Todays’s consideration: ‘Constructive criticism’?

Consider that when we criticize we are judging from fear … plus the ego wants to be in control. We can be harsh. And we can be even harsher when we self criticize.

We may feel that self criticism is justified because it can help us improve ourselves. And that others are going to criticize us anyway, so why not jump the gun? We secretly feel that we are not good enough to fit in or be loved?

We all do it; we all criticize! Yet we are in a process of realizing that none of us are perfect and we all have our habits ….. we all have been programmed to adhere to established patterns of behaviors.

But….. We can pause and consider the temptation to criticize, then listen to our Inner Voice, our Higher Self, to guide us.

Criticism is directed by fear and can result in anxiety, guilt, and even self-hatred. Such temptation is just a temporary distraction from Self Love and compassion for all of us. And we can realize this.

To realize that we all are tempted to criticize, then pause and let it pass, is the beginning of having compassion for ourselves. And ….. that compassion can raise our level of consciousness to Acceptance, Understanding and unconditional Love for ourselves, for others and all Beings.

And certainly increases our happiness!

In the hope You find Love close at hand, PortiaSLB

“Only Truth will set us Free. Lies are bonds woven from all kinds of evil elements.”

Eugene Fersen, Aphorisms of The Lightbearer, page 127.

Decoding potentials of 2025

Happy New Year and All Year Long to You and Family!

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This #9 year numerically indicates the end of another cycle according to the Gregorian calendar.

2025 = 2 + 0 + 2 + 5 = 9

It also indicates new beginnings, because we are turning the corner into a new cycle, and even a new era for humanity, as we facilitate dynamic change and transition.

There may be many stops and starts during this #9 fiery, fast paced energy to complete humanitarian changes. But this is an opportunity to live up to a higher standard since 9 indicates growth with the energy to manifest world concept aspirations that have been developing over the previous years of this cycle and other cycles.

We will have to endeavor to keep our emotions on an even keel, impersonal and impartial since they may be tested. Keen discrimination will be greatly beneficial during breakthrough periods aimed to test utopian ideals for the brotherhood of mankind.

This is a time of changes and transition in which release of the past can be the seeds for optimistic social change. We may be tempted to wallow in the past but this is self-indulgent and destructive. We have the opportunity to let go and rise above placing blame and resentment in order to lift our self and humanity as a whole.

Being compassionate and forgiving will ensure productivity. When we forgive we release self destructive blame and guilt, freeing ourselves to Love.

Nine symbolizes a conscious spirit in the material world with an understanding of Universal oneness. It represents a doorway to a bigger view and deeper understanding of the dream we dream as spiritual beings in the human, egotistic world.

Have you ever had a dream that seemed so real that it wasn’t until you awoke that you knew all the experiences and feelings were a dream, even a nightmare? This year #9 will be an opportunity for awakening from the dream of the subconscious.

Through mind we evolve and progress towards full unity with what we are, Spirit. A change can occur when our mental perspective of the thoughts that flow through mind shift.

We feel thoughts and circle in them, yet we can rise above this habit and remember it is temporary and an illusionary condition of the ego that imprisons our Real Self and Spirit.

Since thoughts are temporary we can let them pass without feeling them, getting involved in them, without relating to them with stress and guilt. And let uplifting new thoughts enter consciousness to grow and help construct meaningful purposes with love and happiness for ourselves and all of humanity.

Release and forgiveness are key.

We transform ourselves as we release and forgive ourselves for mistakes and beliefs of separation from Source and each other. When we do our part to realize we are connected and one, The Great Law does It’s part.

Yet remember that we do not always welcome change even though we believe we do. And there are many of us that still slumber in the idea of duality and, “I’m right and you’re wrong.” So there may be high tensions and threats of world conflict because of self righteous desires for the world to be the way some want it to be.

Remember the subconscious fears, so use the Law of Polarity to think, realize, feel the opposite of fear …. Feel Unconditional Love and unity to help yourself and all of us. As a doorway, you can ask yourself if you think you are right and others wrong.

Harsh, fearful judgment always brings some type of negative effects, running the gamut of violence to health issues.

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2025

The 0 in between the two 2’ s intensifies the #2’s representations of cooperation or belief in duality and separation. We should consider balancing within ourselves a compelling sense of service to others with inner responsibility. We will need to develop cooperation with our Real FourSquare Self in order to accomplish goals.

Da Vinci’s man with disection

The #5 is symbolic of humanity, our five fingers, five senses and our spiritual journey manifesting our FourSquare powers leading to full unity as Spirit. Ever time we manifest the FourSquare we add 0’s to intensify our realization of unity with Spirit (#1) instead of the ego.

Five also symbolizes the need for discipline, self love, forgiveness and taking responsibility to free ourselves from the dominance and belief in the dream of the ego.

Remember the ego does not want to forgive, release and change. It wants to survive, dominate, and resist in fear of change. Discipline and commitment are required to change eons of subconscious habit.

Liberation is not only possible but already in the process once you understand the Truth about the dream of the ego and what you really are.

Science of Being, the textbook, contains “The Dream,” which is a beautiful allegory of our mental fall from Unity with Spirit to the ego’s dream of separation, duality and back. It is especially uplifting when projected aloud for all humanity, especially at the new year.

In the hope You find this an uplifting and joyful new year and all year long, PortiaSB

“We are in the Eternal and It is in us. It contains our physical, mental and emotional bodies, and our activities.”

Eugene Fersen, Advanced Teachings in Science of Being, Volume I, location 254 of 265 (Kindle location).

Santa Holiday freedom

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When I first heard my spiritual teacher say, “Santa Claus is a lie,” I was dazed and confused even though I knew it was true. I had been repeatedly programmed to believe he is real! But, the truth slowly sank into my conscious understanding. And I was finally freed of the illusion along with the accompanying stress, obligations and expectations. And I am so grateful.

Traditional lies and illusions can cause us to distrust our inner knowing and to feel guilty unless we take steps to expose and rise above them.

Traditional lies

During our childhood we are taught to blindly believe in certain traditions and that they are good even if we suspect something is off. And we often carry on the same traditions without considering the consequences.

The human mind is naive, especially when we are young. The ego’s desire to belong and not be left out is so strong that we blindly become ‘followers’ and stuck in serving the ego’s world.

Liberation comes through conscious awareness and Love

Until we consciously awaken, question, discriminate and listen to our inner Love and guidance, we will accept every belief, superstition  and prejudice without discrimination, which can cause us to experience self-righteousness, anger, hatred and guilt.

Yet such feelings can help those of us on a conscious spiritual journey because we have the opportunity to ask ourselves as to why we feel these thoughts and can consciously choose to serve a Higher purpose rather than the ego.

Take it or leave it

We can expand our consciousness and open to the tenderness of our heart. And, the connection to our sacred heart center leads to answers; the true reasons back of emotional disturbances.

Such insights and inspirations are messages from your soul. And, we all have additional help, including from greater realms of Harmony and the Great Principle. 

You can have new thoughts. Old thoughts can be replaced with new ones, more accurate ones. With insight you can change your perspective. And your experience of reality will radically change.

Truth or consequences

The way you respond to conditions in life determines the way you evolve. It determines your power, health, success and happiness. You can be conscious of creating in the Light of Love or circle unconsciously in the consequences of karma.

But, even the path of pain, stress and doubt can lead us through the lesson to love and compassion. When we’ve suffered enough we will look for the reason why and do something about it. But we can consciously choose not to think and circle in old beliefs. And as they leave new thoughts enter and we can move on.

Being free of a false belief releases you from expectations, obligations and the mass dream. A burden lifted off your back and opens you to being conscious of the Light of Love.

All lessons lead us to remember Love eventually,

which is the base of unconditional Love.

In the hope You find Love close at hand, PortiaSLB


“Let us lift our eyes from this increasing darkness to the pure Light of Knowledge, aflame with Love – that bright Star on the firmament of Life, which is heralding now to mankind, the Dawn of a New Day, the Day of Spiritual Regeneration, which is to bring to man lasting Justice, Peace and Happiness.” 

Eugene Fersen

Consider watching a 3 minute video on the origin of Santa Claus:

Agony and Ecstasy; Healing Through Higher Consciousness

When we face challenges like major illnesses or catastrophic events, it can become emotionally agonizing very quickly. And physically agonizing too. We just want to tighten up into a ball or fight like hell.

But when we address agony on the mental level with a higher energy, then we ripen the potential to heal any physical agony.

address the emotions

Our feeling of agony is the hurt of the subconscious ego. It’s a suffering. And this emotional suffering is what we must address. It appears difficult because of the ego’s attachments or aversions. If we try to escape the feelings with reasoning and logical thought it is ineffective; we start to circle trying to figure it out again. And willpower makes little headway either.

The ego believes in and identifies with the feeling of agony. It’s attached even in its aversion and fear. The ego holds on and thus we ball up in compliance, or angrily fight.

Subconsciousness believes that the source of happiness is external which brings up fear of loss …. loss of happiness and ultimately loss of life. To overcome the ego’s attachments we must be willing to relinquish its attachments and aversions on the mental level.

If we address sensation energies without circling in thought and worry, rather be aware in a higher level of consciousness, we can recognize feelings without harsh labeling and judgment,

From a higher level of consciousness –

Subconscious fears enter and accumulate in our solar plexus and lower chambers of our heart and grow unnoticed. But they usually resurface when we face challenges and can affect us negatively with agonizing emotion.

I’ve found we have to be brave and entirely honest with ourselves to get to a higher level of consciousness. This is a tried and true method:

Pause. Take some deep, slow breathes. Become silent within, and allow ourself to become consciously aware of the Universal Energy Field that we are one with. Mentally focus on feeling It. It is the energy catalyst for rising our consciousness and releasing the idea and thoughts of suffering.

Let the sensations of agonistic thoughts and feelings resurface without resistance or labeling. The ego values labels and identifies with agony, suffering, fear, guilt, shame, self-righteousness. Yet, when we are aware and conscious, one with the Universal Energy Field, we can surrender these.attachments. Release and let the sensations run out.

And we eventually come to a place of calm within.

From a place of calm Healing can occur

The spiritual endeavor is to Be a higher level of consciousness, One with Universal Life Energy, The Eternal.

And in calm awareness, we can come to realizing that our happiness has always been within us rather than the ego’s belief is it outside of us, in the world..And this is a transformation of consciousness; a healing; rising out of subconscious ego to higher levels of consciousness.

It is in higher level of consciousness, in higher Energies, the very qualities of Universal Life Energy and our own Being, that the potential for physical healing can also occur. 

The spiritual practitioner is responsible for the effort of surrendering the ego and surrendering desire to control the outcome, rather than dictate the outcome.

It’s our opportunity to continue to hold a high level of conscious contact with the Life Energy of the Great Causeless Cause, called the Mental Contact in Science of Being. In the Mental Contact a higher level of consciousness one is aligning Mind with Love. They become as One within and the same One with The Great All. 

The mental and physical healing will work according to Universal Law as natural course of unfolding manifestation.

In the hope You find Love close at hand, PortiaSLB

“We are in the Eternal and It is in us.”

Eugene Fersen, Advanced Teachings in Science of Being, Volume I, Location 254 of 265.

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Raging for ages and lifting the world

Why so much violence

belief about who we are

If we are unaware and unconscious we can be greatly influenced by negative and fearful energies in the world, in the news, media and social platforms.

How can we be constructive?

When we are conscious of and express the FourSquare of our character, optimism, intelligence, truth and love, it is constructive manifestations. The greatest of these is Love and our True protection. We build to our happiness as we continually express the FourSquare of our Soul.

The ego imposes on us, urging us, compelling us to do things. Desire things. Love does not impose on us. Love doesn’t urge us. But we may be guided by our heart and intuition, to express consideration, caring, compassion, Love.

It’s consciously logical to project constructive FourSquare energies of Harmony: Optimism, Intelligence, Truth and Love. It’s our opportunity to act ….. for our own happiness and to help construct harmony in the world.

FourSquare Love in Action

We are free to express and experience whatever we choose. But when we willingly choose Love we consciously rise above subconscious egotism and rage fades.

Harmony affects everything, including the human ego. Indeed when we choose Love and Harmony we lift the world.

In the hope You find Love close at hand, PortiaSLB

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Energy Suckers, Part 2 – Bad Reactions and how to reestablish Harmony

During our daily spiritual journey there are energy suckers from within that can distract us from our intents meant for strength, success, happiness, and spiritual unity.

And the easiest way to become conscious of subconscious traits that derail us and cause things to go sideways is to observe our reactions concerning someone else. Others can act as a mirror to see ourself.

And, if any negative traits surface, like resentment, guilt or dread, remember it is a real spiritual opportunity!

Troubling reactions

Since everyone is different, then different notes may be aroused when we interact with others. When you begin to notice something bothersome stirring within, pay attention and notice without getting involved, thinking and feeling thoughts. Remember they are energy suckers that distract you from your core of harmony.

Some destructive energies can be subtle like impatience, resentment, pride, defensiveness, boredom, or comparison. Or appear as strong pulls toward anger, hate, disgust, sadness, jealousy, regret, or fear.

Just notice any traits that are triggered without harsh judgment, remembering that they are temporary thoughts and feelings that will pass. Negative traits are not the real you.

Listen to your Intuition and begin to fight for your harmony.

The Present Moment is empowering!

I have found it essential to pause. I take some deep, slow breathes and silently go within. In advantageous conditions I close my eyes.

Both body and mind begin to relax. And when the mind relaxes its attachment to thinkingness relaxes. Let sensations, thoughts and feelings flow by without giving them attention. It becomes natural for mind to gravitate to peace and silence that is always there.

When you become Silent within, then it’s an opportunity to become conscious of the ubiquitous Universal Energy field. In that contact with Universal Life Energy you are countering the undesirable trait with All Positive Energy and the other qualities of Intelligence, Truth and Love.

You are choosing and allowing uplifting energies and your character and experiences will eventually change as those qualities surface in your consciousness.

More Positive Responses

Calmly negate any destructive thoughts and feelings like anger throwing them in a mental trashcan. Instead reach for Positive qualities that are naturally within your Heart like Gratitude, Optimism, Understanding, Compassion and Love.

Deliberately change discouraging thoughts to allow more uplifting, feel good thoughts that will attract more uplifting thoughts. For example, if you observe jealousy rise its head, deliberately allow yourself to be happy for the other person. And this attracts more uplifting thoughts and emotions like gratitude and compassion.

I have experienced first hand negative, low frequency personality traits surface repeatedly that sucked optimism right out of me. I’ve found resentment very subtle, but when it cropped up I quickly focused on gratitude in silence.

Live in the Present Moment. Use it. And act to re-align with your spiritual intents using the FourSquare as a map to happiness.

The Core

It’s a process of being courageous enough to be honest about ourself, releasing negativity and remembering what we truly are. I have repeatedly fought for harmony and have come to know the core of what I am. And so can you.

I invite You to share your own experiences or insights for overcoming negative reactions concerning someone else.

For more insights: Top ways to master challenges that threaten the Spiritual seeker’s progress and Releasing Pride before a Fall if with password: Happiness.

In the hope You find Love close at hand, PortiaSLB

“Whenever you feel the impulse to indulge some negative inner call, school yourself to bring out instead the exactly opposite and positive quality.”

Eugene Fersen, The Fundamental Principles of Science of Being, page 156.

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Pulling strings of treacherous sub-servant

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We get preoccupied with our human reality, dealing with it, and even getting lost in it. And, as discussed in the last posting, the subconscious ego has a great influence in our life. It can be treacherous, causing us challenges. And it can be so dominating that there is very little chance of us having real rational thought!

Yet, subconsciousness can serve us when we pull the strings that challenge us and clear a way for our happiness and destiny.

STRINGS AND SLIPPERY SLOPE OPERATIONS

We become conditioned to react in similar ways to similar situations because our thoughts follow established and well-traveled brain synapse paths from past experiences stored in the subconscious. Subconsciousness has accepted every thought, emotion and experience indiscriminately and let them grow unnoticed.

However, those energies eventually return to our conscious reality in warped states. We can circle in resurfacing egotistic traits like guilt, regret, and angry from the past and unreasonable anxiety and fear about the future. We don’t appreciate and enjoy the present.

When we are honest with ourselves and the condition of the ego, we raise our level of consciousness into courage, which helps us evolve, even more. One of the best ways to become more aware of egotistic traits with ourselves is to observe how we react to other people!

PULLING THE STRINGS

So when you become aware of feeling that something is wrong, kindly consider these steps to pull those strings that bother you as they crop up so you can let them go and build your happiness. This way the subconscious ego becomes your servant:

1. When you experience feelings of impatience, worry, anxiety, dread …. those are like strings resurfacing to consciousness from the subconscious ego. Pause. Take some deep breathes, and become the conscious watcher of the thinker. Just notice your thinking and feelings without getting all involved and reacting to them.

2. Then go deeper to that level of consciousness where you are the unattached observer, just noticing the watcher and swirl of activities without harsh judgment.

3. Bring to the surface of your consciousness the opposite of what you may observe …… love instead of fear, courage in the face of scorn, gratitude when tempted by blame or regret, or understanding instead of hatred or desire.

This is a quick and easy method when challenged, yet conscious in the moment.

4. Go deeper still! Listen to the Silence within. And you will eventually begin to feel the Power of the Universe in that Silence, Universal Life Energy! Contact It consciously, feeling It move through your body and mind. It refines your consciousness even more to higher frequencies of calm, peace, compassion and gratitude.

5. Use your power of conscious discrimination …… pull the string of any disharmonious feelings or thoughts like anxiety, worry, guilt, shame or whatever it is, and reject it. Negate it. Throw it in a mental trashcan, and flood yourself with the Power of Universal Life Energy. That Power heals and harmonizes negative energies, clearing the way for more loving energies within you to surface.

6. Then leave it to the Great Principle, trusting and having faith it will be taken care of according to Universal Law.

In the hope You find Love close at hand, PortiaSLB

“Whenever you feel the impulse to indulge some negative inner call, school yourself to bring out instead the exactly opposite and positive quality. In so doing, you lift the weight of wrong which seeks to drag that negative trait into expression, and by destroying its influence in your life you restore the proper balance within you.”

Eugene Fersen, The Fundamental Principles of Science of Being, page 156.

More to come, with the help of The Great Law!

Need to change someone else

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You ignore the health of your own sanity when you try to change someone else. And self-righteousness and every subconscious trait that supports that line of thinking can eat up the Light of your mind and emotions. You can end up changing yourself by strengthening the subconscious ego when you try to change someone else!

We all are in the same boat, so to speak. We all make mistakes and experience the subconscious ego. It stinks, but that’s the way it is. We can’t change anyone else. Everyone is incredibly strong and has a right to their behaviors even if it is harmful for them! Sad, but true.

One of the best ways to help anyone change for the better is to work on changing ourself. To consciously choose to realize subconscious traits we experience and choose to express enthusiasm, wisdom, sincerity and caring instead, in everything we do. To be FourSquare.

We can learn to forgive ourselves and others ….. that is realize that we may make mistakes and it causes problems, yet it is temporary and we can get up on the other side of it and look forward to new opportunities. And live in the moment.

So if we’re trying to help someone it is to everyone’s benefit to be Strong and most of all Loving ourselves. To be grateful and happy in the moment. To be centered within our Soul and the Truth of Spirit. To be FourSquare.

In the hope You find Love close at hand, PortiaSLB

 ” The wiser we become, the more harmonious we become, and the more useful we are to ourselves and to others. Wisdom governs justice and includes Love. Wise people are fundamentally kind people. Wisdom never forgets anything, but never resents anything.”

Eugene Fersen, Aphorisms of The Lightbearer, page 134.

 

Today’s consideration: Food, sex, worries; So many distractions

Thinking is an addictive distraction, especially when we have an intent to quiet the mind, to mediate and come into your Real Self. We tend to think about things we try to avoid or repress when we get quiet and listen to ourselves. Things like that chocolate we’re missing, the sexual pleasures we’re missing, and the many, many solutions to worries we’re missing.

It’s normal for us all. That’s important to remember when the guilt and the hurt of it all begins to further distract us. Yet, we can free yourselves with practice.

Just keep being conscious and aware of the temptation to be distracted. Just observe, be the watcher of the thinker without judgment. And amazingly, in that awareness of the temptation to be distracted, you have entered a meditation of observation. Whereas, if you we unaware of being distracted then one thought leads to another. And you can circle there.

Let compassionate Love lead you deeper into Relaxation and Silence. Pause and take some deep breathes, being conscious of breathing in Universal Life Energy. Let compassion for yourself, lead to compassion for others and for all Beings. And in this practice you can release, release and rise in consciousness above temptation into Love, Peace and Joy.

In the hope You find Love close at hand, PortiaSLB

“We should try to eliminate the undesirable traits of our subconsciousness by becoming conscious through living FourSquare. It is a stupendous task for the whole of Humanity.”

Eugene Fersen, Aphorisms of The Lightbearer, page 31.

Kinda of ordinary to extraordinary…Brilliant help!

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Each one of can become extraordinary, change our health, gene activation, and even DNA!

 Change starts in the mind ….

It’s as simple as changing our habitual thoughts and emotions. Memories, along with thoughts and emotions accumulate and grow in the subconscious and body unnoticed. But these energies eventually return to our awareness.

If we unconsciously carry any trauma like abuse experienced during childhood into adulthood … we may wake up in the mornings feeling some anxiety, not knowing why. Or it may manifest in our bodies causing dis-ease.

For years I’ve experienced feelings of not belonging in this world, not knowing why until I began exploring my emotions and feelings. As children we are naive and weren’t consciously mature or educated to release negative emotions, like guilt, fear or anger.

With these emotions buried they may resurface, warped into feelings of anxiety, resentment, sadness, insecurity, and jealousy. As we repeat thoughts and feelings our brain becomes wired with pathways …. we’ve become conditioned and familiar with the habit.

We stick with the familiar even when it is not best for us. There may be some change …. because life is constant change …. but usually very familiar change. 

A shift can happen when we release the past and move our thinking and emotions into the present moment.

Our emotions are key to change

The good news is that changing our mind is easier than we are led to believe. It may feel uncomfortable, but that is only because we will be moving out of the familiar.

It’s simple

First thing is to become aware of your state of mind in the moment. Become conscious of your thoughts and feelings. Especially your feelings. Why? Because feelings point to emotions, which are key!

Here comes the unfamiliar part ….. once you recognize a bothersome feeing like jealousy ….. just notice it …… without getting involved it it. Let it pass you by.

And consciously choose uplifting thoughts of optimism, generosity, understanding and compassion.

This may initially feel uncomfortable, yet with practice it begins to feel natural ….. because states of optimism, trust, serenity and lovingness is your innate nature. And these energies eventually manifest in the body’s cells and in your health.

There’s brilliant help!

You always have the help of the Eternal and can easily contact that harmonizing Source by making the Mental Contact with Universal Life Energy. It is ubiquitous and functions that way, harmonizing body and mind.

I make the Mental Contact when I notice uncomfortable feelings to help me observe without getting involved, and then reach for higher levels of consciousness like Courage, Trust and Love.

During meditation you may further explore feelings to get to base emotions, or memories, so they might be released to The Great Principle. And you can focus on consciously choosing to be accepting and loving.

In the hope you find Love close at hand, PortiaSLB

scientific research links

Here are 2 links from the Mayo Clinic and John Hopkins connecting stress, thinking and emotions and health:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/positive-thinking/art-20043950

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/the-power-of-positive-thinking

And the HeartMath Institute has research concerning changing our emotional intent which can influence change in our DNA:

“It is a very important thing that we should not keep love unmanifested, but should at every opportunity disclose it, show it forth, manifest it, be it in a word, in a smile, in a look or in a handshake.”

Eugene Fersen, Science of Being, page 27.