Pray Rain Journal!

A Course In Miracles says, "Beware the temptation to perceive yourself as unfairly treated." Taking a victim stance, however justified, and I am not saying that it is not, only sets up more situations for us to be victimized. We live in a compliant Universe that gives us exactly what we think we are. Appreciation not only zaps the victim mentality but it gives us more of what we appreciate. Stop talking about how hard you have it - even if it's true. Put a guard up at the portal of your mind, as my teacher Vetura Papke used to say and don't let "poor me" infilitrate your life. It serves you not. Remember the 4 emotional cancers - competing, complaining, criticizing and comparing. We create our lives in consciousness. If something feels bad, stop thinking about it and replace it with countering thoughts. Talk better about yourself and you will feel better about yourself and your life will change in accordance.

Be vigilant about how you describe your life and your circumstances. We are spiritual beings living a physical existence. The power we hold is significant and it takes its direction from our Consciousness. Take small steps to change the ways you describe your life. When someone asks you how you are tell them, "Never better!" We are powerful creators. It's time to put that power to use for our joy and happiness. 

Martha Beck  tells us to write a Pray Rain Journal where we write a page as if we were living our ideal life and are journaling about it. Use present tense and write about all the wonderful things that are happening and the ramifications of every event. Live long enough there and your brain does not know if you are actually living it or not. It is cognitive reality and vibrational attraction will take it from there to create it in your physical reality. You don't have to know the how, just the what. What do you want for your life? Revel in the imagining of it. Don't resist it with countering thoughts, don't argure for your limitaions and you will launch creation from there. 

Thoughts + Emotions = Creation!

Thought coupled with strong emotion is a fantastic attractor to what we desire. Don't let your painful emotions, dredged up by stories from your past, be the thing that attract your future for more of the same. Maya Angelou tells us that "We cannot change our past, but we change our attitude towards it." Let's not let our past direct our future - the tail wagging the dog - let's deliberately create the future of our dreams by coupling our newly designed thoughts with powerful positive emotions. Change your thoughts, change your life. It's really that simple but not necessarily easy. It requires diligence. It's a mind training effort that will make your present happier while changing the trajectory of your future to bring you more joy than you can imagine.

“The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary." - Ashleigh Brilliant

Reality is Not Real!

Why is it so easy to believe the bad stuff? Why are things of the divine - love, oneness, appreciation, the intercession of our higher selves to deliver miraculous transformation - so hard to accept and even at times considered silly or fanciful? We tend to equate reality with sanity and reason. We are more credible and erudite when we base things in reality. But our reality is the manifestation of our thoughts, not the other way around. We have the choice, at any moment to change our lives by subscribing to a different, higher thought base. Do not argue for your limitations simply because they are based in reality. As my friend Jacob says, "If you have to argue for anything, argue for the power of miracles to heal any situation." Lots can happen when we let go of the confines of our limited beliefs. Argue for your good today. Argue for those fanciful wonders that usher in your happiness and you will create a reality that thrills your soul.

To Think...!

This week, besides making a "To Do" list make a "To Think" list. Don't let that voice that narrates your life, the one you hear in your head, be the dictator of your life. Ban habits of thought that are relics from the past, the ones that make you feel bad. Subscribe to that "still small voice" of truth that speaks of your innocence, joy and peace; the one that reminds you that you are never alone and that you are loved beyond measure. Train your thoughts towards your worthiness, well-being and happiness, which is the cornerstone of all that you are. Make a "To Think" list and align yourself with your true power. Life will thrill you as it reflects back to you opportunities and propositions that reflect those thoughts.

Heaven on Earth!

My friend, Jacob reminds us that Heaven is a conciousness, not a place. When we guide our thoughts in the direction of positive expectation, when we focus on how predominant our well-being is, when we obsess on gratitude and appreciation, we roll out the red carpet for our dreams. We get stuck in hard work and struggle but an unhappy journey never produces a happy ending. Our struggle is a resistance that holds back our good. Your good will be ushered in, not by worry or stress but by your ease and delight. Heaven is a consciousness, not a place.

Ahhhhh, Forgiveness!!

Louis Zamparini, the subject of writer Laura Hillenbrand's (of Seabiscuit fame) book, Unbroken, reminds us that forgiveness is one of the most important things that we can do in life; that holding on to that anger only serves to hurt us - it's like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. Resentment, even at it's simpliest form like being pissed off at the person who cuts us off in traffic, only serves to steal our joy. There is no one else out there, it's only us, our consciousness, which is the seat of creation. People reflect back to us that which we cannot see in ourselves so that we might change and have more compassion for ourselves and others. It festers if it is held on to. No one ever does anything to us. Let go today. Forgive today and peace and joy will be restored and the winds of providence will begin to blow, once again, in your favor.

Making Joy!

Let your joy rise to the top! We forget that life is meant to be enjoyed. To do lists, future plans, past regrets and worry frequently fill our minds and we are not free to enjoy the moment. We are meant to THRIVE, not just survive. Grab onto all that is good in your moment. Focus, if only for a moment, on your vitality, abundance, friendship and love that surrounds you right now. Enjoy your life. Cherish your moments. They feel great in your now and become the blue print for your future. Right now, right here let your joy rise to the top!