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KARMA ROAD: Walking Through Time with George Eliot, Freda M. Chaney, D.D.

Perception of What Is

6/29/2013

"The fire in the cave throws shadows on the walls. You will believe those shadows are real until you leave the cave and enter the light. More shadows will appear. Learn to adjust your perception as you move along through the illusions of life." ~ FMC

"We perceive the world through filters. Those filters are applied in childhood and are dependent on our surroundings: family, culture, education, locale, and so much more. Liken your perception as sand art that is a combination of beautiful layers of sand placed methodically one over another until you have the finished project. You see it,therefore you believe it. You created it, layer by layer, and perceive that this sand art is "the way" sand art looks. Then you are introduced to sand art on the beach: sculptures that defy imagination, or you watch Tibetan monks painstakingly create their phenomenal mandala sand art, and your perception changes. Your mind begins to believe that there is nothing the human mind cannot conceive and create. Your filters change, and with that your perception. Life is lived in the mind. Change the mind (the perception of what is) and your life will change. There is no hard and fast rule that holds you in a time, a place. What is is because of your created perceptions. Pull back the curtain, and see that the Great Oz is a snake oil salesman dealing in illusions." ~ Namaste! ~ Freda M. Chaney

Sorting and Sifting

6/27/2013

When it comes to karma, take a few deep breaths and start sorting and sifting your way through the chain of events in your current life. Which ones are negative; which ones positive? Write them down in two separate lists. Determine that you will get beyond what is repetitive in a troubling way. It may require a past life reading or regression, a personal contract with yourself to find the truth, and dream and waking journals to share reflections for overcoming the negative and accentuating the positive (that which you want to take with you into your next adventure). Think of it as a "Karma detox!" Namaste! ~ Freda M. Chaney

Edgar Cayce and Reincarnation

6/22/2013

Edgar Cayce, the famous "sleeping prophet" believed in reincarnation. In a number of his readings, he answered questions about past lives, karma, and how the soul grows through reincarnation. In reading # 2390-7, Cayce responded to a question concerning how one might better access past life experiences to help develop spiritually in this life. Cayce responded, "As indicated in that given, when (you) would meditate - or even when (you) would sleep, put all hate, all jealousy, all regret, from (your) mind - by filling the mind with the consciousness of the Christ-power."

Stonehenge, Avebury, George Eliot, and Emerson!

6/21/2013

I visited Stonehenge on my recent trip to England. Many said I would be disappointed. Not in a million years! On this, the first day of summer, I decided to honor that moment I entered the valley and gazed at the mammoth stones set in a circle. It was one of the most incredible sites I have ever seen. Walking around the stones was like being inside a battery charger!

I'd had that same feeling when I had sat upon a huge boulder behind Ralph Waldo Emerson's Old Manse the year before. It is lovingly called the "philosopher's rock" because Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne and others would sit there and share their Transcendentalist views as local friends. Little did I know that Emerson had visited Stonehenge until I researched it to honor this first day of summer! He shared his thoughts about Stonehenge in his diary. Nothing short of fascinating!

While in England, Emerson visited with George Eliot, the famous 19th century British novelist (at that time she was young Mary Ann Evans). Later George Eliot and her soul mate George Lewes would visit Avebury and Stonehenge. They traveled through Wiltshire to the Salisbury Plains, visiting the ancient sites. Eliot later wrote about the massive stones in Daniel Deronda making mention of Avebury, but obviously recalling Stonehenge.

On my recent trip to England, I was unaware that Eliot or Emerson had seen Stonehenge, or that both had written about their adventures at England's oldest and finest sites. I find it remarkable that I had traveled the same circuitous route from Eliot's Griff House to Stratford (where Eliot and Emerson had taken in a Shakespeare play with friends) then south to Salisbury through the Wiltshire countryside. I stayed at an inn in Salisbury and visited Stonehenge from there. I had walked in Eliot's footsteps and my old Transcendental friend, Emerson, was along for the ride!

May your summer be full of sacred surprises and long and lovely days of musing. Namaste. ~ Freda

Honoring the Past as a Path to Growth

6/18/2013

George Eliot painting by Francois D'Albert Durad.

"We can never run from who we were. Like a Slinky that goes ahead and waits for its backside to join it, our past will catch up with us somewhere in the future. If we honor the past as a path to growth, we can clear the way for easier going. Acknowledge the past, release any anxiety concerning it, and move on honoring the path and the self that led you there." ~ Freda M. Chaney

Living Consciously

6/15/2013

"Living consciously means knowing why you are doing what you are doing! We must examine our motives daily, and act deliberately rather than just existing from day to day." ~ Freda M. Chaney

Paying it Backwards?

6/13/2013

"If you believe in karma, then you may see that actions you take in this life will affect this life and future life/lives. And if you believe in karma, then you may also believe that this is not your first life--that your soul has a past! If you can make a change now to improve your future self, then why can't your prayerful thoughts toward those in your past, yourself or others, make a difference? Pay it backwards, and pay it forward!" ~ Freda M. Chaney

Driven!

6/13/2013

"Are you driven? Do yourself a favor and take stock of your own life. Ask yourself what you are doing to get where you want to be. Don't stay on the round about repeating past mistakes! Dig the deeper well, and fill your soul with the wonder of life. Seek the sacred around you, and honor it daily." ~ Freda

June 10th, 2013

6/10/2013

Until very recently, I did not realize I was failing to honor the Divine Feminine in my life. A publisher friend of mine pointed out that part of my message in my new book, KARMA ROAD: Getting Off the Round About, was about the Divine Feminine. I thought about that, and it went soul deep. I lost my mother when I was 9 months old. I grew up with brothers, and my father was the head of household. I was a tomboy through and through. Nothing in my life pointed to the Divine Feminine. I guess the quote by George Eliot rings true once again, "It is never too late to be what you might have been." ~ Freda

KARMA ROAD: Walking Through Time with George Eliot, Freda M. Chaney, D.D.