About Me
- Deep Within
- Michael- is a man whose soul purpose is to raise the awareness of the human consciousness by way of teaching the ways of TRUTH,creating music,and by living in daily inspiration. Michael is a co-founder of the Divine Source Ministries. Herlay, is a one of the co-founders of Divine Source Ministries. She is also the author of many spiritual teachings,books,journals,etc. She is an inspired young woman who's goal is to revolutionize the world by helping her brothers and sisters throughout the world realize their "true selves".
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Saturday, July 9, 2011
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I once read a story about a man who was cleaning out a fish tank and put the fishes in his bath tub. To his surprise the fish did not move about the tub, they simply made the movement of the four dimensions of a tank as if they were still in it. Other fascinating stories were about African American learners in the south trying to make a monumental difference for the African American society today. Story after story of Marcus Garvey, Booker T. Washington, and Rev. Al Sharpton had me in amazement.
What came across so vividly was the inner strength of voices that desired equality and respect. The ability to swim through the entire tub and look past the four by four glass cube, in absence of limitation. I then began to ask myself questions about what was holding me back from swimming the entire length of the tub. I realized that it was mental barriers are deeply seated in mind. I then began to see that this fear has been here since before I was born. This fear has encompassed my mother and father and those who came before them.
Although some these days might call themselves successful because of their material means, they still on some level remain in fear. This is what I’m choosing to call the fear of going within. You know you fear to go within when an idea comes to your mind; an idea that will benefit mankind, you get excited about the idea as you think about it, you dream about it and then abruptly realize you should get out of the fantasyland you’re in. You convince yourself to forget about it because you can’t begin to think about how your idea will come to life. You forget about it and years later a person comes out with your same idea and you think to yourself if I only pursued that idea! Ha!
The amusing thing about it all is that this idea never died. It was muted within your own mind because you allowed it to be. Never the less, you received the idea through divine inspiration and because you have done so it remains in the infinite that it came from. You see, because it was in the infinite mind someone else accessed it and brought it to life. The point to all this, is to tell you to make a conscious decision to inquire within. Doing so will give you access to infinite potentials; there is a space of joy and power there. Your store house is within not without. Do so through prayer, meditation and moments of inquiry. All the answers we see are right within us. This is the meaning of …seek and he will be found by you….Jeremiah 29:13.
-peace be upon you, all around you and within you
Herlay Maitre
Monday, June 27, 2011
The Nasty Coworker
Divine Observation Part 1
Excerpt from Every Muscle of my soul
Have you ever felt negative feelings towards a co-worker, Family member, or ex-spouse. Have you ever felt that there are certain people you just don't like?
One of the biggest factors that contribute to the erosion of peace in our modern society is the dangerous practice of blind judgment. Judgment that is derived from a person's shortcomings, alter ego, and misunderstood actions.
When someone has wronged you it is easy not to like them. Understandably, our perception of that person becomes molded by the negative experience we have had with them. I once had a co-worker who was on my “don't like” list since day one. For the sake of confidentiality I will refer to this person as Ms. Lovely. The first day I met this person they began bossing me around. The interesting thing about it was that I was Ms. Lovely’s manager. Right away all these thoughts began to fill my mind about how Ms. Lovely was going to be insubordinate, easily angered, stubborn, back stabbing and any other nasty things a co-worker can be.
My thoughts quickly became reality as this person started to dig into my nerves deeper than ever experienced my entire existence. Not only did this individual question my leadership Ms. Lovely went so far as to report me for not giving her enough attention. It almost seemed that her sole purpose in life was to hurt me to the point of hating her.
One day while working at another location with another one of my teams I received a disturbing phone call from the office. It turned out that Ms. Lovely had facilitated a meeting in which she scolded the team for their poor performance, so harshly that she not only offended everyone but she left some in tears. Heads were hanging low. Feelings were hurt. And the morale of the group was crushed.
Why was Ms. Lovely so mean? Why did she constantly have to make the work place miserable for everyone? Why did she feel the need to put people down and crush the spirits of those around her?
The answer came when I finally had enough and decided to have a one on one conversation. The conversation started off as it usually does. I would ask Ms. Lovely “What’s wrong?, she would reply “Nothing is wrong...everything is fine...” . Everything changed when I tried something new. As I looked her in the eyes I sat in my seat in absolute silence. The message that was being conveyed however was crystal clear. I welcomed her to share her life. I welcomed her to feel safe. I welcomed her to expose her demons. She began to pour her heart out. Her eyes began to swell up with tears.
It turned out her aggressive behavior was directly proportional to the passion she has for her work. Her desire to succeed was her driving force that unfortunately trumped her need to be considerate to others. The anger that she carried around with her like a handbag was a direct result of a tough situation at home. She explained that who she is at home is completely different from who she is at work. Her situation at home was one where she was not able to speak up for herself, she was bullied, taken advantage of, and felt as though she didn’t have a voice. It became evident that her actions at the work place were a direct result of the problems she faced in her marriage.
My dislike for Ms. Lovely was based off of her mistakes at the work place. From this conversation on I began to choose to see the qualities that she had to offer the world. The truth about Ms. Lovely was that she was a strong leader, caring person, considerate, loyal, and kind. It wasn't until I decided to acknowledge these characteristics in her that our relationship began to change.
The discovery I found was that our ego is made up of the exact opposite of who we really are. The characters and the roles we play couldn't be further from the truth of who we really are. We unconsciously commit self sabotage to our true nature when we allow life situations to cast us into random roles that have nothing to do with us.
Emotions that come from the false you give birth to more damaging emotions. The false you is always compounded into multiple layers of identities.
The recognition of patterns can break the cycle and bring you back to your “you” reality. When we deal with difficult people we must look beyond the layers to see the “good” in them. Bringing out the best in others makes this world a better place. We
can start by changing our workplace.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of volunteering at a local community service event for feeding the homeless in Los Angeles California Los Angeles
Once we entered we were greeted by the organizers and began working right away. I was immediately inspired by my surroundings. I looked around and saw people all around me who sacrificed there Saturday morning to come make a difference. We were about to spend the better part of our Saturday serving trays, mopping floors, cleaning tables, pouring coffee, stacking chairs, lifting, pushing, and pulling boxes In the end we would all walk away feeling tired yet fulfilled knowing that we took the time out to give back….Right?
When doing these kinds of things you tend to realize quickly that these people will leave the kitchen full only to be hungry again later. In one instance I was pouring a cup of coffee for one gentleman while I can hear him behind me saying " Hey! I need more coffee over here!" In another instance I politely offered someone a glass of water and to my surprise they yelled back "I told you I’m all set already!" I started to think "Why am I here?" …."That’s right I am here because YOU messed up"…..so why are you yelling at ME? Before my anger got the best of me I took a pause to realize these people have been through a great deal of suffering. Not just suffering in a material sense but a deep psychological and spiritual suffering as well. It wouldn't make sense for me to get angry as I am sure that the gentlemen who was yelling at me knew no other way to express his feelings. He had no other way to express the hurt that was bottled up inside of him for so long. It is like a casket holding a dead body. When that casket is opened how can the corpse not stink? Not everyone shared this gentlemen's stinky mood. Some of the people seemed so happy, so content, so grateful, and so high off of life they almost seemed to be floating their way in between tables.
The volunteers that worked with us were very diverse. The variety included teenage Christian teens, Independent business owners, Senior citizens, and even some elementary school kids. It was with the sight of the children a light bulb went off in my head. Raising a child in an environment where they know what it means to serve is invaluable. Even more invaluable are kids understanding that not everyone is as fortunate to have the same kind of luxuries they get to experience everyday. The experience as a whole taught me that the voice that was telling me that my Saturday morning didn't make a difference was not a voice of sound judgment. Call it fear, cowardly, lazy but do not call it truth. The truth is every act of service no matter how small makes a difference. In many cases it makes more of an impact on the server than the individual being served. We later discovered that some of the volunteers helping at one point were on the other side of the table receiving meals. Coming to serve after getting their life back on track was there way of paying it forward. Your love in the form of touch is enough to inspire and transform lives. There is something to be said about serving hand to hand. Mother Teresa once said "let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they (the homeless) need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go." It doesn't matter how little of a difference you think your service will make you service can heal a generation including yourself.
Your Humble Servant,
Michael
Friday, May 13, 2011
Where is peace and why don’t I have it?
Why does it seem as though peace is only around me at certain times? And then when I need it the most it’s not there? Why is it that I might say I have mastered the subject of peace but find that when the concept is ready to be applied-my mind goes blank? What happened then, did I really find peace? Did I understand it completely? What is the real issue? Within the last few weeks I’ve been asking myself exactly that.
I’ve talked with as well as observed people in order to better assimilate my study of peace. In summation what I gathered is that we don’t have sound peace because we have chosen not to welcome the present moment. We tell peace to go away with thoughts that say, “this particular situation is just not going to be peaceful,” or “ I have to handle it myself”. Allowing the mind to speak like this is to basically say that you don’t need peace to come in. Peace will therefore allow the situation to unfold until you welcome her again.
After talking and observing people I began to wonder if what they said about not having peace at all times was true. I also began to see how in certain situations we shut peace out by saying that we “got it”. As I began to seek me more clarity, in regards to peace, I was reminded about the insight that says peace dwells in an entire situation if you choose to see her.
Peace is like oxygen air it is present everywhere. Without oxygen we cannot survive. Lack of oxygen for more than a few seconds already begins to slow brain function and even lead to a coma. Peace is within all that the earth consists of. We hear peace in the stillness of the universe through the sound OM- .
Do this exercise with me, to experience what I’m talking about. Close your eyes take slow deep breathes. Take in the moment by hearing the sounds around you. Know that peace surrounds you. Then begin to chant the sound of the universe: “OM ”, “OOOM”, “OOOOOOOOOOOM”. In between breathes continue to recite the sound OM. Do this again. Allow yourself several breaths. Allow yourself to feel and to be calm. Feel your organs and the rest of your body respond to the chant.
Continual practice of this will result in an inner sense of peace, where in front of adversity your entire being will begin to recite the sound of the universe OM- You will notice that the intensity of the situation or problem no longer overwhelms you. Your peace faculty has taken over! You have begun to welcome your freedom.
With peace,
Herlay Maitre
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Reasons, reasons, reasons…
You ever hear a parent say: “You always have a reason for everything!”…
We tend to all have reasons why we do certain things. But why do we actually use them? This is the question we should ask ourselves?
Whether its overeating, not working out or not planning time to meditate. There is always a reason. We have read many books or even heard sermons on how life situations could be better. Whether its through Christ or through a self-help book inspired by motivation the message still doesn’t seem to move you? It may have an impact for a month or even a year but as time goes on we go right back to what we are comfortable with.
What separates us from the people who are self motivated and the people who have acted on a powerful message or read a book that empowered them to make a life change? The truth is they were simply able to receive what they have learned by assimilating it. They understood the Truth they learned because they were able to compare it with what is Real. They understood that their present reality was not Reality at all. They came to a knowing that was eternal. A knowing that could not be determined by their present living situation or state of mind.
Reality is the awareness that says that what I see within my inner being is who I AM. This Reality I speak of is the defining point. This is what creates success. The innate ability within that arises to sweep away the fear, the self doubt, hatred, jealousy and anything of the like. The attaining of successes is always a present Reality. You were not able to see it before, because your inner eye was veiled. Now that the blinds have lifted through the Reality of new self-awareness we can say that, “….. The old has passed away; and the new has come 2 Corinthians 5:17.”
We therefore adhere to the new self who is now aware of Reality and eternal truth.
May love and Joy follow you today!
Herlay Maitre
Monday, April 18, 2011
Motivation is defined as- the driving force that helps us achieve our goals. We cannot confuse motivation with being optimistic. Optimism is comparable to being hopeful. Motivation however is the actual force that boost that strength, it is that energy. I cant force motivation upon you. The term Motivational speaker can be very misleading. I can only put it in the atmosphere.
Cast it into the air as if it was a Wi Fi signal…. When I speak is motivation there? Of course it is but you have to be looking for it in order to connect with it. You cannot force the people around you to be motivated they have to catch it!!! What you can do however, is be inspired by your life.
Be inspired by nature. Be inspired by your own gratefulness and share your inspiration into the atmosphere that inspiration is mighty mighty enticing. It smells really really good. So appetizing, so juicy and mouth watering that one may consume it as if it was their last meal and digest Motivation within themselves. In order for Motivation to fully become a force within you you must be inspired.Here is the key…. you cannot have what you do not give.
You cannot inhale a breath with out first exhaling. In the same way we cannot be inspired and manifest motivation if we are selves are not releasing our inspiration to others. give that breathe away. Exhale inspiration so that you may in hale a fresh invigorating air full of inspiration ready to digest itself in you as motivation.
Peace and Blessings
Michael
Cast it into the air as if it was a Wi Fi signal…. When I speak is motivation there? Of course it is but you have to be looking for it in order to connect with it. You cannot force the people around you to be motivated they have to catch it!!! What you can do however, is be inspired by your life.
Be inspired by nature. Be inspired by your own gratefulness and share your inspiration into the atmosphere that inspiration is mighty mighty enticing. It smells really really good. So appetizing, so juicy and mouth watering that one may consume it as if it was their last meal and digest Motivation within themselves. In order for Motivation to fully become a force within you you must be inspired.Here is the key…. you cannot have what you do not give.
You cannot inhale a breath with out first exhaling. In the same way we cannot be inspired and manifest motivation if we are selves are not releasing our inspiration to others. give that breathe away. Exhale inspiration so that you may in hale a fresh invigorating air full of inspiration ready to digest itself in you as motivation.
Peace and Blessings
Michael
Saturday, April 16, 2011
What is the purpose of going deep within?…Deep within what, you might ask? Deep within your soul. Some might say there are many reasons for wanting to go deep within your soul. However, the ultimate reason we do anything should be analyzed. When one begins to analyze they ask questions, with the purpose of better understanding something. The purpose of going deep into your soul is to discover truth…. what kind of truth? The truth that is able to set you free. The truth that is able to set you free is the truth that arises from the mind of God. This is called the Superconscious mind, this mind is in you. However It is only through searching your soul that you will be able to connect with the Truth that is within you. Your soul represents your subconscious mind. Within your subconscious mind are influences, identities, emotions and regressions that have been there for many years. Truth is that which derives from the mind of God that is irrevocable or unchanging. Within truth one should find only Good.
This is why we write spiritual text to get you to begin to think in a way that you have forgotten. The ultimate ability to think like God is already in you but because we have been conditioned by the world and the desires of the world we have begun to forget over time. Think about it, who taught the first teacher? Who taught the first farmer? If you begin to think about it logically, you will begin to see that they were taught from within. Something taught them how to teach, or how to raise a crop and the seasons in which the crops should be harvested. Something taught these people; although fathoming, this is true. This something that taught these people is what I’m choosing to call, the Superconsciousness or God.
In going deep within, the connection that you build with what is around you begins to awaken in you a new sense of life and love. Going deep within has many benefits but the primary good that comes out of it is the communion you get to experience with your creator. This is spirituality, the ability to commune with the presence of holiness within.
Therefore, this week let us think of creative ways that we can sit with ourselves in order that we may be able to commune with God. We must go to the source in order to become like the source. It therefore is possible to be a Perfect being.
I therefore welcome perfection within and around me today, will you do the same?
Exercise:
Let’s go within by closing our eyes and simply breathing in and out until we have brought ourselves to the solid focus of our breath. As we breathe, we imagine a bright light going through our bodies beginning at our stomach and headed slowly to the crown of the head. We feel this light and cause it to repeat this same motion. We now allow the energy to fill us, we also in our hearts welcome conversation with the father within.
As we continue this practice there is so much that can happen, but the ultimate purpose is commune with the peace of the God presence within you.
Peace & Love to you,
Herlay Maitre
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