Everyone Has a Story

Interesting People Everywhere
by Madisyn Taylor 

Every person on this planet has a story to tell, something that makes them unique adding to the whole.

It’s easy to forget sometimes that everyone has a story to tell if we take the time to listen. We are so accustomed to hearing the stories of people in the news that we sometimes lose track of the fact that the random stranger on the bus also has a fascinating story about where they came from and how they got to be where they are. The sheer variety of paths taken in this world, from farmers to CEOs to homeless people to world travelers, is indicative of how much we can learn from each individual. Sometimes the shy, quiet person at work has the most amazing life story and the biggest dreams, it is up to us to take the time to find out. 

Some people travel a path of wealth and privilege, while others struggle with only themselves to rely on, and both have great stories to tell. Each person learns lessons, makes choices, and develops a unique perspective, which only they can claim and share. Even two people who have had very similar lives will have slightly different experiences, leading them to a different point of view, so each person remains a treasure trove waiting to be explored. When we take the time to ask questions and listen, we find that every person has a fascinating story to tell and an utterly unique perspective from which to tell it. 

Bearing this in mind, we have the opportunity to approach the world around us in a new way. There is never any reason to be bored at a party, or on the bus, or in a conversation with a stranger. When we retain the spark of curiosity and the warmth required to open someone up, we always have in front of us the makings of a great story. All we have to do is ask.

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Remember the Light Side

In Praise of Fun
by Madisyn Taylor

During our journey we can become very serious, it is important to remember to have fun along the way.


Often when we talk about fun, or doing things just for fun, we talk about it in a dismissive way as if fun isn’t important. We tend to value hard work and seriousness, and we forget to pay our respects to the equally important, light side of silliness and laughter. This is ironic because we all know the feeling of euphoria that follows a good burst of laughter, and how it leaves us less stressed, more openhearted, and more ready to reach out to people. We are far more likely to walk down the street smiling and open after we’ve had a good laugh, and this tends to catch on, inspiring smiles from the people we pass who then positively influence everyone they encounter. Witnessing this kind of chain reaction makes you think that having fun might be one of our most powerful tools for changing the world.

Laughter is good medicine, and we all have this medicine available to us whenever we recall a funny story or act in a silly way. We magnify the effects of this medicine when we share it with the people in our lives. If we are lucky, they will have something funny to share with us as well, and the life-loving sound of laughter will continue to roll out of our mouths and into the world.

Of course, it is also important to allow ourselves to be serious and to honor that side of ourselves so that we stay balanced. After a great deal of merriment, it can actually be a pleasure to settle down and focus on work, or take some time for introspection until our next round of fun begins.

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Be Happy Anyway

The prophet Nathan would come to King David every night and tell him, “This is what you did wrong today, what you said wrong today, whom you hurt today.” Can you imagine being confronted every night with every single transgression you committed during your waking hours? Most of us probably would not look forward to going to bed!

But King David was different. When he would hear these things, he would write a song of happiness. It brought him great joy to know what he had done wrong during the day because he understood that only with this information would he know what he needed to correct—and only with this information would he be able to reveal more of his potential in the world.

This story reminds us that the only way we can know what we have to change is by recognizing the place where the “other side” has infiltrated our personality. Recognition is the first step to our spiritual elevation. If we are open this week, then the universe will show us those aspects of ourselves that are blocking us from real fulfillment in our lives.

Think about it. When someone offends us, we become angry or short with them. When they say something we don't like, we are very quick to dismiss them as stupid or useless. Isn't it amazing, then, that the Creator doesn't do the same thing with us? The Creator always listens. The Creator always gives us another chance.

This week, let’s try to be like the Creator: to remain open and to listen to the difficult things about ourselves that are not comfortable to hear, that we would perhaps rather dismiss. We shouldn’t feel the need to kill the messenger; the messenger, after all, is there to help us. No matter what it looks like on the outside, as long as we have done everything that we can do to create a positive environment for ourselves, then anything negative that comes to us does so to teach us a lesson or to show us an aspect of ourselves that we need to evolve and change.

Mother Theresa once said, “Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” In a similar vein, oftentimes we want to change the whole world—with all of its problems—all at once. Let’s be content instead to change those small incremental things that we can change right now, even though science is showing us and kabbalists have said for centuries that our positive actions do have a quantum effect on the world.

So this week, let’s learn from King David to be happy when the universe shows us what we need to change so that we can overcome our blockages and come closer to the Light of the Creator.

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TRY AND TRY AGAIN

Have you ever done something you knew you really shouldn’t and then spent days feeling completely incapable and defeated because of it? Often when we regret something we’ve done, we start to doubt ourselves and our ability to change. This feeling can stay with us for days, weeks, even years if we let it. 

It’s a great trick of the Negative Side to not only cause us to fall but also to then keep us down. 

We all have times when we are reactive; moments of extreme selfishness even. It’s up to us whether we stay in the negativity by wallowing in it and beating ourselves up or we choose to change. 

When we do something wrong our heads can quickly become filled with questions like: Why did this happen? How could I have done such a thing?

These may seem like intelligent questions, but the key to our spiritual transformation and fulfillment is to ask: When will I start working to make things better?

The answer can—and should—always be “right now” no matter how far we may have fallen five minutes ago. Making the commitment to try again and try harder than before is what re-connects us to the Light. We shouldn’t forget or dismiss the damage we may have caused by our negative actions, but perseverance is not something to be postponed. 

It’s not about our successes but what we do with our failures that really count.

No one ever ran a marathon or won a world championship without falling down or losing a few games. Don’t ever give up.

I’ll tell you a secret, too: It’s always darkest before the dawn. 

When you’re hanging by a thread with everything against you and you feel you can’t possibly take a minute more, now is not the time to give up because this is the moment the Light is about to be revealed. 

We can never afford to forget that with certainty and the Light there is nothing we can’t do. Nothing.

All the best,

Yehuda

72 Name of the Week

Shin Chet Hei

NO GUILT

I understand and take responsibility for the pain and suffering I may have caused, and as I travel back in time to that moment, I see how I could have acted differently.

I make the commitment to be a better version of myself and as I look at the darkness I created, I send Light, joy and love, asking the Creator to eradicate it from the universe.

I feel the Light wash over me and purify me.

The Dawn of The Second Coming!

REFLECTION FOR TODAY: My fears came from lack of self-confidence, which usually meant lack of confidence in God. I used up so much energy worrying about what might happen that I had no energy left to handle the situation when, or if, it arose. Someone suggested that I ask myself, "What is the worst thing that could happen?" and to imagine myself walking through that scene. Instead of asking, "what if....," act "as if" I had the confidence to handle the situation. Feeling and acting more confident was often enough to carry me through.

May I remember that my self-confidence comes from confidence in You.

Nothing can happen today that God and I cannot handle together.

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The sincerity of any prayer is the assurance of its being heard; the spiritual wisdom and universe consistency of any petition is the determiner of the time, manner, and degree of the answer.

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So today is the big day; "D Day". The moment I prayed for since August last year, will finally come to fruition.  As I write the Force is overwhelming so this can only be a good sign. She is in transit and in 1 hour will be on the last leg of this journey.  Knowing her, she is probably getting some serious retail therapy in duty free or digging into some comfort food to feed the MT! 


Right now I have mixed emotions, which I suppose would be normal. It feels like I know her intimately and at the same time she is a stranger.  Or put another way our souls are mates but our egos are strangers.  It will be a battle of the two. We all know who should win but only time will time.


Are we open to everything and attached to nothing? Or are we attached to this life, this belief system that has entrenched itself and given us our identity and separateness and hence closed to all? Or will we achieve the oneness we have been craving.


Neytiri always asked me what it is I want and I always told her: "To find my authentic self with her as One!".  She would also reply the same. But does she believe it, do I believe it?


This next fortnight will be the true and final test of our love and our love will decide the final outcome.


STAY TUNED!


Be kind and count your blessings!

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IN THIS MOMENT, I'M HUMBLE:


Before I make amends, I check with my Higher Power in prayer. If I have confusion or doubt - which is most of the time - I check with my sponsor, who shares experience, strength and hope. It's humbling to acknowledge that I'm not perfect, that I have erred. It takes me out of my self-centeredness to recognise that my actions may have hurt another.


Making amends isn't about the outcome or how the other person reacts. It's about changing my behaviour. change is tough but it's necessary to my recovery.

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IN THIS MOMENT, I FORGIVE:


I forgive myself for hurting others. I forgive others for hurting me. Forgiveness does not mean that I sanction the abuse or pain. it just means that I give the situation over to my Higher Power, so that I may be free from the resentments, anger and pain that keep me from fully experiencing my present. I may or may not choose to tell someone that I have forgiven them or do anything about it. If I am holding on to guilt because of something I did, I make appropriate amends. I no longer feel shame for who I am. I am whole. I am lovable.

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Cancelled Appointments

When we make a vow, we create a spiritual vessel, and energy automatically comes to fill that vessel. We experience that light as the good feeling we get when we make a promise.

Therein lies the problem. We get the light for simply having the intention. But when we don’t follow through on our commitments, we still get the light, only there is no vessel to contain it. Now that energy falls into a black hole. That’s when things start going wrong.

The solution is simple. Keep your word. Or don’t give it.

NO COMPARISONS

This is so true for us right now.  I always avoid comparisons between Neytiri, Mo'at and Tsu'tey.  That's the only way I can keep it real.  None of us is better or worse than the other, nor is any relationship better than the other; it just is what it is!

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We have all experienced times when we felt like we are better or worse than others: "I have less money than she does," or "I'm smarter than he is." But any of us on a spiritual path should know the importance of working on eliminating both self-praise and low self-esteem.

We should never consider ourselves better or worse than anyone else, no matter what the circumstances.

Life is about using exactly what we've been given to reveal as much Light as we are able in this exact moment.

For instance, when we are on a spiritual path, we may have more tools to connect to the Light than someone else has. But the person with more tools also has more responsibility to reveal Light for himself and others.

One way to stop the comparisons is to focus on the work we are here to do "the Light we are meant to reveal. If we are truly busy with doing our own specific work, we wouldn't even be considering if we are greater than or inferior to anyone.

Let's not get distracted from our work with comparisons of who has what.

On the spiritual path, we are all equal. Whenever we find ourselves feeling anything other than equal with others, let's shift the focus and find a way to reveal Light at that moment with exactly what we've been given.
All the best,

Yehuda

72 Name of the Week

Hei Yud Mem

UNITY

I will let go of comparisons.

I will let go of my desire to be right.

I will be less reactive and accept the beliefs and the ways of others, looking upon all with compassion and understanding.

As I foster unity in my own relationships, I will focus on how I can share the most with all I've been blessed with in my life.



Like A Star (S)

Been working overtime
and gettin sick of these crazy games
i'll be a sattelite
and wait for someone to enter my gaze

(chorus)
I SEE YOU
like a star in the sky 
and i love it
yeah the light in your eyes
and i wonder 
when you look in mine
do you see them like a star in the sky?

you got me fallin for ya
and now we're stuck til i hit the clouds
see, i don't wanna hide these feelings
or even try to figure them out
sparks flyin all around
electricity
dance with me, dance with me, dance with me
ten feet off the ground, no gravity
fly with me fly with me

(repeat chorus)

way up high, satellite
yeah
you and i, identify 

(repeat chorus)

sparks flyin all around
electricity
dance with me, dance with me, dance with me
ten feet off the ground, no gravity
fly with me fly with me

Dodging and Deflecting

15^th July 2012 – Neytiri – How are you felling.

15^th July 2012 – Jake – I feel so grateful. The Force is too strong. My soul is counting the hours! How about u?

15^th July 2012 – Neytiri – To be honest i was anxious. I just needed to know that this is what you still want.

15^th July 2012 – Jake – ICU! More that life itself! Search your heart & soul & when u see me there you’ll know. Let go & Let God..Ish’llah

The last few days have been surreal and I still cannot believe in just over 24 hours we will be physically  together after almost 20 years!  The FORCE has been so strong, I'm not sure what will happen when we are inches apart. 

Neytiri appears to be very anxious which is no surprise. Her beliefs far outweigh her KNOWING or she is scared to acknowledge her KNOWING as it does not fit into her beliefs; The Dream becomes reality and then what happens to her identity; her attachments?

Dyer says with beliefs there is always doubt, whereas with knowing there is empowerment.  Beliefs are labels given to us by our parents, community and society at large. Knowings are from a Higher Power.  It is who we are as opposed to who we pretend to be.

However, I can empathise with Neytiri.  It is like welcoming your first child home.  You do not know how to be a parent so you take it one day at a time.  Same with this relation, we know each other intimately but have not been "together" for 20 years so a bit of apprehension is expected.  Also she is travelling such a long way and leaving her family for such a long period for the first time.

Only 1S 2go B4 we r ONE!

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I feel compelled to re-state these here:

Uniting two halves of one soul is inevitable, but timing depends upon your level of spirituality. When the time is ripe, true soul mates find one another even if they are worlds apart – whether physically, on opposite sides of the globe, or spiritually, with contrasting lifestyles and backgrounds. Here’s wishing you the courage to keep growing so that you may know – or continue to know – the blessing of oneness.

A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we’re safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we’re two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we’ve found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.


A person with whom you have an immediate connection the moment you meet - a connection so strong that you are drawn to them in a way you have never experienced before. As this connection develops over time, you experience a love so deep, strong and complex, that you begin to doubt that you have ever truly loved anyone prior. Your soulmate understands and connects with you in every way and on every level, which brings a sense of peace, calmness and happiness when you are around them. And when you are not around them, you are all that much more aware of the harshness of life, and how bonding with another person in this way is the most significant and satisfying thing you will experience in your lifetime. You are also all that much aware of the beauty in life, because you have been given a great gift and will always be thankful.


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Let It Roll off Our Back
by Madisyn Taylor

One of the most difficult challenges in life is learning not to take things to heart and hold on to it. Especially when we’re younger, or if we’re very sensitive, we take so much of what comes our way to heart. This can be overwhelming and unproductive if it throws us off balance on a regular basis. When we are feeling criticized or attacked from all directions, it becomes very difficult for us to recover ourselves so that we can continue to speak and act our truth. This is when we would do well to remember the old saying about letting certain things roll off us, like water off a duck’s back.

Most of the time, the attacks and criticisms of others have much more to do with them and how they are feeling than with us. If we get caught up in trying to adjust ourselves to other people’s negative energy, we lose touch with our core. In fact, in a positive light, these slings and arrows offer us the opportunity to strengthen our core sense of self, and to learn to dodge and deflect other people’s misdirected negativity. The more we do this, the more we are able to discern what belongs to us and what belongs to other people. With practice, we become masters of our energetic integrity, refusing to serve as targets for the disowned anger and frustration of the people around us.

Eventually, we will be able to hear the feedback that others have to offer, taking in anything that might actually be constructive, and releasing that which has nothing to do with us. First, though, we tend ourselves compassionately by recognizing when we can’t take something in from the outside without hurting ourselves. This is when we make like a duck, shaking it off and letting it roll off our back as we continue our way in the world.

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When we are criticized or attacked it is important to not take it into our heart space.

Set The World On Fire (S)

I wanna set the world on fire
Until it's burning bright for You
It's everything that I desire
Can I be the one You use?

[CHORUS]
I, I am small but
You, You are big enough
I, I am weak but
You, You are strong enough to
Take my dreams
Come and give them wings
Lord with You
Nothing I can not do
Nothing I cannot do

I wanna feed the hungry children
And reach across the farthest land
And tell the broken there is healing
And mercy in the Father's hands

[CHORUS]

Take my dreams
Come and give them wings
Lord with You
Nothing I cannot do
Nothing I cannot do

My hands my feet
My everything
My life, my love
Lord, use me

I wanna set the world on fire
I wanna set the world on fire, yeah

Take my dreams
Come and give them wings
Lord with You
Nothing I cannot do
Take my dreams
Come and give them wings
Lord with You
There's nothing I can't do
Nothing I can't do

I'm gonna set the world on fire
Set the world on fire

The Death and Rebirth of Self

REFLECTION FOR TODAY: Let me remember how the dawn breaks in the morning. The change from darkness into light comes on so gradually it is hardly noticeable. But at one point I become able to discern forms where before has been complete darkness. And everything around me becomes clearer, almost imperceptibly, up to the moment when the sun rises in all its splendor, flooding the glorious beauty of the earth with its golden, warming rays. Let me think about this whenever I a feeling impatient.

May I put my whole reliance in You, who lets the sun rise over us every day, trusting that You are taking care of all Your children.

Dawn comes slowly, and so will my patience

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The Great Society

All we need to eliminate chaos from the world is a change in our consciousness. As my father and teacher Rav Berg teaches, “As each person becomes aware of their ability to change not only personal destiny, but that of the world, then a collective consciousness will emerge in support of a healthy society.”


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A Thought to Ponder from The Urantia Book

"While your religion is a matter of personal experience, it is most important that you should be exposed to the knowledge of a vast number of other religious experiences ... to the end that you may prevent your religious life from becoming egocentric-circumscribed, selfish, and unsocial." (1130.2) 103:1.3 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Life Transitions
by Madisyn Taylor

Sometimes a part of us must die before another part can come to life.


Sometimes a part of us must die before another part can come to life. Even though this is a natural and necessary part of our growth, it is often painful or, if we don’t realize what’s happening, confusing and disorienting. In fact, confusion and disorientation are often the messengers that tell us a shift is taking place within us. These shifts happen throughout the lives of all humans, as we move from infancy to childhood to adolescence and beyond. With each transition from one phase to another, we find ourselves saying good-bye to an old friend, the identity that we formed in order to move through that particular time.

Sometimes we form these identities in relationships or jobs, and when we shift those areas of our life become unsettled. Usually, if we take the time to look into the changing surface of things, we will find that a shift is taking place within us. For example, we may go through one whole chapter of our lives creating a protective shell around ourselves because we need it in order to heal from some early trauma. One day, though, we may find ourselves feeling confined and restless, wanting to move outside the shelter we needed for so long; the new part of ourselves cannot be born within the confines of the shell our old self needed to survive.

We may feel a strange mixture of exhilaration and sadness as we say good-bye to a part of ourselves that is dying and make way for a whole new identity to emerge in its place. We may find inspiration in working with the image of an animal who molts or sheds in order to make way for new skin, fur, or feathers to emerge. For example, keeping a duck feather, or some other symbol of transformation, can remind us that death and rebirth are simply nature’s way of evolving. We can surrender to this process, letting go of our past self with great love and gratitude, and welcoming the new with an open mind and heart, ready for our next phase of life.

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Ending the Cycle

REFLECTION FOR TODAY: Growth is a continual process. There is always something new we can learn. Each time we are willing to risk, we are once again led along the path to a new encounter. As we accept the challenge which the new path brings us to, we often discover abilities we did not know we possessed. gratitude for our new abilities will expand our freedom and fill us with much joy.

May I never forget to be thankful for my new life.

I will be open, I will take a risk and I will take time to say thanks.

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Receive What You Desire

Consciousness creates our reality. What we desire is what we receive. If we are certain, we receive the energy of certainty. If we respond to crises with courage and positive thinking, we increase the likelihood of a successful outcome.

Put an end to uncertainty and doubt. Disrupt the internal Opponent’s agenda. By offering resistance to fear, you create a space for the Light to fill.


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Start Today

by Madisyn Taylor

Each day offers us an opportunity to renew our resolve to the universe that we are ready for change.

One of the hardest things in life is feeling stuck in a situation that we don’t like and want to change. We may have exhausted ourselves trying to figure out how to make change, and we may even have given up. However, each day offers us an opportunity to renew our resolve and to declare to the universe that we are ready for change. We may even say out loud that we have tried and struggled and have not found a way, but that we are open to help, and that we intend to keep working to create change for ourselves. Making this declaration to the universe, and to ourselves, may be just the remedy for the stagnation we are experiencing. And, it can be done today, right now. 

When we do this kind of work on how we view our past self, we make it possible for the future to be based on a positive self-assessment. This inner shift may allow us to get out of the cycle we’ve been in that’s been keeping us stuck. Now we can declare our intentions to the universe, knowing that we have done the inner work necessary to allow our lives to change. Allow today to be the day to end cycles and enter into a new way of being.

It is difficult to understand, even with hindsight, how the choices we have made have added up to our current situation, but it is a good idea to examine the story we tell ourselves. If we tend to regard ourselves as having failed, this will block our ability to allow ourselves to succeed. We have the power to change the story we tell ourselves by acknowledging that in the past, we did our best, and we exhibited many positive qualities, and had many fine moments on our path to the present moment. We can also recognize that we have learned from our experiences, and that this will help us with our current choices. 

This Ain't Goodbye (K.A.N.K.) (S)

You and I we're friends from outer space
Afraid to let go
The only two who understood this place
And as far as we know

We were way before our time
As bold as we were blind
Just another perfect mistake
Another bridge to take on the way to letting go

This ain't goodbye
This is just where love goes
When words aren't warm enough
To keep away the cold

Oh no, this ain't goodbye
It's not where our story ends
But I know you can't be mine
Not the way you've always been

As long as we've got time
Then this ain't goodbye
Oh no, this ain't goodbye

We were stars up in the sunlit sky
That no one else could see
Neither of us thought to ever ask why
It wasn't meant to be

Maybe we were way too high to ever understand
Baby, we were victims of all
All the foolish plans
We began to divide

But this ain't goodbye
This is just where love goes
When words aren't warm enough
To keep away the cold

Oh no, this ain't goodbye
It's not where our story ends
But I know you can't be mine
Not the way you've always been

As long as we've got time
This ain't goodbye
Oh no, this ain't goodbye
Oh no, this ain't goodbye
This ain't goodbye

You and I we're friends from outer space
Afraid to let go
The only two who understood this place
And as far as we know

This ain't goodbye
Oh no, this ain't goodbye
This ain't goodbye
Oh no, this ain't goodbye

This ain't goodbye
This is just where love goes
When words aren't warm enough
To keep away the cold

Oh no, this ain't goodbye
It's not where our story ends
But I know you can't be mine
Not the way you've always been
Oh no, don't say it
Don't say goodbye

Consciousness Is Living Matter

The portion of the Bible we read this week, Pinchas, contains the energy of healing. And so let’s use this week to ask the question: What is healing and how do we go about bringing this energy into our lives? According to the kabbalists, healing begins when we make the internal changes that the universe asks of us. Whether we realize it or not, every time we perform a negative action, we move ourselves closer to the energy of the Desire to Receive for the Self Alone and death; while every time we perform a positive action of sharing, we move ourselves closer to our soul and life. Healing happens when we consciously bring ourselves closer to the Light, especially when it’s difficult or when we don’t want to or when it is easier to fall prey to our negative thoughts. What do I mean by this? Basically, when we are not at our best—say, when we’ve gone into bankruptcy or when our best friend has just dumped us—these are the times when we must say to ourselves, “I have certainty that even though I don’t have the position I had before or I don’t feel as good as I once did, I know that the sun is shining.” These are the times when we have to say, "I know with certainty that I am part of the Creator’s spirit, and even though He has taken me through this unhappy process, maybe it is to help me jump forward with the Light.” The truth is what most of us are looking for is that inner peace that comes when we can go to sleep at night after saying to ourselves, “I’ve done what I could today to make myself a better person and the world a better place.” However, we do need to realize that all the things that go smoothly in our lives are just stepping stones to take us to another challenge, another level, another platform from which we can grow. Peace is not just the absence of chaos. Absolute peace comes only when we know that we have tried our best to reach our spiritual level. Yes, maybe we have failed, but nevertheless, we tried—and it is the trying that is important. There are people who take perfect care of themselves physically but still manage to fall ill. Sometimes we can do our best for our body, but if we forget our soul, we will never achieve the growth that brings our body and soul into balance. So how do we get there? First of all, the important thing to know is that peace and healing cannot come from a person or place outside of ourselves. And secondly, we need to be willing to do some things that we may not want to do: To have patience when we are frustrated, to smile when we don’t feel like it, to be decent to people and even go out of our way to help someone even when we are “not in the mood for this today.” But you know what? The statistics out there are actually starting to back up the notion that kindness and sharing benefits the giver as well as the recipient. I recently read about a program at Stanford University called the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, which is doing extensive research on giving and altruistic behavior—what motivates such behavior and how such behavior helps us. The truth is that consciousness is living matter, and our sharing thoughts and actions have ramifications beyond what we are able to comprehend with our physical senses. Our individual responsibility to bring the Light extends much further than our place of residence or our place of work. If we really concentrate on changing ourselves in small ways, then each step will bring us closer to healing, closer to the Light, and closer to the time when together we will overcome all chaos, pain, and suffering in this world. If you like this please share it with a friend

Laying Our Burdens Down

 

12^th July 2012 – Neytiri – I may only be able to Skype for half an hour to an hour today. Is that ok for you or do you just want to see me Tuesday?

12^th July 2012 – Jake – Every second counts, half to 1 hour is good. Let me know when.

12^th July 2012 – Neytiri – Probably same time. Will text you if anything changes.

Last night was our last Skype call (or maybe last ever!) before the Second Coming.  She was her normal radiant self and did not appear to be anxious until I told her "The window is open."  She said "Don't scare me."  She will need to soften her nerves with a drop or 2 of spirits (the alcohol type).  I told her I am high enough just being with her.  It is our destiny, if it is God's Will.

I told her my I AM WHAT I AM experience.  She told me her whole life she has been told what to be. Not only by her in-laws but also by her family of origin.  I told her in our culture we stay in relationships out of duty, family honour and responsibility; forsaking all else.  We live a lie in an outwardly appearing blissful relation to save face! Insane!  And worse, we believe everyone else in the community is the same or better!  Keeping Up Appearances for the "greater good"? Think not.

I told her not to allow her children to have the same experience but to set them free to discover their own experiences. Tough love! 

Tsu'tey came home early and we had a chat.  I was impressed when he told me how he gets meaning from listening to the words of a song carefully or listening to the dialogue carefully whilst watching a movie.  This stuff is catching on!  He also now understands " English literature"!

He told me if only we had found spirituality earlier in our lives.  I told him we were not ready.  The signs and messages were all around but we were blind to them.  The time was nor ripe. I said " Most people find spirituality on a down cycle and in our youth everything appears up."

He agreed and said there are a thousand paths just as long as we are on one.  He said it was a shame his brother's could not see the light.  I told him by just thinking that he is being judgemental and they are on the right path for them.  How will they know what's right if they don't know what's wrong? What is if you don't know what isn't? Accept what is; nothing more, nothing less.

I am grateful for us that he is enlightened enough to allow the Second Coming.

Only 4 sleeps to go before we are ONE!

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REFLECTION FOR TODAY: I had fears of what God would ask me to be and do, fears of a life I did not want to lead. Slowly my faith has developed to where I am willing and able to turn my life over to God. Piece by piece I have ventured to give up control of my will and life and let God have control. Many times I take control back. At no time has it worked out better for me to have been in control rather than God. Every time God has been in control, it has worked out for the best, my spiritual progress had been gradual. As my trust in God has grown, the areas I surrender to my Higher Power have increased.

May I commit myself to letting you handle my life today.

In God's control, I am in the best care possible.

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Sleep Tight

“When a person goes to sleep at night, their soul leaves them to soar above, each soul according to its own way.” — The Zohar

When we sleep, the Zohar tells us that a major portion of our soul leaves our body to “plug in” to the 99 Percent World of Light. Just enough of the soul is left behind to keep our bodies safe from harm. Sleep is not merely a time for the body to rest; it is a time for the soul to access the source of its power. Dreams are a way that our soul reminds us of our spiritual work.

Turn the TV off before bed. Take a shower. Spend some quiet time beneath the sheets setting an intention for your nighttime journey. Ask the Light to show you messages in the form of dreams that will reveal their meaning to you, and provide you with guidance in removing the blockages from every area of your life.

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 The Feet of the Divine

by Madisyn Taylor

Lay your burdens down at the feet of the divine and feel the relief from your heart.

We all know the feeling of walking through life as if we are carrying the huge burden of our worries and stresses on our backs and shoulders, struggling to keep moving forward. There is no real way to move freely and fluidly in such a situation, and we are all longing to lay our burdens down. Just imagining that it would be possible to do such a thing can be enough to elicit a sigh of relief and a feeling of lightness. 

Visualizing yourself carrying your burdens to the feet of someone or something much bigger than you can be a powerful daily practice. To begin, sit with your eyes closed and envision an all powerful, supremely comforting being in what ever form that takes for you, standing at the end of a road. See yourself carrying a large sack, box, or other container, imagining that all your worries are inside it. Watch as you make your way to the being of your choice, and lay your baggage down at their feet. Allow yourself to feel the lightness and relief of this action, express your gratitude, and surrender. You will be amazed by how this simple meditation can liberate you from a burden you were never meant to carry.

The human imagination is a powerful tool, and we can use it to take journeys to faraway places without ever leaving our home. Because of this, we too can lay our burdens down at the feet of a divine being such as the great Mother, Buddha or a mountain. Releasing ourselves from that which we can’t handle on our own. No matter how smart we are, how capable we are, or how hard we work, no one can single-handedly cope with all the worries that we tend to take on in the course of our lives. And, we aren’t designed to do so. Our wellbeing depends upon our ability to hand over that which we can no longer carry by ourselves. 

Unchained Melody (S)



Chorus:
Oh my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long lonely time,
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much,
Are you still mine?
I need your love,
I need your love
God speed your love to me.

Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea,
To the open arms of the sea, yeah!
Lonely rivers sigh "wait for me, wait for me"
I'll be coming home,
Wait for me.

Chorus:
Oh my love, my darling
I've hungered,
Hungered for your touch
A long lonely time,
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much,
Are you still mine?
I need your love, I...
I need your love
God speed your love to me

The Hidden Power of Smiling



Poetry in Motion

The right message at the right time for me!

REFLECTION FOR TODAY: I spent a good share of my life feeling inferior to others. Because of this feeling, I continually compared myself with them. I compared my weaknesses with their strengths and, of course, I fell short. Once I learned that comparing myself was a copout for not developing my own creativity and talents, it became easier to let go of this defense. Becoming willing to let go of my comparing has opened me to creativity and talent I never dreamed I had.

If I begin to compare myself to someone else, give me a little push.

I have a great deal to offer by just being me. (I AM WHAT I AM!)

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We can have it all, but not at the same time. - Patricia Fripp

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Moving Our Body   by Madisyn Taylor Human bodies love flow and movement and respond in kind when used in this way. Our bodies love movement. When we stretch or dance, our bodies adjust, realign and start to become fluid with the rhythm of life. Our mood lifts and we feel more connected with the world around us. If you are feeling stuck, ready to release old energy, or eager to feel more alive, try moving your body. By giving your muscles a chance to do what they were created for, you may find that all areas of your body and your life benefit as well. Many times we can be so busy that we forget moving our body is even an option. Some of us remain seated at our computer for hours every day or rush from task to task with robotic precision. When we are caught up in crossing items off our to-do lists, we tend to neglect all the opportunities there are to enjoy our bodies in the process of living. If this is true for you, begin looking for opportunities to move. You might try dancing or moving about freely as you clean your home, tend your garden or care for your children. If you are able to devote a set amount of time to self-care, practices such as yoga, dance, tai chi and walking are all great ways to keep your body in motion. Imagine how freeing it would feel to trust your body’s movements completely, knowing it has a perfect strength and rhythm of its own. See if you can sense your bones providing graceful support, your muscles and tendons expanding and contracting in just the right measure, your lungs changing pace to fill deeply with fresh air. Movement is a vital celebration of life. It is a way to proclaim your own existence and relish in the joy of being alive. Today, and into the future, give yourself the gift of your body in motion. For more information visit dailyom.com

The Weakness In Me (S)

I'm not the sort of person who falls in and quickly out of love 
But to you, I gave my affection, right from the start. 
I have a lover who loves me - how could I break such a heart? 
Yet still you get my attention. 

Why do you come here, when you know I've got troubles enough? 
Why do you call me, when you know I can't answer the phone? 
And make me lie when I don't want to, 
And make someone else some kind of an unknowing fool? 
You make me stay when I should not? 
Are you're so strong or is all the weakness in me. 
Why do you come here, and pretend to be just passing by? 
I need to see you - I need to hold you - tightly. 

Feeling guilty, 
Worried, waking from a tormented sleep 
'Cause this old love, has me bound, 
But this new love cuts deep. 
If I choose now, I lose out; 
One of you has to fall... 
And I need you, and you

Why do you come here, when you know I've got troubles enough? 
Why do you call me, when you know I can't answer the phone? 
And make me lie when I don't want to, 
And make someone else some kind of an unknowing fool? 
Make me stay when I should not? 
Are you're so strong or is all the weakness in me. 
Why do you come here, and pretend to be just passing by? 
I need to see you - I need to hold you - tightly