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How We Self Sabotage!

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It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. – Sally Kempton

saboteur

We have an internal saboteur, a gremlin, who keeps rearing its ugly head, several times a day, sometimes all day. Once we can recognize that naysayer inside us, the very act of becoming aware of it, diminishes its power over us. With practice we can let our real self, our strong, powerful, positive self, emerge. The fear subsides and the path becomes clearer by the day. The first step must be to recognize this negative voice inside us…

affirmations

Today I AM kicking my internal saboteur in its butt! I will banish all negative thoughts! I AM a child of God, I AM positive inside and out. I think lovely thoughts and do lovely deeds. I AM proud of myself and my potential!

Recommendation: Ljving the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

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Who’s Betraying Us?

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Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. – Shakespeare

traitorous thoughts

Once we get used to watching where our thoughts spring from, next steps can be:

  • 1) Becoming aware of how we get enmeshed in each thought process. When we’re involved in them we’re not being conscious of that activity. When we become aware then that act in itself, helps us distance ourselves from the thought. We notice that we are having these thoughts, we are not the thoughts. This distinction is crucial for our peace of mind.
  • 2) Next notice the quality of these thoughts. Are they the spirit enhancing kind or the opposite? Ferret out thoughts of fear and of doubts. Consciously bring up pleasing thoughts instead or just watch them disappear if we don’t get involved in them and just become aware of them instead.

Both activities above are enhanced by meditation, just 5 minutes twice a day helps! Check out some exercises here. Won’t we do that for self? Lets banish our doubts, be less fearful and forge ahead!!

affirmations

Today I catch my traitorous thoughts and gently expunge them. I AM a child of God and only think lovely thoughts. My beautiful thoughts lead me to an amazing and fulfilling life. I practice love and think of others more than I think of self.

Recommendation: Marianne Williamson – Everyday Grace

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Why We Must Allow…

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Something wiser than you is trying to get through to you.  – Vernon Howard

allow

Inside us resides a spark from the infinite. This light represents the holiest of the holies and ever wants to lead us towards Truth, Beauty and Goodness. This entitlement wants us to flow in love and be directed to do that which is for the highest good of all. We must allow God to function through us. He can’t if we’re always lost in selfish thoughts…

affirmations

Today I affirm God’s presence inside me. I AM conscious that I AM a child of God! I allow God to work through me by stilling my mind. And by having selfless thoughts. Today I focus on being love. I allow love to flow through me.

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

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Is God Around?

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I will speak to you if you listen. I will come to you if you will invite Me. I will show you then that I have always been there. All ways.  – Neale Donald Walsch

in all ways

The creator, the universal creative essence, indwells us. That presence is always available. We may not know it because we may not have paid attention. When we get that flash of inspiration or that kind thought for someone else, that’s God talking. If we practice listening we’ll be amazed at how integrated God is into our lives! He has always been present, and in ‘all ways’ has he made his presence felt, if we but listen and pay attention. A technique developed by Carl Jung called Active Imagination can help us connect! And of course stillness helps!

affirmations

I AM God’s child. My Father is always present. My Mother gently guides me. I AM in a universal playground where everyone’s ultimately safe. I enjoy the daily adventure and worry not about where I go. The past is done and has no negative hold on me. I flourish in the Now and AM thankful for all I manifest.

Recommendation: Meditations from Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch

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Why We’re Art…

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The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning. – Nikki Giovanni

art & artists

God is the master poet who writes profusely and with abandon. It is up to us to make meaning out of everything we see and experience. God’s there behind the scenes watching and participating in many more ways than one. As we experience life and build our meaning and values, God finds that extremely powerful and valuable. He needs us as much as we need him. It takes two to tango and without us and our experience of living, relating and finding deep meaning, his whole creation would be very empty. We are important to God, we’re his art as well as artists in the making…

affirmations

I AM God’s child. I AM also the art he creates every day. Which is why I AM beautiful and lovely. I have great value. I bring this beauty and value to all who I meet daily. I AM gentle and create peace and loveliness wherever I go. Life occurs daily just like a gorgeous painting unfolds. Life is beautiful!

Recommendation: God Is Closer Than You Think by John Ortberg

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Why Here, Now?

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Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn!
Look to this Day!
For it is Life, the very Life of Life.
In its brief course lie all the
Verities and Realities of your Existence.
The Bliss of Growth,
The Glory of Action,
The Splendor of Beauty;
For Yesterday is but a Dream,
And Tomorrow is only a Vision;
But Today well lived makes
Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,
And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.
Look well therefore to this Day!
Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!

– Kalidasa

here and now

This is it, today and now is all we have! We live our entire life, our existence, our dreams and sorrows; all during today.

We often spend time regretting the past or reliving it. We also spend time worrying about the future. While it’s good to learn from past mistakes and great to plan ahead, lets not miss out on the priceless opportunities that ‘Now’ has to offer. The ever present and eternal Now is where reality intersects with consciousness, which is the real YOU.

Be Here Now, Now Be Here. – Ram Dass

affirmations

I AM Now present, here. I inhabit Now and relish time as I experience it. Life itself flows through me and my experiences as I travel through time and space. I AM in a boat. The boat is constant within itself yet it flows down the river of time. The Lord of the Universe cradles me in his palm. The Mother looks after my every need. All is well in this eternal garden of Truth, Beauty and Goodness…

Recommendation: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

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