ALLOWING

When we detach ourselves from the experiences we are having, we see into the truth of them. There is no fear, or anger, or frustration to distort or obliterate the message. It is there. It is clear. It is what it is.And we are able to stand apart from it- to view it as if we were standing across the room. We are able to see it as the lesson it really is;we understand.

We are learning more, because we are becoming more.

Now, when we look at our lives, we are aware that everything in it-everything about it- holds deeper meaning than what is apparent at the surface. And we don’t have to wonder what that is, because we already know. We feel the truth we know in our hearts. And there is no misunderstanding it-no misinterpreting that feeling. It is what it is.
Spirit is speaking; and now, it has our attention. Now, we are listening. Now, we are quiet enough to hear.

CHANGING THE MIND- ONE THOUGHT AT A TIME

I’ve been channeling a lot lately. Apparently my guides (who refer to themselves as “the silent voices that speak as one”) have a lot to tell me. Translation: I have a lot to learn. So I have been listening. I have been sitting on my bench under the dogwood and staring up at the sky, feeling grateful to be able to hear them speak to me. And this is what they have been “talking” about. This is the silent monologue I have been“hearing”. This is the answer to the very long-winded question I have been asking:

“When we desire to attract good into our life, what exactly do we need to do? What statement do we make to the Universe in order to be clearly understood? How do we indicate that we desire to attract abundance in every form? If we could think one thought that would change our entire energy constituency, what thought would that be?Which one would be the most powerful, the most healing, the most life- transforming thought we could think?”
SPIRIT SPEAKS: We must remember our interconnectedness with the whole of the Universe. We must remember that spiritmindbody are one and we are at one with each other. We must also remember that the energy that connects us as one is LIGHT, the everpresent, ever-evolving essence of ALL THAT IS. And the essence of Light is the most powerful energy that is available to us. The essence of light is UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

So, that is the answer to the question. That is the thought we think to begin to change the mind. We say I LOVE YOU to the mind. And when we do that, we say that to the soul as well, and we say that to the body, and we say that to the whole of the Universe. Thinking “I LOVE YOU” causes an energy shift to occur. It is more than a thought;it is an intention- a heartfelt desire to heal. And an intention, whether it is a thought in the mind or an action we are taking in physical reality, is an action just the same.

So when we desire to heal ourselves, we set a healing intention in our mind. And our intention permeates all of who we are. Our intention sends a message to the whole of us. Our light-filled desire to heal, travels out into the universe and comes back to us in the form of light-filled things.

When we send light to our thoughts; we transform them. We heal them. We set the intention to heal our lives. When we send light to our thoughts, we let go our our fears.

We allow them to be healed through LOVE.

BACK TO LIVING IN THE MOMENT

Living in the moment, being HERE rather than THERE, is a miraculous thing. I am discovering that, when I am HERE, I am at peace. And when I am at peace, life falls into place without my having to push or pull or force things into position. Life falls into place when I let go of needing to know why or how or when- when I trust that there is something much bigger than me running the show. Life falls into place when I let go of every thing I think I know- when I stop and still the chatter in my mind. Life falls into place when I am still enough to listen, when I can hear the truth.

My son is six-years-old and we just finished cleaning and rearranging his room. We needed to get rid of his rug. His allergies were acting up. He was having difficulty breathing. So, together as a family, we undertook the project. We cleaned and decluttered and reorganized his space.
We worked hard to make the transformation happen. It was a major undertaking-a process that took much longer than expected. But I knew that tearing out the rug to reveal the hard wood floor underneath held much deeper significance than what was happening on a physical level. I knew that it meant something more. And with this awareness, I was able to be much more patient than usual. I was able to be PRESENT to the process that was unfolding around me.

The transformation happened in stages. First, furniture had to be moved out of his room and into our very tiny hallway.The bed had to be dismantled, and a desk had to be taken apart before we could carry it out the door.Then there was the process of ripping out the old rug. We had to pull it away from the wall, remove the nails that once held it in place and carry it to the road. From there, we had to remove fifteen years worth of dust that had accumulated beneath it so we could wash the floor. Then , once we washed the floor,we had to wait for it to dry before we could move everything back in…

What I thought would take a few hours, ended up taking up an entire Saturday afternoon. Cleaning and decluttering and reorganizing my son’s room took a great deal of time and energy. But, eventually, it happened; we made it happen. In stages, a little at a time, we got rid of the things that had compromised his breathing.

Being present to this experience made me appreciate the transformation process-the processes within the process itself: moving out the old to make room for the new- cleaning, clearing, and rearranging–the letting go of “old things” that compromise our breathing.

Being present to this experience made me aware, that the transformation that was happening around me, was also happening within me.

OUR THOUGHTS CREATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OUR LIVES

It’s amazing how we can become caught up in noise and not even know it. We hear it as other people’s noise. We try to blame THEM for our unhappiness. But what is really happening is that the Universe is giving us a glimpse of our own reflection. And we are doing everything in our power not to look.

I know that if someone is complaining to me about their life and everything in it, certain thoughts in my mind belong to that exact same frequency. I understand that if I ask for something in fear or doubt or impatience, I will receive more of the same energy in return. I will receive exactly what I have asked for-more to doubt, more to fear,more to be impatient about…

SPIRIT SPEAKS: AT ALL TIMES, we must remember that what we are experiencing is what we have ASKED to experience. We have ordered the circumstances of our life by knowingly or unknowingly requesting that they materialize in our physical world. Our thoughts have manifested into the things within and around us. And if ever we want our current circumstances to change, all we need to do is change the way we are thinking about them. All we need to understand is that a changed thought changes the mind. And when we change our mind, life will follow our lead.

Resistance is simply the non acceptance of “what is”. It is our complaining and focusing on what is wrong rather than appreciating what is right. And when we spend time and energy focusing on what is wrong with our lives, we dim and darken our vibration. We lower our energy level. We diminish the very power we need to attract the things we desire. Most importantly, we open the door to every THING we do not desire to own. And this only makes us more frustrated, more angry, more resentful, more impatient…In other words, we create more of the noise we don’t want because we are choosing to focus on how noise-filled our lives have become.

We can only attract to us, more of the energy we already are.

So, what thoughts do we think that will change the energy of the mind?What energy do we desire to attract? If we desire to be loved, we must first love ourselves. We must think unconditional and loving thoughts. If we desire to be appreciated, we must first think thoughts of self-acceptance without judgement. If we desire to attract happiness, we must first feed our own souls with GOOD.

We must think in ways that support the health of our Higher Selves.
We must be who we really are.

The Illusion of Fear

Given the choice, why would we focus on a nightmare, when can look in the direction of our dreams.

Nightmares are only our fears chasing us. Dreams are LIGHT--love, hope and passion in the process of embracing us. If we stopped running from our fears, if we stopped trying to outrun them, we would realize that we are running for no reason. We would see we are running from nothing. We would know that we are wasting our precious time and energy, running in the wrong direction.

If we stopped running and turned around, we would only be facing ourselves.

The Power of Light

We must celebrate every time we are able to uplift and upgrade the energies around us- to
leave life a little better-feeling than we found it. We must be grateful to have the light that we have. At any given time, there is more than enough light to guide us to good. The secret is in believing this is true. Because in the dark, it is impossible to see the light that is ever-glowing and ever- present within us. It is impossible to see what we do not believe is really there. And the more we do not believe, the more we doubt or question or fear, the more we perpetuate our own darkness-
the darker everything in our world becomes.

We have only to remember to turn on the light-to shine the light we are holding within us-on ourselves. We have only to "lighten up"-to see things more light-heartedly. We have only to embrace the light we are already holding--to not be afraid because we are never alone. We have only to remember that the light of Spirit knows no darkness.

Listening in the Quiet

Henry David Thoreau said, "it isn't what we are looking at that matters, it's what we see.
That may be my favorite quote. My heart understands it;I feel its meaning resonate with my soul's vibration. I know it's the truth. Not only do I believe it, I live my life according to the energy behind those words. It's a powerful reminder to look at my life through Spirit's eyes--to see the REAL story my life is telling me.

That being said, it isn't always easy. Sometimes, life presents a message to us in a dramatic way but fear prevents us from receiving it. It disintegrates while we are trying to analyze it; we lose its meaning in the process of "figuring it out". Deep down we know who we really are, that we are "spiritual beings having a human experience." But how can we embrace the truth when we are holding onto fear? How can we hear it above our self-created noise?

Our answers await us in the silence. That's where they live. That's where they have always lived-deep within the light of our souls. Now, all we need to do is get quiet enough to hear them. All we need to do is listen.