Hearts Rising In Gratitude – Show Notes 8/13/21

Once again, we are gathering, and the topic is gratitude

It seems strange to talk about gratitude amidst all of what appears to be mass destruction.

However, it is sometimes the worst situations in our lives that bring us to realizing what we need to let go of.

So many people around the world, and perhaps some of you, are suffering losses that were unimaginable three years ago, and you might say to me, how can I be grateful in the midst of what I’m going through.

We are now at a place and time within the evolution of humanity where we are to look at everything in our lives as both an ending and a beginning.

At first, we are overwhelmed, and then we experience our ability to let go of what we have thought made us who we are. From that moment, we begin to look forward and upward to see if there is something better, not outside of us but within us.

This moment of awareness is called a strategic inflection point, the moment when we know, we cannot continue and need to shift into a new paradigm.

When we reach this point, we may feel emotionally overwhelmed and can’t imagine what direction to move in, and the separation between our thoughts and actions becomes radically challenging.

Here is where we need to create a still point to look back through our living history.

Gently notice what can no longer be carried within us emotionally, all our past traumas, all of our suffering, all of those incidents where we feel scared or lonely.

Both individually and collectively, those moments of trauma keep us from seeing which direction we need to flow forward again.

We can continue the circle that we are on and repeat all of that pain and suffering in a different form, or we have the choice to rise and break away – leaving that circle to follow our True Heart, whose guidance is being directed from a higher dimension of awareness.

Our Sovereign Awareness, the awareness of the Source of who we are in Truth, Light, and Love.

It is not an easy choice to make, and many of us get stuck right here at this point of inflection.

If we get stuck there, we do not release all the traumatic stories of our lives; we then become somewhat trapped and look outside of ourselves for somebody to save us.

The message today is that you are your savior, and you come to realize that you have an innate power to choose to rise out of the misery, the pain and control that was put upon you by past experiences, present people, and future concepts.

You will then begin to feel that you are genuinely in a state of awareness and freedom where our evolution does not need permission from anyone or anything to occur, for it is the natural flow of humanity.

You can look back throughout our recorded history even though it has been rewritten with lies for thousands of years, realizing that this has occurred many times, and if it hadn’t, we would not be having this conversation this morning.

So, we move forward in gratitude; let’s think of it as leaving that circular pattern that keeps us repeating the same mistakes in different ways.

As we all know, Mother Earth is in a period of serious dilemma, and as we are a part of Her, we also experience that suffering.

So many people around the world, and perhaps some of you, are suffering losses that were unimaginable maybe three years ago, and you would say to me, how can I be grateful in the midst of what I’m going through.

This place in the evolution of humanity where we are to look at everything in our lives as both an ending and a beginning.

At first, we are overwhelmed by the forms of ending, and after we experience our ability to let go of what we have thought made us who we are, we begin to look forward and upward to see if there is something better.

Not outside of us but within us

This moment is called a strategic inflection point, the moment we know that we cannot continue like this and need to shift into a new paradigm.

When we reach this point, we feel emotionally overwhelmed and can’t even imagine what direction to move in, and the separation between our thoughts and actions becomes radically challenging.

It is here that we need to create a still point to look back through our living history. We are seeking to find what can no longer be carried forward within us emotionally.

All of our past traumas, all of our suffering, all of those incidents where we felt scared or lonely, for it is all of those moments of trauma both individually and collectively that keep us from seeing which direction we need to flow forward and upward in.

We can choose to continue on the circle that we are on and repeat in a different form, all of that pain and suffering, or we have the choice to rise to break away from that circle to leave it behind us to follow our hearts. Our true heart, whose guidance is directed from a higher dimension of awareness, is always waiting for us to acknowledge it.

Our Sovereign Awareness is the awareness and understanding of the Source of who we are in truth in light and love.

It’s not an easy choice to make, and many of us get stuck right here at this point of inflection, and as we get stuck there and do not release all the pain and suffering of the stories of our lives, we become trapped and look outside of ourselves for somebody to save us.

Today, the message is that you are your savior and realize that you have that innate power to choose to rise out of the misery, pain, and control put upon you by past experiences, present people, or future concepts.

You come to realize that you are genuinely in a state of evolutionary freedom and that human evolution does not need permission from anyone or anything to occur. It is the natural flow of humanity.

You can look throughout our history, even though it was written with lies and stories for thousands of years, and realize that if it hadn’t, we would not be having this conversation this morning.

So, we move in gratitude, or if you want to move forward and not think of it as growing, let’s think of it perhaps as leaving that circular pattern that keeps us repeating the same mistakes in different ways.

As we all know, Mother Earth is in a period of severe dilemma, and as we are a part of her, so too we experience that suffering.

Yet to think about escaping mother earth to go live on other planets is an idea from people who refuse to realize that they are the ones who have created the damage here. And rather than correcting the damage they have done to Mother Earth, they, like the history of humans tells us, go somewhere else and make the same pattern of destruction there. That is the old paradigm, which has caused all the pain and suffering we are experiencing right now.

So how do we rise in gratitude? First, we have to come back into our hearts; we must recognize how we can live together more harmoniously and peacefully.

Being more peaceful is not a new thought; this has been my journey for most of my life. From the time I was a child on the streets to who I am today, it has been a journey of complete change.

Yet, when I look through my life, I recognize where the places were that stopped me from changing along the way, and I realize the pain of those moments and offer them forgiveness.

Not because I’m honoring them but because it’s the only way to release them from my consciousness at the level where they recreate the trauma. The trauma stopped me at that point in my life.

Let us look within ourselves to recognize what’s happening in the world that stops us from being in our hearts right now.

Please make a list of those moments as they appear to your mind, read them, and realize that the points in your life that have been most painful and most distressing cannot continue ruling your life anymore.

When I look through my life, I recognize the people and events that stopped me from acknowledging my true self, and I realize the pain of those moments without fear.

Then I can acknowledge them and release their energies.

I offer them forgiveness, and even if mourning the loss of someone.

I honor their presence in my life and bring them within my heart.

Let us now look around for the people in our lives that honor us, that love us without conditions and choose to be with them.

Begin to disconnect energetically with those whose energies no longer align with the positive power of our hearts.

Let us make this journey one of rising in gratitude to be filled with peace, light, and love, and they know that as we heal ourselves, we also heal mother earth.

We will live and co-create together in more harmony and peace as we leave the past behind and choose the new paradigm in our evolutionary path.

Charlie Riverman Bergeron 8.13.21