Today's post is dedicated to all those precious souls that lost their lives and are forever victims to senseless gun violence. Especially the 21 spirits in Uvalde, Texas.
May we all make sure not ONE of these loving fellow brothers and sisters died in vain. Through increasing our collective SITUATIONAL AWARENESS each and every day. Meaning, be more attentive to those in your immediate radius. Get out of your own head, and the concentration that focuses only on your needs; rather than those around you who are in an obvious state of pain and suffering. And could use your magical touch! Connect with them, through the commiseration and power of the Christ Consciousness within you. As one who suffers from mental illness, I can wholeheartedly say a simple gesture of loving kindness can and will alter the trajectory of those whose ultimate desire is to quell their own immense pain. NOT to destroy the lives of others..........
May today's post begin a dialogue so that all those who are touched with the affliction of mental illness, may one day engage with a society that accepts them, not in spite of their afflictions, but because of them........
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Back when I was in 4th grade, I experienced the first form of true, cruel emotional shaming towards a fellow classmate. He was extremely socially awkward, and didn't "fit in" to any of the niche cliques that were already forming at such a precarious age. His sneakers were not name branded; i.e. Nike, Addidas. But rather off brand kicks, obviously from a discount store. And his clothes were often mis-matched, as though picked out by a blind fashionista.
I was fortunate enough to have been selected as a student crossing guard and still remember the barrage of insults and down right disparaging remarks sent his direction each and every morning. Until, I finally garnered the gumption to confront this rather intimidating group of bullies head on.
Now at the time, I was quite tall for my age, but skinnier than a cheerio's sized hula hoop.
But having the privilege of being a crossing guard, part of my "job description" was to uphold the Mustang's (our school's mascot) motto of truth, kindness, and excellence. And so one morning, as this unconscious group of goulish gang members ascended upon my defenseless classmate, I left my post, pronto!
And as they were busy throwing evil epithets toward this fellow classmate, I spoke up rather loudly, after putting myself between this group/gang and their personal prey.
"You guys want to pick on somebody. Pick on me!!," I snarled. Truth be told, I was more than a little trepidatious. I might not have been a math genius, but 7 on 1 isn't exactly fair numbers. A rather stout member of their posse stood out from their pack and approached me directly.
"What are you going to do Martinez?" he blurted out.
"As long as you come at me one at a time, why don't you see?" I nervously espoused. I knew the ONLY thing I had going in my favor was that despite my fragile size, I was the school's all star sports phenom. I held every school record in the physical education department. (And still do!) And they all knew it!
As we looked each other in the eyes, with a steely glare, Eric (no need to reveal full names) backed down and walked toward his trope of groupies. "You're lucky Martinez," were the words he tossed into the waiting wind. "Whew," I heavily heaved!
His entire entourage left the near bombastic scene and went into the school's back entrance one at a time. Several evil eye exchanges not withstanding!
"Are you OK?," I asked the victim of this constant abuse. I'll NEVER forget his answer.
"I used to believe in everyone having a SOUL. But now I really think that we are all SOULLESS," was his heartbreaking retort.
"All I know, is that if we do have a SOUL, yours will have a special place in Heaven," was my reaching effort toward some sense of consolation.
Thankfully, he didn't have to deal with such a pastiche of personally heartbreaking abuse the rest of that school year! True bullies are deeply insecure and it plays out in their dastardly behavior. So, as soon as they saw me around my spiritually fragile friend, all bets were wiped clear off the table!
However, this experience still informs my spiritual psyche, and dare I say, sometimes still haunts me to this very day. It was my first experience with the truly damaging effects words and actions can profoundly affect the core beliefs of any special SPIRIT still searching for their life's MISSION.
And unfortunately, with the advent of social media, emotional bullying has found a new outlet for its fiery and forcefully damaging nature ! In my county of Northern Virginia alone, there have been well over 10 school suicides in the past two years alone! Absolutely horrifying! And completely unacceptable on our collective SUPERHERO's watch! In fact, my beyond gorgeous God daughter was forced to be removed from her high school because of both incredulous emotional and physical bullying. GRRRRRRR!!!
While the #ME/TOO movement is a fabulous start toward creating a society that is beginning to create a foundation built upon equality for ALL, there is still much work to be done. By us all!!
AND IT ALL STARTS WITH LOVING UNDERSTANDING........................
As followers of this blog are fully aware, I dream and strive daily toward a world in which we celebrate each other's unique Super Hero's Journey. Each and every one of us are here to fulfill a transcendent CALLING! And with each of our spectacular endeavors comes with it a plethora of trials and tribulations. Missions that ONLY WE CAN FULFILL!
And yet so very few of us know and truly try and understand what our fellow brothers and sisters must overcome in order to accomplish their tremendous earthly Missions! The deeply personal fears in the form of demons we must have the fortitude to slay in order to transform into the 'Greatest Version of the Grandest Vision' we've ever held about ourselves!
Please remember that there is absolutely NO THING that comes into your experience that is not to further expand your very loving energetic essence. We are all SUPERHEROES that have the courage and fortitude to withstand any and everything that this Earthly experience can send our way. The ONLY way we can forgo being "Victoriously Heroic" in our SUPERHERO's Journey is by erroneously believing that we are a victim to our circumstances. In the purest of laymen's terms, thinking everything happens TO YOU, rather than FOR YOU! All for the completion of the uniquely personal MISSION that is the foundation for your own Superhero's Journey
And the list goes on and on........ At least I'm in pretty good company! Wouldn't you agree!
LOL
It's beyond time for all of us to STOP THE JUDGING and SHAMING of one another. And transcend those actions toward a compassionate habit of shifting our LOVE towards trying to truly UNDERSTAND what makes us extraordinary, rather than JUDGE the unique Journeys that each of us have been entrusted to complete. After all, WE ARE ALL ONE! A unique emanation of the ONE GOD MIND that sends us all that which we need to fulfill the transcendent CALLING we came here to fulfill. Through the power of the Superhero's Journey!
Now please understand. That does not mean every experience you will encounter would be deemed easy by anyone! I will personally declare that some of the "crosses we bare" are beyond punishing! And the process of accepting them will contort your own core beliefs many times over. Never to "TEST" you, but rather to assist you in your own expansion of energetic essence. That's precisely why I teach and ardently believe that each and every one of us are Super Heroes!
For all of life itself is a Superhero's Journey. An experience of radical spiritual transformation. In which the Universe expresses itself through and as US! The Grand Creator seeks to expand always and in all ways. It's the very nature of God herself. And as the late legendary physicist Stephen Hawking discovered, "The boundary condition of the Universe....is that is has NO boundary." NO BOUNDARY and that means NO LIMITS! You chose to come here to carry out a CALLING that was Divinely Devised, which will more than likely be much grander than you have ever allowed yourself to accept and believe!
I was fortunate enough to have been selected as a student crossing guard and still remember the barrage of insults and down right disparaging remarks sent his direction each and every morning. Until, I finally garnered the gumption to confront this rather intimidating group of bullies head on.
Now at the time, I was quite tall for my age, but skinnier than a cheerio's sized hula hoop.
But having the privilege of being a crossing guard, part of my "job description" was to uphold the Mustang's (our school's mascot) motto of truth, kindness, and excellence. And so one morning, as this unconscious group of goulish gang members ascended upon my defenseless classmate, I left my post, pronto!
And as they were busy throwing evil epithets toward this fellow classmate, I spoke up rather loudly, after putting myself between this group/gang and their personal prey.
"You guys want to pick on somebody. Pick on me!!," I snarled. Truth be told, I was more than a little trepidatious. I might not have been a math genius, but 7 on 1 isn't exactly fair numbers. A rather stout member of their posse stood out from their pack and approached me directly.
"What are you going to do Martinez?" he blurted out.
"As long as you come at me one at a time, why don't you see?" I nervously espoused. I knew the ONLY thing I had going in my favor was that despite my fragile size, I was the school's all star sports phenom. I held every school record in the physical education department. (And still do!) And they all knew it!
As we looked each other in the eyes, with a steely glare, Eric (no need to reveal full names) backed down and walked toward his trope of groupies. "You're lucky Martinez," were the words he tossed into the waiting wind. "Whew," I heavily heaved!
His entire entourage left the near bombastic scene and went into the school's back entrance one at a time. Several evil eye exchanges not withstanding!
"Are you OK?," I asked the victim of this constant abuse. I'll NEVER forget his answer.
"I used to believe in everyone having a SOUL. But now I really think that we are all SOULLESS," was his heartbreaking retort.
"All I know, is that if we do have a SOUL, yours will have a special place in Heaven," was my reaching effort toward some sense of consolation.
Thankfully, he didn't have to deal with such a pastiche of personally heartbreaking abuse the rest of that school year! True bullies are deeply insecure and it plays out in their dastardly behavior. So, as soon as they saw me around my spiritually fragile friend, all bets were wiped clear off the table!
However, this experience still informs my spiritual psyche, and dare I say, sometimes still haunts me to this very day. It was my first experience with the truly damaging effects words and actions can profoundly affect the core beliefs of any special SPIRIT still searching for their life's MISSION.
And unfortunately, with the advent of social media, emotional bullying has found a new outlet for its fiery and forcefully damaging nature ! In my county of Northern Virginia alone, there have been well over 10 school suicides in the past two years alone! Absolutely horrifying! And completely unacceptable on our collective SUPERHERO's watch! In fact, my beyond gorgeous God daughter was forced to be removed from her high school because of both incredulous emotional and physical bullying. GRRRRRRR!!!
While the #ME/TOO movement is a fabulous start toward creating a society that is beginning to create a foundation built upon equality for ALL, there is still much work to be done. By us all!!
AND IT ALL STARTS WITH LOVING UNDERSTANDING........................
As followers of this blog are fully aware, I dream and strive daily toward a world in which we celebrate each other's unique Super Hero's Journey. Each and every one of us are here to fulfill a transcendent CALLING! And with each of our spectacular endeavors comes with it a plethora of trials and tribulations. Missions that ONLY WE CAN FULFILL!
And yet so very few of us know and truly try and understand what our fellow brothers and sisters must overcome in order to accomplish their tremendous earthly Missions! The deeply personal fears in the form of demons we must have the fortitude to slay in order to transform into the 'Greatest Version of the Grandest Vision' we've ever held about ourselves!
Just to let all your fellow New Age Nerds in on a little "Secret," but while you may be able to temporarily dodge your collective CALLINGS, the Universe is ALWAYS watching! Never to judge your progress, but rather just the opposite. To see what you may need to fulfill your very reason for manifesting into the human condition on a planet still under the influence of a 3-Dimensional consciousness. Which in the most basic of terms means living under the guise of SEPARATION. The Great Illusion of All Ages! That in any way, shape, or form, we are separate entities. Rather than the relishing remembrance and acceptance that WE ARE ALL ONE!
And that our current primary MISSION is to awaken from our deep spiritual slumber to the realization that we all draw upon ONE GRAND CONSCIOUSNESS! While our bodies are indeed sacred temples, they are simply the carriers for our Super Heroic Higher Selves! The temporary housing for our eternal and true essence! Beings of pure LOVE wrapped within Stardust Skin!
And that given such understanding, we are absolutely LIMITLESS IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE MANNER! For once we awaken to our infinite inheritance, there will no longer be any desire for competition; or the hoarding of any form of abundance. For we shall forever remember that what I do for you, I do for mySELF. And that which I do for mySELF, I do for you! The true meaning of being a SUPERHERO! For we are all EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSE! Light workers who agreed to manifest upon this very planet to assist in the grand expansion of its consciousness into the eternal understanding that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. And that the ultimate answer to every question is ....... LOVE!
And that given such understanding, we are absolutely LIMITLESS IN EVERY CONCEIVABLE MANNER! For once we awaken to our infinite inheritance, there will no longer be any desire for competition; or the hoarding of any form of abundance. For we shall forever remember that what I do for you, I do for mySELF. And that which I do for mySELF, I do for you! The true meaning of being a SUPERHERO! For we are all EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSE! Light workers who agreed to manifest upon this very planet to assist in the grand expansion of its consciousness into the eternal understanding that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. And that the ultimate answer to every question is ....... LOVE!
What would it look like to stop and truly listen to someone else's hard fought Superhero's Journey?! I have the fermented understanding that by doing so, we would realize how close our struggles surmise a realization of great similarity! And that an enlightened world of this soulful understanding would bring us closer on so many crucial fronts.
Please remember that there is absolutely NO THING that comes into your experience that is not to further expand your very loving energetic essence. We are all SUPERHEROES that have the courage and fortitude to withstand any and everything that this Earthly experience can send our way. The ONLY way we can forgo being "Victoriously Heroic" in our SUPERHERO's Journey is by erroneously believing that we are a victim to our circumstances. In the purest of laymen's terms, thinking everything happens TO YOU, rather than FOR YOU! All for the completion of the uniquely personal MISSION that is the foundation for your own Superhero's Journey
SUPERHEROES IN TRAINING TAKEAWAYS:
As the great majority of you fellow New Age Nerds who have been following along with my own Superhero's Journey the previous 7 years, I'd be remiss to not once again be vulnerable about the state of my own mental health. Over the previous several years, I have been diagnosed with being bi-polar, coupled with anxiety, and traumatic disruptive disorder. Quite the emotional elixer to accept and deal with if I may say so myself. I thought I knew what "HELL" looked like. Oh, little did I know the depths and wrath of suffering and pain that this earthly experience can forge onto one's heart and soul while suffering from mental illness! On many occasions, I've found myself literally oscillating through an internal state of incredibly joyous, grandiose, and exuberant emotions for several months, to suddenly waking one frightful morning in the darkness and hopelessness of a deep depression. Each time my spirit temporarily broken and utterly shattered! Just getting out of bed felt like an exercise in pure torture. It affects every part of my being. And there are absolutely NO WORDS to describe the physical, mental, psychic, and spiritual pain I have endured. Not to mention the damage it caused in all facets of my life. Almost unimaginable! No excuses on my end, yet hard fought compassion as many of my actions were not always the "authentic me."
However, I have not only accepted my diagnosis, but embraced it! I now believe that part of my own Superhero's Journey is to push through the intrinsic challenges of this illness to be an inspiration to the myriad of others who face the same challenges I do each and every day; absolutely NO fault of their own. One of many Superhero's for the "Malady of Mental Illness." What a privilege indeed. Easy? HELL NO!! Worth it? Damn straight! But I am more than up for the task that lies ahead. As Rocky Balboa says, "It's not how many times you get knocked down. But how many times you can get up and keep moving forward!"
There is such a horrific "STIGMA" still surrounding any and all mental deficiencies. Yet 1 out of every 4 of us around the world will be afflicted by some sort of mental illness in our lifetime. Not trying to scare you, just stating the pure scientific facts! And many in the psychiatric field believe those numbers are WAY TOO LOW! Only because of the hellish lack of education surrounding any form of mental illness that still carries a soul crushing stigma causing too many precious, faceless brothers and sisters to suffer in vein. And those that are reticent to get the help they deserve due to stigma, commit suicide at an alarming rate! In fact, suicide is the 7th leading cause of death. And is the only cause that is currently rising, at a staggering rate of over 24% each and every year!
Part of my own healing process the last few years was achieved through dedicated research on many super successful individuals who have been afflicted with the same malady that I have. Here is just a small list I compiled:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Robert Downey Jr.
Abraham Lincoln
Van Gogh
Kanye West
Robin Williams
Jim Carry
Demi Lavato
Brittany Spears
Mariah Carrey
Catherine Zeta Jones
Frank Sinatra
Kurt Cobain
Russel Brand
Jane Pauley
Sinead O'Connor
Amy Winehouse
Mel Gibson
Carrie Fisher
Edgar Allen Poe
Ted Turner
However, I have not only accepted my diagnosis, but embraced it! I now believe that part of my own Superhero's Journey is to push through the intrinsic challenges of this illness to be an inspiration to the myriad of others who face the same challenges I do each and every day; absolutely NO fault of their own. One of many Superhero's for the "Malady of Mental Illness." What a privilege indeed. Easy? HELL NO!! Worth it? Damn straight! But I am more than up for the task that lies ahead. As Rocky Balboa says, "It's not how many times you get knocked down. But how many times you can get up and keep moving forward!"
There is such a horrific "STIGMA" still surrounding any and all mental deficiencies. Yet 1 out of every 4 of us around the world will be afflicted by some sort of mental illness in our lifetime. Not trying to scare you, just stating the pure scientific facts! And many in the psychiatric field believe those numbers are WAY TOO LOW! Only because of the hellish lack of education surrounding any form of mental illness that still carries a soul crushing stigma causing too many precious, faceless brothers and sisters to suffer in vein. And those that are reticent to get the help they deserve due to stigma, commit suicide at an alarming rate! In fact, suicide is the 7th leading cause of death. And is the only cause that is currently rising, at a staggering rate of over 24% each and every year!
Part of my own healing process the last few years was achieved through dedicated research on many super successful individuals who have been afflicted with the same malady that I have. Here is just a small list I compiled:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Robert Downey Jr.
Abraham Lincoln
Van Gogh
Kanye West
Robin Williams
Jim Carry
Demi Lavato
Brittany Spears
Mariah Carrey
Catherine Zeta Jones
Frank Sinatra
Kurt Cobain
Russel Brand
Jane Pauley
Sinead O'Connor
Amy Winehouse
Mel Gibson
Carrie Fisher
Edgar Allen Poe
Ted Turner
Justin Bieber
Will Smith
Linda Hamilton
Johnny Depp
Amber Heard
David Letterman
And the list goes on and on........ At least I'm in pretty good company! Wouldn't you agree!
LOL
It's beyond time for all of us to STOP THE JUDGING and SHAMING of one another. And transcend those actions toward a compassionate habit of shifting our LOVE towards trying to truly UNDERSTAND what makes us extraordinary, rather than JUDGE the unique Journeys that each of us have been entrusted to complete. After all, WE ARE ALL ONE! A unique emanation of the ONE GOD MIND that sends us all that which we need to fulfill the transcendent CALLING we came here to fulfill. Through the power of the Superhero's Journey!
Now please understand. That does not mean every experience you will encounter would be deemed easy by anyone! I will personally declare that some of the "crosses we bare" are beyond punishing! And the process of accepting them will contort your own core beliefs many times over. Never to "TEST" you, but rather to assist you in your own expansion of energetic essence. That's precisely why I teach and ardently believe that each and every one of us are Super Heroes!
For all of life itself is a Superhero's Journey. An experience of radical spiritual transformation. In which the Universe expresses itself through and as US! The Grand Creator seeks to expand always and in all ways. It's the very nature of God herself. And as the late legendary physicist Stephen Hawking discovered, "The boundary condition of the Universe....is that is has NO boundary." NO BOUNDARY and that means NO LIMITS! You chose to come here to carry out a CALLING that was Divinely Devised, which will more than likely be much grander than you have ever allowed yourself to accept and believe!
You carry a divinity spark of pure SPIRIT that is 100% heroic! Part Martin Luther King Jr., part Yoda, Wonder Woman, and Captain America, but all Christ Consciousness! By fulfilling your unique Mission, the byproduct is assisting and adding to the expansion of the Universe. Which ultimately means creating more heaping buckets of LOVE! The core component of all that is.......
Just as we are all SUPER HEROES, our collective Purpose is also one in the same. We are all here to be of LOVING, BLISSFUL service to ourselves and each other! BOOM! Period and exclamation point! Our individual CALLINGS are the vehicles through which we create that form of service. And your CALLING has just as much to do with what you are Being as what it is you are Doing with your life. Think of it this way. Your purpose is the being ness and your calling is the doing ness part of your Superhero's Journey! And by that I mean being kind, compassionate, patient, joyful and loving. The doing ness is the Divine Assignment you came here to fulfill! Together, they combine to join forces like two BSF's. Best of Super Friends! And in tandem, they create the love filled expansion the Universe desires........
And for all your super heroic efforts, you get to experience all the abundance within the Universe! All the wealth, health, joy, laughter, light, LOVE and BLISS in the Cosmos! As you ask, so shall it be given. That's a pretty fair trade off, right?! I say Hell yes! :0)
But in order for this "Cosmic Experiment" to be fulfilled, we must awaken from our collective slumber. And remember that WE ARE ALL ONE! And stop the judging and shaming of one another. And replace these actions with a deeply profound transformation towards UNDERSTANDING. In fact, I KNOW it is crucial that we make this transition ASAP! Our very "Collective Consciousness" depends on it............................
And for all your super heroic efforts, you get to experience all the abundance within the Universe! All the wealth, health, joy, laughter, light, LOVE and BLISS in the Cosmos! As you ask, so shall it be given. That's a pretty fair trade off, right?! I say Hell yes! :0)
But in order for this "Cosmic Experiment" to be fulfilled, we must awaken from our collective slumber. And remember that WE ARE ALL ONE! And stop the judging and shaming of one another. And replace these actions with a deeply profound transformation towards UNDERSTANDING. In fact, I KNOW it is crucial that we make this transition ASAP! Our very "Collective Consciousness" depends on it............................
And for all you 'Reluctant Superheroes,' may I offer up this one simple suggestion that I believe has the power to shift the energy of this planet from fear and chaos back towards LOVE!
And that is to keep the 4 most powerful words always ready and willing to share with others....
HOW CAN I HELP............
BE SUPER HEROIC!
Nerdmaste,
Jeffrey Louis Martinez
BE SUPER HEROIC!
Nerdmaste,
Jeffrey Louis Martinez
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