What is the point of all the things people are trying to learn at this time? What is the point of Spirituality? For the most part it comes down to valuing every life, appreciating and honoring the life in all things: people, no matter who they are; animals, regardless of their contribution to the world; and plants, because they are a part of Mother Earth.
We tend to be regulated by the greater good which intends to be the greater good for the greater amount of people. In other words, good for more people than just me, good for more people than just my family. Does this require resources? Yes, but resources include much more than just money. Resources include our intellect, our physical strength, our free hours, and so on. We may not have money to donate to a soup kitchen, but we probably have time that we can lend a hand there. As we progress along our life paths, we should acknowledge that we have so much more that we can contribute to make the world a better place.
Let’s think of one more resource that we have a great deal of control over: our love. We live in a time when unconditional love is in, but we tend to be critical toward whom we give that unconditional love. We are happy to give love to “in” groups: the attractive, healthy, slender, prosperous people who grace magazines or could if they wanted that lifestyle. But what about those who don’t fit that scheme of things? And if we do extend our love to those outside that bill of fare, can we resist the desire to change them, so they do fit in that little ballpark? Acceptance of others, no matter their attitudes, beliefs, lifestyle, challenges or limitations is the greatest way to show love. Helping with the things they need or want help with, instead of putting our own desires for them in front of them is another way to show love, even if our way is better or for their own good. We may have to give up the notion that we know what’s best for others, and that is hard for us. But love means allowing them to take the steps along their life path their own way.
May you be richly blessed.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Negative Thinking Creatiing Blockages?
Life is uncharacteristically difficult for many people because of the mismanagement of the economy over the last decade. The wealthy have used their management styles to downsize businesses, leaving many people in the lurch, high and dry. Small businesses have folded because they cannot compete with national chains. In other cases, individuals must dig up all the creative abilities they can muster to form their own businesses and deal with dwindling finances to do the best they can.
We are guided by such movies as The Secret to declare our desires, believe we can receive, visualize our good as happening, and then giving thanks when we achieve our desires. One of the metaphysical mainstays to problem-solving is the use of affirmations: saying what you want in the positive, first person, such as, “I have a shiny, new, red sports car.” In many instances, these methods do work. They create in us the positive frame of mind that draws energy to us because as you put energy out into the Universe, you receive back. But what happens when you repeat those affirmations, visualize, and believe, but nothing happens?
You want to see some results. You feel as if you are trying so hard, but when nothing happens, you create a wall that stands between you and your good. How can this be? This often happens with individuals who are accustomed to getting a tangible result from the effort they put out. They are uncommonly grounded in the physical. So they believe that result should equal effort. They believe that just because they are going through the motions of saying affirmations that the Universe should respond in kind. But it is the pressure of this energy remaining inside them that creates a blockage to receiving their desires. The blockage is the result of not understanding the connection to the Universe, the metaphysical, the unseen, in which the mental process, the visualization, creates the positive energy that says we deserve to have whatever we want, whenever we want it.
How do we remedy this situation? We must go back to square one. Say the affirmations while visualizing ourselves receiving what we want. Cut pictures out of a magazine if you need help, then spend time each day looking at the pictures, so that you have the positive image. Hold the images of a pot of gold in your hand. Look at that shiny, red, sports car. Believe you will get what you want. Don’t just give it lip service and then become jaded after a few days. You have to change your thinking. Truly change it. Then and only then will the boulders be cast away from your path.
May you be richly blessed!
We are guided by such movies as The Secret to declare our desires, believe we can receive, visualize our good as happening, and then giving thanks when we achieve our desires. One of the metaphysical mainstays to problem-solving is the use of affirmations: saying what you want in the positive, first person, such as, “I have a shiny, new, red sports car.” In many instances, these methods do work. They create in us the positive frame of mind that draws energy to us because as you put energy out into the Universe, you receive back. But what happens when you repeat those affirmations, visualize, and believe, but nothing happens?
You want to see some results. You feel as if you are trying so hard, but when nothing happens, you create a wall that stands between you and your good. How can this be? This often happens with individuals who are accustomed to getting a tangible result from the effort they put out. They are uncommonly grounded in the physical. So they believe that result should equal effort. They believe that just because they are going through the motions of saying affirmations that the Universe should respond in kind. But it is the pressure of this energy remaining inside them that creates a blockage to receiving their desires. The blockage is the result of not understanding the connection to the Universe, the metaphysical, the unseen, in which the mental process, the visualization, creates the positive energy that says we deserve to have whatever we want, whenever we want it.
How do we remedy this situation? We must go back to square one. Say the affirmations while visualizing ourselves receiving what we want. Cut pictures out of a magazine if you need help, then spend time each day looking at the pictures, so that you have the positive image. Hold the images of a pot of gold in your hand. Look at that shiny, red, sports car. Believe you will get what you want. Don’t just give it lip service and then become jaded after a few days. You have to change your thinking. Truly change it. Then and only then will the boulders be cast away from your path.
May you be richly blessed!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
The Way
Many people are asking what is the lesson brought to their Life Paths at this time. There are many things that face us, not the least of which is our fears. So much noise in the background that 2012 is the end of times may be shaking us to our roots.
One lesson we have hopefully learned, however, is that Love replaces fear. If we truly love our enemies, meaning that we truly wish them well, in the face of their negativity, their hatreds, their actions that cause us grief, we will benefit in more ways than we can imagine. Not only will it help to raise their consciousness, but it will put us on a firm footing in our own faith. And faith is what is going to be needed to conquer that fear in the long run.
Another lesson that we need to know is that we must allow each person to be who he or she is, without judgment, without condemnation, without fear. Once again, this takes love: love of our fellow human being, love of the fact that we all face challenges, love that we are not so different from each other, love that we want everyone to stand on an equal footing and have the good that we have.
This latter idea is a difficult one for us, especially in the U. S., because we are brought up on the notion that if someone doesn’t have what we have, it is because they have not worked hard enough to get it. This is not at all true. Each person does their very best to live with the cards he or she is dealt. Whether the challenges are physical, emotional, socio-economic or what have you, we don’t start on a level playing field, and some have it much harder than others. What is true that we is that we tend to idolize and idealize those who start from nothing and create an empire. Look at Fred Meijer and Sam Walton. Or on another scale, look at Susan Boyle. These are folks who, in one way or another, came out of nowhere to express amazing gifts. We thank the Creator for the blessings they have brought into the world, and hope that those who would like to do similar miracles will be inspired by their efforts. But not all of us are that fortunate. This doesn’t mean that we should stop trying. That is what makes the biggest difference: trying. And perhaps that is the lesson that this time brings us as we face huge financial challenges around the world: don’t give up, but keep your faith that the Creator will provide for us in one way or another, if we don’t set our limits to a narrow field and accept what good comes our way, with a thankful heart.
May you be richly blessed!
One lesson we have hopefully learned, however, is that Love replaces fear. If we truly love our enemies, meaning that we truly wish them well, in the face of their negativity, their hatreds, their actions that cause us grief, we will benefit in more ways than we can imagine. Not only will it help to raise their consciousness, but it will put us on a firm footing in our own faith. And faith is what is going to be needed to conquer that fear in the long run.
Another lesson that we need to know is that we must allow each person to be who he or she is, without judgment, without condemnation, without fear. Once again, this takes love: love of our fellow human being, love of the fact that we all face challenges, love that we are not so different from each other, love that we want everyone to stand on an equal footing and have the good that we have.
This latter idea is a difficult one for us, especially in the U. S., because we are brought up on the notion that if someone doesn’t have what we have, it is because they have not worked hard enough to get it. This is not at all true. Each person does their very best to live with the cards he or she is dealt. Whether the challenges are physical, emotional, socio-economic or what have you, we don’t start on a level playing field, and some have it much harder than others. What is true that we is that we tend to idolize and idealize those who start from nothing and create an empire. Look at Fred Meijer and Sam Walton. Or on another scale, look at Susan Boyle. These are folks who, in one way or another, came out of nowhere to express amazing gifts. We thank the Creator for the blessings they have brought into the world, and hope that those who would like to do similar miracles will be inspired by their efforts. But not all of us are that fortunate. This doesn’t mean that we should stop trying. That is what makes the biggest difference: trying. And perhaps that is the lesson that this time brings us as we face huge financial challenges around the world: don’t give up, but keep your faith that the Creator will provide for us in one way or another, if we don’t set our limits to a narrow field and accept what good comes our way, with a thankful heart.
May you be richly blessed!
Friday, January 6, 2012
Baby Steps
We are still in the early days of 2012, an infant who can coo and gurgle, but little more. We, on the other hand, have all of our lives to lean back on, see where we have been, the people that we have been, and the things we wish to change. This is not so much a time to resolve old problems, rather a time to learn to avoid them altogether in the future.
The most important thing to remember at this time is who we are. We are not our job, not our house, not our money. We are a person who interacts with other people, and in so doing, one who creates the possibility for genuine, gentle, loving interactions. This is not something merely to be said, then left to lie in the dust. It must be lived to have any effect at all. If we strive to be genuine—doing and saying what we truly think and feel—then others can count on us when we say we’ll be there. They will learn that we are trustworthy, that we care. Our actions will align with our words and we will receive in kind what we give. Love begets love. Live it, breathe it, share it.
The most important thing to remember at this time is who we are. We are not our job, not our house, not our money. We are a person who interacts with other people, and in so doing, one who creates the possibility for genuine, gentle, loving interactions. This is not something merely to be said, then left to lie in the dust. It must be lived to have any effect at all. If we strive to be genuine—doing and saying what we truly think and feel—then others can count on us when we say we’ll be there. They will learn that we are trustworthy, that we care. Our actions will align with our words and we will receive in kind what we give. Love begets love. Live it, breathe it, share it.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
The Turning Point
Today is the turning point of the New Year. We step boldly forward into a time that has been predicted to be raucous and frightening. Much press has been given toward warning that this is an end time. But one thing we know about energy: It is not ended, it merely changes form. So let us take that as our motto: To change form. Things that we may have thought just a short time ago to be impossible, within our lives, within our country, within our world, all these things are changing shape to allow the individual to have a better life. People are joining hands in ways we may never have imagined before, so that some far-away voice of autocracy is shaken to its roots and made to bend to the vine of the people it oversees. Freedom is a word that is being touted around the world, and people are making sure that it happens for them.
So as we enter 2012, that renowned year that has carried such shadows along its predestined path, let us be aware that while the Tower of Doom is being torn down, the Light of Freedom is being raised to take its place. Doing so will not call the strong, iron hand of the Universe to crash down, rather, there will be resounding “YES” and instant joy, because the good of the entire world is at stake, and more people are understanding their personal power, their Light.
May 2012 show you the way to the Light of Freedom!
So as we enter 2012, that renowned year that has carried such shadows along its predestined path, let us be aware that while the Tower of Doom is being torn down, the Light of Freedom is being raised to take its place. Doing so will not call the strong, iron hand of the Universe to crash down, rather, there will be resounding “YES” and instant joy, because the good of the entire world is at stake, and more people are understanding their personal power, their Light.
May 2012 show you the way to the Light of Freedom!
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