditionally and without judgement.

Understand that for everything there is a cause and an effect and, that everything that happens in your life, you cause. You, and only you are in control of your life.

You are the Director, the Producer, the Script Writer, and the Actor in your own real life production.

Many of us are still that little child blaming our parents, our childhood, and the world in general for our misfortune.

The following exercise is designed to help you to see your life from an adult’s perspective, rather than from the perspective of a child:

1. Set aside a few hours quiet time when you are not likely to be interrupted.

2. Write a list of everything you like and everything you dislike about your mother.

3. Now do the same with your father – everything you like and dislike about him.

(Leave space to write beside each like and dislike for each parent.)

4. Now, beside each like and dislike you have listed for each parent, write the lesson you have learned from this.

5. Now list all those lessons that you have learned and think about how they affected your life. How they impacted on the decisions you have made in your life, career choices, relationship choices, the way you brought up your children (if you have been blessed with children), and the type of person that you have become.

6. As you think about your life, think about the synchronicity or seemingly coincidental occurrences that have happened to you. Perhaps you have been in the right place at the right time. Perhaps a meeting or conversation with someone has steered you in a certain direction.

When you look back on your past, you will find many such occurrences and you will begin to realise that nothing is a coincidence, that everything happens for a reason, and that you have been guided every step of the way.

Once you understand the lessons that you have learned from your parents, you will view your life from an adult’s perspective, and not from the perspective of a child.

You need also to accept that your parents were the best parents they knew how to be. You chose them before you were born. You chose them for the lessons they were to teach you. Honour them for fulfilling the roles that you gave them to play in your life.

If you can identify and understand those lessons and the ways in which they have impacted upon your life, you will have come a long way towards healing your emotional baggage and learning to forgive yourself and others.

Now that you have taken the important step of revisiting your past, there is one more thing you need to do: Acknowledge all your successes! Pat yourself on the back and say “well done” for your many achievements. For there have been many achievements and successes and you need to know that you are a special being, much loved by the Universe, and you must learn to love yourself as God loves you.

Now that you have taken definite and positive steps to heal your past, you need to understand something else.

You must learn to live only in the present.

Never again think about what might have been or, what might happen in the future.

By all means set goals for yourself. That is important. However, the way to ensure that you achieve those goals is to tell God what you want and believe totally that you will receive it!

Do not keep asking! If you have to keep asking you are telling God that you doubt His ability to supply your needs!

Meditate, state clearly what you want to achieve, and know absolutely that you will be guided every inch of the way. Keep the energy moving by taking whatever physical steps needed to assist you in achieving your goal/s, and believe totally that what you have asked for is already yours.

It is important also that you continually take note of what is happening around you. Be ever aware of the people that you meet and understand that everything in your life happens for a reason.

There is something else you need to understand in terms of healing your life: You are responsible for your reaction/response to everything that happens in your life!

If you become ill or suffer from any form of disease, you need to look carefully at why you might have attracted this illness – whether the cause is an emotional blockage.

If you can identify the reason, you are on your way to curing the disease.

Remember, for every cause there is an effect, and to know yourself is to become a Master of yourself.




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