What Truth Are You Living

The Buddhists have the four noble truths and we have our own version of four noble Truths:

1. We are Spiritual Beings (and we can awaken to our own divinity)
2. There is only One Thing, and that One Thing is God (and we can awaken to this Presence)
3. The Creative Process is always at work, the Law of Cause and Effect (and we can awaken and be in harmony with the Law)
4. God is good, all the time: 24/7/365 (and we can awaken up and align ourselves with that Good)

The challenge most of us have is in figuring out howcan we remember these Truths more and more each day. We spend a lot of time listening to our mind chatter that keeps us safe and small. When we succumb to fear and live in our cozy comfort zone, we are definitely notremembering these noble Truths.

The first step in remembering these Truths is to become aware when we are not remembering. We can begin to notice when we feel inferior or superior; notice when we need to feel right and someone or something has to be wrong - and best of all, we can notice without judgment. It's just a pattern of thinking that we can change. Let's change our pattern of thinking toward our four noble Truths and see if it doesn't make a huge difference in the joy, happiness, and quality of our life.

And what if "noticing" is half of the journey to enlightenment?

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

The great and only awakening that can ever come to us is when we become aware of the fact that that which enables us to think, to be conscious, to be creative, is the Mind of God active within us.

      ~ The Magic of the Mind

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Choose Your Own Dreams

Many people live their lives letting others make choices for them and then they wonder why they are dissatisfied in life. They may live their whole lives doing something that someone else wanted them to do (and continue to do it) and continuing to do it, even though the person that they wanted to please may have passed away years ago.

When I was growing up, I don't remember my dad asking me what I wanted to be when I grew up. But I do remember him telling me over and over again what he'd like me to be. It started small: he loved planes and flying so he sent me to Civil Air Patrol, signed me up for ground school and dragged me to the model airport field. That was his dream, and I allowed it to become my dream.  He loved riding bicycles so he took me every week to the Encino Velodrome to watch bicycle racers and we rode our bicycles each Sunday to the park to feed the ducks. That was his dream and I allowed it to be my dream. He loved debating and arguing so he told me over and over again to be a lawyer. That was his dream and I allowed it to be my dream.

And when I didn't become a pilot, a cyclist, or a lawyer, I had feelings that I was a disappointment to him. I pushed myself through college in a major that wasn't my dream long, long after my dad passed away, still allowing his dream to be my dream. And then I repeated that same pattern with my husband. Then one day I realized I was living someone else's life.

How might you be living someone else's dream? How have you set goals and desires based on what someone else wants for you? We all want to make a difference, live fulfilling, prosperous, and joyous lives and we can only do that when we are living our life and making our own choices. We need a clear picture of what we want to experience and how we want to feel. Our future is too important to allow others to choose for us. Let's choose our own dreams and goals and live a life we love.

 Saying "yes" to your own dream moves you into a whole new world of possibilities.

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

In the Science of Mind, we learn that persistent, constructive thought is the greatest power known and the most effective.  If the visible effect in our lives is not what it should be, if we are unhappy, sick and poverty stricken, we know the remedy.  The Truth is always the remedy, and the Truth is that the law of liberty is the only real law.  When we reverse the process of thought, the effect will be reversed.

      ~ The Science of Mind

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Time to Rewrite Our Future

God is good! Even in the midst of apparent failure, God is good. Even in the midst of disease or emotional challenge, God is good. Even in the midst of financial turmoil or depression, God is good. And in every moment we have the opportunity to remember that tidbit of Truth and rewrite our future.

We all want to rewrite our future, don't we? And we are rewriting our future right now. The question is, are we writing it from a perspective of our spiritual wholeness or our unhealed past?  What is your future going to look like if you forget who you are and do this year from your past? We want to create a new possibility for our future beginning now.

 

What is the vision for your life?  What values do you stand for?  What do you want to accomplish?  How big are you willing to be?  How bright are you willing to shine?  What are your dreams? We control our destiny by our thinking, our believing, and our knowing. Let's make 2015 the year we think we are awesome and magnificent, we believe we are awesome and magnificent, and know that we are awesome and magnificent - and let our destiny be fulfilled as we move into our infinite possibilities. 

What makes you come to life? No matter how alluring or beautiful or fancy, do not say YES to other people's dreams.

Will 2015 Be YOUR Year?

Welcome to the New Year! Many of us are filled with anticipation of all the good that this year will bring. And many of us have resolved to make some changes in our lives this year. Yet, it isn't the new year which brings changes, it is our thinking and believing. We can create newness at any moment (even right now). 

With newness comes change and change usuallymeans we need to step up and step out and grow in consciousness. Where do you want to expand in your life? Do you want to be happier or have more vitality? Do you want to have more excitement or more friends? Do you want more clients or opportunities? Do you want to feel free to follow your dream? Or maybe you just want to eliminate the pain you are living with - either physical or emotional. Believing and behaving as you always have will not get you any closer to the life you desire. 

We must change our mind to create new effects. What are we willing to change today? What Truth are we willing to embrace? So many of our struggles and challenges begin with a story we've told ourselves over and over again. It's time to let go of those stories. As we move into 2015, remember that our greater expression lies on the other side of our fears and doubts. Claim your highest good now.

In 2015, may love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your lips!

Being Open to Love

A young boy was studying the Bible in Sunday School class and he was very upset by a story in the Old Testament. A man was gathering sticks on the Sabbath and God said through Moses that the man must die for violating the rules of the Sabbath, so the people took him outside the camp and stoned him. When his class got to the New Testament a few Sundays later, the little boy heard the story of the Pharisees coming to Jesus to complain that disciples were picking corn on the Sabbath and God said through Jesus, "The Sabbath was made for man; not man for the Sabbath.'

At that point, the little boy cried out "Boy, God suregot nicer in his old age, didn't he?"  The truth is, God didn't get any nicer! God's Love for us never changes, but the consciousness of humanity shifted because of the presence of Love that Jesus was.  And that presence of Love is what we are as well.

And our consciousness is still shifting and growing and expanding. It expands every time we enter into conscious union with Love. Our consciousness expands every time we pray or meditate, every time we forgive someone (including ourselves) every time we are open to gratitude, and every time we turn away from our limiting and false beliefs. The Love of God, or Spirit, is fully available 24/7/365.

If our idea of God, or a Higher Power, isn't one of absolute love, let's commit to changing our mind about that. And that would be a wonderful way to begin 2015.

Remember, there's nothing you need to do first and nothing you need to change about yourself. When you are ready to receive God's Love, it is there!

Give Peace a Chance

We talk a lot about peace, but what is peace exactly? Is it the absence of war or conflict or noise? Is peace thoughtfulness and mindfulness? Is it a form of love or even self-love? Is it about honor and respect? Is peace compassion and understanding? I think peace could be all those things and more.

Whatever we think of when we think of peace, itstarts within and often our "within" is not too peaceful. We have our ever-present 'monkey mind' talking to us and it isn't always peaceful; in fact, our monkey mind could be fearful, judgmental, and downright rude. When we listen and think it is the truth, we are usually not feeling too peaceful. We may feel worried or anxious or less than or better than or scared or fearful or tentative or doubtful. And none of those feelings promote feelings of peace and joy, do they?

The truth is the peace of God is within. And in order for us to experience that peace, we need to tune in and become aware of it. That means no more negative self-talk and no more destruction of our dreams or anyone else's dreams. That means no more shame, blame, or resentment. We need to look at our life, our experiences, and our circumstances and embrace and love and accept all of it.

You see when we are at peace, we accept ourselves and others. We are compassionate, understanding, and kind because we are peaceful within and don't feel the need to change anyone else and we accept all people. We have nothing to prove. We are poised to take the next step. We have the freedom to be ourselves. And what a gift that is.

Be yourself and be amazed at what shows up in your life when you focus on what you have rather than on what you don't have. And we always have enough of God's peace, power, purpose, and possibilities!

Are You Feeling It?

A lot of emotions come up for many of us this time of year. Although we are "supposed" to be happy and joyful as Christmas approaches, some of us have a sense of sadness or grief.  It could be because of the loss of a loved one, the loss of a relationship, or a sense of loneliness. We may feel unhappy because of the stress of shopping, the financial burden of the holidays, or dealing with family issues.

There is often a conflict within us because we hearin New Thought we can't allow ourselves to experience negative emotions since we don't want to create new experiences from these negative emotions. We have to be happy and if we are not, we are told to "fake it until we make it." We are told to focus on what we want and not on what we don't want -and we don't want to feel unhappy, depressed, lonely, or mean.  

So it is completely logical that we suppress our negative feelings. We avoid them and we deny them but they come up and we think we are failing at being "good" metaphysicians. It's time to give ourselves permission to feel our emotions, to identify our emotions but not to identify WITH our emotions. it is through our emotions and all the situations in our life that we evolve and grow. Let's learn to love and adore the tapestry and majesty that make up our own life. It's all God!

My Christmas wish is for every person to recognize that everything - all emotions and all situations - is an expression of the One Life, the One Love, and experiences the freedom to live authentically.  Right on!