Signs From Above

by Doreen Virtue -

One of the most amazing and blessed things about having angels around you is that they’ll do almost anything to ensure you’re happy and fulfilled. They also make sure you’re comforted in times of need. Here are steps you can follow when you’d like your angels to give you guidance:

1. Ask: Because of the Law of Free Will, the angels can only help you if you ask for their help. It’s best not to ask for a specific type sign, but to just notice the repetitive patterns that appear after you put in your request.

2. Have faith: Trust that the angels are with you and have faith in the signs that they send.

3. Trust in Divine timing: Every prayer is heard and answered, but sometimes the fulfillment seems delayed as the angels work behind the scenes to orchestrate the details.

4. Notice the signs: If you’ve asked for signs and believe you haven’t received one, it could be that you haven’t noticed or trusted the ones that have been delivered. Not to worry though, as there’s an endless supply! Ask for other signs and request that they help you recognize and understand them.

5. Take action when guided: Signs from above often give you messages about actions you can take to bring about the answer to your prayers.

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Being Unlimited Love

by Nick Ralls -

AFFIRMATION: I break the patterns of the past so that I can both give and receive love. there is no limit to the amount of love I can give or the number of people I can give love to. My love is not limited.

SO many of us are hungry. Not for food... but for love. Mother Teresa said the greatest hunger in the world was for love. So many people are starved of love and it is so easy to see. So many of us suffer the pain of feeling unloved, feeling deprived of hugs, embraces, cuddles and daily exposure to warm smiles, kind words and being heard.

The greatest tragedy of our present times is possibly that so many people are afraid of being loving... either giving or receiving love. It is easy to grow up in a pattern of being shy about expressing love.

Some of us did not get the daily hugs that are so essential for our well being. Some of us did not get the tender embraces and the cuddles that would give us a sense of being loved. Some of us did not get a barrage of kind words as we grew up and went out into the world. Some of us discovered that growing up was about hostility, sometimes violent and aggressive behavior, and sometimes cold silences that tore at our hearts. Some of us discovered the pain of loneliness, isolation and feeling apart from people... far too early. And some of us carry the scars right now.

In fact, most of us did not get enough hugs, enough embraces, enough cuddles, enough kind words and enough acceptance as we would have liked. Few people can say that they were loved too much. But is this a pattern we wish to repeat in our own lives... any longer?

So easy is it to repeat the pattern of not experiencing love... feeling more comfortable in situations where love is not openly expressed. So easy is it to repeat the pattern of running away from those who are willing to love us for fear that we will soon be rejected again.

But the question begs: Do we wish to withhold hugs because they were withheld from us? Do we wish to withhold cuddles and embraces because we did not get them? Do we wish to refrain from telling our friends how much we loved them just because those words were scarce in our life? Do we wish to continue to isolate ourselves because that is what we were used to? Do we want the long silences? Do we want the lonely evenings? Do we want the disconnection?

If our answer is OF COURSE NOT... then we can break out from an existence that does not allow us connection, unity and closeness with others. We need to recognize that love matters... and it begins with us. Clearly we have to become that which we want to see in our reality. So we have to be love in order for it to show up significantly in our lives.

If we want hugs, let us offer hugs to people. If we want cuddles and embraces, let us offer them to people in our lives. If we want kind words, let us give kind and loving words. If we want smiles and loving faces in our lives, we have to give out the smiles. If we want people to care about us, let us be caring. If we want people to include us in their lives, let us include others. If we want more friends, let us be a good friend.

OK so we might fear rejection... well, no one has the power to reject us. It is just that we cannot control the reaction of other people to us. But if we are not prepared to give love, how will we know if we are to get a loving response? If we are not prepared to offer love to those in our life can we expect a flow of loving appreciation to come in our direction? Of course not! What we give out, we get back!

Sure we might not get it back from the person we crave it from, but the universe will always send us loving people so that we can receive that which we are! We just have to be unlimited.

There is simply no limit to the amount of love or the amount of people we can love as we go about our day to day life. Let's us not restrict love to those from whom we feel we have a desperate need for reciprocation or return in order to feel good but let us give out as much love to as many people as possible! Let's give abundantly, so that we can receive abundantly.

Just how many loving thoughts can we think? Just how many smiles can we smile? Just how many kind words can we utter? Just how many loving sentences can we write? Just how many hugs, cuddles and embraces can we offer? Just how much can we care... help people... appreciate others?

Let us break the patterns of the past. let us establish patterns of love so that we can express our love without limit, just rejoicing in our love and not fixated on the outcome, trusting that the universe will always return to us that which we give out.

Our joy is in.... being love. Our being in love. Joy indeed. Call it bliss. So dear and wonderful friend... do open your heart, share what is going on for you on this subject or any subject. I love you.

written by Nick Ralls @ aishahypnotherapy.co.uk

Cultivating Inner Peace

"I would not waste my life
in friction when it could be
turned into momentum."
--Frances Willard--

Gosh, what a time to be alive! Once upon a time, you could get the advice of an 'expert' and know you were on the right track. But just as the myth of the Princess ended with the death of Princess Diana, this last year has terminated the belief that anyone really has the definitive answer about anything. The age of the expert is over.

The good thing about this is that we are each being challenged to turn away from what others tell us and check into our own inner wisdom. This is a very good thing. No one can know as truly what is right for us than ourselves. The challenge, however, is how to tune into that inner wisdom. When we have crazy, busy mind, it's almost impossible. It's far easier to access our inner knowing when we feel at peace. Besides, it just feels better to be at peace.

Here are some ways to cultivate that feeling:

1. Come back to your senses. Notice what you're touching, tasting, hearing, seeing and smelling right now. Most of our fears and anxieties are based on what we're worried about happening in the future. When we tune into the present moment through our physical senses, we get a strong and immediate confirmation of how supported we actually are. Take one minute to do this now--notice what your senses are sensing.

Feel your lungs breathing and notice that all the air you need is there for you every minute of every day. Now notice the way the chair you're sitting on supports you. Allow yourself to experience how your basic survival needs are all being taken care of. Recognizing this will help you relax. Inner peace lives in this relaxed state.

2. Belly breathe for a few minutes whenever you can. This will bring you into your body and help you access the peacefulness that is already within you. We often forget that Inner Peace is something that's already inside us. Sometimes we get so caught up in paddling through the big waves on life's surface, that we forget about the ocean of peace that dwells under the surface.

3. Do things more slowly. Again, this is a small intervention, but remarkable powerful. I think it works because inner peace is inherently a slow thing and when we move more slowly, we come closer to it energetically. Walk more slowly talk more slowly, eat more slowly. You'll notice the effects of this right away.

4. Does this matter? When faced with challenges today, ask yourself, "Does this really matter?" See if you can do this once a day. You'll be surprised and refreshed how often the answer is "No--not in the larger scheme of things."

5. Remember times you felt peaceful and go back to them. There is a beach in Greece and a few islands out on Georgian Bay where I've experienced deep peacefulness. When I return to them in my mind, I make my imaginings them as real as I can. I remember the sound of the wind, imagine the smell of summer sun on rocks, feel my kayak bobbing in the waves. Just writing about this makes my shoulders relax.

Remember, the unconscious doesn't know the difference between an imagining and reality, so your body will respond to these remembrances. And the the more you do this, the more you will be laying down pathways in your brain, which means the easier it will get.

6. Limit your access to the media. Studies have shown that people who watch the news before they go to bed don't sleep as well. Not surprising, given the doom and gloom in the news. Remember, doom and gloom sells, but you don't have to buy it. Limit the number of times you listen to the news or read it and choose wisely the time of day you let it in.

7. Play soothing music or nature sounds. This can have a strong subliminal effect.

8. Take breaks in your day. Our energy tends to balance itself naturally if we let it. Get out at lunch or take your computer to a park (that's where I'm writing this from) and let your energy recoup.

written by Karen Hood-Caddy @ personalbest.org

What's the Rush?

Slow down you’re doing fine.
You can’t be everything you
want to be before your time.
--Billy Joel

- Step Out of the Rush and Into Your Own Life -

Before you can step out of the rush and into your own life, you must first see that while anxious, hurried feelings often lend a temporary sense of self-importance, these same racing emotions actually rob you of the power you need to be self-commanding. A brief investigation will confirm this finding.

Self-command begins with being able to choose your own direction in life. And whether you’re caught in the raging current of a white-water river, or being swept along by a flood of invisible thoughts and feelings, one fact remains: Like it or not, you’re going where that current goes. You have no real choices as long as you’re under its influence.

That’s why learning to step out of the rush is the same as learning how to step into your own life. Allow the exercise described below to show you that your real nature never feels the need to rush any more than an eagle would try to swim across a lake to get to the other side.

Here’s the challenge. Rushing thoughts and anxious feelings are invisible to you because each time they begin to race; you start to run with them. And after so many years of being carried along in this psychic slipstream, you’ve come to believe that either you are these surging inner currents, or that their power is yours. Neither case is true. You are not these waves of thought any more than a cresting tide is the entire ocean.

Author Vernon Howard offers us this emphatic instruction to help strengthen our resolve to stop this mad dash to nowhere: “Slow down. Relax. Dare to deliberately defy those inner screams that demand you rush nervously around. Instead, obey another quiet voice that assures you that the casual life is the truly powerful and efficient life.”

Now here’s the solution in exercise form that will help you to slow down your life. Beginning this very moment, intentionally separate yourself from any rushing inner condition by voluntarily stepping out of it. How can this be done? Purposefully slow yourself down by acting to consciously reduce your usual speed.

Here are several suggested ways to guarantee a good start:

1. At fifty percent your normal gait, walk over to get your cup of coffee.

2. Try reaching for the phone, your glass of water or your pen at seventy-five percent your normal speed.

3. Drive the speed limit (at all times) but especially when late for an appointment.

One practice I find particularly profitable, at home and in business, is to always pause a few seconds before I answer someone’s question. This special conscious pause for self-awakening is invaluable because, as the old saying goes, “Only fools rush in!”

Whatever the occasion may be, choose the time and place to slow down, and then practice stepping out of the rush. Here’s the secret behind how this unique exercise delivers new self-command: Slowing down helps you become aware of yourself in a new and higher way by creating contrast between your usual speed through life and your now selectively slower one.

This enhanced self-awareness empowers you to step out of the rush of your own surging thoughts and feelings by making you conscious of their flooding presence within you as being something that doesn’t belong to you. Once this is clear, then you can choose your own direction in life. Step out of the rush by slowing down. Do it now.

by Guy Finley @ guyfinley.com

The Expanded Heart

by Cathy Olsen -

You Have Arrived. You have entered a new dimensional space within the recent days of your time. The energies have propelled you like never before into the new reality which is upon you. All that is not in alignment with your essence self is dissolving like so many particles of water behind a ship traversing at high speeds. Know that this is so. Trust that you dwell now in new territory. This is the territory of the expanded heart. This is the plane of existence where the essence of love will create miracles of manifestation in your lives.

Do not doubt your ability to create the life that your dreams would dictate. This is your time. Trust and know that the foundations of the new earth are in place and ready for the new structures which you will collectively build together. These structures will now merge and converge with the Cities of Light which have been prepared for you as you take on your roles in the new world. As beings continue to enter the higher dimensions, the vibrational realignments will become a vortex of creative energy drawing people together for collective purpose. Soul families will meet and greet each other once again as dimensions merge and the grand reunion ensues. This is the cause of great rejoicing in the higher realms.

We say to you, "Job well done." You have come through tremendous adversity as you journeyed through the shadowlands. Your light precedes you as now you have become that which you have searched for externally through time. You are the wayshowers; those who have paved the way for others to follow in your stead. Your courage, your determination and your love of Creator has brought you to the precipice of your new reality. The way has been made clear by your commitment to love and knowledge. We hold you in high esteem and would honor you for your service.

Know that this is indeed your time. So we would ask you, "What is it you wish to create in these new times? How do you wish to express your unique spiritual essence in this new place?" We await your creations and the joy that will now accompany them. For it is through joy that the new world will take shape before you. Creation in these realms comes through heart-centered knowing and aligning with Divine Will. This is the place of true co-creation as you take on the tasks of bringing into form all that has been held from you in times past.

"What is your heart's greatest desire in this moment? How would it look and feel to you to be present in your creation?" Feel this fully and trust that all will come to fruition. See the smile on your face, feel the joy in your heart as you walk the path of Divine Inspiration. Know that as you wish it, it will be so. No longer doubt your ability to create what you desire. For the veils of limitation and confusion cannot follow you here.

All has been prepared for you. You, yourself have been preparing for this moment for eons of time. And the time is now. Trust that it is so. Trust that the Divine Plan is alive and well. Trust that all wisdom and understanding are available to you now and will guide your forward motion. Intend to align with your path and purpose and watch as miracles unfold. We are ever with you and as dimensions merge we will once again meet you face to face with tears of remembrance and joy overflowing!

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Winds of Change

by Carrie Hart -

When the winds of change blow across the land, dust may blow up before your eyes, making it difficult to find your way. Old ways may disappear and new ways need to be found. This is the time to move into faith, into a complete belief that guidance is there for you and that love still flows endlessly.

The shelter from the winds of change is found only within each moment. It is not found in the old ways and the old plans. It is certainly not found by clinging to what was and shedding tears over your dashed plans and hopes. It is found in embracing what is by going completely into this moment and this moment only and seeking guidance here.

Every morning, do this. Set aside time to be alone for at least 15 minutes, alone and peaceful, undisturbed, with pen and paper nearby.

Breathe down into a quiet place. If you have fear and doubt clinging to you, invite an angel to come and pour the waters of love over you, washing you clean of all fears over the future and all blame and regrets over the past. Ask her to wash away your doubts and bring you completely into belief, a deep belief that you are capable of accessing the answers you need, the guidance that will lead you into peace and yes, even joy. Feel the angel's love washing you clean.

Clear your mind of old expectations and intentions, for they contain the energy of what was. Wash it all away in the angel's pouring love, so that you may open to new ways of thinking and being that you have never dreamt of.

And now, ask a question that is completely open-ended, that can invite even an answer you have never contemplated. Ask simply, "How shall I focus my time today?"

And then write down the very first things that come to you in response, whatever pops into your mind. Write down what you see and feel as well as what you hear.

If it is unclear or doesn't make sense at the moment, just write it down and set it aside. When you come back to it later, it will make more sense. Do not push and probe. Just let it be.

If you do understand what you received, then your task is simple: follow the advice you have been given. If you cannot focus all of your time in this way, then just do what you can. But do it. Follow it. Every day, without fail, spend at least some portion of your day focused in the direction you are given.

This is where the answers lie, right here in this moment, in your intuition and your spirit.

Who you are is known. Your talents and skills are known. The deepest desires of your heart are known. And all of this is taken into account, along with information about everything else that is going on around you, in coming up with the simple guidance you receive when you ask your question: "How shall I focus my time today?"

If the guidance requires great courage of you, be glad. This is an excellent sign that you are on the right path, that you have heard and understood truly. For our paths are meant to challenge us, to allow us to show who we are, what we are made of and what truly matters to us.

Allow yourself to be led. You are deeply loved, right now, exactly as you are. You are cared for. You are guided. Just ask and you will receive all the guidance you require to deal with the world as it is.

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Finding Inner Peace

by Annette Colby, PhD. -

We all crave inner peace, but how do we reach it? Will it take years of intense meditation practice to reach inner peace? Will you need to spend hours in weekly yoga classes? Will you need to climb to the top of a Himalayan mountain and seek the counsel of an old wise man to share the ancient secret to inner peace? While your path to expanding inner peace may or may not include meditation, yoga, or spiritual wise men, it will be a unique journey. Discovering inner peace often leads us down a twisty, curvy road. However, if you are ready to step onto that pathway and have greater inner peace, continue reading and discover practical and useful steps that you need to know to get started.

Definition of What Inner Peace Is Not

Let's begin by gaining a deeper understanding of what inner peace is not. Being able to rule out some false ideas of inner peace may just save you years of frustration. First, inner peace does not mean that you walk around thinking only "positive" thoughts. The mind simply doesn't work that way, and besides, it is almost impossible to try to control what your mind thinks. In addition, inner peace is not an evened out emotional state where there are no highs or lows.

Inner peace does not show up when everything about your self, life, or the world is perfect. You probably already know that inner peace is not found in food, overeating, or finding some way to escape from your stress or emotions. What you might not realize is that inner peace is also not found at the end of your weight loss goal, or for that matter at the end of any goal.

If you do not experience inner peace with a particular aspect of your current life - whether it be with your body, occupation, partner, home, etc. - you will not gain inner peace by merely losing weight, changing your job or partner, or moving. For example, if you do not cultivate love for you body and life now, it will not suddenly appear when you are thin. A person outside of you does not award inner peace to you because you worked hard enough, attained your goal, achieved the perfect body, or because you have been a "good" boy or girl. In other words, inner peace is not something you can earn.



Definition of What Inner Peace Is

So what is inner peace? Inner peace refers to a state of having enough knowledge to stand strong even in the face of stressful or undesirable life situations. It is an ability to breathe deeply, find center, and regain an internal sense of calm or fortitude during all of life's experiences. It is the ability to handle situations and conflicts, in life and in ourselves, with acceptance, empathy, and creativity.

Sometimes, inner peace is defined as having a calmness and general freedom from anxiety. However, perhaps more importantly, rather than seeking the absence of negative thoughts, stress, or emotions, inner peace is your ability to accept those thoughts, worry, and feelings when they occur. Then instead of getting stuck in them being able to move beyond them.

Inner peace grows as you remind yourself that you have the capacity to deal with your challenges. You may not know exactly how or when you will reach a desirable outcome to your situation, but you have an inner peace knowing that you will persevere and achieve success. For example, instead of stressing or worrying and then using overeating to calm or avoid dealing with an unpleasant situation or emotions, you would know how to tap into your inner peace and find creative solutions to your problems. Inner peace is your ability to slide back into your own genuine optimism and faith in life and yourself, and to deal with anxiety, stress, or emotions when they occur.

How Do You Gain Inner Peace?

Attaining inner peace is a ongoing process that evolves, grows, and expands as you place your attention on it. It is an ever-expanding realization that you are safe in the world, that you have the power to create change in your world, and that you are connected to love itself. This inner peace does not happen overnight. It happens gradually throughout your lifetime. First, you deliberately and consciously choose having greater inner peace as your objective, and then you decide to take small daily actions that support your having what you want.

A great working definition of inner peace would be, "I am glad to be alive!" This definition points to the importance and joy of your own life. It is a feeling of wanting to be here on Earth - even through the sad times and the bad times. If you look at your own life right now, you can quickly see where you are in terms of feeling, "It's great to be me, it's great to be alive!" Maybe you are way up high on the scale, loving yourself and loving life. Then again, maybe you are way down the scale, depressed, not seeing much point to your life, or even contemplating suicide.

However much or little inner peace you currently have... there is more. However, having more requires that you decide that you want to be alive and you want to experience inner peace while you are alive. Making this conscious decision immediately puts you on the path to attaining your desire.

Once you are on your path, begin to notice what comes your way. Notice if you want to spend more time outdoors, or if you are led to reading a certain book. Notice if you are drawn to a certain deep breathing class, if you are tired of talking negatively to yourself, or if you feel a need to fill your life with more plants, living food, or animals.

Amazingly, your path to ever expanding inner peace involves something as simple making a decision to have inner peace, then listening to your inner suggestions and following through on your inner nudges. Do this deliberately, everyday, and you will begin to notice the changes that occur within you. Choose inner peace and choose the actions that support inner peace... and watch yourself awakening to a new sense of, "It is good to be alive!"

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Inhabiting Your Solitude

by John O'Donohue -

There is a lantern in the soul, which makes your solitude luminous. Solitude need not remain lonely. It can awaken to its luminous warmth. The soul redeems and transfigures everything because the soul is the divine space.

When you inhabit your solitude fully and experience its outer extremes of isolation and abandonment, you will find that at its heart there is neither loneliness nor emptiness but intimacy and shelter..In your solitude you are frequently nearer to the heart of belonging and kinship than you are in your social life or public world. At this level, memory is the great friend of solitude. The harvest of memory opens when solitude is ripe.

Your persona, beliefs and role are in reality a technique or strategy for getting through the daily routine. When you are on your own, or when you wake in the middle of the night, the real knowing within you can surface. You come to feel the secret equilibrium of your soul. When you travel the inner distance and reach the divine, the outer distance vanishes.

Ironically, your trust in your inner belonging radically alters your outer belonging. Unless you find belonging in your solitude, your external longing will remain needy and driven. There is a wonderful welcome within.

Meister Eckhart illuminates this point. He says that there is a place in the soul that neither space nor time nor flesh can touch. This is the eternal place within us. It would be a lovely gift to yourself to go there often-to be nourished, strengthened, and renewed. The deepest things that you need are not elsewhere. They are here and now in that circle of your own soul. Real friendship and holiness enable a person to frequently visit the hearth of his solitude.

From 'Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom', by John O'Donohue, Cliff Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., New York, NY, 1997, pp. 104-105.

The Healing of Anger

by Julie Redstone -

Many people would like to get rid of anger but do not know how. This is often because despite its inner and outer consequences, anger is frequently chosen over its possible alternatives which are deemed to be more painful. What are these alternatives, and why would one choose anger above them?

In a general sense, at the root of all anger is helplessness. One might say that at least some of the time the sense of helplessness is a perceived sense rather than a reality. Or, one might say that if one were in right relationship to life and God there would be a way through the helplessness which is a legacy of the sense of separation from the Divine. Indeed, both of these statements would be true. Nevertheless, on the level of human experience, to undo anger and to approach a deeper level of truth, one must be willing to experience the underlying issues of helplessness and fear that one is warding off. This does not mean giving these feelings full power over the self. Nor does it mean that one must stop acting in self-caring ways and instead become passive. Rather, helplessness must be uncovered as an inner perception of how things are or were.

People choose anger because anger feels like it empowers the self. It reduces the feeling of helplessness and conveys both the desire and often the capacity to 'do something' about whatever is troubling. Often, however, the success of such a strategy is an illusion, since anger generally begets negative consequences either from the environment or from within oneself.

In the context of a spiritual framework, the uncovering of the feeling of helplessness needs to be accompanied by a willingness to give the helplessness to God, and trust that no matter what the circumstance, peace, hope, and healing can take place. This is possible because healing does not depend on things changing on the outside but on the inside.

These things are simple to say but often difficult to put into practice for those who have chosen anger as the safer way to live. Trust that letting go of anger will leave things alright is sometimes a difficult belief to acquire. Often, profound helplessness has been experienced in relation to dealing with circumstances that could not be changed, people who could not be changed, or the limitations of life as a whole over which one has had little or no control. Each of these things, when faced directly, can evoke a great deal of pain. For this reason, it is easy to see why one would want to choose anger and to protect against its alternatives.

Nevertheless, and despite these reasons, helplessness does not require defenses. In the presence of the feeling of vulnerability, it requires a relationship with God and a relationship with pain which allows it to be held with compassion and trust. Such compassion and trust allows the self to know that even in the presence of pain, one is alright and upheld from within.

Helplessness is not weak, nor is it bad, nor is it passive. It is part of the human experience in a state of perceived separation from God. Its strength lies in its honesty and in the relationship it creates with the Divine. Out of this relationship comes an understanding of the highest possible response to life in the way of action or non-action. This understanding applies to those situations which would formerly have been met with anger. Out of this relationship with the Divine also comes compassion for all that exists in limitation.

To undo anger, one must replace it with trust and with the desire to learn a new relationship with life. Having seen its purposefulness as a defence and also the negative consequences for oneself and others, one can choose to face the feeling of helplessness more openly. One can choose to live from a deeper truth.

Out of this choice may come the decision to lay down ones arms and armaments and to become like a little child again. Most children feel and are small and helpless without a sense of endangerment. They feel trustful and they feel protected. In a similar light, with the innocence of a child, one can learn once again to find a substitute for anger, and a new way of living that is more open and free.

lightomega.org

Learning Through Love

by Danielle Garcia -

The Ever Evolving Human:

Dear Ones, Do you know the power that you have? Do you truly understand your abilities? We are here to remind you of the powerful beings that you are. It is only when you are in the states of fear or doubt that you forget, that you hide this knowledge in the recesses of your mind and heart. Awaken, Children, for it is time to come out of hiding. It is time to put these untruths where they need to be – in the light of day. It is time to shed light upon all knowledge and let what no longer serves your purpose fall away to the wayside.

These are exciting times in which you exist. You have chosen to incarnate at just this time to assist in the next chapter of humanity. You all play an integral role in the evolution of your planet and your species. The changes that are happening now could not happen without each and every one of you. You are all connected. Every time one of you has what is presumed as a failure you all learn from it. Every time one of you reaches a new height of euphoria each of your hearts are opened even wider.

Now as you are diving deeply into the areas of your minds to release what no longer works for you, know that you are on the right path. No matter what hurts or traumas you uncover, know that what remains behind this darkness is pure light. Your light is shining so brightly, Dear Ones that these lower energies no longer suit your vibration and that is why these are coming forward.

They are being purged because they cannot exist in such beautiful beings of light. What may feel awkward and daunting and chaotic is only part of the process. It is merely a phase. It is a drop of water in a large ocean. An instant in your entire existence. Keep moving through it. For it is the sheer act of movement that keeps you going. When you reside in the feelings of fear and sadness you become stuck and stagnant. Allow the emotions to come forth so they can be felt, so they can be honored. Allow the feelings to arrive at the surface where they can be released. You will know such a freedom when you experience this.

Your physical selves are evolving and changing. When you keep the emotions of past traumas and experiences inside, they manifest into the physical. These can become headaches, chronic disease and even cancer. It could be something as simple as a mis-alignment in your knee or as complicated as heart disease or organ failure. As you experience the evolutionary changes in your physical selves, your anatomy, DNA and cellular structures are changing. It makes perfect sense then while you are feeling all shaken up then, doesn’t it? The traumas you have buried are coming to the surface as your physical bodies are being rewired.

The manifestation of the negative needs to be let go of within these new structures. You may experience many physical symptoms and illnesses while this is occurring and it will take some time to complete the process. But if you are aware of the process, you can allow this energy to flow through you and it will be much easier.

If you hold onto the cell memory of these physical manifestations you can easily create more of the same. You have the power and complete free will to decide which way you will go with this. We ask the serious question, Children, are you ready to begin to learn without pain? For pain has been a driving force in your human race for quite some time. It will be hard to let go of for it has become a comfort zone for so many of you. Many of you cannot remember life without pain. It becomes a measuring gage for your life experiences.

The new evolvement we speak of involves learning through Love. It involves letting go of the negative and allowing the positive within. Imagine if you knew a life like this? The possibilities, Dear Ones, are endless, just as your amazing abilities to love and express love are. As you go through these changes, we give you some...

Recommendations to Ease the Process:

1. Breathe – when the negative appears, allow it in. Do not shove it away. Honor your feeling with your breath and move through it and beyond it.

2. Water – drink plenty of water to allow the energy to move through you easily. Experience water itself, whatever that means to you. This could be a walk along the ocean, swimming in a pool, watching a fountain, taking a bath, etc etc.

3. Be in the presence of nature – get outside! We see you stay cooped up inside your buildings, offices, schools and homes. Enjoy the outdoors even if all you can do at the time is gaze outside a window for a few moments.

4. Connect – at times you may feel like you are alone, but you are not. Connect with others to express what needs to be expressed. There are no failures.

5. Music – music is a beautiful vibration that heals. Experience music – play it, listen to it, dance to it and SING! You have beautiful music within you that needs to be expressed.

These are ways to help you through these times. You are powerful beings and have all the tools necessary to create whatever experience you desire. Know that we are here to assist you. Know that we love and support you along every step of your journey.

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In the Blink of an Eye

by Carolyn Porter -

I imagine all of you reading this article have experienced a moment when everything abruptly changes in your life and leaves you gasping for a breath. We’ve all had those moments, what I call life’s “blinks.” Sometimes it affects our life positively, and sometimes those blinks create a negative feeling.

It’s amazing how one moment in time can change everything. You are living your life, expecting it to continue in a particular way. Then suddenly, out of the blue, in the blink of an eye, with one choice, everything dramatically changes. It could seem good or it could seem bad, but for some just the fact that there is a big change throws them into a tailspin.

Let’s look at some examples of positive moments: The love of your life asks you to marry him; You are called into your boss’ office and receive an unexpected promotion or raise; You win a competition; You close a fantastic deal which brings you great monetary abundance; You experience the birth of a baby; You purchase your very first home, and so on. We have so many examples every day of positive moments – how one moment, a blink of an eye, changes the course of your life. All of the above happenings create big change.

On the other hand, we also have what most call negative blinks. They might look like this: Your company downsizes and your job is unexpectedly terminated; You experience a family death; You receive a large, unexpected bill that you don’t have the money to pay; You are diagnosed with a serious illness; You have a car accident; One of your children have an issue with the police, and on and on we could go with what feel like negative moments. Once again, in the blink of an eye, everything changes fast.

When things are going well we feel better about life, even though there are always small changes that appear on our daily path. It’s easier to feel good when all is well. But when we have negative moments that suddenly appear, or if they seem to be relentless and are sticking like glue, we get upset and depressed, playing the victim over our perceived negative experiences.

Stuff happens! Every day, every week, every month, every year, throughout our entire life, stuff will happen. We cannot escape the obstacles in our life because that’s how life is. But we can escape the negative response that so often accompanies the experience. When life happens and perceived negative occurrences flood our path, it’s simply how we see them that makes the difference in our response.

Whatever we focus on expands, so if we see it as a “bad” happening, we will create more negativity around the experience and thus attract to us more of the same type negative experiences. Why? Because we are energetic beings and can only bring to us what we are feeling and believing inside of us. However, if we look at the moment through the eyes of acceptance, knowing everything that comes to us has a reason for being in our life, it shifts the entire feeling and brings us a different scenario.

Here’s an example. I was getting ready to begin working on this article, so the thoughts of what to write were formulating in my mind. I was interrupted by a phone call from an attorney that initially threw me for a loop. I am working congenially with a city group concerning some of my property that they are taking away – progress they say. I had agreed on the settlement and thought all was well. The money I would receive is to complete the repairs necessary after they alter my property. Then I got the call from an attorney stating that the bank has the authority to take some of the settlement as security, and they wanted to take half of it. My first reaction was a wee bit of anger and I found my heart racing somewhat as I felt this was an injustice. I thought, “This isn’t fair. The money is for my use to fix my property once the city has finished their changes.” I was justified to be a little angry, don’t you think? What right do they have to take anything in the first place, let alone half of it?

Where was I at that moment? In fear! Fear is always based in negative feelings and produces negative behavior. I was resisting the natural flow of the situation in my life. I suddenly became aware of the space I was in and totally surrendered. Immediately a calmer feeling came over me and I thought about the entire situation as the attorney explained various aspects of what was to happen. As soon as I surrendered I realized I had some options and could lower the amount the bank would take. I said a quick prayer, called the bank, and was able to lower the amount substantially.

What is my point for this example? When you are thinking and feeling from a place of fear and see an impending disaster, you actually create a disaster because that’s what you see. But when I let it go and allowed myself to surrender my negative feelings, a solution appeared just like that. Once I let my negative feelings go, even though the situation still required the relinquishing of some of the money to the bank, I was able to understand the ramifications of this situation and realize it wasn’t nearly as bad as my first thoughts had imagined it to be. In the end, once I let go of my perception of the situation, and the resistance, I came to understand there would be a really good outcome in one way that couldn’t have happened any other way.

What I am saying is that we have no control over the sudden changes in our life, the blinks if you will. Perhaps we unconsciously created them for a lesson, or perhaps they came to us to direct us on a new path. They might have come to keep us growing as we move forward on our present path, but maybe to let us see things in a new light. If the blink brings something that we like, we accept it much more easily, but if we don’t like the blink-of-an-eye change, we resist and fight it. When we fight, we create a battleground. On a battleground there is only chaos, turmoil, anger, fear, pain, defeat or even death.

However, if you accept the changes, even when they don’t feel good, and know they are coming for a very specific reason with a gift tucked inside somewhere, you can then become peaceful in the midst of your perceived storm. Life is full of ups and downs, as well as blinks that when you open your eyes reveal a completely different scene than when you closed them a moment before. Do understand this, there is always a bigger picture to what you can see, and even though everything around you appears one way, you might be surprised what the actual reality is. How you see it is solely your choice!

So when you blink and find yourself in a place you didn’t imagine before, know it is perfect. Life happens, and whether or not it feels good, it is good. The goodness may not be evident as you’re going through the experience, but at some point you’ll see that it was all for a very specific purpose. What I have learned along my journey is that everything that appears in my life, no matter whether it feels good or not, is exactly what I need to grow and expand into something more, and is always perfect for my life. My hope is that you too will realize this truth, and accept every blink that brings you the unexpected with grace and peace, because it is exactly what you need at this very moment!

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Lighten Up Your Body, Mind & Soul

by Gini Grey -

Do you feel a surmounting sense of overwhelm looming in your life? Do the words 'too busy' and 'no time' predominate your vocabulary? Do you feel as though you are carrying a 50 lb sack on your shoulders and back? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, it may be time for you to lighten up.

Heaviness not only weighs down the body, but it cloaks the mind in a fog, stirs emotions into a dirty puddle, and crushes the soul into a lifeless state. Lightening your load can bring a much needed sense of relief to your tired body, a feeling of peace to your frazzled mind, a soothing balm to your emotions and a re-energizing spark to your soul.

Here are seven ways to lighten and brighten your body, mind and soul:

1) Revitalize your whole self by getting out into nature for at least 20 minutes every day. Let go of everything you've been doing, feeling and thinking about and surround yourself with the healing effects of nature. Bring all of your awareness into the present moment by looking at the colors and shapes in front of you, smell the scents in the air, feel the wind in your hair or the sun on your cheeks or even the rain splashing around you. Breathe in fresh air and let the elements clear your body, mind and soul.

2) Lighten the space around you by decluttering your home and your office. Choose one room to start with and throw out anything you don't need, re-organize materials into an easy to access format, and decorate it in a way that makes you feel lighter just being in it. Once you have accomplished this, move onto another room.

3) Give your body a break by eating only nutritious, healthy foods for a week. If it's appropriate for you, do a herbal cleanse to detoxify your body and notice how much lighter you feel.

4) Clear your mind with at least five minutes of silence or meditation each day. Close your eyes, let thoughts drift away and move into the stillness in the center of your head. Feel how expansive and light you are at your core. This is a great way to set a peaceful tone for the day, rejuvenate yourself mid-day or reclaim yourself at the end of the day.

5) Create manageable to-do lists. Writing things down on paper allows your mind to let them go, but unmanageable lists can create more tension. Have two lists: one for today where you only write down what you need to accomplish for the day, and one for the future to-dos that you don't need to think about today. Each day you can take items from your future list to put on your today list and let the rest go trusting that they will get done when they need to.

6) Acknowledge and release your heavy emotions so they don't way you down. It's amazing how quickly emotions ease once they’ve been noticed, witnessed or just said hello to. Simply notice when you are feeling angry or sad, or frustrated or disappointed, and without becoming the feeling, just let it be there. Accepting what is helps to open a space for something new to come in, whereas repression or denial keeps things resurfacing over and over again. Feel the heavy feeling and then let it go so you can feel lighter emotions.

7) Laugh as much as possible. Amusement is a potent tool for de-stressing the mind, enhancing the immune system, uplifting any mood, and connecting you to your soul. Watch funny movies, bring your favorite comic strips to work, share your favorite jokes and choose to see the humor in all aspects of your life.

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The Stabilization of Light

by Mashubi Rochell -

Dearest Beloved Ones, At the present time there is a need for souls who are serving God to focus attention on the stabilization of light on the physical planes. This is needed both within physical bodies, on the Earth, and also within the existing structures of the world. So much is in change and feels very fluid, and there is much purification happening, with energies of darkness being released daily into the atmosphere. Greater light is needed to help transmute these energies, and also to bring greater physical and energetic comfort to those sensitive souls who are being affected by the large scale process of purification on the Earth.

There are many ways to stabilize light on the physical planes, and it is always helpful to start with your own body and with the structures for your present life circumstances. Take an inventory of your body, your home, your work and your physical environment. What feels light filled and in harmony with the New that is arriving? What feels old, expired, or is resonating in an older energy that no longer feels comfortable to you? Think about how you are spending your time, what relationships you are devoted to, and what fills your days. How can you bring greater light to yourself and the Earth?

It is important to review your life with the eyes of love and compassion. You may be carrying painful feelings about what has transpired in our life, or about the obstacles you have faced that have created stress and distress in your body, mind and spirit. Allow your emotions to release freely, bringing them before the altar of God's most holy, sacred heart. Do not hold back or censor your feelings, simply allow them to flow. The cleansing light of the New will wash away your pain and allow you to step forward more freely, unencumbered by the bumps and bruises sustained in the previous cycle that was so difficult.

Now dearest ones, much more is possible for you to receive and to give to the world. Prepare yourself and make yourself ready for a new phase. Even small changes can have big effects. For example, you may find that your food needs are changing, but perhaps have not paid much attention to this. Taking an extra 15 minutes in the day to make whatever adjustments are needed to your daily schedule, so you can eat in ways that feel most harmonious to your new light body.

Some souls are in positions of responsibility that allow them to make decisions that will affect the future of the Earth. If you are one of these souls, pray deeply to be show the path of light that God is revealing to you, so that your work may bear the fruits of maximum love, light and truth. Stabilizing greater light on the Earth is an important task now that needs to be attended to with intention and attention at all levels.

Those of you who are blessed to be the parents of the new generation of souls that have incarnated in recent years also carry great responsibility. In providing an environment where the maximum amount of love and light and truth can be present, you can assist these beautiful souls to develop freely so their unique soul gifts can manifest unencumbered, and so their gifts to the world can be shared.

There are also many new structures of light that are being prepared now, that are not yet manifest and not yet anchored on the Earth. The time for these to manifest is coming very soon, and those of you who are being called to this service need to take very seriously the inner calling you feel. Honor what you are receiving as sacred guidance, even if you have no idea how you will be able to do what God is asking. By accepting and saying yes to your calling, you open the pathway for the future to manifest within you and through you.

Be blessed dearest ones for the New time is arriving now and you are witness to the sacred birth that is unfolding upon the Earth. With all love and blessings to you, Amen.

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Releasing Negative Behaviors

by Loren Gelberg-Goff -

Everyday we have opportunities to bring in positive thoughts and messages about ourselves and our lives; We just have to learn how to be conscious and aware of these opportunities. I believe you really are, and always have been "Well Within"; as you learn to access this awareness, you can live more empowered and be fulfilled.

Everyone has them; those behaviors that you’re upset about, that you wish you didn’t do, that you know are bad, or harmful to you (physically, emotionally, &/or mentally) but you just can’t seem to stop them or change them. These are the behaviors that keep you stuck in old patterns, old beliefs and old feelings that you think you can never change, and you’re just doomed to live with the and continue to feel badly about yourself and your life.

Do you know the ones I mean? These behaviors might be obviously problematic especially when in excess, like drinking, drugs, shopping, gambling, working, eating, sleeping, busy-ness, but I am not just referring to severe addictive behaviors; I am referring to behaviors that bother you, or that feel oppressive to you or that interfere with your overall well-being. Take a moment and write them down.

Let yourself acknowledge which behavior(s)/pattern(s) really bother you or interfere with your life, your self-esteem and your overall well-being. Do not judge them, just acknowledge them and put them down on paper. These behaviors, thoughts, feelings, and beliefs can be changed, modified, and/or stopped. The first step is becoming aware of your desire to deal with them. Ask yourself: “Do I really want to change?” Are you ready to access your power to make it happen?

Stop, breathe, focus,and ask yourself: “On a scale from 0 - 10 how strong is my desire to change this behavior?” (0 being not at all, and 10 being as strongly as you have ever felt anything.) Take a slow deep breath, and be honest with yourself. Do you want to change it because someone has told you that you have to, or do you think that you should deal with this issue? Way down deep inside, where you know your true inner qualities are waiting to come out, are you ready to address this issue and handle it differently or maybe have it no longer be a part of your life? Look at your list, and see which behavior, habit or feeling is the one that causes you the most problems, and/or the one you most want to deal with now.

This is the moment when you can access your power. This is the moment when you acknowledge that you have a choice. Take a slow, deep breath,--- in through your nose,--- and exhale gently, with a sigh through your mouth--- Just let yourself connect to the feeling, and the belief: “Who I Am Is Enough! I am lovable, capable, special and worthwhile, and I deserve to be treated as such!” As this warm, loving feeling flows through you and around you, notice where the negative thought, feeling, behavior, message sits within you. What resistance does it put up against the positive message of “I Am Enough” ?

Allow yourself to feel the inner conflict, as your old messages of inadequacy fight against the new, positive message and belief. Take a deep breath, and just sit with the conflict. By allowing yourself to sit with your feelings you’re learning to experience and tolerate discomfort. Discomfort is really what started the negative behavior to begin with, and now we’re going to use it to actually stop the negative behavior.

All our behaviors have a purpose. We created, and now maintain our habits to block out our uncomfortable feelings. Just sit with your discomfort and acknowledge the conflict and what you would normally do to “make the feelings stop”. In reality no matter what you do (or have done) the feelings don’t really go away; they just get buried or pushed aside for awhile, and then the feelings resurface, again, and again, and those negative, self-destructive behaviors crop up again in a desperate attempt to stop the feelings. However, our feelings, just like children who desperately want attention, will not be denied.

Now is the moment when I want you to acknowledge that what you are feeling are JUST FEELINGS. They may be distressful, upsetting, painful, scary, hurtful, etc., but they are JUST FEELINGS, and it’s not our feelings that get us into trouble, it’s our actions, so now you can choose to sit with your feelings. As you breathe slowly and deeply, remember that you have walked around with these feelings for a long time, and You Have Coped! Today, You CAN STILL Cope! What feelings go through you as you DON’T act on the feelings, but you just sit with them, and acknowledge that they are there and they are real. Say the statement out loud: “I trust in my abilities to cope”.

What’s your biggest fear if you don’t “do your habit”? Write down your fear(s). Let yourself really see what you are afraid of; what your behavior has kept you from facing. Breathe deeply and acknowledge once again (out loud) your worth. “Who I Am Is Enough! I am lovable, capable, special and worthwhile, and I deserve to be treated as such!”! Does your “negative behavior” honor this statement?

Remember, as you move forward in your journey to actualize your self-esteem, and self-empowerment, you will become more consciously aware of how negative behaviors undermine your positive sense of self. When we engage in a self-destructive behavior and tell ourselves that it’s OK, or it doesn’t matter, then we are furthering our negativity by lying to ourselves. You do have the power to change this behavior. (lying to yourself may be the very behavior that needs to be addressed).

This aspect of your work takes time, patience, perseverance and a true willingness to see yourself as whole, and deserving of your respect. Practice this activity on a daily basis. Whenever you are aware of yourself engaging in your particular negative behavior, take a moment to ! STOP! BREATHE! FOCUS!! Ask yourself the following questions. (It’s helpful if you take time to write out your answers---)

1. What am I feeling at this moment?

2. What is it I am really afraid of?

3. Is what I’m afraid of something I can cope with alone, or do I need help?

4. If I need help, who do I want to reach out to?

5 If I don’t engage in my negative behavior(s) what can I do instead that will reflect my more positive self- esteem? (write your options down, so that they are readily available to you)

Carry this list with you as a reminder that you are empowered to change and/or eliminate the behaviors that undermine your self-esteem. After all, you know what your desired outcome is, and now you’re ready to move forward to achieve your goal!

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Taking the Journey Within

"The only journey is the one within."
-Rainer Maria Rilke-

by Cynthia Sue Larson -

The saying "Wherever you go, there you are," has been very much on my mind this past week, after attending my 30th high school reunion. Even though some people had weathered tremendous emotional, financial, physical and spiritual hardships over the years, they maintained such a positive view of life and what is possible that they are an inspiration to everyone who meets and knows them. Somewhere along the way, these people have figured out that the outer situations in their lives could and would only ever improve when they improved themselves on the inside, and their positive results spoke for themselves.

The attitude of gratefulness and commitment to strive toward challenging goals gives these people an inner beauty of tremendous radiance. Just looking at them, it became clear to me that surely the greatest way to stay young at heart and in body is by making the most of what we are and what we have, regardless what challenges we encounter along the way.

How positive are you when dealing with life's slings and arrows? To find out, you can listen to yourself and what you say to yourself when you encounter challenges, noting whether you take risks and face your fears, or not. The amazing thing about our fears is that they reside within us, not outside of us. This means that the time, energy and effort we invest in facing and releasing our inner fears is unquestionably the best investment we can possibly make. As world-renowned psychologist and father of self-actualization Abraham Maslow puts it:

"Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day."

Every great success story I have ever heard or seen has at its core a heroic individual who not only faces their fears head-on, but also recognizes that even when the path forward is unclear and victory uncertain, that doesn't really matter... because every experience brings new knowledge and information, and every situation is an opportunity to grow. This is the spirit of a winner: a man or woman who focuses on what they have learned that they did not know before, and what they are now able to say and do and be that they could not say and do and be before.

Trusting that what you need is now coming to you is the essential quality within you that allows you to face whatever next comes your way. No matter what happens next, you can learn and grow from each experience. As you learn to relax and release your fears, and focus on what you most love, admire and appreciate in yourself and your world, life can become more and more beautiful and enjoyable.

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