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Reuniendo Las Aguas Del Corazón Reuniendo las Aguas del Corazón El Pulso del Espíritu 07 de mayo de 2021 DAVID KARCHERE es conferenciante y líder de talleres que ayudan a las personas a renovar su Espiritualidad Original—una experiencia que la mayoría de los seres humanos conocen desde el nacimiento y que, idealmente, crece a medida que maduran. Los Estados Unidos de América se enfrentan a crear un “puerto seguro del amor”, como lo una trágica plaga de violencia policial contra llamó Karen Pritchard. Donde hay un puerto los negros a niveles cada vez mayores. El seguro de Amor para el corazón, otros niveles advenimiento del video del teléfono celular y de la experiencia humana se mantienen las cámaras corporales de la policía y las seguros. La mayoría de nosotros admitiría cámaras de tablero, acercan la tragedia a fácilmente que es probable que haya algún nosotros. tipo de violencia externa cuando hay violencia en el corazón. Cuando creamos seguridad Recientemente hemos escuchado a tres para la reunión de las aguas del corazón, eso alcaldesas negras que abordan este tema: Lori crea seguridad para la vida. ¿Cómo puede Lightfoot de Chicago, Kim Janey de Boston y haber seguridad para la vida si no hay Keisha Lance Bottoms de Atlanta. Tienen seguridad para el corazón? hijos o nietos propios en los que pensar. Después del tiroteo de la policía contra un Si bien es muy probable que tu no seas el niño latino de 13 años, Lori Lightfoot alcalde de una ciudad, si eres el alcalde de tu compartió su preocupación por su propio campo creativo, sea el que sea, y yo también. hijo, de 13 años. Y puedes sentir sus ¿Cómo crearemos un puerto seguro de Amor corazones rompiéndose por la gente de sus para el corazón para nuestro propio campo ciudades. creativo? ¿Para nuestra pequeña ciudad y su población? Lo dejaré para otro momento y lugar para abordar la política de esto. Hablo del origen Aquellos de nosotros que hemos criado espiritual de lo que se manifiesta en nuestra familias a menudo somos particularmente cultura. Me estoy refiriendo a la necesidad de conscientes de estas cosas. No podemos estar 100 Sunrise Ranch Road | Loveland, Colorado 80538 USA | Phone: 970.679.4200 | www.emissaries.org Reuniendo las Aguas del Corazón con nuestros hijos cuando van a la escuela o reunión de las aguas, la cultura humana puede hacer todas las demás cosas que hacen. Y, por prosperar. supuesto, un día, tienen que volar fuera del Una de las experiencias más profundas que he nido y entrar en un mundo más amplio. tenido de esto fue como maestro de segundo Entonces, pasado cierto punto no podemos grado en California. Los estudiantes de seguirlos para crear seguridad física. Pero segundo grado suelen tener entre siete y ocho podemos crear seguridad para su corazón. años. Están pasando de la primera infancia a la Nosotros mismos podemos ser un puerto cúspide de la niñez media. Puede ser una seguro para su alma. Podemos crear un época de rápida transformación y espacio de corazón donde sepan que son crecimiento. Tienen una nueva fuerza amados, donde el amor en su corazón pueda apareciendo, por lo que nuevas energías están vivir y estar rodeado de nosotros. trabajando en su experiencia. Es un honor ser Estoy muy seguro de que has tenido testigo de este milagro. experiencias profundas de la unión de las Era un profesor nuevo y tenía treinta y seis aguas del corazón, un momento en el que alumnos. En su mayoría era solo yo, con un compartiste un espacio profundo del corazón asistente de profesor durante tres mañanas a con otra persona o un grupo de personas. Y la semana. Les enseñé a estos jóvenes todas quizás haya tenido la experiencia de crear sus asignaturas durante seis horas al día, con deliberadamente un contexto en el que eso una pausa para el almuerzo. Recuerdo que me podría suceder. enfrenté a todo eso como un nuevo maestro y Una reunión de las aguas del corazón es una pensé: ¡Esto va a ir muy bien o muy mal! experiencia vivificante. La historia de la Tenía una teoría que seguía: una marea alta creación en Génesis es un texto místico que levanta todos los barcos. Pensé que, si podía describe estas cosas. Esto es lo que dice: crear energía positiva en la clase como un Y dijo Dios: Junten las aguas debajo del todo, si las aguas de su conciencia colectiva cielo en un solo lugar, y aparezca la tierra pudieran unirse y elevarse a un lugar creativo, seca; y fue así. entonces todos se beneficiarían. Y dijo Dios: Produzca la tierra hierba No sabía nada más que hacer para crear eso verde, hierba que dé semilla, árbol de fruto que ser una presencia constante de la que dé fruto según su género, que su vibración del Amor. No podía imaginar cómo semilla esté en él, sobre la tierra: y fue así. podría funcionar sin traer una onda portadora de Amor, dejándola reverberar a través de mí Génesis 1: 9,11 con ellos. Así que hice exactamente eso y ¿No es esto una alegoría de lo que sucede en creé un invernadero virtual donde sus pequeños corazones podrían estar rodeados. nuestra experiencia humana? Donde hay una 2 100 Sunrise Ranch Road | Loveland, Colorado 80538 USA | Phone: 970.679.4200 | www.emissaries.org Reuniendo las Aguas del Corazón Puedo informar que hubo una unión Al pensar en esto, lo busqué en los volúmenes increíble. Aprendieron las materias de La Tercera Escuela Sagrada para ver qué académicas como locos. Entonces tenía que decir Martin Cecil al respecto. Él aprendieron a hablar, leer y escribir. Más que estaba señalando que nosotros, por nosotros eso, aprendieron a estar juntos y vieron mismos, como seres humanos, no tenemos la confirmado su entusiasmo por la vida. ¡Les capacidad de reunir las aguas. encantaba tanto estar allí que, durante el fin Eso es lo que es tan difícil sobre el tema de la de semana, no podían esperar a que llegara el violencia policial cometida contra los negros lunes! en Estados Unidos. Hay una profunda Recuerdo haberlos visto el último día de experiencia de separación a nivel del corazón clases, sabiendo que habían sido catapultados que permite que suceda. Y así, las voces más al resto de su vida por la experiencia que sabias de nuestra cultura invocan un poder tuvieron. Estaban llenos de confianza en sí más grande que nosotros para unirnos. mismos, alegría y celo. Fue un gran La verdad es que ni siquiera podemos juntar aprendizaje para mí. Demostró principios que nuestras propias aguas por nosotros mismos, yo conocía a nivel teórico. ¡mucho menos las de los demás! No tenemos Para mí, esta fue una experiencia profunda de una poción mágica que haga eso. Supongo lo que es una comunidad amorosa. Y fue una que, a través de algún tipo de celo o carisma, lección sobre cómo la creamos. Como dice la podríamos ser capaces de atraer a algunas fórmula mística del Génesis, el Espíritu de personas durante algún tiempo. Pero esa no Dios se mueve sobre la faz de las aguas, es una verdadera reunión de las aguas. No es siendo el Espíritu de Dios Amor. Alguien trae una verdadera unión en la amada comunidad. el Amor a las aguas de la conciencia y lo deja No tenemos la capacidad de hacer eso solo reverberar. Tenemos que estar preparados con la fuerza humana. Pero esto es lo que sí para traer eso en cualquier contexto en el que tenemos la capacidad de hacer: tenemos la nos encontremos: la onda portadora del capacidad de entregarnos a un Amor que es Amor se mantiene firme en las buenas y en las más alto de lo que somos, de abrir nuestro malas, no importa qué. Y luego está la Luz. El corazón, abrir nuestro ser, abrir nuestra campo se ilumina con la luz y puedes ver. conciencia, abrir nuestra conciencia a algo Hay un patrón que emerge. Hay una más elevado de lo que somos, que no se atmósfera que aparece en el campo: nuevos origina en nuestra humanidad. niveles de energía y conciencia. Y en esa Al leer las palabras de Martin, pensé: ¡Eso fue atmósfera, comienza a haber una reunión de un poco fuerte! ¿Y cuál fue la parte fuerte? Que las aguas del corazón. la respuesta a las preguntas más profundas de la humanidad va más allá de lo que somos 3 100 Sunrise Ranch Road | Loveland, Colorado 80538 USA | Phone: 970.679.4200 | www.emissaries.org Reuniendo las Aguas del Corazón capaces de hacer como meros seres humanos. Cuando nos abrimos a él constantemente, día Está más allá de nuestra cultura humana, a día, momento a momento, cuando llevamos aunque allí se ha plantado la semilla de la eso a las personas que nos rodean sin falta, respuesta. porque nos hemos rendido a él y hemos permitido que se exprese a través de Lo que surge en mi corazón es simplemente nosotros, en algún momento nuestra sí, está más allá de nuestra cultura humana tal humanidad tal como la conocíamos, no solo como la conocemos. Pero seguramente hay se rinde, sino que muere. Quienes pensamos algunas pistas; seguramente hay puntos de que somos se evapora. Y nos damos cuenta de partida para nosotros como seres humanos. que somos, en verdad, esa gran realidad del Seguramente, no nos quedamos sin dirección Amor a la que nos hemos rendido. Y somos en cuanto a dónde viene la respuesta y la ese Ser de quien se origina ese gran Amor, capacidad de abrirnos a ella. Podemos ese Ser que simplemente ama con un Amor invocarlo en nosotros mismos y luego difícilmente comprensible en la cultura expresarlo y encarnarlo para nuestro mundo.
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