Geoff Allen's Journal, February 2011

My Journal

[ February 1 & 2, 2011 '

Saw this book in a shop the other day!

Uploaded newest version of this page to a few of my sites - nearly three dozen added in one day!

Leads me 2 this page about serenity - looks a great site! - may send 2 Mum?

The Primal Psychotherapy Page - found it from a Tolle search on an old page - for example

More excellent docos on the tube

Post your advice on this site! - I may send them how 2 have peace of mind :)

I offered this as the location - click

More on gratitude which is one of the practices I suggested 4 peace of mind

Read a great chapter about grace in my latest book! Heaps of good advice - may doa page about the book if you behave yourselves

Found you can SEARCH amazon book reviews 4 a keyword - handy when there are dozens!

More interestin sport - first time EVER that BOTH number 6 seeds have reached the second last week while BOTH top seeds missed!

In the other match - rare to concede 19 unanswered points & still win! Hope the climax is a good contest in two weeks!

A couple of emails -

What Do I Want?

Lately, you've probably been hearing a lot about the law of attraction and manifesting your dreams. You may have tried to put some of these techniques into practice, and might even be experiencing some frustration or confusion about how to effectively manifest the things you want. If so ... here is a tip that will support you in the process

One of the most common frustrations people experience when it comes to manifesting their dreams is knowing how to ask for what they want. Remember, it's not about the exact words you use or in what order you say them, it's about asking for what you really want and only what you do want.

"As you think, so you are. As you dream, so you become. As you create your wishes, so they create you." ~ Wendy Garrett

You have probably heard how important it is to focus your attention on what you want. Most people send mixed messages. Often, people believe they're engaged in asking for what they want, but they're actually complaining about the things they don't have.

They say things such as: "I want more money because I'm sick of being so broke" or "I'm going to find the person of my dreams as soon as I shed a few pounds." All these mixed messages make it very challenging to manifest what you truly want.

Being consciously aware that you may be focusing on mixed messages is the first step to achieving your true desires.

This week, identify one thing you can do in relation to this awareness and take action. If you need support figuring out what actions you can take, click the link below.

Remember, the shortest path to a happy life is found through conscious choice.

Until next week ... Beth and Neill

Mistakes people make in manifesting - could add 2 our books page?

Overcome your obstacles

Reflection

At the same time that we are all one, we express that oneness in a unique way. No two people do that the same way. That is why we are needed. We need to understand then the differences, the uniqueness of those we meet and interact with so that we can make our contribution more appropriately.

What is your principle contribution to life and to others that reflects your uniqueness?

More from Owen

Some Budfdhist philosophy

Say no to stress

Glimpse of the day

Letter from Heaven about fooling yourself & others :)

Inspirational poem

Daily Heartlight

Great quote about meditation

Another glimpse

New book by author I have heard good things about :)

More than words

Religious joke

Relationships Are Worth the Effort

Another insightful letter from Heaven

Snapshots

Religious joke

Daily Heartlight

[ February 3 & 4, 2011 '

Updated this collection - WELL worth lookin over it :)

More from Eckhart - been re-reading his stuff too lately

Ironically at that same site - Mr Tolle addresses this question as well!

This game has an interesting pattern & I am in danger of being closed off?

May add this 2 our Libby list which is kinda superceded now!

Sent this 2 Mum - saw his book in Border's along with plenty of others ...

More amusing Seinfeld

A little nostalgia - brings it back

Great little doco I found the other day!

That & recent reading reminds me of this piece - goose-bumps time!

Also had this book pop into my thoughts a bit lately :)

Forgiveness page - could send it 2 the forum?

Had ALMOST forgotten this book excerpt - into notebook??

A few emails -

There are times that we may find ourselves walking far from God

Some recommended reading

Email from this interesting site

Wisdom is not a matter of accumulating vast amounts of knowledge Geoff. There are people who are extremely wise who have never opened a book or spent one minute in a school. Wisdom does not come from acquiring more and more knowledge, it comes from taking the knowledge you already have and discerning what serves you and what does not serve you given where you want to go and who you want to be.

Knowledge is big and clumsy and easily attained but wisdom is subtle and refined and takes a lot of discernment about you, your environment and your application of knowledge. The true test of wisdom is in your acknowledgment that the concept of wisdom is irrevocably tied to the concept of appreciation. Wisdom requires appreciation in order to discern the subtleties of what serves you and what does not serve you. Appreciate everything that comes into your life and then discern what serves you and go with that oh wise one.

Live in love,

Richard D. Blackstone

www.CreateOneLove.com

Pray like it's your first time

Continuing the theme

How 2 be your own best friend

A few poems about love

Glimpse of the day

On this day of your life, Geoff, I believe God wants you to know ...

... that when you pray for anyone, you tend to modify your personal attitude toward them.

Norman Vincent Peale said that, and he touched on something truly profound. If someone is vexing you right now, say a prayer for that person. Send them all of your best energies.

Nothing changes the environment like one person deciding to love another, no matter what.

Love, Your Friend....

Neale

More sound advice on how 2 live

Funny quotes about life

Ways 2 celebrate yourself

Today's Positive Visualization

I close my eyes and open my heart to the power of love. In my mind's eye I see myself directly in the center of all the love given and received in my world. As I allow all this love to pass through my heart I experience a beautiful sense of peace. I imagine that each time I express love, peace is magnified in my world and in me. I realize that there always has been and always will be an endless supply of love in my life. I give thanks for the power of love and for peace on earth. I combine these thoughts and feelings with a feeling of joy and let them go.

The link between belief & self-esteem

The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle

[ February 5 & 6, 2011 '

Should read this more often!

Oh yes! Posted a couple more quotes 2 the Buddhist forum

If you need a giggle - great lyrics from the lads!

From an old book review

Been reading this meditatin a bit lately

Ironic timing! Just started re-reading the Lost Art of Compassion and then found this article - I highly recommend the book!

Leads us 2 some prayers

Then 2 a step-by-step guide

Could add this 2 our latest links page :)

More interesting sport - then saw highlights of a remarkable game - one side scores 42 before half time and then the other team scores 34 after half time! Wonder what the Superbowl will be like!

Happened 2 catch this the other day

Sent this Dalai page 2 Mum

A couple of emails -

Using faith 2 make a better world

The importance of patience

Today's Positive Visualization

As I allow my mind to become quiet, I open myself to accept all the blessings the universe has for me. In my mind's eye I see myself as a perfect form containing a perfect heart and soul; worthy of all the blessings that are in store for me. I imagine that I easily accept my blessings and put them to good use. I give great thanks for the blessings I have received and all those that are yet to come. I affirm that I AM always and forever worthy to receive more and more blessings simply because I am a beloved child of God. I combine these images with the feelings of joy and let them go, knowing that they will create the good things I am visualizing and thinking.

Discussion on Buddhism

Some humour

Interesting choice!

Online book

Happiness is Best Shared

Don�t try to �change the world�. Just change the way you think about the world.

Do you know how hard it would be to go out and �change the world� Geoff? It is a lot of effort with little or no return on your investment. You do, however, have the ability to change the world by merely changing the way you think about the world.

Everything in life is a matter of perspective Geoff and you can change your world easily and effortlessly by just changing your mind about it. The world is not a fixed object floating in space; the world is a reflection of what you think about the world. When you change what you think about the world the world changes to reflect your thinking. Yes, you are that powerful.

You may be conditioned to think there is a lot of �necessary� fear in the world because you have been told that and you therefore think that. You can just as easily think there is a whole lot of love, generosity, compassion, cooperation, wisdom and service in the world and when you think like that your world is reflected back to you in the same manner.

Choose love and the unity and interconnectedness of life as your truth and watch your world change right in front of your eyes.

Live in love,

Richard D. Blackstone

www.CreateOneLove.com

Never stop learning

Collection of wise sayings

[ February 7 & 8, 2011 '

Healing addictions thorugh spirituality

www.focusedattention.com

A little more activity at the forum

Also this one asking about prayer

Article about steppin out of your comfort zone

A few quotes about enlightenement

Then some funny Seinfeld on the tube - click ... click ... click ... :)

From that book I am re-reading

The book is another reminder of this vow that BLEW me away when I read about it!

This site continues the compassion theme

Leads us 2 a forum on love - no new posts though ...

Poetry site with a random feature

Been reading a bit about gratitude lately

I must remember 2 upload this - life is always normal ...

A few emails -

When you actually stand up and face your obstacles you may find that the experience isn't as bad as you imagined

Married in a minute

Be your own best friend

"The Relaxed Soul and Comfort"

For some of us when we were kids and tried daring things... we got screamed at.

That created a limited comfort zone that kept us safe.

So when we see other people going beyond their comfort zone, it makes us feel uncomfortable... and that reinforces our limited comfort zone.

We can break free of this cycle by allowing ourselves to see the pattern. Also allowing ourselves to be vulnerable, and acknowledging the fact that sometimes we don't know what we are doing. That we are walking in new uncharted territory, and we feel uncomfortable, and it's OK.

"Oh God, I will move forward through the uncomfortable times"

Dr. Paul Haider

Guide to changing habits

My wish 4 you

Training our minds

More meditation tips

Today's Positive Visualization

I quiet my mind and begin a prayer of thanksgiving for my life. I give thanks for my body, my mind, and my heart. I thank God for my family, my home, my pets, my friends, and my work. I give thanks for nature, technology, the arts, and beauty. I give thanks for my lessons, my challenges,and my opportunities. I praise God for creating all the wonderful things in my life. In my mind's eye, I see myself easily giving daily thanks and praise and being filled with peace and tranquility. I combine these images with the feelings of joy and let them go, knowing that they will create the good things I am visualizing and thinking.

The kindness of strangers

Interesting Buddhist discussion

Pray 4 peace in Egypt

Change the way you look at things

Another insightful letter from Heaven

A lesson on faith

Religious joke

Daily Heartlight

[ February 9 & 10, 2011 '

More from the lost art of compassion - I highly recommend it - click ... click ... click ... click ... click ... remind me 2 include more from the highlight sheet

Finished that book in a couple of days ... whem what should Mum find - a book that I have from Dave Buller :)

Sent this 2 Mum - about how negative & difficult people need the MOST compassion!

Ironic timing in view of recent moods :)

Leads us here after a couple of clicks

The way to enlightenment

Lookin over a few of these - some are absolutely classic :)

Saw this advert about boosting your brain power

Then watched some more Seinfeld - click ... click ... click ... click ...

Send Mum details of this exhibition?

Reading a bit of Pema ... then a walk 2 Chaddy to get two more! - click ... click ...

From that Dalai book - be patient with spiritual progress

Great quotes about compassion - sent to Mum & maybe the forum ... LOADS at that site!

Lovely image of an old-fashioned quill ...

A couple of emails -

Enjoy your life 2 the fullest

Learn 2 love yourself

More sage advice

"The Relaxed Soul Spreads Success"

Express your power through the Collective Consciousness of Man, helping all to be successful. You only have two hands, but through your influence in the world... and through your thoughts and ideas for creating goodness in the world... you can harness the power of Billions of hands to comfort the masses needing help.

You have more power and wisdom than you know and now is the time to step up... and now is the time to step out and create a better place for all to live. When you stop thinking of yourself... success can't help but come your way!

"Oh God, I will help others be successful and heal the world"

Dr. Paul Haider

How 2 get over it

Glimpse of the day

Inspiring stories

Affirmation:

Today, I choose the higher road - the path of charity, acceptance, love, selflessness, kindness.

Working with oneness

Unload your guilt

More at that site!

Dear Geoff,

Want to learn the magic trick that makes difficulties and obstacles disappear?

You are a magician Geoff and you have the magic within you to make difficulties and obstacles disappear before your very eyes. Just like all magic there is no real �trick� to this act because all difficulties and obstacles are merely illusions and you are the interpreter and shifter of your illusions.

The magic you already possess is �perseverance and patience.� The key as a master magician in life is to understand that all things in life are temporary and temporal and this includes difficulties and obstacles. What appears to be an immovable obstacle is, in reality, moving and changing all the time just like everything in life. You can allow the obstacle to move in its own time frame or you can help it along by making choices that serve you in getting to where you want to go. One choice is faster than the other but they both work because everything in life is temporary and temporal. In other words you just persevere in your chosen journey to your grandest vision of self and all difficulties and obstacles will magically disappear. It is only when you stop and give up on your vision that the obstacles remain in front of you.

Live in love,

Richard D. Blackstone

www.CreateOneLove.com

The true nature of the mind

The parable of the purse

More humour

More from the Beliefnet site

Been readin about equanimity lately

Where love is waiting 4 you

Be near-sighted

Dealing with grief

Make this world a better place

[ February 13 & 14, 2011 '

font color=aquamarine> Finished off that book about mediums ... fascinating reading - click ... click ...

Does bring up the question of reincarnation! A big puzzle!

Also reminds me of a few sites ... such as Afterlife Knowledge - click

Then there is the near death site ... esp the ones about suicide

Sent a quote on patience with imperfections 2 the forum - click

That book also gets me thinking of this great little book

Then there is the adventure of being human - a bit about incarnating on this planet

My bio has also been on my mind lately - no WAY could I have invented SUCH a tale :)

Have also been remembering another eye-opening book!

Oh yes ... almost forgot ... re-reading Pema ... reminds me of this piece which came via Libby :)

The Pema book is great - final chapter is about being in-between ... no longer ego controlled but not quite enlightened just yet :)

The progress of your soul - ties in with recent reading on true purpose of life

A few emails -

Teachings on the impermanence of life on this planet

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune

Have you ever wondered, Geoff, why most people have less trouble with walking and not falling down, talking and making perfect sense, and breathing without stop, than they do with dieting, finding love, or getting rich?

Of course not, but it wouldn't be a bad idea.

It's because with walking, talking, and breathing (which, incidentally, are infinitely more complex than the latter), they engage the magic with intent and expectation, twitch a few general muscles to get things started, and then, with faith, they turn the rest over to me.

In the second group, they try to do it all themselves.

I rock like that,

The Universe

The power of your mind

The greatest of all visions is to see Christ

Inspirational stories about love

Today's Positive Visualization

I take a gentle breath and feel God's presence surrounding me and filling me with love. In my mind's eye, I see God lovingly giving me a beautiful package. As I open the package I see that my gift is perfect health & healing, confidence & self-love, opportunity & wealth, and creativity & special talents. I easily accept these gifts from God that will assure my life is abundant. I imagine these gifts easily manifesting into my outer life. I see myself enjoying health, confidence, self-love, opportunity, wealth, creativity and special talents. I thank God for these gifts and for meeting my every need. I combine these images with the feelings of joy and let them go, knowing that they will create the good things I am visualizing and thinking.

Great definition of love

Secrets of happy couples

In the scriptures, a crazy-wisdom person is described as �He who subdues whatever needs to be subdued and destroys whatever needs to be destroyed.� Whatever your neurosis demands, when you relate with a crazy-wisdom person, you get hit with that. Crazy-wisdom presents you with a mirror reflection. A mirror will not compromise with you. If you don�t like what you see, there�s no point in blaming the mirror.

Glimpse of the day

Leads us here

Ways 2 boost self esteem

On this day of your life, Geoff, I believe God wants you to know ...

... that you are innocent. You are blameless. You are without foible or fault of any kind.

I know you do not believe this about yourself, but do you believe this of the three-year-old beautiful child?

And what makes you think that you are anything less in the eyes of God?

Neale

Visit Neale's site

More advice from the Beliefnet site

How 2 live in the present moment

Reflection

To be willing to shift our perspectives and identity to soul we need to risk being open and vulnerable, to have adventures outwardly and inwardly, to shake ourselves up from the lethargy of custom and our habitual ways of perceiving and interpreting. Let soul inspire you.

Identify some area of life where you appear to be stuck or always repetitive and try to shift perspectives to a soul level where you see other, more authentic ways, of being and experiencing.

Comes from this site

Model Yourself After the Best Individuals

Such as this dude :)

Advice on achieving peace of mind

Leads us to these commandments

A thousand ways

Religious joke

The good ship infinity