KEEP IT TO A MINIMUM

I hope you like this blog...

I wish you would be inspired today....

Do those statements give you confidence about today's commentary? Or my ability to inspire you?

Or teach you? Or assist you to your greatest good?

I don't think so.

Wishing and Hoping...what does it get you?

The definition of wish:

"to feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable; want something that cannot or probably will not happen, to strive after"

Notice phrases: “not easily attainable” or “cannot or probably will not happen” or the word “strive” which is synonymous with struggle.

Who here wants to struggle?

But we constantly use that word, knowing it is indefinite, without decisiveness. Thought it is a nice sentiment to use:  hope. The definition of hope is...

"a feeling of desire, aspiration, wish, ambition, aim, goal, plan, pipe dream, something you want to happen or be the case"

Notice the words “wish”, “pipe dream” and the phrase “something you want to happen”

Want not will!

Now these are good starts to manifesting. They are better than being pessimistic, negative, or not having any dreams. At least hope has some expectation in the mix and wish is the beginning of an idea.

It is time to take the next step!

But let's review very quickly, how the Law of Cause and Effect (Law of Attraction.... Law of Correspondence....Law of Supply [whatever you want to call it] works?

It acts like a mirror...

Your Beliefs color the results of the experience the Universe manifests for you. You are the sculptor, the painter, the writer, and the actor. The Universe is the media which you carve, compose, script, etc. the idea (what it is you desire) into the artwork of your life.

Is wish and hope enough? Is desire enough?

Remember wishing equals

 "not easily attainable or “cannot or probably will not happen”... to strive or struggle"

I repeat, Who wants to struggle? The Law can’t be fooled. Words and feelings like 'hope 'and 'wish' are maybe... maybe ...for the very beginnings of the ideas you want manifested in your life

It takes decisiveness, clarity, knowing, and believing in these concepts of how the Law works and accepting your God-given talents and Power to use the Law for your greatest good.

                                 Indecision is the seedling of fear. 

                      ~Napolean Hill

Somebody said, I think it was anonymous or maybe unknown, I'm not sure ... no one could decide:

Do not plant your dreams in the field of indecision, where nothing ever grows but the weeds of "what-if."

'What if' is another beginning tool! I declare it time to step away from beginnings and lean in (thank you Sheryl Standberg), dig in, pay forward, and focus on the results!

I want you all to join me in delving deeper into your Spiritual Mind practice, to pay, in mental and spiritual coin (ie. consciousness, belief, affirmative prayer), so that the stuff that you require, the attitudes you require, the relationships you require, the peace of mind you require…they show up as you desired it, as you pictured it, as you wanted it!

And you don't do that by wishing or hoping... but with expecting!

Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

  ~Goethe

I encourage you to:

rapere ad tempus 

Seize the Moment!

Better yet:

carpe diem

Seize the Day!

Once you make a decision, the Universe conspires to make it happen!

                                                              ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

We must learn to believe. The belief must penetrate our inner consciousness and we must announce our own activity. The approach should be direct, and it should be specific. Cosmic Mind is neither wishy-washy nor willy-nilly. It is positive, certain of Itself and sure of the outcome.

                                   ~Ernest Holmes

So hopes and wishes are nice beginnings, they are nice sentiments to someone, something to put in a card....but as a tool for manifesting your greatest good – they should be...

...kept to a minimum

The Universe is waiting to hear want you want, what you believe so It can dish it up and deliver. With your clarity, your love, your joyous, peaceful and confident belief in the never ending abundance of the universe, you will manifest your greatest good.

Are you willing to believe that there is an infinite supply of everything

and you can have as much of it as you want?

Define your dreams, Write them out and mock up the 'perfect' of whatever you desire. Then take definite, clear, and loving action mentally (intellectually), spiritually (prayer, meditation, visualition, etc.) and physically (take any decisive action you can). And stand feet apart, arms in victory, and expect....

Expect the best!

Namaste~

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle In Your Life

Happy Earth Day!

Today as we celebrate and appreciate the garden that we live on, whether that garden is green, icy, mountainous, wet or arid. Founded by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California, Earth Day was to infuse that energy of the late sixties anti-war protest gatherings with an emerging public consciousness about air and water pollution and force environmental protection onto the national political agenda.With bi-partisan support and that from farmers and city-dwellers rich and poor, liberal and conservative, and business leaders and union reps standing side-by-side for the life and prosperity of the planet, the first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts. And in 1990, it went global.

The common dictum coming out of this movement was the three R's:  reduce, reuse, recycle. It is a principle that not only has saved and continues to save our planet, but is a formula for saving and/or creating a prosperous life. Whether your are burgeoning the garden in your yard, community, the planet, or your heart and mind; the three r's bloomin' work (pun intended)!

In Eddie Watkins, Jr.'s song, THE GARDEN, he sings:

There is a garden where dreams come true

A beautiful garden where God's grace blooms.

there is a garden where everything grows,

A beautiful garden where love is sown.

And in this place of life and love,

You can have anything that your dreaming of.

There is a garden where dreams come true,

A beautiful garden,

That garden is you.

You are the garden to preserve. You are the garden to tend. You are the garden to  You are the one to aerate, warm, feed, nourish, stimulate, fertilize, and cultivate the eco-system.  It is your zone. It happens in your yard - the Mind. And the power to do so in innate and organic. You are the one to set up and sustain the ecology of You. You create that ecology through the symbiosis of mind, heart, and gut (intuition). It may take vigilance, daily intentional mental work,    but you can do it. You were born to do it. Dig in!

Reduce......the attention you pay to the news, the gossip, how yucky you life might have been growing up, years ago, or yesterday (try: Radical Forgiveness). By giving attention to those things, instances, and the thoughts, feelings, and beliefs they sow, you give them power to effect and affect your life from now, forward. Easier written than done? Start now. Listen for those destructive words, terms, and phrases you've learned over the years and void them. Literally speak the words, "void" or "null", or "stop, no longer belongs in my life" or something akin to those, right after you say the negative junk. Reduce their power and you will soon reduce their consistency in your belief system - b.s. The other b.s. is what negative, destructive,  denigrating words and phrase are.

Reuse.....those words and phrases that you know propel you. Surround yourself with them. Listen to the music and people that inspire you. See the art and films that motivate, relax in the environment (a park, a lake, the mountains, etc.) that energizes you. Don't know what those would be, then look for them. Seek them out...then keep them and reuse them....over and over. Open your mind and heart to Mozart, Debussy, Degas, Martin Luther King, Tony Robbins, Rembrandt, Da Vinci, Tesla, "Dead Poet's Society", "Forrest Gump", "It's a Wonderful Life", Joel Osteen, Bob Marley, Sting, opera, jazz, rock (the list goes on....) - you must find them and incorporate them into your heart, mind, soul, elbow, etc.; in your life, whether at work or play - daily. 

Recycle.....that which has been useful to others. Find a mentor, go to workshops, take a class, learn a form of meditation, ask your friends, read (Deepak Chopra, Rumi, Tony Robbins, Ernest Holmes, Thomas Troward, James Allen, Marianne Williamson, the Buddha, the Tao, Wayne Dyer, etc. - this is a very small list), use affirmation cards, join a choir, or find a religious or spiritual organization that teaches and experiences life with love and to the fullest (don't be afraid to go once, get a vibe, feel the energy, and maybe never return until you find a place that resonates with you - love, forgiveness, and your connection to the Divine or whatever you call It).

Like the other three R's (reading, [w]riting, and [a]rithmetic), they are essential for the growth, development, evolution, and prosperity of your life. Plant the seed of optimal thoughts and beliefs by nourishing and feeding your garden with the 'miracle-gro' of life. It's all around you. It may not seem as loud as the news, the gossip, and all the environment of negativity swirling around, but it is there more often than you think. Grab on and turn the volume of the positive, the exemplary, and the optimal to eleven.  

You have the Power. You are the Power. That garden is YOU!

Blessings.....Jay

THE SECRET OF LIFE:  PERSPECTIVE

Now that you know that, you don't require workshops, church of any kind or....

I am partially kidding, of course, but your perspective, based on your beliefs about how things are, will color all of your experiences.

Last week had quite the major calendar of events. It was a Wow Weekend. It was...

FRIDAY THE 13TH

...too often thought of as a day of bad juju. Both the day of Friday and the number 13 have their full of superstitious distractions.

It is said that Adam ate the apple on a Friday, changing the way humans live in the world, removing them from Eden (ie. Paradise). Well, first, it wasn't an apple. They don't grow in that region and it is a general term for fruits and poor translation, It most likely was a pomegranate or fig. And secondly, how did someone decide it happened on a Friday? That indeed should be enough to discount this example, but did the effect of this "apple" consumption bring on an embarrassment of their nudity and the knowledge of good and evil? Or did it enact what the Universe intended, a life of choice, some of which might be embarrassing or not very nice? Which brings me to perspective and choosing what yours is on life - your life.

It is also been said that Cain killed Abel on a Friday. Again, Friday?

Of course, the most infamous bad juju Friday has to be the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth (Yeshua ben Joseph). Yes, it wasn't a very good day for Jesus, but note what the day commemorating the event it called now...
Good Friday.



The number 13 has a bad rep, as well:

It is said that the 13th guest at the Last Supper -remember this was a Passover Seder that Jesus presided over the day before his betrayal, arrest, and eventual crucifixion - was Judas. But was he? Could it not have been Jesus who was the 13th guest?  As the guest of honor, he was probably the last to enter (Jesus liked to make a big entrance, you know). Now this didn't turn out too well for Jesus' corporeal existence, but, if it was anything like the Seders I grew up with, the food was good. And if it didn't all happen, in some similar fashion, Jesus would have not been crucified and all that is represented and 'celebrated' because of it. Perspective!

There is a similar story in the Norse mythology that influenced the '13 is 'unlucky"' thing. The Feast of Valhalla, where 12 of the Viking Gods dined. The 13th guest was Loki (the wily trickster god), who had been uninvited, and ended the feast by killing Balder the Beautiful (with a mistletoe spear - kiss of death?) and bringing darkness and mourning throughout the land. But....

In the Ascended Masters philosophy (they believe that the Presence of Life - God - Individualizes as the "I AM" and incarnates throughout the created universes.), Ramtha is the 13th ascended master (Jesus, Krishna, and Buddha are in there, as well) and is a number associated with the angels who are here to heal and transmute your fears into positive energy of love. There are 13 Lunar cycles, the Mayans & Native Americans honor that. In the Tarot, Death ;is the 13th card, which is usually a scary thing, full of uncertainty, hesitation and rupture in life. but it also represents renewal, transformation, end of struggle, and new beginnings. The number thirteen is a prime number (only divides by itself and one) which represents something that is incorruptible and pure.

And when you put them together, "oh my"...

 

Rossini died. Not good for him, but

he did leave us The Barber of Seville,

(Largo al factotum and una voce poco fa,

and The William Tell Overture

(The Lone Ranger theme).

Butch Cassidy born.
Not a good thing for
banks, but nice for
Paul Newman's career.

I celebrated Friday the 13th in the fifth row watching Joel Osteen and experiencing a dynamic positive, loving energy from his Night of Hope. And I am not a Christian.

-BTW, the phobia of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidakatriaphobia-

Moving on to Saturday....

It was PI Day. The number Pi is 3.141592653 and  as of 2013, continuing with 12.1 trillion other numbers. Like many people, I celebrated by eating pie, both pizza and dessert. Now some folks would dwell on the fact that gluten and sugar is not a good celebratory ingestion of food. True as that may be, the importance of Pi Day, is that it not only is the equation defining the circumference of a circle, it also represents the infinite, perfection, the patternless  the transcendental, and, in the Science of Mind, the way the Universe works, the Divine Act of Creation within us all. It is an idea to celebrate, live by, and intentionally / consciously Be:  I Am that I AM and I use the Law of Cause and Effect to govern and create the experiences of my life.


And, finally, Sunday....

The IDES OF MARCH
Granted, it wasn't a particularly groovy day for Julius Caesar, but before that event occurred, it was considered a feast day celebrated with picnics, drinking, and revelry. In the original Roman calendar, the Romulas calendar, Martius, March, was the first month - happy new year everyone. It wasn't till Julius crated the Julian calendar that it became the third month - and see what happened to him? March was named after Mars, God of War.

So, like Friday, 13, Friday the 13th, and the occasional gluten/sugar filled day, these "bad" things are pretty much superstition (not to discount the nutritional valueless and sometimes danger aspect of gluten and sugar for many people) and not Truth.

WE GET TO CHOOSE WHAT TO BELIEVE

And so, in honor of Mars, the God of War, and choosing perspective and belief, as is our birthright...

It is time to take up arms against fear, lack, dis-ease, and hate in our lives.

If one guy with a bullet could change the world in the school depository in Dallas or a hotel in Los Angeles or Memphis;  how much more could one person with an idea, the right idea, change the world. Today, this day, the world will change forever, not because of the clash of armies, not in the currency of bomb blasts or body counts, but through the proper application of the only force that matters, the only power that even God respects, the Truth.

               ~from “Jeremiah” by J. Michael Stracynski

I invite you to draw a line in the sand and live your life starting now.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.

~ His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Friday, as we experience a new moon (a 'supermoon’), a total solar eclipse and the spring equinox falling on the same day; join me in shaking off self-pity, yesterday's mistakes, missteps, and fears. Join me in recognizing and experiencing a rebirth of our Divine right to perfect health; a fertility of abundant prosperity, love and creativity; and an ocean of new opportunities in living life to the fullest.

Join me in taking up arms, opening your heart and mind and gut to living the Truth, the Divine in You - who you are.

Raise your arms and repeat this affirmation from the mind of James Mellon:

I stand in the Truth that my life is dynamic, expansive, and happening now!

This is the perspective to live by!
This is the perspective to think from!

This is the perspective to be the consciousness of!
This is the perspective believe in!

This is the perspective to experience life as!

From there, the infinite possibilities that are available in the Universe, become evident in your life.

NAMASTE

I Am In Love: Reflections on February and Valentine's Day

                                     

                               It was just love month...

And as of this writing, two weeks ago it was the big love week of the year! So I asked myself, "What is Love …

 ...is it a feeling, concept, or action?"

Dictionary.com says:

NOUN  1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection
for another person              

      2. a feeling of warm personal attachment as 
for a parent, child, or friend. 

      3. sexual passion or desire                 

      4. affectionate concern for the well-being  
  of others: love of one's neighbor.

      5. strong predilection, enthusiasm, or      
     liking for anything: a love of books.

      6. a score of zero; nothing.                

VERB: 1. be in love with person, idea, occupation...
   2. love up                                 
             3. to do for love - out of affection or liking; for   pleasure and without compensation

          4. to do for the love of - in consideration of or 
 for the sake of something          
        5. like: for the love of God, stop that noise.  

              6. to be enamored of: in love with the girl next door
or one's work                

        7. make love:  to engage in sexual activity     

My, my, my - there are so many types of love to have or be in, to choose from:

Romantic love, brotherly love, maternal love,

puppy love, tough love, lusty love, love of country ...

Well, I would like to announce...

I am in love!

And not just romantic love – though I am! I am in love with my friends, my job, my ministry, my cats, my family, Southern California.

I am in love with the taste of peach cobbler w/thick doughy, chewy crust and crumbles topping (gluten free, of course), French Fries, Pumpkin Pie, and dense rich flour-less chocolate cake.

I am in love with the smell of cut grass, a fireplace a-blazing, and  the air after it rains.

I am in love w/the sound of my cats purring, laughter (especially a baby), music by Debussy, and crickets at night (btw - that's a mating call).

But I am also in love w/flu I had a few weeks ago, the extra load of work I had to do three weeks ago, and the agita of buying a new suit a month ago.

I did not like those events and would prefer to discontinue manifesting such events...

But I do love them!

Why? 

It proves my Power...

That never-ending, undeniable, unflappable,

pure, non-judgmental, unconditional love of Spirit.

That love from God, Divine Source, First Cause...

from the Universe Itself.

I am in love and I am grateful for the ultimate love of that which I am:

          The energy that soars within me, through me, and around me.

And even though I may not like some of the choices I have manifested … I celebrate the glory and divinity of that which I AM!

For in doing so, I honor my Self (notice the capital "s"), I honor nature, and I dignify the creation and creator that I am.

As James Mellon would remind me:  

I am the believer not the belief.

And there is joy and pride in that gift of love and Power. Now, I am talking about the love of Self, the most important love of all! Here's a great definition of Love:

Self-givingness of the Spirit through the desire of Life to express Itself in terms of creation. It is a synonym for God, says Emerson. It is a cosmic force whose sweep is irresistible. 

~Dr. Ernest Holmes 

...and whose purity is undeniable!

Now some of the history around the love holiday, Valentine's Day, is not be so pure. Have you heard the story?

Pope Galasius - 5^th Century declared Feb. 14^th, Valentines Day. Timed to a Pagan Fest. (surprise!) = begin of bird mating season.

1400's - lovers have been exchanging love poems. First written by Charles, Duke of Orleans - captured in the Battle of Agincourt by King Henry V & thrown in Tower of London.
To his second wife, he wrote:

Je suis déjà d’amour tanné,

Ma très douce Valentinée

Rough translation:  I am already sick of love, My very gentle Valentine. Get me the hell out of here!

By 1840, because of Esther A. Howland, who began mass-producing them, the Valentines Day card became popular.

Finally, and most recently,
in 1920 Loveland, Colorado, three giants of industry – 
Joyce Clyde Hall of Hallmark Cards in K.C. MO,
Mary See, the Los Angeles candy maker and
John Valentine of Florist's Transword Delivery (FTD)
in Downer's Grove Ill - 
got together to practice the fine art perfected by American capitalist ingenuity:
colluding to capture the market on Valentines Day.
Which is why we believe the following:
without giving or receiving a combo of candy/card/flowers - Valentines Day is ruined.

I tell this story... (btw, the last paragraph? - I made up) ...I tell this because I not only flowered and be-carded my special loved one (no candy, avoiding the sugar and any gluten) and went to yoga with her...

...I also did so to myself...

in gratitude.

Thanking the God in me for the love It has for me, the love It gives to me and the love It is in me, as me...

And that includes the junk I have brought into my life.

I have learned to love what is disliked or uncomfortable and move through it. I know where the Source and Substance of my Supply comes from! I know where my Power comes from!

I also know the junk in my life is just old news! And I sit in gratitude that I can know that, live that, and walk through that. I place no limit on this Principle.

In the Upanishads, it states: 

That boundless power,

source of every power,

manifesting itself as life,

entering every heart, living there among the elements, 

that is Self.

That is Self. And with news like that, I have no choice but to get up, start dancing, and sing to the world what Pharrell Williams wrote:

It might seem crazy what I'm 'bout to say
Sunshine, she's here, you can take a break

Because I'm happy...
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

Here come bad news talking this and that
Well, give me all you got, don't hold it back
I should probably warn you I'll be just fine
No offense to you … don’t waste your time, here's why...

My level's too high to bring me down
Can't nothing bring me down...

Love is what I am … and I love ALL that I am!

With that intention and commitment to love, I have the key to the lock of the habitual negative thoughts room … 

...so I can get out!

Walt Whitman, in "Song of the Open Road", put it best:

From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines,
Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute,
Listening to others, and considering well what they say,
Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating,
Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me.

...and the reactions that hold me down.

How you may ask? From Psalm 27:14, we learn -

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, 

and It shall strengthen your heart: 

wait, I say, on the Lord.

and from Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker:

The secret of self mastery is a simple one. 

It is the clear concept that creation begins and ends within the consciousness of the individual experiencing it. 

Mind is the only cause and law is the only process.

Your Mind, your thoughts and feelings, your beliefs, your perspective on the experiences you have brought into your life, color your future.

So...
Exchange hate for love,
doubt and fear with faith, and
lack for knowing that you have the Power!

I know I have the power to move through the old news, the junk, the condition, the whatever you want to call the yucky stuff that shows up and create a happy, prosperous, vibrant life...

And that is what I choose to do!

And nothing and no one can stop my God Vibration!

Who's joining me?

Namaste

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Visioning Your Future Now!

photo by Geoffrey King

VISIONING

A very basic description by Michael Beckwith:  "center yourself through meditation or contemplative prayer in which you commune with the Ineffable, activating a field of unconditional love. Once your consciousness is open and receptive, you place questions before your higher Self".

We are all creatives. It matters not whether you are in a creative field - a writer, painter, performer, etc. - you are a creative being because you live in a creative Universe of a Creative Power using a creative law or Principle (Cause and Effect) to bring experiences into your life. One of the things that gets in our way is a lack of the act of forgiveness, of self or others. You might have read in my previous post, from the New Thought Guy blog, about forgiveness and its effects on our bodies, minds, and spirits. It is essential to learn forgiveness, sometimes radical forgiveness, in order to move on into our greatness. I invite you to join me in this...

Martha Graham wrote a now famous letter to Agnes DeMille that I would like to partly quote:

"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.

And If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions.

It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly to keep the channel open....

You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate YOU.

Keep the channel open."

Now ask yourself these questions. And close your eyes and let Spirit, Source, God, Charlie, whatever you may call that Power which is the Allness of the Universe, speak to you in the silence.

1. What is it that you want to open your mind to create?

2. What can you do to unfold your heart in order to create your greatest good?

3. What makes you cringe and seems to prevent you from creating that great life you envision?

Let the answers show up, swirl around your consciousness, and inform you.

Vision your best life, your optimized life, your life of vitality, prosperity, significance, and love! There is a power for Good in the Universe and you get to use it. Use it Now!  

     Love Only!  Forgive Everything!  Remember Who You Are!

Forgiveness ... Yes or No?

I have decided to give up forgiveness!

It's just way too much fun to be angry at the woman who dumped me or the guy who cut me off in traffic, or the parent that ignored me, etc. etc.

I mean, we are creative beings right?

I can use this Divine creativity to think up unique ways to get back at the woman who dumped me, the guy who cut me off in traffic or the parent who ignored me and messed me up for ever having a successful loving relationship.

Let's see .... thinking ...creating ...

GOT IT!

1. I could show up where I know she'll be, that's for the woman who dumped me, with a tall model who is hanging all over me. PDA galore!

(Now why I would think I am trading up from a dancer, Pilates teacher or Yoga instructor to a model is another story.)

2. I could get real close to the guy who cut me off and turn on my brights for a mile or two, even if I have to drive away from my original destination. It's okay. It'll annoy the heck out of him.And isn't that what's most important?

3. And Mom or Dad, who ignored me and gave me commitment issues? I'll be sure to make them watch me pick the wrong gal time after time, for decades, bringing a different lover home for every holiday and whine and vent and complain to them on the phone, when I get rid of them in the intervening months. Maybe even blame them for it.

Yeah, that's the ticket!

“Mom, Dad – you messed me up, no wonder I pick women who have one foot out the door or who aren't really committed to me and the relationship, or, contrary to what they claim, a commitment at all.”  

That'll show 'em.

A fabulous long-term grudge for the parental unit(s).

I'm feeling very creative here. I could go on with more great examples, but I'll let you come up with some on your own. This is great! 

Okay, declaration time:

I'm giving up forgiveness

and enjoying a life full of resentment and blame.

Years of sweet revenge...

...and loss of dignity, self-respect, the good people in my life, the healthy minded in my life, any chance at a real/healthy/fulfilling love life; or wisdom, beauty, and peace of mind. I can look forward to years of slowly having my health eaten away with higher blood pressure and heart rate, digestive problems, depression, anxiety, and the pills to "combat" them. And everywhere else in my life:  constantly confused, giving mixed messages, being the wounded little boy, bitching and moaning all the time, whining to friends for sympathy over and over again, and living a life with self-pity and bitterness surrounding me all the time. I will also constantly attract, demonstrate, mock-up, manifest, and experience …. exactly …. what I put out:  misery, pain, shame, pseudo-happiness, and dis-ease of all kinds.

Oy, not so good, huh?

Maybe I should rethink this non-forgiveness thing!

Confucius said:

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.
                   

Choice, it's all about choice.

Ernest Holmes wrote in his book, IT'S UP TO YOU:  
We are like the sculptor having both the training and the tools with which to work, standing before a huge block of marble, admiring its beauty yet never turning a hand, and all the while wondering why an interesting statue does not emerge – entirely forgetful of why he studied for years and why he has tools with which to work. We are like a man who hates darkness and sits alone in a house completely wired electricity, praying for the light yet never moving a finger to switch on the powerful illumination. Will it be strange if future generations, knowing this, call us stupid?

What will you choose? Resentment, pain, shame, blame, a whirlwind of physical and emotional setbacks? A life of hiding behind a wall of protection, maybe unconsciously and in the name of self-preservation or protection from past mistakes, but yet a wall that you only peek over now and again until what should be comfortable, but is not your "normal" (a habit that you have built into your reasoning of pushing the good away), becomes uncomfortable and it gets too scary? Then you just fall back behind that wall. 

Or will you choose to know and live the Truth, and use that knowledge and Power to take the leap? Maybe you will have to have the courage to ask for assistance in the step over the cliff, that's perfectly fine. But step nonetheless!

Affirm with me:

I choose to forgive you and to forgive me.

I choose love!

                                                                                                                               Photo by Tara Yarte

NAMASTE

Let Freedom Ring!

This week, our nation commemorated the 50th anniversary of 250,000 people who gathered at the National Mall in Washington D.C. to listen to Martin Luther King speak on the injustice that was still occurring for the African American in the United States.


He dreamed that the Constitution and Declaration of Independence wouldn't be just pieces of paper with noble words and marvelous visions, but the law of the land - followed and respected.

He dreamed that equality for all would be solidified in this land and all lands.

It was fifty years ago this week, in 1963, that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called this country, nay the world, to bear witness to, become a part of, and take positive non-violent action for freedom ... for all!

In honor of that day, I call you, this nation, and this planet to bear witness to and become a conscious and mindful part of the remembering, knowing, living, and being of who you are:

Love, Life, Light … God

Bringing only your best self to the table .... and to the party. Bringing only the best experience into your thoughts and into your life.

Using the Power given to you by the Universe to demonstrate and manifest your greatest good in all the corners of your life, even the nooks and crannies.
 

Like the Declaration of Independence says:

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all are created equal.

That's you, me and everyone!

We have the Power to free ourselves from missing the mark in our thoughts and beliefs about our bodies, minds, pocket books, relationships, and work.

Dr. King ended his famous Dream Speech with this:

When we allow freedom to ring - when we let it ring from every city and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last, Free at last, Great God a-mighty, We are free at last."

Repeat that to yourself:

Free at last, free at last,
Great God a-mighty, I am free at last.

Namaste

Mind The Gap

 

In the Underground of London, there is a gap between where you are, on the platform, and where you want to be, in the train. Or vice versa. And to get to either of those places from either of those places you have to step over - MIND - the gap to get there. The same holds true with all the stuff in our lives. The gaps between want we want and what we have.

Dr. Holmes wrote, “Nature is not foolish; she does nothing without an ample reason, leaves no gaps and provides for all emergencies."

Gaps are made by us. We decide what we must climb over or step over or fill in over to get to what or where we want.

Anybody out there have some gaps?

Tony Robbins has said, “the past does not equal the future unless you live there.”

So, where are you living...in your mind?

You may ask how do you get away from that "there" to get to "that" there? Or, the platform to the train or the train to the platform?

The answer lies in a spiritual practice. A mental practice. Daily, hourly, or at any moment of the day possible, engage in a spiritual practice. This may include affirmations, self-talk, meditation, visioning, reading and comprehending, workshops or classes, the James Mellon's Mental Muscle and other such in-depth experiential programs, or just good ole spiritual mind treatment - affirmative prayer.

Stay focused. Be aware. Be mindful and decide to rid yourself of the limiting beliefs that don't suit you or serve you. And work your spiritual mind practice until you do so.

Dr. Rosalene Glickman has a formula for life: "Accept, Understand, Optimize"

As they say at the Global Truth Center: Love Only, Forgive Everything, Remember Who You Are!

Napoleon Hill has a famous saying: “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

To change a belief is easy. It might take time, but it's easy. It might take consideration and thought, but it's easy. It may take a conscious and consistent use of that stuff bouncing around in that brain of ours - thoughts and feelings - but it's easy. You might have to restructure your self talk words, meditate more, move your feet more after you treat, but it's easy.

Just stay focused and consistent.

What's hard is what happens when you don't do the work.

And the best thing is ... once you change or heal your beliefs ... you don't have to deal with the intricacies of how your new belief will manifest.

The Universe will take care of that.

Namaste.