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Thursday, August 23, 2007

I get the Daily Word delivered to my e-mail everyday. You should consider signing up for it if you haven't yet. It's always very inspirational and a great way to start your day. Below is today's and I found it to be so thought-provoking today that I expounded on it a bit. Hope you enjoy!

DREAM

I reach for the seemingly impossible, knowing that with God, all is possible!
I reach high with my ideals and acknowledge my dreams as an understanding of blessings to come. God’s guidance moves through me with a certainty that leads me to new, refreshing revelations.

As I relax, I allow myself to go with the flow of ideas. With a clear, expanded vision, I recognize possibilities with enthusiasm and see new ideals manifesting in unique ways. I move forward with what may seem impossible, knowing that with God, all is possible! Dream by dream, my ideas become reality.
I give thanks for my ability to dream and achieve and for all those whose dreams and accomplishments have come before me.

“He came and said to me, ‘Daniel, I have now come out to give you wisdom and understanding. At the beginning of your supplications a word went out, and I have come to declare it, for you are greatly beloved. So consider the word and understand the vision.’”—Daniel 9:22-23

MY THOUGHTS:

I received this great “Daily Word” today and I felt like expanding on it a bit and passing it on to whomever may need an extra blessing.

In the above scripture God was actually speaking to Daniel, but I believe this scripture illustrates how God speaks to all of his children, every one of us, without exception. It is the law of attraction in action in the bible. No exclusions and no separation or judgment. Every one is special in the eyes of God. He loves us all equally and unconditionally. God says, "at the beginning of your supplications (or prayer) a word went out and I have come to declare it for you are greatly loved." In other words, instantly when you asked for it, I granted it to you because I love you that much. Ask and it is given.

If you want to be blessed and inspired instantly, take the above scripture and replace Daniel’s name with your own. Then read it and feel the power of what God is really trying to tell you. Do you think God has favorites? No, he loves you as much as Daniel or anyone else for that matter, and we are all his favorites. What he did for Daniel he promises to do for you and I. Insert your name below and be grateful for the promises of God and you will be blessed. It’s God’s promise. Go on, try it.

"He came and said to me, "'(Your name), I have now come out to give you wisdom and understanding. At the beginning of your supplications a word went out, and I have come to declare it, for you are greatly beloved. So consider the word and understand the vision.'"---Daniel 9:22-23


I get the Daily Word every morning in my e-mail and it is part of my morning devotional/meditational routine. Today's spoke volumes to me and I felt led to share.

I love you guys! Let's all have a blessed day! :)

Friday, August 10, 2007

A Secret Scrolls message from Rhonda Byrne, Creator of "The Secret" "

How do I stop my negative thoughts?" - is a question that I have been asked many times. If you have ever asked this question then you will feel such enormous relief in knowing the answer, because it is so simple. How do you stop negative thoughts? You plant good thoughts!

When you try to stop negative thoughts, you are focusing on what you don't want - negative thoughts - and you will attract an abundance of them. They can never disappear if you are focused on them. The "stop" part is irrelevant - the negative thoughts are your focus. It doesn't matter if you are trying to stop negative thoughts or control them or push them away, the result is the same. Your focus is on negative thoughts, and by the law of attraction you are inviting more of them to you.

The truth is always simple and it is always easy. To stop negative thoughts, just plant good thoughts! Deliberately plant good thoughts! You plant good thoughts by making it a daily practice to appreciate all the things in your day. Appreciate your health, your car, your home, your family, your job, your friends, your surroundings, your meals, your pets, and the magnificent beauty of the day. Compliment, praise, and give thanks to all things. Every time you say "Thank you" it is a good thought! As you plant more and more good thoughts, the negative thoughts will be wiped out. Why? Because your focus is on good thoughts, and what you focus on you attract.

So don't give any attention to negative thoughts. Don't worry about them. If any come, make light of them, shrug them off, and let them be your reminder to deliberately think more good thoughts now.

The more good thoughts you can plant in a day, the faster your life will be utterly transformed into all good. If you spend only one day speaking of good things and saying "Thank you" at every single opportunity, you will not believe your tomorrow. Deliberately thinking good thoughts is exactly like planting seeds. As you think good thoughts you are planting good seeds inside you, and the Universe will transform those seeds into a garden of paradise. How will the garden of paradise appear? As your life!

Rhonda Byrne--"The Secret"... bringing joy to billions.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Was The Devil A Creation Of God?

There are two basic emotions that shape what humanity perceives as good and evil. Most may assume these two emotions are love and hate. But in reality, it is love and fear. Hate is actually a byproduct of fear.

Do I believe in some evil force in the world, i.e., the devil? No. I believe humans need something tangible to assign to the fear-based emotion of hate. They need a scapegoat. Something to hang blame on for the unspeakable deeds this hate, which is really the absence of love, is capable of producing. Where there is no love, there is fear. Fear, which manifests itself as hate, jealousy, envy, prejudice, resentment, anger, violence, loneliness, and a hoard of other dysfunctions, produces lives full of despair, unhappiness, misery, discontent, dread, and suffering. Now, doesn't that sound like a list deserving of a big old mean devil?

How about this instead? God created man in his image. Life is the process through which God creates himself, and then experiences the creation. God or Spirit is pure energy. Relativity and physicality are the tools with which God works. He gave us physical bodies in order for us to experience the ecstasy and agony of the polarity of existence in a physical realm. For example, the good and the evil. The up and the down. The hot and the cold. Good does not, cannot, exist experientially without its opposite. Nothing can. There has to be pain in order to fully understand joy and vice versa. If everything were mediocre, we would be robbed of experiencing the extremes and all the in betweenness. If there were no up and down, there would only be the middle. If there were only warmth, there would be no choice of cold or hot. We need variety, choices, and polar opposites and all that lies between in order to fully experience our physicalness, and we need our physicalness in order to experience life as God intended it. Along with this, God gave us free will. Evil just comes as part of the package of emotions that comes from fear that comes from the absence of love. That, my dear friends, is a decision made by man. Not God. God created us in his likeness as extensions of Him; He loves and lives in each and every one of us. It is we who choose to acknowledge or deny him. When we deny him, we separate ourselves from him. That creates fear, which then opens the door to all the aforementioned byproducts of fear. We do that, not God, and not some big bad devil. Therefore, in answer to the question, "Was the devil a creation of God?" Nope. Man did that one all by himself.

Sunday, March 4, 2007

MY EARLIEST MEMORY

My mother used to have a cabinet with several shelves that brimmed with trinkets. Each item had some kind of nostalgic significance. Perhaps it had been given to her by her mother or sibling or she had bought it on some special trip or occasion. The monetary value of these items was not over a couple of dollars each, but the sentimental value was priceless.

One day when I was four years old I was helping my mom dust the trinkets. I used to love to handle each little object and examine it as she would tell the story behind it. I was about to be the flower girl in an upcoming wedding for my mother's sister, my Aunt Pat, and it was obviously weighing heavy on my four-year-old mind. On this particular day, we talked as we worked, and I can still remember the salty taste of my tears streaking their way into my mouth as I pondered growing up and leaving her someday. How could I live without my mom’s sweet hugs and precious moments such as this? It was impossible to imagine ever, ever wanting to leave her. I wanted her to tell me that I didn't have to go, that we'd never have to part if I didn't want to. I felt completely devastated as she tried to explain that I would actually choose to go away. She wiped the tears from my eyes and hugged me as she tried to make me understand that I would eventually grow up, fall in love, marry and have children of my own.

I truly don't remember how that temporary trauma of my otherwise happy little-girl world resolved that day. It fades in my mind like the day turning into night, disappearing into nowhere the same way I remembered it.

The significance of this tiny slice of my childhood has eluded me for many years. I spend most of my time nowadays trying to prove my independence and strength. I am still not sure if that is good or bad—it just is. Though I still love my mother dearly, of course, sometimes I catch myself taking her for granted or even allowing everyday stresses to irritate me to the point that she catches the sting of my frazzled nerves. Perhaps my subconscious mind is trying to remind me of the precious bond my mother and I once shared and that it is okay to miss the days when I had nothing to prove, the days of following her around like a puppy, probably more in her way than anything and loving just being in her shadow.

This poignant memory is deeply embedded and stored in the warm and fuzzy file of my mind. I may not be able to remember what I had for breakfast this morning, but when I recall that day the emotions I felt all those years ago come flooding back. It brings a tear to my eye and a lump in my throat. And for just a moment I am four years old again, begging my mother to please let me stay with her forever.

Monday, February 12, 2007

The Holy Experience

About ten years ago, I began my true spiritual awakening by reading Neale Donald Walsch's Conversations With God trilogy. Those books completely opened my eyes and spoke directly to my heart. Talk about life changing...wow! It is so fitting that one of my favorite people on the face of this earth and the truest version of an "angel on earth" (in my eyes) handed me the book and said she thought I would like it. Boy was that an understatement.

Well, fast forward to now and I have read so many spiritually enlightening books and added a multitude of authors to my favorites list. Somehow Neale kind of got forgotten over the past couple of years. But, he has resurfaced for me and his website is wonderful, so I want to point you in that direction. He offers a free e-book called THE HOLY EXPERIENCE that is as remarkable as his writing always is. I am about to finish it up as we speak and so wanted to share it with you. It is rare to get things as precious as this for free these days. Thanks Neale. I am so glad I have rediscovered you. I feel ya brother!

Please, do yourself a favor and go to his website at http://www.nealedonaldwalsch.com/ and check it out for yourself. And if you haven't done so yet, read his Conversations' books. They are as relevant and breathtakingly poignant today as they were the day he penned them. Just keep an open mind and be ready for a life-changing experience. :)

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Hay House Radio is the coolest!

Man, I love it when this happens. I remember a long time ago thinking how much we need an ALL-SPIRITUAL radio or TV station, and just today I discovered that one exists and it is totally cool. You have got to check this out: www.hayhouseradio.com It is the best! The only problem is I will never want to turn it off. So, I just wanted to announce this for anyone who hasn't already found it. I lalalalalove it! Okay, I will stop holding back and tell you how I really feel. Have I mentioned I LOVE IT?!?!

Friday, February 9, 2007

THE SECRET is truly out!

Well, if you missed Oprah yesterday, February 8, you missed a great show. She interviewed some of the key movers and shakers from THE SECRET movie, which is an amazing movie that has changed my life since I first viewed it a little over a year ago. It is so much more than a movie. It is a concept which Oprah has lived by her whole life, and look at what she has accomplished. She is an amazing example of the human spirit at its best and a shining light of how wonderful life can and should be if you understand and integrate the laws of the Universe (THE LAW OF ATTRACTION) into how you live your life. Oprah spoke about how she has always done that, however, was unaware of it being a secret. See, to me that makes so much sense in and of itself because Oprah has always seemed to me to be such a spiritually evolved being. She embodies compassion and generosity and has a tremendously visible desire to better peoples lives and our world in general. She is amazing and I wish we could clone her and make her president. She just sooooo "gets it." Anyway, if you haven't seen the movie yet, you need to. The LAW OF ATTRACTION is an amazing concept to grasp and once you do...you will never be the same. Go to www.thesecret.tv and check it out. One thing though: This is a movie you will want to own so that you can watch and rewatch and rewatch. So, you may as well just order a copy. I own two copies myself. It is that good. But don't take my word for it. See for yourself.

Saturday, January 27, 2007

MEANDERINGS OF AN UNSUPERVISED MIND

Once upon a time I heard some comedian somewhere (I truly can't remember who or when) say that they felt like they'd been left alone in their head with no adult supervision. I remember completely relating to that concept and being very relieved that I apparently was not the only one who felt that way. So much so that I have used that line often and I desperately wish I had made it up, and though I did not, it is exactly how I feel most of the time. I wonder how many people out there feel the same way. I mean sometimes I feel like that about just being out in the world too. Like I get this scared feeling of, "Oh my God, I am so inept and ill-equipped to make it out here all by myself, how am I going to pull this off?" Sort of like the feeling back in school when the teacher threw a pop quiz or test at you and caught you off gaurd or called on you in class even though you were doing your damndest not to catch eye contact. Now I realize that by admitting these things out loud that I run the risk of exposing some pretty raw vulnerabilities, but if I cannot do that here in the privacy of my blog page, well where the hell can I do it? I mean it's not a crippling fear or anything like that and deep down inside I truly believe that many people feel this way and I am not alone. For the most part if you saw me on the street or driving my car or something, you would never guess that inside my head I am wondering where the "adult in charge" is. It is more like this vague feeling of anxious anticipation one has when they just know that they have forgotten something but can't remember what it is. You know the feeling. Anyway, I've grown quite used to it and have managed to survive 48 years on this earth without harming anyone or myself too badly (at least as far as I know). But I have as yet to feel like I have really found my life's purpose, or my "true north" as Bob Proctor calls it. I wonder if when I do find my calling—and I am holding out hope that I will one day soon—if I will finally find some relief from that nagging feeling. God, I hope so. Meanwhile, deep inside the workings of my unsupervised brain the kids are running rampant with scissors in hand and suckers dangling from their little heathen lips. No rules apply for these critters and they are in short supply of any kind of manners, respect, or etiquette at all. Why they cause all sorts of distractions at the worst possible times, e.g., when trying to pay attention to people during long conversations or trying to remember someone’s name that I just met. Perhaps most aggravatingly they show their true talents at disruption when I try to meditate. But I refuse to let the little buggers win and will continue the quest of finding my “true north” in spite of my fears of incompetence, founded or not. I am trusting that the unknown comic and I are not the only ones trying to make the children in our heads calm down and behave while putting on the most mature and brave adult face we can muster up. If we are......NEVERMIND.

STUFF IN MY HEAD

No one to talk to 'bout stuff in my head;
the ongoing dialog of thoughts left unsaid.
They may not be heard by the physical world,
but inside my mind they unceasingly swirl.
The doubts and the fears of the lost and confused
scared little girl who’s too frightened to choose.
The choices I’ve made in the past seem so poor.
How can I trust myself now to make more?
But life can’t move forward and hope cannot grow
until I decide what to do…where to go.
I’ve plenty examples of what not to do.
I need to see more of the tried and the true.
The good stuff, the happy, the smiles and the pleasure,
I wish I could find more of that priceless treasure.
I must chart my course, set my sails, and have faith
that I’ve come this far and I will find my place.
I’ll beat down the demons of negative voices
that want me to think that I can’t make good choices.
For it’s through my mistakes that I am forced to see
the things I must change if I want to succeed.
I’ll cling to the vision of happier days
when I have defeated this relentless haze.
For if I have learned little else, I know this…
the stuff in my head isn’t really what is.
So this my dear friends is the secret to life,
the key that unlocks all our worries and strife:
It’s all an illusion, a lie we must tell
that creates confusion, our own living hell.
We make up the rules in our heads as we go
and quickly condemn those who take different roads.
If we want to grow, we must open our eyes
and stop making judgments that seal our demise.
It is not advice or approval I seek,
just open hearts that will hear when I speak.
When thoughts go in circles they can make you sick,
so catching a different train may be the trick.
Forgive me if all that I’ve said seems insane.
You’ve just had a glimpse of the world in my brain.

Written by Linda P. Burke Copyright © December 6, 2003

Profundities To Grow By

"Spirit is always for expansion and fuller expression." --Bob Proctor

"It is what draws you to the material you are reading now. It is what draws you to grow everyday. It is what draws you and I to seek the answers in our lives. It is our purpose on this planet to grow in awareness of ourselves, to grow in awareness of our oneness with each other and to grow in understanding how it is that we can best support and connect and love each other." --Margaret Merrill

"If you don't know what your passion is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it." -- Oprah Winfrey


The SECRET is The Law of Attraction.

EVERYTHING in your life you have attracted. Accept that fact; it's true.


Whatever is going on in your mind is what you are attracting. People think about what they don't want and attract more of the same.

We are like magnets-like attracts like. You become AND attract what you think. What you focus on with your thought and feeling is what you attract into your experience.
--The Secret movie

"You create your own universe as you go along."--Winston Churchill