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Grateful Beyond Words

3/28/2021

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Grateful Beyond Words

A blind man sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which read, “I am blind, please help.”

There were only a few coins in the hat – spare change from folks as they hurried past.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words.
Then he put the sign back in the man’s hand so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up.
A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.

That afternoon, the man who had changed the sign returned to see how things were.

The man recognized his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning?"

"What did you write?”

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.” I wrote, “Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it.”

Both signs spoke the truth. But the first sign simply said the man was blind, while the second sign conveyed to everyone walking by how grateful they should be to have physical sight.


So what is gratitude?

Gratitude is a conscious awareness that this is all a gift. We form the habit of tuning into that awareness, like tuning a radio to a different frequency. Gratitude is a perception and an awareness. It is a way of looking at the world and seeing with the eyes of God and hearing with the ears of God. When we see as God sees then we witness "Christ" in all and through all. Christ being the power, life and wisdom of God.

This Divine perfection is in all and when we witness that perfection, then we bring it to the surface.  Gratitude arises because we witness the perfection in all with a feeling of appreciation, regardless of whether or not the current situation is to our ego's liking.

Ignore what the ego is pointing out to you.
The ego is limited because it's only able to perceive with the 5 senses, it's an accuser because it only remembers the failures of the past, It's a liar because it can not perceive the truth of you. It's the made up false sense of self and we get trapped in agreeing with its private message sown into our mind. 

Turn the channel! Tune up to the God Frequency.

Gratitude allows a heart-centered approach to life that brings us into Serenity.  When you practice asking for God's vantage point, then gratitude can help but arise and attract even MORE things into your life for which to be grateful.

Go ahead, try being One with God's Mind right now.
Baby steps, like learning to walk,  will turn into full blown running marathons of gratitude.  It will become second nature to be in harmony with this One Unified Perception that all is Good, all is Whole and all is Well.


Here's a Simple Practice:
  • List 10 things you are grateful for.
  • Send love to 3 people who bug you.
  • Ask for Awareness, Wisdom & Guidance.
  • Sit in stillness to receive and expect you will be given even greater level of awareness. 
  • Look up often and smile. 

Have a Glorious Day practicing The Way. 


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The Secret of Enlightenment

3/22/2021

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How to Stop Feeding our Ego and Start Loving ourself

“The world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you.” - Carl Jung

The definition of ego is a person's sense of self-esteem or self-image. 
The ego has been shaped from the moment we were born and starts with imposed conditions outside of our true spiritual self.  Ego is the false image we have of ourself based on what we've been conditioned to believe.  This belief comes from the human condition, what we were told, how we were treated and how others reacted to us at a young age.


The ego cares more about what other people think. It drives us to do things to please others and seek their approval. It drives us to behave in a conditioned way. The ego keeps us locked in a cage for our own good and keeps us from knowing our true self because the ego is all about human survival and domination. 


What Feeds the Ego?

Calling it "My Ego". The ego is the voice of Divine Separation and we agree with it. The ego is the accuser, blamer and the jailer and we listen to it. The ego wants to keep us safe in our tiny comfort zone, even if our comfort zone isn’t healthy or good for us.  These familiar comfort zones are traps we get caught in and start surrendering to. The ego uses many tactics to get us to obey, like worry, doubt, fear, intimidation, humiliation, threats, illness, confusion, distractions, addictions.  This ego structure will act like a GPS system to keep us from stepping beyond the paradigms we were formed into as children

When we don’t know who we truly are, others opinions and the outside world will feed our false self.  We can stop feeding the ego by refusing to identify with it. We can stop listening to that voice. At any moment we can lean in and decide to embrace who we are and open to knowing our true self as a Center of Divine Operation, an offspring of God, made in the image of God. 


How to Start Loving Your True Self

“The need to prove who you are will vanish once you know who you are.” – Danielle Pierre 

Letting the familiar ego structure of prescribed paradigms go takes courage and requires stretching beyond our comfort zone and being with the unknown. As we start letting and allowing what’s supposed to happen through us and as us, we open to abundant Divine Grace.  Here are 3 ways to stop feeding the ego so that we can love ourself even more.


1. Break up with the habit of comparing yourself to others.

Comparing yourself to others is a loosing situation.  We end up feeling bad about ourselves because there will always be someone prettier, in better shape, smarter and richer.

Instead, focus on saying loving things to all your features, speak kindly to yourself, focus on treating yourself as a whole healthy being, learn more about things that interest you, become financially wise and a good steward of money. 


2. Stop judging yourself based on worldly standards of society.

When someone says, “You should be married with kids by now." or "You Should be more successful" or "You Should ..."  it's time to set boundaries and stop taking on other's judgment. Judging ourself on societal expectations keeps us stuck.

It is okay if the thing we want haven't happened in the time we wanted. We are unique and when it comes to receiving our hearts desire, our path is not the same as everyone else’s.  We have the opportunity to create the kind of experiences we desire.  We can put our focus into doing the inner work that removes assumptions and habits that have kept us from embracing our wholeness. 


3. Stop looking for other people’s validation

“Don’t seek love externally, it’s fleeting.  Go beyond the ego and awaken the love that already exists within.  It will encompass everyone and everything in your life.  It will permeate your very being.” – Danielle Pierre

The reason we look for validation from other people is to look good or feel better about ourselves.  When other’s respond favorably, we are happier, feel loved and all is well in the world.  We may have even sacrificed ourself for a parent, lover, spouse or friend only to have them react abusively.  In this situation, the world is turned upside down, leaving us feeling unsure about ourself.

Our own validation of who we are will raise our self-esteem and self-worth.  We can validate ourselves by determining and living our core values, and setting boundaries.  We can do things that make us feel good – things that soothe our soul and let our inner beauty shine.  In doing so, we will come to know our worth and validate ourself.

It is Your Birthright to know and hear the voice of your Source.

The truth is, it is your birthright to be loved regardless of comparisons, the norm and validation from others.  Don't let other people, the ego voice nor your thoughts tell you lies. Your Spiritual DNA is Perfect! Let Spirit inform, transmute and cleanse the mind like cleaning virus off a computer.   If you want to have true and lasting love with someone, the way to have this is by loving yourself fully by agreeing with God about who you are and what you are worth. 

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The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity

3/13/2021

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The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity 
Affirmations

“I give thanks that I am the ever-renewing, the ever-unfolding expression of infinite life, health, and energy.”

“Let there be peace within my walls and prosperity within my palaces.”
“I give thanks for ever-increasing health, youth and beauty.”

“I am the radiant child of God, my mind, body and affairs now express his radiant perfection.”
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​“I give thanks that I am now rich, well and happy and that my financial affairs are in divine order. Every day in every way I am growing richer and richer.”

“Abundance, wealth, health and happiness. Divine intelligence is even now opening the way for my immediate blessings. I have faith that all that is mine by divine right now comes to me in rich abundance.

I have faith that all that is mine by divine right now comes to me in rich abundance, my rich blessings do not interfere with anyone else’s good, since God’s rich substance is unlimited and everywhere for all to us.

There is no delay! That which is not for my highest good now fades from me and I no longer desire it. My God-given desires are richly fulfilled now in God’s own wonderful way.”

“I am an irresistible magnet, with the power to attract unto myself everything that I divinely desire, according to the thoughts, feelings and mental pictures I constantly entertain and radiate. I am the center of my Universe! I have the power to create whatever I wish.

I attract whatever I radiate. I attract whatever I mentally choose and accept, I begin choosing and mentally accepting the highest and best in life. I now choose and accept health, success and happiness. I now choose lavish abundance for myself and for all humankind. This is a rich, friendly Universe and I dare to accept its riches, its hospitality, and to enjoy them now.”

“I am the rich child of a loving father. I now accept and claim his rich good for me in every phase of my life. My own God- given success in the form of rich ideas and rich results now appears.”

“I am now experiencing perfect health, abundant prosperity and complete and utter happiness. This is true because the world is full of charming people who now lovingly help me in every way. I am now coming into an innumerable company of angels.

I am now living a delightful, interesting and satisfying life of the most widely useful kind. Because of of my own increased health, wealth and happiness. I am now able to help others live a delightful, interesting and satisfying life of the most widely useful kind, my good -- our good -- is universal.”

“I am now activated by Divine Love and guided by divine power into my right work, which I perform in a perfect way for perfect pay. The divine plan of my life now takes shape in definite concrete experiences, leading to perfect health, happiness, success and prosperity.”

“Divine intelligence is in charge of my life. I am now open, receptive, and obedient to its rich instruction and guidance.”

“Divine intelligence directs the right buyer to this property. Everyone concerned is blessed by a just and orderly exchange of values.”
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“Divine intelligence knows our need, knows where the right house is and knows how to manifest it to us at the right time.”

Catherine Ponder

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The Center is Everywhere

3/5/2021

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Guided Meditation
The Center

Ram Dass leads a guided meditation straight to the center, where you can rest in the quietness of your heart. When you look at the universe from that center point, you can begin to see the true nature of existence.

"Let each breath you take bring you deeper into that center.
​Just into the quiet place, the timeless place, the spaceless space."

- Ram Dass
RamDass · The Center – Meditation
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