Complement with an "e".

The trouble with most relationships are that most are looking for another exactly like them but no two pieces of a puzzle are ever exactly the same...or they just wouldn't fit together. Most people gravitate toward those who are the "same" or clone images of their own ego or worse yet they struggle, futilely, trying to make the other the same. The most successful relationships are those who are a complement to each other ( not the exact same), and they allow the other to be their own person...in fact they encourage it. As a result both are secure in their role within the relationship and have genuine appreciation and respect for their partner...Loving and Giving are natural byproducts.

Bit of a Puzzle since it always comes back

I have to admit it puzzles me a little when people say something and then pretend they didn't say it or write something and then delete it...nothing disappears. What's put out to the ether, reverberates and always comes back in kind, no use pretending...self delusion at it's best. Honesty with oneself and the courage to look at one's own self delusions is the golden key but most would rather stay in their self created prison when the key's right in front of their eyes...now that's what I call crazy.

Vulnerabilities

The one thing I've observed in every human being I've ever encountered is that we all have an inherent need, as humans, to know that someone actually gives a fuck...no exceptions. The male of the species have a harder time acknowledging this because they've been conditioned to believe that they have to be 'powerful' and can't show vulnerability. For females it's probably a little easier because most are in touch with a natural maternal instinct. We are here as spiritual beings but we're here for a human experience with all that entails, and maybe just being there for each other, in whatever capacity is required, is all we can really do.

Nothing excluded

There's a certain sense of satisfaction writing stuff that nobody reads. Most seem to write so that others 'get' them...a need to feel popular or recognized I guess. The groups on social media are still the same as high school...the cool kids, the nerds, the rebels, the good kids, the bad kids, gravitating toward their own little group and still excluding anyone they deem different and ironically calling themselves "awake". Never fully belonged to any of them because there was undoubtedly a bit of me in each, now I can look at each bemusedly and honestly say I Am 'that' I Am ...the potential for all exists in each one of us. Till fully accepted and integrated, freedom will never reign :)

All You Need Is Love!

Psychic

Everyone has psychic abilities if they'd only realize that what they're doing, and where their attention is, in this Now moment is creating what they experience in a future moment.

What everyone wants !

Senseless but Thankful

How can we make sense of that which doesn't make sense? We can't. Maybe in the realization and acceptance of the fact that we can't and that some things are beyond our control we can at least find peace. Maybe the only question on this journey we need to ask is if not Now then when? Tomorrow is promised to no-one... Now is all that we have. Cherish every single person that we hold close and never take a moment for granted, because we never know when it will be the last.

Rock Steady

No-One or Nothing can throw me off Centre. Just maybe I needed the drama to see through it...they're all just hurting but I can be the anchor. Love Never Fails.

The same but different

No-One belongs on a pedestal and No-One is less than the Other. Any great leader and truly successful person knows this. Every part is needed to make the wheel turn and every system only operates optimally when every part is allowed to function naturally,whether in business or personal relationships. Any truly enlightened person knows this...they treat the Dalai Lama and the Pope the same as the homeless man on the street.

Real

The eyes don't really see, the ears don't really hear and the mouth doesn't speak real words until the heart opens...the senses are only truly alive when in touch with the heart.

Teachers

The greatest teachers are often those who don't realize they're teaching. Their life itself is a testament to what they are teaching; they embody the principles of what they teach, not with words but simply by being who they Are...Thank You Hans xo

Saoirse

Love needs Nothing...Freedom is in the giving.

Pinnacle

As we move closer to the pinnacle of Consciousness awakening to itself, the old way of being will pull out all stops in it's struggle to hold on to it's false perceived sense of power. We cannot step into a new Way of Being until we let go of the old one. A last ditch attempt by the old always ensues before the Truth is realized. Only those brave enough to truly let go will see the new reality.

Either - Or? Neither matters!

Did I come out of this world or did this world come out of me?
To know who I Am before either happened...finally realized.

Game Over

The closer we get to Love the more fear will try to hold on. I see that illusion at times in every face I look at but the closer I Am to Love the more I see beyond that illusion.Everyone IS LOVE, they're just choosing to believe otherwise for now. The struggle is merely that illusion in panic mode because it realizes that the Game is coming to an end.

Everybody Wants

Don't wait for a roll of the dice

Fear waits for the roll of the dice, Love refuses to play...It creates it's own outcome.

When the moment is right

Progressive steps

The more we can be Present to the situation that arises, the more we move through it with ease...step by step by step by step.

Creative Anger?

Sometimes we simply have a right to be angry. Maybe the only question now is how to channel that in a constructive way? Time to be creative!

Breathe!

And it just keeps coming!!! Breathe! Breathe! Breathe! Or Scream!!! This is getting easier...I'm almost tempted to say 'keep it coming' but I think it's about time Spirit gave me a fucking well deserved break from all this growth stuff for a while.

The Path

It's eas y to follow a path that's already created....strength comes from forging your own.

No Recognition

Nothing that is real needs recognition, it serves it's purpose just by Being What It Is.

Penetration

Once the opening is penetrated, resistance is futile. Confusion is part of the process toward clarity and, paradoxically, a clear sign that All is unfolding as it should.

I have a dream

The Portal

What we seek is also seeking us...pain itself is the portal.

More Loving in My Heart

I want to be more loving in my heart. I want to be more loving. 

Often there are good and sufficient reasons for exercising what seems a clean, direct resentment. Again and again I find it hard to hold in check the sharp retort, the biting comeback when it seems that someone has done violence to my self respect and decent regard. How natural it seems to give as good as I get, to take nothing lying down, to announce to all and sundry in a thousand ways that no one can run over me and get away with it.

All this is part of the thicket in which my heart gets caught again and again. Deep within me, I want to be more loving in my heart. To glow with a warmth that will take the chill off a room which I share with those whose lives touch mine in the traffic of my goings and comings. I want to be more loving.

I want to be more loving in my heart. It is often easy to have the idea in mind, to plan to be more loving, to see it with the mind and give ascent to the thought of being loving. This is crystal clear. But I want to be more loving in my heart. I must feel like loving. I must ease the tension in my heart that ejects the sharp barb, the stinging word.

I want to be more loving in my heart, that with unconscious awareness and deliberate intent I shall be a kind, a gracious human being. Thus those who walk the path with me may find it easier to be loving, to be gracious because of the love of God which is increasingly expressed in my living. I want to be more loving in my heart.

By Howard Thurman (from The Inward Journey)

Frustrated!!!

The greatest guise of the ego seems to be in those who wear the spiritual mask to the world and fail to to be spiritual where it really matters...and it shouldn't be this hard to not react and take it personal if I'm coming from Love...Ugggghhhh!!!!!!! God help me but I CAN do this, time to dance!....I refuse to let the ego win :)))

So Simple

A world looking for complicated answers in the mind when the only answer is in the heart...to be more loving and to be loved in return.

Let it Unfold

When we let Life become the teacher and Love become the lesson the answers are always readily available.

Beam Me Up!!

Not seeking a purpose...just on a mission :)

Growth

One thing passes and another one arises, but the meaning we assign any given situation determines the energy we infuse it with and ultimately the outcome that will result. With growing awareness it almosts becomes laughable as we begin to realize more and more it's All about growth if we're open to receiving it. Once the lesson is absorbed similar situations cease to arise. Recognize the pattern, move through the fear and Get the gift contained within and Grow :)

Dance! Dance! Dance!

Nothing quite like it when you're feeling happy...And when you're not feeling happy, nothing quite like it for getting you there...Get your groove on :)

All You need is Love

All You need is Love, Love, Love...Love is all You need.

 Love yourself and it becomes impossible not to Love anyone else :)

Awareness-Knowledge

Knowledge expands the mind in the physical realm but can never bring the contentment that resides beyond the mind. Awareness can't be garnered from a book or through reason or analysis by the mind, it's an expansion of the soul that is gifted through the witnessing of one's own life and a willingness to examine and let go of the mind's self delusions...Aha! The bigger picture :)

Special

At some point in their lives most humans think they're special and are here to fulfill some great purpose. The Dalai Lama is no more special than the ordinary man on the street...the only difference is that he knows he's not, and ironically that's what makes him special. He lives in the realization that it's just another ploy of the ego and who he really Is shines through :)

Magic or Sorcery?

A Real magician never dabbles with the feelings of another being...that's sorcery. Unfortunately most humans are still under that spell but some are beginning to realize it...Let the Magic happen.

Faculties

To see beyond what the eyes perceive.
To hear the inaudible,
And speak words that have nothing to do with the tongue
But come from a place where feeling resides.
To touch in a way that has no physical sensation
But offers release to the giver and receiver.
Faculties beyond the comprehension of the mind
That reside within everyone,
Realized at the moment of surrender.

Miracles

Life Is The Miracle...we waste so much time searching for what's always right in front of us.

Best

"Everyone's best at something but no-one's best at everything" ~ SpongeBob Square Pants.

Open

A heart that is open turns no-one away.

All or Nothing

No half measures...All the Way!

The Web of Life

We're all connected by a thread... the finer the thread, the greater the fabric that is woven.

Home

Not a geographical location...a state of being.
 But maybe we do have to go back to the start...Ireland here I come. I'm going back to the start to see how much I've really grown...two weeks of witnessing the new me in an old environment.

Compassion

Compassion doesn't say I know how you feel - that's pity. Neither does it say I feel what you feel - that's empathy. Compassion comes from a place that understands the lack of understanding or ignorance and says simply how can I help?
When genuine compassion is present with those who have hurt our personal sense of self  then we know we're making progress ( and this doesn't mean we have to be a doormat for anyone )... because the real self can never be hurt.

Insanity - Sanity

Wanting things to be different but doing things the same, from the same state of awareness...that's insanity.
Wanting things to be different and being willing to move through the changes, expanding your awareness, irregardless of the fear...that's sanity :)

Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda

We spend so much time looking to change the past thinking we could have done some things differently when that just wasn't possible...where our state of awareness was in those moments we did exactly what we could do.

Then we spend our present moments thinking of what we should have done when, in fact, we did everything we should have done to get us to this very moment Now.

And then we waste our imagination on what we would have done if things had been different, instead of realizing that the culmination of events were exactly what we needed and to wish things had been different is futile. We waste that God given creative energy on a past that was exactly what needed to be for our growth and we block the flow of that creative energy and the activation of our potential in our present moment. 

Everything thing that happened was exactly what needed to happen to expand our awareness and allow our soul to evolve and only when we can truly admit that we wouldn't change any of it have we reached complete acceptance of ourselves :)

Loving What Is

Yes!!! Been a long journey getting here...acceptance, no expectations from anything or anyone, Just loving What Is no matter how It appears.

Attention - Intention

When the attention aligns with the intention the vibration changes and things flow accordingly.

Faith Grows

Once again Spirit never fails to show me that when I truly let go, trusting What Is and holding my intention from a place of Love and integrity, irregardless of what appears to be happening... the outcome really is always the best for all involved :) 

Spiritual Practice

When we make our life in every moment and every interaction our spiritual practice, we learn more than we ever could from any book or teaching.

Natural

It's not hard to be spiritual...that comes natural. It's just hard at times to be human because,as humans, we've made it such a game that isn't real to who we truly Are so we cause ourselves and one another unnecessary pain. There's no effort required when we're living from our true nature. And maybe we have to reach that point of self created suffering to realize that it's just not worth it and all we really have to do is love and respect one another the way we want to be loved and respected.

Acceptance gives Freedom

Acceptance comes when we fully realize that every soul on the planet really is doing it's best and evolving at the rate they came here to evolve. When fully accepted we really can love everyone just as they Are with no expectations at all and how freeing that is.

...Just the Way of It

Simple Complex

Is it any wonder that we, as humans, have difficulty conveying what we truly mean through words. The very language we've created confuses us from childhood with words that don't sound as they should or are spelled differently to the sounding patterns we're taught...maybe why I love Dr Seuss.
I guess Math always made sense to me because numbers follow a sequence and there's always a solution to every problem. Although at times I think I drove my teachers crazy because I could come up with the correct answer, much quicker, without always following the formula. Seems kind of strange that I lost marks for solving a problem quicker than the complex way that was deemed to be right. Why, as humans, do we make things so complex that are really quite simple? Same theory could be applied to this whole awakening process. Seems to me that those who truly appreciate the simple things in life are often the happiest.

Cards

There is an element of excitement present when a situation arises and we realize that we don't have any control over the outcome...what cards will the Universe deal next? Who knows? But I'm confident that the hand will be exactly what I need for the next stage of my growth and fear can try all it wants to convince me otherwise...I ain't buying it. I always was a good card player :)

Heart

The Heart of Humanity Will see through the illusion and will reign supreme.

Questions and answers

The seeming "problems" create the questions, the questions create the answers, and so the problems become the answers.
 Because in Reality the problems never existed in the first place... nothing to solve, they just simply dissolve.

...Boy the ego does not like this one right Now :)

Uncertainty

The mind craves security but freedom lies in the Uncertainty and acceptance of the impermanence of all that isn't real. The evolutionary impulse that drives the Universe will have it's way expressing itself  through each individual as each individual. We get to choose whether we allow it to do so with or without our conscious awareness. To do so without causes resistance and suffering, but when we reach a point where the choices are conscious we realize that we have to embrace the uncertainty that comes with those choices and adopt a willingness to participate in the unfolding with no expectation of what the future will bring.

...And so it goes

Rainbow

We spend so much time looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that we miss seeing the beauty of the rainbow itself.

Liquid soap

Do you wet your hands before you put on the soap or do you dispense some soap before you wet your hands? Does it really matter which comes first?... My kid teaches me every day :)

It's only ever known Now

The moment passes and a new one is born and what I think I thought I knew dies with that moment...and what's waiting to reveal itself can only ever be known right Now.

Questions and Answers...Light and Dark

We ask questions and seek the light but maybe the real answers can only be revealed in the dark...if we're willing to go there.

Live It

We read books and look to others for answers through words. But really our greatest teachings come, not through words, but by example. Even as kids although, undoubtedly, we absorb and believe what the adults in our lives told us ( they're adults so how could they be wrong? Big mistake ) our deep seated conditioning comes from their example. Parents, teachers, the man on the pulpit and all other authority figures try to teach us in words what they believe and so we ourselves grow into adults and endeavour to pass our beliefs on.

If we're fortunate enough we wake up to the fact and begin questioning those beliefs and at least prevent passing them on to the next generation and instead allow them to choose what they want to believe, and show them through our life example an awakened way of living.

And if we're lucky enough to break through some of that conditioning we really do get to see that everyone is our teacher if we allow them to be. Not necessarily through their words but through their life experience. The murderer sitting on death row can teach us more about the reasons we shouldn't take a life than any law enforcer could, just as the homeless man sleeping on the street can teach us more about the downside of alcohol than any preacher on a pulpit extolling the evil of drink.

But maybe the greatest teacher of all is our own heart. The mind can often cajole us into doing things that it deems right or justifies in some way, but I've learned through every step of this process that if I listen to my heart that I'm ok with whatever the outcome is. When the intention comes from the heart it has to be for the greatest good of all involved in every situation. And although at times I flounder and wonder what the hell I'm missing when the outcome doesn't seem to match my intention, I guess I've gained enough awareness to know that Spirit knows better than my own little mind what's unfolding, and I've no option left but to trust.

We can use all the words in the world but if we're not a living embodiment of that which we want to teach, those words hold no power at all.

Realization

So much of the New Age movement promote and sell material claiming the answers to self development and self improvement when, in fact, the Self neither needs improved or developed. Very few point toward the only answer that matters ( but there are a few) because it would mean the end of their industry - Self Realization... the only one who can realize it is You.

...The greatest trick of the mind is convincing us that there's something wrong with us in the first place when we're all just perfect as we Are. Watch that trickster :)

Perspective

Sometimes we just have to look at what other people  are dealing with to change perspective on our own little stories and realize how much we have to be grateful for.

Flow

It seems the moment we open ourselves to Spirit that one challenge seems to follow another. The more I grow on this journey, the more I come to realize that each challenge prepares us for the next as we face the fear and move through it. And maybe this whole journey is really seeing that they're not challenges but only experiences affording us the opportunity for growth if we're willing to face the fear and move through it...seeing at the other end that it really was an illusion created by our own mind. The experiences will never stop, but as our own awareness grows our perception changes and we begin to allow the flow of life, moving with it instead of against it.

When The Going Gets Tough!

Maybe we all reach a point where there's nothing else to do but trust and have faith...Letting Go

Lifetime?

Lifetime - For some reason this word keeps popping in. In reality it's not even a word that makes sense since life is eternal and so can't be limited to time.
And often in life we think of things we should do or should have done, but since Now is the only moment that exists and it's all happening Now, it really is never too early or too late :)

What would Love do?

Maybe the only question we ever need to ask in every situation...

Loving and Caring, Giving and Sharing :)

Returning

All paths lead home...some just take a longer route and a few detours along the way. When we can respect and honor one another as individual parts of the Whole,it becomes impossible to label anyone as wrong. What they choose to believe is their Truth from their perspective. When we're really coming from Love we can be a beacon by our own example without the need to convince anyone of anything. When the time is right they'll look for pointers,which we can offer, until they too realize the only one who can give them the answers is themselves. All just a returning.

Friend

Someone once told me that our friendship was proof of the struggles. I didn't quite get it but maybe it was, although I think our little trickster pal,the ego, won in the end because of pride. To cross paths with anyone on this journey to Love is a gift indeed...and supporting one another is probably all we can do because the journey is always an individual one. True friendship holds no grudges,  a lesson for both of us...hope You're  well. Miss You friend :)

Almost there

In the end when Love enters there's no going back and It will have it's way. The ego will struggle to justify and stay stuck. For those on the path to a true awakening, the world, as we know it, has to be ripped apart and the false identity dropped... everything we've ever deluded ourselves about has to come to the surface.
And maybe the hardest part of all is having to witness how our journey to the Self impacts those we love.
We're given the choice between choosing from Love or choosing from ego. To see a loved one struggle and hurt affords the opportunity to realize there comes a point when we can do no less than come from Love no matter what the other has done. to hope and pray they find their answers and if there's a way to help to do so.
This force called Love is both selfish and selfless...It knows in the giving it all returns to the Self and there comes a point when we  really can't do otherwise. When it enters there's really not a choice anymore, there's only one way it can ever respond and to go against it is no longer an option no matter how much the ego baulks.
Because somewhere beyond the sadness of it all, I know Love is controlling this and my only wish is that those whose lives have been affected will realize that some day... I have to be Real.
Saint or sinner...neither but both. Almost there.

As Within so Without

We can't make the journey within and expect things to remain the same without.
Ever fear will present itself over and over in one form or another until it is faced head on and seen for the illusion that it is. We crave growth but, when the winds of change come blowing our way, we resist the very thing that will set us free.
Avoidance and defensiveness are the two greatest weapons the ego possesses. We'd probably all be doing one another a favour if we walked around with...Fragile, handle with care- I'm in my ego tatooed on our foreheads, in those moments of defensiveness.
But  once again this week Spirit never fails to show me how much I have grown. When I can witness those who have hurt me in the past experiencing their own struggle but feel no consolation in it and hope they find their answers. And when I can truly realize fully that everything had to be as it was for me to be here Now...the unfolding continues :)

Release

Who Am I?
Who Are You?
A definitive answer can never be given.
I don't know
Becomes the release valve
For the mind trapped
In an illusion
Created by thinking it knows.

Much Ado about Nothing

As humans we really do make Much ado about Nothing often missing what's really important. Mr Shakespeare would have a blast in this day and age writing his plays.

You Are The Gift

When fully realized, that God/Universe chose You to play the individual aspect of mind known here as You and no-one else can play that part a shift takes place. As the mind opens so does the heart. When that individual aspect of mind wakes up to itself, it becomes a gift to both You and everyone around You.The interconnectedness of everything and everyone is seen and the Golden Rule becomes the Way of Life.

Naked and with Nothing

Most want freedom but very few are willing to hear what will inevitably set them free. So many wearing the costumes of spirituality or awakened ones, but when the Truth that will really set them free is presented they withdraw to their I  know mind, erecting more barriers to strengthen their walls of confusion and defending that which keeps them trapped in that self erected prison.Most would rather cling to their comfort zones,no matter how painful, rather than face the truth that will give them their heart's desires.

Few are willing to really let go of the status symbols to which they have attributed their sense of identity for fear of losing that little sense of self. Not realizing that it's only in the willingness to lose that little sense of self that the real nature of who they are can be discovered. 

We enter this world naked and with nothing and we will leave it the same way. My sense of self never depended on living in the right neigbourhood, owning a house, a fancy 300 and all the other trappings, but for many years I believed just that.I built my identity on what I thought mattered in this physical world but was never truly happy because deep down I always knew better. The symbols themselves hold know inherent meaning and can even be enjoyed on the journey when there is no attachment. For myself I made the conscious choice to let go of them to ensure I wouldn't trick myself into believing I had let go of the attachment. Maybe some day I'll choose to have them again but the difference will be there will be no attachment because now I know Who I Am.

Initially there was a sense of panic when I could no longer identify with the person I thought I was. But once I made the choice the Universe responded by giving me exactly everything I needed along the way without any trying required on my part. Looking back now I can see that I really did need every experience to get me to where I am in myself right now and I wouldn't change that for anything

As every challenge arises along the way, I can still feel some of that residue of fear come to the surface, but the more I question and try to understand those thoughts the less of a hold they have and there is an underlying knowing that something else is taking care of this and it will all be ok...it can't be otherwise, the Universe knows where I'm coming from :)

It just Is

Life just Is...When realized fully, the mind no longer attaches meaning and then, there's only complete acceptance of the flow of life as it Is.

Mirror,Mirror

A smile from the heart comes through the eyes, that's love...just look in the mirror :)

Somewhere out there

Somewhere out there...I hope You are smiling from your heart :))

Emerging

The old way of being has to breakdown for the new one to emerge..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4O7ufx9D_s

Fruitful

Inspiration arises only when we truly let go, and any action born from that has to be fruitful...Yum:)

Kids know magic

My little 5 yr old neighbour - Guess what? A baby's coming out of my Mom's friend's belly, isn't that magic?... Magic indeed :)

Rich beyond Imagination

All too often in life, we believe our negative thoughts and use our imagination to cast ourselves in the role of poor me, creating an imaginary future we really don't want. We all have the ability to flip that and use our imagination to dream of the future we do want and discover those riches beyond compare that reside within each and every one of us.

Stepping stones

One moment leading into the next, just stepping stones on the journey. And Being here fully Now in this moment, I know good things are a comin :)

Gateway to Freedom

To realize that we never really know what's in store and Be okay with it, and count All our blessings along the way. I Am and I'm counting :)

Surfing

Beginning and end, beginning and end...they're One and the same in this circle of Life. The mind looks for answers and tries to make sense of that which can't be made sense of.
The sense of self begins to drop away when it realizes that it has no control. When we can accept the moment without trying to define why it's happening, and realize that we don't know why anything happens as it does, whatever unfolds will be perfect just as It Is because that's the Way of It.
 Wanting things to be different is futile...there's no sense in struggling against What Is. To think I know better than the power that drives the Universe is just downright laughable.
The greatest gift I can give myself right Now is to throw my hands in the air and admit I don't know...I'm open to whatever is coming my way. Surf those waves :)

I hope You dance!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmBSGlXqC4Q&feature=fvwrel

Now heals

Time heals? Since time is an illusion, healing can only happen Now.

So Much More!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK0HmAvoUgQ

Judge

We do so because it's so much easier than taking an honest look at ourselves and admitting our own downfalls. If the need to judge arises at all it's nothing to do with the other person but everything to do with me...the reflection brings clarity, only the mind can distort the picture.

Talk??

Who does that? We've become experts at using our finger instead of our mouth...kinda sad. I wonder will we try to replace all other forms of human contact, eventually, with technology? Maybe moderation in All things is the answer.

Heaven Will have it's Way

http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/No+Frontiers/1gJcTi?src=5

Enlightenment

It's viewed as some great attainment, but we can only ever be enlightened in each and every moment when we choose to be fully present in it and see what the moment offers. And  when we begin to string a series of  enlightened moments together something wonderful begins to emerge and we're open to receiving all the signs around us. This something is stronger than the mind and trusts that What Is is exactly what's supposed to be right now.

A stroll in the moonlight

Some crawl, some walk, some run, some sprint but we all reach the same place eventually. And maybe those who have learned to take a leisurely stroll enjoy the journey the most.

Unexplainable connection

We really don't need to be part of someone's physical existence, or even offer words, to wish them all that their heart desires...that's Love in the truest sense of the word :)

Anything Is Possible

How can you miss someone you've never met? Most would say that's impossible.

From You

The Whole World comes out from You...
There lies All the answers to any conceivable question You may have.

Is it worth the price?

http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Play+The+Game+Tonight/3lhMSD?src=5

The quitter in me

The second incident today was a very valuable lesson.
 One of the employees at my workplace sent me a text to say she won't be in tomorrow, in fact she decided she wouldn't be coming back. I was initially disappointed that she just quit with no notice or regard for what that would entail for the other employees and myself...re-doing schedules and working extra hours until I could train someone new.
 But on a moment's reflection I caught myself and realized that if there was a reaction within me then there was something I was denying. There was a quitter in me...at 22 I quit a job with no notice or regard for anyone else. In that moment I was so thankful that I wasn't there right now but could own the quitter in me and I got the gift of integrating another part of myself. When we take the time to look in ourselves and own what causes the reaction we give ourselves an immeasurable gift...at some point in time we're all capable of that which can cause us to react.
And because of that I was able to just wish her the best in whatever she chose to do...she's the one creating her future right now and will have to accept the quitter in herself at some future point in time and for that reason I can genuinely feel compassion for her.
 We each can only act from our own level of awareness and I am so grateful that mine continues to expand every day.The more I watch for the signs and synchronicities on this journey the clearer they become and I move through each situation presented with much more ease and a lot less stress.
And now I get to hire someone who may be a much greater asset to our environment at this point in time.

I'm actually beginning to enjoy watching this mind of mine :)

Right in front of my eyes

What a strange day!
While rushing out today ( obviously NOT in the moment...therein lies the answer) I was running around looking for my sunglasses only to realize they were right on my face. Made me stop for a moment and chuckle...
On this journey we spend so much time searching for what's right in front of our eyes because it can only be found in the present moment.
Sometimes it's hard to find what we're looking for and easy to miss what we're not looking for :)

When

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQv_G7XgUD8

Ninkimpoop

Mom you're a ninkimpoop...

Thanks Justin I'll take that label :)

Like Mother Like Daughter

" When I was a little girl Mom, I wanted to grow up to be just like You...
Now, I am grown up and I have something more I'd like to say.
I'm proud of You, Mom. You have my deepest respect
As well as my love, and I still want to be like You."

Happy Birthday!
Thanks for everything you have done for me.
Love Rachelle
xoxo

Thank You Rachelle, Nicole, Mikey and Justin from the bottom of my heart...I'm blessed that You chose me :)

Living on Purpose

Everyone's floundering around searching for a purpose. The journey to full self realization is the purpose...for those willing to go there.

Numbers

One year older, says who? If time is an illusion I can be any age I choose at any point in time...and I've always been a genius with numbers :)

Trickster

It's a master at tricking us into thinking we've dropped the reins when we've really only loosened the slack...only when we drop those reins completely can the free ride really begin :)

Changing... Me or Them?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxUs3Jwz2lo

Unfolding

To think we control anything is an illusion of the individual mind. Only when we let go of the need to control anything and embrace uncertainty can we see reality revealed.

Que sera sera

The mind continues to weave it's tales but the Oneness is charting the course.

Dance, Dream, Give, Live and Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf5UfOuvQHQ&feature=related

Questions and answers

The egoic mind thrives on asking questions and searching for answers and stories are created from the stressful thoughts that arise due to the game. When the thoughts are questioned (simply to ask can we absolutely now that it's true?) the story is seen clearly as a fiction that may never happen and the thought will eventually cease to come calling.
 Answers can never be found in the mind because Truth exists only in the Heart.

Planes of existence

One world with many planes of existence, experienced by individual perception... Heaven, hell and everything in between.

Believe It!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQasXV8yQJU
...Just the way You are :)

Integration

Black or white? good or bad? light or dark? Only one thing integrates them all

...Love

Knowing? Guessing?

To realize how little we know... when we think we know so much. The don't know mind holds a host of possibilities. Do we ever really know?

Doubt Everything

In the place of Great Doubt there is proof of nothing... Faith is the only thing left.

The Sinner and the Saint

The Saint loses Presence for a moment and utters an angry word, the Sinner has a moment of clarity and has an epiphany. Is one better or worse than the other?

...Me thinks Not!

Real?

Searching for and missing something we never had.

 But how can we miss something we never had? Doesn't that question itself imply that it was something we did have? Didn't it have to exist in the first place for it to be missed? Does it have to be in our physical manifestation to be real?

.......

...And just maybe words will never suffice.

Feeling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egJR3K6UIJY
That's why he's a star!

Death

Death...the thing we're most afraid of although most are even too afraid to admit that.

But Awakening is Dying... to truly Awake we have to Die to who we think we are.

Settling of the storm

The mind will constantly try to grasp it,
The intellect will continually try to understand the mystery that will always elude it.
It can only be reached by that which runs deeper.

It enters with no thought or concern.
But sweeps all in it's path
That stands in the way of clear vision.

It consumes with a hunger and thirst
that sates the true appetite.
Looking for fulfillment
in only that which is real.

Too many wearing masks
of authenticity
that appear real
to those floundering on the surface.

Dive deeper and
the ocean's beauty is revealed,
in all it's myriad of life forms that exist...
 from those resting on the ocean bed
to those floating on the surface
and all that swim in between.

Waves sweep over the shore
caressing the sand as they move ashore.
It arrives as a tsunami
but offers the gift of fluid freedom
in the settling of the storm.

This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWu0N0qPeME

Clarity

I've come to notice that my moments of clarity and inspiration come when I'm outside... guess they can't be confined to closed spaces.

The Gift

The Gift is that in feeling it, I get to understand everyone else so much more...and That makes my story so much more worthwhile.

Pain - Heal

Now I get it...the pain itself contains the healing, for those willing to go there.

Real

I asked
And It answered
I called
And It came
It entered my heart
Like a strong burning flame.
I tried to resist It
But there was no doubt
It's not something
The 'me' knows anything about.
The veil of illusion
All fell away
And what's left is what's real
And it's here to stay.

Smile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HsJ7CgmIVM

Trinity

For some reason this word keeps popping in today... new perspective.

We live in a world of duality looking for oneness. Maybe the answer  we're all longing for resides in neither...
There's good and bad and that which is neither, there's up and down and that which is in-between, right and wrong and that which takes a stance on neither side, feminine and masculine and that which has no gender... a mind that contains both and battles with the play of opposites but doesn't realize That which is beyond mind itself integrates it All.

 That which watches the battle between the knowledge and the knower...the Knowing bemused by it All. The Trinity encompasses All Aspects and leaves none out... a little bit of a different take on what those nuns taught.

Love Is Blind??

Love Is Blind...never could believe that one. The ego's the one with the shutters closed...Love Sees and Feels All.

Truth=Love=Freedom

The Truth only ever hurts to the ego and the One offering it is only ever coming from Love... don't let the ego win Now when You have made so much progress becoming aware of it. Coming from Love One can't ever offer any less than the Truth because to do so is a disservice to Who You Truly Are..that's the gift and the path to freedom that the ego does not want You to see.

Truth appears to hurt to the ego, both in the giving and receiving, but Real Love knows the Truth and can offer no less because, in the realizing of it, that's where freedom lies. The moment of being offended contains the point of realization.

Why?

Why does the sun rise in the morning?
Why do the birds fly way up high?
Why do we hurt one another?
Why do we laugh?Why do we cry?

Why does the flower share it's beauty?
Why do the branches bend in the wind?
Why is there war and not peace on our planet?
Why do we believe in a world that has sinned?

Why does a baby love without judgement?
Why do most take what they don't need?
Why can't we give without expectation?
Why all the signs that we just don't heed?

Why can't we open our hearts to forgiveness?
Why can't we trust the Source we come from?
Why can't we just Love one another?
And live on this planet as just One.

Wait or Plan?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfTieVPjN7

Maybe it's neither, maybe just Not knowing...accepting the uncertainty and allowing the possibilities.

Ordinary not Extraordinary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4j_wrmpMnU

Right or Wrong

To realize that neither exists releases the need to defend what we believe to be right or  the need to prove that the other is wrong... the cause of most of the world's problems.
Ultimately we really don't know anything absolutely and we can see that everything just IS.

Nothing lasts Forever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dj7p3h03qQ

...Nothing that's what we return to and it really does last forever, that's Eternity. It's the only thing that really exists but it doesn't exist at all because it's No-Thing. We humans make the mistake of looking for eternity in some-thing.

Meaningless = Freedom

When we realize that Nothing has any meaning, except that which the mind gives to it, we're home free. And ironically enough, rather than leaving one complacent, it encourages one to help those lost in the confusion of the mind...but only if they are asking.
 Because even in the confusion the Truth knows they're doing just fine...they merely haven't realized they're just believing a story and when the time is right for them to discover this realization for themselves they will.

Some call it magic, I call it Real

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dHUfy_YBps

Spider

Spider the mind
Spinning it's web.
Grabbing a thought thread.
Spinning and spinning
Till it's out of control.
Fabricating it's web as the story of mind.
But how flimsy it is,
One touch and it's gone.
Till he grabs a thought thread
And begins once again.

No 'me'

A mind that is closed exists only in me
But to the one that is open life flows fully free.
The I who I Am
Knows that we're All One.
And the dream I've created
is finally done.
Reality emerges,
So bright and so clear
As the illusion disintegrates
And with it all fear.

All Encompassing

It All comes from me, for me and is big enough to encompass everyone and everything I project... Love.

As it should Be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxmhDuWiEEY

Touchdown Oct 05/12...Time to finally lay it all to rest.

So Senseless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFM7Ty1EEvs

...All for what?

Understanding

As humans we're all kind of stupid really. We spend so much time trying to let go of thoughts when all we really have to do is meet them with understanding and question them. When a thought pops in simply to ask, Is that true? Can I really know that's absolutely true?, opens the mind enough to consider other possibilities.

...Then you don't have to let go of the thought because it lets go of You :)

Back to Roots

Time to book a flight for a long overdue visit...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbMln5JXXsQ&feature=related

And so the story goes...

More than anything else on this journey the one thing I have come to realize most is that when the need to defend against someone or something arises,it's time for me, once again, to take a step back and take a good look at myself.
 To try to defend against What Is is futile and says way more about me than the other person. Everyone is just being who they are, in that moment, and anything less than total acceptance of that only creates suffering by wanting things to be different.
Freedom only comes by fully accepting everything and everyone, right as they are, in this moment with no expectations. The only person I ever have control over is myself and what I don't want to accept in another is merely an aspect of my own being I may have kept out of my awareness and is now time to embrace and integrate,
When I can really look and accept every human being just as they are I give myself the gift of just being able to love, with no hidden ego agenda, and I really get to see the bunch of wonderful quirky characters that make up this world I live in. The drama becomes something I no longer feel a need to participate in but can often elicit a smile when I can hold on to the realization that it's all just a story...there are still moments when I'm a slow learner :)

Do we ever really know?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkV-of_eN2w

Balance Point

Oscillating back and forth when the balance point is right in the middle.

Who?

We put so much energy into trying to be someone we're not. Then we direct our energy into trying not to be someone we're not, instead of just being who we are.

...What a conundrum

Perfect Or Not?

Another dose of wisdom from that wise old 8 yr old...

"Mom,at the same time, everybody's perfect but nobody's perfect"

In the eyes of the Divine we Are and always will be perfect, to the ego mind we will never be perfect enough.

Don't give up

When the ego feels the struggle intensely, it is merely a breaking down or stripping away of all that is illusionary, and the closer one comes to fully realizing reality, the more the ego will panic. So when things seem to be at their worst you are so much closer to the best than you realize...hold on tight and don't give up :))

Love Will Prevail

All You Need

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGp6DZpDNbo&feature=related

In the End

And maybe, in the end, it's just truly realizing that we had to go through every one of those experiences to get us to the point that it's how we treat one another that really matters...Love Never Fails :)

Spiritual Growth

The world today talks so much about Spiritual Growth but it really only ever takes place when you can bring it into your everyday life...every encounter, every interaction and especially with those loved ones who are always a part of your life experience, that's where real Spiritual Growth happens. If it doesn't affect your everyday life...it ain't worth squat :)

Patterns

Everything that arises in our experience is, on some level, created by us for our own growth and expansion... the Universe makes no mistakes. When we really get this we can begin to accept it All and we move through those  seemingly challenging experiences with much more ease and they in turn pass out of our experience much more quickly. When we realize what we need to learn from each and every experience... the pattern ceases to exist.

The Same Rainbow's End

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7SI7N22k_A

Returning

It's All just One Big Circle, leading us right back to the Beginning.

Kids Know

Yeah kids can teach us more than we can ever teach them.

Conversation I overheard from my youngest and his little friend when they were having a disagreement last night...

Justin :" Well you don't know if that's really true or not"

Friend : "Yes it is"

Justin : "Well how do you know?"

Friend : "Because my Mom told me"

Justin : "That doesn't mean it's true"

Friend : "Yes it does, my Mom knows everything"

Justin : ``NOBODY knows everything... even my Mom doesn't know Everything.``

A minute later they just resumed playing as if the conversation never took place.

I have one smart kid :)

...Open to possibilities

Big Words

That last post just brought a memory back...actually two. As a young kid my siblings hated me using big words so most of the time I didn't use my full vocabulary. When I was 16 I remember handing in an English assignment and the teacher told me it was immature and I couldn't write. In all fairness it probably was because I didn't put any effort into it, but I did choose to believe her and for 27 yrs I didn't write. Ha! She got that one wrong. And really a true teacher will always bring out the best in their students...is it any wonder most kids don't realize their true potential.

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis...quite a big word but it really just means change or transformation. And maybe that's just what it's all about...not for anyone else but for ourselves. We talk so much about letting go but  maybe it's more about transformation.
If everything has a higher purpose and a reason in the bigger scheme of things, then just maybe it's merely about transforming those things we deemed as wrong by changing our perception of them and using that as fuel to propel us on this journey and allowing ourselves to see that higher purpose.
 Sure we can be angry and bear resentment toward the injustices themselves but to hold on to resentment toward the perpetrators, who are human beings merely acting out of ignorance, hurts no-one but ourselves...forgiveness toward another truly is the greatest gift we can give ourselves :)

Signs

Signs... they're always there when we look for them. But what comes next? Do we ever really know?

No answer

No answer says more than words ever could... Silence conveys the Truth.

All the words in the world

All the words in the world can never compare to the experience itself.

I can describe to someone what a mango tastes like, but if they've never tasted one my words will never do justice to the actual experience of tasting it.

We've created a world with many cultures and religions fighting to defend their own definition of God through teachings and words that they define as 'right' and 'wrong'. When the truth is God can only ever be experienced by each individual themselves ( as all the really great teachers showed by living example and by pointing the way Within ). And until each individual realizes this for themselves, they'll keep looking everywhere to solve a mystery that resides right within their own Being.

Movement

Having always loved shopping for new things but feeling guilty about accumulating stuff or worse yet being attached to it, in recent months I've come up with a wonderful solution that works beautifully. Every time I buy something, either for myself the house or the kids, I give something else away. It works wonderfully because I get to enjoy what I buy, without accumulating more or being attached to it, because I give it away eventually... everything just keeps moving and eventually someone else gets to enjoy it :)


... A Natural Law of the Universe.

So close and yet so far.

Sadly, most are so afraid of their true identity,they hide behind all that they're not. There's no void to be filled, only a stripping away of the self delusions that cover the true essence...It's right there.

...So close and yet so far.

Who Am I? Who Is Me?

We take on so many roles in this physical experience but seldom take the time to really discover who we Are beyond them. To my children I'm Mom, but undoubtedly to each of them the individual perception of that role is subtly different. To my parents I'm their daughter but no doubt to my Mom and Dad daughter means something different. To each of my siblings I'm a sister, but each of them attach their own meaning and expectation to that role. To my friends I'm a friend, and that role can cover a wide spectrum of possibilities dependent on the nature and expectation of each individual.

The personality known as Me wears the cloak of the appropriate character in every given role and each of those roles comprise of all the perceptions I garnered along the way... from the free spirited kid to the woman who's finally listening to that spirit once again. And just maybe when I infuse each of those roles with the real essence of  that spirit within do all my relationships take on a whole new light and in the process I begin to discover Who I Truly Am... Just Me but so much More :)


...Who Are You?

Do You See What I See?

"Mom do You see what I see?"... A profound question from an 8 yr old.

Since the world we experience is made up from our own individual choices and perceptions, do we ever really see what another sees? Probably not, until we take the time to really consider the other's point of view and even then it's probably still tinted with some individual interpretation.

But maybe one of the greatest gifts we can give is to See in another what they don't See in themselves.

...Do You See What I See?

Three Little Words

All too often we use three little words in our life, sometimes not taking the time to contemplate what we're saying. Since we're All Love at the very essence of our being then I Love You are only words, if they're merely spoken and not shown.
 And just maybe three more powerful words to offer anyone in this physical life experience are Don't Doubt Yourself...


Don't Doubt Yourself :)

Experience

I eliminated the word problem from my vocabulary quite a while ago and traded it for the word challenges. But I've come to realize challenge has just as many negative connotations...implying a duel or something to be overcome, when really there's nothing to overcome and it's pretty futile to resist What Is. It's all just experiences in my story which I choose to create, perceiving some as good and some not so good... but I get to learn and grow from each and every one and that's why we're here.

Each and every experience will pass eventually...Ride the highs and Flow with the lows... It's All Good :)

Deep

When You wade through the mud and the silt of the shallow waters, the water becomes clearer the deeper You go....just remember to come up for air :)

Express Yourself

Angry at the violation of innocence of one too young to comprehend.
Angry at the meaningless bloodshed and death witnessed in the name of religion or for a piece of land... young men who literally starved themselves to death for a 'cause'.
Angry at those who allowed it to happen and swept it under the rug when it came to light.
But mostly angry at myself for allowing it all to influence the choices I made and shape the life I created and the people I attracted.
Repressing it deeper and deeper and becoming more embroiled in the role of 'victim' when my spirit knew I was no-one's victim.
Self directing that anger which manifested as guilt because I didn't know how to express it...how ludicrous to feel guilt and shame because of what someone else done and because I didn't know how to stop it.
Consistently feeling guilty when the other person was angry and hurting, no matter how much I tried to come at it from Love.
But just maybe that's not what Spirit was asking from me...It already knows I can't even kill a bug.
Express Yourself...Let it flow and LET IT GO.
Say it, Write it, Sing it, Dance it, Paint it or Scream it from the FUCKING rooftops...just LET IT GO.
Emotion is just that...energy in motion, it's not supposed to be held on to.
And in the end none of it really matters because LOVE IS THE ONLY REALITY...the rest is merely an illusion created from the human mind that resides in ignorance and it's futile to fight an illusion because it doesn't exist.
JUST LOVE :)

Fascination

The more my ability to just observe, both myself and other human beings, grows...the more fascinated I become.
 We're All here for such a short moment in time yet we choose to give our attention to things that don't really matter and that are, more often than not, detrimental to our own growth.
 Only when we decide to take our attention away from what doesn't matter and place it fully on what does, in every given moment, can we expect to perceive a reality that each of us truly longs for at the core of our being. and in the process add to the Whole in a meaningful way.

Love, Laugh and Be Kind

Love, Laugh and Be Kind... Nothing else matters :)

Worrying or Caring?

I gave up worrying about anyone a long time ago. Because I realized that worrying was participating in creating a future for someone that they really didn't want.
 This in no way meant I ever stopped caring. I came to realize that worrying was inferring that they did not have the potential to create all that their heart desired ( and everyone has that potential) and was born out of a place of pity.
 Caring, on the other hand, is born from a place of compassion and concern and merely says "I understand and empathize". And as a human being ( which I chose to experience ) I will never stop caring...that's just who I Am :)

Something beyond it All

Not tangible...but it's there.

Try to articulate it and it eludes verbal expression.

Try to grasp it but it disperses like a dandelion in the breeze

Try to mold it and it becomes like a misshapen vessel.

To taste it is to savor the sweetest nectar.

Hold it tight and suffocation ensues

But given away freely... One's own true nature is revealed.

Walls

We put them up pretty fast and sometimes if we're lucky begin to take them down one brick at a time. But maybe, just maybe, when we're willing to let the whole lot come crashing down, we can see the naked truth exposed for what it is...NOTHING.

Who You Are Not Is Really Who You Are

Those who can consciously explore who they are not, discover who they Are.

Wonder

Children so afraid to trust what is REAL, but until we do we'll always just wonder....

Out of the mouth of babes

Out of the mouth of babes..."A day without laughter and love is a day wasted". Message from my eight year old this evening...hope You had some laughter and love today :)

Ending or Beginning?

The end of something always signifies a beginning of something else.

I Know

The Heart knows in a way the mind can never comprehend.

Faith

Faith isn't about believing - when everything is going right. Faith is about Believing - when everything seems to be going wrong. Do I Believe in Heaven on earth? You better Believe it!

~ I Believe I can fly

To love and be loved.

So much needless hurt and suffering in a world where everyone's looking for the same thing.

Dance with me

When the Will to be free is stronger than the cage of habitual fear, the unbounded spirit has to come forth and express... Let's Dance :)

Unexplainable

Real Love is unexplainable... It isn't bound by the law of cause and effect and mere words will never describe it.

~ It's All coming back to me Now...

Tears

Tears...so many shed, but much needed to release the illusion.

Once upon a time...Happily ever after

I believe that Once upon a time we all came into this physical reality with an unbounded spirit and a will to live the life of our dreams... but we bought into the illusion and allowed fear, and not Love, be our guide. But I still believe that Happily ever after is possible if we're willing to look that fear (illusion) in the face and step into the reality that we know we came here to experience and Let Love lead the Way.

Sixth Sense

At times I feel a breeze on my skin when the leaves are perfectly still,
I hear a whisper in my ear when there's no-one around,
A sweet taste on my tongue when nothing is consumed,
The smell of lilacs in the air in the depth of Winter,
 A vibrant aliveness to all that appears solid,
Am I dreaming? Or is everyone else?

Self-Realization

Spirit never fails to reward every genuine step taken toward self-realization.

Strength

Strength of spirit can only be realized in the face of adversity.

Mistakes??

When we allow the heart to decide and not the mind...there are no mistakes.

Salvation

Salvation...the word itself implies there is something to be saved from. The irony is that when we realize there is nothing to be saved from we ultimately obtain salvation. Our true being is Spirit and needs no saving. Only when we fully allow that Spirit to come forth in physical expression are we 'saved' from something that was never real in the first place. The idea of salvation therefore only exists when we choose to believe the illusion. And often the salvation we're looking for lies within the one thing in this physical plane that we've spent a lifetime avoiding and running from...face that fear!

Authenticity and Self acceptance

As humans we spend so much time and energy trying to live up to a desired image that we think will make us happy and fulfilled. Not realizing that lasting happiness can only be found when we are completely natural or authentic. This means embracing and fully accepting all aspects of the multifaceted being we are. This being doesn't need to live up to any image...good or bad, beautiful or ugly. Until we reach a place of complete self-acceptance we cannot live a life of authenticity or Love. As our own self-acceptance grows our capacity to love grows accordingly. And only when we fully love ourselves can we fully love another.

To Love

To truly love means to hold a vision of the other in their highest potentiality, irregardless of the superficiality and negativity their ego presents through fear and ignorance. Only true perfection of beingness can exist in love, and to view another as less than that is not real Love.

Listening

Real listening is not a faculty of the physical senses...when the Heart and Soul hears, only then is there understanding :)

Life and Death

In this physical world Life and Death are usually perceived as opposites. The truth is Life has no opposite...Life and Love are one and the same. Birth and Death are the same point in the circle, the rest of the circle is Life or Love... the only true reality. The beginning and end are one and the same, meeting at the only point that exists...the Eternal Now :)

Letting Go

Just allowing the deep rooted pain to come to the surface and acknowledging that it exists,without trying to run from it, can be enough to begin to move through it and let it go.

Domino Effect

When we don't heal and forgive the original cause of the pain, it creates a domino effect in our lives causing us to create circumstances that reflect the original pain back to us. However this in turn provides us with the opportunity to acknowledge and bring that pain into the light of conscious awareness thus freeing ourselves from the self created suffering. We then begin to see clearly that it was never about the other person...they were merely the mirror showing us those parts of ourselves,often deeply buried or denied, that required compassion and forgiveness. The perpetrator then becomes the teacher providing us with the opportunity to fully forgive and let go...Aah Freedom!!

Respect

The greatest thing we can bring to any relationship is respect. When both parties fully respect one another, they can accept and allow the other person to be who they are without any need or expectation while still allowing the other to express their point of view even when it differs from their own...it really would be a very boring world if we all agreed on everything and wouldn't give us much opportunity for growth or expansion :)

Responding from Love

Love really is insurmountable. When we can come from a place of genuine love and compassion, no matter what the outer circumstance may be or what the other person is projecting, our internal responses begin to change and we create a space to diffuse the drama as opposed to feeding it with a negative reaction :)

God/Spirit

I've come to realize that I've never felt closer to God than when listening to uplifting music on a Sunday morning or going for a walk and looking up and around...at the sky, the trees, the birds,the world. All those Sunday mornings sitting inside a cement structure listening to someone preaching about right and wrong never connected me in the same way. We don't need to be told about God/Spirit, we merely need to experience it :)

Ego

Our ego is an intrinsic part of who we are in this physical experience. But when we truly master the art of observing it and how it operates in our lives, we can accept it without giving it the power to control our life experience.  Eventually it will relinquish the reins of control and comply to the higher power of our real identity...  only then do we begin to live a life of authenticity endowed with love and compassion and our ego becomes the wonderful tool it's supposed to.

Destination

It's not about the destination...it's about knowing that you're heading in the right direction. And when you're not, being willing to fully look at the self delusions that are turning you around. Firstly by acknowledging them and then forgiving them, by realizing they were born out of ignorance by a child who couldn't comprehend the ignorance of those adults who were merely doing their best under the circumstances and from where their own sense of awareness was at the time. Those delusions soon lose their power when brought into the light of awareness and after that the only direction is up :)

Giving

Anonymously... when the other can't give back. This is undoubtedly the most rewarding form of giving, and ironically you really do get way more than you give by the feeling that fills you from within :))

Purpose...Love

We spend so much time in this physical experience looking for a great purpose. Just maybe our only purpose is to remember how to love without any personal agenda or expectations attached. We spend much of our lives searching and often blaming and lamenting over what others have done to us or haven't done for us... just maybe if we spent that same energy we use projecting onto others what we're denying in ourselves, we might touch on something that no-one or nothing has the power to unsettle. Only Love can find the door and turn the key,and when discovered no purpose is needed because we're living it in the only moment that exists...right here and Now and not at some future point that we may never reach :)

Automatic reaction or Conscious choice?

The more we fully awake on this journey, quite often the more challenges arise along the way. It's just Spirit offering us the gift of opportunity to realize our progress (otherwise how would we know we're growing) and see how fully present we can remain in the face of adversity. Our resolve can grow in leaps and bounds when we make a conscious choice to stay fully present and not  partake in the drama of the ego. this is often the hardest when it involves loved ones and we hear things like I don't know you anymore. When old dramas can no longer elicit the same internal response, then you know you're making progress and the beautiful thing is that you're also helping those who are trying to trigger an old automatic response mechanism. Love Always Wins :)

Extraordinary or Ordinary?

The Extraordinary happens when we become aware of the Ordinary Miracles that are present in every moment we take the time to look :)

Two little words

If the only prayer you say in your life is Thank You, that would suffice ~ Meister Eckhart


Two little words that when said, with heartfelt meaning, have the power to transform worlds. We spend so much time in our life looking for gratification from people and things and seldom take the time to notice throughout each day how much we have to be grateful for. When we take the time to offer these two simple words as much as possible throughout our day we begin to see the multitude of things we have to be grateful for and the power contained within these two little words to transform those we come in contact with. We give an immeasurable gift to others and the gratification we're looking for no longer exists because we become endowed with a greater sense of fulfillment just in that simple act of offering genuine gratitude to another :)

Greatest Question

The greatest question to ask oneself..."If it doesn't feel good afterward, why do it in the first place?"

When applied to anything you do or say, this question will create enough awareness,within you, at that moment to make a different choice :)

Mothers

Seems appropriate to touch on, in my opinion, the most important role on the planet. Being fortunate enough to be able to call myself  Mom to four beautiful human beings has undoubtedly been the greatest gift I've ever been given. They've taught me more than they will ever know and touched my heart in ways I could never have imagined...sometimes through sweat and tears and other times through joy and love.

Although the past few years, for me, have been about letting go of all the labels and roles I've undertaken throughout my life...the one I can never relinquish is that of being Mom. If that means holding on to attachment...So Be It!

So don't forget today to let that very special person know how much she is loved and appreciated ( even if she's no longer on this physical plane, she can still hear you because she's right within your heart).

Happy Mother's Day Mom! It took me many years to realize you were always doing your best and for that I Thank You...from the bottom of my heart xo

Selfless or Selfish?

Selfless and Selfish... they're really two sides of the same coin. Since consciously beginning this journey of awakening a few years back my intention became to live my life as selflessly as possible. Lately I've come to realize that I can only be truly selfless by sometimes being selfish and not giving in to the egoic needs of others. Only when I become selfish at times and focus on my own self nurturing can I truly feel whole and operate from a place of love and total selflessness.This in turn becomes empowered giving, without any feeling of self sacrifice, that is infused with pure joy...no greater feeling. So yes I am both selfish and selfless :)

Perception

This world only exists because of my perception. Undoubtedly we all agree on certain things in this universe that we label good and bad... as a collective consciousness we do perceive certain happenings and events.
 But ultimately we each live in our own self created universe that is determined by what we choose to perceive. When we begin to undertake to consciously choose those perceptions from a place of love, the world we experience will begin to change accordingly and we start to realize that each of us does indeed have the power to experience Heaven on Earth...if we so choose.And no-one has the power to rock our boat unless we choose to give them that power.