(The following talk was given by Gayatri to the Youth of Unity at Unity of Gainesville FL today.)
I go by the name Gail, sometimes Gayatri and often YaYa. I have been on the earth plane 70 years.
I believe my purpose is to share the love that I am with all that I meet on my journey through this earth. I am devoted to living and experiencing life on a peaceful, loving planet.
I have many talents but my favorite and most used is talking. I am an excellent talker. Some say I talk too much but I know that is not possible. That means the opportunity to talk with you today was simply too good to pass up.
What a great honor and pleasure it is be here with you today.
Young people are some of my very favorite folks. I think that is because they think young. Old folks seem to talk about the past and what was. Young people talk more about what is and can be.
The topic “what I wish I had known then” is vast, there is so much that I really don’t know where to start.
So being an old hippie I say lets start with drugs, sex, and rock and roll.
What I have learned is that we must be just as mindful of legal drugs as we are of illegal drugs. One of my soapbox rants is that alcohol is not listed as a lethal drug and it is, I believe, one of the most harmful drugs available.
It is the one that was most available in my early years and one that I have had a lot of experience with. Being a good child of alcoholic parents, I followed in their footsteps for a while until fortunately my body rebelled and I was led to answers that helped me change my direction.
My son at 22 was in an accident that left him a paraplegic and then at 32 was shot 5 times by his best friend and alcohol was a major ingredient.
My granddaughter was dead at 24 and alcohol was a major ingredient.
I have an open door policy with my grandchildren that says I am always available to listen without judgment and without advice and in absolute confidence. And I have to say that was a very hard promise to keep when my 16-year-old granddaughter told me she was not affected by alcohol.
One of the studies that helped me was homeostasis; the body always seeking balance.
When we don’t feel good about ourselves we create a chemical imbalance and when we are fearful our blood vessels contract and if we drink alcohol they expand and so we often use alcohol to help balance our chemistry.
Nicotine is another of the drugs that is legal and deadly and is about balancing our anger. When we are angry our blood vessels expand and the nicotine restricts.
The point is be aware that whatever the drug, it changes our chemical balance and it will cause different reactions in different people. So if you feel a compelling need to try any of them, take a moment and ask yourself, what is it I want from this experience?
Sex:
Most important thing I learned about sex is that it is not love!
Sex and love are not the same. Sex can get in the way of great friendships and sex while in high school can get in the way of good times and good friends. Sex is not nearly as important in a relationship as friendship.
Rock and Roll:
Our stories are told in our music - our hopes and dreams, our doubts and fears, our truths and fantasies. I believe that music is a way of reaching people because it will stir the soul and open the heart.
Everyone needs music!
“Still like that old time rock and roll
That kind of music just soothes my soul”
What I know now that I wish I had known then is: I know that I am a wonderful, Divine, adored child of God.
I am one with the Power of the Universe. I am God manifest in all my uniqueness.
I know that I can speak the word to my self “be still and know that I am God” and the static in my head, the monkey mind, will quiet.
I know that whatever is in my life is there because I have drawn it to me for my growth. I know that every person in my life is in my life because of sacred agreements. I know that I am free to change the format at any time I choose.
I know that the power in me is truly greater than that without.
I know that wherever I go and whatever I do I am never alone; I am always directed and guided to the people and paths that will serve my highest good.
Most of all, I know that it is okay to be me. Free to be all that I was created to be; the me I came to be. It is an awesome way to live. These are the truths that have set me free!
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