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John Morton D.S.S.
Loving Ourselves Unconditionally
By John Morton, D.S.S.
“Love the one you are with.
That will always include you.”
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Our Spiritual Nature
People often ask me how they can love themselves unconditionally, regardless of what they have done or how they think or feel. When we realize our spiritual nature, we have a better way of looking at what we do as human beings. By remembering who we are spiritually, we can more easily be loving and accepting towards ourselves and all that comes forward in our lives. So, I suggest that as we start out each day, we take the opportunity to engage ourselves inwardly in the Spirit first.
When we choose to realize ourselves spiritually, we find ourselves functioning according to the laws of Spirit --- acceptance, cooperation, understanding, enthusiasm and empathy. There is an aligning of how we are intending ourselves spiritually, as souls who are one with God. A key is to appreciate with gratitude whatever comes your way. Everything has value. Nothing needs to be different from what it is, including you. Yet, in this world, change is constant. While living in the world and coping with change may be challenging, you can learn to align with and practice how to apply the laws of Spirit and love it all.
Gratitude
Begin the day by getting yourself in a consciousness of gratitude. There is a reason God is bringing a challenge to you. You can ask inside, “Help me to understand, Lord. What is it I am to learn?” Some days you just have to do the best you can. So say, “Thank you, Lord,” and choose to handle the situation as best you can with what you know and the conditions present.
As you start the day, first surround and fill yourself with Light and love. You can do this as a prayer to God, an invocation of the Light, or through your creative imagination. Then, extend the Light into your day as you see yourself moving forward in the world. During the day, remember that the Light goes before you and prepares the way. All the things that come forward in your day, expected or unexpected, wanted or unwanted, are part of that Light action which is always present within you.
All is Loved
In Genesis, the first book of the Bible, God declares with each progressive day of creation, “It was good” (Genesis 1). There is a divine authority placed within each of us to claim the blessings of unconditional loving through our trust and faith in the intrinsic good in everything. Even if you do not recognize that divine presence right now, it is present. The Light and love are present always.
We may not necessarily like all our circumstances. We're tested in our personalities, our minds, and our egos. So it's important to engage your trust and faith that each situation and experience is of the Light and love. Everything that comes forward in your day is from God and therefore inherently good and loved unconditionally. Even when you don't like something, remember “This too is loved.” Remember, you too are loved.
You might ask yourself, “Am I loving this? Am I loving myself?” Take a moment to pause and listen. Maybe you'll realize you need to get yourself engaged inwardly because outwardly you're already reacting negatively. If you are, then move inwardly into the Spirit and re-instill that love is your foundation. Love is who you are and what you are, regardless of what is done or said or anything that happened.
Move into full commitment to love and care for yourself as you are. Could you have a relapse? Well, of course. But with good awareness about yourself, you can say, “I’ve already done that. I don’t need to do that again.” Through your courage and patience, and by remembering who you are spiritually, you can stop the pattern that puts you down and finds fault with yourself.
Spirit and our Humanness
Inside of you, in the Spirit, is the place of highest regard and adoration towards you. It's the place of the Lord, the God of us all. It's amazing that we would cut ourself off from the awareness of that divine presence, but it’s very human. It's part of our ordinariness.
In our humanness, we may function in judgment, disillusionment, and disturbance. Knowing that about ourselves, we can raise our consciousness by treating it like a wayward child. Rather than punishing or being harsh with yourself, do those things that are loving towards yourself. Do them for the glory of the Spirit within you. Love yourself as a testimony to the Lord, as the beloved child of God that you are.
Loving and Learning
Be honest with yourself and educate yourself about loving who you are. Through your unconditional loving and forgiveness of yourself you can move past any self-judgments you have. Each of us has the strength and ability to let go of anything interfering with loving ourselves unconditionally.
As you choose to love yourself unconditionally, there will be learning going on. So ask inside for what will help and assist you as an experience and information to come forward so that the highest learning can take place for you. As you call upon the Spirit, you can let go of negativity and disturbance and whatever is no longer serving you for your highest good. Through your trust and faith, you can let go, knowing those disturbances are dissolved and cleared through the Light and love.
Our Souls
In You Are the Blessings I wrote, “Our response to the conditions of life may be very dysfunctional, yet the Soul is always thriving, using everything for its learning, growth and upliftment. The Soul thrives on life. Every condition, every occurrence, every part serves to nurture and expand the radiation of the Soul. That is the power of the Soul. It takes every bit of negativity and converts it into God’s love. That love is a constant blessing.”
There is a purpose in the way the world has been created that is serving your soul. There is a purpose in the way you have been created exactly. There are no mistakes. All the conditions in your life are on purpose because they are of God and loved unconditionally.
The true nature of loving is unconditional. How far does “unconditional” go? It is infinite. That means your ability to be loving towards yourself is infinite. God’s love for you is infinite and unconditional. Come into the truth and rejoice in the truth of who you are as a loving soul, beloved of God.
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The You Are the Blessings Article
The following is taken from John Morton’s new book, You Are the Blessings: Meditation and Reflections on Life, God and Us. The book contains a Light-filled view of things, presented from John’s unique point of view. There are reflections -- from a couple of lines to a page or two, poetic “messages,” prayers, blessings and meditations, all addressing a range of life’s experiences and opportunities, from Abundance to Worship. The book also comes with a companion CD of the blessings and meditations as they were presented live by John in seminars and classes around the world.
This excerpt is the introduction of the book and does a fine job of summing up John’s view on life’s continual blessings.
I am inviting you to open yourself up to this truth of your being: You Are The Blessings. The blessings, the opportunity for greater good, are always present in you, others, and the world around you. All that is needed is to bring your awareness to that truth, follow, and choose as best you can.
You can always begin by asking for more awareness of the blessings in what is present. In Genesis, the first book of the Bible, God declares with each progressive day of creation, "It was good” (Genesis 1). There is a divine authority placed within each of us to claim the blessings through our trust and faith in the intrinsic good in everything. Even if you do not recognize that divine presence right now, it is present. The blessings are available here and now. Each of us can partake and share in them. It may simply be a matter of catching up by doing your part to manifest greater good in some way. You can always start by looking for the good that is present and realizing your gratitude. You can look for even greater good by asking, “How can I assist? How can I make things better inwardly and outwardly?”
Even when we do our part, there is a point at which we let go. We realize that, regardless of the outcome, we did what we could do at the time. We let go of thoughts that things should have been different, and we let God reveal the good in what is present. It is important to recognize and acknowledge the divine source and find value in what we experience.
It is your destiny to be blessed. As John-Roger has said, “Man is to have joy and to have it more abundantly.” It is God’s will. So claim the blessings and know that you are worthy to be blessed. Be involved. Be engaged in your upliftment and growth. Are there challenges? Absolutely, but the challenges are giving you opportunities to learn and gain.
Remember, you always have a choice. You can experience life as something on the order of a curse and as being against you, or you can consider life as continuous blessings. When we relate to everything in our lives as blessings, we are choosing to love, accept, and cooperate, to be patient and know our strength more fully and completely.
When a situation seems particularly challenging, ask inside, “How is this situation, as it is, already a blessing for me? What can I do to allow more blessings to come forward?” Even though the blessings are already present, there are always greater blessings yet to become fully manifest. There is always greater good present that is yet to be discovered and manifested in yourself and in the world. By moving your conscious focus towards the blessings, you are blessed even more.
What if God’s blessings pour forth to such a degree that we cannot contain them, that our cup overflows? Consider that the blessings are pouring forth all the time. In our limitations, we may not recognize the blessings; we may not understand or comprehend. Remember, too, that as we claim the blessings, we will be given what we can handle and as much as we can handle. So be prepared to find out how you may limit the blessings and how you also have choices that release and diminish those limitations.
As you attune to the blessings, be aware of what takes place inside of you. When we experience disturbance or pain, we often are being shown places where we have closed ourselves off through some form of denial or judgment. The loving energy that is there for us as a blessing is then closed off and restricted, so we may feel hurt or disturbance. Consider that when something hurts or presents disturbance, it asks and perhaps even requires that the unmanifest blessings be released. Your awareness and focus are keys to releasing the blessings.
The greater reality is that everything is a blessing. When we truly understand, we see the truth, we comprehend, and we relate to everything as a blessing. Even the most challenging situations, the most difficult and the most painful, are all blessings.
So call forward greater blessings, because you can and because, as a creator, choosing the blessings is freely presented as a continuous choosing. Have the wit to choose the blessing rather than deny or negatively respond. Always call to God as the source, and choose the blessings in all ways—not necessarily in words, but in your attitude and way of being.
Welcome your life completely. Greet it as a long-lost friend or, even better, as your best friend. Even if that seems strange to you or your situation appears as something against you, embrace and love it all. Trust and have faith in the goodness in all things. Welcome the blessings of who you are, and remember to give your heartfelt thanks, a prayer of praise and faith in God's blessing upon all things.
The Blessing
Father-Mother God, we give thanks for Your presence through the Holy Spirit and the Christ, that You have sanctified all of us and all of Your creation. You have increased Your purpose within us, and You have shown us all the ways You bless us. And though we may not consciously know that now, through Your endurance and patience we will awaken to the truth of who we are and the glory always present with us in this world. Baruch Bashan.
John Morton
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Additional Excerpts:
Abundance
Reflection
Imagine what you can become even if you do not see how to apply yourself now. Imagining works to create. Look for the next steps involved in creating what you want. Tune in to the enthusiasm that comes with your experience of making progress. Find how you can best cooperate so that your experience is more joy, more peace, more understanding and so that your life becomes a greater contribution to all.
Know that there is nothing to fear. Convert fear to your friend by confronting it through greater strength and trust. Invite fear into conversation. Find how fear brings to you your next steps for your upliftment and growth. Be patient as you hold for each step to come forward in ways that work for you and with whatever is needed. Be open to all the blessings in store for you in the ways and timing of the Lord.
Inside of you, there is a place of tremendous richness, a vast array of beautiful treasures and riches, enough for everyone and more than you can behold. Understand that what you can behold is yours. So if you can see it, it is yours. There is no limit on what you can behold. So do not even consider the limit. God offers you the kingdom, and throughout all this kingdom there is no lack. There is no limit.
Understand your abundance, your wealth of consciousness. Behold yourself and everything as precious of God, as the blessings of God, and give thanks.
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Acceptance
Reflection
When we consider all the people on the planet, it is often difficult to see people as loving, and it is not our place to decide whether they are worthy of love.
Always consider that everyone and everything was created in God’s love and that each part of God’s creation has a blessing for you.
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Acceptance
Reflection
How a person will enter into a state of God is often with a sense of, "Well, I don't know what I have to offer, but I'm surrendering since it's all I have. It doesn't really seem like it's worthy, but I'll give it anyway. Maybe God can find something precious in it."
Then God reaches into you, pulls out the most precious thing, holds it up before you, and says, "This was in you all along, and this is who you are."
God lets you look at the majesty of your own being, and in that moment you are transformed.
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Acceptance
Meditation
Take a moment in your consciousness to bring forward your abilities, your divinely ordained abilities that were placed with you from the beginning.
In the consciousness that is the Father-Mother God, we bless these abilities. We see that they are all right and perfect. This means the doubts must go. The self-judgment and self-limitation can freely be placed away where they belong.
You now realize that self-restriction of your abilities is not necessary for you, and you are free. This is the reality of who you are in this world.
From this consciousness of freedom, you can choose to live your life as a contribution from the goodness in you and the goodness that is all of God's creation.
As you accept that commission of the Spirit, you realize that whatever situation you find yourself in is perfect, ordained by God to bring about your contribution, that the gifts that come from Spirit are awake in you.
As you give freely of the expression of these gifts and share them freely with all, you are blessed. You are blessed with greater abilities and greater gifts, and the joy is uncontained.
This is the mark that you are maturing as a consciousness, that you are a joyful giver. You give freely to your life.
In this process of giving freely, you receive the anointing of the Christ, that consciousness of the true Spirit that is of God and you.
For you are born of God, whole and complete, fulfilled as His chosen one, and now you choose back.
Baruch Bashan.
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Doing Good
Reflection
Do so much good in your day that you are exhausted from the satisfaction. God will take care of the rest.
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Gratitude
Message
I am grateful when my illusions are shown to me.
God is showing me what does not work,
as if to say,
“Over here. Not there.
Over here. Re-focus.”
I am grateful when I have the wit to change,
when I have the wit to let go of my expectations
and to embrace how things are working—
in this moment
and then the next moment
and the next.
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Happiness
Reflection
Go on a happiness safari. There is no limit on how much you can hunt when what you are looking for is to be happy. And if that pursuit takes you into the wild, then be wildly happy.
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Happiness
Reflection
Did you know you have the power to have your mind bring you to happy thoughts?
That is the primary power in happiness. It is a state of mind. It is the way you look at things. It is how you relate to things.
Set your mind free in the ongoing pursuit of happiness.
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Higher Awareness
Message
Please, do not be cross with me,
And I will hold the same for you.
Let us be about our purpose with God,
That together, in this moment,
we may behold the grand design.
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Know God
Reflection
God’s the kind of guy you can trust.
Your part can be simply to be, to hold the Light, to let the Light guide you in each situation.
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Know God
Reflection
Imagine that you have a companion, a friend, who is always available to you, who always knows the answers, understands you, loves you, accepts you, laughs at your jokes, comforts you, tells you what you need to hear even if you don't want to hear it.
That's your friend, who moves past your objections and loves you in a way that really loves you.
That presence is the Spirit.
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Know God
Message
When you know who God is,
You can wait
With a smile on your face.
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Know God
Blessing
I would like to turn all of us towards God in our hearts.
Do consider that God is in your heart and in your breath. You breathe in this Presence. You breathe it out every single time.
In this moment, Lord, we ask to breathe You in and breathe You out, more powerfully, more clearly, more lovingly than we have ever done before. We ask for Your grace in this receiving of You, that You can increase our capacity to know You, that You can remove what we have placed as restrictions.
We open ourselves up to come into the consciousness that gives the most precious. We offer ourselves, even as a sacrifice unto You, that we give our lives to You freely, not knowing what You would do with them, trusting You, trusting You as the Divine, as the Beloved, as the one who knows the best.
We are so glad to know You in this way, to be called Your children, to be raised up, to become Your elder children, and to be raised up even more to become one with You. You are raising us in the full power of who You are.
We know that this involves letting go of this world and that to move into the oneness we move into the Spirit.
Once again we make that dedication, and we offer our lives into the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the Christ, into the way that is the Traveler, that we may fulfill the promise You gave to us.
We utilize this experience here as a means to come to You and as a means to let You come to us. We are separate no more. We are the Beloved.
Baruch Bashan.
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Know God
Blessing
Let’s consider that each one of us has a blesser, a messenger of the Divine, that surrounds us and protects us and fills us through the Light, through the consciousness of love, and takes care of what we need in every circumstance.
We ask to be open to that blessing of the Light, the love, and what we know to be the vibration and Sound of God, which fills us in harmony and balance, lifts us to greater peace, and knows our purpose in wisdom.
Like children, our way is in joy, that we would be pleasing and find what is pleasing and that we would trust that whatever is in disturbance or pain can be lifted. It can be healed and nurtured.
And we will find a day when all of us live in peace and joy and are completely aware of the blessings of God.
Baruch Bashan.
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Love & Loving
Reflection
Love your life.
Love your family.
Love what you do as your work.
Love your cars.
Love your garage and your closets.
Love the paint on the wall.
Right there, I have just given you a challenge—
to love the things in your life.
Clean them up.
Clear them up.
And if you do not have paint for the wall that is peeling,
find a way to love that wall somehow, someway.
Maybe just look upon it and see beauty there
when everybody else sees an ugly peeling wall,
that you are the one who loves that wall.
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Love & Loving
Reflection
God loves all of Its creation.
Do you?
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Love & Loving
Prayer
Father-Mother God,
we partake in the greater loving that we call forward, especially in any way that, at this time, we are unable to accept. We hold it forth as a loving potential that is ever- increasing.
We ask for Your strength, Your wisdom, and the correct discernment inside to always know the loving choice and to bring forward the willingness to be the loving, to choose the loving, regardless of the conditions.
So be it.
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Who We Are
Reflection
When someone is confused, disconnected, and separate from their true nature, they will relate to themselves falsely, as unhappy, sad, and depressed, as no good, and unworthy, and rejected.
The reality of who you are is that you are good.
You are blessed.
You are happy.
You are joyous.
You are true.
You are whole.
You are capable.
Be good.
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