{"id":91314,"date":"2018-09-06T17:35:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T00:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/?p=91314"},"modified":"2018-09-06T17:35:57","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T00:35:57","slug":"blessings-here-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/archives\/91314-blessings-here-and-now","title":{"rendered":"Blessings Here and Now [with Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cBe careful what you judge as something other than a blessing in your life.\u201d ~John Morton<\/h2>\n

John Morton is the acclaimed author of The Blessings Already Are<\/em><\/a> and You Are the Blessings<\/em><\/a>. He\u2019s also the Spiritual Director of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness and is nicknamed the Blessings Man. He has a lot of experience with blessings.<\/p>\n

Great! But until I \u201cchoose to look for the good,\u201d to quote John, I don\u2019t see the magic. So, I make myself notice the good stuff when it\u2019s raining inside: Flowers, kitty cats and my husband. (Not necessarily in that order.)<\/p>\n

Soaking in serenity in places like Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Gardens (PAL&G) helps too. Blessings Here and Now<\/em> are especially present when John Morton speaks on the subject as he did on August 25. Despite his sobriquet as the Blessings Man, John makes it clear that, \u201cI don\u2019t control blessings. I don\u2019t have a truck outside.\u201d<\/p>\n

This gives me hope. Maybe he\u2019s had to dig for blessings from time to time, too. During the Q & A with John, he keeps pointing inward: \u201cBuild up your Light muscles so you can hold more Light\u2026Inside each one of us in a master consciousness\u2026We are born the Beloved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meditation is a mighty tool. I never regret spending a few minutes doing my best to connect to the Creator. It makes Life\u2019s novelas look a little more like a sit-com. If you\u2019re new to meditation, you might want to try a PAL&G Introduction to Meditation & Sound<\/em><\/a> evening event with popular meditation teacher and author, Paul Kaye.<\/p>\n

Speaking of blessings and all things divine; the soothing tones of Leigh Taylor-Young Morton Calling in the Light at the start of any seminar including Blessings Here and Now<\/em> is heavenly. Spirit and compassion dance in her eyes and smile as she explains the Ani-Hu chant. (As I understand it, \u201cAni\u201d invokes empathy and \u201cHu\u201d is the ancient name of God.) \u201cNo matter our difference we come into one accord,\u201d says Leigh.<\/p>\n

Gabe Morgan inspires kumbaya, too with his composition, Here and Now<\/em>. Whether he\u2019s named after Archangel Gabriel or not, the cherubic looking man playing his song on the Grand piano, brings to mind the boys upstairs. Here\u2019s a snippet:<\/p>\n

Here and now, I watch these old ghosts go away<\/em><\/p>\n

Here and now, I\u2019m born again of ocean and waves<\/em><\/p>\n

The sea and the sand and dawn of a golden age<\/em><\/p>\n

Here and now, I chose love as the only way<\/em><\/p>\n

Jeffrey Morgan, the MC for the Blessings Here and Now<\/em> seminar, speaks proudly of his brother: \u201cI admire how he fearlessly expresses his truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

I admire Jeffrey Morgan\u2019s insights. \u201cBlessings can reverberate into all that we touch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, Saturday\u2019s Blessings Here and Now<\/em> still inspires me to view Life like John Morton; \u201cShadows, darkness I see that as (a) temporary condition\u2026The Light is supreme.\u201d<\/p>\n

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