BLESSINGS BEYOND BORDERS©

For 51 years, I have lived in major survival mode. For all of those years, safety and struggle have been at the forefront of my life, perception of who I am, my way of thinking, responding, and even my vision of growing, stretching and expanding into someone bigger than I am.

It is high time for my own transformation to a much greater expression of Divinity, of my potential, of God. It is a time of alchemy, wizardry and magic.

These two modes are essentially incompatible which seems to me, as an Earthly being, to be our greatest challenge.

In order to achieve a greater expression of who we are, we are required to attain a point of balance between our physicality and a much higher, more Divine expression. I’m excited to admit I’m not very good at this. It gives me something to look forward to as awareness precedes manifestation. Allowing and being totally, completely, present is essential to this balance.

Presence is an amazing concept. The very essence of it defies theoretical and/or academic understanding. To be completely present is to live in a state of intensely acute awareness, a state which is certainly not the norm in our society. It is a state in which we feel our connectedness not only to our bodies and our emotions but also to the air we breathe, the food we eat, the sound we allow to enter our ears, the ‘signals’ we get from our bodies such as hunger, a tinge of sadness, a cracking neck, an itch, a deep or shallow breath, the wind,… Presence-- > connection-- > compassion-- > true caring for each other, as well as all the other realms around us, from microbial all the way to the cosmic.

Practically everything we do in a state of presence requires us to be utterly accepting of ourselves. Imagine giving yourself the level of deep unconditional love you can only dream of from a partner. Well, I can dream, maybe you are experiencing it! The level of unconditional love we have heard of in churches, synagogues, temples, mosques and other traditional places of worship is a distant dream for way too many people on this planet.

Before humanity experiences deep unconditional LOVE, it would appear that we need to start with, at the very least, experiencing unconditional peace. As I ponder these ideas during this ‘holy day’ season, (when isn’t it a holy day?) I came up with the phrase BLESSINGS BEYOND BORDERS©. Could you possibly IMAGINE what it would signify if each of us got into a habit of sending the entire cosmos, a Blessing for a few moments each day? The very thought bring me tears of Joy. This is an idea I can truly put my Heart behind!!!

As a Minister of Spiritual Peacemaking, a parent, mother, neighbor, ex-wife, friend, coach, writer, entrepreneur, cousin, woman, sister, aunt, international traveler, student of cultures and human nature and behavior, and dreamer of a better way of being, I encourage you to spread these words, in print, in thought, energetically, by cyberspace, postal service or prayer.

Six years ago "Voices in Wartime" was filmed using poetry from soldiers and civilians to help people understand the trauma of war. The film inspired VOICES [Education Project]’s nonprofit mission: story-telling in the service of peace. I encourage you to join Voices Education Project on Facebook. When we begin to spend just a few moments a day reflecting and focusing on positive, Optimystic alternatives to war, we are generating a better vibration for our world, our planet and its inhabitants.

BLESSINGS BEYOND BORDERS©,


Gina Villa-Grimsby