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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
for the week of September 9 - 15, 2024
The focus for today (and the whole week) is:
How I take care of myself has a direct and substantive effect
on how I take care of others.
Today's inspiration was written by Jonathan Hammond:
Indigenous people revere Nature. The reason anyone reveres anything is because they are inspired by it, they want to align with it and emulate it, and it has something to teach them. Nature’s immeasurable interconnectivity and holism show us who we are.
In Nature, there is no separation. Everything is connected, and if it is a cooperative and connected universe, then that means that we are each an inextricable part of that interdependence. This leads us to the second principle of Huna: There are no limits—no real boundaries between you and your body, between you and other people, between you and the universe, and between you and God.
We are all part of one giant organism, which means that your well-being has a substantive effect on the wellbeing of everything else. The microcosm of each of us is an exact template of the macrocosm of the whole.
Separation, from a Huna perspective, is only an illusion. Because we are each an individual representation of the entire cosmos, we must take one hundred percent responsibility for our indivisibility with everything by recognizing that how we take care of ourselves has a direct and substantive effect on how we take care of each other. I once heard Serge Kahili King say, “If you want to heal someone, think of them and YOU feel good.” We heal others by healing ourselves.
CONTINUE READING:
Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
There Are No Limits: Separation Is An Illusion
by Jonathan Hammond.
Read the complete article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of recognizing your connection with everyone and everything (today and every day)
Comment from Marie: I will be away this week taking care of myself (my self and my Self) and since we are connected, I will also be taking care of you... and vice versa. :-)
Our focus for today (and this week): How I take care of myself has a direct and substantive effect on how I take care of others.
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RELATED BOOK: The Shaman’s Mind
The Shaman’s Mind – Huna Wisdom to Change Your Life
by Jonathan Hammond
To learn to think like a shaman is to attune yourself to a magical spectrum of infinite possibilities, unseen truths, alternative realities, and spiritual support. When a shaman likes what’s happening, they know how to make it better, and when they don’t, they know how to change it. The Shaman’s Mind is a book that teaches the reader how to align and transform their own mind into one that sees the world through the lens of the indigenous healers of old. Based on the Omega workshop by the same name.
For more info, or to order this book, click here. (Also available as a Kindle edition.)
About the Author
Jonathan Hammond is a New York based teacher, energy healer, shamanic practitioner, and spiritual counselor. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Michigan, he is a certified master teacher in Shamanic, Usui, and Karuna Reiki as well as the advanced graduate studies advisor for Shamanic Reiki Worldwide. He teaches classes in shamanism, energy healing, spirituality, and Huna at Omega Institute and around the world. Visit his website at www.mindbodyspiritnyc.com
