Thousands of years ago, humanity made a decision; a decision to live with a sense of inner separation.
At that time, spirits had become tired of incarnating as fully-aware spirits-in-physicality. They wanted more challenge in the game of life. They wanted to turn life into a mystery; a true, stand-alone human experience, not just an extension of spirit into matter.
Bear in mind that, in the natural state of spiritual living, as free spirits in the mental realms, there are very few limitations. People can manifest anything they need, relocate instantly in space, shift to a different position in time, all at the speed of thought. In the mental realms, people can visit friends or travel with them, exploring the universe, all through the power of thought. That's why they're called the mental realms.
To be more specific, the mental realms exist in fifth density consciousness and are the domain of your soul or inner being. Between third-density physicality and the fifth-density realm of your inner being lies the fourth-density or astral realm, populated by people in the early to main stages of the afterlife. In the late stages of the afterlife, people move into fifth density to consider their options for further experience.
Physical incarnation is always voluntary. Nothing compels your soul to incarnate into another physical life. It is always a decision at the personal and soul group level whether to come back into physical life on Earth.
Thousands of years ago, physical experience was a fully-conscious extension of spirit into matter. People knew who they were as spirits, connected to their inner selves and to the universe as a whole.
"What if," they said, "we came into physical existence and didn't know who we were? We could spend our whole lives searching for the answer to the puzzle. Imagine what a challenge it would be!"
Mankind then made the joint decision to immerse itself further into a denser, more focused reality. Their focus was directed upon the physical senses, along with a detachment from the superconscious and subconscious levels of thinking. By maintaining a tight focus upon the "outer" world of the senses, humans could even believe that they are fixed into one location in space and locked into a time continuum.
Imagine, physical life would become so intense, so real, so convincing. Now, most people love exciting rides, like the ones at amusement parks. And, if the ride seems scary, so much the better. Roller coaster rides are scary. The old Ghost Train rides at U.K. fairgrounds were scary. Disney's Haunted Mansions at their theme parks in California, Florida, Paris and Tokyo are all very scary. So scary that, when the rides end, people say,
"That was great! Want to go round again?"
Life can be scary, too. A life spent without a constant, conscious connection to your true inner nature is always a challenge.
Today, the amusement park ride of inner separation is coming to an end. The Shift to the New Reality is happening today. We are becoming more and more aware of our inner nature. Those who grasp the idea of the New Reality will actively develop that inner connection, and not just wait for it to surprise them as it slowly unfolds.
And remember, this ride through intense physicality was always a choice. We may not remember as far back as when the choice was made, but, at a soul level, we've been willingly hopping on and off the theme park ride of physical life on Earth ever since.
We incarnate for the experience of physical life, and to help transform this reality towards its ultimate state, one which, today, is looming very near.
These are the days of transformation, the time of The Shift. The scary ride is coming to an end. As a culture, we are about to find ourselves and reconnect within.
This article was written by Owen Waters, author of "The Shift: The Revolution in Human Consciousness"
Available in hardcover or via immediate download at:
http://www.infinitebeing.com/theshift
Reminds me of a couple of other pieces -
Planet earth is like a playground
oops ... no longer a valid link ... lemme see if I have a copy on my PC and I will upload it ... click
Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth? - also an extensive links page
More articles by Owen at this interesting forum
The universe is your playground
Our universe is a hologram - one HUGE site!
Highly interesting blog on escaping the illusion
We've been livin in a dream world
Glimpses Of The Truth Behind Your Shadow World
Fixed Reality within the Reality of Fluidity
The Video Game Your Soul Plays For Real
THE �PERCEPTION IS PROJECTION� GAME
From another email - an oath -
"In the face of adversity, uncertainty and conflicting sensory information, I hereby pledge to remain ever mindful of the magical, infinite, loving reality I live in. A reality that conspires tirelessly in my favor. I further recognize, that living within space and time, as a Creation amongst my Creations, is the ultimate Adventure, because thoughts become things, dreams come true, and all things remain forever possible. As a Being of Light, I hereby resolve to live, love and be happy, at all costs, no matter what, with reverence and kindness for All. So be it!"
Now 2 a few other recent emails ...
If someone confronts you are antagonizes you in some way, always remember that all attack is a call for help.
Live in love, Richard D. Blackstone www.CreateOneLove.com
Here in the realm of the physical Geoff, we often forget that we are all part of the same source and consciousness that created the universe. The person confronting you is actually asking you to help them remember "who they really are". See the light in them and realize that they are, in actuality, just a different aspect of you. They need your help and it is entirely your choice to respect that request or ignore them. However, by ignoring them you are ignoring a higher part of yourself. We are all one at the highest levels of our consciousness. This is how we "practice oneness."
On this day of your life, Geoff, I believe God wants you to know....that on this day will you have an opportunity to attend your own inauguration.
You are invited by life to elect yourself a Spiritual Leader, and to take office today. What does a spiritual leader say? A spiritual leader does not say, "Follow me." A spiritual leader says, "I'll go first."
Decide today to take the oath: I promise to "go first" in demonstrating forgiveness, compassion, understanding, generosity, kindness, cheerfulness, positivity, and love.
Love, Your Friend... Neale
Life is not about pushing, (that doesn't mean not having goals) but it does mean having self-acceptance and self-awareness of everything we feel and do everyday.
Dr Paul Haider
True Love is Considerate, Supportive and Caring. If everyone in the world practiced these qualities in harmony with nature and the planet, then Gaia would heal and the Earth would be united in peace.
Also from Paul
Heaven letter about unconditional love
Imagine a person who suddenly wakes up in the hospital after an automobile accident to find that she is suffering from total amnesia. Outwardly, everything is intact: She has the same face and form, her senses and her mind are there, but she doesn�t have any idea or any trace of a memory of who she really is.
In exactly the same way, we cannot remember our true identity, our original nature. Frantically, and in real dread, we cast around and improvise another identity, one we clutch with all the desperation of someone falling continuously into an abyss. This false and ignorantly assumed identity is �ego.�
From Glimpse of the day
"End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, �I love you!� Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform." -- Mark Victor Hansen
But the fact is I�m not enlightened. Sure, it�s great to know what the ideal is, but very few people are actually there. I�m sure not. We all have times when we come up against feelings of loneliness, inadequacy, or insecurity. It�s a very normal human response to try to compensate for these unpleasant feelings by using a partner�s love to cover them over. But the truth is, real contentment can only come from within ourselves. A partner can�t provide that for us, and to expect it will only lead to disappointment.
But does that make it wrong to succumb to our habits of attachment? Perhaps this is the subtle effect of Judeo-Christian conditioning on the Western mind, but I often hear people judging our very human imperfections as somehow wrong � things to be ashamed of or gotten rid of at the very least.
From an email from the wild mind site
Here is a link 2 the actual article
WHEN THE DISCIPLES SAW HIM WALKING ON THE SEA THEY WERE TROUBLED, SAYING, IT IS A GHOST! AND THEY CRIED OUT FOR FEAR. BUT IMMEDIATELY JESUSSPOKE TO THEM, SAYING, BE OF GOOD CHEER! IT IS I; DO NOT BE AFRAID. SO HE SAID, COME. AND WHEN PETER HAD CAME DOWN OUT OF THE BOAT HE WALKED ON THE WATER TO GO TO JESUS. BUT HE SAW THAT THE WIND WAS BOISTEROUS, HE WAS AFRAID; AND BEGINNING TO SINK HE CRIED OUT SAYING "LORD SAVE ME."( MATTHEW 14:26,27,29 & 30 *NKJV )
Now Peter began to sink because he took his eyes off of Jesus, and focused on the wind & waves all around him. This was because his faith faltered. So what did Peter do but reach out to Jesus who was the only one that could save him! You see Peter forgot to; WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT.( 2 CORINTHIANS 5:7 )
Now we may not be walking on water, but when ourtroubles surround us, if we focus on them instead of placingour faith in Jesus, we will start to sink as well!
So Geoff, when you are facing difficulties andtroubles surround you; keep your eyes on Jesus' power rather then on your problems. Also when you are apprehensive about your troubles, and if you doubt Christ's presence or His great ability to help; remember that He is the only one that can really help you as well!
Now tonight why not read this story. You will find it in The Book of Matthew, Chapter 14, verses 22-33, for wonderful reading it truly is!
www.godsminute.com
On this day of your life, Geoff, I believe God wants you to know... that awareness is everything. Not just part of it. Not some aspect of it. Awareness is everything.
Look, therefore, to your awareness, not to your thoughts. Your thoughts about things can betray you -- and often do -- because they can be colored by emotions. Your awareness cannot.
Just observe what is so. Then observe what you think about what is so. Then ask yourself, "Why am I thinking that?" And, more important, "What would happen if I thought something else?"
Also from Neale
"The Relaxed Soul Faces Fear"
Whenever you feel fear and don't understand where the fear is coming from, it is always best to walk into the fear and face it, instead of allowing the fear to run your life from an unconscious stand point. Thus the fear is no longer a fear, and you are free to be god with God once again.
"Oh God, I will face my fears head on, to be ONE with YOU!"
From Paul
Pain, unpleasant as it may be, is our stern benefactor
When you have people in your life that create havoc all the time, there is something you need to learn from that person. Perhaps this person is an angel in disguise here to show you the way to peace, if you can only see the forest (the lesson) for the trees (anger). But once you do, you are again, god within God.
"Oh God, thank you for the angel in disguise"
Paul again
You can rest assured, Geoff, that those who have hurt you had absolutely no idea of what they were doing and what was really going on.
It never occurred to them that you'd become even more magnificent. That they'd be invoking your sympathy, adding to your compassion, and increasing your "sparkles." And it will still be eons before they can grasp that you actually welcomed them into your life and played their little games for some of these very reasons.
Cute.
Love you with all of my heart,
More from Owen - includes the importance of forgiveness
May as well paste a bit into this file :)
This means that you don't just have the potential that you were led to imagine. You have, because of who you are deep inside, infinite potential. Infinite Being has infinite potential. You, therefore, have infinite potential for the expansion of your conscious awareness in your journey all the way back home to that from which you originally came.
We are the eyes and ears of our deepest reality, Infinite Being, as it explores and discovers everything about itself by experiencing life from an infinite number of viewpoints.
It also means that any other person that you meet is essentially the same as you. They're just wrapped in a different package of individuation for the great experience called life.
It means that, one day, all enemies will become friends after the wounds of separation have been healed by love and forgiveness. When you forgive another, you are also essentially forgiving yourself, and that is where great strides are made towards inner healing and the heart-centered unity consciousness which lies in our bright future.
How to Live a Happy Life, Starting Today
Are you happy? Have you actually made the decision to be happy in your life?
Do you have fun living your life each day? Are you having fun living your life today, right now? If not, why not?
Wouldn't it be terrific to wake up in the morning full of gratitude for the opportunity to live a great life today, and then to go out and live it? How would that make you feel? What would that look like for you? What would it sound like?
You can have all of that, and you can experience all of that; and you can begin to have this right now, starting today
Do you believe me?
Clearly there is something inside of you that, at the very least, wants to believe these words. Allow me to share my story
I spent 23 years of my adult life (not to mention most of my formative childhood years) believing that I had to live my life according to someone else's rules. I was locked into a formula that was essentially prescribed to me by the environment (parents, schools, government, church, etc.) in which I was raised.
It went something like this: get a good education, get a good job, work hard and keep your nose to the grindstone, scrimp and save your money, put off what you'd love to do until later, avoid taking any risks, and if you're lucky you'll get to enjoy yourself in your twilight years.
Does this sound vaguely familiar?
In my particular case, it actually was working out reasonably well. I had a "good job," was earning a reasonable salary, and had achieved a degree of success in my life. Or at least that's how it appeared on the outside.
But on the inside, I was miserable. I was caught up in the struggle of my day-to-day life -- quite literally choosing to make it a struggle without ever realizing that's what I was doing. I was in a sleep walk of day-to-day drudgery. I was most definitely not living the life of my dreams, the life I love.
Until one day I simply decided it was time to stop. I chose to wake up.
Finally there came a day when I simply couldn't take it anymore, and so I made the decision that it was time to stop. I made the decision to change the way I was living and to jump off of the treadmill. I made the decision to change my life. I made the decision to begin living my life on my terms.
The effect was magical. A thousand-pound weight was lifted off my shoulders. I felt relieved. I felt alive. I felt inspired. I began actually enjoying my life.
And so now here I am suggesting to you that you can begin to live the life you want -- the life you love -- right now beginning today.
Because all it really takes is for you to make the decision.
Oh, I know that sounds simplistic. Yet it's true, and deep down there's a part of you that knows it's true.
By truly making that decision -- that single, mental decision -- everything changes. Everything changes because your perspective changes.
For me, my decision led to some very explicit actions. I resigned from my job and decided to build my own business with my wife, Michelle, from home. Frankly I had no idea how any of it was going to work and how we'd be able to pay the bills or keep the kids fed and clothed, except that I believed it would. Looking back now, I suppose I just knew it would.
Well, go figure, things have worked out beautifully. The sky didn't fall. The world didn't end. Things have certainly changed, mind you. We don't hang out with all of the same people we used to. Our activities have become more focused on family and friends as opposed to fitting things around my job. We live a much more relaxed life. We have more fun. We have fun every day.
What about you? What do you love? What are the things you'd love to do right now with your life? Can you feel them calling you?
If you can, then listen to and follow them. For there is one thing that is absolutely true: there is no need to struggle in your life. You make real whatever you believe is real. This is the basic law of the universe, the law of attraction.
So the first thing to do is to let go of the notion that it's different for you ,or that somehow you are not allowed to live the life you want. Let go of the notion that you're somehow not deserving of that privilege. Stop marginalizing yourself.
You deserve to be happy and enjoy your life. That's the whole point of living -- to experience the joy of it.
Yes, the entire idea of following your bliss can be extremely frightening. And fear leads to all sorts of wild emotions, but that's part of being human. Remember, though, fear is all in your head. It's all about what you imagine might happen. Those wild emotions that you feel as a result of your fears need not define you.
In his book, "Conversations with God," Neale Donald Walsh tells us we have three tools of creation. They are thought, words, and action. It is your thoughts, your words, and your actions that define you -- for they are the summation of who you are being.
So this begs the question, who do you want to be?
Get in touch with your own truth about who you want to be and then start being that person right now, today. Begin to live your passion and enjoy your life. It's much easier than you suspect. It's remarkably easy to let the "how" unfold; just let your inspiration be your guide.
Your inspiration will never misguide you. By being focused on who and what you want to be, you will be inspired to think the thoughts, speak the words, and take the actions that make that being your reality. The more you are being, the more you'll be doing and the more you'll be having what you want. The more you will be living the life that you love. And so the circle repeats, over and over, with each cycle more strongly reinforcing who you are and what you love to be.
It's a magnificent thing. It's freedom.
And so now it is time for you to begin your path to living the life you love. Begin living the life you want right now.
Begin by making the decision to be happy with your life right now. Begin today.
Warren Wojnowski is one of the great up-and-coming personal growth teachers. He is an Intrinsic Coach� and both a dedicated student and practitioner of law of attraction and life success principles. Learn more about Warren and his programs at http://www.inspiredabundance.com
Believe it or not we are all doing the best we can with the understanding, knowledge and awareness we have.
So if we are all doing the best we can Geoff, then it is easy to release the need to blame anyone, including yourself, for anything that happens in your life. Instead just understand that we are all doing our best and know that the way to be better is to gain more understanding, knowledge and awareness.
Here are a couple of simple journal tips:
Keep a simple, short log , it's easy, and it usually only takes 1 minute of your time. Each day, make short entries into yourjournal, list such things as your attitude, emotions, diet, weight,responses to situations and conditions in your life.
http://www.thepowerofpositivehabits.com/opc.html
Discover the easy way to meditate so deeply, within 8 minutes you will quiver with pleasure as endless happy endorphins and anti-ageing hormones flow through your mind and body.
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Forgiveness
Unconditrional love
Compassion
Kindness
Evaluate - do you use your ideals 2 evaluate others
Disarm - the Dalai Lama wisely recommends inner disarmament
I believe in the old adage 'Seek & you will find' ...
If you look 4 reasons 2 judge someone you will surely find them ...
If you look 4 reasons 2 love someone you will surely find them
Both come from this site - click
Dear Geoff, Have you ever been to a talk or read a book or listened to a CD where the person told you that there are no such things as problems? They may have told you that every "problem" is only an "opportunity" for you. Did you believe them?
When I was 'sleepwalking through life' Geoff I didn't believe them. Then I woke up to my true authentic self and now I do believe them. I know that every 'perceived problem' has a solution and typically within that solution is an opportunity for us to learn and grow in ways that we could not have grown without experiencing the "problem." It all comes back to this idea that "It's all good". There is good in every experience in your life. You are safe.
Live in love, Richard D. Blackstone www.CreateOneLove.com
Another Variation on a Theme: Life mirrors back to you exactly what you project into the mirror.
Did you notice that I said "exactly" what you project Geoff? You see, that's the way mirrors work. What you project into the mirror is the exact image of what you get back. Well, life works the same way. It is 'exactly' what you project except that in the dimensions of space and time there is a delay in the imagery. This is actually very cool because it allows you to project your future right now. If you keep your thoughts positive and full of love then only positive and loving things are going to be your experience in the future. See how easy this is?
Also from Richard
�If there are so many seekers, why are there so few finders?�
-- Eckhart Tolle
Perhaps we�ve misunderstood the whole concept of a spiritual journey. The term �seeker� means we are looking for something we believe we do not have now. It places all hope on the future because as a seeker, we haven�t yet found our salvation.
Tolle encourages us to experience the truth of who we are by being present right now. If we do that, we don�t have to seek anything. We already have everything and can relax and rejoice in the power of being.
From the higher awareness site
When I moved to the country and got a job at a prison, I took this powerful idea with me.
"I Create how I feel by how I think about the people and events around me. I am the only one who can change the way I feelby changing the way I think!"
Inside the prison, I worked with the substance abuse population in a program called the HOPE program. H.O.P.E. stands for Helping Offenders Parole Effectively!
Well, we had a contest with staff and inmates to come up with a HOPE slogan, and I entered Holly's "I Create How I Think" saying and it won!
So for the next few years, and to this day, hundreds of inmates must memorize that saying and repeat in every day.
http://icreatepower.com
On this day of your life, Geoff, I believe God wants you to know ... that winning an argument is never the goal of a true spiritual master. Winning someone's heart is.
The setting side of one's integrity is not required to win someone's heart, but the setting aside of one's anger may be. It is possible to make a point without making an enemy. It is possible to be right without being righteous. Debating does not have to be debasing.
If there is someone with whom you are disagreeing this day, would it not be wonderful of you to disagree without being disagreeable?
Love, your friend, Neale
When you can look beneath their behavior that hurt you, Geoff, and you can see the frightened child - it becomes nearly impossible to be angry and carry a grudge.
And you so can.
ILY,
The Universe
More from Owen and other emails - click
When you are nervous, disoriented, or emotionally fragile, inspired chanting or reciting of a mantra can change the state of your mind completely
Comes from Glimpse of the day
....that there is a book, waiting for you to read. It carries a wonderful message for you.
This may be a book that you started, then set aside.
Or it may be a text that you have just heard about and that is now calling out to you.
Whichever it is, listen to the calling. Follow the impulse. Read the book. Its time is now.
From Neale
Speakin of books 2 read ... click here & scroll down to February 2009 update
We are here on purpose. We sat with many guides at many council meetings and guess what? Each and every one of us are the chosen ones. The Crew upstairs knew they were sending in their best to flip a Planet and a species right side up. First, however we must be certain we are right side up with ourselves. Being here is an honor Beloveds, and eventually we will realize that Truth.
This is not a time to buckle under pressure that will pass sooner rather than later if we stop being afraid, open our clenched fists, drop down into our hearts, breathe and let this tide of time hit the shore, like the tides of an ocean.
- more from the World Puja site that I didn't paste :)
Dear World Prayer Network friend,
Life's events often seem to us like wind, earthquake, and fire. Yet, right at the center of these seeming calamitiesis God, speaking to us in that still, small voice. Mayyou hear this voice now, dear one, answering your every need.
This month's prayer statements will help you focus yourattention on God's mighty presence in your life and God's infinite possibilities of good for you, and for those with whom you pray. We encourage you to print them out and keep them nearby so that you can refer to them often. Simply change the pronouns as needed to bless others with these powerful words of prayer.
For world peace: God is present as peace and love in the heart of every human being. Peace prevails on planet Earth.
For guidance: God speaks to me in a voice of inner wisdom. I am guided in all that I think, say, and do.
For healing: God touches me with healing power. I am filled to overflowing with new life and great joy.
For prosperity: God blesses me with an abundance of all I need. I am grateful for my good today.
In fact, I'd say about 99% of normal meditation training techniques will actually make people feel WORSE ...instead of better. I list some of the 'reasons' here:
http://www.brainmusicpower.com/4bonuses_today.html
My point is this:
If you're having a hard time right now, it's O.K. Don't give up.
I've been there and there IS light at the end of the tunnel. That's a big reason why I'm sharing these amazing CD's and made it available to people like you.
Whatever thoughts and emotions arise in meditation, allow them to rise and settle, like the waves in the ocean. Whatever you find yourself thinking, let that thought rise and settle, without any constraint. Don�t grasp at it, feed it, or indulge it, don�t cling to it, and don�t try to solidify it. Neither follow thoughts nor invite them; be like the ocean looking at its own waves, or the sky gazing down on the clouds that pass across it.
You will soon find that thoughts are like the wind; they come and go. The secret is not to �think� about the thoughts but to allow them to flow through your mind, while keeping your mind free of afterthoughts.
- Also from glimpse of the day
More from that world puja site - stairway 2 heaven
On this day of your life, Geoff, I believe God wants you to know ... that it is okay to be at a place of struggle. Struggle is just another word for growth.
- from another Neale email
When you do your best and people don't understand, don't get in their way, they have hidden issues of the child inside that are coming out creating challenges. Just see them as wounded children---for we all are wounded children---and you will soon have great compassion for every soul you meet.
You may have heard of Marci Shimoff's phenomenal bestseller "Happy for No Reason," which has just now come out in paperback for less than $15-it is so useful in today's world that it's published in 28 languages. This is a breakthrough book, a practical book -- not a Pollyanna-ish book -- that shows you step by step how to raise your baseline of happiness.
This means that no matter what happens at work or in your relationships-- no matter what stress plows into you - no matter the financial news -- no matter how dire the circumstances -- you will AUTOMATICALLY return to a higher level of happiness than you have today. It's clear: you don't have to get richer, thinner, or smarter to be happier.
That's huge. That's why after I read the first chapter, I exclaimed, "Holy cow! This will change the world."
This book should be on every desk... in every office... every school... every nightstand. It should be in the hands of everyone you know. And for the price, you ought to consider buying copies for your friends and family.
Could paste in more of the email but that is enuf ...
www.happyfornoreason.com/MyBook
Oh yeah, regarding your ancient spiritual contracts, Geoff, that outlined every facet of the life you now lead? Well, just wanted to remind you that they're all re-written every dawn, and perpetually updated as each day unfolds.
Proving yet again that nothing is meant to be, that you are truly unlimited, and that anything can happen next, if you choose it.
Whooohooooo!
~ The Universe
Dear Geoff, Have you ever thought about your ideals and get depressed because you seem to be so far away from them?
It is kind of like the tomato plant in your garden Geoff. You don't get depressed because you don't have any tomatoes yet because you know, with absolute certainty, that as long as you water and tend your plants you will harvest tomatoes. Your ideals are the same. Keep watering and tending them with positive thoughts and affirmations and KNOW that they HAVE TO BEAR THEIR FRUIT. Just keep thinking about that juicy fruit of your ideal as it drips down your chin when you take that first sweet bite.
Live in love,
Richard D. Blackstone
www.CreateOneLove.com
Hi Geoff
Every day we get swamped with the same question:
"Why can't I do what I know I should do, why do I feel so miserable?"
This is frustrating as hell to ... probably 98.5% of the population of the world.
...
Everyone has major challenges, weaknesses, limitations,faults, fears, enemies. We all make mistakes, have baddays, don't always say the right thing, we get upset, we lack motivation to do what we should do...
And, we need to forgive ourselves.
Acknowledge our weaknesses. Try to fix them, yes, but understand that we'll never be, do or have ALL the things our little minds want.
Could paste in more of that email but I can't be bothered ...
http://www.thinkrightnow.com/a/esteem.asp
From Neale:
Try not to spend too much time exclusively in your mind. It is a magnificent tool, but it has a limited perspective. Try not to spend too much time exclusively in your soul. It has a much wider perspective, but you cannot negotiate physical life from only that place. If you could, you would not have been given a mind.
Here is the trick: balance.
Spend some time each day nourishing and exercising the mind and the soul. You know how to do both. So do it!
Each and every person on this planet has innate powers of genius no matter what their physical or mental "situation" may be Geoff. We are all endowed by the source of all existence with a genius mind that is eternally connected to the universal mind. When you eliminate the word "stupid" from your vocabulary you open yourself to the genius of humanity. There is nothing more genius than loving yourself unconditionally and then loving all of life unconditionally. Be the genius that you are and recognize the genius in everybody you meet. When you treat somebody like a genius all of a sudden they start acting like a genius. Start with yourself.
Richard D. Blackstone
And some more - on unconditional love
"It is true that overcoming obstacles and difficulties accelerates spiritual progress. The most serious lifetime difficulties, like severe psychiatric illness or physical disability, may be signs of life progress, not regress. In my opinion, it is often the very strongest souls who have chosen to shoulder these burdens because they provide great opportunities for growth." ~ http://www.well.com/user/bobby/SC/cr_quote.html
Meditation
A MORNING PRAYER OF LOVE
Dear God,
Thank you for every blessing and for every awareness that has been brought to my life. Thank you for each moment of the day that lies before me, allowing me to create my greatest expression of love.
Thank you for the opportunity to see familiar, loving faces today that I may express my love and gratitude to them. Thank you for new and unfamiliar people and opportunities that may appear today, bringing me greater insight into myself.
May this day bring forth a freedom in my soul that I did not know yesterday. May this day remind me to be strong and compassionate.
May this day show me my own courage. I ask for the outpouring of Your love on every creature large and small that lives upon the back of Mother Earth.
Please open my heart even further that I may be an expression of the outpouring of Your love to all of humankind. May Your light be the Light in me, and may it shine undeniably wherever I am today.
Thank you very much.
http://www.maureenmoss.com/naturemeditation.html
More from my inbox at this intewresting forum - click
Several weeks later ... in my emails -
"We become powerful in the face of our fears when we have a sense that we make a difference in this world. Affirmations of purpose communicate the truth that we are all meaningful participants in this Universe and that we are worthy of giving and receiving love. Some affirmations of purpose are:
- I know that I count and I act as though I do.
- I spread warmth and love everywhere I go.
- I am a healing force in the Universe."
-- Susan Jeffers
From the forum -
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
Gerald Jampolsky
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/geraldjamp134989.html
From that same site comes this gem -
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/charlesms121692.html
Namaste
When God Talks Back
Yet, Mansfield doesn't expect to convince the skeptics. "I totally understand them because I was one of them,'' she says. "I don't try to convince anyone because nothing -- nothing -- could have convinced me 15 years ago.''
http://grjallen.fortunecity.com/whengod.htm
You are a big liar Geoff whenever you tell yourself that you can�t do something or that you are not good enough or talented enough or pretty enough or smart enough. All lies, big lies that we tell ourselves and provided, free of charge, through our inner critic. The truth is that you are an unlimited being of light for which all things are possible. You have the ability to be, do and have whatever you desire in your life. That is your ultimate truth and that truth is available to you, free of charge, through your connection to your higher self. Lose the inner critic and pal around with your higher self. You will serve yourself better to be friends with this positive aspect of your being. Your higher self is always there waiting to play. Just smile and you can start the dialogue.
www.CreateOneLove.com