Happy New Year South Kona Youth!
This letter is in dedication to my Soul Brother Conor Z. Murphy, who has passed from this world last year. Conor, you are not forgotten. Thank you for bringing the people that love and care about you together. I feel your pain and I you called me and told me you needed to feel more love and support to make it another step on this difficult earth in this difficult life. I understand precisely how it feels to no longer wish to exist, as if one more breath is absolutely not possible. Brother, my Spirit will reach up into the ethers as a beacon and guide for you. Through my own processing of your death, you and I together — and with the others — we will find the place of rest and peace that you could not find in life. This is not the end of the line for you, nor are you cursed or damned for your choice, no matter what anyone says. The Creator & Destroyer One is all forgiving, and you are forgiven and held. a-Ho! Mitakwe Oyasin.
From Your Sister Zhenya who Loves You Eternally, beyond life and beyond death into the Infinite.
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To my Friends…nay, my South Kona FAMILY,
I hope you are ready for 2010, to work for positive change in your life and your community. The moment to live and give and love is now. The moment to be a better person is now.
If you really want to be a part of making the world a better place, then commit to cultivate self-reflection and honesty with your self…
Self-Reflection and Self-Honesty are important functions in your Soul Survival.
My definition of Self-Reflection & Self-Honesty is the ability of an individual (that means you) to take in the impressions and reactions you notice coming back at you from the world, bringing them into the sacred rooms of your soul (which is naturally grounded and knows its purpose with clarity), and being honest with yourself about whether refinement on the part of yourself is needed or not. And then actually doing it. It’s one step beyond knowing right from wrong.
Please stay open to seeing the Truth about your personality with discernment. Discernment is like a higher form of judgement.
For example, you lie to a girl to get into her pants. She eventually finds out and is either hurt or enraged (hell hath no fury…) Do you continue the game playing, rationalizing that it’s her responsibility to know better than to believe you, or do you become sociopathic and start to believe your own lies (at least in the moment you are going after what you want), or do you philosophize away the responsibility for your own behavior? If you can reflect on her responses, and be honest with yourself about whether or not you are being a positive force in the world, and make changes in your behavior for the good of all…then my friend, you have achieved a state of balance within. You will become conscionable and thus noble – having honor.
Please remain flexible to exploring the possibility of changing yourself and observing the responses that come back at you with these adjustments…does it feel right for you, are you becoming a happier person? Love and compassion for yourself means being aware of how you affect others, and caring enough to show each man, woman and child due respect by making your interactions with them comfortable, yet still speaking and standing in your Truth. After all, we are all one. So what you do to another, you do to yourself. I’m not saying it doesn’t take effort and vigilance.
If you don’t know what your Truth is, it starts with the protection and care of all children!!! From there, you can learn and explore and experience and note and observe and make adjustments and changes as necessary.
Good Luck ~ Much Love,
Zhenya
