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Scent of Light Episode
by Ken Norton
Security
Original Broadcast July 14, 2019
The audio file below is the spoken word recording
without background music provided to Radio KOWS 92.5 FM broadcast of the
Scent of Light episode for insert into the Radio Spotlight Magazine
with host Andre Marc.
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The audio file above is the spoken word recording
without background music provided to Radio KOWS 92.5 FM broadcast of the
Scent of Light episode for insert into the Radio Spotlight Magazine
with host Andre Marc.
Transcript
In this episode on the Scent of Light I will speak on
Security. I read an article in the July 2019 issue of the Sonoma County
Gazette by the publisher Vesta Copestakes on preparing for natural
disasters, especially wildfires since our community is still rebuilding
structures and lives after the damage from the Firestorm of October 2017
that swept through Santa Rosa and the county. Vesta includes a list of items
to include in your emergency bag to accompany you in such times. My wife and
I just replenished our batteries for the flashlights and radio with extras
placed in our bag.
Don't forget to prepare dealing with your mind during
such an event, as the mind will be exposed to many confusing sights, sounds,
smells, and opinions, much like a psychedelic experience. It is important to
take time out for yourself everyday for meditation or contemplation to
become aware of thought and no thought, emotion and no emotion, sensation
and no sensation. Even if we have all the material items in place for an
emergency, it still takes our mind to grasp the situation as best as
possible and act with discernment and intuitive guidance as the situation
unfolds.
How can you discern an intuitive feeling to trust if
you do not spend the time to explore your mind? If we reflect on our lives
we surely find experiences in the past where we or someone else followed
their gut feeling and they reaped the benefit of that decision. We say gut
feeling, but does intuition always originate in our gut? Sometimes hairs
raise on my arms or on my back to indicate a special guidance is being
received, and I begin to be extra aware of my environment and signs I may
receive to indicate a direction or type of action to take.
The psychologist Carl Jung introduced the term
synchronicity for experiencing meaningful coincidences. What makes the
coincidence meaningful is our attention to sensory details as we remember
details in similar past experiences as well as hold to our guiding
principles in life and goals we have set. There occurs a collapse in time
where the past and future are brought into the present moment, and we know
the decision to make is in harmony with our life's purpose.
My mentor Dr. William Hermanns demonstrated to me how
he would pray to a higher power aligned with his True Self to ask for signs
of guidance for accomplishing a mission. He liked to ask for three signs to
make sure he was not engaging in wishful thinking. Sure enough the signs
would be spotted, for we had set our mind to be in active mode to recognize
the signs. The asking for signs of guidance was one part of our preparation
of our mind, that also included meditation, reflection, and study of
literature for insights of others on discernment. This daily preparation is
what is called for so one can live in a secure state of mind no matter what
befall us, for we have come to intimately know an essential state within us
that is eternal and unchangeable.
In the last episode I sang Intuition's Joy and
concluded the song with this stanza about our relationship to creating and
creation, that imparts to me security:
Be still and know
We're in the flow
Of Love to grow
From seeds we sow
This is Ken Norton on the Scent Of Light. You can
contact me via Ken at KennethENorton.com. The Scent of Light episodes are
archived on the web at
kennethenorton.com. Thanks
for listening.
About the Author and Producer
Ken Norton earned his master's degree in Materials Science from Stanford
University as the Vietnam War was ending. During that time Ken served as the
personal assistant to a poet/sociologist Dr. William Hermanns as he prepared
his writings for publication, exposing Ken to not only the sciences but also
the humanities and comparative religion for making conscious and
conscionable choices.
Ken is a regular contributor to Radio Spotlight Magazine with his episodes
on the Scent of Light.
