HARMONY - THE MAGIC KEY

If there was one quality that could be viewed as the most important one to focus on and maintain, it would probably be that of Harmony. It is one of the major keys - if not THE major key - on the path to raising your consciousness and reuniting with your Higher Self.

Harmony is a quality of the heart and internal equilibrium

Harmony is an internal quality springing from the heart and not just an external expression.There are those who may walk about with their smiles of peace, but may have internal raging going on, or may be deeply troubled. Putting on a false front of peace or merely acting as one thinks they should is not the thing.

The Masters tell us that our very lives and health depend upon staying in harmony. You cannot connect with your Real Self when you are not harmonious. Harmony comes from establishing an internal sense of your own completeness through union with your Higher Self and an internal happiness that does not require that you derive your happiness from others.

The Magic Key

As Saint Germain says in the book "Unveiled Mysteries", "...you cannot realize how very great is the necessity for harmony in the outer self if the fullness of the Inner Perfection and Power is to be expressed in your outer life." It "is the Magic Key that unlocks the door and releases instantly this tremendous Inner God Power...Harmony is the Keynote, the One great Law of Life."

Harmony involves mastery of the emotions

In "Unveiled Mysteries", Saint Germain teaches us that the very first step on the path to reuniting with our Higher Selves is the conscious, willing control of our feelings.

He states this in a talk to Godfre:

"The Eternal Law of Life is: 'What you think and feel, you bring into form; where your thought is, there you are, for you are your consciousness; and what you meditate upon, you become.'

"When one allows his mind to dwell upon thoughts of hate, condemnation, lust, envy, jealousy, criticism, fear, doubt or suspicion, and allows these feelings of irritation to generate within him, he will certainly have discord, failure, and disaster in his mind, body and world. As long as he persists in allowing his attention to be held by such thoughts - whether they be about nations, persons, places, conditions or things - he is absorbing those activities into the substance of his mind, his body and his affairs. In fact he is compelling - FORCING - them into his experience."

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I consider Saint Germain's talk to Godfre on maintaining harmony and control of the emotions to be one of the most important teachings I have encountered. Rather than paraphrasing and perhaps losing the impact of what he said, the following continues that teaching and is directly quoted:

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"The feeling activity of Life is the most unguarded point of human consciousness. It is the

accumulative energy by which thoughts are propelled into the atomic substance, and thus thoughts become things. I tell you, the need of GUARDING THE FEELINGS cannot be emphasized too strongly; for control of the emotions plays the most important part of anything in Life in maintaining balance in the mind, health in the body, success and accomplishment in the affairs and world of the personal self of every individual. Thoughts can never become things until they are clothed with feeling...

..."The greatest crime in the Universe against the Law of Love is humanity's almost ceaseless sending forth of every kind of irritable and destructive feeling.

..."Discordant feeling is the producer of conditions we call disintegration, old age, lack of memory, and every other failure in the world of human experience. The effect upon the body structure is the same as that produced upon a building if the mortar holding the bricks together were to receive repeated shocks, and each day those were to be increased. This continued shock would shake apart the particles composing the mortar; the building would collapse into a chaotic mass, and the form be no more. That is what mankind is CONSTANTLY doing to the atomic structure of the human body.

"To give expression to the discordant thoughts and feelings in oneself is the course of least resistance, and the habitual activity of the undeveloped, undisciplined and willful individual who refuses to understand the Law of his own Being and to bring the personal self, which is but his instrument of expression, into obedience to that Law.

"He who cannot or will not control his thoughts and feelings is in a bad way; for every door of his consciousness is wide open to the disintegrating activities thrown off by the minds and the emotions of other personalities. It takes neither strength, wisdom nor training to give way to unkind,

destructive impulses; and the full-grown human beings who do this are but children in their development of self-control.

"It is a blight upon the Life of mankind that so little control of the emotions is taught humanity from the cradle to the grave. ATTENTION to this particular point is the greatest need in the Western World today. It is easy to give way to discordant thoughts, feelings, and activities because the mass of mankind are submerged, as it were, by environment and association entirely created by

themselves.

"The individual, through his control of the outer consciousness, must make the effort to rise out of this condition by his own free will in order to transcend this limitation PERMANENTLY, and no one can hope to rid his life and world of misery, discord, and destruction until he leashes his own thought and feeling. In this way, he refuses to let the Life flowing through his mind and body become qualified by the discord resulting from every little disturbing occurrence in the world about him.

"At first such discipline does require determined, continuous effort; for the thoughts and feelings of ninety-five percent of humanity run as uncontrolled and free as a little tramp dog. However, no matter how much effort it takes to bring these two activities under control, it is worth any amount of time, energy, and effort and no REAL, PERMANENT DOMINION of one's life and world can take

place without it."

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Moment of decision

Although it may not seem to be the case, there is ALWAYS a moment before reacting inharmoniously or venting anger. That is the trick to maintaining harmony. It is to seize that moment and stop the emotional energy dead in its tracks - before it has time to be expressed. In that moment you can decided to let the anger pass through you or you can decide to seal your lips and your chakras (energy centers - see Section 4).

Saint Germain has given us a fiat to use instead of emotionally reacting to people and situations.

He says if someone pokes you or provokes you, give the fiat (silently or out loud if possible), "In the name of Saint Germain, I shall not be moved!" as many times as need be to seal your solar plexus (the emotional energy chakra). He says to still the turbulent waters of your emotional body, take some deep breaths and return to the scene as the master and moderator of the situation.

HeartMath also has a wonderful technique called "Freeze Frame" which can help stop your reactions and keeps your emotions in check, as well as helping to transmute the energy to a more positive state. (See section on "Non-Reaction and the Power of Neutral" for the explanation of this technique.) I highly recommend checking this technique out further in their book, "The Heartmath Solution".

Harmony and balance

In order for you to experience true harmony, your physical, mental and emotional bodies need to be in balance. If there is a problem in any one of these areas, it won't matter how hard you try to stay harmonious, it simply won't happen if there is an underlying cause that needs to be addressed first.

Many people have chemical imbalances that can affect their emotions and cause psychological problems. Also, the wrong diet can be very impactful on the emotional and mental bodies. A wheat allergy can produce many symptoms, including anxiety and depression. Refined sugar is also linked to causing a variety of psychological problems. Chemical imbalances may produce rage, anxiety, depression and other symptoms. So it is important to explore possible dietary reactions or the possibility of having a chemical imbalance if you are continuously experiencing emotional and psychological problems.

The goal in regards to being in Harmony

The Masters tell us that the goal is "to be in God-control of your life and your universe 85 percent of the time (plus or minus)." Life on this planet is challenging and it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to maintain our harmony all the time. So don't be too hard on yourself when you have an occasional slip up. Just determine to stay in harmony as much as possible and to resolve any recurring situations that make you inharmonious.

The Flame of Harmony

The Flame of Harmony is the flame that contains all of the seven rainbow rays of God. This flame can be visualized as multi-colored rays spiraling from a brilliant white-fire core or as a pure white flame (the combination of all the colors). Meditating on this flame and visualizing it passing through your entire being - physical, mental, and emotional aspects as well as your chakras and aura (see Section 4) will help you maintain Harmony on all levels of your being. It is also a powerful aid in establishing a strong connection to your Higher Self and dissolving the layers of your onion!

A method for restoring our energy and harmony

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Elizabeth Clare Prophet gives this method for restoring our energy and harmony when we are experiencing discord, oppressive energy from unknown sources or are feeling drained. I have personally used this a number of times, especially at night when feeling burdened with energy, and have found it to be very helpful. She tells us we have the power of our hands to reverse the energy by raising them above our heads and visualizing light streaming forth from them. (Hold them there as long as necessary.) This may be combined with the mantra, "Peace Be Still" ("and know that I AM God") or calls to the Masters to reverse whatever is upon us energy-wise. She states that this stops the energy from resting on us and turns and sends it back in the other direction. There is great power in our hands and the chakras in the palms. She says that we can even do this at night by propping up our hands on our pillow, if we wake up and feel discordant energy.

Become the energy of Harmony

Harmony is a quality that can be expressed in all aspects of our lives - in how we approach life, in our thoughts, words, and deeds, in our reactions to others, in the work we do, when we drive our vehicles, and on and on. As the Masters teach us, when we put our focused attention on

something, through cosmic law, we become that which we are focusing on. By centering on the quality of Harmony and "exercising" it in all you do, you become the energy of Harmony and more closely aligned with your Higher Self.