Dear Mother Earth
I think we have all been a bit hard on you lately, complaining, worrying and wondering. I write this in appreciation for all you are and all you do to keep our earth in balance.
For the strength and energy you provide us all, I give thanks. You bless us with such beauty, at times it takes my breath away. The joy of seeing a rainbow, lifts me up, and I appreciate your gentle breeze against my skin. I sigh as I think of the warmth of the winter sun and the sparkly diamonds in the snow. As I watch the sunrise, I feel artistry as you paint the sky and again in the evening as you bring the sun to rest. I sit in awe of your attention to detail and your enduring schedule, never off a beat. We rely on the seasons you created, and feel the changes you so desperately need to make at this time. I trust, for this earth has carried many generations before me.
Of late you have had to remind us that you are power; you have the power to cleanse and restore. So many of your children recoil, in fear. I reach out to embrace you. I felt your power and perserverance, standing by the ocean this summer. It filled me up, offering such peace as I felt the ebb and flow of your cycles. I felt a sense of never ending abundance. Yet, I also pictured in my mind the force with which you could strike down everything on that coastline. I respect you and give thanks.
I think of new growth after a harsh cold winter, and have seen new growth of lush forest after a fire. I feel your vibration as lightening flashes and thunder crashes and I give thanks. How peacefully I sleep as rain drizzles down and pelts against the roof and windows. There is such protection in your arms. I watch the stars and notice the moon, bringing magic and mystery to our lives.
Yes, you hear us all complain because it's raining, too cold, too hot, too windy, too calm. You feel our fear as the air fills with smoke, or we watch the map for the path of a tornado, or hurricane. We, your spoiled children must learn our place in the mystery, in the ebb and flow. As we sit in your heart, the earth may shake, but we will not falter. The winds may blow and the waters rise, but we will survive. You are the giver of life, our breath, our peace, our sanctuary. Mother, I send you love and give thanks.
I also give thanks to my daughter who inspired this writing as she spoke to me of the peace and beauty she felt while visiting Jasper - being one with our Mother. it was she, who made me see how often we forget to appreciate this force of nature that keeps us, nurtures us, and sustains our life. I ask everyone reading this to just take a moment and send love and gratitude for the many blessings in our lives.
As I write this I am listening to an owl calling out, wishing me a wonderful day. Thank you Mother Nature.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Become an Empty Vessel
Can you allow yourself to become empty? Can you allow yourself to release everything, the good, the bad, the hopes, and fears? Can you simply give it all up and ask Spirit to fill you back up with all you were created to be? Ask to be erased of all social and family programming, and be restored to your personal blueprint.
Sit quietly with pen and paper or your laptop. Take a few deep breaths and as thoughts of things, people, ideas, worries, dreams, fears, hopes, wishes, place, events, and circumstances come into your mind, write them out saying "I release this to Spirit" "I become an empty vessel ready to be filled with who I AM."
This process works well with house cleaning and clearing. You probably know the feeling of sadness as you choose to give up some of your treasures, even though they no longer suit your home or environment. As you put them in a give away bag, or garage sale, there is a twinge of regret. Do you also know the feeling of finally clearing space of garbage and broken junk, worn out and no longer useable? It feels good to finally throw the broken pieces in the trash. As you look around your uncluttered space, can you feel the sense of freedom and expansion? It is like you have a larger home.
Clearing your internal house creates the same expansion and freedom. Often it is harder to find the mental and emotional garbage. We seem to store the internal junk in a much deeper place than even the worn out christmas ornaments. Why is it so hard to let go of even the biggest hurts, and deepest pain? Do you notice you can more easily release your joy, hopes and dreams, than release your disappointments, jealousy and anger?
Strange how we find security in painful memories and history filled with ideas of loss and suffering. Some people would rather give up their brand new bedroom suite, than donate a piece of furniture reminding them of an unhappy relationship. Too often we give up marvelous opportunities, in order to hold on to the fear of failure, or perhaps the familiarity of that failure. We know the outcome, so there is less fear in staying stuck, just as there is familiarity in the worn out sofa purchased with our first spouse.
If you have ever had children, or are thinking about having children, ask yourself why. This may require some humor, especially for those of us who have finally raised our children and know the good and bad, the joy and pain accompanying the growing years.
Do you remember how you thought about the idea? Did you plan on having children so they could have a miserable life and create even more misery in yours? Did you plan to have children to inflict pain on suffering?
Why do you allow yourself to think your parents had you in order to give you the opportunity to be unhappy? An even deeper question - Why do you think you were created by Spirit? Do you really think your creator, wanted to express depression, pain and illness through you?
Look around at the never ending blue sky (it is still a deep clear blue above the clouds). See the lush green of the trees and grass, and even the abundance of clover, dandelions. Feel the gentle warmth of the sun on your skin, the gentle breeze. Open yourself up to the high energy of a thunder storm. Watch as the rain clears the dust and grime from the leaves of the plants outside your door. Even in the destruction Mother Nature occasionally unleashes, we find new growth and new beauty. There is never anything destroyed that is not replaced with even more beauty than before. Is there any part of you that can honestly say you believe you were created to live in lack, when all you see is the abundance and beauty of creation? Can any of you say you would create another being to live in lack of any kind? I think not.
So what if you created the internal storm, washing away both what you believe is good and bad? What if you allowed yourself to be free of anything and everything that is now, so that you could be refilled without prejudice or judgment of old worn out beliefs and memories? Wouldn't it feel amazing to let go of the heart break? If you give it a chance it will feel even better to be rid of what you think makes you happy, and find bliss and peace instead.
Try it - it may take several days, weeks, perhaps even months, but clear out the trash and treasure possessions deep within and on the surface. Make room and space for renovation and restoration. Give yourself permission to trust the Source of your Creation, the Source of your Supply. Just as you choose to give your children everything you can to provide them with all the love and support they need, your original Creator chooses the same for you.
Sit quietly with pen and paper or your laptop. Take a few deep breaths and as thoughts of things, people, ideas, worries, dreams, fears, hopes, wishes, place, events, and circumstances come into your mind, write them out saying "I release this to Spirit" "I become an empty vessel ready to be filled with who I AM."
This process works well with house cleaning and clearing. You probably know the feeling of sadness as you choose to give up some of your treasures, even though they no longer suit your home or environment. As you put them in a give away bag, or garage sale, there is a twinge of regret. Do you also know the feeling of finally clearing space of garbage and broken junk, worn out and no longer useable? It feels good to finally throw the broken pieces in the trash. As you look around your uncluttered space, can you feel the sense of freedom and expansion? It is like you have a larger home.
Clearing your internal house creates the same expansion and freedom. Often it is harder to find the mental and emotional garbage. We seem to store the internal junk in a much deeper place than even the worn out christmas ornaments. Why is it so hard to let go of even the biggest hurts, and deepest pain? Do you notice you can more easily release your joy, hopes and dreams, than release your disappointments, jealousy and anger?
Strange how we find security in painful memories and history filled with ideas of loss and suffering. Some people would rather give up their brand new bedroom suite, than donate a piece of furniture reminding them of an unhappy relationship. Too often we give up marvelous opportunities, in order to hold on to the fear of failure, or perhaps the familiarity of that failure. We know the outcome, so there is less fear in staying stuck, just as there is familiarity in the worn out sofa purchased with our first spouse.
If you have ever had children, or are thinking about having children, ask yourself why. This may require some humor, especially for those of us who have finally raised our children and know the good and bad, the joy and pain accompanying the growing years.
Do you remember how you thought about the idea? Did you plan on having children so they could have a miserable life and create even more misery in yours? Did you plan to have children to inflict pain on suffering?
Why do you allow yourself to think your parents had you in order to give you the opportunity to be unhappy? An even deeper question - Why do you think you were created by Spirit? Do you really think your creator, wanted to express depression, pain and illness through you?
Look around at the never ending blue sky (it is still a deep clear blue above the clouds). See the lush green of the trees and grass, and even the abundance of clover, dandelions. Feel the gentle warmth of the sun on your skin, the gentle breeze. Open yourself up to the high energy of a thunder storm. Watch as the rain clears the dust and grime from the leaves of the plants outside your door. Even in the destruction Mother Nature occasionally unleashes, we find new growth and new beauty. There is never anything destroyed that is not replaced with even more beauty than before. Is there any part of you that can honestly say you believe you were created to live in lack, when all you see is the abundance and beauty of creation? Can any of you say you would create another being to live in lack of any kind? I think not.
So what if you created the internal storm, washing away both what you believe is good and bad? What if you allowed yourself to be free of anything and everything that is now, so that you could be refilled without prejudice or judgment of old worn out beliefs and memories? Wouldn't it feel amazing to let go of the heart break? If you give it a chance it will feel even better to be rid of what you think makes you happy, and find bliss and peace instead.
Try it - it may take several days, weeks, perhaps even months, but clear out the trash and treasure possessions deep within and on the surface. Make room and space for renovation and restoration. Give yourself permission to trust the Source of your Creation, the Source of your Supply. Just as you choose to give your children everything you can to provide them with all the love and support they need, your original Creator chooses the same for you.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Remembering Who You Are & Why You Are Here
I have been sitting with the workbook, considering how I can present the material each week, so participants can really feel the blessing of life. As I ponder the material I realize there are three things I would hope to have everyone walk away from the 8 week program knowing in their hearts:
We put too much stress on ourselves, trying to be what society has decided we need to be. We put too much stress on the need to control ourselves, our lives, our circumstances. We live in fear that if we don't meet the expectations of our loved ones, we will lose them, if we do not perform exactly according to the standard of our bosses, we will be unemployed, if we don't give our children everything they want, they will hate us...... Before we know it we have forgotten who we really are.
Then we go for help in sorting out the mess and we are told - well change this or that and everything will work out. In a short time we notice that yes, things have changed, but we still haven't lost the fear or need to be accepted and appreciated by others. We are still unhappy.
We turn again for help and we are told - forgive yourself - and at once we take on the acceptance that we are the cause of all the problems. We beat ourselves up for all the mistakes and errors of our past and remember our parents telling us all the things that made us fearful of rejection in the past. We may not remember them all, but our subconscious does, and our ego just loves to remind us. And in the admission of asking ourselves for forgiveness we enforce within ourselves the idea or belief that we are bad people - you can add your own label here.
Instead of forgiving yourself, why not just start loving yourself? Why not say to yourself, I made a mistake, I could have chosen something different. I accept what I did, understanding that there was a lesson to be learned for all parties involved. In the same way you let go of the little hurts your children cause you, continuing to love them unconditionally, can you not do the same for yourself? Can you not give yourself a hug, agree to remember the lesson, and carry on knowing you can make a different choice next time a similar situation arises?
We were created to be an expression of Spirit. There were certain lessons, and ideals we agreed to work on for the expression of our Creator. Like being an actor, taking a part, we chose a role, to assist our soul in growing and loving unconditionally. In order to learn the lesson, accept the belief there are certain scenarios that must take place, in one form or another. So, even as you act in ways that are less than perfect, you are merely playing the role in a movie you contracted to play. The best way to have a happy ending is to accept, release and love your way through the bad times.
I often feel I am a character in a video game, moving from level to level, dodging the obstacles, moving debris out of the way, sidestepping the bad guy and racing for a finish line. It is exhausting, creates sleepless nights, and causes all kinds of aches and pains in my physical body. Ever feel that way?
I end the game when I take time to breathe, to realize, I can let go of the need to struggle and fight my way through life. I can breathe, relax and allow Spirit to guide me. As I do I feel the flow, and transcend each level in peace, joy and love. Ahhhhh ..... how much better I feel.
You are not broken. You have been programmed with a lot of harmful, self-destructive beliefs. You are programmed to believe you are not good enough, and you must continually change and fix yourself until you meet a certain standard - and the bar keeps raising, leaving you feeling even less than the perfection you truly are. As we learn what these beliefs are and reprogram our self conscious, our world begins to shift and change - it is not us who are changing, only the world around us. We become more as we were created - pure, divine love. Our body stops revolting against the stress we have caused it. Our minds become more clear, and the thoughts more peaceful. Those things we desire for our lives begin to magically appear.
YOU DON'T NEED TO CHANGE - YOU ARE ALREADY PERFECT
STOP TRYING TO FORGIVE YOURSELF - YOU NEVER DID ANYTHING WRONG
THERE IS NO NEED TO FIX WHAT IS NOT BROKEN - SIMPLY REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE
We put too much stress on ourselves, trying to be what society has decided we need to be. We put too much stress on the need to control ourselves, our lives, our circumstances. We live in fear that if we don't meet the expectations of our loved ones, we will lose them, if we do not perform exactly according to the standard of our bosses, we will be unemployed, if we don't give our children everything they want, they will hate us...... Before we know it we have forgotten who we really are.
Then we go for help in sorting out the mess and we are told - well change this or that and everything will work out. In a short time we notice that yes, things have changed, but we still haven't lost the fear or need to be accepted and appreciated by others. We are still unhappy.
We turn again for help and we are told - forgive yourself - and at once we take on the acceptance that we are the cause of all the problems. We beat ourselves up for all the mistakes and errors of our past and remember our parents telling us all the things that made us fearful of rejection in the past. We may not remember them all, but our subconscious does, and our ego just loves to remind us. And in the admission of asking ourselves for forgiveness we enforce within ourselves the idea or belief that we are bad people - you can add your own label here.
Instead of forgiving yourself, why not just start loving yourself? Why not say to yourself, I made a mistake, I could have chosen something different. I accept what I did, understanding that there was a lesson to be learned for all parties involved. In the same way you let go of the little hurts your children cause you, continuing to love them unconditionally, can you not do the same for yourself? Can you not give yourself a hug, agree to remember the lesson, and carry on knowing you can make a different choice next time a similar situation arises?
We were created to be an expression of Spirit. There were certain lessons, and ideals we agreed to work on for the expression of our Creator. Like being an actor, taking a part, we chose a role, to assist our soul in growing and loving unconditionally. In order to learn the lesson, accept the belief there are certain scenarios that must take place, in one form or another. So, even as you act in ways that are less than perfect, you are merely playing the role in a movie you contracted to play. The best way to have a happy ending is to accept, release and love your way through the bad times.
I often feel I am a character in a video game, moving from level to level, dodging the obstacles, moving debris out of the way, sidestepping the bad guy and racing for a finish line. It is exhausting, creates sleepless nights, and causes all kinds of aches and pains in my physical body. Ever feel that way?
I end the game when I take time to breathe, to realize, I can let go of the need to struggle and fight my way through life. I can breathe, relax and allow Spirit to guide me. As I do I feel the flow, and transcend each level in peace, joy and love. Ahhhhh ..... how much better I feel.
You are not broken. You have been programmed with a lot of harmful, self-destructive beliefs. You are programmed to believe you are not good enough, and you must continually change and fix yourself until you meet a certain standard - and the bar keeps raising, leaving you feeling even less than the perfection you truly are. As we learn what these beliefs are and reprogram our self conscious, our world begins to shift and change - it is not us who are changing, only the world around us. We become more as we were created - pure, divine love. Our body stops revolting against the stress we have caused it. Our minds become more clear, and the thoughts more peaceful. Those things we desire for our lives begin to magically appear.
Once again we remember the perfection we knew at the time of our conception, and even at our birth. Wouldn't it be nice to understand how to take responsibility for your life, to create the peace, joy health and prosperity you dream of, without the need to rigidly control all the circumstances, knowing there is an energy doing the work for you, if you are willing to let go and get out of the way?
There is, and when I give myself permission, to just be me, I find pure health, bliss, and abundance are all around me and within me.
Are you willing and ready to let go and receive?
Friday, July 15, 2011
The Miracle of Self Healing
I was asked the other day where I get the idea that we can heal ourselves. I understand that for many this concept is vague at best and unbelievable for most. So what gives me the right to constantly affirm that self healing is not a miracle - rather it is a decision we make. The miracle is in the creation of our bodies, giving us the tools and resources to manifest our own health.
I have been blessed to prove this to myself. Beginning at thirteen, I overcame a very serious ulcer. At the age of eighteen I convinced surgeons that I did not need knee surgery, proclaiming that I would find a way to continue dancing until I was 90, even though they assured me I would not be walking past the age of 30. At 45 there was talk of a wheel chair due to a deteriorating spine. At that time walking was painful, almost impossible, but I said NO, emphatically and sought help outside the medical realms, changed my attitude, worked on my fears and guess what, 10 years later - I'm still walking, feeling better than ever.
At about 48 I was reminded that attitude, beliefs, fear, anger and inability to forgive cause disease. Again, when traditional medical staff offered doom and gloom for my future, I said NO.
Illness is an invitation to heal what is going on in the heart and mind. The body is just an expression of our thoughts and emotions. We heal when we are ready to let go of the toxic emotions and thoughts, trading them for more life-affirming attitudes and beliefs.
I am not the only example of self healing. Look at the many cancer survivors. Think of how many people you know who have overcome serious injury or illness. Yes, we call it a miracle. It is. The point though is miracles lie dormant within each of us.
I feel blessed to know and understand we all have the ability to express the miracle we are. Self Healing is part of our make-up. Healing is not about physical health. Physical health is created when we connect with our Soul, releasing what is toxic in our minds.
Our creator put this machine; we call a body, together with care and precise thought. When our minds were created, we were programmed with perfection and given all the "thinking" tools required for ultimate operation. But, as is often the case, we forgot to read the manual, or we threw it away, before we were fully adept on the use and care of this precious creation.
The one hang-up in the whole system was the creation of self-will. Over the years we have been programmed to believe that we need to be fully in control. We have been programmed with beliefs of incompetence and seperation from the manufacturer of our most valuable asset. Many believe they were created with defects. There is a reason you are not under warranty. You were created in perfection, and through choices your perfect life is available - but you may have to read the operating instructions and make a few tiny adjustments in order to get everything back in working order.
The manual still exists. It is a program that cannot be erased or deleted. It sits in a hidden file within your operating system. Another reason to "go within" for the answers.
As I have said many times, we are one of the most unique, and precious, irreplaceable pieces of art available, yet we treat our bodies with less attention and love than we do a pretty picture picked up at WalMart.
This article is not about blame. It is written to provide awareness that Miracles are found in using the Operators Manual for creating with Spirit. Miracles happen when we follow Universal Laws and let go of beliefs, thoughts and emotions that are blocking us from our best life.
I urge each of you reading this to consider why things aren't working in your life - whether it is health, wealth or happiness. CREATE YOUR OWN MIRACLE TODAY.
I have been blessed to prove this to myself. Beginning at thirteen, I overcame a very serious ulcer. At the age of eighteen I convinced surgeons that I did not need knee surgery, proclaiming that I would find a way to continue dancing until I was 90, even though they assured me I would not be walking past the age of 30. At 45 there was talk of a wheel chair due to a deteriorating spine. At that time walking was painful, almost impossible, but I said NO, emphatically and sought help outside the medical realms, changed my attitude, worked on my fears and guess what, 10 years later - I'm still walking, feeling better than ever.
At about 48 I was reminded that attitude, beliefs, fear, anger and inability to forgive cause disease. Again, when traditional medical staff offered doom and gloom for my future, I said NO.
Illness is an invitation to heal what is going on in the heart and mind. The body is just an expression of our thoughts and emotions. We heal when we are ready to let go of the toxic emotions and thoughts, trading them for more life-affirming attitudes and beliefs.
I am not the only example of self healing. Look at the many cancer survivors. Think of how many people you know who have overcome serious injury or illness. Yes, we call it a miracle. It is. The point though is miracles lie dormant within each of us.
I feel blessed to know and understand we all have the ability to express the miracle we are. Self Healing is part of our make-up. Healing is not about physical health. Physical health is created when we connect with our Soul, releasing what is toxic in our minds.
Our creator put this machine; we call a body, together with care and precise thought. When our minds were created, we were programmed with perfection and given all the "thinking" tools required for ultimate operation. But, as is often the case, we forgot to read the manual, or we threw it away, before we were fully adept on the use and care of this precious creation.
The one hang-up in the whole system was the creation of self-will. Over the years we have been programmed to believe that we need to be fully in control. We have been programmed with beliefs of incompetence and seperation from the manufacturer of our most valuable asset. Many believe they were created with defects. There is a reason you are not under warranty. You were created in perfection, and through choices your perfect life is available - but you may have to read the operating instructions and make a few tiny adjustments in order to get everything back in working order.
The manual still exists. It is a program that cannot be erased or deleted. It sits in a hidden file within your operating system. Another reason to "go within" for the answers.
As I have said many times, we are one of the most unique, and precious, irreplaceable pieces of art available, yet we treat our bodies with less attention and love than we do a pretty picture picked up at WalMart.
This article is not about blame. It is written to provide awareness that Miracles are found in using the Operators Manual for creating with Spirit. Miracles happen when we follow Universal Laws and let go of beliefs, thoughts and emotions that are blocking us from our best life.
I urge each of you reading this to consider why things aren't working in your life - whether it is health, wealth or happiness. CREATE YOUR OWN MIRACLE TODAY.
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