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Fear

Posted in Law of Attraction, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 9, 2009| 5 Comments »

Fashionably afraid - SARS Masks are all the rage!A woman wearing a mask similar to these sat next to me on the bus this morning. After she settled in, she pulled out a small bottle of alcohol-based hand sanitizer and applied some to her hands.

Soon after I began to feel the woman’s fear and anxiety, which seemed to intensify as the bus filled. It struck me how much she was living in fear of sickness, and how this fear would likely draw to her exactly what she’s trying so hard to avoid. If there’s anything I’ve learned over the past few years, it’s the universal law of “like attracts like” – that our thoughts and beliefs about reality create our experience of it.

I’m grateful to her for this timely reminder.

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Affirming our Purpose

Posted in Affirmations, tagged , , , , , , , on September 10, 2009| 1 Comment »

I am here for a purpose – a concrete, unique, and joyful purpose.

I watch attentively as this purpose continues to unfold before me.

I have the clarity, wisdom, and courage to follow my higher purpose.

I surround myself with those who support my higher purpose.

I acknowledge that everyone I encounter also has a special and unique purpose.

This affirmation was inspired by the teachings of Orin, as written by Sanaya Roman.

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Book Club’s next title: The Astonishing Power of Emotions

Posted in Book Group, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 15, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Please join us at A Novel Paradigm beginning Wednesday April 22nd for the discussion of Esther and Jerry Hicks’ The Astonishing Power of Emotions.

Click here for a synopsis.

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The Nature of Joy, Part II: Compassion

Posted in About Me, Spirituality, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

An artist's depiction of the 4th chakra
Compassion is to joy as as air is to life.

On a spiritual and emotional level, I stumbled and fell last weekend. The preceding week offered many challenges, not the least of which was my partner’s possible job loss as part of a sweeping layoff at his company. After getting the news Friday that he’d still have a job on Monday (thank you Universe) the pressure was lessened considerably. Unfortunately it returned in earnest on Saturday morning when we found the sanctuary of our home had been violated by a thieving vandal.

I sank into victim mode in a big way on Saturday. I didn’t meditate, read, or take any constructive self-care measures to help myself shed the negativity I was feeling.

This morning I finally sat and meditated. My guide came through and told me the following:

Do not expect that you will not stumble and fall. You will, time and again, as everyone does. The issue is what you do once you’ve fallen. If you have compassion for yourself, you’ll pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and move forward. 

Suddenly so much of how I tend to derail myself (and why) made sense to me. It is not reasonable for me to expect that I’ll never feel down or experience events that shake me from my center. The only thing I can control is how I respond to these things. In this particular case, this means having compassion for myself and validating my feelings without letting them leave me in a tail spin.

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The essence of the Spiritual Warrior

Posted in Intentional Living, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 10, 2008| 2 Comments »

What makes someone a “Spiritual Warrior?” Is it something one does, or something one decides?

You will have joy only when you focus on having it and settle for nothing less.

—Orin, as channeled by Sanaya Roman in the book Living with Joy

Making sense of the term “Spiritual Warrior” has always been a challenge for me because each word seems to hold opposite meaning. Today while reflecting on the book I quoted from above as well as on a psychic reading I received, the true meaning of Spiritual Warrior came to me – and it finally made sense! (Insert caveat – if I felt more and thought less, this probably would’ve come to me awhile ago… 🙂 )

We’re conditioned to believe that “doing” is what’s most important. Most of us grow up hearing things like “Idle hands are the devil’s playground” and similar nonsense. Because at a societal level our worth is measured by this standard, many of us move through life checking off a predetermined list of “shoulds” – going to college, getting a “square” job, buying a “nice” house and a “nice” car, getting married, having kids – and on and on. As part of this process we reduce living with joy to simply existing, passing our days in a zombie-like trance. You know the routine – get up, shower, eat, commute to work, spend 8-10 hours doing something we dislike because we feel we have to, commute back home, eat, sleep, rinse and repeat. UGH!

What would happen if we decided we deserved better and decided to trust that if we focused on having joy, it would come???

Does the Warrior wear faded robes of apathy, resigning to live without joy because he feels he must? No – she dons bright colors and resolves to have joy regardless of what the day brings.

Arise fellow Warrior! Let us go forth and conquer together! 🙂

 

Living with Joy is the current selection for the online book discussion group A Novel Paradigm. All who are tolerant and desire to better themselves and our planet are welcome!

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