Precipice

GS: You are on a precipice. You are always on a precipice. Your life can go into a thousand different directions on any given day. You never know what tomorrow may bring. You look for certainty from the events that happen around you. You will never find certainty there. Certainty is not an event, it is a state of being and can only be found inside your open heart. From there, the radiance of your being shines forth as strongly as you will allow and this light is your certainty. Shine your light and you can be certain that the Universe will answer you back with equal radiance. You give to and receive from Universal energy in a continuous flow, a circle of communication, a supply of love and support that is never ending. Relax your battered mind and feel the knowing inside your heart. Blessed be.

Vulnerability

I have been thinking a lot about vulnerability and authenticity since watching the Brené Brown interview with Oprah yesterday on Super Soul Sunday. If you are not familiar with Brené, check out her talk on TED from a couple of years ago. She also has several books, the newest of which is just published and is titled “Daring Greatly” and is about vulnerability. According to Brené, vulnerability=authenticity=open heart. What I have been studying recently talks about how an open heart is necessary for the conscious creation process.  From what I understand, being vulnerable is feeling our feelings and being emotionally honest. It seems like there should be a place for this in conscious creation. I believe that our feelings are our barometer for our belief systems. Feelings occur when a belief system is triggered. Where we fall out is identifying with our feelings instead of using the feeling as an indicator to examine and shift our beliefs. So we stomp around saying “I am angry” or mope around saying “I am sad” instead of looking inside to see what we believe about ourselves and the world that causes these feeling to occur. Feelings are not bad – they are our gas gauge, our thermometer, and they give us information that we can use to create our lives more consciously.  By not acknowledging our feelings, we build stories of blame and shame that we continue to identify with so we do not notice the pesky beliefs we have that would bear more fruitful examination and that can be shifted to beliefs of our own conscious choosing that serve us better. The other really interesting point she brought up is that, in addition to not wanting to recognize the “bad” feelings, we also limit our access to the “good” ones such as joy and love. There are many beliefs around “don’t care too much or you’ll be hurt,” “waiting for the other shoe to drop,” and variations thereof. She calls it dress-rehearsing tragedy. Here is a pattern that I can recognize. And the belief system behind it certainly involves trusting and knowing from our open heart. So. I see and feel my feelings and thank them for their service. I am willing to see the beliefs behind these feelings and shift them to beliefs that serve me better. I am the power of creation and I allow All Energy to flow through my open, authentic heart. I am the knowing that comes from the source of my being. I am the freedom of feeling joy and love. And so it is.

Swing Batter!

I am feeling feisty today. Life is throwing me a few curveballs AND I am choosing to stay in conscious creation. Okay Universe, throw me a ball. I have a bat! I can hit it out of the park!! Hey batter batter, swing batter!! I have been thinking about the issue of responsibility, or even better, the joy of responsibility. I really love the idea of linking joy and responsibility!! Takes me back to the old chestnut that responsibility is our ability to respond. When I look up the etymology of the word respond, I find it comes from a Latin word that meant “to answer or promise in return.” Responsibility is our Universe-given right to play with the Universe. The Universe promises to support us in our creation and we promise in return to act on those curve balls and spit balls and fast balls that the Universe is so fond of – otherwise known as Opportunities!! What a wonderful world we live in that we have the privilege and honor to co-create with the Universe.

My Open Happy Heart

Much of what has come into my awareness lately has to do with achieving, maintaining and living in a happy open heart. What does this mean? What does it feel like if you tell yourself “Go into your heart”? We know we are in our head when we hear worries, plans, internal conversations, chatter. How do we know we are in our heart? By the absence of these mind things? Try it now. Go into your heart. What do you feel? My heart feels like a deep pool of water inside a silent cave. Cool, peaceful, serene. Now from this place, ask yourself “What makes me happy?” For me, being in the woods, playing with my pets, having a deep conversation with a friend, playing the flute or piano, listening to music all make me happy. So many images fill me. Now, from this happy open heart, all possibilities lie before us. Decisions made from this still place inside us always benefit us. Increasing our joy in life expands our happy heart and increasing our happiness in our heart increases the joy in our life. From our happy heart we make the world a better place. This is my firm choice and commitment, to live my life from my open happy heart. I will let the Universe deal with the details.

Should I have bought that?

GS: Your guilt has to do with your inability to feel deserving of all the desires of your heart. How can you manifest these things in your life if you do not feel deserving? Drop into your heart and feel the magnificence of your being-ness and then ask yourself how this glorious creature  cannot deserve all the wonders that life has to offer. You are glory beyond measure and are capable of having and experiencing anything you choose. Quit defaulting to the passive choice, to the one that requires least effort so that you do not have to actively choose. Release your fear of being wrong. You are never wrong and all your choices exactly reflect your intentions as they are directed by your conscious mind. Your unconscious mind only comes into play if you abdicate your conscious mind to it. You are a most glorious creation of you. Remember this throughout your day.
 

Making Lemonade

So, this weekend was dark and scary. But on Monday I faced my fears, took action and turned my world around. Life works when we can perceive obstacles as opportunities, when we trust that all things work together for our good and that the Universe is a safe place because we choose to make it so. One of my favorite Course in Miracles quotes is “In my defenselessness, my safety lies.” When I am open and trusting, when I make my choices from my heart instead of my head, the world is a magical place and the energy of life flows smoothly. Another of my favorite CiM quotes is “Giving and receiving are the same.” The energy exchange we have with each other and with the Universe is an ever-continuous circle of flow when we allow ourselves to give and receive freely. May today and all days be blessed with our knowledge that we are the perfect manifestation of god in action.

Panic!

GS: You are in a panic because you do not trust. You ask but do not receive. You are waiting for the world to respond when all that is preventing the reception is your own unwillingness to receive.  Traumatic events serve to open us so that we can let in more love and light but are not the only way to do this. You can choose the opening without the trauma but oftentimes are not inspired to do so without a Universal nudge. Trust that you are the creator of your life and that you, the Greater you, knows what you are doing and is supporting you. All is always well and it in only the mind with its trivial thoughts that instills panic and worry. Feel the peace and calm of knowing who you are and trust this, trust yourself, trust the process and that you will know what to do in each moment. Trust and open to receive the answers that your asking is creating.