Life
Posted on March 1st, 2010
“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” Diane Ackerman
To live life fully is to embrace the richness of each moment, each experience, each encounter. Life is filled with an array of experiences, some pleasant, some not. If we shut our eyes to the unpleasant side, we miss out on the wholeness and fullness of life. When we are present in every aspect of our lives we rely less on external circumstances to fill us up as we know we are already complete. We are then free to enjoy the different scenarios without attachment. Like the turn of a kaleidoscope, each day offers a new picture.
Some miss out on the fullness of life because they are too afraid to participate; they live vicariously while their life sits on a shelf like a book waiting to be opened. Others fill their days with so much busyness and distractions their life becomes a blur, similar to the terrain when you zoom past it on the highway. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: connection to others, enjoying life, experiences, fullness of life, heart and soul, insights, inspiration, living life fully, present moment, spiritual practices
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Intention
Posted on February 1st, 2010
“The power of intention is the power to manifest, to create, to live a life of unlimited abundance, and to attract into your life the right people at the right moments.” ~ Wayne Dyer
When you set an intention through thoughts, words or vision, the power of intention creates a momentum that carries you forward to your desires. Simply stating, “I intend to do, be or experience” something is akin to making a commitment; a promise to yourself and the Universe. If it’s made with the intent being for the highest good of everyone involved, divine sources come into assist. As Goethe said, “All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred…unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.”
Intention is filled with certainty, enthusiasm and courage. Intending to achieve something is claiming it as yours. It is then created on an energy level and it is just a matter of time before it manifests into material form. The power of intention can be used to focus on anything in your life - not just external goals and dreams, but internal states of being, shifts in perception, and emotional, mental and physical healing. Intending to experience a state of being such as ease, joy or freedom can manifest very quickly as you are the creator of your own experience. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: create and manifest, divine sources, intending, intention setting, wayne dyer
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Intuition
Posted on January 1st, 2010
“The only real valuable thing is intuition.” ~ Albert Einstein
Trusting intuition involves tuning out the external world and listening to internal cues; the gentle inner voice that reminds you to bring your umbrella even though the sun is shining; the goose bumps that quiver across your arms inviting you to pay close attention to the conversation; the image of a person that flashes through your mind just before they call on the phone. This is intuition in action.
Whenever we need to make a decision we can access intuition by centering within and listening to our inner voice, looking at the situation through spiritual eyes, or opening to our higher awareness. Each person has their favored way of intuiting situations, but all forms are available. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: clear seeing, higher wisdom, inner voice, intuition, intuitive decisions, intuitive games
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Acceptance
Posted on December 1st, 2009
“Give love and unconditional acceptance to those you encounter, and notice what happens.” Wayne Dyer
Breathing into what is, letting each moment be as it is; this is acceptance. We have a choice in each moment to accept or resist what is happening. In acceptance we acknowledge the truth instead of resisting reality. We may not like what we see or what we’re experiencing, but we accept that it’s real. This softens our heart and allows us to be in the flow of life rather than struggling against it.
There are things we want to deny - loss, death, hardship. And things we may wish to avoid - difficult people, uncomfortable feelings, traffic jams. But in doing so we shut a part of ourselves off and this feels worse than the thing we are avoiding. Resistance, denial and struggle are anti-life and prevent us from moving forward into a new experience. Acceptance is like the breeze - it keeps on moving and before you know it, the difficult person or situation is gone or has been transformed into something new. Read the rest of this entry »
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Compassion
Posted on November 1st, 2009
“It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.” Author unknown
When our heart is full of love and acceptance, we are compassionate towards others. We know that just like us, everyone has the same basic needs for safety, a sense of belonging and appreciation. We also know that everyone has experienced some form of pain and suffering in their life - some more than others. We rise above judgment or pity to a place where our heart meets our soul and we see the hurt in others as well as their wholeness and we trust in their ability to heal.
When we drop below compassion we can get caught in a painful form of sympathy where we feel sorry for another as though they don’t have the knowledge or resources to help themselves. We may take on their pain and problems in an attempt to rescue them. This can be invalidating, as all humans have the ability to find solutions and access healing, particularly during the most challenging times when the logical mind lets go in despair and allows the higher self and its wisdom to take over. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: being compassionate, developing compassion, empathy, love and acceptance
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