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Feel

Posted in Let Go, tagged , on February 19, 2013| 18 Comments »

During these times of great transformation, we are being called to feel everything we haven’t allowed ourselves to feel before. We are being asked to feel the emotions that we have denied and shunned deep inside. And this is because feeling allows us to heal our emotional wounds.

You see, as we go through life, we tend to store painful emotions in the body. This pain remains lodged within, unable to be healed. In order to dislodge it, we must feel it in the healthiest way possible. When we do, pain moves through us and can be released. We become free of the wounds we have buried.

Empathy helps us with this. When we empathize with ourselves or another, we validate what is being felt. We accept emotions with love, and this enables us to feel them and then let them go. This is how we stop the madness of suffering.

And that is why the best way to support others is to allow them to learn the lessons they came here to experience. This means standing by someone as they endure their difficulties but not interfering, yet indeed holding their hand through life. We must give others the space and freedom to be human and to feel what they came here to feel. We must experience life deeply instead of avoiding, fixing, or judging all that we go through.

We are here to feel things that we can only experience while living a human life. We are meant to learn from our emotional adventures and assist one another in doing this. That is how we experience the growth that our souls’ earnestly desire.

Allow yourself to feel what life brings up in you so that you can fully experience it. You don’t have to react to these experiences or hold on to them – or let them rule you in any way. You simply have to feel them. And once you do, you can let them go because they’re no longer in the present moment. They don’t have to stick around and define beautiful you.

You are here to love, to cry, to laugh, and to feel moved with every fiber of your being, without having to judge any of it. You are here to feel all the nuances of experience, utterly and completely, and take this wisdom with you forever. This is what allows you to gain precious experience. This is how you allow your gorgeous soul to grow.

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Believe

Posted in Being, tagged , , on February 5, 2013| 12 Comments »

What do you believe? The answer shapes what you experience. When you shift your belief, you shift your experience. If you want to do this, here’s a little exercise to help.

Take a look at the thoughts that are creating barriers throughout your day – the excuses and limitations that are keeping you from your dreams. Write down these beliefs that are holding you back. For example, “I never have enough time” or “ I never seem to fit in.” Once you have your list, replace each negative belief with a positive one. “I don’t have time” becomes “I have all the time in the world.” “I don’t fit in” becomes “I am extraordinary and one-of-a-kind.” Or perhaps, “Life is full of suffering” becomes “Life is a sacred opportunity to experience love.” See how expansive your new beliefs make you feel. Realize you have the power to choose them.

When we choose more expansive beliefs, it becomes obvious that unlimited potential is at our fingertips. Each moment offers infinite possibility to create a higher dream. And then we realize that our old beliefs were steeped in a lot of fear, and we can have love instead. In fact, I believe this is what we’re here to do. Choosing love is the spiritual journey.

The problems that directly affect our lives are showing us our fearful beliefs. They are ours to take responsibility for and heal. And this starts on the inside. We must go within and find where we have created each discordance – each opportunity for growth – and then heal it with forgiveness and love. As spiritual healer Dr. Hew Len teaches, you can do this by saying the following words: “I am so sorry. Please forgive me. I love you.” When I say these words, I feel that I am curing the root of my problems – my belief in the absence of love. And, as Dr. Hew Len teaches, we can do this with any problem we see in our reality. That’s right, all the discord in the world. Whoa.

You see, the work that you do to heal yourself helps all of us to heal. This is what the Christian story of Jesus is all about. He showed humanity how to get back to love, starting with each person, from the inside out. When you love yourself as much as you can and forgive your human mistakes, you do this. When you believe in yourself with an open heart instead of fear, you help transform us all. This is one of the most important things you can do with your life.

When you leave this world, your loving beliefs are all that will remain of this temporal experience. You see, life is a precious opportunity to see how we’ve been denying ourselves love so that we can accept more of it. When we do, we remember that this is our natural state. Finally, with grateful hearts, we recognize ourselves again. And at last, with sublime awareness, we get back to God.

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The Deepening

Posted in Transition, tagged , , , on August 14, 2012| 10 Comments »

I like to call the times that we are living in “The Deepening,” because for me it describes how it feels to spiritually evolve. Right now, humanity is growing in unprecedented ways that are becoming increasingly dramatic. Every day now, we are moving away from operating on the surface to living more deeply from our beings. We are shifting from shallow connections, gestures, and concerns to seeking deeper relationships, responsibilities, and purpose. Finally, our spiritual depths are coming to light, and we are realizing just how infinite we are.

At this very moment, as incredible as it might seem, we are in the process of transitioning from a third dimensional world into a multidimensional one. But this is not as crazy as it sounds. Because dimensions are levels of awareness that have been here all along, and in many ways what we’re going through is an ancient remembering. It is a remembrance of our real selves.

For eons, as humans, we haven’t been able to perceive much beyond the third dimension – that is, until now. For ages, we have been entrapped by limited consciousness, but finally we are waking up to more. And although we’ve become used to living with the illusion of separation, we are now ready to remember connectedness to all life. We remember the profound oneness we have always been.

But what’s even more incredible about this transition, is that the solid, tactile environment we are used to is combining with heightened spiritual awareness. And that means that we will live in the higher dimensions while maintaining physical form. We are being given an unprecedented blend of both worlds that is a masterpiece of creation! And what’s most exciting is that these higher dimensions reverberate with unconditional love.

We are bringing deep, immense bliss to the human experience. If you have ever felt spiritual love that overwhelms and permeates every cell of your being, then you have an idea of where we are headed. Right now, we are making ourselves ready to reside in these higher frequencies, but they cannot support a lack of love. And that is why we are purifying ourselves every day by rapidly growing through increasing personal issues. We are being asked to choose love so that we can live in our new world.

Of course, denial can easily be a part of this purification process. We have been conditioned to put off what hurts and to compete in heartless ego games. And honestly, I understand. These days, I find myself increasingly uncomfortable with others because it feels like all my stuff is on display. But if I brave it out, I finally address what has been keeping me from love.

And then I realize that all of my stubborn stuff that doesn’t feel good enough is being exposed so that I can grow. It’s as though the universe is saying, “Look, you still have this hidden in here. Shine light on it, give it love and let it go. Shed your cold conditioning and look at the immensity of love that has always been beneath. Come and warm yourself by its fire.”

The Deepening that we are going through is a natural process if we remove our ego conditioning. It is a natural experience like breathing, and it’s unfathomably deep, just like you. Right now, stop and feel how deep you are at this moment. Close your eyes, and sense the limitlessness of your being, and see that you are an integral part of creation. You will never be able to prove or truly explain this in familiar terms, because it’s beyond the scope of the third dimension. But to tap into your depths is to live from your limitless and loving being, not the limited and linear mind.

When you live from your being like this, you enable yourself to be grounded amidst our changing world. Remember, this change is growth, and it has a purpose of astounding proportions – to bring this human plane into the multi-dimensions. So welcome our growth and our staggering return to love. Welcome this long-awaited deepening unlike anything you will ever know.

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Checking In

Posted in Love, Self, tagged , , on July 31, 2012| 8 Comments »

We are each here in this human life to glow with more light than we ever have before. This light is spiritual love, and every time that we choose it, our internal flame grows more luminous.

Notice, as you go about your day, that sometimes your firelight might seem to dim. You might suddenly feel discord while interacting with someone or feel inharmonious as the hours slip away. There is a basic yet invaluable practice that can help you when you feel this way, and it is to simply check in with yourself.

Stop and ask yourself, “Does what I’m doing right now value myself and others? Does it and the situation I’m in respect and honor me, as well as those around me, in elevated ways?” Checking in like this allows us to pause from judging, reacting, or letting our egos take over the ship. It puts you in the present moment and re-prioritizes what really matters – honoring the sanctity of all life.

Checking in helps you to have awareness about the things that trigger your pain instead of blaming them with a blind eye. It enables you to hear yourself.

Everyone wishes to be heard, respected, and valued, and we each deserve this without asking for it. You deserve this at every moment of your life, and when you check in with yourself, you remember this, and you build the fire within.

You are never going to find this light outside of yourself, but rather you must fan the flames inside. You must give yourself love when you are in pain instead of reacting outwardly at others.

You can also strengthen your inner flame through meditation. Simply visualize your inner light building until it extends far beyond your body. When you fully feel this light, you feel the immensity of love. And when you radiate this light into the world, you inspire all of us to do the same.

The harmonious truth is that we are all one. There is no need to harbor the discord of separation. By tapping into your inner light, you access this intrinsic one-ness. And you remember your unique contribution to us.

We need your light and your love, in the uniquely beautiful ways that only you can give them. Remember to check in so that you become increasingly responsible with your energy and can contribute the immense talents you have to offer. Ask yourself, “What will matter one, five, ten years from now?” Only that you gave more love.

I know how hard it can be to do this, and I am challenging myself to love deeper in my life. Let us build this fire together and remember that it is the firelight of God incarnate. It is the blissful, contagious and all-embracing love of us, and to bask in its glow feels sublime.

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What’s Going On

Posted in Transition, tagged , , , , on July 17, 2012| 15 Comments »

Are you experiencing sudden moments of chaos in your life? Volatility seems to be all around us these days, and yet this is a sign of dramatic growth.

Right now, we are becoming highly evolved human beings, and so we are feeling intense purification. We are being offered unparalleled opportunities to skyrocket on the spiritual path.

And where is all of this growth leading us? Towards all-accepting, unconditional love.

You see, we are here to grow with love. We are not here to live what the ego might call a “perfect” life. And if we’re not growing with love, then we are missing out on what our souls yearn for within the human experience.

The ego resists and avoids such growth, but thankfully growth can no longer be ignored. Finally, the intensity that we are feeling is helping us to recognize how we want to change. Can you recognize this in yourself?

Every pain that you feel – something you don’t like – is asking you to grow. It is asking for more love. It wants you to open your heart from the layers you have built to protect it.

Your issues of growth will make themselves known, so work through them instead of resisting. It can be all too easy to blame others when your pain comes to light, but this comes from being taught that you’re not good enough. And then trying to prove it to yourself.

You must know that you are so spectacular! So leave this conditioning far behind. Recognize what is being shown and use these golden opportunities as they come. Your fear will show you how you have not believed in love. Ironically, it will lead you towards healing.

As important as it is to be aware of how you’ve been controlled and conditioned on this planet, still everything that you’re confronted with is a prime opportunity for growth. Every single thing. Can you feel the tremendous growth you’ve already achieved in this life? Don’t lose sight of this amidst these changing times.

Change can be volatile and polarizing, so ground yourself amidst chaotic situations. When you find yourself on the verge of crisis, let your emotions wash over you and feel what comes up, but do not react. Let it all pass through you and then leave, until it is completely gone.

Ground yourself in nature, and take everything in stride. Instill calm and grace. Greet erratic behavior in others with compassion for what we are all going through. Chaos can feel debilitating in the moment, but how quickly it is over, and so often not as bad as we thought.

Remember, personal transformation creates collective transformation, and old rules no longer apply. We are shifting from one dimension to another, and leaving limitation. We are finally acknowledging  the spiritual, where anything is possible. It’s too big to compare to the past, and rigid thinking simply does not fit. So let go of the rational mind and welcome your spiritual being.

It is time to marvel at the magic that is already yours. Your increasing intuition is mind-blowing and ready for you to revel in it. So revel in the all-accepting love that is building every day. This is the love we have been starved for on this human plane. It is the lighthouse of the soul, and it heals our world every time you grow deeper on your path. Know how brave you are to be here at this moment in history. Let us jump together and seize this gargantuan leap of faith.

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2012

Posted in Transition, tagged , , , , , on April 24, 2012| 5 Comments »

Personal transformation creates collective transformation. In my own life, I am being reminded of this again and again.

I am experiencing personal breakthroughs of love – breakthroughs that require working through buried pain, but oh the growth that this affords! These breakthroughs are mind-blowing and life-altering, and they are all about unconditional love. Such transformation, soul by soul, is exactly how our world will change.

Much like the Samuel Beckett play “Waiting for Godot,” I have often found myself waiting for “2012.” I have been on the edge of my seat, anticipating that change will arrive any day and imagining that we will all be saved. But waiting is not living, positive change is already here, and we are the only ones who can save ourselves. By this I mean that we must do the emotional work to move forward on our individual spiritual paths. When we do, we help to raise consciousness.

We are each being called to work on spiritual growth that leads to our life’s purpose. This is how we co-create a golden earth.

Doing your part starts from within. The awakening times that you are living in are offering resolutions of karma, and each of us has chosen to be here in part for this reason. We are being asked to integrate our deepest life lessons that began long ago, so don’t be surprised when unfinished business comes knocking at your door. This is the stuff that causes emotional pain and screams at you to address it. And this is why life has been so hard these last few years.

The way to handle this pain is not to react, but rather to face it. Let your emotions wash over you, and then let them go. When you dedicate yourself to working on your issues by facing them completely, you will break through with love incarnate. You will learn the bigger lessons that your soul came here to learn.

These lessons are almost always about giving yourself more love. They are about breaking through past patterns so that you finally believe in yourself. This helps not only you, but all of humanity.

Right now, we are graduating from a school that has taught through suffering. And once we graduate, we will learn through more positive means. Don’t lose sight of how ecstatic it feels when we accomplish each step towards this graduation. Personal transformation is astounding! And never ceases to surprise with magic that opens the heart wide.

I have noticed that this process requires forgiveness. It requires shifting self-judgment into self-love. See, we cannot live with love until we forgive ourselves and all who have ever hurt us. We must recognize that we are not any of the things that happen to us. We have simply created these things for our growth.

Once we grow as we wanted to, we can let them go. You see, everything is a step leading us past limitation towards love.

I am starting to believe that collective forgiveness will allow us to fully evolve. This includes forgiving those who have controlled us in dark and abominable ways. When we do not forgive, we remain in a lower vibration. But when we have compassionate awareness, we lift up the entire world.

We are living in times of great healing, so seize these unprecedented opportunities when they appear to you. Make haste and Godspeed, and let love be your catalyst. Let it electrify your path and open your heart ever wider. Let it remind you just how powerful you are, for this is your true you.

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Synchronicity

Posted in Exchange, tagged , , on April 10, 2012| 11 Comments »

So many of us have been experiencing increasing synchronicity these past few years. Indeed, it seems absolutely everywhere. Sychronicity demonstrates the energy that connects us and that is us. Because we are each other, and we are infinitely expansive.

The beauty of synchronicity is that it speaks specifically to each person from the greater spiritual world. Concepts, images, words, and numbers appear as sign posts, and repeat themselves to get our attention. When we notice them and trust, it is as though the universe embraces us with a knowing wink. It says, “See, you are not alone on this earth.”

And so often, synchronicity is your support team from above communicating with you.

As time goes by, however, humans tend to rationalize away magical experiences. We try to explain what is unexplainable. You see, when we see the world from the left brain, we operate in survival mode, and it becomes challenging to remember who we really are. We forget that we are eternal, spiritual beings not doomed to live once and die.

Miracles happen all the time, but too often we erase them. We convince ourselves that they don’t exist. If you haven’t already, beautiful friend, make yourself open to miracles in your life. Because anything is possible, if only you trust. You are magic, beloved soul, and your spiritual connection is undeniable. Synchronicity is proving this to you all the time.

For myself, synchronicity has become so obvious, that it is almost laughable. From hour to hour, I see my thoughts and words reflected specifically in the environment around me. The exact idea in my head is spoken out loud in a conversation by two people passing by. Combinations of the same numbers appear on the clock every time that my attention is called to it. The identical meal I just made shows up on a tv cooking show. My questions are even answered specifically, such as when my child gives me the perfect answer with a statement out of the blue.

Synchronicity also occurs for me as a kind of spiritual classroom. I am led from one topic of growth to the next, and these topics are then reflected in my life and relationships.

Each day is filled with these signs, and they remind me that I’m on a limitless path. They reveal my inherent connection to the universe, and that I and it are so much bigger than human perception can explain. It makes me smile in amazement every time.

There are no coincidences and everything has meaning. Have you ever noticed that you have exactly what you need throughout your day, if only you don’t resist it? Life works out beautifully if we don’t work against it, and the right thing at the right time is always here. Have you noticed that you have the people you need throughout your day as well? Just the right friendly voice (one you never expected) appears in the nick of time to get through a trying moment. The universe is always trying to work with us if we just relax “control” and let it.

Synchronicity is God’s genius design revealing itself to you. The universe is singing a song just for you in your very own language. Allow yourself to hear its sweet music, and let it remind you how incredibly magical you are.

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Grace

Posted in Love, tagged , on March 27, 2012| 6 Comments »

How does one describe that ethereal quality called grace? We know what it is so well, but it can be difficult to define.

I think grace is reverence and thankfulness, and elegance of the soul. It is living poetry that calmly smiles and inspires with beauty beyond compare. Grace is that high divine quality that overcomes the human condition, granting respite amidst our endless difficulties. Grace elevates this rough and tough experience by waving the magic wand of love – the love that we share at the core.

To me, grace is not mercy, because we don’t need to be pardoned. We are already divinely perfect, and grace knows this with pure acceptance. It forgives the mistakes we have come here to make because it understands that we are learning on purpose. Life is hard for good reason, but it’s how we handle it that matters. Often, the best that we can do is to move forward with grace. I feel this is a momentous accomplishment. Indeed, it is why we are here.

I am so incredibly moved by how humanity perseveres with grace every day. You, yourself, inspire me to no end with your strength as you shine your light amidst the dark, illuminating the way for us all.

Grace is the ultimate forgiveness. It frees us with unconditional love and lets everything problematic melt away. Oh I know all too well how hard it is to forgive! But what a holy experience this affords. Eventually, we realize that the people in our lives have been reflecting our own issues, just as we asked them to.

I pray that I may walk forward with the greater awareness of grace and receive this shining gift from above. And when I lose my way, and feel very separate and alone, may grace guide me back to our one reality of love.

Grace is who we really are and where we truly come from. The other day, I had a sudden vision of grace and I immediately knew it was a memory from heaven. There we all were, going about our real lives and feeling so fulfilled with love. There was a clear sense of compassionate purpose, and we felt such immense joy. We were embodying the most beautiful kind of grace and carrying ourselves from one high, creative task to the next. We were continuing to work on our growth and living harmoniously with each other in deep support.

I will carry this reminder with me as we embrace the next age. It is time to bring heaven to our human experience and build our new golden world with grace.

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Reach Higher Always

Posted in Transition, tagged , , , , on December 11, 2011| 7 Comments »

I believe that the most important thing we can each do right now is to reach higher at any given moment. We can choose to act in a positive way with love, and so create a more beautiful life for ourselves and a better reality for others. You see, our thoughts and behavior affect our world at every level. Reaching higher helps all of us.

Reaching higher is practicing unconditional love. And this comes naturally when we’re awake to our soul. Reaching higher is the opposite of hierarchy and pity. It means residing in a lighter spiritual place that embraces every fellow human. Reaching higher is acting from the heart instead of reacting from the ego with blame.

As we all know, our world has been experiencing unprecedented change, and our spiritual journeys have been calling us to take more responsibility. We are being asked to acknowledge the truth, to accept the negativity that’s part of human duality, and to illuminate the dark with love. By doing so, we embrace the whole of us, and we create harmony.

As such, old beliefs of negativity have been rising to the surface and can no longer be ignored. They have been pushing our buttons as a kind of accelerated learning process on this ascending earth plane – this hothouse for emotional growth. The conditions of life have been increasingly teaching us day to day, and by reaching higher with forgiveness, acceptance, and love, we get to grow instead of suffer. We become expansive and free.

Of course, I know all too well that reality can seem brutal. We can be flourishing spiritually with the best intentions and still find ourselves so hurt in our human-ness. We can become overwhelmed by the seeming injustice of our lessons coupled with these turbulent times. But every moment is a new opportunity to start over and try to reach higher. Every day, we can bring more love to our experience.

So often, we expect people, situations, and ourselves to be a certain way, but if we become more neutral and accepting, then criticism and judgment fall away. Self-generated negativity dissolves.

The next time that you think something negative, stop and try to appreciate instead. This is a positive choice that our world of duality always offers. When you are faced with a life challenge, look at it from a positive standpoint of growth, something that will make itself obvious years from now.

We are, each of us, amazing, and are simply teaching each other here. When we choose to see this and look for the best in everything, we build a light filled world that is contagious! Most of all, the positive work that you do to reach higher as a human benefits your soul forever.

Like most of us, I have been going through some purging this year, and I’m being reminded to reach as high as I can, for I’m miserable when I don’t. I have been feeling more and more chaotic energy and yet increasing magic available. My thoughts are manifesting in miraculous ways. The veil is easily lifting from the divine, and I’m seeing myself in everyone and everyone in myself. I am feeling love for all.

When I tap into my heart, I feel the undefinable love that we are, and I take it everywhere I go. When I breathe without restriction, and practice meditation, I connect to the inherent peace and knowing of my soul. I feel compelled to reach higher.

Let us all be the highest humans that we can be! And let love be our motivation. Let us give ourselves more joy instead of heartache, peace instead of war, and light instead of dark. By working on raising your own vibration, you help humanity raise its vibration, during this crucial time for us all. So reflect your eternal inner light upon the world and never stop reaching higher.

*Writer Sean Lathrop offers insightful clarity for our times. Please check out his inspiring articles here.

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Remember

Posted in Purpose, tagged , , , on November 27, 2011| 9 Comments »

Last week, I explored how shifting beliefs can help to actualize what we wish for. More and more, I am remembering that having this opportunity to change from within is exactly why we’re here on earth.

You see, human drama creates a choice environment to shift at the soul level. The challenges that we experience push us to tap into our unfathomable reservoirs of love and put them into action. We grow ever stronger in this way. And we choose our lives with heartfelt desire for this growth.

In his groundbreaking book Your Soul’s Plan, Robert Schwartz illustrates the soul’s desire so beautifully. He points out something that is revolutionary – as humans we learn through opposition.

We come here hoping to strengthen certain qualities of love from within, and so we are purposefully treated in a manner that is the opposite of these qualities. By being challenged externally and denied love on the outside, we experience breakthroughs that assert love on the inside.

For example, when someone is surrounded by compassion, they know it in an external way, but not necessarily in themselves (even though it is there waiting). If they experience circumstances that challenge them to feel compassion for another person, then they truly know what it is in action, and they can carry this knowledge with them always. Thus, opposition is a tool used to experience love in all of its forms.

This is how we design our lives. We help each other by playing out roles that teach love. And often, these come in the form of negative relationships.

We agree to do this for one another with tremendous compassion and bravery because we want to help champion the love within ourselves. Again and again, we are learning to believe in ourselves by embracing the divine love within.

It took me a long time to see this in my own life, but in overcoming my challenges of self worth and belonging, I am experiencing a shift in belief about myself. I am building inner strength and I am remembering why I chose to live this life – so that I might grow in ways I could not in heaven. I wanted to go through specific experiences firsthand so that I could live through the varied aspects of love, including what love is not. I wanted to have a clean slate of amnesia so that my consciousness would not interfere with my lessons, until I was ready to remember.

Now, I am waking up to what I came here to learn and to the truth of our divinity, and it feels blissful beyond measure. You see, the spiritual journey unfolds with a knowing smile shared with every human who walks the earth, every being in the universe, and with God. Each awakening builds awareness of our undeniable unity as one, and the immeasurable, unshakable love that we are. This is who we have always been, and we are simply waiting to remember ourselves.

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