The Quest to Feel Good

New Thought has been called the 'feel good' religion. We talk a lot about moving through life with 'grace and ease.' We want to manifest our dreams and desires 'easily and effortlessly.' We look for signs. We ask our guides. We are told if something 'feels good' than it is probably a 'yes' and if it doesn't feel good it is probably a 'no.' And so our life becomes about doing what 'feels good.'
I think we need to move beyond that mindset. 

If we want to create something new in our life, we may have to be dedicated and disciplined to think new thoughts and create new patterns of behavior. These new thoughts and new behaviors may bring us to the very edge of our comfort zone and take us on a path of the unknown which will very likely not feel good. In fact, 'feeling good' may help us cover up those ideas that will lead to growth and transformation.

So, doing what makes us feel good may not be the answer. Relying on the Divine instead of relying on what we can see doesn't always feel good; in fact, it feels scary. I gave very personal talks all month at CPL Sedona and it didn't really feel good; it felt self-centered, egotistical, and vulnerable. Taking that step into the limelight or having the courage to disagree yet speak our truth is very uncomfortable and doesn't feel good. 

So, if you buy into the idea that you only want to do things that make you feel good, you'll likely never grow, never dream, and never get to experience what it might look like to actually open your heart and mind to your infinite possibilities.

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

Developing confidence in ourselves, in our ability to meet and handle all undesirable situations, requires that we must have confidence in that Something which is greater than we are. Then we will have spiritual self-reliance. 

When this is done the lesser must always submit to the greater. Weakness will give way to strength, despair will turn to hope, hate will become love, failure will become success, and sickness will dissolve into health. 

The action that takes place is not one of despotic or overruling harshness, but one that moves in harmony, love, beauty, warmth, and order, quietly transforming all that is unlike it.

      

            ~The Spiritual Universe and 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

Playing at a Higher Level

Answering the call of the Divine Invitation and turning the heat up on our vision and dreams calls us to play at a higher level. We may be asked to do something uncomfortable or something we've never done before. As a matter of fact, it should ask us that! Remember, our vision doesn't live in our comfort zone.

Playing at a higher level is about honesty, integrity,and dedication. It's about the willingness to listen to the 'still small voice' and taking inspired action even when we don't see any results. It's about trusting the action of the Law. It's about getting in touch with 'who we really are.'

Everything in our lives has the purpose of leading us back to greater and greater wholeness and connection to God, our one Source. All of life is a movement toward wholeness. The real blessing of answering the Divine Invitation and turning up the heat on our vision and dreams is who we become in the process. Introducing our self to the SELF is one of the best gifts we can give and receive.

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. 

The action of the Law never changes, but the direction of the action is always up to us. 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" and 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 Into Your Own Music

The story goes like this: Paganini was scheduled to give a concert and when he appeared to the eager crowd, he looked down to find a cheap violin where his Stradivarius violin should have been. Excusing himself to go backstage, he was told his violin must have been stolen and this was the only replacement the concert hall staff could find.

Paganini goes back out onstage and said, "What I willdo tonight is bear witness to each of you that the music is not in the violin." And by his own account, he went on to play the finest concert of his entire life. 

The music, our music, is not in the violin; the music is in each one of us. It is our calling, our quest, our inner brilliance. We want to go deep and unleash our brilliance and our music and then we get sidetracked by the conditions of our life. These conditions may feel as if they've come upon us out of nowhere and they are nothing of our choosing. And when we deal with life at the level of our conditions, it seems as if our music (or God) is nowhere to be found.

And yet, something is calling us to go deeper. We don't need to go in search for meaning or purpose; we don't need to go in search for Spirit or the Divine - it is all right here. Are you willing to open up to the music within? How deep are are you willing to go?

I think I hear Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 61 ringing in my ears. What about you?

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

Realizing that while the Power is limitless, It must become operative through our own thought, we shall see that what we need is not some greater power, but a greater consciousness, a deeper realization of life, a more sublime concept of Being, a more intimate concept of an already indwelling God

    

  ~ 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" and 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.