My Interview with Author Rhonda Sheryl Lipstein
It is with great curiosity that I chose to review Roni’s new book, “The Gardens of Life; Your Journey to Radiate Soul Light” and then decided to find out more about her. So I agreed to interview her to discover more of what was revealed in her book and how we can apply it in our lives.
Where did you get the inspiration to write the book?
Writing has always been an inherent mode of expression for me from a very young age – writing love songs, poetry, so it was natural that it would be a medium by which I would express the greatest inspiration I am here to receive for the benefit of all……..a shift in consciousness.
As an individual the inherent empathic abilities we all have, remained very open within me, despite the pervading consciousness paradigm of fear we are all born into, at this time. As a result, I have always been very tapped into the plights of our species, and our world. I have always been very well aware of, and deeply affected by how very difficult it can be for any of we to true-ly be happy, to authentically enjoy this miraculous gift we call life – living in the world we do.
As I grew to learn of this world, studying human behavior, the mind, consciousness, and of course the state of our world, the atrocities, the terrors, the petrifying plights of humans— created by humans, I also began to understand that much of the horrors we face in our world, were created by THOUGHT, our way of THINKING, our CONSCIOUSNESS PARADIGM…..
Indeed, all that we experience in this gift we call ‘life’ that so few of us actually relish within, is fundaMENTALLY a construction of thought.
Everything that is, began with an idea — how we experience what is depends on how we choose to define it, attribute meaning to it, associate ourselves with it, give it importance or lack thereof….. all of which are THOUGHTS – based upon BEliefs…..esoteric or non-physical constructs.
Ultimately what this means is that the world we live in today, the life that so many of us wish was better because so many of us are not living a blissfully delightful experience of life, is one that we created – which means it is one we can create a new, one we can shift…..and knowing this, why would we not do everything in our power to do so?
This is my calling or as I call it, my “Personal Legend”, one of the biggest reasons I exist….in service to Humanity, our Human Family, to spread the message of Love Consciousness and usher in a new era of blossoming bliss that benefits All of We.
What is your writing process?
Funny you should ask…..
I had never actually ‘taken note’ of my writing process until I began doing interviews for “The Gardens of Life; Your Journey to Radiate Soul Light” ( http://amzn.to/1T7YtTz ). I guess it being one amongst my most naturally comfortable forms of expression, I never questioned and simply made us thereof to express.
Upon reflection, if I were to label it, one could say, “divine channeling”.
Essentially, as my life has been a dedication to Love Consciousness, and to be honest, I spend A LOT of time in my ‘Mind’, I often will receive what is to me an enlightened thought, feeling, revelation, understanding or epiphany. This, I will then ‘play with’ in my mind, following through the love’s wisdom I have received in some rational process, usually involving some deductive reasoning in hand with intuitive knowing/feeling.
Once I feel I fully understand the concept that has been shared with me, and…..if I am still as inspired as I was initially, I know it is something that I am to share with, and for the benefit of all of we, and so I do.
How can one go about “ Being Love” in a world that perpetuates fear?
Excellent question!
It is indeed, in my humble opinion, the greatest opportunity for growth, what some call challenge or difficulty, as well as the greatest achievement our ‘era’ shall be known for — shifting the very nature by which we relate to, with, and understand this gift we call ‘the human experience’ or ‘life itself’.
Indeed, what we are shifting is the very nature of how we THINK and FEEL, how we Use our thoughts and feelings instead of being used by them.
As with any Habitual Mode of BEing we are seeking to transcend, (ie: smoking habit) a dedicated commitment to the process is necessary to ensure its inevitable evolution.
Thus, for one to ‘go about Being Love in a world that perpetuates fear’, there must first be a
firm dedicated commitment to so being, especially as we face so many who are themselves still ‘asleep’, and attempting to convince us otherwise.
That actually is the first step, WAKING UP…….becoming Conscious and Aware of “who am I”, paying attention to what thoughts and feelings we are ‘entertaining’ ‘on the regular’, understanding where our mental and emotional states of being reside, what Perspective we experience life through, HOW we Choose to experience life, and ultimately, to acknowledge whether we are actually Consciously Choosing or ‘sleepily’, ‘following the herd’.
Once we begin to ‘wake up’ —> to start Paying Attention and BEing Aware of the thoughts and feelings we are ‘entertaining’ ‘on the regular’ then, we are empowered with the knowledge required to make the changes we desire, [which thoughts are bringing us down, which uplifting, which do we want to foster and which do we want to transcend], and thus Consciously co-create the world we all wish to be.
This of course is but the beginning……
There are an infinite number of pathways available to all of we, as there are tools, resources, and skills we may each make use of, along our way to shifting our consciousness paradigm out of the prevailing one of fear, and into what I call “Namaste Love”.
For those wishing to journey the adventure, and discover even more fabyoulous opportunities by which to lovingly, and in a most highly effective manner, receive assistance upon this onederfull adventure to our blossoming bliss, you can visit my website here:
http://www.RhondaSherylLipstein.com
How does Love Consciousness assist individuals to deal with emotional issues such depression, anxiety, & anger, physical issues such as their nutritional and physical requirements, and spiritual conflicts such as confusion, lack of clarity, loss of faith?
Love Consciousness is a constructive perceptual paradigm, one that is always seeking the Opportunity in any given situation, as opposed to the difficulty, or the burden, or ‘curse’ as so many see so much of life’s circumstances. As such, in and of itself, Love Consciousness automatically provides a frame work from which any of we may choose to see life through a heightened state of bliss.
Having said that, to give a little more insight hereto, an example to elucidate:
Say one is overwhelmed by depressing thoughts and feelings, or as I like to say experiencing “depressed levels of happy-ness”. Coming from a perceptual paradigm of fear, this individual would be wallowing in these thoughts, and worse, inviting more, and often times worse thoughts and feelings in to their consciousness that support their wallowing, and the initiating depressing thoughts and feelings.
On the other hand, someone coming from a perceptual paradigm of love would USE this experience to LEARN from it, as opposed to being used by it.
Yes, those who ‘see through the eyes of love’ still experience the Whole gamet of emotions that we as humans have access to, HOWEVER, the difference is, in what we DO with those thoughts and emotions, HOW we Consciously Choose to USE them for our greatest good, our highest happyness, our inherent benefit, and thus, ultimately, that of all.
When we choose to use our thoughts and emotions for our highest happy-ness, we choose to learn from them, we choose to learn why they are, how they are, and how we may assist our selves to transcend these into thoughts and feelings that are uplifting instead of belittling, empowering instead of disempowering, enlightening instead of imprisoning.
It is a question of seeing life as an opportunity or a challenge.
Yes, it is an act of the smallest degree, the smallest shift, from looking right to looking left…….but! it makes ALL the difference in the world, and to the very experience we call, ‘life’, indeed, to the very experience we call “me”.
What advice can you provide individuals right now that they can use to shift a negative mood into a positive one, a life they dread to the one they love?
Get to know the ‘voices’ withIN.
As stated earlier, the first step to shifting anything whether that be one mood, or our entire consciousness paradigm, we need to ‘wake up’, to become Aware of our Selves, how we think, what we think, and why we think it. Of course, this goes for our feelings as well.
We can not shift what we do not know.
Having said that, it is also very important to acknowledge that our thoughts and feelings affect our actions.
Ponder here upon —
Scenario 1: you wake up in the morning and the pervading thought is, this is going to be a tough day!
Scenario 2: you wake up in the morning and the pervading thought is, this is going to be an amazing day!
Which thought do you think shall ispire the greatest action? Which feeling do you feel shall motivate you to the greatest heights of productivity?
We all have BOTH ‘types’ of thoughts and feelings within.
We need to get to know the voices behind these thoughts, and as the saying goes, ‘feed the wolf that feeds our soul”. Which ultimately means, cultivating an open, trusting relationship with our voice [s] of love. In other words, making this voice, the ‘voice of authority’, the one that we base our actions upon. Simultaneously, fostering an understanding and compassionate relationship with our voice [s] of fear, which is to say, making this voice the one wherein we know our healing and transcending opportunities lie.
In so doing, do we empower ourselves the ability, the confidence, courage, and strength to allow our selves to experience the thoughts and feelings from our voice of fear, without drowning therein, for our voice of love will be just as present, just as conscious to us. And then…….. the ‘fun’ really beings; as we may allow these two voices to engage in conversations, which we can then become the conscious objective observer of.
Once we are Conscious, once we are paying attention, being aware, know which voice is which, have established relationships with each, we are again empowered to Consciously Choose which voice to ‘follow’ in any given scenario, which thoughts and emotions we shall give credence to, and align our selves with, for ultimately, and here’s the real beayouty of all of we, all that is, ever was, or will be,
No thought, No emotion is Ours until……..We Choose to Own it!
Your book is not only insightful, and transformational, it is also beayoutyfully presented, can you tell us a bit about the artistry in your book and why it was so important to you?
Awww….I love that you asked me this!
First and foremost, being gifted the opportunity to showcase other’s artistry within “The Gardens of Life; Your Journey to Radiate Soul Light”, a huge gift for me! I am one who, as the saying goes, ‘likes to share the wealth’. Upon learning that I was to be published internationally, I immediately wanted to share this amazing opportunity with as many as I was able to.
Through this experience, I have been gifted to provide a platform for some remarkably talented artists to share their beayoutyfull creations of love’s inspiring wisdom with the world, and thus their own personal and unique message of love consciousness.
Having said that, the initial inspiration to have the words of love’s wisdom I have been gifted to receive and share, augmented by visual artistry, something that ‘came to me’ years before the book was ever published.
We, as human beings, are multi-dimensional in nature. Our experience of life itself based upon millions of bytes of information received per millisecond. To be able to infuse one with as many onederfull stimuli based within Love Consciousness, only strengthens our experience thereof.
Additionally, as the subject of this journey we embark upon within this book, one of such vast depths and heights, having this beayoutyfull artistry that adorns the pages, provides a welcome breath for those moments one is so desiring, an opportunity to reflect upon the wisdom being shared.
There are a few artistic pieces within the book that admittedly, are more personal to me. These are those that actually reflect myself, my life’s purpose, and the ‘work’/creations I have been gifted to bring into manifest reality for the benefit of all we.
In Garden One, [I have Gardens instead of Chapters], The Garden of Acceptance, we have “The Eye of Awareness”, which as it turns out, was the very first painting my Starry Soul’s Twin Sister, Aline Ohannessian, also my business partner, created after we met, and became a central focus in our business logo, for our CalmUnity Wisdom and Wellness Home,
Sanctuaire Soul’s Sanctuary.
You can actually see the entire logo for S3 in The Garden of Soul Recognition.
Speaking of logos, in The Garden of DOing, is what I came to discover, after years of doodling, the symbology or logo that represents “me”, my life’s /soul’s purpose for the benefit of all. The logo itself taken from my own hand drawings, and created into the majestic brilliance you see today, by Aline, which is also the Cover for the accompanying HomePlay Activity Guidebooks to “The Gardens of Life; Your Journey to Radiate Soul Light” called,
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Briefly,
The outter heart represents Love Consciousness
The tetrahedron within, Creation itself – the Divine Masculine and Feminine principles, the spark and the creation
The pentagram interior thereto, the Magickal Physically Manifest World, and all of we – with the 5 pointed star representative of our head, two arms and two legs.
The eye within is actually my eye, and both represents the “eye of awareness”, as well as the one through whom this message of Love Consciousness comes through.The DNA strand at the bottom, that which we are here to reprogram, transcend, ascend, and Exalt into our highest expression of love’s grace.
There is another ‘doodle’ of mine that aligns each page of the book, which once again, through her mastery of both artistic visual expression, and technological wizardy, my Starry Soul’s Twin Sister re-created digitally for me, and all of we. It, for me, acts as a frame for the magickal words of love’s wisdom awaiting our embrace on each page, and provides a most inviting and warm welcoming to all of we. Something very, very, very important when we choose to take the journey to our authenticity.
Of all the masterfull works of art within the book however, there is none that compares to the one, that for some may not be seen as artistry at all, and yet to me, represents the greatest artistry of all of we…… the amazing miraculous ability of us……..becoming us! It is the photo in the last garden, The Garden of Realization [seeing with our ‘real’ eyes of authenticity] of my son and me, taken almost 20 years ago.
Indeed, to me, this represents both the greatest mastery of all of we — the very miracle of life itself, and……my greatest universal blissing ever, my son, Zion.
What are you working on next?
In addition to doing all I am able to get the message of Love Consciousness to all those awaiting its embrace, as gifted to me through “The Gardens of Life; Your Journey to Radiate Soul Light” (http://amzn.to/1T7YtTz), I am continuing to do all I am able through the various other means and modalities I have available to me, such as the individual Whole-istic Life Guidance I provide internationally via Skype, Phone, and Email, as well as our Playshops [workshops], Satsangs, CalmUnity Sharing Circles, and Group Therapy we offer here through Sanctuaire Soul’s Sanctuary, and other lovely venues who invite and welcome us to share in this experience of our transcending consciousness.
Additionally, there are inspirational Speaking Engagements I am absolutely blissed to be invited to share the message of Love Consciousness through, as well as our web T.V. shows on BEing Love T.V., (http://www.youtube.com/beinglovetv ) which admittedly, if asked which one thing I would like to see blossom most at this time, is Being Love T.V. taken to main-stream media.
I sincerely believe that we as a collective Human Family are ready for the shift from the fear based programming we are spoon fed regularly, that numbs us out, and dumbs us down, to love based programming that both uplifts and enlightens us individually and collectively, and thus unites us consciously to the reality that we are indeed, ONE UNIVERSAL FAMILY.
Lorraine, if I may, I would like to take this opportunity to express the depths of my love’s gratitude to you, and all of your onederfull calmunity members.
Thank you!
I am absolutely humbled by the honour to share here with you all today, and to be journeying this onederfull adventure of our evolutionary shift of Consciousness into love’s embrace together!***
Blissings to one and all of we for ever blossoming bliss in our manifest experience, expression, and beingness, in every now, all~ways.***