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What is the relationship between health and spirituality?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:01:38 GMT

It strikes me these days how everything is a relationship and there is a relationship between everything. A relationship is what we make it - or rather, what the consciousness disguised as us makes it.

That goes for health and spirituality too: Our spiritual journey is highly connected with our relationship with our body, and thus what we believe is health, or healthy. Health issues can become great opportunities to explore our spirituality - and opportunities to experience our beliefs in action so to speak.

There is this saying, "a healthy body in a healthy spirit" (or is it the other way round? :-)). To me, healthy really refers to a judgement of what a body - or a spirit - should be. When we like it we say it's healthy, when we don't like it we say it's sick. But really, it just is! Spiritual experiences and physical experiences are not all that different, and are totally interrelated. Not necessarily in terms of good/bad, healthy/unhealthy, but in terms of experiencing consciousness as different, ever changing forms and expressions.

Tags: Q&R, health, spirituality, life, relationship, consciousness

What role does community play in your life?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:07:18 GMT

A bigger role than I was aware of! I discovered that at the "relationships lab" that is an inner way of preparing the upcoming Awakening Relationships workshop. At some point I realized that my relationships with a community - whatever kind of a community that is - is more significant that I thought it was. It is an important as family relationships, business/work relationships, intimate relationships even and it does connect to my feelings of belonging, both to the community as such and in general.

I used to seek and create the feelings of belonging through "outsider communities" - communities based on special interests such a radical politics or radical life styles or radical paths to awakening. ;-)
Interestingly, as my inner feeling of belonging, of being at home already, expand, there is less dependency on belonging to a community - and more enjoyment in doing so - in belonging to whatever community is part of my daily life.

I love being part of the small community of so called "ordinary people" (there's no such thing!)where I live and where I work as much as my busting loose pals at Facebook .
I haven't been much on Gaia for many months, but I have a feeling that I'll be back, that after focusing on the busting loose path for a while I'd like to go back and share with a broader community.

Tags: Q&R, community, life, belonging, relationships

What weather are you today?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:42:07 GMT

Stillnes before storm or fog just before it clears up. Not sure... :lol:

Tags: Q&R, weather, mood, emotions

Awakening To Oneness: Expanding Through the Relationships Game

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:51:54 GMT

Awakening To Oneness: Expanding Through The Relationships Game is the name of a live event and possibly a series of conference calls that I'm in the process of creating along with my dear friend and colleague Terrence McKee. If it sounds like something you'd be interested in, visit the blog that is dedicated to the event at
www.awakening2joy.com

Our teaching/coaching game is a relationship and awakening process in itself (of course it is! :-)), starting with an introductory conference call on September 27. Come and chat with us and let us know more about your wishes for an event/course like this. You'll find all the details about the conference call here.

Tags: awakening, seminars, conference calls, events, relationships

What helps you deepen into the present moment?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:37:29 GMT

Not trying to deepen into it. Not trying not to deepen into it. Not trying to change it.

Tags: Q&R, presence, present moment, allowing, effortlessness

What do you love about nature?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:28:19 GMT

What could I not love about nature?
Perhaps the fact that I cannot control it?
Well, I can't even control my own nature! :lol:
But then, I don't really want to control it.
The same goes for nature.
I mean, the other nature.
You know what I mean.
I just love it.
Nature.
Me.
You.
This.

Tags: Q&R, nature, natural, being, love

What helps you be creative?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:15:15 GMT

Being. Not doing anything. Not going anywhere.

Tags: QaR, creativity, ingenuity, creative, art, being

What does enlightenment mean to you?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:37:58 GMT

Through perfect creation (or synchronicity, if you prefer), I just posted a story that reflects what enlightenment / awakening means to me here: Could this be your story?

Awakening

Tags: QaR, enlightenment, spirituality, self, awakening

What would you do if you lost everything you owned?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:33:21 GMT

Take a deep breath and see where the journey would take me from there, trusting/knowing that however it looks it's alwasy a gift and a joy.

Interestingly, yesterday I did loose not "everything" but what appeared as an important file that I have been preparing for my website for a few days. I surprised myself by not freaking out but rather getting curious - "now what is this about I wonder?"

Not being able to recover the lost file, I created a new one - and that was an interesting experience. Compared to the "original" it took no time to create, it was much simpler, and I ended up with feeling very content about the whole incident. :-)

Tags: QaR, loss, possessions, letting go, joy

What have you lost in your life?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:42:10 GMT

In a sense, I've lost so much that I wouldn't know where to start and where to end. So let me start at the ending... which is now. :-).
As I see it now, I never lost anything. Because it's just not possible. If I dream of something and then dream of losing it, do I really lose it? It's my dream. It is all me, morphing, playing, transforming. I can never lose myself - I can only pretend that I do.
:-)

Also, I'm reminded of a beautiful movie, "Things we lost in the fire":

Things We Lost In The Fire - Movie Trailer

Tags: QaR, loss, illusion, transformation, things we lost in the fire

What has not yet happened in life?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:36:05 GMT

As a creative being I know that there are oceans of "happenings" before me yet, endless joyful possibilities, and also some manifesting and becoming part of my play.

This being said, and as opposed to a few years earlier, there is nothing missing, nothing I feel that I've got to do, have to experience or express before I stop playing. The realization came to me spontaneously some time ago, and has been with me since. I could leave the scene (or let the scene leave me, however you choose to see it) and feel completely fulfilled, completely thrilled with my life as has been.

That's how it feels. But then, maybe I'm fooling myself? Who knows... :lol:

Tags: QaR, life, future, waiting, anticipation, fulfillment

Where are you going?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Sat, 30 May 2009 11:21:14 GMT

I have answered the question in the form of a story!
To download it, right-click on the title below and save to your computer.

WHERE DO YOU GO?

Where Do You Go?

Tags: QaR, life, travel, journey, path, phase 2, busting loose, awakening

What was the last thing you asked for?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:47:38 GMT

The last few things I recall are very practical and all 3 have to do with clarifying some specific information that I thought I was missing (only I wasn't really). I'm surprised by the precision of the pattern here: I hardly ever ask anyone for anything, and when I do most times it's not even something that I'm missing.

Part of it is residue from the belief that I have to take care of everything myself. Since it's an illusion I could apply my busting loose tools to it.
Part of is a humorous way of showing myself that nothing is missing in my life and never was.

:-)

Tags: QaR, asking, busting loose, illusion, missing

Who are we?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:43:27 GMT

"Who am I" cannot be expressed in words. A way to do it (after all :-)) : "I am Infinite Consciousness"
"Who are we" cannot be expressed in words either. A way to do it (since I love to play with words): "Different aspects of Infinite Consciousness"
I and we is really the same, and it's not just a grand theory or a nice idea.
It's such a joyful, amazing experience when "I" experience "we" and "other people" as "me too", and the "me" that "I" used to identify with as not more significant than the others - just a different point of view.

Did I mention that these things cannot be expressed in words? The above is what happens when you try. :lol:

Tags: QaR, we, I, consciousness, oneness

What is most influencing how quickly you're acheiving your goals?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:37:27 GMT

My Expansive Self. By the way: "Achieving" is really like eating a wonderful meal: quicker is not better!
:-)

Tags: QaR, goals, Self, achieving, efficiency

A Path To True Joy

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:19:17 GMT

In Robert Scheinfeld’s “busting loose vocabulary” joy, or rather, True Joy, means much more than it usually does. He explains it in detail in his brand new “A Path To True Joy” multimedia introduction.

To me, the experience of True Joy was really puzzling at first: All of a sudden, I felt this wonderful joy (all kinds and shades of it), and I was so used to it coming from outside of me, that I spent quite some time looking for its source all over the place! It was cute, I think, me looking around and trying to find out what made me feel so happy. Was there a special letter in my inbox? No. Me winning in lottery? No. A new work opportunity? No. A new friend or lover waiting just around the corner? Nothing of the kind. Everything “out there” was “as usual” (or sometimes even appearing worse than usual ) - yet there was all this Joy within me! Weird…

As time went by, it became more natural that it comes from within and that I take it with me where ever I go, into every experience. I find myself enjoying every situation, every moment, every person exactly as is. I don’t really need to change anything (what a relief! ). And yet, it all keeps on changing, keeps on transforming, as True Joy keeps on expanding.

Yes, True Joy is an expansive feeling as such - there is no upper limit to it, and it does not make you explode either. :-) It can be experienced as peace, joy, wisdom, happiness, love, abundance, creativity, humor - any state that you would attribute to what Robert Scheinfeld calls busting loose and others call awakening or enlightenment.

By the way, I notice how Robert’s “labels” of his teaching materials are changing and expanding too: From the “Busting Loose series” to “Journey to The Infinite” and now “A Path To True Joy“. A path - not the path! An infinitely creative Being - and that’s who you really are! - plays with many variations of a path and as many unique ways to walk it as there are people doing the walk.

Tags: a path to true joy, joy, robert scheinfeld, busting loose, awakening, enlightenment

What do people really want?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:36:24 GMT

Although most people probably would deny it, all people really want what they actually create. Otherwise they wouln'd create it. I mean, otherwise we wouldn't create it. :-)

Tags: QaR, people, seeking, looking, wanting, desire

What do you trust most in the world?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:56:45 GMT

My Expanded Self of course - and therefore everyone and everything!
What I mean by this is that in my hologram, or on my journey everyone and everything is a creation of my Expanded Self, specifically designed to support me. In that sense everyone and everything is to be trusted!
It doesn't necessarily mean that anything that anyone says to me is the truth that I should trust and follow, but it does mean that their mere appearance on my journey is to be trusted and appreciated. They're here for a reason!

The latter becomes more and more clear to me... What a miracle life is!

Tags: QaR, trust, Expanded Self, meaning

What message does your highest self have for you?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:33:58 GMT

This question (which is one I have asked myself countless times earlier on my journey) presupposes that you are somehow separated from your Expanded Self and that you're not getting the information/inspiration that you should in order to do what's "best" for you and the world. This is all an illusion, created specifically to enable the Phase 1 Game.

There is no separation. No wisdom that you're missing out on. No need to struggle and no mistakes. No point in second-guessing your Expanded Self. No point -- except for the fun of it! And that's a great point!

:-)

Tags: QaR, highest self, wisdom, message

What's the best thing about numbers?

http://halinagold.gaia.com — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:48:28 GMT

There are so many ways to play with numbers - they're part of just any aspect of the Human Game. Look around and you'll find them all over the place. Why? Because numbers are one of the best ways to keep the Illusion in place! They appear so real! Or maybe you even believe they are real? I know I did for most of my life. Even if I have opened up to my infinite abundance now and have worked with dissolving the illusion of numbers for 4+ years now, there's still some power left there. Numbers let you believe that something is less and something is more, something is better and something is worse. But it's not true. It's just a game we're playing in Consciousness. An amazing Game!

Tags: QaR, numbers, illusion, busting loose