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Category — The Heart

Christopher Hansard:[ Fibres]

The ever present

is prescience

in form

and perception

the prescience

becomes

presence

but

does not dwell in the moment

but is the fibres of the moment

with which you need to pluck and unravel

to discover the illusion of the moment

for in moment’s

time is made..

the great cosmetic of form

that seeks to remove the wrinkles

in which all meaning is found

December 22, 2008   No Comments

There is a Promise

There is a Promise

that is hidden

in all things

it waits to

be discovered

offering words

of love

and hope

of illumination

and shows

you

the continuity

of all things..

 

that there is

one eternal season

and that the stages

of humanity

are the spring,

summer,

autumn and winter

the day and night

the first kiss of life

the first kiss of death

all contained in

the query, question

and surprise that makes you wonder

what the promise itself may be..

 

we are all like incense on the wind

we live as both fragrance, ash

fire, dust, intent ,

and

for a time we burn

and are gone

 

there is a promise

it waits in the hearts

of everyone

a true romance

of a soul’s meander through

the psyche

and the pyche’s leap

to consciousness

 

we should take the time

to bow to the humble

and the small

for in such things and people

the promise speaks

the most

 

if you search for god

or happiness

wealth or a brand new car

a golden lover or bright new dream

pause and stop

to know that

there is a promise

dwelling in between

the rush and rapture

of what you call your life

 

There is a promise

it waits for you

every day and impression

each passing year,

in tears and laughter

the promise waits

a quiet voice, it speaks

waiting for you to hear

May 11, 2008   No Comments

Change Takes Time

Have you ever thought to yourself or heard someone say,

” I thought I dealt with this!

I thought it was over and done with!

why did it take so long to deal with it..why Now?

I have wasted all the years, why couldn’t I have dealt with this years ago?’

Because change takes time, like true love, it takes the understanding of time

and the acceptance that change only comes when you are ready..

and often we may think we are ready, but deep within we are not

Change takes time, and time can only be a helper if you see time as agent of change

Time goes in cycles , not in a straight line..

Change goes in cycles, not in a straight line..

There are no straight lines within the growing psyche,

in the inner expression of spiritual change there always is to be found a cycle

of change and time, like two different coloured flowers on one slender plant

Time needs change to give meaning to humanity

and Change needs Time to grow and mature

We are all children of time and change

They are two of  twelve great mysteries that give humanity the impulse of evolution.

April 9, 2008   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[ Karma, Rebirth and Reincarnation]

People often wonder… what is Karma?

Karma is any intentional process, a thought, action, word or gesture or combination of all that is done with intent and focus. This the primary impulse of Karma. It does not matter whether the intent is positive or negative.  Because such activity creates many patterns that replicate themselves beyond measurement, we all are linked in a karmic fish net, that trawls the bottom of our unconscious karmic ocean.

If we wish to change patterns in our life, we need to understand what prompts our thoughts, actions, words and gestures, and what are the drives behind our intentions and focus. We can change karmic patterns by changing the nature of our intentions to the world, our inner world, outer world and to all people and other living creatures.

People often wonder …what  is Rebirth, thinking it the same as Reincarnation.

Rebirth is the process of suddenly been born as soon as you are dead without any understanding or control over the emotional, psychological and spiritual aspects of dying. If you lived a confused life and died with confusion, fear or any other overwhelming emotion that caused you to feel trapped,then it can be that you will be born immediately, as there are endless wombs waiting to be filled with life.

Rebirth is sudden and without understanding, it is a rush an endless flow and pattern. But you can rise out of that pattern by learning how to become conscious and more aware of your inner state so it does not sabotage your mental state as you die. This leads us to Reincarnation.

People often wonder… what Reincarnation is…

Reincarnation is the conscious application of mental , emotional and spiritual insight to yourself as you die, thus clearing away all the inner fears and projections that emanate around you as you die. You create a choice within you as to how you shall be, you enter into a dimension of choices. And when you know it is right, you have an element of choice over how, when and to whom you will be born.

In the death process if you enter into the state of clarity, you can redeem yourself, heal all your regrets, learn as to the whys and hows of your karmic legacy and inheritance and transform yourself.

Death is the great equalizer but in that you have choice and intention and focus.  Whatever you have done, you can heal in the process of death, and stay in the dimensions between the former life and the possibility of a new one, to enhance your inner evolution and well being.

March 13, 2008   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[Becoming]

People rush in search of meaning, of ‘being’.

People rush in search of understanding, of self-knowledge, as if Wisdom was running out of time, People clamour for sacred truths, for words of power and liberation…

yet if they stopped, but for a moment, they would find what they seek in the atmosphere,

in their own homes, in their heart,

they would find that it all comes down to ‘Becoming’

a state of openess and devotion to a simple experience, that within you now

is all that you need, and that all that you ever wanted to be or have or experience is in

a state of ‘Becoming’, and essentially that is what we are made of, and who we are.

Becoming creates itself and leaves to knowledge of the heart.

March 3, 2008   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[Are You Happy?]

Are you happy?

Can you ask yourself and find an answer?

There is no quick answer, only a slow one that evolves as you experience your evolution through the challenges of life .

Happiness comes and goes, but its sweetness is a reminder, that beneath the delights of happiness exists a greater joy and contentment that shows us all, the ‘being’ , within the human..

Happiness improves our health and conscious, but the media has hijacked it, turning it into something ‘aspirational’ like a fashion item or latest gizmo, happiness is for us to see beyond ourselves and to be thankful for the life we can make from the life we have.

Happiness is also a choice, both a belief, as an act of faith and a psychological state that shifts our consciousness.

How do we find happiness?

We need to look within for that is where its foundation lies,

and without, not in things, but in our relationships to people,

the natural world and the place we stand in,

as we express who we think we are.

Happiness is trust, a trust in the goodness of life, people and ones Self.

If you can not trust in these, then happiness takes time to emerge into your daily activities and thinking.

Happiness is waiting for you to claim it as your own.

February 29, 2008   No Comments

Christopher Hansard:[Gentleness; when we listen to the interdependence within ourselves]

Gentleness is the expression of interdependence

and of the person who is unafraid of the connection

with the varied experiences of Life. [Read more →]

February 27, 2008   No Comments

Pause

When we due to the rush of our daily lives, find ourselves becoming stressed out, and lacking in focus and balance, we should try to pause…

..to pause.. and recall the moments when we were still, when we laughed,

when we loved and when we had peace, and then promise to ourselves to give ourselves the opportunity..to pause, reflect and change how we react to those things that try to make us caught up in the rush of daily living.

February 15, 2008   No Comments

The Heart Has A Voice

The heart has a voice, soft and quiet, it speaks in every beat

The heart has a voice it moves in every human action, in our speech

The heart has a voice and calls out your true name

The heart has a voice and its language can be found in everything natural and manmade

The heart has a voice, it calls us to love and to rise above all that seeks to bring us down

The heart has a voice, and a single word, a word heard differently to every ear,

The heart has a voice

Can you hear?

February 7, 2008   No Comments

The Heart

The heart cries and despairs, trembles and falters often in the cut and thrust of life’s challenges,

when we experience the greatest challenges, hurts, and degredations, when we feel our souls to be thrashed and destroy by circumstance,

when life hurts too much and we feel rootless and without a place to be or go, and the winds of change have turned to sleet, hail and driving rain,

we need to remember that within us all is a voice that is always constantly and quietly calling to us reminding us,

“Be still, Be still, let your heart be still.”

In all of that if you truly hear, then the storm subsides

and all is still and the sound that you hear, is the beating of your heart,

each beat, sparking the light of eternity that dwells in your innermost still place.

Go there and life becomes still. And no troubles can cause you to be moved from the still constant place where your true identity dwells.

February 5, 2008   No Comments