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Transcript
Welcome to the Scent of Light. This is Ken
Norton. Today I’d like to talk about Peace. Peace is one of my mentor’s
Ten
Words to the Creative Spirit, in which he penned: "Give me peace so an
angelic spirit accompanies me wherever I go."
I’ve come to realize that this peace is of the Soul, and many Souls affect
the community's and nation’s peace. If I feel not at peace, there is a
worry, something feels not complete, and this is the time for that prayer.
There is some Angelic spirit, that is, some energy or mix of energies which
is past my understanding at the moment, that is poised to transform the
moment, perhaps as a welcome resource or as an encouraging remembrance to
apply to this moment. Peace is knowing we are not alone in our living our
life, that we support others and others support us, where others can be non
Human as well. I definitely have gained peace at times just with my little
dog nudging me when it feels me needing comfort. Little Rosey respects her
dependence on the humans who adopted her for her food and shelter. She is
doing what is natural, and that is to express that angelic spirit as a
snuggle.
No matter what the circumstance, even in disasters of fire, torrential
rains, or a quaking earth, and among an angry crowd, peace can be called
from within, and from this state guidance for the next step is received. I
have learned to get to know the feeling of this peace in daily meditation
visits to the Stillness within. Here in the still place I sense my
breathing, my heart pulse and more subtle vibrations of my body cells
interacting with the environment. Even in tense situations, these vibrations
are still present, just not at the focus of attention, as we tend to the
danger at hand. When the story of worry raises its concerns, I have learned
to first zero my mind instrument spewing the rapidly evolving story, and
then sense the situation as it is, without the overlay of the story spurred
by fear, while noticing the intuitive guidance dropping into my
consciousness. This intuition may be fed by wisdom that I have gained from
past encounters with danger, or by wisdom shared by another, or a synthesis
of this wisdom with the wholly new.
Where ever I have read of angels in the scriptures
considered sacred by the religions of the world, these angels have been seen
as extraordinary means to change a level of consciousness, from disease to
health, from danger to safety. As a child I was taught that I had a guardian
angel. That guardian angel spirit appeared most often as my parents in those
early years. Now I recognize it in family and friends when they show up in
my need. Angels are given many names due to all the possible mixes of
energies that gather for our experiences. I am not interested in expounding
the particulars of angelology, but I would like to impress that we need not
fear there is a lack of ability of the universe coming to our aid, which
could well manifest differently than our past experience would expect.
PEACE allows us to meet all of our experiences with an attitude that a
welcome change is coming.
I will close this episode with this poem by my mentor on peace, which he
composed in his 90th year:
Self-knowledge
by William Hermanns
And you long so for peace!
Where does your peace abide?
Shall others give you peace -
then God remains outside.
Peace never has been owned
by a religious crew.
Self-knowledge lights your soul,
lights God in you.
This is Ken Norton on the Scent Of Light. You
can contact me via Ken @ KennethENorton.com. The Scent of Light episodes are
archived on the web at kennethenorton.com that is k e n n e t h e n o r t o
n dot com. Thanks for listening.
Ken Norton earned his master's degree in Materials Science from Stanford
University as the Vietnam War was ending. During that time Ken served as the
personal assistant to a poet/sociologist Dr. William Hermanns as he prepared
his writings for publication, exposing Ken to not only the sciences but also
the humanities and comparative religion for making conscious and
conscionable choices.
Ken is a regular contributor to Radio Spotlight Magazine with his episodes
on the Scent of Light. Ken lives in Santa Rosa with his life partner Elaine
and their little dog Rosey.
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