No Means Yes and Yes Means No?

by Jennifer Hoffman -

While every situation is an opportunity to accept or decline, accept doesn't always mean 'yes' and decline doesn't always mean 'no'. Sometimes we accept something by declining it and what we decline indicates our willingness to accept something else.

How can we know we're making the best and right choice? By understanding what we want as an outcome and keeping our focus on our intention, while remaining open to the 'extra' that the Universe can send our way.

Sometimes our most empowering choices can be those in which we intentionally and consciously decide to say 'no' and by doing this we are actually saying 'yes' to a disempowered part of ourselves that needed to make this choice.

Declining can be a powerful tool that reminds that we do have choices in every situation and our 'no' to something is a 'yes' to ourselves.

Through our ability to see that declining is an option we are actually closing one door and opening another, releasing our fear and stepping into love and all of the power that goes along with being in this energy.

Other times, we can accept something that triggers some of our deepest fears and this choice allows us to finally move beyond them, something we may have been unable to do for many lifetimes.

Can we accept that we deserve success, love and joy? Are we able to accept an opportunity to do something for ourselves that moves us beyond others' needs and expectations? 

This can be an empowering moment in our life and one that we may have taken lifetimes to be able to achieve.

Are we willing to accept love, joy and success, no matter what has happened in the past? Our deepest fears are rooted in the past and by accepting to move into something that scares us, we are saying 'yes' to us and 'no' to the fear.

Our reality is created one choice at a time and when we choose with conscious intention, putting ourselves and our needs first, we affirm our divine birthright of fulfillment in every area of our life and move beyond whatever limitations our fears have imposed on us.

While they can be very powerful, our desire to be happy, to know what life can be like when we live firmly grounded in our power, is even more compelling. And as we choose through our power and our highest good, we affirm that we want the best for ourselves and our life and are willing to allow that to happen.

Yes to This and No to That

Every lesson is part of our journey of spiritual growth and understanding which we select through our choices. Each choice has its own path and outcome and what we 'accept' or 'decline' highlights a single path and its potential outcomes. 

As we 'accept' one lesson we automatically decline others because they are not available to us while we're in this lesson. This is an 'all or nothing' choice too, because we cannot say 'yes' to part of a lesson and 'no' to other parts. But, we can change our mind at any time when we are ready to stop and take another path to our healing.

We may regret the path not taken but all other options are unavailable until we gain the level of spiritual understanding that is necessary to know and connect to something else.

That said, when we are ready for something new all of the paths we have previously declined become available to us at new and higher levels of vibration. What we can choose from, at any moment, though, is what resonates with us. 

One important note here

We have no way of knowing all of the lessons included in what we decline so whatever we are guided to decline may be in our highest good over the long term. That's why regret is not the best use of our energy.

As soon as we understand the lesson and its healing purpose we no longer have to follow that path and are ready to make new choices.

Although we think that we have to see something through to our anticipated or expected outcome, all we have to do is realize that there are other potential choices for our life. 

There is no divinely mandated end to any situation because we have to decide when a lesson is finished. We choose the end, just as we choose the beginning. And when we realize that a lesson is over, it has achieved its purpose in our life.

Each path contains learning that we need to experience or we would not choose that path. 

There are no accidental choices, each thing we are attracted to has an energetic connection with us which corresponds an area of healing.

The stronger the attraction the more important and powerful the lesson and healing.

We accept what our soul needs to heal and decline what we are not yet ready for or what we have not yet learned enough to be able to experience.

Then we repeat that process countless times during the course of our many lifetimes as we continue through the spiral of learning, healing, growth and transformation that is our ascension path.

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The Realm of Spirit

by Sonia Choquette -

Listen to Your Heart:

Discovering your Spirit is tremendously exciting and liberating. Yet, to simply hear about doing so isn’t the same thing. Friends can tell you all about their wonderful trip to Europe for example, complete with a video documentary and souvenirs but you won’t really discover Europe until you actually go there yourself.

The same holds true for the realm of Spirit. 

You won’t really know the power of your Spirit until you connect with it directly through meditation, mindful and conscious awareness of your negative ego patterns, conscious breathing to break out of those patterns and the decision to tune in to your Spirit every day.

To genuinely discover your Spirit, stop talking, stop reading and start listening to your heart. Be silent long enough to feel your Divine self within. There is no other way to truly live.

Close your eyes and calmly breathe in and out through your nose. Start with a sigh or two to help you relax. Tell yourself that you will no longer put aside the need to connect with your Spirit, your authentic self. Feel the power of your own Divine creative spark.

With your next breath, let all of your tension go and simply be for a moment or two, even longer if possible. Enjoy sitting and breathing deeply, empty of all thought, free of any agenda and in the moment.

Feel this vibration of being connected to Source. Notice how peaceful, content and even energized you feel. This is the power of your Spirit and it’s available to you at all times. It is the real you. Remember this.

Take a few moments every day to sit in silence and turn your full awareness inward to connect with your Spirit. It can be a moment in the shower or just after parking your car.

It can be as you wash your hands before dinner or while you wait for the train on your way home from work. It can be while folding laundry or watering your plants.

These moments of silence can occur anytime and anyplace. The more you learn to tune in wherever you are, the easier it will become.

There’s no need to focus on any particular thing as you do so. 

Simply listen to your inner voice, much like you would listen to a person speaking to you on the phone. Just give that voice your full attention.

It may take a moment or two for the mental chatter of your ego to quiet down so you can hear. Be patient because it will. Relax as you listen.

Your Spirit has powerful guidance to offer, so give it your full attention at least for a few minutes. Be aware of any intuitive hits, bright ideas, flashes, or creative thoughts that may cross your mind.

They will arise quickly and leave just as quickly, so it’s important to be aware of their subtlety. You may hear them in your mind; or you might feel, sense, see, or simply notice them. Or all of the above!

Get used to noticing these subtle flashes of insight and intuition, in whatever guise they appear. One effective way to do so is to speak them out loud as they appear in your mind so that you capture them before they slip away. 

Once you vocalize your heart-centered awareness, you don’t have to do anything else. Just feel your feelings, letting them sink in. Allow them to visit you without chasing them away or having to justify themselves. Simply get the feel for your Spirit and how it communicates with you.

Spirit can be best felt in silence. If you pay close attention, you can actually distinguish the feeling of intuition and Spirit from that of your ego-based intelligence. 

Spirit leaves you feeling expanded, peaceful, surprised and inspired; you’re left with an open heart and mind. Ego, on the other hand, leaves you feeling tense and contracted; you’re left with a closed or defensive heart and mind.

The more you practice sitting in silence for a few short moments, the more quickly you can intercept these often highly subtle outreaches from your Spirit.

When silent, you feel the inner vibration of Spirit in your heart. It’s warm yet powerful; strong yet kind. It is direct, always unconditionally loving. The more you feel it, the more you will recognize it, and the more you will be moved by it.

excerpt from The Power of Your Spirit

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