December 28th, 2009
Sprinkling the Universal Dust (Poem)
By Cheryl F. Batoon
As I begin yet another day
I’m compelled to whisper to myself and say
Another day of the same daily grind
As I realize that it is all in my mind
For each day that begins for me
Is a day of bittersweet memories I see
Days of tremendous gains
But also of many losses and pains
I am focused on lifting myself up
Through the sadness and anger that fills up my cup
While my cup is overflowing with all this strife
I begin to realize that this isn’t truly my life
I begin to spend more time alone
To meditate and to recapture my tone
This is a tone that uplifts me and fills me with joy
A melodic tone that chimes like a child’s toy
I lift myself up with a knowing
that the child-like essence of my very soul
is who I really am…my Authentic Self
Yes indeed, this is me…no more strife, no more toll…
I pick up my Crystal Bowl and rap on the side
And as I do, I realize this tone will always reside
Deep in my soul it resonates and I trust
The sprinkling of God’s Universal Dust
I Love Me, I trust in Me, I AM ME…
“God’s Child in Oneness with the Universe”
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December 11th, 2009
The Tone of Unconditional Love
By Cheryl F. Batoon
I awaken with a new way of thought
for I have finally reached a place within my heart
a place where sunrises and sunsets
enchant me with their subtle meaning long forgotten
I am assured of a new day; of touching the stars
with my glistening mass of golden rays
I know this is yet a new day but it means so much more
it means a whole new way of living like never before
I feel abundance in my heart; the unconditional love
for this love knows no bounds and my ears hear the sounds
the tones of clarity are so profound
my vibration has lifted me to heights unknown before
Yet although this is a new vibration for me
somehow I now see that I always knew
for the vibration I now feel was of a time
an ancient time so many million years ago…
I feel loved by the universe in all that I do
I feel embraced by the touch of the golden age
I now know what true freedom means in my heart
for now what was once separated is no longer torn apart
I have reached the heights unknown to many
yet with my discovery I know that I must carry
this tone…this vibration…this unconditional love
to every man, woman, and child given from above
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November 16th, 2009
In the essence of the flow of life
We come in as a part of a whole
Although we are whole within us
We are unique in our fold
We are one of many more of the One
In this dance of life
We know we are not to dance alone
We are to spin and whirl
With a partner, whether boy or girl
But at no time were we to dance alone
Never feeling alone, yet always lonely
Is not the state of the soul or our life goal
It is to be loved and to give love
To reach up, to step up
Always moving to the rhythm of our soul
No matter how far we venture
Whether here or there
We know our true love is searching
preparing to meet with fate on this date
forever seeking their divine mate
For in order to dance the dance of life
One must prepare and prance
Beginning the dance with a spin and a whirl
Stretching beyond comfort; the open shell and the pearl
Forever tied into the eye of the Relationship Matrix…
Dance the dance of life
The dance of romance
The peace and contentment of the One
Gliding and flowing…feeling every nuance of the vibration
as we live in the Relationship Matrix…
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October 25th, 2009
When we rise up to embrace the day
We are unaware of the surprises coming our way
God brings the unexpected into our lives
As we open our hearts and hear him say:
"The essence of the heart
Is to engage in true love
For with true love you will learn
all the lessons from above"
Without experiencing true love
and compassion in our life
We are unable to truly know what
unconditional love is due to all the strife
Unrequited love brings so much sadness
The wracking pain in our heart hurts so much
However if we only knew we were experiencing for God
We would accept it, embrace it, and know we have been touched
God is beyond human emotions
However, he feels our pain and discontent
He knows all the reasons why we hurt
because he knows our heart and intent
When your true love ignores you
And when their silence becomes deafening to your ears
Know that God will never ignore you or be silent
Because God understands you and your cries he hears
When true love surrounds your heart
With a wrenching pain of neglect and despair
Know that God will never neglect you
For God holds you in his arms with love and care
When the one you love doesn’t love you back
That is OK for that is a choice
But always know that God will never forsake you
For God loves you and he always hears your voice
So when true love has broken your heart
And you don’t know what to do
Know that God loves you
and he promises to open a new door for you
True Love is in the moment
For each moment is all we have
God knows this and will surprise us
With a new love that will sooth our pain like a salve…
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October 5th, 2009
Today I felt inspired to write about Unconditional Love and living a Balanced Life. What does this mean? What does it not mean?
What does this mean exactly? To live a balanced life is to live a life where one is in touch with their inner self, their higher spirit, directly in tune with God.
Within each one of us is elements of the masculine and feminine aspects of both intellect and emotion. When we separate the two, we are floundering with misunderstandings because we are looking at the world and each other under the light of disillusion and with the lens of duality. Merge together the masculine and feminine within and one will achieve balance.
How do we do this? First, be more in touch with who you are, your Authentic Self. Your Authentic Self is who your soul is, your identity, your Spiritual DNA.
In order to get in touch with who you are, spend time learning and loving you. What makes you happy? What brings bliss and joy into your world? What are you passionate about? What do you desire and want? Meditate and pray, spend time alone and listen, truly listen for God and your spirit guides will assist you with learning and understanding what self-love is. With self-love, we are able to rediscover our Authentic Self.
One of the biggest drivers and motivators of our intellect is our ego. With that, our emotions are tied into the conditions and expectations driven by the ego. The ego has its place in our world because God created our ego with an understanding that our ego assists us with our life lessons. Most of our life lessons were and are driven by our egos. Our ego oftentimes sets us up for failure. It is with faith, belief, and knowing that God is the true driver of our life that assists us with the ability to release our ego and embrace the love.
When we are able to release the ego and moderate its intensity, we are able to relax and just go with the flow of being who we really are, our Authentic Selves.
When we can look into the mirror and really see ourselves as God sees us for God loves us unconditionally, we are then able to release self-judgments, self-hate, shame, guilt, and all those negative emotions that we have had stored up our entire lives. We are to learn to not be so hard on ourselves, to embrace that we are Children of God, and as such, we are powerful creator beings. We create the very world we live in with God’s loving hand. The portrait that is the masterpiece of our life was painted by God with a hand by you. You are empowered with the unconditional love of God. There is absolutely nothing that you can’t do. You are truly a powerful creator being of love and light.
What does this not mean? To be balanced is to know that there is no hierarchy, there is no domination and submission for there is no desire to control or dominate others. There is no desire to submit our will and power over to another. There is no need to “submit your will to God” for God resides within you. All that you do is for and about God even if you aren’t aware of it. God knows your heart and intent for God lives within your heart and sees all.
We are a Child of God and God doesn’t demand, expect, or require anything from us for he loves us unconditionally. There are no conditions and there are no rules. If we stop depending upon things external to us to create balance, we will become more and more aware of the Truth that always resided within. With unconditional love of self and the release of the ego, we become a balanced being within and are able to create balanced relationships with others.
Live by this and you shall know true freedom. God knows your heart and intent no matter what you say and do for God loves you unconditionally. This alone brings about empowerment and balance to our lives.
There is so much more to this Universe than many of us are even aware, but we will become more and more connected as our awareness increases and the veil is lifted.
Until then, there are many of us who are relegated to belief systems that hierarchies are necessary and that there cannot be a relationship without a leader and a follower. Did you know that by believing that there must be a leader and a follower, that there must be domination and submission, we are taking away the empowerment that God has instilled in each one of us?
The focus isn’t on hierarchies or whether one is a leader or follower, but rather are we balanced and are we effectively utilizing our skill sets to help each other and the world? Some people serve as natural born leaders, but always with a fairness and compassion of the heart to fully utilize their skill sets without the use of the ego-driven passions of domination, control, and expectation of submission from one’s followers. To be balanced is to understand and embrace your leadership skill sets with a knowing that you are bringing organization to chaos, not domination over one’s followers. Remember, release the ego and embrace love.
There are those who may say that we cannot have a world without leaders and followers. That is true for natural born leaders bring about organization out of chaos; however, that leader has an understanding that he/she is here to serve those that follow and again always with compassion and unconditional love. True leaders are not dominating and controlling. True leaders do not need to dominate and control. Those that lead also follow and those that follow also lead. This is the balance we have within us for we serve in both functions throughout our lives.
God gave us the freedom to choose. I choose to be balanced within me and in all my relationships. I’m a spirit living in the human condition and as such, this is an ongoing process to learn to release the ego and embrace the love.
Be balanced in all things for with that you too shall know freedom. Much blessings and love to you as you continue down your life path with a knowing that you are unconditionally loved. Embrace the empowerment of the soul…always with unconditional love and compassion as you live a balanced life…
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September 26th, 2009
I felt inspired to write about a very sensitive topic, Unconditional Love and Needs. Needs mean different things to different people. We have all been trained on needing rather than desiring and knowing. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs was the training ground for many of us…we were trained on “Being Needy”…
Yes there are basic survival needs and yes there is a purpose for needs; however, the operative word is survival. Humans need food, water, and some shelter/clothing. Humans are also known to thrive with the human touch; however, this doesn’t explain those who thrive without human contact. They are content with nature and animals. So is human touch truly a need? I believe it is a desire, a want, a longing…
Many of us have a longing for the other half of us, a desire for our true love. There are those who have already found their other half; however, for those who have not, this is a longing for a part of you. Remember that longing for your true love is not the same as needing. This longing is at the heart level and includes the desire to hold and touch another human for it is in human form that we are able to truly touch one another. We long for this, but that isn’t the same as need.
Let’s break down the progression of needs in our life. When we were born, we learned how to obtain our basic needs by crying and demanding it. As we grew, we learned that by utilizing the same tactics we could obtain more than just our basic needs. We could also obtain what we desired and wanted; therefore, we focused our attention and actions on whining, crying, begging, manipulating, etc. to obtain what we wanted and desired. There were times that we realized that what we needed was unattainable; therefore, we became fearful of not receiving what we needed in the future. We became obsessed with that need and were filled with worry and fear. All a vicious cycle that takes us round and round with what we feel we need instead of what we truly desire and want.
Remember that desires and wants manifest when we truly stop needing them.
As we grow and thrive in a needy environment, we begin to see how we have expectations in all our interactions with others. We walk into our relationships already predicting the outcome and a bit insecure in the outtake because we have such a strong need for this relationship. Because of this strong need, we end up sabotaging it because we find what is lacking rather than what is abundant.
What creates neediness? Insecurity is the foundation for neediness. What fuels insecurity? Low self-esteem, doubts, distrust, suspicion, to the point that you manifest that very thing you were insecure about into your reality.
We experience insecurity within our families and friendships for we feel we will never be loved or cared for enough. We may feel that we are not receiving enough attention. We feel that we are unappreciated. Bottom line, we have conditions on the very thing we need.
We feel insecure in our romantic relationships when our love is fueled by need. When we have expectations on our mate that goes beyond the basic desire and knowing that we have a mate that is balanced within our relationship, we are placing conditions. We are placing expectations on our mate to be what we want instead of accepting our mate for who they are. We decide who and what our mate should be and with that, we need our mate to be that or our relationships fail…sometimes before the relationship has even left the gate!
Begin with loving you first for with love and acceptance of self, we are then able to love ourselves unconditionally. With that, we release the need. By releasing the need, we release fear and worry…all unnecessary for true love and all very distracting to the ability to grow and thrive in romantic relationships.
How do we release the need to need?
Release the fear and worry for there is nothing to fear except fear itself. Sometimes we confuse our fear and worry with our needs and we confuse our needs with our fear and worry because they are all the same…To need is to fear the loss of…when we need someone in our life so badly, we are imagining them as gone or we fear losing them. In this instance, we are focused on loss instead of abundance. We are not focused on our blessings which is the fact we have this beautiful relationship in our life in the first place. Are we grateful? Do we even see the blessings before us?
Release the fear of being alone. We fear being alone so we cling to family, friends, and/or significant others…again, needy. We do this because we have a fear of being alone. Why is that?
Love you – spend time looking in the mirror at you and really get to know yourself. Love you and know that you are a powerful being of God. As long as there are people in this world, you will never be alone unless you choose to. You are never alone in the spiritual realm. Love you for God, the Universe, loves you. If you don’t love something about yourself, change it…it is a choice, but always, always love you…
Once you have released the need to need, the fear of being alone, and have remembered how very unique you are, how very deserving of love that you are, you will begin to see the real you. You will see how very beautiful, intelligent, sharp, inspiring, giving, and sharing that you are. Love you.
Right now, begin to love life again and stop feeling that you need another. I struggle with this as well and it isn’t an easy task, but with patience and persistence, we will learn that needing anyone or anything is not the key to a wondrous life. It begins with loving you. Releasing the need, the ego’s desire, you are then able to embrace, accept, and receive your heart’s desire, your true abundance.
So be careful what you feel you need. Love you most of all for with unconditional love for self you will see that you no longer feel needy and you are now open and receptive to all that God, the Universe has for you. Focus on what you want not what you don’t want…
Much blessings to you as you go through life learning and growing; forever students achieving a life free of needing; yet abundant in desire and with a knowing that all you deserve, all you have ever wanted, God is bringing to you in this very now moment…Peace & Love
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August 23rd, 2009
Unconditional Love and Freedom go hand-in-hand. They are one and the same for with unconditional love, our souls will know true freedom. Freedom begins in the heart, not the mind. The heart is where the embryo of love first plants a seed for growth and development. When we are born, we already know unconditional love and compassion. We are truly free until we begin to live on this planet.
A number of conditions arise once we are born into this world whether this is our first life or one of many. Due to the gift of self-will that God gave us, we were given a choice in everything, how we live, where we live, how we treat others, and even how we are treated. This may be a difficult pill to swallow for many, but all you see around you from the day you were born in this lifetime, you agreed to it. You agreed to it before you actually lived in it not realizing the challenges you were to face due to your self-will and choices. These cannot be predicted. The end result remains the same, but the journey is of your own making.
If this doesn’t resonate with you, then stop reading at this point for I am here to share with you my truth and how it all works for me. It first begins with loving you. In order to truly love you, free yourself from your mind. Understand that intelligence has its place, to be intellectual assists you with your life progress, but your mind will also make decisions against your heart and there, my friends, is when you are no longer free.
Freedom is a “state of heart”, not a “state of mind”. Yes, we choose freedom just as we choose imprisonment of the mind, body, and soul; however, when freedom is chosen from the heart, it doesn’t matter where your physical body resides. It doesn’t matter if you are sick or physically incapacitated. It doesn’t matter if you are incarcerated. As a matter of fact, if you would like validation of this, ask anyone who has suffered a major illness, or on their death bed. They will tell you the same that it is their heart that is truly free, not their mind. The heart is the last to speak from a dying person’s lips. It all comes back to the heart no matter what.
Having said all of this, I bring you back to Unconditional Love and Freedom. With Unconditional Love comes Freedom. Freedom of the heart is to free you from the darkness of this world, from the ego, from the wounds of the soul, from the karmic energies of the past, and from all pain you may be feeling now.
How do I love me you ask? By accepting who you are, your authentic self. You are loved each and every moment of your life even if you do not love you. You are loved even if you do not show love to others. You are loved no matter what you have done in your life. Only you can forgive you and love you. It is your choice. God gave you that gift of choice. You are always loved in spite of yourself; therefore, forgive yourself, lift yourself up, and be free my friends, BE FREE…
Much blessings and love to you as you strive to know freedom of the heart with Unconditional Love…and so it is…
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August 7th, 2009
I am the Lotus,
I am the Beauty of the flower,
I am the Wisdom created within the seed,
I am the Eternal love and light from the center,
I am Peace as I come up from the murkiness of life’s ignorance,
I am Joy as I am lifted up into the ecstasy of enlightenment and happiness,
I am Healthy as I climb the tallest mountains and swim in the deepest darkest seas,
I am the Spiritual symbol of creation and rebirth, the purity of the heart and mind into ONE.
I am the Lotus…
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July 14th, 2009
How do we deal with life’s stresses while living a life of abundance? In Part 1, we discussed centering yourself, breathing, meditation, and an understanding that you control all you do even when life throws you curve balls. We have also learned that when you center yourself, than ask your heart center to respond for you, you will find that life’s stresses become easier.
I had several readers ask me to write more on this topic. Yes, this is a critical topic for all of us for we have learned that life is filled with stresses and we have even come to expect those stresses, but that is our choice. We have made that conscious choice to accept a learned behavior and that is accepting stress as an inevitable part of life. Stress is not an inevitable part of life, it is what we have created based on our life experiences, our perceptions, how we were raised, and even past life conditioning, if you believe in past lives. I believe we have all lived many past lives and we are always in a state of learning and growing. Because of this, we can unlearn life’s stresses. How you ask? These are four tips that may assist you when dealing with life’s stresses for they have helped me:
1) I am in Control of Me (not just self-control; truly in control of me): I have learned that I control me. I control my responses to life situations, I control who and what is around me at all times, and I even control what comes out of my mouth…smile. Yes, we control everything around us and we are responsible for everything we do, how we live (or don’t live), who is around us, what we are tolerating or not tolerating, we control it all. Every last bit of it…the good and the not so good. We own it, we are in control of it, and God gave us the wonderful gift of self-will; therefore, we make the choice whether we are going to deal with life’s stresses or not. It is all up to us…
2) Rest: I have found that when faced with stressful situations, I immediately pull back and spend time assessing the situation. If this isn’t an emergency situation, take time to rest, recharge, and strategize on what you will do to deal with the stress. Meditation, prayers, and rest are critical for you are able to regain your perspective, refresh your thoughts, and renew your response to allow you to remain in control of the situation and create possible new ways of dealing with those stresses. I have found that God, the Universe, brings me messages all the time. Ask and you shall receive is true for with that asking, know that you will receive assistance, a response, a new opportunity, another door or window opening…the possibilities are endless for how best to face any stressful situation, but always know that ALL will be OK. This is what I know and this provides me with the self-confidence and strength to continue moving forward in the river of life.
3) Communicate: Yes, communication. When under a great deal of stress, people tend to withdraw from life, from the world around them, from close friends, from loved ones, and then wonder why they feel so alone. God wanted us to all be connected. This is why there are online social networks, churches, clubs, local organizations, all created to bring people together collectively. Communication is so vital to reducing stress. Now I am not talking about a dramatic argument that creates more dissension, I am talking about constructive, productive communication. If someone has upset you, you are in control so you are responsible for how you react. Walk away…just walk away…communication with those you love, with those you trust, with those that are there to be your rock, and if you have no one that fits that role in your life, reach within you; pray and meditate; ask and you shall receive support and guidance – Heaven is waiting for your call…Communicate in prayer, meditation, conversations with your higher self, with friends, family members, or someone within your church, any groups you belong, etc. Communication is vital for you may receive an enlightening answer from a family member, friend, or even a new friend that God brings into your life, all soul family members regardless of their length of stay; always a purpose and reason for all. Remember that always. During stressful times, pay attention to all around you for even a wild animal that crosses your path for some unknown reason may be a message. The Native Americans understood the philosophy of nature and its messages and signs; there were no coincidences…everything was a sign and one that you heeded for its end result was destined… Remember to pay attention to the signs, to the people that flow into your life for you just don’t know what information may be out there just waiting for you. Pay attention. People truly do make the world go round, but it is the Love that keeps it spinning…
4) Finally, LOVE…quite simply LOVE. Just saying the word Love, reading the word Love, creates positive thoughts of Love. Those powerful thoughts will manifest love in your life. Don’t hold onto anything or attach yourself to anything external to you so much that you cannot see Love. When a person, place, or situation creates within you anything but love, a decision will need to be made to determine if this is the right place for you because you control you. Love you. You may ask me “how do I love me”? Well, you begin by forgiving yourself of all things with a knowing that God loves you unconditionally no matter what. This is my truth and I do understand that there are those that may believe God judges us, but in my truth, God doesn’t judge us, we judge ourselves and WE judge others. God’s Glory is LOVE, pure and simple. Love You. With the healing of the soul that comes with forgiveness will free you from the binds upon your soul; releases negativity to truly love. With self-love, you will be able to love others; with unconditional love and release of the negativity, you shall know true freedom…
These are four tips that you may follow to assist you. I work with these four areas on a daily basis as I deal with life’s stresses in every now moment. Remember, you are in control of you, take time to get the rest you need for we all need a timeout every now and then (reference my posting on selfishness vs. selflessness)…communicate your thoughts either verbally, in the written word, in prayers, in meditation, no matter the type of communication, communicate. Call someone, reach out to others, open your heart; and most of all, LOVE with all of your heart…Love and appreciate YOU…have Unconditional Love and Compassion for YOU…
Much love and blessings to you all as you live each and every now moment dealing with life’s stresses while living a Life of Abundance…Peace & Love
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May 26th, 2009
Today, I was inspired to write about Unconditional Love and Playing by the Rules…This is the Rules of the Game and you heard it here…you already know it, but I’m reminding you, that’s all…
The Rules of the Game is to remember that you are the owner, producer, director, orchestrator, and TRUE MASTER CREATOR of your very Being…God, the Universe, granted this to you as a GIFT. NOW, what are you going to do about it??? Are you going to keep playing the same game OR are you going to create a New Game that stars YOU…YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF…
IT begins with YOU, right NOW, in this very NOW moment…here is a little secret…there are NO RULES…To play by the Game of Life, you create the board, you lay out the pieces, you decide if you are going to live by the roll of the dice or if you are going to live by YOU…no luck is involved at all…just YOU…
Playing by the Rules…
1) LIVE in this very NOW Moment for that my friend is ALL you truly have…
2) PLAY in the Fountain of Life…for ONLY YOU can FROLIC the way YOU choose…what do you choose?
3) LOVE in this very NOW Moment like you have never LOVED before…LOVE EVERYBODY (no this doesn’t mean you agree with or like everybody…) this means truly LOVE EVERYBODY for YOU LOVE YOU!!!
4) PLAYING BY THE RULES doesn’t exist for there are NO RULES…
It is quite simply all about YOU and what YOU DO! What do YOU DESIRE to see in the mirror of your life? Make it so, be the CHANGE you wish to see in the WORLD for it is ALL of your MAKING…
DO IT TODAY, DO IT NOW!
With blessings and love on this day and ALL days as you manifest all you desire…do you FEEL it???
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