Once upon a balmy day there lived a MEME.
Meme's are beautiful and happy creatures that don't understand the words can't or shouldn't or NO. There is no need to understand these words because Meme's live in a world of absolute perfection.
All Meme's are diferent in their personalities and complexities of individuality but even so are very much on the same wavelength.
Each day Mimi Meme gets up from her comfortable kingsized bed, from beside her gentle but manly mate and stretches. Mimi loves to stretch her supple and healthy body, it feels so good! She wanders into her kitchen where a varied and abundant selection of food awaits her tingling palette. Mimi loves to eat and she naturally gravitates toward organic and lovingly grown foods.
She wanders into her special funcreation rooms to dilly dally on her milliondollar projects and check her memails...wow! Everyday she recieves exciting news from friends afar and invitations to participate in life changing events.
There is a plethera of ideas sparkling around Mimi and she plucks them as necessary to enhance her projects.
Mimi doesn't worry about money because her projects seem to open the door for flushes and flushes of diamonds and gold...paper money too in case your wondering...no Meme ever needs to wonder about money, the universe is tapped in and turned on where memes are concerned, of that there is no question!
Fun and exciting things occur constantly in Mimi meme's life. She enjoys every breath she takes...she watches her children and then their children be born and grow.
Happy, oh so HAPPY and healthy.
She watches their Memeness find its hold and maturity, she watches with joy and wisdom.
When Mimi reaches 105years she takes a long smiling breath. She can see her legacy of love and happiness in Meme land.
She can see more Meme adventures laid out before her.
She pats her pocket where the ribbon connections to all her little meme's lie and she knows that as a multidimensional beng it is fine to leave this focus and move into another story.
Mimi exists in all dimensions and in Meme land no one is sorry to see her go because they know it is only a blink of the eye and a desirous thought that will have her there again....
Mimi picks up her book, careful not to lose the page and steps onto the escalator of neverending love!
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Awesome Educators!
Affirming your excellence as an educator is important. The more often you make positive statements about yourself to yourself, the deeper you ingrain the concept in your mind.
Summon up the feeling that is attached to the words and dwell in it, you WILL see results. The more often you do this the quicker the results will reveal themselves.
I AM an excellent teacher!
Your mind is powerful it will do all it can to make your statements a truth.
With consistent, self-loving effort, you will find yourself inspired to act in certain ways. Ways that support the statements you are making and believing about yourself.
When you are willing to be open to the giving nature of the universe and life around you, your natural inclination will be to excel.
Your desire to give children the connection and education that is most important will be realised by your simple willingness and diligence in following your highest path and listening to your heart.
We as educators are the most influential people after parents in children’s lives.
When we affirm ourselves consistently we make monumental headway into augmenting positive change and a better future for all.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Is Fear My Friend?
I am afraid of my shadow...flinching and jumping, I catch myself in the mirror AHGHHH FRIGHT NIGHT and that is any time not just with my morning hair! People are looking at me, what are they thinking? I am in a state of high anxiety...causing me to walk awkwardly down the street as though acute self analysis is a GOOD thing, when really it is turning me into a jerky puppet...taking away my fluidity and access to perfect alignment with source.
That was a me of the past.
Intent on discovering the truth, my committment to awareness enlightened me to incapacitation underneath the weight of ego, it's attachment to 'survival' and the fear evoked by any and all perceived threats against said survival.
Little by little over the years I have uncovered my attachments, explored my fears of death, intimacy, success and happiness. And the one conclusion that dominates each individual exploration is that I CHOSE each fear as a means to an end.
Fear WAS my friend, or so I thought. I used it to manipulate, to avoid, to protect my body and to keep myself receiving the attention that fear will bring if used accordingly. There was a considerable personal payoff for hanging on to my fear.
For example; Intimacy- I was unconsciously both afraid and fascinated by men due to my past experiences and the social and environmental information I had compiled from birth in relation to them.
My fear of men helped to keep them at arms length- I would seek relationships but be unable to be happy within them. I could easily engage my fear and utilise blame, keeping myself safe from truly connecting and facing up to myself; thus healing.
On inspection, Fear of INTIMACY translates into a fear of getting to know the self. It makes sense really, when in a relationship with another we project our fears and insecurites onto them all the better to see ourselves and to grow. Once we recognise the reflection for what it is and take responsibility for those very flaws, distasteful attitudes and unlikeable qualities we are seeing in the other we will begin to step through the veil of intimacy.
The FEAR is that if I look into myself I simply may not like what I see, I may find the programming that I am not good enough is actually true. Hence KEEP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AWAY!!
Of course looking into the self and witnessing one's thoughts, emotions, fears and realities will always show the same thing...that it is ALL programming and NOTHING is true but for one infinitessimally magnificent, unsayable reality. Our GODlike perfection, our pure sense of source...see it's unsayable I would have to launch into poetry to even get close!
Fear is one of those ROUNDABOUT things...Judgment of others can alert us to our own fears. We are funny beings tending to take the roundabout approach rather than face up to things directly.
EXAMPLE:
In my martial arts class their are three green belts, I am one of them. One of the other green belts is a big, strong ex- Israeli Military soldier. He is TOUGH, he can throw you around with ease and he has a good handle on the techniques of his belt level.
A grading was looming and the tough guy was not invited by the instructors to grade as he had not developed the humility, centredness or chi power necessary to further his belt level. He was relying on brute strength to perform the techniques.
When he found out that I had been invited to grade his face went cold and his energy toward me was hard and angry it pushed at my being and for a little while made it difficult to train with him, his energy registered in me as DANGER...
Two days before the grading, tough guy raced up to me in the dark carpark after training and proceeded to tell me how inadequate my techniques were, how I was unready to grade and had a long way to go. Needless to say I felt bullied, and somewhat intimidated.
My partner is the instructor so obviously he was first to hear about the incident. (YEP I am a dob-artist!)
Tough guy was admonished etc BUT the biggest realisation for me about fear was the amount of fear that permeated this man who claimed to be unafraid of anything.
There I stood a much smaller, 40 year old female and yet this man felt he needed to push me around and cut me down...hmmm he was using threatening body language and words as though he was defending himself from something. What? Whatever my evolution in this martial art and life symbolised for him..that he was less than maybe, he was being left behind, that I, a woman (without the physical strength but with possibly more control of my chi) would be senior to him in the dojang.
His FEAR was taking over for him making his mouth say ridiculous things that would only serve to keep him in a lower belt status for MUCH longer (he was disallowed from participating in the grading or any gradings until further notice). His personal fear of not being good enough projected itself in my direction causing him to focus on my 'faults and inadequacies' instead of on his own.... 'protecting' him from having to face up to his own terror at being inadequate and possibly then the work he would have to do to bring himself to a level of adequacy that would satisfy him.... I can only speculate!
His attack on me served the opposite purpose than the one he was hoping for. Instead of me being broken by his comments and failing to grade, I chose instead to be motivated. I examined my confidence issues and my centredness...asking myself the question- how did I attract such a sledging so close to the grading, from a training partner no less (trust and family being highly regarded Hapkido values)?
I pulled in my energy and stood strongly in my power, forgiving him and using his words to draw out the best of myself on the day.
I now have my blue tip and I learned a lot. To blow my own trumpet I also received 'Highly Commended' by the senior instructor of surrounding region.
COOOL!
Thanks TOUGH GUY!
Suffice it to say FEAR is not our friend it is a smelly, noisy illusion that is doing it's best to keep our ego alive.
When we feel fear, it is an indication that we are forgetting our CONFIDENCE, our CALM and our CHI!
Ask your fear what it is covering and have the courage to face that directly, a little introspection may reveal something more beautiful than you have ever imagined.
----
For ways to develop emotional intelligence in your children effectively raising them out of social and personal fear please go to http://www.theiamprogram.com/
To learn more about Fear and the EGO go to http://www.iamspirituality.com/ to watch Sean's compelling podcast!
That was a me of the past.
Intent on discovering the truth, my committment to awareness enlightened me to incapacitation underneath the weight of ego, it's attachment to 'survival' and the fear evoked by any and all perceived threats against said survival.
Little by little over the years I have uncovered my attachments, explored my fears of death, intimacy, success and happiness. And the one conclusion that dominates each individual exploration is that I CHOSE each fear as a means to an end.
Fear WAS my friend, or so I thought. I used it to manipulate, to avoid, to protect my body and to keep myself receiving the attention that fear will bring if used accordingly. There was a considerable personal payoff for hanging on to my fear.
For example; Intimacy- I was unconsciously both afraid and fascinated by men due to my past experiences and the social and environmental information I had compiled from birth in relation to them.
My fear of men helped to keep them at arms length- I would seek relationships but be unable to be happy within them. I could easily engage my fear and utilise blame, keeping myself safe from truly connecting and facing up to myself; thus healing.
On inspection, Fear of INTIMACY translates into a fear of getting to know the self. It makes sense really, when in a relationship with another we project our fears and insecurites onto them all the better to see ourselves and to grow. Once we recognise the reflection for what it is and take responsibility for those very flaws, distasteful attitudes and unlikeable qualities we are seeing in the other we will begin to step through the veil of intimacy.
The FEAR is that if I look into myself I simply may not like what I see, I may find the programming that I am not good enough is actually true. Hence KEEP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AWAY!!
Of course looking into the self and witnessing one's thoughts, emotions, fears and realities will always show the same thing...that it is ALL programming and NOTHING is true but for one infinitessimally magnificent, unsayable reality. Our GODlike perfection, our pure sense of source...see it's unsayable I would have to launch into poetry to even get close!
Fear is one of those ROUNDABOUT things...Judgment of others can alert us to our own fears. We are funny beings tending to take the roundabout approach rather than face up to things directly.
EXAMPLE:
In my martial arts class their are three green belts, I am one of them. One of the other green belts is a big, strong ex- Israeli Military soldier. He is TOUGH, he can throw you around with ease and he has a good handle on the techniques of his belt level.
A grading was looming and the tough guy was not invited by the instructors to grade as he had not developed the humility, centredness or chi power necessary to further his belt level. He was relying on brute strength to perform the techniques.
When he found out that I had been invited to grade his face went cold and his energy toward me was hard and angry it pushed at my being and for a little while made it difficult to train with him, his energy registered in me as DANGER...
Two days before the grading, tough guy raced up to me in the dark carpark after training and proceeded to tell me how inadequate my techniques were, how I was unready to grade and had a long way to go. Needless to say I felt bullied, and somewhat intimidated.
My partner is the instructor so obviously he was first to hear about the incident. (YEP I am a dob-artist!)
Tough guy was admonished etc BUT the biggest realisation for me about fear was the amount of fear that permeated this man who claimed to be unafraid of anything.
There I stood a much smaller, 40 year old female and yet this man felt he needed to push me around and cut me down...hmmm he was using threatening body language and words as though he was defending himself from something. What? Whatever my evolution in this martial art and life symbolised for him..that he was less than maybe, he was being left behind, that I, a woman (without the physical strength but with possibly more control of my chi) would be senior to him in the dojang.
His FEAR was taking over for him making his mouth say ridiculous things that would only serve to keep him in a lower belt status for MUCH longer (he was disallowed from participating in the grading or any gradings until further notice). His personal fear of not being good enough projected itself in my direction causing him to focus on my 'faults and inadequacies' instead of on his own.... 'protecting' him from having to face up to his own terror at being inadequate and possibly then the work he would have to do to bring himself to a level of adequacy that would satisfy him.... I can only speculate!
His attack on me served the opposite purpose than the one he was hoping for. Instead of me being broken by his comments and failing to grade, I chose instead to be motivated. I examined my confidence issues and my centredness...asking myself the question- how did I attract such a sledging so close to the grading, from a training partner no less (trust and family being highly regarded Hapkido values)?
I pulled in my energy and stood strongly in my power, forgiving him and using his words to draw out the best of myself on the day.
I now have my blue tip and I learned a lot. To blow my own trumpet I also received 'Highly Commended' by the senior instructor of surrounding region.
COOOL!
Thanks TOUGH GUY!
Suffice it to say FEAR is not our friend it is a smelly, noisy illusion that is doing it's best to keep our ego alive.
When we feel fear, it is an indication that we are forgetting our CONFIDENCE, our CALM and our CHI!
Ask your fear what it is covering and have the courage to face that directly, a little introspection may reveal something more beautiful than you have ever imagined.
----
For ways to develop emotional intelligence in your children effectively raising them out of social and personal fear please go to http://www.theiamprogram.com/
To learn more about Fear and the EGO go to http://www.iamspirituality.com/ to watch Sean's compelling podcast!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The Blue Bird- Bad, Mad and Mightily SAD!
Once upon a time there was a little bird, a bird so blue the colour shone through.
'Nobody loves me,' he tweeted, 'I'm ever so blue.'
He ruffled his blue feathers and sniffled on his branch.
'It's because I am blue. if I was yellow or green then surely I'd be easier to love. Everyone likes yellow or green birds.'
'OOOOhhhhhhhh!' He threw his little blue head back and wailed to the birdGod, 'why am I so blue?
I must be bad, like a rotten egg, putrid and foulsome on the inside.'
The little bird thought, look at all those other birds they are flying here and there, looking purposeful all pink and brown. Keeping busy all got friends and worms and nests to keep them safe and sound.
Here i am sitting on this branch....
'Why BirdGod is this happening to me? Is it because I laid that egg that didn't hatch- I'm so BAD. I should have sat on it!!! But I just wanted to sing a song in the tree over yonder...'
That was not an egg you silly duffer you are a boy bird, a little voice said inside the blue birds mind.
'Oh no, NOW I am hearing voices!' He put his wings over his ears, but that didn't stop the thoughts in his mind.
'I am MAD! He tweeted-The little bird toppled on his branch and a twig poked his toe.
'Everyone else seems happy, they're not hearing voices....Oh BirdGod help me, I am bad AND mad.
'I am SUCH a blue bird.'
Tears prickled the back of his eyes
.
Mummy pushed me out of the nest when I was such a small bird, I was gonna be a red bird until she did that and then I grew in blue, it's HER fault I'm soooo SAD!'
'I am bad, mad and MIGHTILY SAD!!' The little blue bird hopped from one foot to the other.
'Mummy what's that blue bird doing?' A little girl asked pointing up.
'Oh WELL SPOTTED darling, that's a special bird, a rare bluebird! take a pic with your iphone!'
'They are known as the philosophers of the bird world, they are restless creatures with lovely blue plumage but as they come into their prime they settle down and grow different coloured feathers everyday according to their happy thoughts.'
The little bird had been listening very closely to this conversation.
'Why didn't someone TELL me,' he chirped........'bloody mum!'
'A philosopher hey, Cool- I will recite a poem - blue blue blue me' oh the sky the feathers the lonely sea the sun is yellow my eyes are pink the night is quiet and the time is near
Oh blue blue blue how I love thee....'
Look darling, the mother squealed we are witnessing a rare thing the feather's on the philosopher bird, they are coming through..are they yellow? Oh my what a beautiful shade of GREEN!!
'Nobody loves me,' he tweeted, 'I'm ever so blue.'
He ruffled his blue feathers and sniffled on his branch.
'It's because I am blue. if I was yellow or green then surely I'd be easier to love. Everyone likes yellow or green birds.'
'OOOOhhhhhhhh!' He threw his little blue head back and wailed to the birdGod, 'why am I so blue?
I must be bad, like a rotten egg, putrid and foulsome on the inside.'
The little bird thought, look at all those other birds they are flying here and there, looking purposeful all pink and brown. Keeping busy all got friends and worms and nests to keep them safe and sound.
Here i am sitting on this branch....
'Why BirdGod is this happening to me? Is it because I laid that egg that didn't hatch- I'm so BAD. I should have sat on it!!! But I just wanted to sing a song in the tree over yonder...'
That was not an egg you silly duffer you are a boy bird, a little voice said inside the blue birds mind.
'Oh no, NOW I am hearing voices!' He put his wings over his ears, but that didn't stop the thoughts in his mind.
'I am MAD! He tweeted-The little bird toppled on his branch and a twig poked his toe.
'Everyone else seems happy, they're not hearing voices....Oh BirdGod help me, I am bad AND mad.
'I am SUCH a blue bird.'
Tears prickled the back of his eyes
.
Mummy pushed me out of the nest when I was such a small bird, I was gonna be a red bird until she did that and then I grew in blue, it's HER fault I'm soooo SAD!'
'I am bad, mad and MIGHTILY SAD!!' The little blue bird hopped from one foot to the other.
'Mummy what's that blue bird doing?' A little girl asked pointing up.
'Oh WELL SPOTTED darling, that's a special bird, a rare bluebird! take a pic with your iphone!'
'They are known as the philosophers of the bird world, they are restless creatures with lovely blue plumage but as they come into their prime they settle down and grow different coloured feathers everyday according to their happy thoughts.'
The little bird had been listening very closely to this conversation.
'Why didn't someone TELL me,' he chirped........'bloody mum!'
'A philosopher hey, Cool- I will recite a poem - blue blue blue me' oh the sky the feathers the lonely sea the sun is yellow my eyes are pink the night is quiet and the time is near
Oh blue blue blue how I love thee....'
Look darling, the mother squealed we are witnessing a rare thing the feather's on the philosopher bird, they are coming through..are they yellow? Oh my what a beautiful shade of GREEN!!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Anger Inside Me- Revelations On Taming The Wild Beast
Anger flares up, out of nowhere at the most irrational things.
I AM standing in my Hapkido class, the instructor (also my husband) grabs my arm expecting me to execute a technique and escape his grip. Anger BURSTS inside my chest!
Being a seasoned feelings witnessor I notice that I wish to throw myself down and curl up, screaming! I want to give up, blame the instructor and express loathing and contempt.
WOW, what an amazing reaction to have to NOTHING. I choose to do martial arts, in fact I LOVE it. And once I push past my initial reactions and do a few techniques I am happy as a larry again! (this happens a lot btw, but I'm working on it!!)
I can only put my my reaction down to early programming, possibly something like- 'DO THIS RIGHT OR ELSE.'
The early expectation to achieve and please programming (done inadvertantly by our parents, teachers, religion) seems to lie at the root of a spectrum of human disorder.
We are so naive and eager to please when the programming takes place, we are certain it is possible to meet these expectations. We believe everything our BIG GODS say (there may be a connection to our personal perception of a creator and our relationship with our parents.....but that's another story) so we assume it is possible to fulfil the unrealistic expectations of others. We feel a sense of betrayal by our SELVES and by our parents when it becomes clear that the task is impossible. Following the betrayal is deep hurt and sadness.
When our sadness is left to fester unexpressed and unaknowledged it becomes resentment and finally bursts out in anger.
Anger is debilitating. Some say it is motivating but I question anger as motivation. The sense of justice that may be there anyway might motivate but anger is a very firey beast and where there is fire there is smoke and smoke clouds vision.
Anger is a painful expression of energy that serves to unbalance the individual, disallowing clarity necessary for solution orientated thinking.
If the body responds in anger then it is an indication that there is an investment or attachment at play. Likely, the attachment is to an unresolved incident from your past rather than an attachment to the actual situation before you now.
People use anger to justify their own bad behaviour and attempt to gain dominance in the moment.
Mostly we are expressing anger at things and situations of which we are completely guilty ourselves.
We bark at dogs to 'SHUT UP!' and then wonder why they bark back!
We bully children into submission- do this or else...and we wonder why our playgrounds are full of bullying.
We feel that if we are able to quieten another's opinion with our anger or threat (anger) then we are justifying our position.
Anger is a protective instinct associated with times of hard living, hand to mouth, ensuring survival in physically challenging conditions.Once upon a time warning sounds or actions that have since got out of hand and become a measure of our sanity.
I know that on a day when I am nourished, hydrated, have had sleep and feel good, my kids can throw most anything at me and I will not be phased.
Have me wake up on the wrong side of the bed, however, forget to nourish and hydrate myself I can soon find myself spiralling into emotional neglect. Anger will take this opportunity to leach into my interactions, making the easy situations of yesterday seem provocative and insurmountable today.
Anger is UNresolved childhood attachments attempting to break free and causing havoc in the process.
Anger needs the guidance of an unconditionally loving parent (you now).
The anger you see everywhere about you, creating terrorism, from the miniscule to the major, is the same fire and emotion that YOU feel when you have forgotten to be centred in the now, when you are breathing shallowly instead of nourishing your body with oxygen and calm, connecting completely to your inner power.
To TRULY live NOW and reach your potential as parents, educators, lovers, workers and friends you MUST address your anger. Acknowledge the feelings as they arise and neutralise the emotional triggers by breathing and forgiving.
The willingness to feel the sadness underneath the angry reaction is paramount, loving the self, caring for the self, forgiving the self and others for your past.
Detach from yesterday, find your space in the now, become aware and let your anger dissolve in the AWESOMENESS that is your life
EFT- Emotional Freedom Technique is excellent for neutralising emotional triggers that cause anger http://www.emofree.com/
To find out how to develop emotional intelligence in your child or classroom please go to http://www.theiamprogram.com/
To learn more about Anger and it's societal ills please check out Sean's easy to understand and compelling podcast at http://www.iamspirituality.com/
I AM standing in my Hapkido class, the instructor (also my husband) grabs my arm expecting me to execute a technique and escape his grip. Anger BURSTS inside my chest!
Being a seasoned feelings witnessor I notice that I wish to throw myself down and curl up, screaming! I want to give up, blame the instructor and express loathing and contempt.
WOW, what an amazing reaction to have to NOTHING. I choose to do martial arts, in fact I LOVE it. And once I push past my initial reactions and do a few techniques I am happy as a larry again! (this happens a lot btw, but I'm working on it!!)
I can only put my my reaction down to early programming, possibly something like- 'DO THIS RIGHT OR ELSE.'
The early expectation to achieve and please programming (done inadvertantly by our parents, teachers, religion) seems to lie at the root of a spectrum of human disorder.
We are so naive and eager to please when the programming takes place, we are certain it is possible to meet these expectations. We believe everything our BIG GODS say (there may be a connection to our personal perception of a creator and our relationship with our parents.....but that's another story) so we assume it is possible to fulfil the unrealistic expectations of others. We feel a sense of betrayal by our SELVES and by our parents when it becomes clear that the task is impossible. Following the betrayal is deep hurt and sadness.
When our sadness is left to fester unexpressed and unaknowledged it becomes resentment and finally bursts out in anger.
Anger is debilitating. Some say it is motivating but I question anger as motivation. The sense of justice that may be there anyway might motivate but anger is a very firey beast and where there is fire there is smoke and smoke clouds vision.
Anger is a painful expression of energy that serves to unbalance the individual, disallowing clarity necessary for solution orientated thinking.
If the body responds in anger then it is an indication that there is an investment or attachment at play. Likely, the attachment is to an unresolved incident from your past rather than an attachment to the actual situation before you now.
People use anger to justify their own bad behaviour and attempt to gain dominance in the moment.
Mostly we are expressing anger at things and situations of which we are completely guilty ourselves.
We bark at dogs to 'SHUT UP!' and then wonder why they bark back!
We bully children into submission- do this or else...and we wonder why our playgrounds are full of bullying.
We feel that if we are able to quieten another's opinion with our anger or threat (anger) then we are justifying our position.
Anger is a protective instinct associated with times of hard living, hand to mouth, ensuring survival in physically challenging conditions.Once upon a time warning sounds or actions that have since got out of hand and become a measure of our sanity.
I know that on a day when I am nourished, hydrated, have had sleep and feel good, my kids can throw most anything at me and I will not be phased.
Have me wake up on the wrong side of the bed, however, forget to nourish and hydrate myself I can soon find myself spiralling into emotional neglect. Anger will take this opportunity to leach into my interactions, making the easy situations of yesterday seem provocative and insurmountable today.
Anger is UNresolved childhood attachments attempting to break free and causing havoc in the process.
Anger needs the guidance of an unconditionally loving parent (you now).
The anger you see everywhere about you, creating terrorism, from the miniscule to the major, is the same fire and emotion that YOU feel when you have forgotten to be centred in the now, when you are breathing shallowly instead of nourishing your body with oxygen and calm, connecting completely to your inner power.
To TRULY live NOW and reach your potential as parents, educators, lovers, workers and friends you MUST address your anger. Acknowledge the feelings as they arise and neutralise the emotional triggers by breathing and forgiving.
The willingness to feel the sadness underneath the angry reaction is paramount, loving the self, caring for the self, forgiving the self and others for your past.
Detach from yesterday, find your space in the now, become aware and let your anger dissolve in the AWESOMENESS that is your life
EFT- Emotional Freedom Technique is excellent for neutralising emotional triggers that cause anger http://www.emofree.com/
To find out how to develop emotional intelligence in your child or classroom please go to http://www.theiamprogram.com/
To learn more about Anger and it's societal ills please check out Sean's easy to understand and compelling podcast at http://www.iamspirituality.com/
Monday, March 21, 2011
Worry and Fear- Does it Block True Compassion?
When I am in a state of worry, am I centred in the now with a clear mind and a calm spirit?
The answer is a resounding NO!
Is it possible to truly connect with another being or situation if you are in the past regretting or in the future worrying? NO again!
Being somewhere other than here and now makes it impossible to be soulfully and emotionally connected.
You need energy to care but energy is being used to soothe the ego as it clings desperately to morbid fears and flounders in a sea of self-absorption.
True compassion comes from a courageous and in depth exploration of the personal value system in relation to the external world.
For example- My child is using bullying tactics to manipulate another into behaving as he/she desires.
I can attempt to address the situation as it stands, in ways familiar and comfortable to me, ie- stand over my child and explain the ins and outs of bullying and tell them not to and even yell a bit, possibly with little or no lasting success. (This is how things are generally done!)
OR
I could take the time to examine my life for moments when I have used bullying tactics and manipulation. I can ask myself 'What motivated me to act in this way?' I can explore my judgements around this behaviour, on myself and others. I can see that we ONLY do what we know until we know something more or better, until we discover another way to be! AND then I can approach my child with my new understanding. I can sit down and explain, I can access humility. My child can see and hear and FEEL my integrity and changes begin to miraculously happen!
This idea can be successfully applied to many a context; social, global and personal.
If I am going on about the state of terrorism in the world...'OH the VIOLENCE....THOSE PEOPLE' and then turning around in the next minute from my comfy lounge and hissing at my partner, I am NOT exhibiting true compassion for the global situation I am using/displaying 'False' compassion to make my ego feel important and look like it cares, when in fact it is simply relieved that there is stuff going on in the world that supports it's own inner turmoil!
Ooooh what a tangled web we weave!
If I look at the violence on tv and I think back on my life, acknowledging my own violent attitudes, my racial prejudices and my motivation for these values- re-frustration at not being heard, fear of not being good enough and WORRY for my ego/identity's survival. I will have a humility and an understanding that will make me a true advocate for peace. I will cease to judge so harshly and thus extend clarity of mind into effective solution making and true, helpful compassion. (plus I go on to teach by example all those I then encounter...... seems worth it to me!)
When I am worrying I am giving into a wounded ego. An EGO fraught with the fear of non-existance!
It is interesting to me the lengths we go to support our identity; I AM ARNA and the things I worry about are- my finances, my health, my children, my relationship, my world...etc Lots of 'My's' and 'I's' in that sentence. More than enough worries to keep me cloudy and out of the loop!
Allowing myself to release my attachment to the future and of non-existance, stands me in much better stead to EXIST in a substantial way with true compassion and a YUMMY DOSE OF INTEGRITY!
Yeehah!
To learn about developing emotional intelligence in your children please go to
The I AM Program http://www.theiamprogram.com/
To learn MORE about how to de activate your ego's control in regard to Worry and Fear please visit
I AM Spirituality http://iamspirituality.com/wordpress/
WE CAN CHANGE AND BE HAPPY!
The answer is a resounding NO!
Is it possible to truly connect with another being or situation if you are in the past regretting or in the future worrying? NO again!
Being somewhere other than here and now makes it impossible to be soulfully and emotionally connected.
You need energy to care but energy is being used to soothe the ego as it clings desperately to morbid fears and flounders in a sea of self-absorption.
True compassion comes from a courageous and in depth exploration of the personal value system in relation to the external world.
For example- My child is using bullying tactics to manipulate another into behaving as he/she desires.
I can attempt to address the situation as it stands, in ways familiar and comfortable to me, ie- stand over my child and explain the ins and outs of bullying and tell them not to and even yell a bit, possibly with little or no lasting success. (This is how things are generally done!)
OR
I could take the time to examine my life for moments when I have used bullying tactics and manipulation. I can ask myself 'What motivated me to act in this way?' I can explore my judgements around this behaviour, on myself and others. I can see that we ONLY do what we know until we know something more or better, until we discover another way to be! AND then I can approach my child with my new understanding. I can sit down and explain, I can access humility. My child can see and hear and FEEL my integrity and changes begin to miraculously happen!
This idea can be successfully applied to many a context; social, global and personal.
If I am going on about the state of terrorism in the world...'OH the VIOLENCE....THOSE PEOPLE' and then turning around in the next minute from my comfy lounge and hissing at my partner, I am NOT exhibiting true compassion for the global situation I am using/displaying 'False' compassion to make my ego feel important and look like it cares, when in fact it is simply relieved that there is stuff going on in the world that supports it's own inner turmoil!
Ooooh what a tangled web we weave!
If I look at the violence on tv and I think back on my life, acknowledging my own violent attitudes, my racial prejudices and my motivation for these values- re-frustration at not being heard, fear of not being good enough and WORRY for my ego/identity's survival. I will have a humility and an understanding that will make me a true advocate for peace. I will cease to judge so harshly and thus extend clarity of mind into effective solution making and true, helpful compassion. (plus I go on to teach by example all those I then encounter...... seems worth it to me!)
When I am worrying I am giving into a wounded ego. An EGO fraught with the fear of non-existance!
It is interesting to me the lengths we go to support our identity; I AM ARNA and the things I worry about are- my finances, my health, my children, my relationship, my world...etc Lots of 'My's' and 'I's' in that sentence. More than enough worries to keep me cloudy and out of the loop!
Allowing myself to release my attachment to the future and of non-existance, stands me in much better stead to EXIST in a substantial way with true compassion and a YUMMY DOSE OF INTEGRITY!
Yeehah!
To learn about developing emotional intelligence in your children please go to
The I AM Program http://www.theiamprogram.com/
To learn MORE about how to de activate your ego's control in regard to Worry and Fear please visit
I AM Spirituality http://iamspirituality.com/wordpress/
WE CAN CHANGE AND BE HAPPY!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
I AM Japan- Embracing The Reflection
My heart aches as I watch the mothers, the fathers, the clinging and the rubble.
Compassion extends as the old men weep and the children's big eyes look at a civilisation teetering on the edge of collapse.
Who am I? I ask myself in the midst of such devastation, I AM Japan.
I AM an Earth bucking and moaning under the weight of an evolving consciousness.
I AM millions of years of unconscious slaughter, of lacksadaisical raping and pillaging of denegration and retribution.
I AM witness to an overturning and an emptying I AM witness to the mass agreement of change.
NO Blame.
I AM that I AM
Willing to grow, willing to change, willing to be free
My intention is evident in my reflection
I AM Japan
Compassion extends as the old men weep and the children's big eyes look at a civilisation teetering on the edge of collapse.
Who am I? I ask myself in the midst of such devastation, I AM Japan.
I AM an Earth bucking and moaning under the weight of an evolving consciousness.
I AM millions of years of unconscious slaughter, of lacksadaisical raping and pillaging of denegration and retribution.
I AM witness to an overturning and an emptying I AM witness to the mass agreement of change.
NO Blame.
I AM that I AM
Willing to grow, willing to change, willing to be free
My intention is evident in my reflection
I AM Japan
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Grow A Brain- Making The Conscious Choice To Take Command of Your Life!
GROW A BRAIN!
Guess what, we actually can, do and are right now!
Cognitive development doesn't have a cut off point, believe it or not.
I could pretend that my thoughts and intentions do not matter and give over to the slow decrepidation of the soul that occurs upon abdicating my opportunity to grow positive neurological pathways in my brain.
BUT NO it is far too exciting, the forever journey of expansion, for me to turn a blind eye to my power.
The most riotous comedy of all is that even if I CHOOSE to reduce my conscious awareness by putting no time or thought into it I would still be growing a brain, just not the sort of brain that can make a genuine difference to human life. I would be growing a brain that would do little more than maintain the status quo.
I am not convinced that to offer support to the status quo is either a safe or responsible thing to be doing when we have so much latent power within us. When we have the ability to grow brains that will shoot this earthly experience into an exciting and healthy future!
The health of our future as a global consciousness aside, there is of course personal health to consider.
By letting our thoughts run wild we pose great risk to our physical well being
Research shows that fear, of anything, triggers more than 1000 known physical and chemical responses and activates more than 30 different hormones.
The chemical waste generated by negative thinking lends cause to dis-ease in the body.
Guess what, we actually can, do and are right now!
Cognitive development doesn't have a cut off point, believe it or not.
I could pretend that my thoughts and intentions do not matter and give over to the slow decrepidation of the soul that occurs upon abdicating my opportunity to grow positive neurological pathways in my brain.
BUT NO it is far too exciting, the forever journey of expansion, for me to turn a blind eye to my power.
The most riotous comedy of all is that even if I CHOOSE to reduce my conscious awareness by putting no time or thought into it I would still be growing a brain, just not the sort of brain that can make a genuine difference to human life. I would be growing a brain that would do little more than maintain the status quo.
I am not convinced that to offer support to the status quo is either a safe or responsible thing to be doing when we have so much latent power within us. When we have the ability to grow brains that will shoot this earthly experience into an exciting and healthy future!
The health of our future as a global consciousness aside, there is of course personal health to consider.
By letting our thoughts run wild we pose great risk to our physical well being
Research shows that fear, of anything, triggers more than 1000 known physical and chemical responses and activates more than 30 different hormones.
The chemical waste generated by negative thinking lends cause to dis-ease in the body.
Here are four simple ideas to consider:
- Understand that thoughts are real and have actual anatomy
Thoughts are real things: they have a structure in your brain and occupy space. Thoughts are the same as memories. Thoughts and memories look like trees and are called neurons or nerve cells. - Increase conscious awareness of your thoughts and how you are feeling upon having the thought..
Become a witness to your own thoughts, ask yourself: is this good for me? Conscious awareness of your thinking can become like a habit. A habit takes twenty-one days to create. Start today! - Take action once you have noticed and examined the thought.This means consciously accepting or saying YES to the thought (if it is good for you) or rejecting it/turning away from it (if it is bad for you). Thoughts only have as much control as we choose to allow them.
- Grow your new brain.
Deciding to accept or reject a thought is changing the neural circuitry of your brain: Make no mistake, your brain is growing while you think and you have control over the process.
Acceptance of a thought and concentration upon it and the emotions that it triggers will increase the positive structures within your brain making it easier and easier to go to a healthier and more optimistic place. Through pointing your attention and energy in this direction you will achieve clarity of mind, peace in the body thus promoting innovation and happiness.
The thoughts you choose to reject, upon realisation that they cause emotions that reduce wellbeing and create dis-ease will be converted into harmless energy and released.
So with all this freshly reverberating, while your tongue is tingling and your toes are twitching, hop to it and GROW A BRAIN!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Regret- Examining The Distraction and Letting Go
REGRET
Is regret real or is it a smokescreen?
Hmmm...regret feels real, smells real and it can completely paralyse the mind. But is it what we think it is?
If I am in the state of ‘regret’ I am in the past I am mulling over the how’s and why’s of what happened and trying to change it in my mind, with my mind.
I am under a FALSE impression that if I examine the situation hard enough, if I put x amount of energy into the cause of the feeling I am having now, I will finally eradicate this feeling and bring peace to my mind and body.
I would like to put forward the notion that we are feeding an addiction to a number of things when we wallow in REGRET.
Distraction...Spending time in the past or for that matter the future is a distraction from the present where ALL things happen.
We are avoiding success and happiness by regretting our past actions and worrying about future possibilities.
In avoiding the present we are also avoiding something integral to an emotionally functional society - ‘connection’.
True connection/ fearless intimacy enables natural cognitive function and mind expansion- solution to ‘problems, awareness/intuition, telepathic ability , command of personal energy extending to and including the health of global consciousness.
Why do we avoid success, happiness and connection? Because of a confusion and a forgetting. BECAUSE we have developed the insane notion that to embrace our full potential means more work....if we give in to our truest self we become responsible for our lives, we can’t pass the buck to our government, our god or our parents anymore. Furthermore we give up the role of victim.
HaHa! Could the role of successful, happy and connected being REALLY be tougher than the role of regretful, dis-easeful victim....? I don’t think so.
Then there is DRAMA...the feeling of intensity and excitement...the burst of hormonal activity that accompanies the reliving of a tale...because let’s face it....the memory is subjective...very little of what you may be replaying actually happened. ..it is a fable, a tale, a fantasy...challenging?
.....AH should I be a little more polite and say little of what you are rehashing happened as your memory perceives it to have happened. So not only are you placing yourself back in the past thus avoiding the now you are constantly adjusting the scenes to give you the biggest hit!
Why do we love the drama? Well we are creative, intense and exciting beings and we think there is no drama in peace and happiness....maybe not, maybe ‘drama’ is a self perpetuating horror movie (surely this becomes boring after a while!)
MAYBE we are confusing the desire for drama with the desire to create, connect, experience and command the emotions of God/life/energy.
We all do this stuff and we do it and we do it..... UNTIL we decide not to. Until we make a choice to try something different, to make a break for it....to dive through the gap and make the deepest intention to bring ourselves back to the now.
Sure acknowledge the past and the feelings that it has brought in for you, feel it heal it and come back! HEY don’t keep on into the future you slippery devil, BACK!! HERE and NOW!
There is a process that occurs in the brain and body at the moment a ‘regretful’ action takes place. A confirmation of a failed expectation if you will; we have an image of the self and what is expected of us based on the values we learned as a child and throughout our lives. This is a strict idea and we can rarely satisfy these expectations.
Herein dwells the idea that we must be a ‘good’ person, follow this set of rules and meet religious, social and global expectations – woahhhh, that’s a LOT to live up to.
Recently a thing happened ...I was lying in bed reading when my eleven yr old daughter came in and leapt onto the bed. Her dirty eleven yr old feet and rambunctious puppyness rolling over everything...My immediate reaction was to shriek and push her off the bed making some excuse about being peaceful and clean...
ERGHUUGHHHH I REGRETTED MY ACTION instantly! She walked away quietly...yuk yuk yuk....what a shit I was...my mind went back into the story a couple of times but I could find NO real justification for my behaviour. NOW in the past I may have left it there and thought about the situation now and then with REGRET but today I tried something different.
I called my girl back and said ‘I am sorry, that was yukky behaviour I don’t like myself for pushing you away. Can we roleplay? Can you jump on the bed exactly the way you did before so I can try something different? (Kids love roleplay and surprises!)
She leapt on the bed (with even more gusto) I grabbed her and kissed and cuddled her and told her she was beautiful and energetic and then I pushed her off the bed!
This was closer to the expectation I have of myself to be a good and loving mother but at the same time to be an honest person (I don’t really want the kids all over my clean bed!)
So if we can recreate a situation, I believe GO FOR IT, but if you can’t, then don’t waste the now over it. Let it go don’t feed the thing that holds you back from your highest power, your greatest potential and your deepest love!
To learn more about REGRET/EGO and the process that occurs in the body, mind and spirit surrounding this interesting topic go to www.iamspirituality.com and watch Sean’s simple and captivating video podcast. To learn how to develop emotional Intelligence in your children go to www.theiamprogram.com .
Thursday, March 10, 2011
I AM all that Is and all that is, is ME- A Peek Into The Reality Of ONENESS!
We ARE ONE.
You have heard it a million times, seen it twittered so much it's becoming a precursor to therapy. Maybe you've even shared it on facebook, BUT, the question is- do you FEEL it?
That is all there is to it...feeling the oneness. feeling it to a degree that you have nothing to say about it.
In your great moments you know it, you WANT to tell others, shout it, twitter it and sing about it on myspace but you can't.
You can only fiddle with the concepts, draw pictures around the ideas and maybe if your lucky write a poem that makes your heart ache with the being and the desire to express this thing.
Oneness is a physical reality, those who have an understanding of physics will get what I am saying.
We are absolutely connected at the microcosmic level and beyond our accepted perception there is a quantum world of fabulous possibility.
All this aside only the deep and clear 'feeling' of your connection to all that is will prove to you that we are one.
That's how it works, individually we come to the awareness that we are inseperable from all that is and when that occurs there is no turning back. Slowly, increment by increment oneness becomes an unshakeable reality. Personal responsibility is highlighted as the realisation hits...WE are a GLOBAL MIND! Holy Moly! does that mean that what I think affects the organism that is US...why YES it does.
Does that Mean I need to feel guilty about what I do and think and say and feel.....?
Hmmmm...I think that feeling GUILTY may NOT enhance global consciousness BUT AWARENESS and the consequences of true awareness WILL.
Sometimes I speak about oneness with a passion, my whole being dancing with infinite possiblities.
At other times I forget and get grumpy and curse what is, in an attempt to distract myself from my perfection...why..dunno...sick? insane?
Occasionally I am drawn to share but mostly I am training myself to absorb the knowing and be US the ALLTHAT IS.
Being One, warts and all!
You have heard it a million times, seen it twittered so much it's becoming a precursor to therapy. Maybe you've even shared it on facebook, BUT, the question is- do you FEEL it?
That is all there is to it...feeling the oneness. feeling it to a degree that you have nothing to say about it.
In your great moments you know it, you WANT to tell others, shout it, twitter it and sing about it on myspace but you can't.
You can only fiddle with the concepts, draw pictures around the ideas and maybe if your lucky write a poem that makes your heart ache with the being and the desire to express this thing.
When I Look
When I look I become rich
Breathing out................ I see gold
With open eyes the space between is magnified
The irony of separateness unfolds
In space I am whole
A liquid world of intelligent light
Alive with action indiscriminate
Only purpose being
The weave like toffee................. like threads of water
All spices and colours are but a reflection of the truth I see
When I lookOneness is a physical reality, those who have an understanding of physics will get what I am saying.
We are absolutely connected at the microcosmic level and beyond our accepted perception there is a quantum world of fabulous possibility.
All this aside only the deep and clear 'feeling' of your connection to all that is will prove to you that we are one.
That's how it works, individually we come to the awareness that we are inseperable from all that is and when that occurs there is no turning back. Slowly, increment by increment oneness becomes an unshakeable reality. Personal responsibility is highlighted as the realisation hits...WE are a GLOBAL MIND! Holy Moly! does that mean that what I think affects the organism that is US...why YES it does.
Does that Mean I need to feel guilty about what I do and think and say and feel.....?
Hmmmm...I think that feeling GUILTY may NOT enhance global consciousness BUT AWARENESS and the consequences of true awareness WILL.
Sometimes I speak about oneness with a passion, my whole being dancing with infinite possiblities.
At other times I forget and get grumpy and curse what is, in an attempt to distract myself from my perfection...why..dunno...sick? insane?
Occasionally I am drawn to share but mostly I am training myself to absorb the knowing and be US the ALLTHAT IS.
Being One, warts and all!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
The Attraction Principle- Focus=Manifestation- The Chat Noir
Coffee hot on my tongue and the bustle of a small town outside this tiny french style patisserie, makes my experience almost metrapolitan as I follow my eyes into a poster on the wall.
'Tourne' Du Chat Noir' pulls me into another world. The Black cat's forward gaze transports me and the red background become the walls of Toulouse la Trec's Studio....
The cup touches the saucer in a final gesture tugging me back to the here and now. Kissing Andre' on his sugar dusted cheeks I thank him for a wonderful coffee and step into a kookaburra morning.
But the Chat Noir is still purring! A few clicks on the laptop and I have located my very own poster, even larger than the one in 'The Blue Frog- Patisserie'.
For days I wait patiently, checking the verandah hourly for Australia Post arrivals! Finally the moment comes! I pick up my poster pack only too discover one end has been crumpled in transit.
I slide my cat out with trepidation, WRINKLED! Not too bad, salvageable but a little disappointing. My son walks by at that moment, 'WOW cool poster Mum!. Daniel's eighteen so I feel great knowing he actually likes something I like!
I call the poster company re- the crumpled box and what do you know they happily promise to send me a new one, no questions asked. Surprised again! What a great day, I give Daniel the wrinkled cat poster, he doesn't mind, his whole room is wrinkled!
My new poster turns up fresh and smooth and I hang it on my office wall excitedly anticipating a dream trip to provincial France!
A couple of days later I walk into a local 'Opp shop'. I don't have plans to buy anything, not even sure why I've come in...at first...I bend down to retrieve a shirt that has slipped off the rack.
As I poke the hanger through the neckhole I am SHOCKED to discover that I am holding a brand new Chat Noir T-shirt, the same as my new poster! Needless to say I swagger out of the opp shop $3 poorer but a soul lot richer! I embrace the street with a cheshire grin!
Now I am talking about the Chat Noir even more, imagining the awesomness of the universe, enthusiastically philosophising 24/7!
The miracle of life- Is it really as simple as, focus with emotion equals more of the same experience?
Well when my beautiful friend turns up at my door unexpected my suspicion - that focus with emotion does indeed attract- is confirmed.
Now remember, I haven't seen nor spoken to Gabriela since my 'visit' to France in the Blue Frog on the delicious morning that I fell in love with the Chat Noir.
'My sister just returned from Paris,' Gabe said 'she brought me back a few things and I thought of you when I saw this.' she slides a coaster across the table and my eyes fall to rest upon a tiny rendition of The Chat Noir! I laugh so hard my chair wobbles- OH MY GOD- The intensity of the realisation, of our ultimate connection to 'all that is' is fierce!
'Fabulous!' I said 'Thankyou!'
Now that is not all! A week later another wonderful friend that had been travelling Europe turns up with a present for me...hmmmm....what could it be....surely you can't be seriously asking that question......
YEP! Small in size but lovely quality, a perfect poster of Toulouse la Trec's 'Tourne' Du Chat Noir!
How did they KNOW?
Why did I choose THAT opp shop?
How come that shirt HAPPENED to have fallen on the floor?
How...WHY.....ha HA!
I will tell you why, because I FELT WONDERFUL when I saw the poster on the wall of the little cafe'. I desired the experience again and there was no resistance in me to attaining that experience, no negative opposition only complete enjoyment and desire. And each time I manifested another black cat I felt even more excited and grateful and mesmerised by the powers in the universal mind and even MORE aligned and jubilant and THAT kept Black Cats rolling in!
My emotion, my focus and my desire were the perfect creative combination.
Do you see how POWERFUL I AM?
Do you realise that we are ONE being interacting with each other at a quantum level at all times?
'Tourne' Du Chat Noir' pulls me into another world. The Black cat's forward gaze transports me and the red background become the walls of Toulouse la Trec's Studio....
The cup touches the saucer in a final gesture tugging me back to the here and now. Kissing Andre' on his sugar dusted cheeks I thank him for a wonderful coffee and step into a kookaburra morning.
But the Chat Noir is still purring! A few clicks on the laptop and I have located my very own poster, even larger than the one in 'The Blue Frog- Patisserie'.
For days I wait patiently, checking the verandah hourly for Australia Post arrivals! Finally the moment comes! I pick up my poster pack only too discover one end has been crumpled in transit.
I slide my cat out with trepidation, WRINKLED! Not too bad, salvageable but a little disappointing. My son walks by at that moment, 'WOW cool poster Mum!. Daniel's eighteen so I feel great knowing he actually likes something I like!
I call the poster company re- the crumpled box and what do you know they happily promise to send me a new one, no questions asked. Surprised again! What a great day, I give Daniel the wrinkled cat poster, he doesn't mind, his whole room is wrinkled!
My new poster turns up fresh and smooth and I hang it on my office wall excitedly anticipating a dream trip to provincial France!
A couple of days later I walk into a local 'Opp shop'. I don't have plans to buy anything, not even sure why I've come in...at first...I bend down to retrieve a shirt that has slipped off the rack.
As I poke the hanger through the neckhole I am SHOCKED to discover that I am holding a brand new Chat Noir T-shirt, the same as my new poster! Needless to say I swagger out of the opp shop $3 poorer but a soul lot richer! I embrace the street with a cheshire grin!
Now I am talking about the Chat Noir even more, imagining the awesomness of the universe, enthusiastically philosophising 24/7!
The miracle of life- Is it really as simple as, focus with emotion equals more of the same experience?
Well when my beautiful friend turns up at my door unexpected my suspicion - that focus with emotion does indeed attract- is confirmed.
Now remember, I haven't seen nor spoken to Gabriela since my 'visit' to France in the Blue Frog on the delicious morning that I fell in love with the Chat Noir.
'My sister just returned from Paris,' Gabe said 'she brought me back a few things and I thought of you when I saw this.' she slides a coaster across the table and my eyes fall to rest upon a tiny rendition of The Chat Noir! I laugh so hard my chair wobbles- OH MY GOD- The intensity of the realisation, of our ultimate connection to 'all that is' is fierce!
'Fabulous!' I said 'Thankyou!'
Now that is not all! A week later another wonderful friend that had been travelling Europe turns up with a present for me...hmmmm....what could it be....surely you can't be seriously asking that question......
YEP! Small in size but lovely quality, a perfect poster of Toulouse la Trec's 'Tourne' Du Chat Noir!
How did they KNOW?
Why did I choose THAT opp shop?
How come that shirt HAPPENED to have fallen on the floor?
How...WHY.....ha HA!
I will tell you why, because I FELT WONDERFUL when I saw the poster on the wall of the little cafe'. I desired the experience again and there was no resistance in me to attaining that experience, no negative opposition only complete enjoyment and desire. And each time I manifested another black cat I felt even more excited and grateful and mesmerised by the powers in the universal mind and even MORE aligned and jubilant and THAT kept Black Cats rolling in!
My emotion, my focus and my desire were the perfect creative combination.
Do you see how POWERFUL I AM?
Do you realise that we are ONE being interacting with each other at a quantum level at all times?
Next time you doubt your ability to create a wonderful life or produce a better circumstance or even to change a sad feeling into a happy one just remember The Chat Noir and repeat to yourself
'I HAVE THE POWER!!!'
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Success and Self-Sabotage- Becoming A Witness To The Self
I dreamed that I was a golden, female eagle, with an enormous wingspan, flying high, soaring powerfully through the sky.
Whe without warning, I, dressed as my partner (a male), stepped up and shot at me, I fell from the sky, looming larger and larger as I approached the earth.
I turned to the hunter (me) 'Are you happy' I said 'you have killed this wonderful being for no reason other than your lack of consciousness.'
I, as the hunter, hung my head in shame, wanting nothing more than to take back my unconscious action and restore the beautiful, golden eagle to its former glory.
This dream tells me that as I soar to my potential success I have activated an unconscious sabotage program within my psyche.
A program that percieved the role of woman as 'stay at home' and 'to be provided for' rather than enter the 'man's domain' of money and power.
I realise in the modern age it may seem ridiculous to see the world of money and power as the male domain, but we re talking GENERATIONS of familial and social programming that is still highly active in the unconscious of both men and women today.
Happily my dream was so vivid and memorable as to be unmistakeable, bring to conscious awareness my sabotaging programming.
There is no-one else to blame anymore, the saga has been playing to long, to blame is to distract from the more important job of witnessing the self and changing the programming for a better life.
Now is the time to take every opportunity to bring balance to our lives, to clean up old sabotaging ideas and soar to even greater heights than we have ever been capable of before!
Whe without warning, I, dressed as my partner (a male), stepped up and shot at me, I fell from the sky, looming larger and larger as I approached the earth.
I turned to the hunter (me) 'Are you happy' I said 'you have killed this wonderful being for no reason other than your lack of consciousness.'
I, as the hunter, hung my head in shame, wanting nothing more than to take back my unconscious action and restore the beautiful, golden eagle to its former glory.
This dream tells me that as I soar to my potential success I have activated an unconscious sabotage program within my psyche.
A program that percieved the role of woman as 'stay at home' and 'to be provided for' rather than enter the 'man's domain' of money and power.
I realise in the modern age it may seem ridiculous to see the world of money and power as the male domain, but we re talking GENERATIONS of familial and social programming that is still highly active in the unconscious of both men and women today.
Happily my dream was so vivid and memorable as to be unmistakeable, bring to conscious awareness my sabotaging programming.
There is no-one else to blame anymore, the saga has been playing to long, to blame is to distract from the more important job of witnessing the self and changing the programming for a better life.
Now is the time to take every opportunity to bring balance to our lives, to clean up old sabotaging ideas and soar to even greater heights than we have ever been capable of before!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Ask and Ye Shall Receive- Our Lives, Chaos or Design?
I have a technique for gaining answers to philosophical questions. A simple but effective technique that can be used in many ways.
It is called asking.
We have all heard the saying 'Ask and you shall receive' well I think we interpret that to mean that if we are brave enough to ask someone for something that we want we just may get it. Or we should get it and something is wrong if we don't. Hmmmm, Maybe.
I think humans have a tendencey to simplify or over complicate interpretations (whatever is most comfortable to the individual) to such an extent that we may sometimes sabotage our own evolution.
My technique for discoverinbg the answers to questions is ASK and then LISTEN...not to another person but simply to the universe. By universe I mean my life, what happens in the next moments after I have asked.
We are one being and we have the answers to it all, doesn't it stand to reason that if we ask and then be observant we will be likely to receive....the answer....
What am I painting? I ask myself as I embark on an abstract adventure, paintbrush in hand......
Another example-
My email stopped working the other day and in doing so it caused me to send some important career enhancing emails without text a number of times! EMBARRASSING for me when hoping to impress the recipient with my competence!
As I was trying to fix it I asked myself why did this happen at such a crucial moment, I kept working away quietly when a random thought popped into my head, I must get a new, custom e-mail address that relates to my business, mush more professional...' AHA that was the answer, and I heard it!
If my email had broken down any other time I may not have been as affected, but at this moment I needed the push to take my next important business move.
I wonder if we have an input on an etheric level, is there another facet of me watching and calculating the best moves for me, the moves that will gain my attention and motivate me most in achieving my greatest desires, my evolution and my happiness, chaos or design, wait, let me just ask............
It is called asking.
We have all heard the saying 'Ask and you shall receive' well I think we interpret that to mean that if we are brave enough to ask someone for something that we want we just may get it. Or we should get it and something is wrong if we don't. Hmmmm, Maybe.
I think humans have a tendencey to simplify or over complicate interpretations (whatever is most comfortable to the individual) to such an extent that we may sometimes sabotage our own evolution.
My technique for discoverinbg the answers to questions is ASK and then LISTEN...not to another person but simply to the universe. By universe I mean my life, what happens in the next moments after I have asked.
We are one being and we have the answers to it all, doesn't it stand to reason that if we ask and then be observant we will be likely to receive....the answer....
What am I painting? I ask myself as I embark on an abstract adventure, paintbrush in hand......
The answer will show itself to me if I can be quiet enough and allowing enough to paint and witness my thoughts whilst doing so.
Another example-
My email stopped working the other day and in doing so it caused me to send some important career enhancing emails without text a number of times! EMBARRASSING for me when hoping to impress the recipient with my competence!
As I was trying to fix it I asked myself why did this happen at such a crucial moment, I kept working away quietly when a random thought popped into my head, I must get a new, custom e-mail address that relates to my business, mush more professional...' AHA that was the answer, and I heard it!
If my email had broken down any other time I may not have been as affected, but at this moment I needed the push to take my next important business move.
I wonder if we have an input on an etheric level, is there another facet of me watching and calculating the best moves for me, the moves that will gain my attention and motivate me most in achieving my greatest desires, my evolution and my happiness, chaos or design, wait, let me just ask............
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Do We Ever Really Say Goodbye?
Saying Goodbye-
Do we ever really say goodbye? If we are made up of the same thing that is in the air around us, if the very atoms we breathe are the same as the deepest pieces of ourselves then we MUST be only and literally ONE organism. The earth, the stars, the body dancing in front of us, the one we are walking sadly away from are all moving parts of the one being! Different densities for sure, interesting conglomerations but when looked at on the level of Physics we are a pulsing, colourful, fluid energy. How then, can we say goodbye to parts of our own being, it just isn’t possible no matter how you look at it. I am thinking it is simply a misunderstanding that makes us cry when someone we love goes away. We have forgotten that we are the one body, that we are breathing each other all the time. People resist this concept because as romantic as it all sounds to embrace it fully we must first accept that EVERYTHING is us, not just the pretty bits or the sentimental bits. Not so easy but the payoff is the greatest. Because it means that we will never be alone, ever again. It takes courage to look this concept squarely in the eye. If done thoroughly you will find that every part of you is unable to act any differently or it really really would. That’s not to say that awful things should be happening, of course they ‘shouldn’t’ but the fact is they are and until they are met with a degree of acceptance and compassion they probably won’t change, not permanently anyway. The way to find this compassion is to understand the truth of the concept of oneness; it is not an airy fairy, rings on the fingers and bells on the toes sing along, it is a literal, scientifically based truth. We ARE each other, our cells slough off and regenerate constantly, we never entirely disappear even when we die there is nowhere for us to go, we are one big strange being that just changes form as it pleases. It is only dreams and stories that cause us to feel the pain that we do when the one we love walks away. If God is life and God is Love and we are life, then we are God and we are love and we are always together.
HA, you thought you could leave me but you have not gone anywhere my love you are still here, I just took a breathe of you and you taste great…. all I want to know now is………what’s next on the menu?
Terrorism and Bullying
I have a theory about terrorism, I do not believe that it is possible to deliver the world from the evils of terrorism without first ridding ourselves of our own personal terroristic tendencies. It starts with powerlessness. I can almost hear everyone shouting, I AM NOT A TERRORIST. Well maybe you’re not, but are you a bully? For example, someone rushes by you knocking something out of your hand, do you smile and feel okay about that or do you growl and wish to push them angrily? Your child drops a glass filled with milk all over the new carpet, do you respond with ‘that’s okay, help me clean it up, let’s be more careful next time, Honey,’( because of course the carpet is less important than the emotional wellbeing of your child after all it is much easier to remedy a smelly wet carpet than fix damage done in childhood) or is it a reaction that issues unguarded from your lips “ YOU”RE SO CLUMSY, why don’t you watch what you’re doing, OH MY GOD The carpet cost $2000, it’s ruined, get outta my sight’ leaving the child feeling guilty and scared of upsetting and disappointing you. Maybe the child won’t spill milk again or maybe now the child is so nervous he can’t even drink milk without that memory reverberating in the back of his mind. Maybe that failure permeates the child’s life taking on myriad forms and causing a ripple of fear in every uncertain situation.
I’m not trying to cause more guilt by illustrating this point, but offering an insight into the possible source for the terror in our society. If we were each treated with respect, given freedom of choice, understood in our weaker or sillier moments, accepted despite our shortcomings and delighted in for our quirks and differences when we were little enough for this to become implicit to our being do you think we would be as likely to grow up needing to prove ourselves and fight for our rights so adamantly and violently. Consider it….even if there was a cause, a social injustice to be remedied all our programming would be about gentleness and peaceful problem solving Human life and emotional health would be sanctified above material gain and above the idea of an abstract God that lives outside of our soul, we would be satisfied. There would be no call for MORE or desire to force anyone to see things one way. We wouldn’t be insecure and frightened we would not need to terrorise to make a point. Our lives shared in joy, with each other would BE the point.
Address the terrorist that lives in your house, in your heart and maybe then we are on our way to the end of bullying and terrorism once and for all. Either way you look at it one person makes an exponential difference, there is no denying it.
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Promises- Love and The Universe
Promises-
If I promised to love you forever in the old days, you can rest assured it meant something, but something uncertain. Misleadingly it would sound like the most absolute phrase in the world. If I say I love you now, you can know I mean it. Why, you ask? Because now I don’t pretend to assume how I will feel in the next minute.
These days in the moment I say I love you, you can bet you’re hat that I do!
I used to think I could predict how I would feel, I would argue for myself passionately. But how could I know?
Maybe this is what happens when you grow up or become disillusioned, one too many promises couldn’t be kept; promises that you have finally realised were no-one’s really to make and now you know that it was no-one’s fault they were broken.
It is comfortable to be angry with someone else for not keeping a promise because if you think they could have controlled their feelings you can fool yourself that it might be possible to control your own. Double-edged sword, we want things ordered and safe in an effort to get through the life without getting hurt. So we try to keep to all the rules, saying the right things at the right times, hence I will love you FOREVER.
I promise this, that and the other thing- poverty, chastity, I will never love another, YUK.
The terrible, terrible payoff for demanding all these vows is the way we give up our own feelings, desires and all the many experiences that meet us on our path in an effort to maintain this illusion of control. And ironically when we try so hard not to respond to the energy that naturally flows our way, it tends to become all the more compelling!
I don’t think we are very kind to ourselves, I think we are spending too much time in conflict with our inner voices. I wonder what would happen if we practiced active listening with ourselves? If we sat for 15 minutes in the morning and listened to our mind. If we heard it say, I want to eat and eat and eat all day long without stopping, then we could respond with; I know darling and that’s okay, I love you anyway, there’s nothing wrong with you that is just the way it feels and feelings change. What do you think makes you want to do that?
If we could dialogue with ourselves on this level do you think there would be so many misunderstood, frustrated people running around? If only we could just accept that the feelings and urges that we have are not really us, that we lie beneath the confusion and we are so wonderful and that with a little bit of loving compassion from, at the very least our own self, we may uncover and relieve some of the stuff that stands in our way.
We exist forever, we are love, it stands strong in that context then, that we automatically love forever, and that has little if anything to do with anybody else. We don't need to make promises or try to keep them because the simple truth of our existence is promise enough.
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