You will learn that you increase your burdens and decrease the likelihood of success by taking yourself too seriously. – The Urantia Papers
No matter what, we lose out if we’re not enjoying the present moment and the gifts it brings. Laugh, smile, inhale, jump, wink, kiss and make merry, this unique moment that we’re living won’t last!
Today I AM having fun! I AM happy just the way I AM. All is well and there’s nothing to worry about!
Recommendation: The Urantia Papers
The quieter you become the more you can hear. – Ram Dass
True silence can do wonders. True silence is that of the mind not that of the audible kind. As we become more still, we can observer better, we listen more intently, we perceive a lot more and our sense of intuition flowers! Inspiration and creativity is heightened when we let our mind settle down naturally.
How do you do that?
Watch yourself. Watch as thoughts arise, notice their origin, and where they lead you. Observe how you act or react to any incident. Get to know yourself intimately, in this fashion. Your effortless watching of self leads to a quiet alertness that connects you to the essence of all that is. A peace beyond understanding, a joy inexpressible, then emerges!
Today I AM still. I AM peaceful. I AM connected. I AM joy.
Recommendation: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. – Shakespeare
Once we get used to watching where our thoughts spring from, next steps can be:
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!!
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
Something wiser than you is trying to get through to you. – Vernon Howard
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…
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
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
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!
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
I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. – Maya Angelou
We have a GPS built into us. It’s a homing device. It leads us home whenever we pay attention to the signal. We can be home no matter where we are physically. We can reach home no matter how we feel emotionally. Are we using this technology?
Today I AM tuning in. I stay calm and peaceful. In this quietude I can hear the voice of Spirit guiding me gently forward. This “still, small voice” reveals to me how to show up in any situation. It advises me to be love and to be a servant of all. I AM blessed.
Recommendation: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear;
But, grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here.
To inhabit the present moment is not an easy undertaking. But there’s a way! The trick is to look for what’s ‘good’, what’s great, true and beautiful, around us in the moment. Let’s remind ourselves to do that and we’ll become masters of the now moment!
I AM a now person. I love being present. I seek all that’s good and beautiful around me. I feel good when I do that. All of the Universe’s goodness flows to me and through me when I AM fully present!
Recommendation: A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman
