untethered soul

Where is Your Center

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Summer 2015 was special for me. I had some kind of awakening. I had been reading The Untethered Soul by Michael S. Singer, probably for the second time. Slowly, yet also suddenly, I was overcome by a deep sense of joy. The joy was so real and rare, that I almost thought I had the Awakening.

What was it that created this deep and special joy, from within? It was the realization that I was not my thoughts. I had thoughts, but the thoughts were not me in themselves. To really see this with my inner eye was very liberating. They joy sprang forth from the heart of a free man. And the joy was profound and real.

After a long summer holiday which I remember very fondly, I went back to my work at the school. I remember not being able to hold it to myself, I had to share. This was almost too good to be true, and at least too good not to be spoken of and possibly spread to others. So I shared the testimony with those willing to lend an ear to my speech.

Looking back at it now, after all these years, nine years to be specific, I remember this joy, because it was truly life changing for me. It was a paradigm shift for sure. I had learned to have my center more in my heart and intuition, and much less in my ever changing and often weary and troubling thoughts.

If this speaks to your longing, and to your heart, then I believe to experience this is also possible for you. If your thoughts are discouraging and not very uplifting, then you can find great help in a shift like I experienced. And this is no commercial, and I am sharing this information for free. So why not pick up this book, The Untethered Soul, by Michael S. Singer and check it out for yourself?

Remember, give it time, you may not experience very much the first time you read the book. But reading plants seeds in your heart. Read it again. And before you know it, your heart awakens to the experience of a new and profound joy!

Light and love to you 🌄

Please feel free to share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below. I would love to hear from you, so would other readers.

Wise Teachers

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Christ, The Wisest Teacher of All

Today I am thinking about the desperate need for wise teachers, instead of blind preachers. Growing up in the Pentecostal movement in Norway has given me good things, but also a lot of wounds and bad things. The good thing is the focus on the Holy Spirit and joy. Bad things are a negative view on the human soul and the world. I have had to do a lot of painful relearning and reconstruction in my now soon 50 years on this Earth.

I remember one Pentecostal preacher preaching to a big congregation, we are all zeros!! But, he said, Jesus is a number one, so with him we are a million! Outrageous, I thought in my then literal thinking teenager mind, and confronted this preacher with is terrible lowlife preaching. Why do you preach so negatively about God’s beloveds I asked him. His sad, and even only answer, was, I guess that’s how I often feel, like a zero. To me this is a good example of the blind preaching I am talking about. You are zeros, because I, your pastor, feels that way. Wow!!

Instead of the message above, a wise teaching could be, Jesus is one, because he was one with God, and so are you. When you feel like a lowlife, you should know, this is not how God feels and thinks about you. He loves you, never leaves you and He/She/They lives/live within you. As the Celtics even say, our soul is not in our body, but our body is in the Soul! Amen!!

I am very thankful for the wise teachers and guides that I have met on my path and in my search in the wilderness and even despair. Henri Nouwen was one of them. I fed on his books, and remember the very small but important book, The Inner Voice of Love. Wow, what I message, what a healing! He even wrote a book called Wounded Healer, another great blessing.

I could also mention other wise guides like Michael Singer, and his The Untethered Soul, and Richard Rohr and his Everything Belongs (the title itself says it all!) and Falling Upward. In Falling Upward Rohr shares his vision in a distilled form, about the second journey in life. Also, let us not forget his important inspiration, the spiritual psychoanalyst Carl Jung.

So, instead of many more details today, I leave you with this important note: seek out some of the wise teachers with the honest, transformational message and wisdom. And step away from blind preachers that only pull you down and hurt you. Yes, step away and seek soul. You’ll truly know it when you find food freeing to your soul.

Since I believe in contemplation I also lean on grace and surrender to the mystical way. So do some reading, sit in silence and surrender to the Love and Guidance you have within. Bless you!