INNER REALM

A Meditation on Resurrection

2011-04-24T09:38:00.001-04:00

A Meditation on Resurrection

(Paramahansa Yogananda encouraged all meditators to expand their consciousness during the Easter season by attuning it to the infinite Christ Consciousness — the projected consciousness of God immanent in all creation; the universal consciousness, oneness with God, manifested by Jesus, Krishna, and other avatars. Following is one of the meditations he gave:)

Christ is risen. He is risen from the limitations of the physical body, the astral body, and the causal body into Omnipresence. One with omnipresent Christ Consciousness, Jesus is risen in the heart of every flower, every ray of sunshine, every noble thought. He is risen in the atomic age, and all its devastations will not hide the birth of his spirit of new life, new humanity, rising from the cradle of wisdom and universal love.
He is risen in our minds, our hearts, our souls — there is no separation between him and us. He is walking in the garden of our love, in the garden of our sacred devotion and in the garden of our meditation.

He is risen in every atom and cell, he is risen in the clouds, he is risen in all planets. He is risen in the universes and the wandering radiations around the universes, and in the cool light beyond. He is risen from the universes into the quiet of Cosmic Consciousness. And he will rise again in you and through your devotion. When your wisdom shall awaken, you will behold the resurrection of Christ within you. And through your meditation and divine communion you shall be resurrected with him, from the sepulcher of the body and mortal consciousness into the ever blissful infinitude of Spirit.

O Christ, thou art resurrected in Spirit. We rejoice in thy resurrection, and in its reassurance of thy promise: that as children of God, having descended into the sepulchre of flesh, we too shall reascend into our Father’s kingdom. On this Easter, all our devotion, all the cries of our hearts, all the perfume of goodness within us, we lay at thy feet of omnipresence. We are thine, receive us! Through the Christ Consciousness, resurrect us with thee in the Eternal Spirit. Keep us in that kingdom of Bliss ever and forever.

Prayer and Affirmation for Easter Morning

2011-04-24T09:13:00.001-04:00

Prayer and Affirmation for Easter Morning
~Paramahansa Yogananda

Heavenly Christ, saturate our consciousness with Thy consciousness.
Give us a new birth in Thee.
...
Affirm and feel:

Heavenly Father, awaken me in Christ Consciousness.

Christ and I are one.
Joy and I are one.
Peace and I are one.
Wisdom and I are one.
Love and I are one.
Bliss and I are one.
Christ and I are one.

Honor Yourself

2011-04-23T22:29:00.002-04:00

Give yourself great respect. Let every thought and every action you direct toward yourself to be how you would treat someone for whom you feel both admiration and gratitude, and someone you would like very much to have as a dear friend.

Every thought should be only what you would direct toward such a person. Every action you take shoul...d be colored with deep respect, deep kindness and an underlying love for yourself.

You are everything.You are your best friend. You are the one person who will always be there.Treat yourself this way. Give yourself the credit you are due. Honor yourself for how hard you have worked, all of the wonderful things you have done, the many, many ways in which you have learned and grown. Honor yourself for all of this.

You are worth it all. You are worth every kind word and loving act. Treasure yourself today, just for being exactly the person that you are, right now.
~Quado

Life Is A Book

2011-04-17T21:53:00.001-04:00

Life is a book, we all read it.
Love is a blessing, we all need it.
Always be happy, walk with a smile.
Remember in this world we are just for a while.
~Unkown

2011-04-17T21:49:00.002-04:00

Love adorns itself;
it seeks to prove inward joy by outward beauty.

Love does not claim possession,
but gives freedom.

Love is an endless mystery,
for it has nothing else to explain it.

Love's gift cannot be given,
it waits to be accepted.
~Tagore

Now is the Portal to Peace

2011-04-12T20:55:00.001-04:00

Now is the Portal to Peace
~Quado

Let the calm of the inner world wash over you like a wave on the sea.L et the peace and calm that is there for you soothe you and cool you, wash over you and bring you into a state of grace.

You can train yourself to access peace. You can learn a deep inner peace that will carry forward into your life, filling you with a well of peace that is there for you to tap into when you need it during the day.

All that is good in your life comes from this well of peace.The best choices are made from this place, the place beneath emotion, the place beneath confusion. You are connected to all of the wisdom in the world and you are connected through peace. The emotions keep this knowledge from you. Peace gives you access.

And the way to find peace is to enter the Now, this moment, right here, right now. This moment is the portal to a deep peace this is always there, always accessible and always yours.

How to Know Everything About Anything

2011-04-11T19:43:00.003-04:00

How to Know Everything About Anything
~Owen Waters

Soul awareness is like standing on a mountaintop compared to being down in a valley: The view is incredible. You can see so much more from the mountaintop than when you were down in the valley looking for a way up to higher ground.

Similarly, with its wider vision, your soul can see everything that relates to any situation or challenge in your life. At a soul level, you have an understanding of the dynamics of everything that affects you.

The trick is to tap into that super-awareness and gain the insights that will help you best manage the situations in your daily life. When you are faced with a challenge or a difficult decision, you need look no further than your own soul consciousness.

Here’s how to make that connection to your inner resources. Like playing a musical instrument or running in a race, intuitive insight is a skill that improves with practice, and you can start using it right away.

Start by reminding yourself that, within you, lies the great resource of soul awareness. It knows everything about any situation that you face and it knows how each possible solution could unfold.

You need that information, and if you feel some doubt as to whether your inner being could really could be that all-knowing, here’s the key:

Think as if, and it will be.

Know that your soul consciousness knows. You just have to open a willing connection and let the answer come through.

If you have difficulty doing this for yourself, then try a little role-playing instead. The Greek origin for the word psychic means ‘of the soul,’ which is exactly what you want – information from your all-knowing soul awareness.

Role-play: Step out of your current mindset and think as if you are the world’s greatest psychic! Think as if you are about to perform perfectly, as the world’s greatest psychic always does, and correctly divine the answer to the problem that you face. Feel the certainty that such a person feels, knowing that, yet again, you are about to come up with the ideal solution.

Try it; it works! And, the more you try it, the better it works.

There is an elegant, ideal solution to every problem and your soul knows the answer every time. That’s what souls do for a living.

2011-04-10T23:28:00.002-04:00

Co-Creating Unity and Peace
~RC

Yesterday I was blessed with the opportunity to unite with a diverse group of people who joined together and shared, through unified prayer and chanting, their equally diverse religious and spiritual belief systems, for the purpose of
co-creating and harboring peace and unity.
...
For me, the experience was extremely profound; opening my heart wider than I believed possible.
Eliminating and Expanding, my Love of, and for, all that is, and all that I AM.

God,The Divine,The Creator, was in the house

Uplifting our souls,

Opening our hearts,

Filling the room with the Light and Glory of Love,

And we were One.

If a small group such as ours, in the scope of humanity, can create such an enlightening divine experience, can you imagine the magnitude of what we can create if all of humanity came together for the same purpose regardless, and in spite of, our immense differences?

I Can.

For as immense as our differences are, so too are our similarities. We are all part of a unified consciousness, equal creators of a unified reality, when we make a conscious connection to the One that we are, we have the power and fortitude to co-create a reality of, Peace, Unity and Love

Take a leap of faith, open your heart and give peace a chance.

In Love, Unity and Peace
Rosalie~ ♥ ~

Seven Simple Steps to Inner Peace

2011-04-08T09:58:00.006-04:00

Seven Simple Steps to Inner Peace

~Sri Chinmoy

Inner peace is the most valuable thing that we can cultivate। Nobody can give us inner peace, at the same time it is only our own thoughts that can rob us of our inner peace. To experience inner peace we don’t have to retreat to a Himalayan cave; we can experience inner peace right now, exactly where we are. The most important criteria is to value the importance of inner peace. If we really value inner peace, we will work hard to make it a reality.

These are some suggestions for bringing more peace into your mind।

1. Choose carefully where we spend time. If you are a news addict and spend an hour reading newspapers everyday, our mind will be agitated by the relentless negativity we see in the world. It is true, that we can try to detach from this negativity. But, in practise ,we will make our progress easier if we don’t spend several hours ruminating over the problems of the world. If you have a spare 15 minutes, don’t just automatically switch on the TV or surf the internet. Take the opportunity to be still or at least do something positive. The problem is the mind feels insecure unless it has something to occupy it. However, when we really can attain a clear mind we discover it creates a genuine sense of happiness and inner peace.

2. Control of Thoughts. It is our thoughts that determine our state of mind. If we constantly cherish negative and destructive thoughts, inner peace will always remain a far cry. At all costs, we need to avoid pursuing trains of negative thoughts. This requires practise. – We cannot attain mastery of our thoughts over night. But, at the same time we always have to remember that we are able to decide which thoughts to follow and which to reject. Never feel you are a helpless victim to your thoughts.

“If you have inner peace, nobody can force you to be a slave to the outer reality.” - Sri Chinmoy

3. Simplify Your Life Modern life, places great demands on our time. We can feel that we never have enough time to fulfill all our tasks. However, we should seek to minimise these outer demands. Take time to simplify your life; there are many things that we can do without, quite often we add unnecessary responsibilitie..s to our schedule. Do the most significant tasks, one at a time, and enjoy doing them. To experience inner peace, it is essential to avoid cluttering our life with unnecessary activities and worries.

4. Spend time to cultivate inner peace. Every day we spend 8 hours a day to earn money, can we not find time to spend 15 minutes to cultivate inner peace? No matter how much money we earn, it cannot bring us inner peace, but, if we spend 15 minutes on meditation and relaxation techniques inner peace can become a possibility. Meditation does not just mean sitting still for 30 minutes; in meditation we seek to experience a state of consciousness which is flooded with inner peace. To experience this inner peace we cannot allow any thought to enter into our mind. True inner peace occurs when we can transcend the world of thoughts.

“You cannot buy peace; you must know how to manufacture it within, in the stillness of your daily practises in meditation.” - Paramahansa Yogananda

5. Be immune to Flattery and Criticism If we depend on the opinions and praise of other people, we can never have inner peace. Criticism and flattery are two sides of the same coin. They are both the judgements of others. However, we should not allow ourselves to be affected by either. When we do, we feed the ego. We should learn to have confidence in ourselves. This does not mean we will love ourselves in an egotistical way, it means we value our real self and have belief in the good qualities that are part of everyone.

6. Be Active selflessly Inner peace does not mean that we have to live a life of a hermit. Inner peace, can be felt amidst dynamic activity. But, this action should be done with selfless motives. When we serve others we forget our sense of self, and it is when we forget our limited self that we can have inner peace.

7. Avoid Criticising Others If we want inner peace, we should feel that our inner peace depends on the well being of others. If we are indifferent to the feelings of others, then it is impossible to have inner peace for ourselves. What we give out comes back. If you offer a peaceful attitude to others this is what we will see return.

Your April 2011 Forecast

2011-04-05T21:04:00.004-04:00

Your April 2011 Forecast
By Cortney Litwin

Forge Ahead and Find Your Creativity
April arrives with a blaze of glory. Multiple Aries conjunctions intensify the energy for daring ideas and groundbreaking projects – a fresh start all around.

What have you been procrastinating about because of lack of passion, focus, drive or courage? Now is the time to dive in and forge a new path. It’s also time to express your individuality through your words, style, originality or creativity.

The only influence reigning in this self-centered vibe is Saturn in relationship-oriented Libra. Multiple Saturn oppositions throughout the month assure that we take other people’s ideas and feelings into consideration. Libra is all about balance and fairness, after all.
But the most intriguing influence currently is Neptune, which makes its debut in Pisces for four months, before backtracking into Aquarius and then re-entering Pisces in February 2012, where it will stay for thirteen years.

Neptune transiting through its own sign will empower all things under its domain, including art, healing and philanthropy. Expect a global spiritual awakening as the planet of oneness and compassion shines a light on suffering throughout the world.

Transit Tales

For most of April, the Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus in Aries intensify the need to take action and to express your individuality.

In the romance arena, during the first three weeks of April, Venus in Pisces sensitizes relationships and focuses on the spiritual/empathetic connections in romance and friendships. Then from March 20 – May 14, Venus in Aries energizes the passion and spontaneity in romantic encounters.

Planets in Motion

Mercury turns direct on April 23, which will help communications move forward.

Retrograde Pluto from April 9-September 15 can transform your inner life by helping you heal emotional wounds. It can also affect your outer life by changing how you deal with debt and other shared resources.

Retrograde Saturn though June 5 continues to encourage you to evaluate your goals, commitments, relationships.

Lunar Magic

The New Moon in Aries on April 3 brings fresh energy to new projects and self-expression. However, it opposes Saturn in Libra, which reigns in the aggressive energy of Aries by emphasizing relationships, co-operation and fairness.

The Full Moon in Libra energizes shared activities, as well as endeavors that focus on equality or cooperation.

Planetary Highlights

April 1-May 10: Mars in Aries resembles an arrow heading toward a target with great speed and unwavering focus, an influence you can access to accomplish your goals.

April 3: The New Moon in Aries opposing Saturn balances the impulsive, driven energy of the Aries by focusing on equality, fairness and cooperation.

April 3: Mars conjunct Uranus in Aries intensifies daring, impulsiveness and innovation.

April 4-August 3: Neptune makes its debut in Pisces for four months, before backtracking into Aquarius and then reentering Pisces in February 2012, for 13 years. Neptune transiting through its own sign will empower all things under its domain, including art, healing and philanthropy. Expect a spiritual awakening as the planet of oneness and compassion shines a light on suffering throughout the world.

April 6: The Sun-Jupiter conjunction in Aries heightens optimism, courage and faith.

April 9-September 15: Retrograde Pluto favors going inward to excavate and purge troubling emotional issues that keep you stuck, such as resentment, anger, jealousy and powerlessness.

April 9: The Sun-Mercury conjunction in Aries energizes groundbreaking ideas and discussions.

April 11: Mars square Pluto can prompt daring/dangerous actions based on the need for power or ego gratification, especially for Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.

April 11: The Mercury-Jupiter conjunction in Aries energizes pioneering ideas and discussions, especially those that involve education, travel, culture or spirituality.

April 17: The Full Moon in Libra energizes shared activities, cooperation, compromise and equality.

April 18: Mars opposing Saturn can bring up fears about taking action.

April 19: The Mercury-Mars conjunction in Aries intensifies ideas and discussions about competition, war, defense, bravery or strength.

April 20: The Sun entering Taurus energizes activities that are practical, sensual or environmental.

April 20-May 14: Venus in Aries heightens the passion and impulsiveness in relationships.

April 22: The Venus-Uranus conjunction in Aries can produce electrifying love-at-first-sight scenarios or innovative, artistic inspiration.

April 23: Mercury in Aries turning direct helps with self-expression and untangling communications in general.

April 27: Venus square Pluto can produce extreme reactions in relationships and bring up issues about power, jealousy or money, especially for Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.

April 27: The Sun trine Pluto strengthens courage and determination.

April 30: Venus opposing Saturn slows down relationships and can bring up issues about commitment, loneliness or money, especially for Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.

April 30: The Mars-Jupiter conjunction in Aries energizes patriotism, courage and the urge to take action.

Mates

2011-04-03T15:41:00.003-04:00

Soul Mate
by Owen Waters

Romance makes you come alive. It brings joy to the soul, happiness to the heart, and places rose-colored glasses firmly in front of your eyes. With the arrival of romance, you feel that you are walking on air and that your whole world is filled with happiness. Because everything feels so wonderful, even simple pleasures can feel like ecstatic delights.

At some point in a new and beautiful relationship, you may ask yourself, “Is this partner my soul mate?” Chances are good that they are because you have many soul mates in existence, not just one!

To see why, let’s examine the soul realms, which exist in a frequency of consciousness higher than the physical world. Your soul essence is based there even though its attention is focused in the physical world, where it sends subtle hints into your conscious awareness in order to help you in your day-to-day living.

Your soul belongs to an immediate group of soul mates numbering, typically, 8 or 9 souls. Then, there are nearby groups that relate closely to yours and still other groups that relate to them. You have an extended family of soul groups which typically includes over a thousand individual souls.

With hundreds of vibrationally-related soul friends in existence, people with a special connection to you are never far away. Your ideal partner or soul mate may be from your own immediate soul group, or from the closest groups to yours, or even from your wider soul family.

Members of this wide family of soul friends often incarnate as people who will be close to you as family members or close friends in the physical world. Think about it: Those really helpful people who were your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or best friends at school were most likely members of your soul group or extended soul family.

Birds of a feather flock together and soul friends team up to share the experience of living in a certain place at a certain time. Imagine the wonderful contrast gained by living among friends at the peak of the Roman civilization, or celebrating nature as Polynesian islanders centuries ago, or living in Western culture today as witnesses to The Shift of the ages. Soul mates and soul friends want to help each other while gaining a wide variety of experiences together.

A true soul friend is never far away.

The living word

2011-04-02T22:19:00.007-04:00

The Living Words
by Jim Self Excerpt from the webinar series “How to Enjoy the Shift”

Have you ever noticed how often people say, “I am ----------- (something)…?”
“I am sick।”
“I am uncomfortable।”
“I am tired।”
“I am worn out।”
“I am not okay.”

Statements such as these are generators of energy at a very high level. They act like a magnet, so that whatever you follow “I am…” with is attracted to you exponentially. Every statement you make, “I am fine.” “I am wonderful.” “I may have stuff around me, but it’s not mine.” “Even though I am in the midst of all stuff, I am fine.” If you can begin to create a distinction between the problem and you, you will find that things can go on around you and you don’t have to identify with them, or take them on and become them.

Now, let’s play a game. Close your eyes, be in the center of your head, and remember a time in your past when you had a Happy experience. (If “happy” is too difficult to grab, please try an easier word - perhaps Satisfied or Content.) Take a moment and put yourself right in that Happy moment. See the flower, or the child laughing… hear the joke that somebody made… accept the compliment that someone gave you. Allow yourself to be fully in that experience. Be that word, Happy. Take your time. Get happiness all over you. Roll around in it. Really feeeel it and hear it and taste it. As you allow yourself to be it, notice how much bigger the smile on your face gets. Laughing is acceptable here. Feeeel the happiness. Go back to that experience and feel the feeling all over again. Where does that feeling live in your body? What color is it? Does it have a shape? Just make it up. Pretend to be Happy (or Satisfied or Content). Feeeel it in your body. And breathe.

Now let the thought and memory of the original experience fade from your awareness and still feel the feeling. Notice that the happiness you are feeling right now is a present-time feeling. It’s not a past-time feeling. Isn’t that curious? You had your attention on a past experience, and yet the feeling you are feeling is right NOW. So what does this tell you? It tells you that “Happy” is always here and available. You can be Happy (or any other feeling) without the past experience. Happy is a present-time, right now accessible experience to you at any moment under any circumstance. Happy is always here for you.

Now let’s play with another word. I’d like you to shift your attention and find the feeling of being Certain. Notice how Certain is a different kind of feeling than Happy. In simple terms, you know how to turn the key in your ignition of your car, right? Can you make your car turn on? Are you certain? Do you know it in that, “I-mean-every-time-I-put-the-key-in-and-turn-it-I-know-what-it-is-supposed-to-do” kind of Certain?

Good. I am certain. Now simply feel the feeling of Certain. Take your time and really recognize this energy. Smear it all over you.

You may find that the body needs to move a bit, so if you feel the need to sit up in your chair, straighten your shoulders, raise your head, or extend your chest a little, do so. Then take a breath, and would you right now feel Certain? Where does Certain live in your body? What color is it? Does it have a shape? Just make it up. Pretend to be Certain. Feeeel it in your body. Recognize it. Own the feeling of being Certain and know that nobody can take this away from you now because it is always there; it’s just that sometimes you shift your attention to another vibration.

So, as you are being Certain, would you now, without any movement, also be Happy? Simply find your seat right in the middle of the vibration called Happy. And would you again find your smile? Go ahead, give yourself permission. Nobody can take this away from you and nobody has ever taken it away from you. All we have done is allow others to overshadow who we really are. Now would you simply be Happy, be Certain, and would you notice that there is nothing to apologize for, nothing is broken, nothing needs to be fixed, and there is no challenge? There is no abuse or punishment or threat, I am Certain and I am Happy.

Now as you start to play with and really "get” Happy and Certain, which are just two of many vibrations, there is an opportunity to accelerate your path. These words are the vibrations that you are. These words are the vibrations that you have turned away from in order to play the game of the third dimension. Finding and BEING the vibrations of Certain and Happy (try Appreciation and Gratitude too) is the beginning of your ascension. You are creating a platform that will allow you to observe the third dimension as it simply dissolves and reshapes itself into the fifth dimension.

These are just two of the Living Words and they are a good start to creating a platform to manage your life from. The other Living Words include Powerful (as in Capable), Commanding, Present, Senior (as in owning your Self) and Gracious. These seven words are not random. They have been specifically chosen by the Archangels and other Teachers of Light to assist us in the Shift. They are packed with energy. As you begin to play with these words, you will find yourself able to hold your attention firm and observe all that is going on around you without being distracted and pulled away from your center.

Once you begin to play with the Living Words that feel wonderful no matter what is going on in your life, every experience that you have will be quite different than your previous experiences. Instead of being knocked out of your space by things that are outside of you, you can simply choose to let all insults or distractions or noise pass you by.

All you have to do is find the word that would most graciously uplift the situation that you are encountering. “What platform of words do I want to step into this meeting with?” “What clothing of vibrations do I want to present myself in?” “What single word would I like to replace this ugly feeling with?” Begin simply. The key is to make this real and graspable.

Creating your own set of Living Words and learning to feel them rather than think them, is one of the most important things you can possibly do during this transition. This is not complicated; it’s simply a reconfiguration from the third dimensional way of life to a higher, clearer way of being. It can become a conscious moment-to-moment choice. A way of life that is Happy, Present, Certain, Senior, Powerful, Commanding and Gracious. Your life.

Love vs. Power: Earthly vs. Spiritual

2010-03-12T20:30:00.004-05:00

Love vs. Power: Earthly vs. Spiritual
~Unknown

What we call “love” on the earthly level is not love at all. “Love” on the earthly level is about getting something for ourselves - approval, security, attention, understanding, sex, affection. Love on the spiritual level is about giving something to ourselves and others - caring, compassion, understanding, attention, affection. Love on the earthly level is about getting our emptiness filled by things, activities, substances and people. Love on the spiritual level is about learning to fill ourselves internally through connecting with our own essence and with God, receiving the energy of love and compassion from God and sharing it others.

Power on the earthly level is about controlling events and people; power on the spiritual level is about personal empowerment - power within. It includes the power to receive love and wisdom from Spirit, realize our creative potential and manifest our dreams. Spiritual power is the power to remain loving and compassionate in the face of fear.

Our beliefs about God are often at the root of our choice to operate primarily from an earthly perspective or a spiritual perspective.

It is essential to understand that the Creator gave all souls free will. This means that you get to decide your own purpose in life, your deepest desires, your way of being. You decide whether you are going to be loving or unloving, responsible for your own feelings and behavior or put the blame on others. You decide if you are going to be open to learning about your pain or avoid it with your various anesthetics - your addictions. You decide if your deepest motivation is to love yourself and others or to maintain “safety” by protecting yourself against loneliness, rejection and failure.

When your deepest desire is to be safe rather than loving, you close your heart to avoid feeling your pain. When you close your heart, you cannot feel God - God can only enter through an open heart. Free will means that God has chosen to relinquish power over your will. Even God cannot control your intent - that is, your deepest desire in any given moment.

God is an omnipotent energy that you can open to and invite into your heart, but God cannot enter your heart unbidden. Once you shift your intent and ask God to help heal your wounds and teach you to be loving to yourself and others, then the Spirit of love, compassion and wisdom that is God will always be there for you. But it is you who must decide to open or close your heart. No force outside of yourself can open your heart to God. When our hearts are closed to ourselves, we are also closed to the suffering of others.

You may believe there is nothing you can ever do that will please God. You may believe that God sees you as inherently flawed, “born into sin,” and there is nothing you can do to change this. You might believe that no matter how hard you try, in the end you will be punished for sin: God will never forgive you for being human. But if you are “created in the image of God,” meaning that you have the same love within you that is God, then it is not possible for you to be inherently flawed. That would mean you were created imperfect; God doesn’t do substandard work. Nor is God unforgiving. Unconditional love is, by definition, forgiving.

When we do believe in God but feel ourselves unlovable and unworthy, we may believe that we can be instruments of God’s love for others but not for ourselves. You may conclude that God has chosen certain people who deserve to be blessed, while ignoring others, who do not deserve it. This conclusion, as with many of the other false beliefs about God, comes from seeing God as an unloving, judgmental, vengeful person rather than as an unconditionally loving Spirit or Supreme Being. People have favorite people. God doesn’t. People think some people are more deserving than others. God doesn’t.

When you believe that God is a person or that God is demanding, controlling and judgmental, then you may believe that God put you here as a punishment (because you are inherently bad) or because God doesn’t love you. This false belief relieves you of the responsibility of choosing to heal, of evolving your soul. When you remember that you came here to evolve in lovingness, then you will understand that being alive is truly a sacred opportunity, a sacred privilege.

Living Life with The Attitude of Gratitude

2010-03-10T08:44:00.003-05:00

Living Life with The Attitude of Gratitude
~Joseph Rettig

Having an Attitude of Gratitude comes from being truly grateful for what is in your life. This is a conscious decision intended to realize the blessings in your life with the emotion that is coupled with it. This is real gratitude, a thankfulness that is true, coming from the heart and soul of your very being.

A person who is not grateful may find themselves uttering "Thank you" a few times a day, but never mean it because this is as empty as the heart from which it came. The words "Thank you" hold little power to engage the Law of Gratitude if there is no real gratefulness behind the words. It is as if some people forgot what being thankful really feels like.

Grateful individuals take great joy in their blessings, realizing the source from where their happiness dwells. They influence others with their words because of the light that shines from them. They realize that giving and receiving are the same and gladly give their pleasure to those who should receive it.

The Law of Gratitude is available for everyone. There are ways to cultivate this grateful attitude. All that is required of you is a willingness to change your perception and begin seeing more light from the end of the tunnel. Soon, there will be no tunnel of darkness left for you dwell in.

When you seek to become more spiritually aware, empowering, supportive, energetic and positive, seek out those traits in others to be with. Finding like-minded people that live positive lives will lift you up higher. In turn, you will lift these people and others around you higher. This is a part of the Law of Attraction at work.

Helping those around you become grateful is not to find fault and criticize them for their shortcomings. This is to judge something you do not fully understand. You cannot walk in anyone's shoes any more than someone can walk in yours. Instead, live by example without placing fault on others.

Make a conscious effort to stop complaining about your life, it goes nowhere and is wasted energy spent. The more you complain, the more you will feel your life is something that should be complained about. Like attracts like.

If it appears, at times, that life handed you a bowl full of rotten cherries, then throw away the cherries and be grateful for the nice bowl life handed you. Now you can fill up the bowl with something better.

Whenever you say "Thank you", pay attention to what it is you are being thankful for. Most of the time, it's the small things that matter to be appreciative of. Take the time to let others you love know how much you are grateful for having them in your life. It matters to them and will help them remember just how much you mean to them also.

Thankfulness and the Law of Gratitude are one and the same. When you are thankful and grateful from your soul, this goes out and brings to you more of the same. It can make your life a true heaven on earth. Taking the time to focus on what you have instead of what you don't have will eventually bring to you a sense of peace and understanding that becomes you. In this way, you will teach others what the Attitude of Gratitude is truly about.

The Invitation

2010-02-26T18:21:00.003-05:00

The Invitation
By Oriah Mountain Dreamer

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain!I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it, or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithlessand therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty, every day,and if you can source your own life from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes!”

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.

It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

Embracing Your Divinity

2010-02-26T17:53:00.003-05:00

Embracing Your Divinity
By Linda Zander

The Imperative to Manifesting Sustainable Abundance

We’ve lost ourselves. We’ve lost the truth of who we are as human beings. We’ve turned our power over to negative thought forms and beliefs put into place thousands of years ago. These negative thought forms and beliefs were created with a single purpose in mind—to control our thoughts, actions and behaviors to the benefit of those who would wield power over us.

It is time that we took our power back! It is a social imperative that we all share the responsibility for. Do you truly want to be happy, joyous, abundant and free? Do you want to see peace reign in the world? Do you want to see our dwindling environmental resources begin to replenish and flourish? Do you want to have the power to manifest abundance in your life?

There is a way, as a collective humanity to co-create sustainable abundance in every area of our lives. It requires a Quantum Shift in perspective and a desire and willingness to reframe our beliefs about who we inherently are as human beings. It saddens me greatly when I repeatedly and continuously hear the following from the beautiful, radiantly talented people that cross my path: ·

· As human beings we are imperfect, flawed and weak
· No pain, no gain
· One cannot transcend or grow without suffering
· I don’t know what it would take for me to be happy. I have everything and I feel confused and alone.
· I feel like I am a prisoner in my own life and I don’t know how to undo it
· If only I had the right woman/man in my life, I’d feel ok
· If only I had money, I’d be free.
· I feel like I’m being punished for who I am
· If only I had a house, I’d be secure.

With great sadness in my heart I write to you to implore you to begin anew. To wipe the slate clean and to create a new Tabla Rosa and imprint upon it that which is truly your birthright and destiny as a human being! You are a bundle of pure divinity. You are a perfect, precious creation of unlimited intelligence, creativity and divine power to be the alchemist mixing and creating precious energies, thoughts, forms and materials into divine material form.

The true disease of our humanity causing the dwindling resources of our environment, increasingly aggressive warring among political and religious factions and early death due to diseases born out of our own behaviors, is our belief that we are flawed, imperfect, and being punished for the sin of being human!

My divine fellows, where, when and why did we decide to buy into the very belief that is causing the deconstruction and destruction of everything that we hold dear in life! Not until we REMEMBER and EMBRACE the truth of our divinity and LET GO of someone’s self-motivated spin that continues to dominate and control us, will we begin to be free. As we begin to embrace the truth of our wholeness, we will begin to feel the rise of a new era. A rise in health, wealth and well-being in our hearts, homes, communities and the world we live and breathe in.

The spin of “original sin” and human form as broken, flawed and in need of being saved is what perpetuates living from a place of fear. The belief that as human beings we are a stain on the fabric of the world is truly tragic and commits us to a barren future. The belief that only through pain, we rise, is yet another negative thought form which has as its’ goal to behavior modify us into a malleable controllable collective. It keeps us immobilized where institutions can lead us into arenas that only serve their thirst for power, dominance and control. Fear breeds more fear and increased fear in the world gives rise to those who want to capitalize on our fears. They control our minds, actions, behaviors and pocketbooks! Conquer and divide is the dish of the day if we continue to buy into the belief that our greatest strength as a human being is our weakness!

Living from fear allows us to be controlled. It controls what we are able to accomplish in the world. We strive to create security and success from a place of fear and when security and success is built on a foundation of fear, it is at risk of collapse and destruction. The only way to create SUSTAINABLE abundance is through living from a place of our own power and divinity. We must understand that as human beings we ARE PERFECT and we hold the power to the expansion of not only our lives, but the world around us.

When we begin to feel the rightness, beauty and brilliance of who we are, fear begins to slip away and we begin to feel a new surge of the divine running through our hearts, souls, and spirits. We begin to see life through a new lens. Everything comes vibrantly alive and a new energy moves through us giving birth to our own unique creative intelligence. We begin to live in flow and trust and not in fear. We begin to manifest a new reality of our own choosing! An abundant Universe where supply far exceeds demand! Just envision that for a moment. What would the World become having all the supply that we could ever need to meet demand? I know you know the answer. War, famine, disease, ego and fear would become ancient history! Humanity would rise to a new consciousness where abundance would be allowed to expand and flourish and we would become the generation of a new era of enlightenment!

We, the people, ARE the mass consciousness that have the power to create permanent quantum shift for a new tomorrow. Believe it, embrace it and manifest it now!

We’ve also bought into the belief that change is a painful process. When we even think of the word “change” it evokes a feeling of dread and fear. We, again, become immobilized and choose to stay stuck rather than facing the supposedly inevitable trauma of change. This is a belief that we have to shift and let go of in order to become proactive participants in the creation of a new abundant landscape of life.

Change is invigorating, energizing, exciting, and expansive and creates innovation and genius when you are the one instituting and creating the change.

The reason why most of us see change as a threat rather than the opportunity for wealth expansion is because most of us let change happen to us rather than being the proactive person promoting the shift. It is the difference between being the victim of circumstances or the victor of circumstances. Which will you choose going forward? To be the person who allows change to be thrust upon them or the person who creates positive change?

Again, it is a matter of living in faith of yourself as a divine creator and not as a fear-based person who is being manipulated and controlled by those who would seek power over you.

True and right use of power comes from within with a purity of intention to manifest abundance for the greater good of the whole. It starts in your heart, soul and home and trickles out into the world.

As you believe, others believe. As you live your divinity, others will live their divinity. As you radiate the new reality of our divine humanity, others see it, feel it and move into it. You have the power to change your mind, thoughts, beliefs, deeds, actions and reactions. You have the power to manifest a new reality that sustains your existence in the highest, most abundant form imaginable.

Blessings as you go forward into the divine flow your destiny!

Build Your Soul-Esteem

2010-02-19T11:52:00.003-05:00

Build Your Soul-Esteem
A sense of self-worth
by Alina Mikos

In American culture, we've been trained from a young age to believe our self-worth is tied to material things like our job title, income, and social status. When those factors drop in a recession, we feel empty. But our self-worth is so much greater than the physical plane. If we quiet the noise around us and focus on our purpose, we will learn to acknowledge our soul-esteem.

What Is Soul-Esteem?
Loosely defined, soul-esteem is the innate worth each human being is born with, but all too often, is lost or forgotten somewhere along life's journey. Most of us live our entire lives reflected in the mirrors that other humans hold up, which prevents our true and extraordinary selves from reaching full-realization. If self-esteem is confidence and satisfaction in oneself, then soul-esteem would be the profound and primal awareness of our connection with everything in the universe. This soul-esteem, inherent in every being, instills in us an enormous sense of peace and belonging. It etches our lives with deep and meaningful purpose.

Soul-esteem has also been referred to as our 'Buddha nature' (or that oneness with all). It is the absolute inner-knowledge of who we are and how we can best utilize our unique talents to enrich the world.

Why Developing Soul-Esteem Is Essential
Developing our soul-esteem gives us spiritual confidence, not just to participate in our culture, but to transform it into something better. It is that open-minded and non-judgmental assurance that helps us foster deeply significant connections to other people, linking humanity instead of dividing it.

Some of the great leaders, like Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., developed extraordinary soul-esteem to oppose the norm, and to inspire others to rally against oppression and injustice. To be connected with our soul-esteem means that we can achieve immense spiritual confidence, allowing us to act from our highest power.

What Can You Do?
If we don't engage and foster our soul-esteem, our souls can wither. Depression, stress, frustration, illness, and even escapism are all side effects of failure to carefully develop our soul-esteem. We must listen to our primal and untainted inner guides, as they will lead us along the path we need to travel. When new opportunities arise, we must acknowledge them and allow our souls to lead us in the most positive direction that will stimulate spiritual growth. If we engage that wise and deep part of ourselves that shines and lights the way for others, then we are truly letting our souls flower fully and freely.

What Is Spirit?

2010-02-18T10:37:00.003-05:00

What is Spirit
By: Shirley Marotta

When you ask the question what is Spirit? You open the door to many interpretations. I am giving here my understanding (from my reading and exploration) of what Spirit is to me.

Spirit is the unseen force within all people and within all worldly things. Spirit is the driving force behind all creation. Spirit is the core of your being that knows everything. It is the energy that propels things into manifestation. It is that voice inside that tells you when things feel right or wrong.

Spiritual Connection

When you are in the quiet of meditation you are bridging the gap between the ego, that goes about taking care of everyday life events, and your true Spirit within. This Spirit is the core of your being the energy that supports your life. Letting go of outside distractions allows you to touch your Spiritual core.

Have you ever been so involved in a project you love doing that time passed without notice, everything just flowed as it should, and all the pieces fell into place with ease? Your inner Spirit was guiding you, because you let go of everything around you and focused on the task. Spirit is that place inside you that gives you the inspiration and love for that task because it is right for you, it is what you were meant to do.

So when you ask what is Spirit? I say to you it is your center, the core of your being that knows all you need to know to live a happy fulfilling life. This is not to say that you will never experience ups and downs in your life. Being in touch with your Spiritual center will help you to deal with stressful situations, because you will be approaching it from the calm of your Spiritual center. Answer the question for yourself, what is Spirit? Explore the meaning for yourself, read, learn, seek out Spiritual teachers. You will touch the core of your being and begin the journey to Spiritual awakening then handling life's challenges will be easier.

Spiritual Living

Incorporate into your life those things that you enjoy that make you feel good about yourself and at the same time you are honoring your Spirit. Be aware that every living being has the same inner Spirit and try to see that in them as well.

Everyone has a Spirit within, everyone is dealing with different life situations that contribute to their outlook on life. They may not seem like Spiritual beings at times but it is there and if you can recognize that small spark in all things you will be the better for it. When you honor Spirit in others and in the world around you, you honor your Spirit as well. We are all one with the universal energy that is the one Divine Spirit that created our world and everything in it.

Open your mind and heart, learn and listen to the voice of the Spirit within. You come from Spirit and you are connected to the Divine Spirit that created this Universe and all that is in it. Because you are from this one true Spirit you share in its power and abundance if you recognize it and nurture that part of yourself.

Be kind to yourself and trust that inner voice, always think and act from a place of love and kindness. Every act of kindness will open your heart more and more. With an open heart you will hear the voice of Spirit, you will change your life for the better.

Whether you realize it or not every positive thought and act stems from your Spiritual center (that inner voice) and you are planting the seeds of positive change in the consciousness of the entire world. So ask yourself what is Spirit? And live your best life now.

Your Spiritual Intelligence

2010-02-04T11:06:00.002-05:00

"There must be but one goal when we meditate or pray, and that is to have a God experience - an awareness, a consciousness of the presence of God." ~ Living the Infinite Way, Joel Goldsmith

Your Spiritual Intelligence
By Rev Dr Ann Ronan

Imagine this. You started out as a single cell that was 1/1,000 of an inch (tiny!).

That cell contained all the instructions that make up you within its DNA. All the information contained in that tiny cell would fill 1,000 books with 600 pages in each book.

You breathe without thinking. You digest food without thinking. You're blood circulates without your help. You are a miracle.

The intelligence that created you is beyond our imagination. It is the same intelligence that animates and sustains all of creation from the tiniest cell to the farthest galaxy. It is all God (as humans we feel we have to name everything) and it is good. Ernest Holmes often called this intelligence "it."

Just know that God is. God is. If you feel yourself getting stressed, feeling overwhelmed, not knowing what to do in a situation. Stop. And remember God is. That intelligence that is so much more than our little mind knows what to do.

And you are of this great intelligence. You are one part of it expressing itself through you this day. Know peace. Know all is well. Know that their is a power in the universe greater than anything you can imagine. And it works for you, through you.

Be still and know. Feel peace. Enjoy the moment. You are tapping into your spiritual intelligence.
Spiritual Practice

Create an image for yourself of this infinite, unlimited spiritual intelligence that is always there for you. Maybe a picture of a deep well, or the vast ocean, or a bubbling fountain that never runs dry. During the day, when you feel discomfort, stress, anger, judgment...bring that image to your mind and be still and know that you can draw upon your spiritual intelligence anytime.

Be still and know.

Everyday Spirituality

2010-02-03T08:34:00.001-05:00

Everyday Spirituality
By: Shirley Marotta

Everyday spirituality is found within all of us. From your first day on this earth you have been influenced by the ideas of society telling you what kind of person you should be. These ideas and life events molded and shaped you into who you are today. Your inner spirit has taken a back seat crowded out by all these ideas and notions of who you are and how to live your life.

Seeing Spirituality Everyday

Look past the physical, look beyond it into each individual's spiritual center. Use your awareness to recognize it in all beings. The best way to begin is to set the mood by just think of the people and things that make you happy:

• your loved ones

• the sounds of happy children

• the sounds of nature on a quiet spring day

• a neighborly act of kindness

• a peaceful time for meditation

• reading a good book or inspirational story

• listening to your favorite music

You can and will experience an “aaah haaa” moment when you come to rediscover your own inner spirituality and that of the world around you. If you recognize all the good in your life and give it attention and recognition you will experience the spirituality that surrounds you everyday.

Spirituality is all around you, what is spirituality? I like this definition of spirituality: "Spirituality is that which relates to or affects the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things." Spirituality touches that part of you that is not dependant on material things or physical comforts.

You can bring spirituality into your everyday life. You can find it in everyone you encounter and everywhere you go. We are all spiritual beings deep within, if you look beyond the trappings of this material world. If you do this you will see spirituality in your everyday life.

Build Your Awareness of Everyday Spirituality

Make a note to yourself that as you go through everyday tasks and events you will remember to find the spiritual aspects of whatever it is you are doing. Bring your awareness into the here and now, you are not thinking ahead or thinking of what has past, you are in the moment. Practicing being completely in the moment is an excellent way to build your awareness of spirit.

Choosing to see the good in all people and things is the way to tune into your spirit within. You will no doubt encounter people that make it difficult to recognize their inner spirit. Everyone has a spiritual center; it is just that some are not ready to open to that part of their being yet. But your recognition of it and the way you treat that individual can help open that door for them if only a little bit, you have made a difference in that person's life.

Listen to the voice within the voice of your inner spirit and it will guide you to take right action every time.

Live Your Best Life Now!

Make today a new beginning live in and through your spiritual center. Remember the small things in life that truly make you smile. When you find yourself in a negative frame of mind just recall the things that make you happy. The positive events and people in your life will help diminish the affects of that negativity.

It is not an easy task but with practice it will become second nature and you will gain so much. Your life will start to evolve into the life you've dreamed of. Take one step at a time build your awareness of everyday spirituality by recognizing it in the people and things around you.

Start living your best life now, start recognizing the spirit in you, and the spirituality that surrounds you.

The Star

2010-01-14T12:09:00.005-05:00

A Person is not a thing or a process
but an opening through which the
Absolute can manifest
~Heidegger

The Star
By Rosalie Cusumano©

In ancient religions the star symbolizes the guiding light...
It is the universal principle of self-esteem and confidence….

Each of us is a guiding light, a star, an "opening through which the Absolute can manifest".

When we are filled with self doubt we are closed and our light is dim.
We all have aspects of ourselves or things that we have or have not done that we are not proud of, including myself…

Let it go,forgive your self, embrace all of who you are and move on,
taking only the self realizations and lessons you have learned, with you.

You are a Star, a spark, of the Divine, a gateway through which the Absolute can manifest, perfect just as you are.
Believe in yourself…

Leave, inner-, criticism, judgment, and doubt behind.
None are of service to you on your journey forward, not unless you desire them to be.

What have you learned, how you have grown, are you opening up or closing down, are you shining brighter or has your light been diminished. This is what matters.

You control your light. You and you only can choose to shine or to allow the pitfalls of life to diminish your light.

I know that I am here to be of service, not only to the Divine, but to every spark of light, every Star, within the universe of the Divine, whether it shines or is dim.

If I lack self-esteem and confidence how can I be of service to myself or any one else? I can not.

Many have tried to shake my confidence and weaken might light, none have succeeded.

I am a Star, shining bright and strong, eternally expanding, not a thing or a process but an opening through which the Absolute can manifest.

Be radiant and confident with each step you take, leaving behind you a footprint of your light, so you may light the way for others who's Star have dimmed..

Shine……

Step away from self-pity

2010-01-14T09:28:00.001-05:00

Lessons Learned ~ Step away from self-pity
by M. McMahon

We've all helped a friend through a breakup, a fight with their parents, a divorce, a foreclosure ... the list goes on and on. From the outside, it can seem so obvious what lesson is coming, but when it's personal, it's often much more difficult to understand. We feel overwhelmed by our circumstances. It can seem like everyday is a new slap in the face in the forms of painful revelations or unwanted outcomes. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to any of it.

And then the biggie: 'why me?' It's a good question to ask. Why are you being faced with this situation and what can you learn from it? The sooner you can step away from the self-pity and victimization, the faster you can move into an inner serenity that comes from saying, 'I am willing to learn.' Here are some steps to push through to the finish line, so you only have to learn this painful lesson once.

Been here before?
If you are hysterical, chances are the situation is historical. You've come to a familiar painful place, but where did it start? Make a list of precisely when you have felt this pain before. Perhaps you are suffering under an abusive boss. What other times have you felt victimized by someone in power? Reflect back until you find the very first time you can remember feeling this way. Chances are, that's what's really upsetting you. The present situation is rubbing an old wound. In this scenario, you may have wanted your very first abuser to love you. So now, you are hanging on to a job you hate because you are re-enacting that first situation, hoping for a different result. Nothing in the present will ever change the past. This is both painful and freeing because if you can acknowledge the true source of your pain, you are halfway to the healing that awaits you.

What is your part in this?
If you do not accept your part, you will repeat it. And you must be specific. For instance, simply saying, 'If I had known we were going to lose the house, I would have never bought it,' is a cop out. You have to look at your own patterns of leaping into things or refusing to face your own financial reality. Looking for your part may force-feed you a slice of humble pie. Not always easy going down, but humility is crucial to getting out of this painful merry-go-round.

If an apology is in order, make it. If you are not ready to apologize, ask yourself, 'what do I gain by staying in this dynamic?' It's not about manipulating the other parties to accomodate you. It's about your ability to move on from here. By stepping forward, you may be pleasantly surprised that others are relieved to change, too. Though you may break the ice, everyone benefits from the bridge.

Clarity is Freedom
The wonderful thing about walking through a painful situation is that it's your choice whether or not you go through it again. Most of the time, you'll find that there were warning signs at the outset of this painful lesson. If you can isolate when you ignored your intuition, you will unlock the key that will set you free. It's a small nudge, a quickening of the heart. It's a tiny guide deep within that gets quieter each time it is ignored. But if you can see where you turned away, you will beckon it back to you. It gets louder each time we honor it.

If you feel that there were no warning signs at all, look again. Nothing comes from nothing. Perhaps people around you were concerned when you rushed into a new relationship. Though they had compelling reasons for you to take it slow and get to know the person better, you thought, 'I will be the exception.'

Before you move on, take some time to give yourself props for everything you did right. Perhaps you extended patience, kindness and hard work. Perhaps you discovered a hidden talent or new hobby. Just because you lost the house doesn't mean you didn't enjoy painting it! Perhaps you had a rocky relationship with a musician, but the best parts where when you sang together. So take singing lessons!

The situation has as much power as you give it. Take your best assets with you. You're stronger and your experience is deeper and richer because there is no other outcome of growth. The universe wants us to experience love and abundance. Path-correction isn't easy, so tune down the inner critic. Reward yourself for walking through this and take a big breath. Better things are on their way!

Destiny is Variable

2010-01-12T10:48:00.001-05:00

Destiny is Variable
by Owen Waters

In the Old Reality, things were seen as opposites - black or
white, hot or cold, good or bad, this way or that way. In the
expanded view of New Reality consciousness, life is seen in a
unified way. Opposite sides of the coin are viewed, not as
polar opposites, but rather as just being different aspects of
the one coin.

In the New Reality view of the world, the opposite extremes of
black and white become, instead, endless shades of gray. Hot
and cold become variable degrees of warmth. Good and bad become
different shades of human nature; free of the judgment, hate
and fear that comes with Old Reality, polarized thinking.

In the Old Reality, destiny and free will were seen as
mutually exclusive. The reasoning was that, if destiny exists,
then it controls everything and, therefore, free will does not
exist. On the other hand, you can prove that free will does
exist by making a choice. So, as the thinking goes, if free
will does exist, then there can be no destiny.

But, wait. Perhaps that choice of "free will" was really a
pre-destined one. Perhaps the person was destined to make that
choice all long, so the experience of choice was just an
illusion. At this point, people usually give up on the whole
question because it has turned into one of those brain teasers,
like asking which came first - the chicken or the egg.

Brain teasers keep your mind in an endless loop until you try
stepping back from the situation and seeing it in a wider
perspective. The new, wider perspective allows for the
inclusion of non-materialistic factors. In deciding whether the
chicken or the egg came first, for example, you just have to
step back and see that the Creator designed the chicken to be
self-perpetuating.

When you step back and see destiny and free will from a wider
perspective, you realize that nothing has to be absolute. If
every event in your life were pre-ordained, there would be no
such thing as free will or self-determination. As we do have
free will, destiny cannot be fixed.

Destiny is therefore variable, not fixed. Destiny and free
will both exist as interwoven facets of your life. Like threads
in a tapestry, they interact with each other and blend to form
the outcomes that are the events in your life.

Your destiny is created by plans that you made at a soul level
of consciousness. Before you were born, you made your main plan
for this life. Then, the minute you were born, the rules of the
game demanded that you also get a case of amnesia about the
whole arrangement. Such is the game of life in the physical
realm.

However, at night when you go to sleep, you have the chance to
visit the deepest levels of human consciousness and review how
the original plan is unfolding and make changes to your plan if
desired. When you return to your physical body and awake in the
morning, amnesia strikes again. Within seconds of your
conscious mind returning into your physical brain, you forget
both the surface dreams and the deep experiences of the night.

Amnesia may be a part of the game we are playing in this life,
but inner guidance is always is always available to anyone who
pays attention to it. Your intuition is your link to your soul,
or inner being, which is also linked to the rest of the
universe and all levels of Creation.

You are never left alone to fumble in the darkness of a purely
physical life. Your inner being is always there with you,
expressing itself through the quiet whisperings of intuitive
information. Thanks to this inner compass of knowing, you can
always sense which choice feels right. You can always tell when
your life is running on plan, and you can tell equally well if
you've become temporarily distracted from your plan. You always
have the means to be right on course, or get back on course,
and explore the fascinating themes that make up your life plan.

The most productive use of free will is to explore your true
potential within the themes of your life, thus gaining the
greatest possible experience from your life plan.

Destiny is an influence that comes from your inner plan. There
is nothing absolute about your destiny. It's a pressure which
constantly seeks the best route to unfold into manifestation.

Free will provides the means to manifest that destiny in a way
that provides the learning that you came here to acquire in
this life.

Destiny is variable. It adapts to the circumstances of your
life every second of the day. As destiny unfolds, you feel it
within as a sense of being a part of the flow of life, of
manifesting your potential in the way that you planned for this
day and that you planned for this life.

Destiny is the plan. Free will is the action. Experience is
the result.

That's what being human is all about.

Make a Life

2010-01-07T12:09:00.004-05:00

Make a Life
~Neale Donald Walsch

The point of your activities throughout the day is not to
make a living, but to make a life; not to 'work' but to
create joy. If you are doing what you are doing merely
to 'pay the bills,' you will have missed the major reason
for All Of Life.

The purpose of life is to know and express Who You
Are. If you do other than that during the days and times
of your life, you will have not used those days and times
in a way that profits your soul. It is soul profit we are
after here, not body profit.

This first week of the New Year is a good time to
contemplate that, yes?

'Daily Affirmation' Video

2010-01-07T09:57:00.000-05:00

Abundance -- Infinite Possibilities

2010-01-07T09:05:00.006-05:00

Abundance -- Infinite Possibilities
By Theresa Crabtree

Scientists are beginning to discover what indigenous elders have known since antiquity. In the "ethers," there are tiny particles of no-thing-ness that at any moment can be activated and manifested into any-thing your heart desires! Once you have a true grasp that all literally is One, then you will better understand how to use this Oneness to create heaven on earth.

Due to the nature of "free will," many things labeled as "negative" have been allowed to happen from the beginning of the universe, for all is a grand experiment. Could there truly be "free will" if you are not allowed to experience the "bad" as well as the "good?" Like children, you learn that if you touch fire, you get burnt. After you have that understanding, you may then choose to not touch the fire again. However, when you have fuller understanding of the workings of the universe, you will learn that you can walk on fire and not get burnt! This is true for all things.

There is never only one solution to a problem; there are myriads of possibilities. However, when you are close-minded or lack the courage to think "out of the box," you limit yourself. Pay closer attention to the people and events that occur in your life. Watch for coincidences and synchronicities, especially after you have made a fervent request for something to occur.

Have the courage to take the steps to reach your highest goals. Take into account what is in your highest good and the good for all. You have experienced many "bad" things and are deserving of far more than you may currently allow yourself.

When you gain the ability to live the life of your dreams and say "no" to the things that take up your time, energy and money, you will have more time and resources available for recreation, art, music and all those things you love.

Spend quiet time each day reflecting on your life and practice those skills that bring a sense of peace and joy to you. Know that you may experience moments of unrest as you begin to realize that you are fully responsible for the current situations in your life. What joy you will experience as you release the fears and habits that have kept you captive for so long!

Learn to release the angst you feel toward others and come to the understanding that each of you is doing the best you can in every moment. In this new beginning, you will start with the knowledge of the full abundance available to you in all aspects of your life. Your passion will surpass anything you have thus far experienced on earth as each of you works together to support and encourage one another.

A Fresh Start

2009-12-30T07:34:00.005-05:00

A Fresh Start

Daily Word
~Unknown Author

I enter the new year with the understanding that I am making a fresh start. I begin by discarding thoughts, attitudes, and habits that are not compatible with an excellent life. I let go of whatever caused past discouragement, disappointment, or disagreement. I know that seemingly negative outcomes are desires or goals that are yet to be fulfilled. I am open and receptive to new ideas, activities and relationships.

Each day, I can follow a fresh plan of fulfillment. I act on divine ideas that I receive in moments of prayer and inspiration. These ideas flow through wholesome, positive thoughts. As I use creative thinking to build upon divine ideas, my activities become more dynamic and my abilities are enhanced. Therefore, I enter this new year with optimism, joy and enthusiasm.

Chocolate Wisdom

2009-12-28T20:14:00.000-05:00

The Creative Impulses of the Soul

2009-12-28T20:01:00.001-05:00

The Creative Impulses of the Soul
by Julie Redstone

As light increases on the Earth, the creative impulses of the soul become stronger and the desire to express what is most true and most deeply held begins to feel more urgent. Being aware of these deepening motivations allows a choice to be made. One can stay with the more tightly bound habits of the past, or one can embrace the expansion and motivation to expand and be willing to risk moving into a new and unforeseen future.

No matter which choice is made, the pressure to integrate more fully with one's own soul identity is part of the time we are in. It is not an individual phenomenon but a planetary one. Despite the changes that this is bringing and will bring to relationships everywhere, it will also allow life individually and collectively to become more truthful, more caring, and more real.

lightomega.org

Lightworkers

2010, A Powerful New Year

2009-12-28T19:29:00.003-05:00

2010, A POWERFUL NEW YEAR!
by Patricia Diane Cota-Robles
http://eraofpeace.org

It is hard to believe that we have already completed the first decade of the New Millennium. I do not think anyone can dispute the fact that time is being accelerated. The unprecedented awakening Humanity experienced during the first decade of the 21st century was miraculous, but it will not hold a candle to the shift of consciousness that will take place during the second decade. This shift of consciousness will result in the unification of millions of Lightworkers, whose dedicated service to Humanity and the Light will change the course of history. From outer appearances this statement may seem too good to be true, but actually, it does not begin to adequately describe the wonders that are in store for Humanity and all Life on this planet. These monumental changes will begin in 2010, and they will unfold day by day until the patterns of perfection for the New Earth are physically manifest. If you have any doubt about that please meditate on the following Truth: “The Light of God is ALWAYS Victorious, and WE are that Light!”

Since the dawn of the New Millennium, Lightworkers around the world have been invoking Divine Intervention to assist with Humanity’s awakening and Earth’s Ascension into the 5th Dimension. For the past ten years the Earth has been going through an intensified cleansing process, that has pushed everything that conflicts with Heaven on Earth to the surface to be healed. This process is not complete yet, but enough of Humanity’s human miscreations have been cleared to begin the manifestation of the patterns of perfection for the New Earth. This is the next phase of the unfolding Divine Plan, which will be birthed with the New Year, 2010.

There are several celestial events that coincide with the birth of 2010. This is not by chance. Through the unified efforts of Lightworkers and the entire Company of Heaven, this powerful New Year is being catapulted into the highest frequencies of vibration that Cosmic Law will allow. 2009, was an eleven (11) year. Eleven is the master number that reflects the transformation of the physical into the Divine. These energies have been preparing every atomic and subatomic particle and wave of Life on Earth for the shifts that will take place in 2010.

On December 12, 2009, 12:12, our Mother God and the Feminine Aspects of Deity throughout the Universe expanded the portal of Transfiguring Divine Love. Through this expanded portal, the Earth and all her Life are being bathed with higher transformational energies than we have ever experienced. These frequencies of Divine Love will build in momentum daily and hourly until December 12, 2010. During this 12-month cycle, Humanity will have an unparalleled opportunity to release any of the behavior patterns that are preventing us from tangibly manifesting the patterns of perfection for the New Earth. This is a merciful gift of Divine Grace. It is a time for us to focus on our Divine Intentions.

On December 16, 2009, the portal of Transfiguring Divine Love was intensified through a very powerful New Moon. This enhanced the influx of Light that bathed the Earth during the Solstice, December 21, 2009. On December 31, 2009, we will experience a BLUE MOON LUNAR ECLIPSE. The Beings of Light have revealed that this is going to be the most significant New Year we have experienced since our fall from Grace millions of years ago. This is a vitally important time for all of us to empower what we want to cocreate in our individual lives and on this planet. Not only will our hopes, dreams, visions, and Divine Intentions be expanded a thousand times a thousandfold by the Company of Heaven, they will be exponentially expanded by the tremendous influx of Light we will experience on that sacred day.

These gifts of Divine Intervention will expand in power and might until January 14, 2010. On that day, we will experience an incredibly powerful New Moon Solar Eclipse. During the Solar Eclipse, the patterns of perfection we have empowered will be permanently sealed in the highest frequencies of vibration possible. From that moment forth, they will build in momentum daily and hourly. When our visions reach a critical mass, an unstoppable shift will occur that will bring our cocreations into manifestation.

It is important for all of us to go within our hearts to see what our I AM Presence is guiding us to empower in our individual lives. We can also join together to invoke the Light on behalf of Humanity and all Life on this planet. The Company of Heaven has given us wonderful and very powerful tools to help us reprogram ourselves. I would like to share one of them with you now. This exercise will help us to release the fragmented and fear-based thoughtforms from our lower human egos. It will help us to give our I AM Presences, full dominion of our lives.

THE NEW TECHNOLOGY OF THE VIOLET FLAME

The 5th-Dimensional frequencies of the Violet Flame allow us to easily download programs or patterns of perfection from the Causal Body of our Father-Mother God that we would like to manifest in our lives. We begin with an invocation, then we decide what programs we want to download and ask our I AM Presence to assist us. The downloading occurs instantly and automatically, very similar to the way the process occurs when we put a disc with a new program into our computer.

After the program is downloaded, our I AM Presence uses the technology of the Violet Flame to scan all of our records, memories, belief systems, fears, blocks, etc., from all time frames and dimensions both known and unknown. Any thought, word, action, or feeling that we have ever expressed in any lifetime that conflicts with the new program is identified, transmuted, and deleted.

We also have the ability to download programs for our families, our friends, and all Humanity. All we have to do is invoke their I AM Presence and ask that the program be downloaded according to their Divine Plan.

For our collective purposes here, the Beings of Light have grouped the programs we are going to download together according to subject matter. We are also going to invoke our families, friends, and the entire Family of Humanity.

The first step involves invoking our Father-Mother God, our I AM Presence, and the I AM Presence of all Humanity:

DOWNLOADING PROGRAMS FROM THE CAUSAL BODY OF GOD

Through the Presence of God, I AM, I Invoke:

My Father-Mother God, My I AM Presence, the I AM Presences of ALL Humanity, and the entire Company of Heaven.

I invoke the full-gathered momentum of the 5th-Dimensional Violet Flame.

I ask the I AM Presence of each member of my family, my friends, and the entire Family of Humanity to downloaded these programs for each person according to his or her highest good and their individual Divine Plans: And I begin...

Beloved I AM Presence, download now the programs from the Causal Body of God for the Infinite Flow of God’s Abundance, Opulence, Financial Freedom, and the God-Supply of ALL good things. (pause)

The programs are successfully downloaded, and my I AM Presence now scans through all facets of my Being and transmutes and deletes anything that conflicts with these programs. (pause)

Beloved I AM Presence, download now the programs from the Causal Body of God for Eternal Youth, Vibrant Health, Radiant Beauty, and Slim, Firm, Flawless Form. (pause)

The programs are successfully downloaded, and my I AM Presence now scans through all facets of my Being and transmutes and deletes anything that conflicts with these programs. (pause)

Beloved I AM Presence, download now the programs from the Causal Body of God for Perfect Health Habits including Eating and Drinking Habits, Exercise Habits, Work Habits, Relaxation and Recreation Habits, Spiritual Devotion, Meditation, and Contemplation Habits. (pause)

The programs are successfully downloaded, and my I AM Presence now scans through all facets of my Being and transmutes and deletes anything that conflicts with these programs. (pause)

Beloved I AM Presence, download now the programs from the Causal Body of God for Divine Family Life, Loving Relationships, Adoration, Divine Love, Divine Sexuality, True Understanding, Clear and Effective Communication, Open Heart Sharing, Oneness, and the Unification of the Family of Humanity. (pause)

The programs are successfully downloaded, and my I AM Presence now scans through all facets of my Being and transmutes and deletes anything that conflicts with these programs. (pause)

Beloved I AM Presence, download now the programs from the Causal Body of God for Eternal Peace, Harmony, Balance, and Reverence for ALL Life. (pause)

The programs are successfully downloaded, and my I AM Presence now scans through all facets of my Being and transmutes and deletes anything that conflicts with these programs. (pause)

Beloved I AM Presence, download now the programs from the Causal Body of God for Self-Empowerment, Success, Fulfillment, Divine Purpose, A Rewarding Career, Self Esteem, Spiritual Development, Enlightenment, Divine Consciousness, and Divine Perception. (pause)

The programs are successfully downloaded, and my I AM Presence now scans through all facets of my Being and transmutes and deletes anything that conflicts with these programs. (pause)

Beloved I AM Presence, download now the programs from the Causal Body of God for the Perception and Open Heart and Mind Telepathic Communication with the Company of Heaven and the Angelic and Elemental Kingdoms. (pause)

The programs are successfully downloaded, and my I AM Presence now scans through all facets of my Being and transmutes and deletes anything that conflicts with these programs. (pause)

Beloved I AM Presence, download now the programs from the Causal Body of God for Inspired Creativity through Music, Singing, Sound, Toning, Dance, Movement, Art, and Education. (pause)

The programs are successfully downloaded, and my I AM Presence now scans through all facets of my Being and transmutes and deletes anything that conflicts with these programs. (pause)

Beloved I AM Presence, download now the programs from the Causal Body of God for Laughter, Joy, Playfulness, Fun, Self-expression, Elation, Enthusiasm, Bliss, Ecstasy, Wonder, and Awe. (pause)

The programs are successfully downloaded, and my I AM Presence now scans through all facets of my Being and transmutes and deletes anything that conflicts with these programs. (pause)

Beloved I AM Presence, download now the programs from the Causal Body of God for the physical manifestation of Heaven on Earth. (pause)

The programs are successfully downloaded, and my I AM Presence now scans through all facets of my Being and transmutes and deletes anything that conflicts with these programs. (pause)

I now ACCEPT and KNOW through every fiber of my Being that these programs from the Causal Body of God have been successfully downloaded. I also ACCEPT and KNOW that my I AM Presence will update these programs every single day and continually delete anything in my Being that conflicts with these programs.

In deep Humility, Divine Love and Gratitude I Decree,
It is done. And so it is. Beloved I AM, Beloved I AM, Beloved I AM.

Patricia Diane Cota-Robles
New Age Study of Humanity's Purpose

How to Heal the Holiday Blues

2009-12-23T08:50:00.002-05:00

How to Heal the Holiday Blues
Best Top 10 Tips for Turning the Blues Around!
~Bernadette Dimitrov

There is a flip side to the much advertised holiday joy, optimism, hope, generosity, peace on earth and good will to all. For some there is a dark side present known as the holiday blues. It can be filled with self criticism, loneliness, self doubt, stress and pessimism.

The images of happy couples and happy families all having the perfect holiday may be a trigger for a spiraling down-hill road of self judgment and emotional pain. These constant images and reminders of happiness can be painful and unsettling or even intense emotional triggers to others. The solution is to recognize your triggers, find ways to respond to these triggers so you can turn them into a positive and have realistic expectations and attainable goals for the festive season. However, it is best to consult a doctor when the feelings of the “blues” linger on for more than a couple of weeks. In which case it may be depression. Left untreated, depression can become a serious and life-threatening disorder.

A number of factors can contribute to the "holiday blues," including stress, fatigue, troubled family relationships, loss of a loved one, lack of sunlight, images in the media, unrealistic expectations and financial constraints. These factors may lead to feelings of sadness, loneliness, stress, anger or tension. There may be changes in sleep patterns, a lack of energy, headaches, agitation, anxiety, diminished interest in favorite activities, or excessive drinking, eating and feelings of guilt. While others may not feel as fulfilled as one would wish, others get stuck in the blame game, comparing themselves with others and indulging in a pity party “They all look so happy and prosperous why can’t I be, what’s wrong with me?”

Emotional pain is part of being human and we want to be aware of and feel our emotions. Learn from them and let them go. Experts tell us that depression is often frozen anger or grief. You may want to be aware of the symptoms of “depression” and know when you need to get medical help. You can do an on-line self-help test to see where you are. There are several quizzes - Self Assessment Quiz at www.journeyofthehearts.org/jofh/selfdep.htm and the Wakefield Questionnaire www.journeyofthehearts.org/jofh/sakefield.htm available at Journey of the Hearts online healing place. This site is helps those visiting to assess their level of depression.

Here are some coping strategies for dealing with the blues. Remember to make up your own list that you can have on hand and ready to refer to whenever you recognize the feelings of the “Blues” surfacing. Do something on your list and if it doesn’t work try another on the list. If you get to the stage where nothing seems to be helping it’s time to consider an assessment for depression.

1. Choose to surround yourself with supportive and positive people and limit as much as possible your time with negative family, friends or colleagues. If this is difficult choose to change the subject to one that is positive. They will soon get the message or back off. Remember misery loves misery!

2. Give. Yes go give your time and help at a charity or nursing home. It’s amazing how much better you can feel when you give of yourself and help others who are less fortunate than yourself. This is also a wonderful way to rekindle the true spirit of Christmas with the act of selfless giving.

3. If feeling lonely, look at ways to make new friends – join a new club, organization, sports group or self help group or group of interest eg. Knitting, book reading, bicycling, bush walking. Do something you haven’t before. Extend yourself to make new friends. But find something that you have an interest in.

4. Set healthy limits when socializing or attending work or family functions. Make a deal with yourself, for example, to have one small slice of cake and one alcoholic drink and avoid the rounds of nibbles. Give yourself strategies you can put into place when out so you don’t offend your host and don’t overindulge so you feel fatigued and heavy.

5. Set realistic goals and expectations for the holidays. You don’t have to say yes to every invitation. You don’t have to have all your friends over for dinners and parties. Set up a budget and plan ahead with a to do list for each month leading up to the holidays so you wont be overwhelmed when they arrive. Think about and write a list of gifts that don’t involve money such as time, support and sharing of memories such as visiting a relative, sharing photos and memories, reading an inspirational Christmas story with your family each night.

6. Try a new practice to overcome harsh self criticism. Sit, close your eyes and think about a part of you that you find hard to accept or find yourself criticizing. Think of someone that you admire or respect. Visualize them fully accepting you just the way you are, forgiving you for not accepting yourself and telling you you are ok. Then think about the gift in this learning. Ask yourself how it can make you into a better person by accepting and loving this part of you. What is it wanting to teach you about life – look for the positive – it will heal you and make you stronger.

7. Learn how to meditate it can be a good way to get in touch with feelings and a way to release stress in the body and mind. You can start now even by closing your eyes and deeply breathing for 5 -10 minutes each day and watching your thoughts and allowing them to drift off.

8. Find joys to uplift you. Write out a list of things that you remember to be pleasurable. For example it could simply be making a hot chocolate and sipping it as you, take time out and watch the birds in a tree for 5 minutes. It may be watching a funny movie, playing a piece of uplifting music or reading a chapter from a favorite inspirational book.

9. Take up some form of exercise. Experts now tell us that some form of movement 30 minutes four to five times a week can be an effective anti-depressant. Try yoga, an exercise class at a gym, join a walking club or just commit to turn off the TV and go for a vigorous walk each night. Try different types of exercise until you find one your like then commit to it each week. Not only will you feel better emotionally but you will be physically healthier too.

10. Practice gratitude. Value your life, your experiences and the people around you. When you walk remember all that you have to be grateful for and remember to be grateful for the time you have had with loved ones you may have lost this year.

So don't despair, there is help and strategies. Remember if you feel stuck get professional help. There is no need to be feeling alone there is an array of help for you. Google depression, self help or
speak to your local doctor, social worker or counselor who
can give a guiding hand.

Everything is Spiritual

2009-12-20T16:16:00.008-05:00

Everything is Spiritual
~Unknown Author

If we could understand that everything is spiritual, life makes more sense. Everything is a reflection of Spirit.

Some people hold a higher vibration of Spirit or “God's” Light and some hold less. The bigger the ego, the less one can hold a higher vibration of God's Light or Spirit. The less one can hold God's Light, the lower will be his intentions.

Lower intentions vibrate on the level of fear. Fear makes it impossible to see, think, act, feel, know or hear anything but fear. Love will not make sense.

Love is a very high, fast moving energetic vibration. It is a bright Light. When you see that halo over the head of Jesus, you are looking at a depiction of that Light. We are energetic beings vibrating at the level of our own thought forms. Our thoughts regulate our vibrational frequency.

The higher the vibration around and within a human being; the higher their choices. It is automatic. It is a law of physics. Love is a frequency. So is fear.

Our thoughts create our frequency. Our thoughts create our mentality. Our thoughts govern our view and create our experience of 'reality'. Negative or positive. Fear or Love.

What's happening on this planet right now and with her people is a shift in frequency. It is All Spiritual.

As people say no to fear, they begin to wake up. They shift their energetic frequency. It is not an easy process. It can even be painful physically as their mind, brain and body let go of old patterns. It's like having your hand in a fist for a long time and when you begin to open it, it hurts as the circulation comes back. Fear holds us tight. It cuts off the circulation of higher frequencies from Spirit. It cuts off Love. Fear is a slow, thick, dense, oozy energy. It cuts off higher thought and clear thinking. It cuts off the ability to see options. It cuts off the ability to see, speak and hear Truth.

Because it can be painful, most people choose to avoid the process. They choose to stay asleep. They choose to stagnate. They choose to do the same things over and over because it feels easier. They may try to wake up but the minute a little pain comes as they try and stretch, they go right back to sleep.

Choosing Love, choosing to wake up, is not easy. It contradicts what the world calls 'normal'. It takes courage. Love does not exist without courage. Love demands that you be willing to be wrong. Growth can only come when you can be humble. "Enter the Kingdom as a little child".

The Kingdom is within you. It is where you live from. It is your mentality. It governs everything you do, think, see, hear, feel and know. It allows you to see above and around what your physical world tells you. It allows you to know truth because you're walking in truth. You are walking in Love.

This doesn't mean that you like what you see. This doesn't mean that you don't get angry. This doesn't mean that you are perfect.

When you walk as a Light-worker, you ask, always:

What are we trying to learn from this?

What am I trying to learn?

Seek to understand rather than judge. Everything serves as our teacher. Everything is Spiritual.

Every thing and every person is on an evolutionary path; all vibrating at different rates, all working towards harmonizing, all working towards vibrating to the Universal tone of Love.
The world is reflecting those areas within each one of us that we are still holding in fear. It is our job to go within and find those places and bring them to Light. As each one does this, we add a little more Light. We raise the vibration a little more, one by one.

Like energy attracts Like energy. This is a Universal Law. It is a law of physics. It is a law of magnetism. We are electromagnetic beings. Our thoughts are electromagnetic and attract like energy.

You are responsible for your thoughts and what you are sending out. Are you adding to the problem or making it better? Are you polluting your environment with your thoughts or are you helping to clean it up? Are you having good thoughts of your brothers and sisters, or are your thoughts binding them with dense energy due to lack of purity and love being projected to them? People's true colors are being revealed.

No one can hide as the light on the planet increases. People are being exposed for their thoughts and feelings, whether they bind another, or help to free them. There are laws of karma which create cause and effect. What we project to others will surely come back to us, and keep us bound in density, or free us to experience the Infinite Light within.

Everything is made of the same energy, just vibrating at different rates. We call this energy Spirit

2009-12-19T11:57:00.002-05:00

Mind Power and Success

By Remez Sasson

The mind plays an important role in achieving every kind of success and goal, minor, everyday goals or major goals.

With minor or day-to-day goals, one usually knows what he wants to do or get, but when it comes to major goals, most people don't know what they really desire. They desire to do something big, but they don't know what. You may have a vague idea, but this is not enough. To accomplish anything, and to use your mind power, you have to know exactly what it is you want to do. To focus your mind power on a goal, you need to have a clear and well defined goal. How do you go about that?

You have first to think or meditate, to find out what is it that you want to accomplish or gain. For this you need focused and clear thinking. This ability can be improved and strengthened by practice.

After discovering what you really want to accomplish, you need to come up with a plan for action. You need to know what you have to do first and how to proceed. All of this requires planning, which means using the power of the mind.

After deciding on a goal and coming up with a plan, you need to hold in your mind a clear mental image of your goal. You need to see it accomplished. This step requires that you use your imagination, which is another power of the mind. Not everyone can visualize clear mental images, but regular training of the imagination can do wonders. You may, for example, look at photos of what you want to achieve, and then close your eyes, and try to see it in your imagination. This will enhance your ability to visualize.

At this point you have to display patience, self-discipline and the power to persist in your efforts. This requires a one pointed mind.

Affirmations are another useful mental tool for you to use. What you affirm sinks into the subconscious mind, becomes part of the subconscious mind, and consequently affects your behavior and actions. If your affirmations are positive, they lead you to success.

Another important power of the mind is thought transference. You need to be able to transmit your thoughts to other people, who would aid you with your plans. Often, you have to persuade others to invest in your plans or to help you in other ways. It is not enough just to talk with them, you need to believe in what you are saying; you need to be enthusiastic and persuasive, otherwise they won't listen and won't care. You need to be able to reject your and their doubts. To be able to do so, you need concentration, control over your thoughts, willpower, self-discipline and patience. All these are mental tools and skills.

Motivation is another mental and emotional power that you require. How can you achieve anything if you are not motivated enough? To increase your motivation and enthusiasm, think often of your goal, about its advantages and benefits, and how it will change your life. Doing so, will strengthen and your motivation.

Your thoughts, which are part of your mind, possess power. The thoughts that you most often think tend to come true. If you pour your mental energy into the same thoughts or mental images day after day, they will become stronger and stronger, and would consequently affect your attitude, expectations, behavior and actions. These thoughts and mental images can even be subconsciously perceived by other people, who would then offer you help or opportunities. Your thoughts can also create what is usually termed as coincidence. They can attract into your life corresponding events, situations and opportunities.

Not every thought turns into reality. A thought has to be repeated often, and be tinged with emotions, in order to come true. Doubts fears and worries tend to destroy what you build with the power of your mind. This means that you need to clear your mind of negative thoughts and doubts.

2009-12-19T11:36:00.001-05:00

Seven Simple Steps to Inner Peace
Sri Chinmoy

Inner peace is the most valuable thing that we can cultivate. Nobody can give us inner peace, at the same time it is only our own thoughts that can rob us of our inner peace. To experience inner peace we don’t have to retreat to a Himalayan cave; we can experience inner peace right now, exactly where we are. The most important criteria is to value the importance of inner peace. If we really value inner peace, we will work hard to make it a reality.

These are some suggestions for bringing more peace into your mind.

1. Choose carefully where we spend time.

If you are a news addict and spend an hour reading newspapers everyday, our mind will be agitated by the relentless negativity we see in the world. It is true, that we can try to detach from this negativity. But, in practise ,we will make our progress easier if we don’t spend several hours ruminating over the problems of the world. If you have a spare 15 minutes, don’t just automatically switch on the TV or surf the internet. Take the opportunity to be still or at least do something positive. The problem is the mind feels insecure unless it has something to occupy it. However, when we really can attain a clear mind we discover it creates a genuine sense of happiness and inner peace.

2. Control of Thoughts.

It is our thoughts that determine our state of mind. If we constantly cherish negative and destructive thoughts, inner peace will always remain a far cry. At all costs, we need to avoid pursuing trains of negative thoughts. This requires practise. – We cannot attain mastery of our thoughts over night. But, at the same time we always have to remember that we are able to decide which thoughts to follow and which to reject. Never feel you are a helpless victim to your thoughts.

“If you have inner peace,
nobody can force you to be a slave to the outer reality.”
- Sri Chinmoy [2]

3. Simplify Your Life

Modern life, places great demands on our time. We can feel that we never have enough time to fulfill all our tasks. However, we should seek to minimise these outer demands. Take time to simplify your life; there are many things that we can do without, quite often we add unnecessary responsibilitie..s to our schedule. Do the most significant tasks, one at a time, and enjoy doing them. To experience inner peace, it is essential to avoid cluttering our life with unnecessary activities and worries.

4. Spend time to cultivate inner peace.

Every day we spend 8 hours a day to earn money, can we not find time to spend 15 minutes to cultivate inner peace? No matter how much money we earn, it cannot bring us inner peace, but, if we spend 15 minutes on meditation and relaxation techniques inner peace can become a possibility. Meditation does not just mean sitting still for 30 minutes; in meditation we seek to experience a state of consciousness which is flooded with inner peace. To experience this inner peace we cannot allow any thought to enter into our mind. True inner peace occurs when we can transcend the world of thoughts.

“You cannot buy peace; you must know how to manufacture it within, in the stillness of your daily practises in meditation.”

- Paramahansa Yogananda [2]

5. Be immune to Flattery and Criticism

If we depend on the opinions and praise of other people, we can never have inner peace. Criticism and flattery are two sides of the same coin. They are both the judgements of others. However, we should not allow ourselves to be affected by either. When we do, we feed the ego. We should learn to have confidence in ourselves. This does not mean we will love ourselves in an egotistical way, it means we value our real self and have belief in the good qualities that are part of everyone.

6. Be Active selflessly

Inner peace does not mean that we have to live a life of a hermit. Inner peace, can be felt amidst dynamic activity. But, this action should be done with selfless motives. When we serve others we forget our sense of self, and it is when we forget our limited self that we can have inner peace.

7. Avoid Criticising Others

If we want inner peace, we should feel that our inner peace depends on the well being of others. If we are indifferent to the feelings of others, then it is impossible to have inner peace for ourselves. What we give out comes back. If you offer a peaceful attitude to others this is what we will see return.

The Doorway to the Meaning of Life

2009-12-17T12:13:00.003-05:00

The Doorway to the Meaning of Life
by Owen Waters

Wandering through life looking for its meaning can be a
heart-rending task. You begin life looking to your parents for
meaning, then to your teachers and friends until, one day,
you're grown-up, educated, and still clueless.

You stand there, thinking that there has to be a reason why
you're here on this earth because you are constantly haunted
from within by a sense of knowing that a reason really does
exist. If only you could remember what it was.

At some point in your life, you look up from the hypnotizing
clamor of daily existence and seek meaning in that which is
above the physical realm of existence. In that moment, when
your attention is focused on whatever higher consciousness may
bring, you are receptive to new ideas and new information.

My life has been spent in pursuit of the awareness that there
is a whole universe of discovery within each person's higher
awareness, just waiting to be explored. Earlier in life, when I
was an employee, I'd often sit at my desk and drift away
mentally into more interesting planes of awareness. Later, as a
business owner, I was able to find quality time for some really
deep reflection. I used to rise bright and early for a
fascinating morning of study and meditation and then roll into
the office, ready to begin work, at the crack of noon.

Today, when people ask me about how to find the meaning in
their lives, the first thing I do is point out the doorway to
their own personal world of inner knowledge. The doorway is
within your heart and it leads from the world of physical
tumult into spiritual realms of inner peace and revelation.

You have only to detach from the stress and turmoil of daily
living to enter your own heart consciousness, feel the love
there which patiently awaits you, and move through the doorway
into a higher awareness.

It is in that state of higher awareness that you discover the
unique meaning of your life. It is there that you find the
peace of mind that always eluded you. It is there that the
light of inner wisdom joins with the love that flows freely
throughout the universe.

This union of love and light brings forth the enlightenment
for which all sentient beings strive, and it all begins with
unconditional love. Acceptance of yourself and everyone as you
are, followed by gratitude for life itself and the experience
that this life brings, opens up the doorway of the heart and
leads onwards into the realms of self-discovery.

New Moon in Sagittarius

2009-12-16T10:28:00.003-05:00

New Moon in Sagittarius
Let the good times roll
by Cortney Litwin

It's time for some merriment as the New Moon in sassy Sagittarius on the December 16, 2009 brings out your zest for life

Sag is a fun-loving fire sign that's always seeking the next adventure. This energy can heighten your optimism by expanding your vision of what life can be. It inspires the belief that the Universe has your highest good in mind. Sag can also prompt you to widen your horizons by learning something new. What's more, Venus in Sagittarius will be dancing with the Archer until Christmas Day, giving romance a dose of adventure and optimism as well.

Read your Sun and ascendant signs below to see what gifts the New Moon can bring to your life.

Aries: Seeking out new places and people is the theme of the New Moon, which amplifies your need to expand your horizons. Participating in a cultural event, going on a trip or taking class will help fulfill this desire. Getting in touch with your spiritual life, whatever that means to you, will enable you intuit your future path.

Taurus: The New Moon energizes your need for an intimate encounter, but first you may need to analyze and eliminate old emotional patterns that hold you back from fulfillment in love - and other areas. Throwing out material stuff you don't need will bring a new sense of freedom as well. Consider paying off or consolidating some debt, too.

Gemini: Interactions with your significant other are energized by the New Moon, so plan some activities that will inspire and energize your relationship. If you're solo, someone compatible may enter your life, or at least you'll have a better idea of the kind of partner you want, which will help you manifest someone special.

Cancer: You're especially intuitive about where your professional life is headed, so keep your eyes open for opportunities to expand your work. Participating in a charity project or lending a helping hand to someone you love will bring satisfaction, too. The New Moon will also help you revamp your diet and exercise routine if you've been slacking in those areas.

Leo: Romance accelerates as your fun-loving side makes your irresistible. It's time to get in touch with your heart and express your love. Close friends who inspire you will bring joy, too. Opportunities can be found through parties and entertainment. The New Moon also fires up your artistry, so access your inner muse and get creative!

Virgo: The New Moon inspires you to build a home that mirrors who you are. Creating a beautiful ambiance and throwing a party for friends (or just for two!) will show off your sense of style and energize you emotionally. Spending time with family members and working out any differences that arise will uplift you as well.

Libra: Whether it's a heartfelt talk with your sweetie or a brilliant idea that advances your career, the New Moon heightens your brainpower and exceptional way with words. Networking can bring personal and professional opportunities, including an online romance. The travel bug says a trip may in the stars for you, so hit the road for some fun!

Scorpio: The New Moon focuses on your values and money making talents. It's time to get your priorities straight, analyze your spending habits and keep your eyes open for any financial opportunities headed your way. Believing in your abilities and having faith that the Universe provides abundance will empower your ability to attract prosperity.

Sagittarius: Your ability to realize your dreams gets a blast of energy from the New Moon in your sign! Archers are often scattered creatures, however, so to reap the blessings headed your way, you'll need to get in touch with your inner guidance and get clear about what you want. Remember, what you focus on is what you'll attract.

Capricorn: The New Moon prompts a deepening of your spiritual life and helps you resolve he past so you can move forward. Now is the time to let go of resentments and tie up loose ends. Meditation, spiritual discussions and just taking some time alone will heighten your clarity so you can perceive your direction and make better choices.

Aquarius: The New Moon turns you into a social butterfly by bringing fun, fascinating and helpful people into your life. Activities with old friends are energized as well. Opportunities can be found through networking, community endeavors and group activities. Participating in a project that helps the underprivileged will bring satisfaction.

Pisces: Your career gets a boost from the New Moon, which brings a new cycle of energy to your work. Now is not the time to hide your gifts - the spotlight is on you! Networking with colleagues, promoting your projects and sharing your expertise will bring opportunities to advance your career, so get out there and shine.

Four questions of value in life

2009-12-16T09:23:00.002-05:00

There are four questions of value in life...
What is sacred?
Of what is the spirit made?
What is worth living for and what is worth dying for?
The answer to each is the same.
Only love.

~ Johnny Depp

Symphony

2009-12-15T09:59:00.005-05:00

To live content with small means;

to seek elegance rather than luxury; and refinement rather than fashion;

to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich;

to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly;

to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart;

to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasion, hurry never;

in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common.

This is to be my symphony.

~William Ellery Channing

new day

2009-12-07T19:02:00.003-05:00

This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind...let it be something good. ~Author Unknown

Go out!

2009-12-06T14:21:00.003-05:00

Relate with others, but relate with yourself also.
Love others, but love yourself also.
Go out! - the world is beautiful, adventurous;
it is a challenge, it enriches.
Go out fearlessly - there is nothing to lose,
there is everything to gain." Osho

The Answer is Love!

2009-12-05T16:21:00.003-05:00

The Answer Is Love
by Patricia Diane Cota-Robles

No matter what the question or the problem is, the answer is always Love. Love is not just a sentimental emotion. It is an unfathomable power that, when truly acknowledged and understood, will transform our lives into expressions of love, abundance, health, happiness, abounding joy and spiritual enlightenment.

The information pouring forth from the Beings of Light in the Realms of Illumined Truth at this time is focusing on the return of the Divine Feminine, the Aspect of our Mother God that was forced to withdraw from the Earth when we closed our hearts and fell into the abyss of fear and pain after our fall from Grace aeons ago. Bringing the masculine and the feminine polarities of our Father-Mother God into balance within us, once again, is a critical step in transforming our lives.

I would like to begin this sharing with an invocation. This gift from the Company of Heaven is stated in the first person so that we will each experience it personally. Feel the Truth of these words within your Heart Flame.

DIVINE LOVE

Oh, Supreme Presence of God within all Life, into your Eternal Heart of Love do I immerse myself now and forever. I consciously surrender my vehicles to be merged with the Love Nature of Your Being until I AM a pure focus of Love—a living jewel in Your Crown of Adoration.

The path I walk in Life leads only to Love. My physical body filled with Love becomes shining and invincible. My etheric vehicle radiating Love transmutes the past. Love in my mind insures the expression of Your Divine Thoughts. Love in my feelings reaffirms that God is the only power acting.

As I AM thinking, feeling and remembering only Love, I know that my Father-Mother God is working through me radiating forth the perfection of All That Is to Humanity and all Life, which I have promised to Love free.

In this awakened consciousness of Divine Love, my spirit becomes Holy Spirit, and I AM the Love of God reaching out to reclaim this Earth.

In Love I magnetize all God’s blessings to me, and in Love I radiate these blessings forth to all Life around me. I AM the Spirit of Love permeating form until all is drawn back into the indivisible whole.

I feel the pulse beat of Love in all Life and the continuity of Love in all experiences I have ever known. It is ALL Love. I was born out of Love. I AM evolving through Love, and I AM Ascending back into Love.

I AM ALL LOVE, and I AM Grateful.

LIGHTING OUR PATH

Oh, Father-Mother God, I now invoke the full momentum of Your Divine Light and the Light of the entire Company of Heaven. Powers of Light! Powers of Light! Powers of Light! Come forth NOW!

In deep humility and profound gratitude, I consecrate every facet of my Being to be the Open Door that no one can shut.

In Divine Truth, I accept my reality as a Beloved Child of God. I AM a Cup, a Holy Grail, through which the Light of God is now flowing to lift ALL Life on Earth into the blissful embrace of God’s Love.

I AM my mighty I AM Presence and...I AM One with the Divine Heart and Mind of God. I AM One with the I AM Presence of all Humanity. I AM One with the Elemental Kingdom and Mother Earth. I AM One with the Angelic Kingdom. I AM One with ALL of the Beings of Light throughout Infinity.

Now, through the unspeakable power of God’s Love, ALL life on Earth is lifted into the Immaculate Concept of the Divine Plan for Planet Earth.

Within this Divine Concept of limitless physical perfection, every man, woman and child remembers they are a Beloved Son or Daughter of God. Every person comprehends the Divine Truth that all Life is interconnected, interrelated and interdependent.

A renewed sense of Oneness and Reverence for ALL Life stirs in each Heart Flame, and the Love of our Mother God floods the Earth through Humanity’s 5th-Dimensional Solar Heart Chakras.

As the Love of God flows through each person’s Heart Flame, they are lifted up, and their lives are transformed. From this new level of consciousness, Humanity taps into the patterns of perfection in the Causal Body of God, and viable solutions to the maladies existing on Earth flow into the conscious minds of people everywhere.

The Lightworkers come together to create the perfection of Heaven on Earth. All traces of pain and suffering are transmuted into Light. Every concept of lack and limitation ceases to exist, and the Abundance of God floods the Earth. People everywhere perceive and acknowledge the Divinity blazing in every Heart Flame. Humanity knows and accepts that all Life is Divine.

This realization inspires every person to feel and express Love and mutual respect for every part of Life. As the collective thoughts and feelings of Humanity continually empower the perfection of Heaven on Earth, the physical plane is transformed and transfigured. The body of Mother Earth is restored to a verdant Paradise of Splendor and Light.

The life of every living Being is filled with Love, Joy, Happiness, Prosperity, Fulfillment, Enlightenment, Eternal Peace, Harmony, Balance, Spiritual Wisdom and every other Divine Quality of our Father-Mother God.

Mother Earth dons her seamless garment of Light and Ascends up the Spiral of Evolution into the full expression of her new 5th-Dimensional Solar Reality. The Heavens rejoice, and our Father-Mother God respond

“Welcome HOME, Beloved Children. Well done.”
And so it is. I AM, I AM, I AM.

With the return of our Mother God, the Divine Masculine and Feminine are balanced within every Heart Flame. Humanity must now realign with the Truth and Inner Knowing of what the Love of our Mother God really means in relation to our very existence.

So much has been written about Love that is has almost become a platitude, but the Transfiguring Divine Love of our Mother God, is the mightiest force in the Universe. It is the vibration from which we were born out of the Heart of God and the vibration through which we must evolve and Ascend back into the Heart of God. The Love of our Mother God has no bonds, no barriers, and no conditions. Within the infinite power of our Mother’s Love there is no pain or sorrow, no lack or limitation. Her Love contains within its essence the full potential to rise above all human conditions, all self-inflicted suffering, all manner of chaos, confusion, hopelessness and despair.

Our Mother God’s Love heals the illusion of separation. It rejuvenates, revitalizes and makes whole all it embraces. It is the single greatest source of forgiveness, and it reverberates with the full gathered momentum of our Eternal Freedom. Her Love is the foundation of Creation and the balance of the One. It is the indivisible, unchanging ecstasy that allows us to know Love in all things. When we experience the Love of our Mother God, we understand that we are all One. Whether we are a person, a magnificent Sun or a blade of grass, the all-encompassing Light of our Mother’s Love unites us in the Body of God.

As our Mother God reclaims this Earth and once again anoints Humanity with the Eternal Light of Divine Love, we experience true Peace. Her Love is now resonating in the core of our Beings; it is not outside of us. We no longer need to seek the Divine Feminine from afar; we need to merely accept that our Mother God has returned, and that she is now abiding within our Heart Flames. Her Love is pulsating within the silent rhythm of every heartbeat, every breath. It is the universal language now speaking to all Humanity through our gift of Life. As we listen in the silence of our hearts, we hear the tones and whisperings of Love inspired by the wonder of nature and the Music of the Spheres.

Our Mother God is now reestablishing her Covenant of Love with the Children of Earth, which will enhance our ability to once and for all accept the gift of God’s Abundance. Through this covenant, the supply of all good things will forever and ever flood into the hands and use of the Sons and Daughters of God. The glory of God’s Abundance will be a manifest reality not only in this moment, but far beyond Earth and time into Eternity.

The effulgence of our newly balanced Heart Flames is creating an environment of Love and upliftment around each of us. When we turn our attention to the balanced expression of our Father-Mother God within our hearts, the illusion of separation is shattered. Our hearts are unified, and we once again experience the bliss of knowing we are One, and that Love is all there is. This knowing evokes from within the deepest recesses of our Beings a celestial song of thanksgiving and a reverent feeling of Divine Gratitude. Every sunrise we see, every flower that shares its perfume with us, every friend and loved one who warms our heart is a gift of God’s sustaining Love. These sacred gifts inspire our perpetual adoration to the Cosmic I AM, All That Is.

Our Mother God has placed us within a mantle of Her Love, and our nervous systems are being recalibrated to withstand the highest frequencies of the Divine Feminine. This mantel of Love will help to transform each of us into conscious, self-generating centers of Light and Love. The tremendous impetus and magnetic pull of our Mother’s Love now flowing through our Heart Flames will stir the souls of Humanity. The invisible and resistless power of this Love will pierce into the sleeping spiritual centers of every member of the Human race and accelerate the awakening of each one.

We now, as never before, have the ability to merge our personal service to Life with God’s service to Life for the highest good of all concerned. Our Mother God’s radiant, universal Love is pouring through all of us without designating favor to a particular person, place, condition or thing. Her Love is giving a healing, impersonal benediction to every particle of Life. The power and magnetic Love of the Divine Feminine is blessing all Life with an equal opportunity to respond. Every evolving soul is being given both the blessing and the responsibility of becoming an Open Door for our Mother God’s exquisite Love. Every Human Being now has the opportunity to become an instrument of God vested with the power to change the feelings of all with whom we come in contact. This will be accomplished not through our human will, but through the balanced power of the Flame of Divinity now blazing in our hearts.

When we agree to become a magnetic force of Divine Love, we draw to ourselves the loving support we need from those who are aligned with, and will assist us with, our Divine Missions. This occurs not because of allegiance to a particular personality, but because of the affinity of our soul’s Light with the spiritual essence of the particular facet of the Divine Plan.

As we expand our service to Life, we must reach up in consciousness and tap into the sacred knowledge and wisdom that will teach us how to effectively utilize the frequencies of Divine Love from our Mother God. Her Love is a priceless gift that is now freely flowing through every Heart Flame. The more we understand about the power and might of this majestic force, the more effective we will be in assimilating it into our life experiences.

In order to be a powerful force of Divine Love on this planet, all you have to do is open your heart and remember that this is your destiny. It is who you are, right here and right now. And so it is.

Your Strong, Tender Heart

2009-12-02T17:47:00.000-05:00

Your Strong, Tender Heart

~Carry Hart

How tenderly you hold your heart, the innocence and love within, all gently wrapped in tissue paper and tied with a blue ribbon. How cold the world can seem when you go out into it, as you try to protect your heart against the winds and the storms. And how tempting it is to steel your heart against them, to try to strengthen your heart by making it colder and harder. Sometimes it feels that you must do this to ease the ache for warmth and sharing, for tenderness spoken and gentleness returned.

But the heart does not grow strong through hardening, and brittleness does not serve. The heart grows strong through openness and flowing, through warmth and caring, even if that caring is given only by you to yourself. The heart is a resilient muscle that will heal itself if only it is allowed to have love flow through it. It does not heal through protection and stagnation, but by opening wide to the flow of human communication and connection.

Open wide, little heart. Trust this truth, that by reaching out in oneness and love, you will grow stronger. Trust this truth that love must flow and that this flow begins by giving, over and over, by opening your heart and allowing yourself to love and then to love more and then even more. Remember always that loving someone is a great gift to yourself, not only to them. And that even love not openly expressed, when allowed to flow, can heal.

And remember, too, to make sure that one of the recipients of all of your love is you. For when you love yourself deeply, truly and warmly, when you speak kindly to yourself and lavish yourself with praise, when you gently nurture every gift that is yours and accept yourself lovingly just as you are, then you have it all. You are the giver and the receiver. You are the open flowing heart.

And within this flow, you and your tender heart will grow stronger and stronger with each passing moment. And someday, you will allow yourself to shine out with all that you are and your heart will smile and gladly accept the love that flows from others in return.