Matters Of Life And Death

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• On Being Selfish

  Posted at 11:32 AM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on March 17, 2019

  

  “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”—E.E. Cummings

  Many of us hide under a veil where we reveal only some of ourselves to the world as we yield the rest to the expectations of others…it takes courage to remove the veil and step out into the world as who we really are. Those of us who choose to remain veiled choose a life that is, ultimately, under-lived.   The veil of ego is what ties us to it.

  For me, ego is the same as resistance, or the building of walls.  Walls can exist anywhere, at any time.  Anything that blocks us from the trueness of who and what we are, is ego.  Ego is a reflection of that trueness, it’s equal and opposite and without one, we wouldn’t know the other.  Ego, therefore, is not to be rejected or eliminated.  It’s absolutely essential for our existence here as it allows us to accomplish what we came here to do, which is to grow into the Love we are in our very essence.  

  We’re all trying to accomplish that, in different ways and to varying degrees.  All of us are on this meandering path to our bliss-state, our state of ideal being, whatever form that may take.  For one person it’s through becoming a teacher, another a gambler, yet another it’s…fill-in-the-blank.  The point is, it doesn’t matter how you get there.  The journey along the way reveals more and more to us about who we are.

  To make the choice NOT to do this or that because of the expectations of others is a choice made from the vantage point of ego.  We tell ourselves it’s for the best that we do not follow our heart, or our bliss (as Joseph Campbell said).  We believe it’s too hard, too risky, etc. The bottom line is, we lack the self-love it requires to step forth into our best life.  The emphasis on self-love (i.e. whether we’re following our bliss) and this is a reflection of the present state of our ego.  Now, ego can be very small, as in having the belief we don’t deserve what we desire.  Ego can be very large, as in believing what we think is the only way to think.  There are varying degrees of ego-presence based on the energies activated within us in any given moment.  When we’re able to examine our emotional state and assess the amount of fear present in our perceptions and thoughts and felt in our physical body, that is equivalent to the amount of ego present and is a great way to gauge where we are in relationship to the amount of Love vibration activated in that moment.

  Joseph Campbell has also said one reaches maturity when they become the initiator of their own life.  This takes courage, intention of love over ego and embedded within that is love of the Self, above all.   Being self-ish is not selfish, in the popular sense of the word.   I highly encourage it!

  Happy St. Patrick’s Day all, may you allow for all the love and good fortune of the universe to shine upon you today.  xox
  Posted in acceptance, appreciation, Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged buddhism, creativity, energy, existence, feelings, health, home, inspiration, life, new age, physics, relationships, religion, science, space, spirit, spirituality, St. Patrick's Day, truth

• Be Ready For Big Surprises!

  Posted at 10:58 AM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on April 29, 2015

  Okay, so you’re living your life…going about things sort of business as usual, when seemingly out of nowhere comes something so amazing and unexplainable…something that catapults you into a new dimension of living…where you occupy a space you never expected to be in…that’s synchrodestiny, a term coined by Deepak Chopra many years ago.

  When synchrodestiny presents itself, take heed.  I’ll explain more.

  Say you have a thought about going on vacation somewhere.  You choose to sit with the thought and mull it over in your mind, when you see an ad in a magazine for the very place you wish to visit.  You may take notice of the “coincidence” or you may simply brush it off as one.  When in touch with the ever moving energy of all there is (including all we are) an event like this can be viewed as a message to move forward with the thought (or energetic touchpoint where the universe manifests in the body) and take the next step toward going on your trip.  You take the next step toward realization of your desire.  That is synchrodestiny.

  There are an infinite number of examples of this, but you get the idea.  Our impulses are communications from the universe to take pause and pay attention to as in and of themselves they have the potential to lead us down a path toward our dreams.

  Love To You!

  xox
  Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged Deepak Chopra, divine guidance, law of attraction, spirituality, synchrodestiny

• Love=Energy

  Posted at 9:37 PM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on March 25, 2015

  Like all things in nature, we are energy.  Right now we’re in this form, this package of flesh and blood that when broken down into its smallest components is just vibration and we can alter our vibration through what we feel and think.

  Feeling is our main mode of communication and the energy of it emanates from our physical body and moves seamlessly with our Source energy through this time and space.

  When we feel something, like when we sense thirst, it’s then followed by the thought “I’m thirsty, I need something to drink.”  The thought is the second step in the summoning of the energetic resources of the Universe.  The next is the physical manifestation of thought energy.

  The organs in our physical body vibrate like everything else, and tell us when we’re in alignment with who we really are. When we think negatively we create “bad feelings” which do not resonate with who we are in our truest form, which is love.  As long as we’re spending our thought energy on negativity we transfer that out-of-alignment energy to our physical body which results in illness.  All illness is a state of misalignment, a sign we’re in need of healing and that we need to pay attention to our  well-being.  That attention can take the form of thinking healthy thoughts, eating healthy foods and getting enough rest, which are the physical acts we can take to correct the imbalance.  It can also take the form of “cognitive therapy” which is the ongoing process of monitoring our thoughts so as to bring forth and focus on only those thoughts that bring us into alignment with who we really are.

  Who we are is love and love holds perfect form.  It is the totality of all there is and is our true nature of being.  Our thought energy is an integral part of maintaining that love-state of being, but more so it is how we feel that creates or uncreates it.

  We can think “I am healthy.”  But the quest for good health doesn’t stop there.  It must be taken a step further with the thought energy integrated into the physical body through the feeling of “I am healthy”.  How does this happen?  By practicing self-care.  The act of lovingly preparing a nourishing meal or exercising with the intention of feeling good manifests in the body as loving, healing energy.  Our cells then use that energy to perform the functions it must in order to maintain our physical form.  The illusion is there is separation between all of these things, that they function independent of one another when in fact, they are seamlessly working together-the energy of feeling, thought, physical act, and physical manifestation in the body is a continuum with the loving energy of the universe and we have the free-will to use it in whichever way we desire.

  That energy is always loving, it is we who alter its form into what the ego wishes it to be based on whatever needs it has in the moment and there is nothing wrong with doing that because it provides contrast to our true nature, which allows for us to grow spiritually while here on this earth, in this form.

  When we let go of the physical and move into the realm of pure consciousness we have the choice of where to go and have the unending, loving support of the universe’s co-creative power, only in the realm of the afterlife, its power is much greater, but then, so is ours.

  Wishing you abundant health!

  xxoo

  Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments | Tagged abundance, afterlife, awareness, balance, Deepak Chopra, hay house, healing ourselves, healthy living, law of attraction, love, namaste, nutrition, physical well-being, spirituality

• Retreating

  Posted at 9:36 PM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on March 1, 2015

  I recently went on a retreat that truly amazed me.

  Initially, I was reluctant to go…and wasn’t sure why.  I found this out after two days of prayer and singing…not well, but I sang.  I participated in the program they had created for all of us, letting go and allowing the beautiful, loving energy carry me wherever it wanted me to go.

  These were very loving, spiritual, religious women who were there to share their love and spirituality with others with the hope of facilitating healing for those who needed it.  They did an amazing job.

  I went at the urging of a friend who helped organize the retreat.  She knew of my NDE and felt my story could bring great healing to the other attendees.  That’s why I went, to be of service using the knowledge I’d gained in the afterlife and after death.  I did give generously, but received so much more.

  These women were powerful.  Just through their love and belief in the loving God of their faith they visibly helped dozens of women, including me.  I experienced literal miracles that weekend, and couldn’t have been more grateful for having the opportunity to take part in it.  I wanted to retreat, and boy did I!

  Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged acceptance, angels, awareness, buddhism, catholic, God, Hindu, love, methodist, miracles, religion, retreat, spiritual retreat, spirituality

• Turn Fear Inside-Out

  Posted at 10:20 AM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on February 25, 2015

  Fear can be really motivating and really stagnating.

  Why?

  Why does it have to exist at all?  Sure, there’s the life-perserving type of fight-or-flight kind of fear that ensures the propagation of the species and once we experience it we run like hell, but why does it exist beyond that stage?

  Think about what you’ve experienced in the past where fear motivated you to run…what purpose did it serve?  Self-preservation.  To preserve the “Self”.  But, what is the self?  Ego.  Let me explain…

  When we’re faced with a situation that challenges our present mind-set or belief system, a common thing to do is react to it by becoming defensive.  We want to defend our mind-set or beliefs because the Ego is all about standing its ground and maintaining its position.  What underlies the Ego?  What supports it?  Fear.

  The question we must all ask if we’re to grow into the loving beings we came here to be is this:  What am I afraid of?  Open it up and dissect it, remove all the parts and lay it all out on the table.   Turn it inside-out.

  xoxo

  Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged anxiety, awareness, connection, death, depression, fear, fear of dying, fear of living, how to live life, love, self help, self-care, spirituality

• Serving….

  Posted at 10:28 AM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on January 5, 2015

  “To know and love and serve God is to know and love and serve your Self.”

  ~  Joseph Campbell

  xoxo

  Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged divine, God, life's purpose, love, purpose for living, religion, self love, service, spirituality

• Posted at 11:11 PM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on December 20, 2014

  Faith is the soul’s knowing that what hasn’t yet been experienced is a possibility.

  Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged church, death, experience, faith, life, love, religion, ritual, spirituality Read On →

• Thank You!

  Posted at 9:03 PM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on October 29, 2014

  The feedback I’m getting on my book is amazing and I am so grateful for all the kind words 🙂  If you’ve read I Died And Learned How To Live and are inspired to do so, send me an email at http://www.twelveprinciples@gmail.com or post a comment here telling me what you think of the book.  If you like it, you can leave a “star” rating on Amazon….Love To You!

  Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged afterlife, books, heaven, how to live life, love, self help, self publishing, spirituality

• Joy vs. Suffering

  Posted at 9:55 AM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on September 5, 2014

  Life is unpredictable.

  I used to be so uncomfortable with that saying.  I needed a schedule that didn’t change.  I had to function within certain parameters where, if they were breached with an unexpected “whatever”, I would be sent spinning.

  What I never realized was how afraid I was.  I carried a fear of living around with me all the time, yet was completely unaware of the extent to which it affected my life.  I figured it was something that was a part of life.  Most of us are afraid.  That’s just how it is.  That’s why we get life insurance.  That’s why we save for retirement.  That’s why we go to the doctor and take the pills we take.

  We’re afraid of living. We’re afraid of dying.

  But, why?  Why do we see this life as something to be feared? Why do we see death as something to be feared?

  Why do we approach life, the most natural thing in the world, as if it is something to be endured, suffered through and ultimately end through this horrible thing called death?

  I didn’t get it.

  Then, I died.  

  Then, I got it.

  We come here with the experience of who we are in our most fundamental state of being, which is pure, conscious love, and with that, all the joy that comes with it.

  When we come into the body, we have the experience of the suffering that occurs when we are separated from the source of who we really are. We’re in the body so we may once again endeavor to experience the joy of who we are. When we do so, we are able to understand the difference between suffering and joy, and when we live to experience only joy, we cease to suffer. We’ve returned.

  Love to you 🙂

   

  Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged anxiety, death, depression, fear, God, hope, how to live, joy, life, living, love, self help, spirituality, suffering

• Ego = Discourse + Disease

  Posted at 2:04 PM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on July 12, 2014

  Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged awareness, disease, ego, fear, friendship, hate, health, kindness, love, religion, spirituality

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