Help!

From the time we are very young, we are encouraged to learn to do things without the assistance of another person. The intention is for us to feel a sense of accomplishment and thereby, increasing our self-esteem. However, all too often, those who love us go a little too far in their insistence that we do things for ourselves and we end up living our lives feeling as if we cannot ask someone else for their help.

It doesn’t really matter what it is, but we feel that if we need to ask for help, that somehow, we have failed. There is nothing further from the truth. In fact, rather than being a sign of weakness or incompetence, asking for help is the recognition that we, like everyone else, have our limits and that the task we have undertaken is something that can and should be shared. In this scenario, asking for help is a sign of wisdom.

Are there flags that go up to let us know when we should ask for help? Not exactly. But if we are in some way uncomfortable with something we are doing—physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually—then it is time to ask for help. Whether that need is for medical assistance, help with our labors, a seemingly unsolvable problem, or a matter of spiritual confusion, it is not only acceptable, but advisable to ask for help. You needn’t wait until you are on the brink of physical, mental or emotional collapse. Ask and it shall be given unto you!

May you be richly blessed!

Fighting the Dark Side

Sometimes we believe others are intentionally putting turbulence on our path. We feel hurt, perhaps angry, and the first thing that comes to mind is to seek revenge. So we may think dark thoughts, hoping ill comes their way. But truly, by doing so, we are limiting the Light in our own lives and bringing harm, disappointment and sadness to ourselves. The more we think about it, we create an opponent of tremendous power who is making bad things happen in our lives. And it’s true! Why? Because we have given our own power away.

Consider this: If we feel things are going badly for us, and we believe the source is the jealousy or Evil Eye of someone outside of ourselves, instead of giving the person our own power, refuse to think about what he or she may be doing to us. Instead, use the power of protection, in Kabbalah, Aleph-Lamed-Daleth, to bring them into the Light. Visualize the letters as black fire on white fire and wrap the suspected person of your maladies in it. You are sending the person great power to overcome the evil that surrounds him or her, while eliminating his or her ability to harm you in any way. In the physical life, the individual may experience a life lesson which offers the change to grow spiritually. What he or she does with it is up to him or her. And, you may be surprised, but you may find that the person allowing negativity into your life is none other than you, yourself, therefore learning a valuable life lesson as well.

May you be richly blessed!

Employing Patience

One of life’s greatest challenges is in learning to wait for the good things we want. We can use affirmations day in and day out, but when things don’t happen as fast as our Inner Timer thinks they should, our fear that good will never come takes over. We stop saying our affirmations, rejecting them because they don’t work. But this is key: it’s not stage magic where the trick happens in a snap. It takes work. It takes a connection with the Creator. It takes work.

If you repeat the affirmations for a week and don’t see results, you quit. If you have been a Doubting Thomas all your life, all you’ll get is “no” answers. If you don’t truly believe in the unseen Intellect of the Universe, you will get nowhere. You’re just saying words, just as when you proclaim your belief which you don’t actually feel. And if you aren’t grateful for what you do receive, why would the Creator give you more?

Think of your spiritual work as the 3 P’s: Prayer, Perseverance, and Patience. Connect with the Creator, keep working every day, and wait for the Universe to solve its Rubik’s Cube of movements to make everything perfect for your desires to take form.

May you be richly blessed!

Beautiful Days

The sun is high in the sky and the sky is bluer than blue. The temperature is warm enough to keep you comfortable with just a light breeze to make the humidity low. What nicer a day can there be? We feel energized and happy when the weather is this way, and we get lulled into thinking that all is right with the world, when the same old wars, arguments, dangers, etc., are still out there. In fact, on days that are otherwise perfect, we should have the energy to work even harder to make these feelings go all the further. Through our prayers and meditations on harmony, peace, healing, and love that dispels all darkness and danger, we can make days such as this go all the further, reach deeper into the future and bring greater and greater light into our world.

Speak and think positively. When we find ourselves believing that all is lost, we ARE lost. This requires that we pick ourselves up by our bootstraps, dust off the seat of our pants and keep walking anyway. It is hard. It is unbelievable. Because we have to admit that there is a future out in front of us on the path where life will be what we want it to be. It may be different than it is right now, but the way it is, is what put us in the position of negativity we've gotten into to begin with. Different, therefore, is better. So believe, affirm, believe, affirm, and believe! Keep that picture postcard perfect image in your mind's eye and know from your heart that you can get there. Speak and think positively. It makes all the difference in the metaphysical world. So even on these beautiful days with perfect weather, remember to keep that positive energy flowing through prayer and meditation in whatever manner works for you, whatever makes your connection to the unseen world strong and capable of pushing the negative thoughts, events, and violent situations at bay. We can do it!
May you be richly blessed!
Rev. Sandra