This is the season of monsters and
scary things, scary thoughts, and things
that go bump in the night… a season of fun and a season of fears. So I titled this: Zombies, Vampires,
Mummies, Ghosts, Skeletons and Spirit; with a hint of chocolate (after all, it
is October, and we all know what that means? – the national holiday of Halloween!)
So with Love and Light and in the
“spirit of October” let’s start on our little “Haunted Journey” by making our
own haunted film: (lights down please)
As we take our first step into our
haunted thoughts... deep into the darkness of our fears… What horror film is
complete without the “Living Dead” … the Zombie or ghoul! So I knew who to cast
for this role, I looked up Wiki-pedia
and they describe a ZOMBIE as: A term
used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means. Hmmm that seems to fit our need for the
season…. It also goes on and says the
term is often figuratively applied to describe hypnotized people lacking
consciousness and self awareness; yet they ambulate and are able to respond to
surrounding stimuli.
Wow, take away the scary music from the movie
and the fake decaying make up; and,... well… this definition takes on a whole
new meaning. How many of you know
someone that fits this description? Or
how often do we ourselves fit this description?
Walking around at work empty, with out
emotion, just ambulating going thought the motions. Blindly doing… without true thought… putting
one foot in front of the other…. Maybe we do this at home, in school, shopping,
relationships, work? …. We respond to surrounding stimuli without self
awareness or consciousness; we are the “living dead”. We all find ourselves here; at various levels;
at some point in our lives… the “why bother”, “just another day of the same
old, same old..”. We go through the motions of walking, eating and talking yet
inside we are not alive, we are empty. We exist but life has no meaning…
Thoughts of the lovable, yet in another light, kind of “scary”, Winnie the
Pooh’s Eore. With his “Why bother”, or “oh bother” fit this Zombie as well
because of his loss of self worth, self esteem… the Zombie has forgotten who
they are and why they are here. They just move for the sake of movement, their
emotion and consciousness are gone…or are simply not responding.
A good October horror film wouldn’t be
worthy of nail biting unless it was filled with a little suspense, so I’ll
leave you with the Zombie just as we found it… (haunted sounds here)
The night air is silent and still… the
darkness surrounds us…not a sight can be seen….and the only sound is the beat
of your own heart…(sounds of the wind and
owl hoots).. Suddenly a chilling breeze crosses your face….and the darkness
comes alive…. the Vampire has
arrived…. : a mythological or folklore
being who subsists by feeding on the Life Essence of Living Creatures!
In
John Polidorei’s 1819 novella “the Vampire”; he established the
vampire as a charismatic
and sophisticated being!
Hmm… how many of us have had Vampire
infestations or situations? What are they you might ask? Well… haven’t we all
experienced the High energy and Fun filled room that suddenly stops when
someone enters … you can literally feel
the “Life force” being sucked out of the room…. The whole room changes; the
energy lessens, and the mood is more subdued.
In some cases we may even be the vampire… feeling down or low, we may seek
out someone with higher more vibrant energy to give us a “boost”.
In these cases of vampire-ism, the
person is just in need of energy and really has no clue they are draining it
from another. They get this rejuvenated feeling and figure the other person is
getting the same effect. These Vampires are “Clueless” you might say as to how
they “drain others”. They are not
necessarily bad, just unaware of how they affect others with their negativity.
BUT BEWARE..(dramatic and scary music here)....There are other Vampires that
are extremely dangerous because they
know exactly what they are doing. They
go into a room or situation with the intent of sabotaging others and
purposefully drain their life essence from them…. They do this with such charisma
and charm that people even invite them to parties and situations that allow
even greater drainage of energy from even more people. These Vampires are
filled with Ego; they need power and sub-servants to feed the never ending void
they have inside…. You see, if they make themselves appear powerful by draining
others energies… their ego grows as does their perceived power and they don’t
have to look at their own emptiness, loneliness, fears, etc…. As a matter of fact, due to their charm and
sophistication their victims put them on a pedestal and worse yet, even in a
place of power over others…which perpetuates the problem… (a
major example would be the once charismatic leader Hitler. His original charm
and manipulation of people made him a dangerous vampire... until people became
awakened to who he really was and he got his just reward. Sadly, not before
destroying a lot of good people and places in the world... his damage is still
felt today) But, these beings are shallow and hollow and can only survive
by using others. These Vampires may temporarily build a seemingly Grand “House
of Cards” (if you will) by feeding their ego with others energies to gain
power. BUT…when the winds of Spirit/God
come blowing in…. this house tumbles and the Truth is exposed.
(flicker
lights and more scary music here, creaking door, groaning, etc..) Beware… as more MONSTERS still Lurk in the Dark!!!
Another such monster is “The Body of a human being embalmed as in preparation for burial:
THE MUMMY!!! For our film here today, I want you to
picture the kind of mummy that is wrapped up, or bound if you will…
For the sake of mixing a message
with our horror film… I ask you: How do we wrap ourselves for burial? ...Do we
hang on to arguments? Do we hang onto worries? How about those fears, hurts, resentments and anger? What about
those “Could-a, would-a, should-as”? ..The "I can’t"... "I am
not worthy"... "Not good enough"... What do you wrap yourself
in? What binds do you place on yourself that wraps you up or buries you? What
do you allow others; or rather give others permission, to wrap you in? ‘You’ll
never amount to anything!”; "You're not smart enough, pretty enough,
strong enough!", "You can’t and you know it!" "You’re not _______ enough!",
etc...
How are we allowing ourselves; and ultimately
our potential; to be wrapped? And how can we break those binds?... tune in next time… (only
kidding, we’ll get there soon)
Now we got-a have some GHOSTS!! For our purposes; ghosts are apparitions, translucent or wispy
shapes and visions. A Ghost is an animated principal of the mind; a transparent
or misty representation of a soul. Instead of going
with the traditional version of a ghost, For this movie we are making, I am
going with one of: a faint or misty
appearance of a true soul being. (start
the ghosts sounds please)
Don’t we all see missed potential in
others? in ourselves? People who are “ghosts” of who they truly are
either by fear, lack of self worth, or self confidence… basically we don’t
realize or acknowledge who we really are… children of the ONE Divine God,
Creator of Love and Light, etc... … We choose not to own this, or not
solidifying it to our fullest potential; either through fear, lack of knowledge
or self worth. Sometimes it’s simply a “Not Knowing Yet”… We therefore, are
ghosts of our fullest potentials, our fullest self.
(start
the bones rattling and doors creaking and shaking) And what scary film would be complete without a Skeleton or 2! SKELETONS:
Those creaky old bones that shake, quake and make lots of racket… They once
seemingly supported something but now they just hide in our closets making so
much noise.. they sound bigger than what they are.
We all have skeletons that make so
much noise they scare us; and we try to keep them hidden in the dark so we and
no one else can see them. But... skeletons… being skeletons… those old dried up
bones make so much noise they sound bigger than life itself!! (start
loud rattling bones and foot step sounds)
What are some of these skeletons we
try to keep hidden… well… it may be childhood fears… fear of the dark… of
abandonment… of loneliness. It could be the fear of heights, dogs, spiders, or
maybe it's old resentments, old hurts both physical, emotional and maybe even
spiritual. These deep dark secrets are things that we have hidden negatively
affect ourselves in the present and potentially in the future… All of these
skeletons are kept alive in the dark corners of our minds… we put them away in
boxes or hide them where they won’t bother us… we try to forget about them….
And, well, it works for a while… until
something awakens them and they start to shake and rattle around… making so
much noise in the dark, they are huge and scary and have become bigger than
life itself; and bigger than we can handle alone.
(stop
all music... silence) Wow…. what Monsters we’ve found and created and carry
around with us on our Haunted Journey….
How truly scary this film is if we leave the story to end here… (start
slowly bringing up the lights with each monster revisited)
These Monsters are familiar to us,
and at times, they almost seem to belong with us… It may be easier to hang on
to something familiar even if it no longer serves us, because oddly it feels comfortable
because it is known to us …. And as humans, we usually want the easiest way
out, with the least amount of work… So we try to survive with these monsters
rather than get rid of them.
(start
triumphant, empowering music here; softly, and increasing slightly with each re-visited
monster) With the help of the ONE Source, Great Spirit, God, Divine,
Creator, Teacher, Healer…. I challenge each of you to take on these Monsters....
Yep take them on and give your movie, your journey a happy ending. We are united in the fact that we are all part
of the ONE…We are all part of this circle of Life, this circle of ONE. Therefore, when we face our monsters, we are not facing
them alone, rather we are armed with the Truth that In, With and Through the ONE: together, we can face any foe… real or imagined. Our
Power through the ONE is infinite and eternal.
So now that we are "armed"
with the power of ONE, let's go in reverse and fight these Monsters one by one…
Skeletons in the dark seem to have a
size much bigger than they do in the Light…. So go an open the door and Shine
God’s Light and Love into the deepest darkest corners of your skeletons hiding
place and see them for who and what they really are… events, things, places,
people, of the past… they are like the skeletons…. old memories and hurts that
rattle around making noise. If you need someone with you to help guide you to face your fears; go with a friend, counselor,
life coach, pastor or clergy, shaman,
healer, etc.... But GO! Yes, go and face your fears armed and protected with
the True Love and Light of God/ Creator/ ONE and look at what is really there
rattling around. Look with new and Loving
eyes... and I know you will see those skeletons in a new Light…. The past can not hurt you if
you shine God’s Light of Love into the deepest corners… Love is always the
answer… It sounds simple, but deep down you know it is true, for all of our
experiences make us who we are today... and all are part of our circle of Life,
our circle of ONE.... Learning to live with all that is in our circle, in
ourselves, without judgment, or emotion, but allow all, the good and bad, the
yin and yang, to be...Find that balance through
The Love and Light of the ONE. Skeletons only have importance, if we
choose to place importance on them... If we just allow them to be... by shining
Light on them we take away their "greatness: dispelling their fear, their
control over us.... by shedding the Light of Truth onto them...they no longer
have power over us... unless we choose to allow them to. Once they are exposed
for what they are, it is up to us to keep them, or let them go.
Once we have shed Light on our
skeletons... and found that balance to our circle of Life, circle of ONE, We
now can tackle the Ghosts… the "not living up to our fullest potential"…
Getting rid of, or facing, our skeletons puts us on the path of balance, the
path to self worth and accepting ourselves as children of the ONE Great Spirit,
God, Love, Light, Divine…. Once we own our Truth, our Heritage, we find that
balance and we are whole and ONE with the all.
We can no longer live as ghosts if we are filled with the substance of Light
and Love.
When we have substance and self
worth, we are worthy of being who we are…. No excuses, no fears…. We can tear
through all that binds us… for we allowed ourselves to be fooled into thinking
we were bound by outside forces when it was all an inside job… we did it to ourselves
by accepting the negatives that we
allowed to bind us….The "mummies binds" are broken as We are now free through the Love and Light of
God.
Once we free ourselves from our
binds we can see more clearly… we accept what is ours and don’t take on what is
not… We can shine our Light through Love... We can shine our light and share it
with others who, will take what they need and use it for the highest and best….
How can you not be a victim to the sly and sophisticated vampire? How can you
protect yourself when you might not even know someone is draining you? ... well
a wonderful teacher, once told me… that we all need to protect ourselves from
negative people and situations… not take it into ourselves or into our heart,
that which is harmful or hurtful, draining or negative…. Instead, place a
shield of God’s Light over your heart… only allowing in what is for your
highest and best…. And that shield will reflect back the negative that is being
cast your way… But, only after first changing it and healing it, and then reflecting
it back to the sender so they may start their healing process… For when you
have a heart of Love and are infused with God’s Light, you can not be harmed.
Now this is not to say we all don’t
have hard lessons to learn… but as Mother Theresa, Gandhi, Jesus, Buda, and all the beloved children of God that have taught and lived Love… These
people's lives were not without difficulty…in fact rather the opposite, the
lives they lead were very hard and filled with many challenges, trials and tribulations...
It was how the difficulty was handled, how they responded and learned the
lessons from all aspects of their lives, and then continued living and teaching the lessons of Love and Gods Light
ever present throughout All.
Well we
have made it though almost all the Monsters now… and we are back to where we started… Hopefully,
by battling all the other monsters, you
can see how you are learning to fill your journey with the purpose of living...
Loving the life you are given... and through all your life's experiences, each lesson you go through you come out stronger
through the Love and Light of the ONE... You then are on your way to living your
fullest potential! Your heart and soul have a conscious and compassionate reason
to LIVE and be ALIVE!….For YOU ARE a Child of the ONE Great Spirit... One
Light, One Love... You are part of the great circle of ONE.
You still might ask, "what if the
Zombie is someone else?"… well, we all know the power of healing thoughts
and prayers… we all know that by shining our Light and Love to all… we may just
illuminate the spark they have inside of themselves…. That Light, that
commonality of being; ONE in the Light; ONE with the Spirit and ONE through Love,
One part of the circle of ONE; they may just begin to feel alive as well.... we
can only lead by example and education, prayer and positive intentions... the
rest is up to them... All is for a reason... and their "awakening"
will come when it is their time, and ours will come when it is our time.
So we give a happy ending to our
film... our Haunted Journey... we acknowledge our Heritage as being part of the
great circle of ONE, children of God,
the ONE true Great Spirit,
Teacher, Healer, …. And because it’s October…. this Spirit ends here with a hint of chocolate…
for we all know... a little chocolate will sooth even the savage beasts.
May each of you find your Happy ending
for your life's journey; In, With and Through God’s Love and Light.
May you be part of the circle of ONE, and
may you always remember, that Together, we are ONE... Blessings to you
and yours always.
Love and Light,
Nina Pauline Ploetz
