A Time to LET GO !

There are many expressions used to describe life when it feels overwhelming or too big to handle- 'behind the eight ball', 'in over your head', 'the rug pulled out from under your feet'. Things can be thrust into your experience that cause you to feel helpless and frightened. And once that something has happened there is no going back except to remember that the quality of your future is determined by how you react in the present moment.

For an elite team of highly trained test pilots this response was the difference between life or death. As the Air Force developed more sophisticated jet aircraft ordinary laws of aerodynamics were being tested. Pilots were flying at mach speeds and higher altitude and one by one they were being killed when their aircraft entered into what it termed a “flat spin”.

Unintentionally the aircraft would stall and skid sideways like a cereal bowl spinning across on slippery counter top before tumbling down end over end plummeting to the ground. Pilots trying to recover the plane would apply correction after correction to get the aircraft stabilized. The more furiously they manipulated the controls the wilder the ride became. Ground control could hear them screaming helplessly and asking questions like "what do I do next" before plunging to their death.

This combination of extreme disorientation inside an unmanageable aircraft proved fatal UNTIL ONE DAY a pilot named Chuck Yeager inadvertently found the solution. His plane was violently out of control and he temporarily blacked out in the cockpit. When he awakened (seven miles later) he was able to steady and fly the plane to a safe landing. He discovered the only life saving response was to “take your hands off the controls”. It countered all training and survival instincts, but it worked.

The same principle can be applied to your life when things seem to spin out of control. When your unhappy with your job, when your means of income is lost, when your relationship is unstable or failing, when your body is damaged or malfunctioning, when your feel like a fraud or failure, when you are betrayed... whatever the situation there is ONE PERFECT RESPONSE - take your hands off the controls!

It's time to LET GO ! Stop trying to manage, run away, manipulate, deny, bargain, strategize, alter, or fix any of it. STOP EVERYTHING and and BE STILL. Do nothing except sit and allow yourself to feel whatever it is that you really DO NOT want to feel. Are you afraid, insecure, lonely, angry, overwhelmed, or tired? Extend your arms out palms face up and feel the how heavy this burden weighs in your life. Stay there and continue to feel ALL OF IT until your unwilling to bear it for another second- let alone a lifetime. Then lift your arms up to the sky and hand it over. Let something much bigger and more powerful than you take care of this. Let the limited structures of your small self surrender to the LARGE incomprehensible wisdom of our Creator.

Afterwards, it may feel as if a ton of bricks were lifted from your shoulders or maybe as though you are floating on a cloud. You may cry tears of relief or be tickled with joy..... best of all you have just experienced the incredible power of SURRENDER!

This Is Your Brain.... on GOD

The human brain’s most amazing and magnificent potential occurs when it opens to a stream from Supreme Intelligence. The ONE major block that prevents this from happening is the belief that you are separate from God. You must open your mind to experience....

Your Brain on GOD....

-Speaks kind words to help others feel better
-Is COMPLETELY FREE of insecure, doubtful, judgmental, fearful thoughts
-Always trusts and follows intuition
-Has no interest in knowing other peoples 'business'
-Does not take anything personally therefore has nothing to defend
-Can allow others to be just as they are without needing to fix or change them
-Knows the beautiful gift inside EVERY human being
no matter what the thin paper wrapping of the personality displays
-Trusts that no matter how tragic or bad things seem to be,
an unseen greater good is always at work
-Overflows with radiant clear joy

Your Brain on GOD....

-Will feel inspired to do something out of your normal comfort zone
-Replaces working hard for a living with following your bliss
-Has access to intelligence and knowing that supersedes any IQ
-Is at complete peace with ALL that it DOES NOT KNOW
-Can rest and expand in quiet, empty, silence
-Fills your heart with compassion and understanding
-Has no problems to dwell upon, only opportunities to discover
-Needs no spiritual practices, rituals, mantras, books, or religion (it has direct connection to The Divine Creator)

Your Brain on GOD....

-Never competes but will support, assist, and collaborate
-Can access states of consciousness beyond verbal description
-Receives answers to questions that are clear-easy-simple
-Gives freely to others and expects nothing in return
-Knows its true nature as love, joy, peace, and well being
-Is in complete awe and appreciation with every encounter of creation
-Is the instrument to receive powerful life altering guidance

Any Questions ?

Diary of an Emotion

Here I am waiting in this fertile void. I am empty without expression yet full of potential. In time I will be sucked into the experience of some living being through the vacuum of their powerful thought and transform into an emotion. I never know where I am going and each trip is unique. I do know from past experience if an individual feels good, like the emotion of happy, I move quickly. I am silky smooth, light, and tingly. Once the mind creates me, I rapidly disperse out to the body with a current of information where I am referred to as "a feeling".

There's an emotional pyramid /\ that holds a variety of feelings. If you had to group ALL emotions into just three categories; the base__ of the pyramid would harbor emotions like fear, guilt, depression, shame. Suspended in the middle -- would be anger, worry, stress, frustration. And floating at the top ^ is appreciation, knowing, joy, and love. It makes no difference to me which I become- I am just the information of emotion and my journey depends solely on the actions of the particular individual who created me.

When I become those lower denser emotions people can sense the effect I have in their body thus refer to me as BAD or negative. But instead of feeling me FULLY and COMPLETELY they may try to deny or refuse me. This resistance can create blockages that trap me in the body and produce a type of "emotional constipation". Like food, I am NOT meant to stay in the body but to pass through. This natural and essential process is best understood by children. Babies and young kids ALLOW ALL their feelings to be felt and expressed. But gradually they get taught things like "suck it up" or give into the constant appeals of "please don't cry" or threatening demands to "stop crying this instant...or else!" Over time this unnatural conditioning acts like a cultural anesthetic and teaches them NOT TO FEEL and I become trapped. As a result this forces me to become more creative and intensify my efforts to get my message across. Quite literally I can become a real pain in the neck or anything else that will get peoples attention.

TRULY, I MEAN NO HARM and any extraneous pain is self inflicted! If you only understood how to use me the way I was intended- your quality of life would improve significantly. I am an important part of your emotional guidance system and I operate similar to the GPS system in your car. I am calibrated with Divine perfection and ALWAYS accurate. When you veer off course from who you really are (loving, kind, happy, optimistic, light hearted) I am the warning signal that will notify your headed in the wrong direction so that you can make a correction.

Here I go, I am getting closer. I can feel the pull from the vortex of a some one's mind reverberating with intense thoughts....)))) ) )"Damn he's such an ass@*!", "Mean people suck ", "How dare he point the finger at me.... he ought to take a good look in the mirror at himself ........"
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((¸¸.·´ .·´ -:¦:-~·´..***''~~`` -:¦:- oooOOH.. I am morphing and filling up with a heavy dark energy that is throbbing. This individuals thoughts created anger, resentment, and blame therefore I must become the exact feeling to represent her thinking. .....
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((¸¸.·´ .·´ -:¦:- OOOooo ....I am starting to move~·´..***''~~`` -:¦:- YES! This person knows. SHE IS FEELING ME! She doesn't like feeling this.....she's so mad she could spit... she's blaring out a few explicit words .....now a roaring scream that escalates in pitch and collapses into a deep surrendering sob. As she cries the resistance breaks apart and the pressure is released. And somewhere in the space of this relief she knows why I am here. I remind her she has STRAYED FROM HER TRUE SELF. I reminder her of how hard and painful it feels not to love.

My mission complete I can now exit through her waterfall of tears ....Wheeeee!!!!! I may or may not return..... it will all depend on how she thinks.

*NOW SCROLL UP AND FIND THE MUSIC PLAYLIST (in a purple box) LISTEN TO THE SONG "PORCELIN" WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED!!!

Are You Getting Life's Clues?

Whether you're paying attention or not, life is always delivering clues for you to find happiness. This world is a playing field where your small self engages in an interesting game of hide and seek in order to discover the treasure of your magnificent Large Self . Why would you play this game? Probably for the same reason humans through the centuries have invented all kinds of games.... for the discovery, enjoyment, and thrill .

Can you imagine the story of Wizard of Oz without Dorothy's escapade along the yellow brick road? She had to journey full circle and experience many wild adventures before she truly knew in her heart "there is no place like home". You could read a thousand of pages describing in detail how LOVING, MAGNIFICENT, BRILLIANT, POWERFUL, MARVELOUS, and CREATIVE YOU REALLY ARE..... BUT until you realize this for yourself, it is all unproven 'here say' that sounds too good to be true.

Ready or not when your born on this earth, GAME IS ON! The playing field is expansive and uneven. Every person has a different starting point and clues are specifically tailored to your unique adventure. Everyone moves along at different rates and stages and age has no bearing. Where ever you are along this path is absolutely perfect. One level or path is no better than another because THIS GAME IS NOT A COMPETITION, IT'S YOUR PERSONAL J O U R N E Y.

Game rules? There are many many -let me emphasize MANY interpretations, both written and verbal, trying to explain"how to play the game". There are even clashes between those who declare having"The Official Game Rules" for you to follow. You may find one of these a perfect fit or you may find flaws. Just remember while rules can help they can also hinder. They can provide needed structure and support, BUT when too dogmatic, complex or ridged can take all the fun out of the game and smother creative and spontaneous play.

There is a quickening in your journey once you learn to recognize the clues. Surprisingly most clues are blatantly in your face obvious yet commonly overlooked and misunderstood. It's that thing your complaining about and shows up in your experience as unwanted and brings up negative emotions. That unfulfilling job is beckoning you to discover and follow your bliss. That person who is angry and controlling is actually leading you toward your freedom and power. These clues are like raised pavement markers on the highway that shake things up and redirect you to get back on course. Negative emotions like sadness, helplessness, irritability, frustration do not feel good for a reason- they are trying to get your attention by eliciting an uncomfortable/painful stimulus for you to respond.

All emotions are signals sent from your INTERNAL GPS system (God Present in Self) . Your Divine guidance system is "built in" to assist you with reliable navigation. Starting at birth you naturally connected and listened to it. But if you are like most, slowly the outside world trained you away from it. "It's late at night an elevator door opens, and there's a guy inside, and he makes you afraid. Many women will stand there and and think, 'Oh, I don't want to be the kind of person who lets the door close in his face. That wouldn't be nice.' And she will get into a steel soundproof chamber with someone she's afraid of, and there's no other living creature in nature that would even consider it." -states Gavin Becker author of The Gift of Fear. Of course in cases of danger your GPS will heighten it's alert signals, but the same feedback is always available to you ALL DAY every day. Your job is to reconnect by tuning in and paying attention so you can receive this very valuable information.

Your greatest power is choice- 'free will' connected to your GPS. When you are operating from intellect and reasoning alone problem solving can be challenging. These limitations are most apparent when "big decisions" erupt in life and your lost in uncertainty. Often the mind will spin like a mouse on a wheel justifying, judging, rationalizing. You might seek outside counsel in friends and loved one's for solutions. But when you attune to Divine guidance choices become easier and questions get answered form within. The more you practice the more you will let go and learn to trust and value your inner guidance. Then don't be surprised if you find yourself gliding down your path having so much fun playing that you stumble head on into the treasure you forgot you were looking for in the first place.

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Want to Make the World a Better Place?

“What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.” ~ Bruce Barton

All of us contribute in different ways a unique expression that makes this world a better place. You could be a musician, the head of a charitable organization, a volunteer, someone helping a neighbor in need, a store clerk that makes her customers smile, a loving parent, or even one who prays for peace. In common we all just want to feel better and when we see things in this world that we perceive needs change our reaction is to take the necessary action that will bring improvement or resolution.

But what if ALL our inspired actions could be magnified so that our effect on the world is more powerful?

When Mother Teresa received the Noble Peace Prize she was asked "What can we do to promote world peace?" Her answer was simple: "Go home and love your family." Very profound! To me this means, clean up your intimate relationships FIRST!

And I would take this a step further to say: GO HOME AND LOVE YOURSELF! Before the world or family, we have to nurture the most intimate relationship of all, the one INSIDE OURSELVES. Then however we choose to move about in this world will be touched by our Grace with a profound effect.

In other words, changing the outside world is an INSIDE JOB! I believe that IF ALL the enormous energy expended towards trying to change things outside of ourselves were INSTANTLY REDIRECTED to our inner selves, most of the worlds problems, causes, and organizations would cease to exist. Hatred (to self and others), greed, poverty, behavioral disorders....the list goes on and on of things that would suddenly disappear if a mass of individuals connected to their LARGE (GOD) SELF!

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In reality this is happening but on a more gradual and EXPONENTIAL time line! More and more individuals are discovering their own inner light. The light that shines rays of peace, love, compassion, inner wisdom, and joy. And that is exactly how the world is becoming a better place......from the inside out....person by person...you and me.

"What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful."-Mother Teresa-

Divine Eyes

When I am aligned with my True /Large self, it changes how I see EVERYTHING. Having a view of the world through the lens of Divine Eyes is like being able to peer beneath the surface of life's stormy seas to witness the grandeur and calm of its hidden underworld. Or if my small self was likened to a lost hiker trying to navigate and survive the terrain in the grand canyon, my Large self would be the helicopter to air lift me out. The higher altitude would reveal a magnificent landscape and all the former ground level concerns like rattle snakes and heat stroke would fade away.

Grace can thrust you to a new perspective and enable you to see things from a broader vantage point. Problems can dissolve into equanimity. Things that tip the scales of justice are restored to balance. A realm of neutrality that cannot judge the outer appearance of life's tribulations for it can see the GREATER MOVEMENT of its UNDERLYING EVOLUTION.

Imagine the concern a pregnancy would generate if there was no prior experience or knowledge about it. Gradually a healthy young woman's flat stomach would balloon out. The signs and symptoms of this unknown "tumor" would cause concern and worry for her well being. Well meaning individuals might attempt cures and remedies for this ill fated problem. Of course, we now know that in nine months this 'problem' will be revealed as a miracle. Centuries in and millions of pregnancies later we continue to learn more. The growth of the tiny fetus was once an unseen mystery, but today's modern science allows us to peek behind the curtain and witness the growth and development inside the mother's womb.

The same concept stretched out on a universal scale and over a longer time frame would reveal how every person and every event is a contribution to our collective growth (even the one's we deem to be "a problem"). As generations add layers of experience and our understanding deepens we will be able to know that truly ~ A l l i s W e l l . Our Divine Eyes will eventually melt through all superficial chaos and play freely within the perfectly orchestrated evolution of this miracle called LIFE.

TRUE FRIEND

I will admit I was stunned at first followed by feelings of insult and anger. After all, in the past I had always relied on a trusted friend to lend an ear while I vented about what was wrong in my world. From small pesky irritations to big issues, it seemed having someone to just listen and share their point of view brought some form of comfort. So there I was on the phone with a friend poised and ready to dish out the latest gruesome details on my monster problem till unexpectedly I was bluntly and kindly REFUSED! A surge of emotions rushed in my body and fueled my brain to ask: Is this person really my friend? I just needed someone to listen. ....ISN'T THAT WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR?

I reflected back to find pleasure in the memory of friends that DID LISTEN. Somewhere along the replay of countless conversations, I was suddenly horrified to realize that hundreds (possibly thousands) of hours spread over many years with a multitude of friends, family, counselors and therapists were devoted to this ONE topic alone. So much time and energy---- and yet bottom line----NOTHING REALLY CHANGED---- CAUSE OBVIOUSLY MY PROBLEM WAS STILL HERE, alive and kicking. My mind conjured the image of a teapot letting off steam, and when life turned up the heat I learned to vent on others to release the boiling inner pressure. No longer content to participate a vicious cycle that only provided temporary relief, now I longed to find resolution.

For many months that followed, I made a conscious decision to redirect my attention to all that was going well in my life. Moving my attention away from the proverbial "black dot" to the broader white page, allowed me to recognize and appreciate the MANY MORE things that were good. This reframed things so my focus and perspective was more balanced. Without the full time job talking about and working on my problems, I had more free time and energy thus life started to feel lighter.

If something did show up in the form of physical or emotional discomfort, I regarded it solely as USEFUL INFORMATION. I acknowledged it and said "thank you" for showing me what it is that I DID NOT WANT. Then I could clarify and know WHAT I DO WANT and move my spotlight to illuminate this desired positive change. And as the saying goes "what you focus upon.... will expand". A simple concept that when applied to practical daily life can turn complex. My past record has many "best efforts" falling prey to the ghostly habits of past conditioning and lions of self sabotage. But now I was no longer imposing ideas from my conscious mind up against my old habits, this time I relaxed into the most powerful & potent combination of infusing pure intention with Divine Grace.

Alas, my dear wise friend sent me on a journey to learn what she already knew. I discovered for myself how good it feels to to live and breathe the many positive aspects of life. I saw how this "Big Issue" was created precisley for my growth and now that it can no longer get my full attention has faded away like an actor no longer receiving adoration from the paparazzi. I learned that friendship can move beyond the familiar rut of reciprocal complaining & commiserating about “what’s wrong”. And when you fall into one of lifes pits of quicksand, a true friend loves you enough to stay on higher ground to provide a lifeline of support, guidance, and encouragment.