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

Taking Inspired Action

We want to build a life that is fulfilling, inspiring, full of joy and purpose, and one that utilized our passion, skills, and talents. For many of us, we get busy building, creating, coercing, orchestrating, manipulating, maneuvering, forcing, adjusting. It is as if we are the hammer and everything we see is a nail. We don't want to sit idly waiting for our vision or goals, we want to do something!

What we often forget is that the something we need to do comes from inspired action. You know, the action that comes from that 'still small voice,' not the action from our ever-talkative Monkey Mind. And why do we want to listen to that 'still small voice?'

Because we are so used to listening to the voice that tells us why we can't do it, why there isn't enough time to do it, why we don't have enough education to do it, why it is too hard to do it. That voice anchors us in comfort and the 'still small voice' leads us outside of our comfort zone. And the life we want to build doesn't live inside our comfort zone. 

It's time to take inspired action, even if we are afraid, even if we don't want to, and even if we think we need to wait until we read another book or take another class. Let Spirit work for you by working through you today.

You cannot MAKE your dreams manifest (that's Spirit's domain), but you absolutely can make them so welcome that they will appear out of thin air! How about making your bliss welcome? Put out that welcome mat!

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

Therefore, if anyone asks the question, 'Can I become a millionaire overnight simply by affirming that I have a million dollars?' the answer would be that nothing could be further from the truth. There are too many misguided people in dire circumstances who are affirming 'I am rich.' In a certain sense their affirmation is correct, but frequently they overlook the fundamental premise of the Science of Mind, which is that Spirit can do for us only that which It does through us. Too often they fail to realize that they have a definite part to play in the relationship between God and humankind

    

     ~ 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

The Magnificent Seven

We need the right tools for the right job. And when we are ready to step up and answer the Divine Invitation to live our best life, to be a beneficial presence, and to move confidently in the direction of our dream, it may take more than just willingness on our part - we might just need some spiritual tools to help us on our path (just in case the road gets bumpy or the path gets scary).

We all know about these 'Magnificent Seven' spiritualtools (and there are way more than just these seven). But the question is, "Do we practice them on an ongoing and consistent basis?" Or do we hide them in the closet, behind our winter coats, and only bring them out when we need them?

It's easy to make excuses and be complacent about our spiritual practices when things are going well. However, the tools in our spiritual tool kit are not only for the difficult and challenging times; they help strengthen  our commitment to keep moving forward and not retreat back to our comfort zone. Our dreams and fulfilled life is not in our comfort zone.

So, what are these 'Magnificent Seven?'

• Meditation
• Visioning
• Spiritual Mind Treatment / Affirmative Prayer
• Affirmations
• Visualization
• Seva (Sacred Service)
• Appreciation
• Bonus: Tithing

These are not the only tools, but regular use of these tools can help you remember the Truth of Who You Are, even in the midst of challenge and difficulty. Use them. You are worth it!

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

Prayer is for the purpose of changing our thinking so we can get rid of what we do not like and have more of the good we do like.

    

     ~ The Magic of the 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

The Bridge That Gets You There

We've all heard the phrase, "you can't get there from here" and sometimes it seems as if our 'there' is really, really far away and we don't know how to get 'there.' Of course, spiritually speaking, there is no here or there, everything is One. However, in our human experience, we can feel the longing or the discomfort  between where we are and where we want to go; between where we are and how we want to live life fully and on purpose.

We can get there from here if we are willing to bridge the gap between where we are and where we want to be. And when we build that bridge, it can feel like it is a suspension bridge that is poorly built, wobbly, and really scary. So we tend to retreat back to what feels safe and comfortable. 

Although I am afraid of heights, my daughter and I both crossed the Capilano suspension bridge (pictured) and I was scared. Really scared. It was wobbly and a drop of 230 feet. I was completely in the present moment, focusing on my very next step with the end clearly in mind.

Safe and comfortable is the not the way to our brilliance. Safe and comfortable lands us firmly in mediocrity. Safe and comfortable is easy (and dare I say boring??). One of the best things we can do for ourselves is push our upper limits and let go of our limiting ideas that we are flawed, or we aren't worthy, or we aren't good enough, or we aren't lovable (you get the idea). And who knows, you might find wobbly exciting! Let me know how it goes.

Take one step at a time, keep your focus on the end result, and trust your inner wisdom that you are crossing the bridge that leads you back to yourself.

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes

Here we may meet difficulties, uncertainties and doubts, barriers walling our passage. But we must not be discouraged when so confronted. We must climb over the rocks of unbelief, pass around the barriers of doubt, and plunge into the stream with faith. The stream will ever widen; the barriers will gradually disappear; though we walk through the plains and valleys of indecision and doubt, the stream will still carry us back to the ocean of our being.

      ~ A Holmes Reader on Meaning

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

What Does It Look Like?

If I were to ask you to describe what you want, it might be easier for you to describe what you don'twant. It's easy to identify where our current experiences or challenges are causing us discomfort (in our relationships, in our wallet, in our health, in our creativity), and it can be more difficult to dive in and describe what we do want.

One of the reasons we may have some reluctance indescribing what we do want is because deep down we may not believe we'll ever get it. Or deep down we may not feel worthy enough, or smart enough, or lucky enough, or talented enough. We don't want to be disappointed so we don't spend much time describing what we actually want. So, we may not be disappointed, but we'll likely not ever be fulfilled, thriving, or living big as God.

What makes you come alive? What if Universal Substance is ready to pour Itself more fully into you and your life? What can you do to become more receptive? Maybe we can more fully accept our vision. Maybe we can begin making the inner changes needed so we can become the person we are inside to attract our vision. Maybe we can take steps to come into alignment with the Truth of Who We Are. Maybe we can increase our faith in a bigger God and our unity with that. 

Take a chance today and write down your vision for your life. The ball is in your court. What if this is just the first step in your future awesome life?

Wisdom from Thomas Troward

"My mind is a center of Divine operation.  The Divine operation is always for expansion and fuller expression, and this means the production of something beyond what has gone before, something entirely new, not included in the past experience, though proceeding out of it by an orderly sequence of growth.  Therefore, since the Divine cannot change its inherent nature, it must operate in the same manner with me; consequently, in my own special world, of which I am the center, it will move forward to produce new conditions, always in advance of any that have gone before."  

          ~ The Dore Lectures

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.

Your Uncommon Life

We all have the potential to rise up above common and mediocre and be uncommon. We have the potential to use our talents, skills, gifts, and passion to make a difference and be a beneficial presence in this world. And in order to rise above being common, we may need to step out of our comfort zone and be willing to play big as God.

There may be people around you (or even inside your

head) that might say negative things about your skills, your past, your potential, or even your future. There may be people around you (or even inside you head) that try and convince you to play it safe, follow the rules, and accept your fate. Living an uncommon life means we must move beyond those negative ideas and walk through a spiritual doorway to our greater vision.

We must remember we are not bound to our problems; in fact, we are bound to our good. We are making tomorrow's dreams come true by the work we are doing today. Let's stand up and agree to be what we were created to be: a powerful creator,a person of possibilities, and someone living an uncommon life!

Remember, you are uncommonly good and uncommonly God!

Wisdom from Ernest Holmes
Prayer leads one to a place of mental acceptance but prayer without faith is ineffectual. Faith elevates the prayer to conviction, and acceptance. Where does God come in? God already is in and does not have to come from anywhere to anywhere. God is the entire process, both in our thought as individuals and in the universal as answering our individual thought.      ~ Can We Talk to God?

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.