The
secret to living a spiritual human life is seeing through heart centered eyes
and realizing we are all part of a loving plan in action wherein each of us has
a part to play ~ if we will but listen and respond to the call of our soul. It
was Teilhard de Chardin who knew we were all spiritual beings and that the
portal to the soul was love ~ and that love alone was capable of uniting living
beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them for it alone takes them
and joins them to what is deepest within themselves. My contribution to this
universal truth, at the age of 82, is in demonstrating, through my life and work, that this energy
field of love and soul consciousness lies not only beyond time and space but
also beneath our deepest fears: Allen L Roland, PhD
"A human being is a
part of the whole, called by us, "Universe," a part limited in time
and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something
separated from the rest ~ a
kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of
prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a
few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison
by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the
whole of nature in its beauty.
Nobody is able to achieve
this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of
the liberation and a foundation for inner security." : Albert Einstein -
(1879-1955) Physicist and Professor, Nobel Prize 1921
In my role
as a heart centered consultant with over 45 years’ experience of soul retrieval
especially with veterans with PTSD, I retrieve buried souls and empower them
through love and gratefulness to not only open their hearts but to also find
their unique place in a universal loving plan from a place of celebration and
service. They soon begin to realize that everything they have ever wanted is
on the other side of fear.
Here
are the eight stages of ego transcendence I demonstrate and teach. Remember
that the ego is a projection of what we feel we have to be versus being our
true authentic self ~ and it is always born out of deep pain and
aloneness.
1. Denial Everything
is fine, there is nothing missing in my life ~ I’m in full control of
everything.
2. Anger I can’t
stay in control and manipulate things any more ~ it’s not working, it’s making
me angry.
3.Bargaining I’ll
hang on to something so I won’t get out of control and have to deal with the
unknown and all those scary feelings deep inside me that I have been
continually avoiding.
4. Depression Why am
I feeling so sad, and it feels so deep. If only I could get out of this pit of
despair.
5. Acceptance / Connection I’m
feeling deep sadness and it’s the same feelings I felt as a child ~ I can’t
deny these feelings any longer.
6. Surrender
I’m letting go and trusting that there is joy beneath my sadness ~ what
is this excitement I’m feeling beneath this well of grief and it has nothing to
do with someone else
7.
Celebration I’m truly feeling the joy of being myself and the growing
awareness that there is something I’m supposed to be doing ~ I’m beginning to
trust the unknown and see through different eyes
8.
Service I’m fully trusting myself, I’m listening and I’m responding to
this inner call ~ I want to be in service from this inner place of authentic
love, joy and delight.
The most difficult step of ego transcendence is Surrender and letting go
of the ego's need to be in control ~ which is always
born from a place of seeming isolation and aloneness.
Surrender is also the
most important step in ego transcendence ~ for
it is the doorway to celebration and service as well as seeing through
different eyes.
I have
had many personal experiences of the sensory sensation of being in the Unified Field of love and soul consciousness that exists not only
beyond time and space but also beneath our deepest fears but this one stands
out ~ for it was a matter of life and death and it became the personal
foundation of my belief in this state of soul consciousness
that lies beneath our deepest fears.
In the
early 1960’s while I was serving as a U.S. Navy all-weather carrier pilot on
the USS Ranger on the South China Sea ~ I was launched one stormy dark night
in my supersonic interceptor from the forward catapult.
It was
a brutal night and I saw that the launch crew chief had all he could do to
remain upright on the deck. After climbing into the cockpit I brought the F3H
Demon to full throttle and felt the supersonic Navy jet shake with power as it
strained against the bridle. Keenly aware of sounds, everything sounded good
as I did a final check of my instruments.
The
launch crew leader raised his neon batons in the air and waited for my salute,
which I gave. The launch crew then released the bridle which would send me
hurtling into the stormy night sky at 155 mph within 3 seconds. I braced my
head against the headrest and anticipated the sudden 3 G rush of acceleration. Within
seconds, thousands of pounds of steam pressure drove me back into my seat and
catapulted the plane into the stormy night sky. My hands and eyes quickly
swept through the cockpit as I had done hundreds of times before and I awaited
my gradual acceleration to climbing speed.
But it
did not come. Something was wrong! I was not gaining airspeed! The plane was
shaking and obviously close to stalling speed and I was rapidly losing
altitude.
Only
seconds away from crashing I felt myself being physically crushed by fear and
the enormity of my desperate situation. I was going to die! I fought to stay
airborne. In a state of total fear and panic I frantically reviewed my only
options. Crash, go down with the plane… eject and hope to stay
alive long enough in the icy water and be picked up by the carrier which would
have to be within 3 minutes.
The
stall horn was now blaring! I was only 50 feet over the water and
seconds away from crashing and I felt myself being completely crushed into the
seat by my fear ~ so I exercised my final option ~ I fully
surrendered to that moment!
I let
myself be seemingly crushed by fear and in that stillness of complete surrender
I suddenly became totally clear, devoid of fear and panic and seemingly beyond
time and space ~ the longest split second I have ever experienced!
In that
timeless second of total surrender and fearless clarity, I instantly noticed
that the gear landing light was still on and that I had obviously mistakenly not raised it
after takeoff ~ the plane was carrying too much drag to gain altitude and
airspeed and I calmly raised the gear and regained airspeed and altitude.
It was
only years later, while experiencing a re-birthing exercise, did I
connect that crushing feeling I had experienced that night on the South China
Sea for it was indeed my original birth trauma and I had exercised the same
option I did on that fearful night as a navy pilot 28
years later ~ I totally surrendered, and from a place of numbing terror and
fear, I was born ~ I still vividly remember the three lights over the
birthing table as I opened my fear closed eyes at the Boston Lying In Hospital
on the morning of January 18, 1934.
Obviously, part of me knew that a place of timeless and serene
calmness, clarity and soul consciousness lay beneath my deepest fears and my
life and death experience that night on the USS Ranger forced me to surrender
to, embrace and go beneath my fear ~ and it became my
first dramatic experience of the reality of a Unified Field of love
and soul consciousness, which later in my life I would embrace and prove by fully surrendering to love.
What
happened that night became the foundation of my life’s quest or journey to demonstrate
that beneath our deepest fears is a spring of love, joy and soul consciousness
and I have helped thousands of others go beyond their fears and surrender to
love through my
work and book Radical Therapy/ Surrender to Love and
Heal yourself in Seven sessions (not seven years) and discover for
themselves that love is the foundation of virtually all true emotional healing.
One of my early Band of Brothers participants
experienced this very same phenomenon when he did a trust fall from a table
with all the other participants stood at the end of the table ready to catch
him ~ his first words to me after he surrendered and was being held in our arms
~ "That was the longest split second I have ever experienced"
And
here's a link to the YouTube Skype sessions of the self-healing process I teach and
coach ~ Watch, in the first 20
minutes of session five, how Marina conquers her deepest fear by going
through them as she demonstrates that beneath her pain and fear is a boundless joy ~ See video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r12MoNnwPKg&feature=youtu.be
The deep inner peace
and clarity I discovered that night on the South China Sea can be the authentic
experience of anyone willing to go beyond their fears, surrender to love and
heal themselves in the process ~ just
as Marina did by embracing and surrendering to her childhood fear that being
herself was not enough.
Make no mistake about it, the
keys to the magic kingdom of the soul are gratefulness and forgiveness ~ but
the payoff is being in service from a state of joy, delight and celebration,
for we are finally in sync with our original destiny.
Of course, Being in a spiritual relationship
helps immensely as I am with Keiko ~ I
define a Spiritual Relationship as two people on a common path to find and
celebrate who they really are ~ using the love that exists between them as the
vehicle. John and Yoko Lennon were an obvious example.
With still much to spiritually do
at 82, I am increasingly aware that I am passing on many spiritual truths regarding the human experiences of my life and work ~ and that is a vital part
of being in spiritual service from a place of love and soul consciousness. The
words of the great Shawnee chief Tecumseh come
to mind.
"Live your life that the fear of
death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about his religion. Respect
others in their views and demand that they respect yours. Love your life,
perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life
long and of service to your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when
you go over the great divide.
Always
give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a
stranger, if in a lonely place. Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for
your strength. Give thanks for your
food
and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies
in yourself.
Abuse
no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit
of its vision. When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are
filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for
a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your
death song, and die like a hero going home." by: Tecumseh -(1768-1813) Shawnee Chief
Perhaps my death song
would be this one by John Lennon ~ https://www.transcend.org/tms/2015/12/imagine-music-video-of-the-week/
Allen L Roland, PhD
http://allenlrolandsweblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/much-to-spiritually-do-at-82.html
Heart
centered spiritual consultant and advisor Allen L Roland can
be contacted at allen@allenroland.com Allen is also a lecturer and writer who shares a weekly political and social commentary on his web log and
website allenroland.com. He is also featured
columnist on Veterans Today and guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK
on www.conscioustalk.net
