Prana, Saturday February 1, 2014

It was the week before the seminar and emails were flying all over the airwaves. (I still wonder often how words appear on my computer that came through the air from someone else’s computer!) Indeed Worry Be Gone was vibrating at the speed of light. What me worry? Nah, it’s all good. The seminar was being created in increments pretty much daily.

Before we began the seminar, Nick Segal, host extraordinaire, was going over the program in the courtyard. We had bantered back and forth that his usual smooth and light-filled delivery would do him well today. Then I relayed the message that John Morton might be late due to road closures coming in from Pacific Palisades and John’s instruction to Nick was for him to vamp! He said, “Now I’m nervous!” It must have been a joke, because as I said, his buttery words made everything OK.

Nick opened the program right on time. Both Matt Van Fossen’s and Eric Lumiere’s Worry Be Gone songs were great toe-tappers and gigglers. Nick cues the J-R excerpt and finds we still need time for John and Leigh, to arrive. Out of the hat, he plays the You Tube piece with Chihuahuas salsa dancing that John chose, as we erupted in laughter—and gosh, we still needed more time. So he begins a long and very descriptive joke that his son Teddy told him about how the Pope and the Rabbi are playing one-upmanship in front of a gathering of Jews and Catholics. I started to take notes on the joke, but alas, I could not keep up. So you’ll need to view the archive–how lucky we are to have archives! Oh but I do remember he delivered the punch line in his best Brooklyn Yiddish accent.

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A few more choice words from Nick, he called in the Light, we chanted and waited silently, and John and Leigh finally arrived (all fresh and ready to go even after a long ride to Prana). The seminar was awesome. John played another You Tube piece from Bobby McFerrin singing “Don’t Worry Be Happy” and vamping with Bill Murray and Robins Williams. By this time we were all howling with glee—you might say worry-less! John then worked through some poignant quotes with questions related to them already in place, reading the quote and then asking the question. Here’s one for you!

Answer: Who you are as a Soul is free from anxiety. In the Spirit, there is no fear or worry. Although anxiety or negativity may be around you, anxiety is not who you truly are. Who you are in truth is loving, clear, and calm always. – From “Anxiety-Free in Spirit” at http://intentblog.com/anxiety-free-spirit/

And the question: If I worry about my Soul’s progression, how does that affect my Soul” Does my Soul feel anxious when I feel anxious?

More poignant thoughts from this seminar:

“In truth, nothing is ever happening against you—ever.”

“You don’t have to fight or struggle. This is such a moment right now!”

“It’s easy when we allow it to be easy. We can place our karma into the hands of the Christ and whatever was worrying us will be translated into Light and love by the Traveler. There is no karma in Spirit.”

Peace is the cessation of againstness (quote J-R).

“When am I letting God? When I’m patient.”

So then as a demonstration of how to change worry energy, John and Leigh stand up in front of the crowd and dance their “Gratitude Dance!”  Gotta watch the archive.

Then John calls “Safe” like an umpire would, complete with arm gestures! That’s another way to change up the energy.

John’s just full of suggestions during this seminar that can help us move from worry to letting God. Here’s another that comes from J-R’s seminar, “Mystical Traveler; a Direct Line to God.” Available through www.msia.org/store as a CD and an mp3 (#7127).

Put your meter on, ask yourself, “are you at the level of worry be gone?” If not, consider your life depends on it.

Whoa, that would get my attention! How about you?

After all these amazing tips on “Letting God,” John brings out a big bunch of balloons that he passes around to us as symbols of letting our worries go, giving them to the Christ, letting the Traveler “translate” them!

As a final tip for a worry-less consciousness, John cues Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, and then the Beach Boys singing “Don’t Worry Baby.”

And the best chocolate chip cookies in the world (calorie free!) were devoured by the crowd in the Prana dining room. Boy was I glad to be there for all the great tips and the great chips!

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Upcoming Events at Peace Awareness Labyrinth and Gardens (Prana) Check out the schedule and contact information at www.peacelabyrinth.org

• Soul Dance Thursday Feb 6
• Peacemaker Meeting Sunday Feb 9
• Spiritual Renewal Sundays—every Sunday during open hours
• Harmonic Convergence concert Saturday Feb 22
• Next live seminar with John Morton Saturday, March 29—join us in person or online

Here are more Worry Be Gone resources:

John-Roger seminar – CD and mp3 #2628—“Are We Progressing or Just Changing?”

John-Roger seminar – SAT CD 7326—“If you’re Going to Follow Look Inside” — call the MSIA order department for information about this seminar, 323-737-4055 or email to order@msia.org