I never saw God in Santa Claus.

I see Him in the flight of a seagull, as the bird flaps its wings and soars in the air. While watching, I feel God’s presence, as my “vision” takes on the view of a single observer, the only one in this, the center of the universe.

Center of universe? Sound crazy?

Not really. When I marvel at the Creation of a single bird, I see God’s intent in all creatures, including myself. Don’t need to analyze it, categorize it or rationalize it. Just “be” with it, this reality that I am experiencing and viewing now.

Bliss fills me as I stay with the flight of the bird climbing higher outside my breakfast window. It captures all of my attention, and I see only the Hand of God in all of it. I don’t see or hear any distraction coming from others at the restaurant where I am dining. It’s just the bird,  . . .  Me,  . . .  And God.

Why am I enthralled in this moment? Because of something I read, perhaps. A story of a girl who had seen God in “everything.” She  ”felt” God in all. The youngster died at age 8. Right before her death, she said she saw her life turning “inside out.” Her image stayed with me.

Thinking of her, I wanted to find out if I could see the Almighty. I tried by simply looking out a window, and “feeling out” for His Presence from within. And you know something. I made Contact! He was not some Zeus-like figure with a white beard stretching his arm to touch the hand of man. God was (is) the “essence” of all I consciously focused on, with the prime intent of “experiencing” Him. I did not “see” anything, but “felt” His Presence.

(See Part II God’s Presence Realized at Breakfast)

The following is written by a dear friend, Ray.  I met Ray at Unity Eastside where we were co-teachers of the Uniteens.  Like others I have mentioned before, I consider Ray one of my spiritual companions!  He has also been a dedicated reader of this blog from the very beginning!

It was a Friday and I had just returned from a conference in Palm Beach where I had been part of a team that had facilitated a workshop for those with developmental disabilities.  I was full of myself and couldn’t wait to share my successful experiences with my wife of two years and my newborn son as well as her two boys.  Imagine my shock when I walked into an empty, newly purchased home.  She had left me.  I walked around in a daze for that weekend and felt that on Monday my life would again reflect some kind of normalcy when I returned to work.  Upon arriving Monday, the Program Director called me into his office and told me that the program was going in another direction and  my position was being eliminated. My world was turned upside down.  Suddenly all the things that I thought provided meaning in my life were gone.  I had no savings, no means of support, and no future prospects. What was I to do? Life has a way of providing solace and opportunities to grow if we listen to our indwelling spirit. But then I knew nothing of an indwelling spirit.  I lived totally from my ego self which I defined as the sum of all the learning and experiences that had occurred in my life.  There was no other source that defined who I was. In an alone and depressed state, messages or guideposts started appearing in my life.  I had no idea where they came from but there were suggestions that I was to act on certain impulses.  I learned to trust and follow those impulses. This was, I learned, the inner higher self that we are all created to be but which is smothered by the conditioning (or programming) that has occurred since birth. Slowly, and I mean over a period of years, I began to change.  In retrospect, this is what I’ve learned.  I must pay attention to the higher consciousness in my life.  That higher consciousness has only one request. I must express love.  To do so, I must overcome the lower self judgments that I’ve learned here in earth school.  I must guard my thoughts and discern events in my life through a filter consisting of “is this an expression of my higher self or predicated upon conditioned programming?”. So where am I right now?  Well, I’m still here and learning lessons every day.  My purpose is to express joy and happiness to all that I meet and to live passionately in service to others.  I’m sure there will be other changes in my life and I look forward to them with a positive expectancy.

Have you ever thought about a favorite song or piece of music and wondered why you like it? Or what it is about it that you like? Or how about a dance or a favorite poem? What makes a poem beautiful is first a person to like it and a balance of perfect word flow.

When life itself is at it’s most beautiful it is usually when it is in perfect flow where everything comes and goes as it should. You know this and feel it whether you realize it or not, that perfect flow of life is one of the things that makes you happy without even realizing it.

It is in this way that life is like that beautiful piece of music that touches your heart and soul and speaks deeply to you. Thus being perfect flow like a piece of music hits the right notes at the right time reaching your core giving a perfect experience every time.

This is how life can be when you follow your heart and don’t second guess yourself when you ‘feel’ something and go with it. So often in life we know the right path and yet don’t take it, maybe you were scared or didn’t know if that was the right path or not etc.

Whatever the reason for not taking the path your heart tells you to, it does have an affect on you and it shows up later on. Second guessing usually leads to you feeling down or in a state of upset with no explainable reason for feeling the way you do.

At the same time it also leaves you out of the natural flow of life and will block you from having the things you want. Simply because it puts you in resistance and contrast to that which you want to have, it also puts you in contrast to yourself and puts your feelings out of touch.

It does another thing which is so important both to the natural state of flow and to self and god of the universe. When you second guess yourself you send the message out to the world that you don’t trust yourself or the universe to deliver you the which you need.

You have only to look at the last time you did that was not trusting your feelings and go for what you wanted, to know what I speak of. Think about it the next time you feel like just going for it and do so! The world is waiting for you to do just that.

As you do so you are sending the out the signal that you trust your higher self and the universe to deliver that which you want. You are also trusting that no matter where that feeling or the thing it leads you to, is for your highest good and that you will be safe no matter what.

Having trust of yourself and of the universe is among others, very important to have because while you are the driver. God, source or universe or whatever you want to call it, is in fact, the directing force in your life and steers in the direction you need to go.

So when you get a feeling about something you should go go for it because it is your inner guidance telling you. Part of going for what feels good or in some way right at the time, is trusting it is somehow for your highest good.

This leads you to being open to all the good in life that you are otherwise blocked to because of resistance in allowing. When you trust you release resistance and allow things to naturally flow into your life, they do so the way as they should when you’re not second guessing.

Not only is that counterproductive, moreover it is upstream which could create situations to counter act it. The kind of situations that will be created where someone or some circumstance will act to push you in the direct that you need to go, OR you might just stay in place for that much longer.

You shouldn’t count on circumstances to push you in the direct that you need to go because you could miss out on some good things. Of course there will always be plenty of opportunities, just not just the same ones, you are the only one who knows what you want and only you can get you where you want to go in life.

The only way to get there is to trust your feelings even if you don’t know what the next step is, trust that it will unfold for you. Trust that whatever you need will come to you as you have need of it and that you will always be shown a way when you least expect it.

Just follow your heart and feelings and your own inner guidance to help you get where you want to go.

THE RAINBOW CHAIN IS MADE UP TO HELP LIGHTWORKERS TO HELP TO MANIFEST THEIR DREAMS AND PURPOSES!

We are heading for a new World and everyone can join to build this Chain of Love.

Therefore it is very important to re-Unite our Love and Peace, so we can make it stronger; TOGETHER!!

Manifest your dreams and make them come true!

These New Energies will manifest your every Thoughts and Creations. They are very real! Be careful with what you might think or say. So you can only use the Rainbow Chain under these conditions: Only positive thoughts will be accepted! Don’t use the words: “wish for” and “I’d like to” Because then you are manifesting a probability and not manifesting a certainty. Use instead. I Am this… I have… I do this… I earn…  You need to write it as you were living your greatest gifts right now. This is the new way of living your Reality. HERE AND RIGHT NOW! Some will find that difficult to achieve, but it will help you to raise above yourself and to help you to achieve that happiness and healthy that you are longing for so much!!!

*MAKE IT HAPPEN!*

Sincerely, I Am Serina

                                          (artist unknown) 

I’ve mentioned before about how increasing numbers of people are and will continue suddenly becoming psychic—clairvoyant, claircognizant, clairaudient, telepathic, empathic etc. because of their ascension/polarity resolution. The two things simply go together; expanding consciousness includes all of the old 3D ESP abilities plus  much, much more. Having 5D High Heart consciousness means your center of focus is from the creative High Heart  and not 3D polarized, ego-based emotions and emotional needs. High Heart consciousness means you naturally feel others and that you are telepathically and clairvoyantly able to be in contact with like-vibrating others. (The Internet has been trying to teach and prepare humanity about functioning within this (5D) type of invisible, instant and interconnected way with other people around the planet.)

While in polarized 3D and polarized consciousness, the ego self sucked all the oxygen out of the room and didn’t allow for much of anything else. It is a 3D one-trick pony and excelled at what it did. But, with the compressed evolution/ascension out of polarized ego self and consciousness, becoming vastly more aware of, and aware of your connection to everyone else, is the primary way of perception and being. It is what 5D and High Heart consciousness is all about and many people are suddenly finding themselves perceiving and feeling a lot of things that aren’t theirs, but other peoples.

Because I’ve been “psychic” all my life, this transition wasn’t as traumatic to me as it could be for certain other people not familiar with ESP at all. So if you’ve recently started seeing, hearing, feeling, sensing, or absolutely knowing things without knowing how you know them, welcome to the exciting phase of expanded awareness and higher functioning! Because everything is so compressed and sped-up now, I believe that people will naturally adapt and adjust to their suddenly discovering that they are perceiving and feeling much, much more than ever before.

Having said all that, realize that our ESP abilities will only develop and evolve into even greater types of awareness and communiction—emotional, mental, visual—with like-others and also with the Others; the nonphysical Others, ETs, Starbeings, Lightbeings, Angelics, Masters, higher dimensional Groups etc. My point is that the great evolutionary/ascension leaps we’ve made already, plus all of the ones still to come, are absolutely fantastic. But, as with all spiritual growth, there is always more. Always. So be prepared to be really impressed with your new abilities and awareness, but know too that there are so many more levels and stages of developement beyond them. Also know that it becomes less dramatic, less colorful, less intense the farther along you go. What used to be highly dramatic and impressive psychically, is replaced with a much quieter, much more simple and direct knowing or becoming quantum with Higher Self and Source and interdimensional like-Others. It only gets better and more fun from here on out.   Enjoy the new and much larger playground.

Denise

Is the higher self also the essence of who you are?

The essence of who you are is who you choose to be, or how you act and relate to others. The higher self is part of you. The lower self and lower instincts are also part of you. Higher and lower self are part of the essence. High or low, that’s a choice, or it may be dictated by circumstances.

For instance, if somebody is born into a gang-like family where he only sees murder, shooting and a fight for survival on the street at the very basic level, then that’s what he learns and what he perpetuates. It would take a great effort for him to rise into the higher self. Versus someone brought up in an ashram who would automatically think about that.

So the essence of who you are is what you choose to believe and how you choose to act. Not what you profess.

One of the joys of life is its complexity. Nothing is quite black and white. If you take the trouble to think about things, you realize it’s not two sides of a coin, black and white, you can look at it from a prism. Everything has several points of view. Everything has a multidimensional meaning and existence. It’s tiring to think like that all the time. It’s easier to simplify things into simple rights and wrongs.

The reality though is that there ALWAYS is a “but”. It is wrong to kill, but if you do it in the interest of the nation, then it’s ok; it is wrong to lie but if it saves a life, then it’s ok. And so on. There are always “buts” associated with anything you state. So one should not lament the complexity of life, but rather celebrate it.

We ended yesterday by learning that one reason why we may attract negativity into our life is in order to learn valuable life lessons.  The other way that we choose to experience negative circumstances is when we actually benefit from that negative situation.

An example of benefitting from attracting negativity into your life comes from a book called Radical Honesty (www.radicalhonesty.com) by Brad Blanton. He describes a very attractive, voluptuous young girl who is about 30 pounds overweight and every time she starts losing weight through diet and exercise, she quickly gains it back. Blanton offered that the reason for this as being she benefitted from this extra weight and after showing her how, she agreed that is was true.

Being very attractive, she often had men, sometimes much older than herself, sending her glances of affection. She realized that in many cases, she felt an urge to follow up on these gestures and realized this lust she felt would likely lead to intimacy. But she also understood how this type of behavior would be considered taboo in our society. Not only with respect to sleeping with these men; but that these men were often married.

So, she unconsciously put on weight and kept it on in order to reduce the number of sexually suggestive glances she would receive, mostly eliminating her desire to act out a socially unacceptable scenario.

So I would encourage you to evaluate the negative events that unfold in your own life and dig deeply to determine why you’ve attracted this to your life. Is there a lesson? Do you benefit in some way? And be completely honest with yourself; you’ll be doing yourself a disservice if you act otherwise.

Yesterday, we spoke about the first reason of why we tend to dismiss that power of the Law of Attraction; that being that we don’t understand why we would attractive negativity into our life.  The second reason why we dismiss the Law of Attraction as being real is that it gives us permission to be incredibly powerful, and this scares us. Just imagine the power you could have if simply by thinking it, it would manifest and come true.

We would all of a sudden have to become so much more responsible. We couldn’t let our minds wonder to “what would happen if I take one of those extended blinks when I’m tired and veer off the road?” Or what if we visualized our child or spouse falling off their bike and breaking their leg? Or what about those times we slip into a day dream and imagine all the cools things we could do with our parents inheritance money?

With the power of being able to create our own reality with our thought, all this would come true. So to protect ourself from this great power, we don’t let ourselves believe it.

Although this somewhat diminishes the ability, it certainly doesn’t eliminate it. And when this happens, as Abraham Hicks said, “we offer vibrations that we’re not paying attention to.” We attract negative into our life without even realizing we’re doing so.

So it’s your choice about whether to accept this idea or not. Either you can continually suffer from the seemingly unpredictable negative events happening in your life, or you can start taking responsibility for what’s going on inside your head.

Become aware of what you’re thinking, and make sure negative thoughts that slip in are immediately replaced with something more desirable or with descriptions of what you’re sensing in the current moment.

I’ve made this choice, and encourage you to being doing the same.

Love & Light,

Matt

Quick Review – The last 3 blog entries have all been about creating your own reality. You learned how language can affect the events and experiences that you attract into your life; and you learned how both positive and negative outlooks are sourced in Ego and are evaluative, whereas a Higher Self viewpoint is simply descriptive and brings you into the current moment. And finally, we discussed how our thoughts can be even more powerful that we realize, especially when accumulated into organizations, communities, and even globally.

Pretty interesting!

If you’re like me—and I know you are, because like we discussed last time, we’re all connected on a higher level—this new paradigm is difficult to accept, especially in the beginning. So I want to talk about 2 ideas that prevent us from believing that we really do create our own reality:

• Experiencing negativity in our lives; especially death and illness
• Being afraid of being more powerful than we could possibly imagine.

This exchange between Abraham Hicks* and a student of theirs sums up the first idea nicely. (Note: the second question and answer in this clip is truly profound, and nearly brings tears to my eyes every time I watch.)

Student: “What about child molestation, what about the Holocaust; this Law of Attraction [creating our own reality] doesn’t work here or there. Those questions seemed to have dropped away.”

Abraham: “You know why? We never give a satisfying answer.”

Student [confused]: “You never give a satisfying answer??”

Abraham: “Not to those questions. In other words, we never tell anybody what they really want to hear. In other words, we say ‘you create your own reality. Period.’  And they say, ‘but what about bad things happening to other people.’ And we say, ‘they create their own reality.’ And they say, ‘but why would anybody create something they don’t want to create.’ And we say, ‘Because they don’t know what they’re doing. They’re offering vibrations [all thoughts and ideas exist as vibrations] that they’re not paying attention to.’”

So to explain further. One of the first reasons we offer as to why creating our own reality doesn’t work is because we think, “if I, or anybody else for that matter, can create our own reality, why does anything bad ever happen?” Like these examples:

• Someone you loved dearly died before their time. Did she attract that to her own life? Did you contribute to that somehow; did you want them to die?
• You have addiction problems. Did you choose to become an addict?
• You got divorced, lost your job, lost kids in custody battle, and had your house foreclosed on; Did you want this to happen on some level?
• You gave birth to a child with a disability? Why would you have wanted this?

The answer in all these cases, although tough to swallow, is ‘Yes.’ You attracted this into your life. And the reason why is simple, yet again, sometimes hard to swallow:  Either there is some lesson to be learned from these negative events, and you unconsciously attracted it into your life to get this understanding. Or you benefit in some way from these events taking place.

I’ll repeat that again because it’s so important. Either:

• There is some great lesson to be learned from the negative event; OR
• You benefit in some way from the negative event.

Let me just say, that I realize how life altering this realization can be. And I realize how tough it can be own up to being responsible on some level for bad things happening. But from my own experience, figuring out the lesson from a bad situation or figuring out how you really benefit from these things happening is incredibly liberating. Not only can you finally understand why the experience happened, but it becomes a more positive experience, and you can share that learning with others to help them attract more positive into their life.

Let’s use the example of the Holocaust to find lessons in negative events. I was raised Jewish, and others Jews that I would talk to about the Holocaust would simply think, ‘the Holocaust was a tragedy and should never be allowed to happen again. The Nazis were disgraceful people…” I grew up being taught this mentality.

But after learning about creating our realities, I thought, “why did the Jewish people attract this to themselves? What lesson have they not learned?” The answer came to be clearly. The Jewish people have not learned that all Beings are equal, on every level. Jews often look down upon many other groups of people, especially when it comes to their faith. Jews proclaim themselves as ‘the Chosen People,’ and think that they live the best way, pray the best way, and do everythin the best way.

To me, the Holocaust was attracted by the Jews to teach them that they are not at the top of the world like they think. Just as the Jewish people thought of themselves as better than other ethnic groups, simply because they were Jewish, the Nazis despised the Jews, simply because they were Jewish.

Can you see the analogy?!?

We’ll discuss how we benefit from attracting negativity Tuesday, as well as our hesitance to express our full power. Enjoy your Monday!

Love & Light,

Matt

*Abraham Hicks’s website: www.abraham-hicks.com

Hello all.

Our lives are measured not by what we do, but who we are. What you do on a daily basis is a by product of who you already are. If you don’t like what you are doing everyday, you always have the freewill and choice to change that.  Who you are comes way before what you do, because who you are is your essence and is where your truth lives.

You can do a lot of work, and do all sorts of things, but these things don’t really define who you are.  It was once stated that we are all human “beings” not human “doings.”

It is my firm belief that when people go back to their essence of who they really are, the doing is just second nature, and they can begin to measure their lives by their inner being, not necessarily by what they “do” for a living.

+Baker

In my dreams of Canada, I’ve found a connection to Native American myth and legend.  Once again, my dreams have taken me from the personal to the collective.

“Canada” may appear in my dreams in many different ways.  A dream might use a map of Canada, a setting based in Canada, or an object related to Canada, such as the currency above.

By working with these dreams, I’ve come to associate this symbol with the higher self because Canada is “upper”—the topmost portion of North America.  My Canada dreams may tell me that I’m going in the right direction, or they may show me how I must change my behavior so that I can reach “True North”.

“North”, in Native American mythology and folklore, is a place of power and mystery.  North is where the hero goes after he has exhausted all other options—after he has traveled South, traveled East, and traveled West in his quest.

He waits until the end to “Go North” because North is the unknown.  Of course, he will encounter danger there—but also find that which he seeks…

…after using the power of his cunning to defeat whatever blocks his path.

So the Canadian North of my dreams not only symbolizes the higher self to me, but also the hero’s journey—the path, the tests that will take me to my true Self.  These dreams tell me what I must do in order to conquer my nemesis, the nemesis within.  These dreams are my roadmap.  Likewise, those Native American tales, though belonging to another culture, can provide us with a roadmap, a roadmap to True North.

The quest for True North involves many trials and tribulations.  Each of these tests is a quest unto itself.  When faced with a new problem, I’ll probably search for the answer in all the old places until I finally relent and “Go North”…

…into the unknown, into the darkness that contains light.  There, I will encounter the cause of my trouble and in finding the cause, find the solution.  In finding the solution, I will have no other choice but to enact the solution.

In Native American tales, when the hero goes North, he must surmount his fear of death.  The journey itself is a type of death; the journey is a series of small deaths.  When we finally reach True North, what we then encounter requires yet another death.  No wonder that we don’t want to go there.  No wonder that we do want to go there.

I can’t help but feel that we have nearly reached a juncture.  In order to solve the problems that beset us in this world, on this planet, we must Go North.  We have already tried—and failed—to find our answers on the well-worn paths.  Our old ways can not help us—our old ways have led us to this desperate place.

To Go North, we must go against survival instinct.  So that’s the paradox: to survive we must go against basic survival instinct.

© 2009, Michael R. Patton
sky rope (subterranean rappel)
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What Do I Do With All Of This Stuff?

Each day I park in my driveway, and wish that I could park my car in the garage.  Each day I say to myself, “You need to get rid of this stuff.  You don’t need it, and you’re not using it.  Either take it and give it away or sell it at a garage sale.  Just do something.”  Ever had those exact thoughts.  Maybe you have a storage unit, and you think, “Why do I have a storage unit.  I don’t need it, and besides that takes money away from me and my family.”

We Americans are known for our stuff.  We like to have the newest gadgets, and keep our mementos from years and years of collecting.  We seem to be attached to things, stuff and junk.  We are emotionally attached to these items.  Some of these we’ve had since our childhood, and we’re now at the age of 50, 60, 65, 70…. We don’t want to part with any of these items.  Think about it.  Look in your closets, your garage, your attic, and other storage areas.  Do you really need that stuff?  Do you take it out and share it with people, or do you keep hidden and safe and only you see it?

What we are finding is that people who store stuff, and junk are people who typically are unhealthy.  They come from a sense of lack, or a sense of not having enough of whatever…Could be that they even lack love in their lives.  That they don’t feel love, and haven’t felt love ever.  They use the stuff to give them a false sense of love and security.  What everyone needs to do is look at themselves and decide why they have all of  this stuff. 

There are many of us humans who believe that the more stuff we have the more likeable we are, or the more we are loved.  Christmas is around the corner, and we are, especially here in America, notorious for giving our kids many gifts.  Some of these will be cherished and honored, and some will not.  I believe in gifts and I LOVE getting presents even at the age of 46.  I also know that I really do have way too much stuff.  Most of which I don’t use any more.  My garage as you know is full, but I also one of those Americans who  have a storage unit. 

I’m not advising anyone to get rid of specific collections, antiques,  or specific heirlooms.  For many that is pure enjoyment, and they like looking, hunting and dealing with people for those specific items.  They usually have an area set up just for those kind of displays.  That’s healthy collecting.  Many of us, me included, just have stuff, because we might need it someday, or our best friend from 2nd grade gave it to us. 

Ask yourself these questions: 1) What is my intention for keeping this item? 2) Have I used this item in the last year? 3) Am I really interested in making a display with these items? 4) Am I keeping this because I need it to help me feel loved?  5) What is my emotional attachment to this item, stuff or junk?

When you answer these questions chances are very high that you’ll find out why you keep the stuff.  If you want to keep the item(s) then make a display with them, and show them off.  You’ve kept it this long; show your guests, friends and family.  If you aren’t using any item then find a place to donate it; even if you donate to Goodwill or the Salvation Army.  They can usually find ways to use the items.  Many of these items will be recycled by them.  That’s being healthy for our planet.

As the Green Movement Says: Recycle, Reuse, Reduce

There is great energy of commitment, connection, enthusiasm and creation that comes with the synergy of a Mastermind Group. I have benefited from the energy of my group for the past year and a half. Our group was created to support each other’s dreams and goals whether they be personal or professional, through safety, respect, compassion and open communication. In the next few weeks, I will share with you some of the steps for using mastermind consciousness.

What is a mastermind group?

The concept of the Mastermind Group was formally introduced by Napoleon Hill in the early 1900’s. In his timeless classic, “Think And Grow Rich” he wrote about the Mastermind principle as:

“The coordination of knowledge and effort of two or more people, who work toward a definite purpose, in the spirit of harmony.”

“No two minds ever come together without thereby creating a third, invisible intangible force, which may be likened to a third mind.”

In my Mastermind Group, we created an agenda that we generally follow. Participation is a key. We meet once a month and have weekly e-mail check in. Each of us are accountable to show up, be present and offer valuable feedback for each member.

What I have gotten out of the group is the value of the different skill sets of each of the participants. I witness real progress in both my business and personal life. Networking has helped me to expand my world in both work and business. While my goals are different from the group, I have a sense of shared accomplishment. I know that I can call any of the members for support and care.

We have shared interests in that we are all interested in growing spiritually and personally. We have similar thinking when it comes to a holistic approach to life. We all commit to each other and our meetings. Each of us had reached and or exceeded our goals with the support of the group.

When our meeting starts, we begin by creating a sacred space and intending that the Mastermind worth with us and through us for the support of all members in the highest good. Each meeting a different member guides the group. We then read together the Eight Steps into the Mastermind Consciousness. These steps remind of what we believe in regards to the Mastermind Consciousness.

The first step is I Surrender, I admit that only in cooperation and co-creation with my highest self, the Mastermind, do I have the power to solve my problems and the power to improve my life.

We acknowledge that in surrendering our egos and cooperating and collaborating together along with the divine side of our natures can we really improve our situations. The energy that flows through us when we surrender always helps us clarify the situation and be open to the possible solution or solutions.

In our last meeting, I mentioned something that I had been struggling with. I was somewhat embarrassed to bring it up, but in allowing myself to surrender, I received great clarity and guidance. Today, I feel clearer and more at peace with the direction of my life.

Next week, I’ll discuss the second step into Mastermind Consciousness.

simple & effective techniques….

The following 3 exercises are helpful when deciding on a course of action or several opportunities, and also helpful in discovering other options available. They put you in touch with your inner knowing that always steers you on a path in your highest good. First put yourself in a meditative state (you may wish to do this by lighting a candle, listening to relaxing music, opening your chakras if this is familiar to you, and focusing on your breath).

1. Street Light Meditation
This exercise is beneficial for those who are clairvoyant (intuitively see in images) and it can give very clear answers. Think of the situation you wish to intuitively explore. Now imagine and see yourself taking a particular course of action. Ask to have a traffic light appear before you, to symbolically represent this course of action. Is it red, amber or green? Trust what your lights mean to you…many people will find that a red light is cautionary and green means go! You may see flashing green that eventually turns to amber…in that case it may be time to act on your opportunity while it is available or to slow down (or be more cautionary) nearer the end of the situation. Again, trust what your own visuals mean to you. Repeat this for any other scenarios you’d like to weigh.

2. Box Meditation
An excellent exercise for those who feel things intuitively in their body, and those who see in images. Imagine the first option and see yourself inside a box or room with it. Explore this scene and any feelings you experience in your body. How do you feel inside this room? What do you see or hear? Is there a ceiling? Are the walls closing in? Or do you feel expansive and joyful? Repeat this exercise if you are considering various options. Does the choice (or which choice) feel(s) right for you?

3. Path Meditation
Imagine one option. See yourself on this path. Engage all your senses. Notice the landscape, it’s richness or lack, the colours, sounds, and temperature. Notice the vegetation and any movement or insects/animals/people that appear. Are there any messages for you? How do you feel walking on this path…at the start and later on? Does this path lead to more opportunities? How much effort or what action is required? Repeat this process for another option you are considering. Ask now for another pathway to be shown to you…something you have not considered yet. How does this option feel, look, and sound? Is there a path in your highest good? Trust your instincts. You know the answer within.

Let us know how these exercises worked for you! We warmly welcome your comments below…

Below is an email I sent to a friend back in September. Sometimes I can be a bit ‘over-the-top’ when I discuss my point of view. After time passes, I re-read or hear again what I’ve said, & I laugh to myself. I can tell that I’m being extreme. But after reading this email again, I still feel the same way.

From: AimeeLovesYou
To: XXXX
Subject: XXXX
Date: Sep 24, 2009

This week I was reminded about what being ‘in love’ means. I heard one interesting view of being ‘in-love’ (in-love with a romantic partner), that I agreed with. They mentioned a few things about people who think they are ‘in love’, but are in romantic relationships as a means to an end. There is something that they want from the other person, there is a need to be filled. I have additional thoughts about it, but I agree with what they said. Hearing their point of view brought me back to my own knowing, about love in general. I am clear that the romantic love we feel we need is not the one we think it is. It is the love for Self, unconditional love for Self, that frees us, completes us, & gives us everlasting bliss. When we truly love ourselves, we don’t need union because we are whole, we don’t need a partner to feel loved, we are love & we are FULL of love. Everything & everyone are seen as love as well. Nothing is separate from us because we are WHOLE. We will never fall out of love, we will never have fears about losing love, (or those we love), we will just be in who we know we are. We can be ourselves in an effortless way, in love, because we are love. It’s so easy for me at times to get swept up in movies, the news, other peoples concepts, imagery, etc.. But when all that gets silent, when I get silent, I know what’s real.

All suffering I believe comes from this disconnect with Self, disconnect with Love. I know that when I’m bugged about my career, hating how a part of my body looks, wanting things (or people) to be my way, or getting impatient with the way things are, it’s because I can’t see me. I’ve lost sight. I don’t see who I am. I am my own creator. I have free will. Why am I going along as if I don’t? As if things are happening to me, and around me, and they are beyond my control, ..and I’m suffering for it. When this happens, it’s always best for me to STOP. Stop myself in my tracks and ask, “Why are you not being yourself? Why are you following others? Why are you worried about what they think? Why are you over thinking instead of being? Be simple. Be yourself. LOVE it all. Love yourself.” When I do, I know nothing can cause me harm. I AM it all. The only one that can cause me harm is myself. The only one who can not love me is me.

Xx..
A.

[The inspiring photo is by Diana Rikasari]

Through my work as a healer and teacher, it is my understanding that each of us has pre-planned various “exit” points along the timeline, which our soul may use to leave our earthly form. This might be due to a serious illness or accident, for instance.

For the most part, we are meant to live a long life in order to fulfil our destinies, to unfold our gifts and talents and help our brothers and sisters unfold theirs. By recognising our own Divinity, we bring heaven to Earth.

If a soul in the body becomes disillusioned with life and decides that it is ready to leave the body, the soul may agree to a soul transfer, instead of losing the vehicle for expression (“death”). Usually a more advanced soul will enter the physical body but the transfer can also be made up of many souls who work together as one consciousness. Ultimately, the transfer always happens under the guidance and wisdom of the Higher Self, and with the mutual co-operation of the soul and the Higher Self.

Sometimes the change is dramatic.

Accident “victims” who have been in coma for several days can often come out of that coma to reveal a completely different persona, which is quite unsettling or disturbing for their loved ones to deal with. Often friends and family are startled by the change and say “you’re not the same person!”, yet not really knowing the reason why.

At other times, the changes are far more subtle and much more integrated with the personality…

Continue reading this article on Energy Therapy.

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This unique 1 day workshop followed by 2 months Your Spiritual Revolution self-study email Course offers you a systematic and powerful self-development plan that can be easily implemented in daily life making a lasting positive impact on your mind, body and soul for your speedy and holistic evolution in sync with the accelerated evolutionary forces of the universe in current times.

You will also be given one-to-one intuitive counseling, healings, initiations and guidance to enable you to follow your unique path towards union with your Inner Guru/Soul/Higher Self. EEL Workshop focuses on the integration of the trinity of Mind, Body and Soul to live a miraculous life.

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The problem with most people is that the more they have, the more they want. They become needy.  Needy people are takers. They usually are not givers. Remaining in this constant cycle of want,  prevents anyone from helping others.

The balance arrives when you stop just wanting  for yourself and wish to give to others as well. Life  teaches you that you are part of the whole; as such you need to contribute to its continued development.

Christians and Jews are taught that they were created in God’s image. The power in that statement implies that you can co-create along with your Creator. Such a blessing is spectacular as it suggest that your abilities, are limitless.

Agnostics believe in a higher power, undefined, but ever-present.  Atheist, believe people are the end all. They are ruled by ego.

Feeling frustrated with no answers coming your way? Concerned your voice will not be heard? Afraid of the future of this great Nation? Wondering whether you have what it takes?  The fastest way out of your buzzing head is jumping into your heart.

Find a quiet place where no one can bother you. Take a few breaths, until you are one with the rhythm of your heart beat. Next start thanking God, the Universal Power, or even Your Higher Self, for all that is Good in your life and those around you. Start listing ALL the blessings that were bestowed upon you, and acknowledge how much you appreciate receiving them.

Recognizing that you are being helped is very important. It shows, you respect whatever efforts are given to you. It reminds a person that as independent as he may claim to be, he still depends on someone for something.

How can any person not wake up in the morning and not be thankful for being alive?  How can humans not be thankful for the universe they live in?  How can you not be thankful for all the beauty in this world?  How can you not be thankful for being able to see the sun, the moon and the stars? How can you not be thankful to live in freedom?

Andrea

So. You want to live forever. Don’t we all. Are you not content with existing in an infinite line from the beginning to the end of time? Are you not content, knowing you exist, timeless and technically indestructible, outside of the River of Time? Greedy little bastards, aren’t we?

Ooohhhh. You want your human flesh to continue for as long as possible. Well, that’s tricky. Life and Death, like every other paradox in the River of Time, must be resolved by standing in the center of its whirlwind of Truth and groking both sides of the conflict. It is like the Chariot card in tarot. You have the reins of two wild stallions wanting to go in two different directions. You can only win if you tame them both. You can only win if you can understand there is order in the center of all that Chaos.

What does that mean? It means you have to love Death wholeheartedly and without reservations as much as you love Life. It is the ultimate lesson of Zen, that you cannot truly live until you are truly unafraid of dying.

The overwhelming drive to live forever stems from the time sensitive contract you set for yourself before you passed through the veil and chose to be born human. You were born and all memory was erased except for one: You have something to do, something to learn, something to change and the clock is ticking. Tick tock tick tock.

Don’t panic. Usually, your very existence in the human reality well effects the change you meant to accomplish. Or perhaps you merely meant to witness and report home. You do what you meant to do, you accomplish what you came to accomplish, the clock runs out, and you go home. Back into the infinite Bliss of the ecstasy of the Oneverse, where things such as time and aloneness and separation do not exist. As simple as that. A sane being would not resist this transition. Most of the time, thankfully, this whole process does not require the individual to become self aware or sentient in the greater meaning of the word.

But what if you resist your contract? What if you forgot you who you really were? What if, at every juncture in the path of your life, you chose the path that led you further and further away from that moment when your mission is realized? The clock is still ticking, but the job is not done. You will go home, but I am thinking the reception will be less than celebratory. You don’t want to die with your mission undone. You know this will be a bad thing, because, as the clock ticks down to the end, you begin to remember other things from the life across the veil.

You remember that if you are not successful in this life, you will have to repeat the process again, in the next and the next. There you will stand, back at the starting line, with the memories of all the failed missions slipping through your fingers and fading into nothingness as you look down the long path you have walked over and over again. Your own failings will be as bitter as ash in your mouth, if you cannot learn from the past mistakes and accomplish something different this time. All that work for nothing.

But wait. There is still hope. There is a magic to this human life. You do not get one shot at success. You get many. Around every proverbial corner, an opportunity awaits. Grab it, get your shiat done, and go home, already, ferchristesake!

Still want to know how to live forever? Ok. Fine. But you are not going to like it. You have to figure out how to stay filled with the infinite bliss of the Oneverse. That means you have to let go of everything but that which is the manifestation of Light and Life and Love. That means you can never think a negative thought. That means you cannot invest your attention or your energy or your time in negative energy.

This is not impossible. It is just very, very difficult. It takes a lot of practice and an innate trust in your Higher Self. Try commuting during rush hour down a busy freeway in the state of joyful bliss. It is lovely and surreal and very magical but the logical part of your brain will want to crawl out your ear and cower in the back seat. Not for the faint of heart.

Death cannot find you in the Light. Decay only happens when you stop growing upwards, little sunflower.