BARRIERS TO LOVE

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REMOVING BARRIERS TO LOVE
What does Rumi mean by this? It might deserve some thought since I’m not sure how aware most of the world is about this. It seems implicitly true, yet more importantly, appears to call us to examine what resistances we erect that don’t serve our quest to be loved for who we are.
So, what are these barriers? Only we can answer this in a way we are willing to accept, although there might be many who would be pleased to offer their opinions and judgements. Apart from that, we should be honest with ourselves and look at whatever unconscious barriers we might have erected that undermine our ability to be loved.
I suppose if we are brutally honest with ourselves, we might come up with all types of quirks and foibles we have that contribute to our feeling rejected. To address this, I recommend we all begin by making a list of positive and negative characteristics and think deeply of which ones might apply to us.
Doubtlessly, we’ll find that all negative personal qualities are under the separated fear-based ego-mind. To the contrary, all positive attributes belong to the heart’s domain of unity, love and giving.
It might be helpful to ask how we feel towards others who exude personal qualities, be they positive or negative, then ask ourselves how others might feel towards us should these qualities also be perceived in us. By virtue of identifying negative qualities in others, more often than not, we recognize them in ourselves too as projections of our self-loathing. As the ancient saying goes, possibly by Lao Tzu, “I am not who you think I am, you are who you think I am.” So, in finding faults in others, we might identify what faults and defects remain in ourselves… for which we have developed a blind eye.
So, do others see mainly positive qualities or negative traits in us, and are we willing to do anything about whatever characteristics that we don’t like in others. Perhaps these are the very qualities we are projecting. Such questions are essential to ask because they are fundamental to an understanding of our Self. Socrates once said: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” He was right, yet how many of us do this.”
To not examine our selves means to remain unconscious of who and what we are. I’m not implying this introspection is to be an exercise in self-loathing. That would be counter-productive since it is necessary we first love ourselves before we can love others.
Further to that, we can only receive love from others if we first love ourselves; otherwise, it won’t be possible to recognizing love. Love recognizes only love, not fear. Fear recognizes only fear. From what orientation are we coming? We see others as we see ourselves. So, the point is, love your soul then you will also be able to love others, and they will love you in as much as you allow them.
Then, boom, the barriers are gone. No need to search for love; love will find you as Rumi implies.
But to get to conscious ‘Self’ love, rather than ego love, we must objectively observe our thoughts, actions and attitudes about everything. Perhaps others would be pleased to help us with this, but that might be a risky proposition. In any case, we can only move forward in achieving acceptance when we finally realize that it doesn’t feel so good being lonely. No one wishes to remain stranded on an island of separation.
All this might (or will) require work in reprogramming the negative barriers that prevent us from being accepted and loved as we wish. But at least when we know or suspect what needs changing, we will catch ourselves doing what reinforces what we no longer want.
As it says in A Course of Miracles, we can then “CHOOSE AGAIN.” It’s in our power. We don’t have to do things the old way or keep the old attitudes once we are aware of them and what they do to us.
I recommend that you take a look at the list below and choose the qualities you would like to be an expression of who you are. Then, the next question is, how do we make that quality our own; the new us?
There is no magic wand to wave to accomplish all this, but at least we can identify where we want to go, what we want to be unless, of course, we wish to remain just as we are barracked behind our walls of defence, feeling rejected and isolated. Unfortunately, many seem to want to suffer this fate so they can feel entitled to their status as ‘poor me’ victims. Insane, yes, but then the ego-mind is always confused and insane, insisting on remaining disconnected from their heart’s divine wisdom.
I believe all who wish to change, vastly increase their chances by associating with those who exhibit these positive qualities by learning to be like them. But first, this might require ditching or at least disassociating ourselves with various friends and family who hold us back whenever we, consciously or unconsciously, conform to their old patterns of negativity.
What else can we do? Much has been written on taking steps to improve our attitudes and lot in life and how to become more loved and accepted. It’s difficult to know where to begin so I won’t. For one thing, no one has the same path, and yet the principles of love are the same. Truth is truth; illusion is illusory. The ego and all that it loves is illusory. The soul’s divine Self and all that it loves is truth.
Many of my blog posts address some of these means, such as embracing a life of gratitude and forgiveness; uniting our heart and mind; being aware of our ego-mask, raising our consciousness while facing our fears, etc. For some, these posts might be a good place to start. To find a list of what might be relevant, go to Elysium’s Passage blog post links. https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts
In sum, the primary intent of this post is to bring attention to how critical self-awareness is before we can begin to make the changes we are required to make. This awareness is necessary before we can dismantle whatever barriers we have erected that keep us isolated, unhappy and unloved.
As so, I recommend that we examine the positive and negative characteristics in our lives that we might determine whether we are mostly controlled by our ego illusion or by the truth of our divine Self.
Besides examining the orientation list below, it might be profitable to make your own list of every vice and virtue you have observed in others and the one in the mirror. By this, in the words of the ancients, we might KNOW THYSELF. Then, if we are honest, brutally honest with ourselves, these reflections might serve as a good start. By raising our consciousness, we achieve greater self-awareness, and thereby we remove the barriers to achieving greater acceptance, love and well-being.
I’m sure Rumi would agree.
.... and so would the Beatles
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SUMMARY OF ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE: THE SUMMIT
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This the first in a series of five Elysium narrations regarding a young British philosopher named James Phillips, who finds himself living in an altered state of reality while still remaining on earth.
After experiencing a near-fatal fall while climbing to the summit of a remote mountain in the Andes, James awakens in a new dimension. He soon encounters two mysterious beings who provide him with a very different perspective on the nature of his existence. Over the next year, before his body recovers from the coma, he is challenged to re-examine his understanding of life’s meaning and purpose far beyond anything he previously believed or could believe.
An engaging and sometime surreal adventure with intimations of impending romance, the narrative explores the most important questions about life, death, reality, and our ultimate destiny.
The Plains of Elysium (Champs-Élysées) was described by Homer, Hesiod, Virgil, and many other poets as the paradisiac afterlife realm reserved for heroes. As the title suggests, this is about a journey through a passage that leads towards Elysium’s exciting realm of existence.
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“Excellently written with an exceedingly deep understanding of this world and the next. The characters are very well written and engaging. I can't wait to complete this book!"
“Takes the reader on both a philosophical and spiritual journey, a journey that at times is both disquieting and tranquil. James, a British Philosopher, can be irreverent and caustic, traits that should have left me cringing, but instead made me laugh out loud. Elysium’s Passage is a fun, enlightening and remarkable book.”
“This is a masterful fantasy, becoming a real possibility, as the reader is drawn into the story. The Summit leaves you anxious for the next book in the series, yet also leaves you totally satisfied with the world you have just visited. Genius! An exciting yet calming experience that is not to be missed."
"There was hardly a page on which I did not find at least one sentence worthy of hi-lighting for future reference. In addition, I thoroughly enjoyed the main character, James, whose personality and passionate verbal exchanges with the other characters, kept me coming back for more. I am reading the book for a second time while I wait for the next one in this series to be made available."
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PENDING PUBLICATION OF ELYSIUM’S PASSAGE SERIES
Amazon in 2024
THE ASCENT: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
THE SUMMIT: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
QUANTUM LEAPS: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
SURREAL ADVENTURES: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
MYSTICAL ROMANCE: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
THE ELIXIR: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
THE RETURN: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage
1. The Ascent is the first novel in the Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage that’s foundational to everything that happens in the following narratives that embark on an adventure that will surprise and delight the reader like no other book.
It all begins with an extreme adventure of climbing a remote and challenging mountain somewhere in the Andean Mountains. Just as James, the protagonist, is about to reach the mountain summit, he falls into an abyss that leaves him in a coma for almost a year.
After being airlifted by a forestry helicopter and flown back to London, where his body remains for almost a year. Eventually, he learns it was not him but his body that was rescued. Several days later, without understanding what happened, he continues to climb to the summit in an alternate dimension of higher consciousness.
Fortuitously, he meets two adventurers on the summit ridge who are no longer of this world. After that, his surreal life leads him to several new adventures in the subsequent chronicles that include a rich mix of adventure, romance, and fantasy, along with profound discussions of philosophy, spirituality and the afterlife.
2. The Summit, the second novel in the Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage, carries on where James, the narrator and protagonist, is taught more about a multidimensional reality that he finds difficult to comprehend.
Not only does he find he’s not as clever as he imagined, but his off-world companions on the summit demonstrate that much of what he believed about life was not just parochial but wrong. At first, he finds this difficult to comprehend since their teachings are contrary to his limited understanding of non-material reality.
After being tricked into teleporting off a ledge where he was trapped, James becomes aware of the new reality that makes him capable of far more adventures than could have ever been experienced previously in his physical body back home.
Now, if only he would win over the only woman in this life who matters, the nurse on the other side of the veil, who continually demonstrates her unconditional love toward his healing.
Warning: This book may also open the reader’s eyes to a much vaster reality than most might be aware. As with the other Chronicles, there are discussions of philosophy, the spiritual afterlife and what might seem like fantasy.
3. Quantum Leaps is the third novel in Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage, where James, the philosopher-protagonist, teleports back to London to visit his body and make contact with the special nurse taking care of it in his absence. Immediately, he feels an inexplicable spiritual bond with her for reasons he remains unaware of.
Now aroused by a renewed interest in matters of love, the beginnings of a relationship begin to emerge as he attempts to reach across the chasm of their worlds. But it’s not until the fifth novel, Mystical Romance, that he encounters her in a way that he finds difficult to believe.
However, before that can happen, there is much about his failed relationships that must be resolved before he is ready to move forward in his new life in Elysium’s Passage. It is during this time he christens his comatose body as the fall guy since it took the fall for him down the abyss so he could learn the lessons he’s now learning.
That will be the next focus of his life, where in his next Surreal Adventures, he is given virtual lessons to release many of his past beliefs about life.
4. Surreal Adventures is the fourth novel in the Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage, which finds James, the protagonist and narrator, escorted by his companions to a remote South Pacific Island, where he is left to reflect on what he’s learned.
During the next forty days, he battles the demons of his past as he works through some rather painful issues from his early youth. Here, in a tropical storm, he encounters an eery suspended spectre of the one he loved yet still resents for abandoning him as a child.
After this, he achieves peace of mind and is ready to return to his lodge to join his off-world companions on the Andes summit. However, just when it seemed things couldn’t get any stranger, a sixteenth-century sea captain sails his ancient ‘ghost’ ship onto the beach. Together, they sail off on a mystical ocean voyage to a couple of virtual islands supposedly in the South Pacific, where he witnesses and, at times, participates in several important life lessons.
Near the end, these encounters help prepare him for a new challenge within the interior of a mountain, where he falls deep into a dark tomb of fear. After being rescued by a mysterious stranger wielding his Excaliber, he continues on to where his life is about to be transformed in the following chronicle, Mystical Romance.
5. Mystical Romance is the fifth chronicle in Elysium’s Passage, which will surprise the reader with a romantic twist of how love is expressed in higher realms. From this lofty perspective, everything about intimacy is understood as within, so without.
After escaping his tomb, James, the narrator and protagonist, makes his way through a maze of tunnels until he arrives at a large oak door, which he opens with the golden key he had been given. There, he steps into Elysium’s Passage’s Great Hall, where his life and recent achievements are celebrated now that his eyes have been opened to perceive a fascinating interior world of wonderment… and romance.
To say more might risk diminishing the multitude of delightful surprises as circumstances begin to open to The Elixir, where James is about to re-enter his earthly body’s existence.
6. The Elixir is the sixth chronicle of the Elysium’s Passage series that prepares James, the narrator-protagonist, to awaken and return to his body in London. Before that can happen, however, his off-worlder friend presents a mysterious equation enshrouded with a light code frequency that will stimulate multidimensional DNA strands within him.
Much of this narration is centred in London, where his nurse unknowingly becomes involved in how the Elixir’s equation finds its way from a taxi cab driver to higher echelons of science. There are many twists in how she unwittingly brings the Elixir to the attention of mathematicians and physicists, after which they eventually discover how to code the equation into a laser ray to stimulate his fall-guy body into full consciousness.
Ostensibly a new Adam, he is destined to return humanity to a higher multidimensional existence. How this happens is filled with intrigue, as is his shocking return to his earthly body.
7. The Return is the seventh and last chronicle in the series where James, the narrator and protagonist, has re-emerged from Elysium’s Passage as he readjusts to life in the third dimension. Many of the events experienced in the previous novels are tied together in an exciting, fast-moving, action-packed narrative over several countries.
At first, it seems all memories have been lost, with his fall guy’s brain not being aware of what happened to him while in his coma. As a consequence, it takes a while for him to be convinced he had been out of his earthly body for almost a year.
Through some rather unexpected events and evidence, along with his girlfriend’s urging, he is brought to an awareness of much of what occurred. It takes a while for his mind to catch up with the changes made in his heart during his stay in the alternate realm. But after experiencing several harsh realities, he discovers what he became within while out of his body. Gradually, he comes to understand the many challenges that lie ahead for him in fulfilling his future mission on Earth.
This book is filled with adventure, romance and personal intrigue that ties together all six previous narratives of the Elysium’s Passage series.
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