By now we have all heard about The Law of Attraction"....you attract what you put your energy in to.....and have changed or at least attempted to change, our way of thinking. You want more abundance, you think 'I want more abundance', you want love in your life, you don't think "I'll never have anyone" you think "Someone just for me is on their way" etc. The theory behind this way of thinking sounded pretty good and so I started to change the way I thought. But, considering I was still as abundant as I was before I started reading all of the 'experts' books, didn't get the results the books and the movies said I would.
Hmmmmmmm, what am I doing wrong I asked myself. For the answer, I was guided one Sunday afternoon to watch Dr Wayne Dyer's PBS special Excuses Begone! and one thing he said really gave me an "AHA" moment: He said, "You attract what you are, not what you want!"He then goes on to say that it is a matter of our being in 'misalignment' with the universe.."when you become aligned, your thoughts no longer focus on what you don't want but rather on what you intend to manifest as a co-creator with Source." To paraphrase, 'you have everything you desire you just haven't connected with it yet.' (This is an amazing book by the way maybe even his best ever so if you get a chance to read it, do so...you will not regret it!) One other thing he said, and being a store owner really perked my ears up, was "..the universe not only will, but must provide you with what you conceive of. So if you complain about what's missing in your life, you'll be offered more experiences that match that energy. When you say 'I love my job but I'll never get rich at it' you're aligning with a frequency that will give you what you think" When it came to the Mystic Meadow, that's what I used to say....it pays its bills but I'll never get rich from it....and that's exactly what 'was' happening. I highlight 'was' because as soon as I started thinking and saying 'This place is a goldmine' the energy shifted and it has become just that, a goldmine! Amazing it worked!
Okay, so I have finally figured out the right way to 'think' and life is good, well....yes and no. No being that not everyone in my intimate circle of friends and family shares my optimism or enthusiasm preferring to be 'realistic'...which to me is just another word for pessimistic but I digress. So what does one do? The books never really give you a clear answer on how to manifest successfully when you have had your wings 'clipped' so to speak. It isn't feasible to up and leave your circle and live alone, at least it isn't for me, so how does one get past this?
I know you are all thinking.....yay, she knows the answer and will tell us and then we will all know and live happily ever after....but I don't so I can't. I asked my husband the other day what he thought about Linda and I buying Railtown (the complex where the store is located) and after he stopped laughing proceeded to tell me all the troubles we would have - being the loving supportive guy he is though, he never even mentioned the fact that neither one of us has the millions of dollars it will take to buy it (probably because he was still laughing too hard)
So the question is, is his 'being realistic' negating my 'being optimistic' or can we live together, deal with manifesting in different ways, and still manifest what each of us want separately while remaining a couple? (I haven't told him yet that I intend to have a villa in the south of France by the time we retire, I think I will wait until after Linda and I purchase the Condos and I have some leverage)....
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Grief and Happiness...can they co-exist .......
Grief and happiness..can they co-exist or are they considered mutually exclusive? I have been pondering this question for awhile now and still have not come to a definite decision. And does the grief one feels after a loved one passes away differ from the grief one feels when a loved one voluntarily leaves one's life forever? And how is it possible to be happy with life and grateful for all the blessings one has received yet, still have these feelings of overwhelming sadness and loss?
I have experienced an amazing and wonderful 'shift' that at 52 years old, I would never have thought possible. It began when I lost my only sister who was also my best friend to leukemia in 2002. She was the one person in my life that I could count on, no matter what and it was one of the most heart-rending experiences I have ever had to go through. The grief I felt consumed me so completely that I believed I could never be truly happy again. That was the beginning of my 'search', of what I wasn't sure, but I now know was a search for Me and to help re-establish my relationship with Creator/God/Source and therein I found my happiness. So from this devastating loss something wonderful emerged.
In the middle of this seven-year span, my relationship with my oldest daughter deteriated but I never thought it was beyond repair. I am not going into the details here as I refuse to give them any more energy but in a nutshell, I offered some advice that was unlooked for. It wasn't the smartest thing I ever did but it was offered from a place of total love, and at that time, I thought I was doing the right thing. That was almost 5 years ago and she has not spoken to me since.
Having all these feelings of happiness and joy I decided now would be a good time to reconcile with her and live life happily ever after. So, filled with only positive feelings of love and joy and togetherness, I asked my youngest daughter to find out if she would be interested in a reconciliation. The answer as you have probably guessed was 'No' and upon hearing it, that overwhelming sadness and sense of loss that I had thought gone forever returned.
And so here I am, happy and in love with life, finally feeling my bliss and feeling so blessed and yet, also feeling this overwhelming sadness when I think of never talking to my beautiful, amazing daughter ever again. So I guess grief and happiness aren't mutually exclusive.... that is one question answered..... kind of.
And is the grief you feel the same no matter if the person has crossed over or just cut the ties...well I am still figuring that one out. I still miss my sister's physical presence a lot but I know she would be here if she could and I am okay with that. My daughter has consciously made the decision that she does not want to be in my life so not only do I have to work through the grief of losing her, I have to deal with the tremendous hurt of knowing that it was her choice...which is much worse....another question answered...kind of.
How is it possible to be so happy yet so sad....even after reading and studying all of the 'spiritual' books, I really don't know....but I am extremely grateful that I am where I am right now because if the happiness wasn't there, I am not sure how I would cope. And for that reason alone I am truly blessed.
I have experienced an amazing and wonderful 'shift' that at 52 years old, I would never have thought possible. It began when I lost my only sister who was also my best friend to leukemia in 2002. She was the one person in my life that I could count on, no matter what and it was one of the most heart-rending experiences I have ever had to go through. The grief I felt consumed me so completely that I believed I could never be truly happy again. That was the beginning of my 'search', of what I wasn't sure, but I now know was a search for Me and to help re-establish my relationship with Creator/God/Source and therein I found my happiness. So from this devastating loss something wonderful emerged.
In the middle of this seven-year span, my relationship with my oldest daughter deteriated but I never thought it was beyond repair. I am not going into the details here as I refuse to give them any more energy but in a nutshell, I offered some advice that was unlooked for. It wasn't the smartest thing I ever did but it was offered from a place of total love, and at that time, I thought I was doing the right thing. That was almost 5 years ago and she has not spoken to me since.
Having all these feelings of happiness and joy I decided now would be a good time to reconcile with her and live life happily ever after. So, filled with only positive feelings of love and joy and togetherness, I asked my youngest daughter to find out if she would be interested in a reconciliation. The answer as you have probably guessed was 'No' and upon hearing it, that overwhelming sadness and sense of loss that I had thought gone forever returned.
And so here I am, happy and in love with life, finally feeling my bliss and feeling so blessed and yet, also feeling this overwhelming sadness when I think of never talking to my beautiful, amazing daughter ever again. So I guess grief and happiness aren't mutually exclusive.... that is one question answered..... kind of.
And is the grief you feel the same no matter if the person has crossed over or just cut the ties...well I am still figuring that one out. I still miss my sister's physical presence a lot but I know she would be here if she could and I am okay with that. My daughter has consciously made the decision that she does not want to be in my life so not only do I have to work through the grief of losing her, I have to deal with the tremendous hurt of knowing that it was her choice...which is much worse....another question answered...kind of.
How is it possible to be so happy yet so sad....even after reading and studying all of the 'spiritual' books, I really don't know....but I am extremely grateful that I am where I am right now because if the happiness wasn't there, I am not sure how I would cope. And for that reason alone I am truly blessed.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Say Yes to.......
I have just finished watching the Moses Code movie for the second time and it has affected me the same way this time as the first. It is everything that, in my opinion, The Secret should have been but wasn't.
Where the Secret was all about 'getting stuff' like houses, cars, money - The Moses Code is about 'getting stuff' like peace, love, compassion and finding one's destiny and one's Oneness with God. How do we do this?.....by just saying Yes to God. Yes I am willing - Yes I accept - Yes!
What a simple statement, Yes God, I accept! but it was one I realized that I had never said. So I paused the movie for a moment, took a breath and said "Yes God, whatever it is you would like me to do, Yes I will do it!" and then it happened. Suddenly I felt more love and joy in my heart than I had ever felt in my entire life. I didn't know anymore than I had the moment before but that didn't matter, I had truly let Spirit in and it felt wonderful.
So do I know anymore now - no - but Spirit is still with me and, as Michael Beckwith says, "We will grow into it as we say Yes to it"
Where the Secret was all about 'getting stuff' like houses, cars, money - The Moses Code is about 'getting stuff' like peace, love, compassion and finding one's destiny and one's Oneness with God. How do we do this?.....by just saying Yes to God. Yes I am willing - Yes I accept - Yes!
What a simple statement, Yes God, I accept! but it was one I realized that I had never said. So I paused the movie for a moment, took a breath and said "Yes God, whatever it is you would like me to do, Yes I will do it!" and then it happened. Suddenly I felt more love and joy in my heart than I had ever felt in my entire life. I didn't know anymore than I had the moment before but that didn't matter, I had truly let Spirit in and it felt wonderful.
So do I know anymore now - no - but Spirit is still with me and, as Michael Beckwith says, "We will grow into it as we say Yes to it"
Thursday, May 7, 2009
All the colours from white and black and every colour in-between....
I have to clarify something, I love the colour WHITE! White is very bright and since it reflects light, it helps to illumiate dull areas in our lives. White contains all the colours of the spectrum so when we see white, we are actually viewing all the energy of the visible colour spectrum.
White is associated with purity, spirituality, innocence, cleanliness, and clarity and at its most positive, is beneficial, humanitarian and wise. Its negative qualities (and yes everything has an opposite) include superiority, an inability to compromise and perfectionism. Healers sometimes use white light when they are not sure which specific colour should be used because white will contain the colour that they need. White is connected with the crown chakra but doesn't have a complementary colour in the eight-colour system.
Where white reflects, BLACK on the other hand, absorbs because it swallows up light. (I guess that is where the saying 'it's either black or white' comes from.) And you can tell this very easily on a hot a day, white clothes makes us feel cooler but black makes us hotter.
Black suggests infinity and mystery and it is the colour of endless possibilities. It signifies the end of one cycle and the start of the next and it is pretty darn good at making a body look slimmer than it actually is. ;)
The positive qualities of Black include power and change. Its negative qualities include depression, despair and a desire to abuse our power. Black is connected with the root chakra especially for grounding but is never used for healing and also has no complementary colour in the eight-colour system.
So there is nothing wrong with the colour Black and nothing wrong with the colour White per se, it is only when one is out of balance....ie...too much white or too much black....that changes ones state of mind....as in too much White snow this past winter. Think about how uplifting it would be to look at that snowbank...the one you have been watching get bigger seemingly right before your eyes...and see a spash of red or yellow or pink going right through the center of it...visualize that for just a moment and notice how your mood brightened and how excited you became when seeing that splash of colour.
That is part of the power of Colour and it only gets more amazing from here.....
I have to clarify something, I love the colour WHITE! White is very bright and since it reflects light, it helps to illumiate dull areas in our lives. White contains all the colours of the spectrum so when we see white, we are actually viewing all the energy of the visible colour spectrum.
White is associated with purity, spirituality, innocence, cleanliness, and clarity and at its most positive, is beneficial, humanitarian and wise. Its negative qualities (and yes everything has an opposite) include superiority, an inability to compromise and perfectionism. Healers sometimes use white light when they are not sure which specific colour should be used because white will contain the colour that they need. White is connected with the crown chakra but doesn't have a complementary colour in the eight-colour system.
Where white reflects, BLACK on the other hand, absorbs because it swallows up light. (I guess that is where the saying 'it's either black or white' comes from.) And you can tell this very easily on a hot a day, white clothes makes us feel cooler but black makes us hotter.
Black suggests infinity and mystery and it is the colour of endless possibilities. It signifies the end of one cycle and the start of the next and it is pretty darn good at making a body look slimmer than it actually is. ;)
The positive qualities of Black include power and change. Its negative qualities include depression, despair and a desire to abuse our power. Black is connected with the root chakra especially for grounding but is never used for healing and also has no complementary colour in the eight-colour system.
So there is nothing wrong with the colour Black and nothing wrong with the colour White per se, it is only when one is out of balance....ie...too much white or too much black....that changes ones state of mind....as in too much White snow this past winter. Think about how uplifting it would be to look at that snowbank...the one you have been watching get bigger seemingly right before your eyes...and see a spash of red or yellow or pink going right through the center of it...visualize that for just a moment and notice how your mood brightened and how excited you became when seeing that splash of colour.
That is part of the power of Colour and it only gets more amazing from here.....
Monday, May 4, 2009
All the Colours of Spring.
Spring has finally arrived bringing with it all of Nature's most beautiful colours and after the 'white' of this past winter - a winter that seemed to go on for an eternity - it is like waking up from a very long nap. I, like a lot of others, spent the first few months of the new year complaining on how long winter had been, how cold and especially how white. There were complaints of being too cold, being sick, and so on, and everyone was dressed in very dull, drab colours. I was ready to see more vibrant colours when I looked out the window and this Spring has not disappointed.
The white snow seemed to leave almost over night and even the brown grass and twigs were quickly consumed by the green of the new grass. Crocuses and Tulips sprung up almost instantly, plants were already budding and the birds seem to arrive en masse - even the Sun seemed Yellow-er, colour was everywhere. And the people who came into the shop were smiling and laughing and enjoying the now instead of trying to wish the months away. It was then that I realized they were also dressed more brightly.
Colour is not something I used to think about much. I chose the colour of my clothes based on three things:
1: Practicality - it is less expensive if you have a lot of one colour, mainly black, and then buy a few pieces of other coloured clothing to go along with that colour.
2: How slimming the colour - again, I always thought black was the most slimming colour
3: My personality - which is a little subdued and traditional and I don't like to stand out or be noticed.
But as I noticed my customers change in colours for their clothing along with the change in their attitude, bells started ringing.( I hear bells a lot but that is for another post. ;)) I started to really pay attention on what type of mood I was in when I chose my clothing colours in the morning. If I was not in the greatest of moods when I woke up, I would choose darker more somber colours and that mood would stay with me pretty much all day. If I woke up in fantastic, ready to face the world kind of mood, I would choose brighter colours (though I don't own a lot of bright colours as yet, I am working on increasing them) and would have an awesome day.
Hmm, I thought, very interesting. Something as simple as a change of colour can change my mood. No pills, no alcohol, just a nice yellow shirt and I feel good....why doesn't everyone know about this mood altering, mind enhancing, emotion lifting thing known as Colour?
Spring has finally arrived bringing with it all of Nature's most beautiful colours and after the 'white' of this past winter - a winter that seemed to go on for an eternity - it is like waking up from a very long nap. I, like a lot of others, spent the first few months of the new year complaining on how long winter had been, how cold and especially how white. There were complaints of being too cold, being sick, and so on, and everyone was dressed in very dull, drab colours. I was ready to see more vibrant colours when I looked out the window and this Spring has not disappointed.
The white snow seemed to leave almost over night and even the brown grass and twigs were quickly consumed by the green of the new grass. Crocuses and Tulips sprung up almost instantly, plants were already budding and the birds seem to arrive en masse - even the Sun seemed Yellow-er, colour was everywhere. And the people who came into the shop were smiling and laughing and enjoying the now instead of trying to wish the months away. It was then that I realized they were also dressed more brightly.
Colour is not something I used to think about much. I chose the colour of my clothes based on three things:
1: Practicality - it is less expensive if you have a lot of one colour, mainly black, and then buy a few pieces of other coloured clothing to go along with that colour.
2: How slimming the colour - again, I always thought black was the most slimming colour
3: My personality - which is a little subdued and traditional and I don't like to stand out or be noticed.
But as I noticed my customers change in colours for their clothing along with the change in their attitude, bells started ringing.( I hear bells a lot but that is for another post. ;)) I started to really pay attention on what type of mood I was in when I chose my clothing colours in the morning. If I was not in the greatest of moods when I woke up, I would choose darker more somber colours and that mood would stay with me pretty much all day. If I woke up in fantastic, ready to face the world kind of mood, I would choose brighter colours (though I don't own a lot of bright colours as yet, I am working on increasing them) and would have an awesome day.
Hmm, I thought, very interesting. Something as simple as a change of colour can change my mood. No pills, no alcohol, just a nice yellow shirt and I feel good....why doesn't everyone know about this mood altering, mind enhancing, emotion lifting thing known as Colour?
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