Relationships was the topic of conversation between singer songwriter Kenny Loggins and Jennifer McLean on Healing with the Masters, Series 12.
In recent years of his musical career, Kenny teamed up with two other award-winning songwriters Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman, and the blend of voices is magical. (Watch and listen to "Dream" performance of the Blue Sky Riders.) He talks with Jennifer about how the magic happened and continues:
- Learn to expand in new ways; move into a place in life with convictions of the heart.
- Be present. Be transparent and completely honest. Tell the truth gently.
- Speak the truth and be with someone who wants to hear the truth.
- You need to have a willing partner.
- Start with a social agreement, a method of operation. Integirty is a primary objective. I answer to myself.
- Your first relationship is with yourself because that dictates your relationships with others. Do you love yourself?
- As we write the songs, we see what we stand for. I feel fully alive on stage.
- Live with your heart open. You need to have access to the heart to feel, to write. Just keep saying yes and see where it takes you.
- If you feel a spark, follow it. Explore it!
Season 12 of Healing with the Masters includes James Redfield, author of the "Celestine Prophesy" and more recently “The 12th Insight”, an imperative to move into clarity of consciousness. Guidelines for this expansion include these observations:
- Problems arise from fear.
- Destiny is weighted on our side.
- Live a life of integrity and truth about who we are and what’s going on.
- Have conscious conversation with helpful information.
- Awaken from materialism (realize relationships are the wealth of life).
- Be transparent (no hidden agenda).
- Our individual truths evolve; life is change.
- People are placed in front of us as an opportunity for self-mastery.
Watch this YouTube video to learn about "The 12th Insight". Be sure to check out other videos he offers on YouTube.
Give others the gift of your awareness. Be cause....
Your smile to a passerby may be the only recognition they receive from others. You may be the one bright part of their day!
Making eye contact and saying hello is the God in you greeting the God in the other. Therefore, you are:
- Acknowledging yourself;
- Asserting your power;
- Demonstrating your belief in yourself (your self-worth);
- Sharing yourself (sharing the love that permeates all things).
You are the gift!
A smile is a gift of light to all who experience it. Imagine that everyone you meet makes solid eye contact, smiles and says/nods hello. This is a recipe for peace!
Awareness is the difference between passive existence (being at the effect of events) and joyful participation (creating your experience - being the cause of your experience). Find joy when you:
- Open doors for others whether or not they need assistance.
- Wave, smile or dance to acknowledge those around you.
- Send an email or post card to someone who has not contacted you for a while.
- Do something unexpected that will delight another.
- Give full attention to those who speak with you.
- Respond to others with integrity.
- Respond positively when asked, 'How are you?'
When an overfilled balloon bursts, the pieces fly in all directions. This is typical of the movement of thought, sound and feelings; the waves propagate in all directions in the ocean of beingness. Whatever you put out there is what you swim in. So, spread joy!
