Change is the Name of the Game

Most of us seem to resist change, especially if it isn't our idea. But even when change is our idea, we don't always embrace it right away. Maybe we begin to move forward in the changed direction, but we often hit detours or lose our way and find ourselves right back where we started. And while we are in the midst of change, it can feel like we are living through the uncomfortable in-between times of life. You know those times when we are not quite sure of our footing; not wanting to completely let go of where we've been, but not quite embracing where we're going either. 

Of course any change we want to create on the outside must first come from a change on the inside. And we each need to change our minds about something. We want to evolve and become better, bolder, happier, or healthier. Maybe we want to be more successful, more talented, more generous, or more prosperous. 

Instead of resisting change, we can embrace the idea that we are always ready to change our mind and grow in awareness of the Truth of who we are, grow in awareness that who we are is the Divine in action, grow in awareness that we are meant for good and more good, grow in awareness that we are magnificent and awesome, and grow in awareness that as we change our thinking, we are opening our hearts and minds to our infinite possibilities. 

And guess what? Change looks really good on you!           

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

There are going to be changes in our lives from hour to hour and day to day, and we cannot escape them. It is the nature of the Universe. Let us accept change, make the most of it, and capitalize on it. Life can become a glorious adventure, increasingly filled with more of every good thing as we gradually or suddenly come to change our pattern of thinking so that it embraces more of those good things.                ~ Practical Application of the Science of Mind

About Janet

Janet Kingsley, founder and spiritual leader of Center for Positive Living Sedona has been opening hearts and minds to infinite possibilities since 1998. Through articles, classes, and coaching she opens the heart, intrigues the mind, and feeds the spirit.

Janet is also a "Possibility Coach" who can see beyond your doubts and fears and ask the right questions so you can dive deep into your soul. She is also a master energy healer. Focusing on helping people love their body, love themselves, and love their life, she is creating a movement and changing the world...one person at a time.

Find out more at www.janetkingsley.com

Up, Up, and Away

Two men were walking in a field when a bull charged them. One man scampered up a tree while the other stood defiantly in the bull's path. "Get up here, you idiot!" called the man in the branches. "The Lord will protect me!" retorted the other man. "No! Get up here, you idiot!" the other screamed again just at the very moment the bull butted the man on the ground, tossing him like a rag doll into the air and the trotted off triumphantly. The friend scampered down from the tree to help his bruised friend. "I thought for sure the Lord would help me!" complained the injured man. "He tried," answered his friend. "Didn't you hear Him calling you from the tree?"

What is calling us? How are we being urged, perhaps again and again, to take that step, make that connection, move out of our comfort zone, try something new, dare to risk, or just simply show up and share our gifts and talents in new ways? And maybe we can hear that call or that urge, but we stand in place defiantly with our excuses as armor, thinking those excuses will save us.

And some of us refuse to take any new action until our current situation either gets so painful or something radical happens that forces us to move. And in those situations we don't find ourselves in the UP position, which I'm defining U.P. as 'Understanding Principle.'

When we 'Understand Principle,' (and I mean really 'Understand Principle), then we can soar into our highest purpose, our most amazing self, and move away from our old and limiting beliefs. What have you wanted to do or start that you've been putting off? It's time to move UP and live it UP and not get stuck in the quicksand of excuses. Up, up, and away!

Would you like to fly in a beautiful balloon of possibilities, joy, opulence, abundance, enthusiasm, health, vitality, and opportunities? Yeah, I thought so!

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

Every person is the cause of their own experience, whether they know it or not. We are all carrying the negative experiences of our past into the future merely because we have not disconnected them from our minds. If we are creating a negative future it is because we have not changed our thought about it.

            ~ Living the Science of Mind

About Janet

Janet Kingsley, founder and spiritual leader of Center for Positive Living Sedona has been opening hearts and minds to infinite possibilities since 1998. Through articles, classes, and coaching she opens the heart, intrigues the mind, and feeds the spirit.

Janet is also a "Possibility Coach" who can see beyond your doubts and fears and ask the right questions so you can dive deep into your soul. She is also a master energy healer. Focusing on helping people love their body, love themselves, and love their life, she is creating a movement and changing the world...one person at a time.

Find out more at www.janetkingsley.com

What If

When I first started to do some coaching back in 1998, I attracted a lot of clients who wanted to 'know what their purpose was' and 18 years later, I still attract those seeking to know what their purpose is. Could that be because I have been asking myself that same question for as long as I can remember?

And here's what I've found out.....

Our purpose is what we say it is. What if all of this hunting and searching for our purpose, our passion, finding the meaning of life, or why we are here is really just our own ploy to not step into our power and passion because we are afraid to make a bold statement and declare who we really are? Because chances are that all the time we are searching for our purpose, our life is on hold.

There is only One and we are it! There isn't some Being up in the sky somewhere who determines what we are supposed to be doing. We know ourselves better than anyone. But we have doubts and beliefs that get in the way and we have that ever-present Monkey Mind that doesn't want us to start until we have all the answers. We get to make up the answers....and the questions. We are so busy asking, "What is my purpose?" that we forget to ask "Why am I not doing what makes my heart sing?" or "What limiting beliefs are blocking me from taking inspired action?"

What if it was as simple as what Joseph Campbell said and we simply need to  follow our bliss? What if our purpose was to simply be who we are without comparing? What if.....?

What if you stop searching and start living? What if you awaken to the Truth of Who You Are and start living as though you are the Divine in Action? What if by simply being yourself you are changing the world?

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

Enthusiasm is a complete assurance and confidence that there is a Power within us greater than we are that we may use. It should be our purpose to awaken this joy in us again and enter into the game of living; not sitting on the sidelines as though we were isolated, but on the field ourselves. It is God's enthusiasm and becomes ours on acceptance.             ~ The Power of an Idea

About Janet

Janet Kingsley, founder and spiritual leader of Center for Positive Living Sedona has been opening hearts and minds to infinite possibilities since 1998. Through articles, classes, and coaching she opens the heart, intrigues the mind, and feeds the spirit.

Janet is also a "Possibility Coach" who can see beyond your doubts and fears and ask the right questions so you can dive deep into your soul. She is also a master energy healer. Focusing on helping people love their body, love themselves, and love their life, she is creating a movement and changing the world...one person at a time.

Find out more at www.janetkingsley.com

Tune in and Listen

We all know (or most of us do in any case) that old joke about the man on the streets of New York City who asked someone, "How do I get to Carnegie Hall?" The person leaned on a street sign, laughed a little and said, "Practice. Practice is how to get to Carnegie Hall."

We may want to 'get to' a lot of things and places, but we don't

need to 'get to' God because God is already here and is who we are. However, we may need practice looking within and making that connection instead of looking at the external world and assessing and judging everything through our 3-dimensional eyes. Part of that practice is to tune in and listen to the wisdom.

We all have a built-in ability to successfully navigate the twists and turns of life and find our way home - back to center; back to the Presence within; back to our true selves. But we need to learn to be still and listen; we need to learn to be human 'be-ings' instead of human 'do-ings' in the midst of feeling lost or confused or fearful or sad or lonely. We need to tune in and listen to the wisdom of the Divine within.

Are we wise enough to trust that voice which is the voice of the Divine that is whispering to us? Are we wise enough to listen and to follow? Are we wise enough to practice and put our faith in the Infinite Source of all life? Are we wise enough to remember that we never walk alone? Are we wise enough to be true to our own soul? Tune in and listen!

When you tune in and listen, you'll hear rounds of applause, the universe jumping up and down with joy, and dancing in the streets. Yeah!

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

As our faith grows, through definite and constant practice, it will do more than satisfy simply our needs. It will bring forth that which is Divine within ourselves. It will bring forth hidden talents which have been lying dormant. It will cause us never again to feel insecure, lonely, or separated. For such faith will make us whole.

            ~ Science of Mind Magazine

About Janet

Janet Kingsley, founder and spiritual leader of Center for Positive Living Sedona has been opening hearts and minds to infinite possibilities since 1998. Through articles, classes, and coaching she opens the heart, intrigues the mind, and feeds the spirit.

Janet is also a "Possibility Coach" who can see beyond your doubts and fears and ask the right questions so you can dive deep into your soul. She is also a master energy healer. Focusing on helping people love their body, love themselves, and love their life, she is creating a movement and changing the world...one person at a time.

Find out more at www.janetkingsley.com

Making the Connection

We talk a lot about turning within and making that connection with our Sacred Self, our Divine Self, the wisdom, genius, and brilliance within. And yet, many of us have a fear of making that deep connection with ourselves because we are afraid of what we might find.

I was a master at avoiding looking within. I was good at pretending and I did look within to the places that weren't too deep or too terrifying. Needless to say, I did all of my 'looking' with my head and not with my heart. But I finally embarked on a journey of 'feeling, revealing, and healing' and this journey has been a heart opening and not completely unpleasant. I've discovered my own wisdom and I found there was nothing to fear. In fact, it's been rather entertaining!

What if we are actually betraying our gifts when we fail to connect deeply with ourselves? Even if it looks like we are sharing our gifts, maybe we are actually withholding the fullness of them. If we look within, are we afraid we are powerful or are we afraid we are flawed? Whatever the answer, it's time to face that fear and remember the fear isn't the truth. It's time to let go of that lesser idea (fear) and rise to the heights of glory.

Making that sacred connection with ourselves can be magic in our lives.

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

But it is only as you let go of the lesser that you can take hold of the greater, only as you drop confusion that you can entertain peace, only as you transcend doubt and fear that you can be lifted up to the hill tops of the inner Life.   

                   ~ This Thing Called You

About Janet

Janet Kingsley, founder and spiritual leader of Center for Positive Living Sedona has been opening hearts and minds to infinite possibilities since 1998. Through articles, classes, and coaching she opens the heart, intrigues the mind, and feeds the spirit.

Janet is also a "Possibility Coach" who can see beyond your doubts and fears and ask the right questions so you can dive deep into your soul. She is also a master energy healer. Focusing on helping people love their body, love themselves, and love their life, she is creating a movement and changing the world...one person at a time.

Find out more at www.janetkingsley.com

The Tomb of Limitation

Can we believe that every stone of limitation can be rolled away from our tomb? Or do we believe we need to have luck, it is too late for us, it’s not in the cards or the stars, that our fate is sealed, that we are too tired, or that we don’t get the breaks? It’s hard to get enthusiastic about those mindsets and yet we find ourselves settling for ‘good enough’ and at times ‘not good enough’ because we are stuck in a tomb of limiting beliefs.

So often our limiting beliefs are tied into our identity. 

How do we identify ourselves? Do we think we are our bodies? If our bodies are less than perfect, does that mean we are less than perfect? Do we think we are our history and our stories? If our history shows us as flawed and damaged, does that mean we are flawed and damaged? If we’ve failed, does that mean we are failures? If we’ve been unsuccessful at finding love or our purpose, does that mean we are unlovable or lost? Of course not!

What story of limitation are you ready to die to? Are you ready to rise up out of the tomb of limitation and claim your brilliance and magnificence? Are you ready to spread your wings? Are you ready to rise up and be the God-being you were created to be? Are you ready to be seen in 2016? I sure hope so!

Sometimes rising up to our magnificence and brilliance may seem scary or uncomfortable - but you've dealt with those feeling before and were victorious. Don't forget, being scared or uncomfortable is not your identity, either!

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

In this act of transforming the energy into power for specific action we are uniting an invisible Essence with an invisible Law, which is the way the universe operates. If we identify ourselves with the Source and perform the act, we may know that our word establishes eternal harmony, transforms everything, rearranges everything to our benefit. 

It is an act of complete surrender of the human to the Divine without the loss of the human. It is an act of complete inflowing of the Divine into the human without the limitation of the Divine.            ~ Creative Living

About Janet

Janet Kingsley, founder and spiritual leader of Center for Positive Living Sedona has been opening hearts and minds to infinite possibilities since 1998. Through articles, classes, and coaching she opens the heart, intrigues the mind, and feeds the spirit.

Janet is also a "Possibility Coach" who can see beyond your doubts and fears and ask the right questions so you can dive deep into your soul. She is also a master energy healer. Focusing on helping people love their body, love themselves, and love their life, she is creating a movement and changing the world...one person at a time.

Find out more at www.janetkingsley.com

Our Wake-Up Call

When we check in with ourselves to determine what sort of 'vibes' we are giving out to the universe, do we find we are living from a standpoint of restriction or frustration? In what ways have we been holding ourselves back and playing it safe? What are we afraid to dream of? What old patterns keep coming up that are causing frustration or pain?

When we can answer those questions and honestly assess where we are (and not in a condemning or judgmental way, of course) we can begin the healing/revealing process and help unclog our high vibration, super-attracting pipes. What have you been attracting or creating in your life that needs to be unclogged?

For me, I've been creating from my false belief that I'm not enough and I have recently encountered situations where I feel like I'm not seen, not important, and not enough. These are small incidents and easy to toss aside and ignore; and I don't want to ignore them just in case I end up creating big incidents that I can't ignore. 

I'm choosing to consider these situations as a 'wake-up call' to step more boldly into my life as Source, and to consider I am actually dying to my belief that I am not enough and that this particular dragon is not going down without a last-ditch effort to fight! With this viewpoint, I can bring the high vibrational energy of joy, gratitude, and compassion to these experiences and transform them - and not get sucked into them.

What beliefs might you be dying to even though they may still be appearing in your life? Could they simply be the remnants of something old fading away?

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

Free yourself forever from the thought that God may be pleased by a life of sacrifice, that the world is any better because of your misery, or that righteousness is more perfectly expressed through poverty than abundance. Know that the greater abundance of every good thing which you are bringing out in your life, the more perfectly you are satisfying the Divine Urge within you. ANYTHING YOU CAN DREAM OF is not too great for you to undertake, if it hurts no one and brings happiness and good into your life         ~The Science of Mind

About Janet

Janet Kingsley, founder and spiritual leader of Center for Positive Living Sedona has been opening hearts and minds to infinite possibilities since 1998. Through articles, classes, and coaching she opens the heart, intrigues the mind, and feeds the spirit.

Janet is also a "Possibility Coach" who can see beyond your doubts and fears and ask the right questions so you can dive deep into your soul. She is also a master energy healer. Focusing on helping people love their body, love themselves, and love their life, she is creating a movement and changing the world...one person at a time.

Find out more at www.janetkingsley.com