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2009-09-16T00:30:29.414Z

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11 Tips to Start Loving Yourself and Your Life

2009-09-11T20:18:20.084Z

RE: 11 Tips to Start Loving Yourself and Your Life

MUCH PEACE & LOVE TO...
Barb ~MrsP~
Date: Aug 15, 2007 12:28 AM

1. Whose Life is This, Anyway?
It's time to define your own reality and create the life that will make you happy. This is your life. Create your own standard to measure your success. Many of us have been brainwashed into believing society's definition of success: lots of money, a high-powered job, a picture-perfect family, a big extravagant home and a beautiful body. This might work for some people, but all too often we are left feeling dissatisfied, restless and sad. We can't all squeeze ourselves into the same mold, and we shouldn't want to. Take some time to figure out what you really want out of life and then develop a strategy to achieve it. Now let's begin with a few basic premises.

2. You Are a Unique Human Being. You Matter.
No one else is more important, worthy, or special than you. Just because someone is richer, more famous, or more attractive does not make them more valuable than you are. There is goodness and love in you. Do not treat your own physical, emotional, and spiritual health as an afterthought. Make your own well-being a priority. You deserve all the bounty this world has to offer. You are worth it.

3. Erase Negative Programming.
Do away with all the old, negative messages you were given about yourself. If someone has told you that you are worthless, undeserving, dense or unattractive, that is their problem. No one has a right to judge you or belittle you. We are all struggling to get by in this world, and no one else has all the answers. Honor your own truth. In your own heart, you know who you are . . . don't let another take that power away from you. Love yourself.

4. Forgive Yourself . . . and Move On.
Okay . . . so maybe you did screw up on a few things, maybe even on most things. Some of us have to learn the hard way. There are really no failures or mistakes, just opportunities for growth. Usually something good does come out of our mistakes. So learn from them, don't repeat them, forgive yourself, and move on.

5. Make Amends.
If you've hurt someone else in the process of learning your life lessons, make it right. Reach out to them, and tell them you are sorry. Or just start being nice. You are accountable for your behavior. Own up to it.

6. Nurture Yourself.
Be good to yourself. Be kind to yourself. Love yourself. If you are hurting or sad or lonely, honor that. Make time for yourself. Let yourself heal. Don't expect so much of yourself. Life can be downright brutal. Let the love within you and others carry you through. In time, you will see how much you have learned. It is worth the journey.

7. Everything in Life Happens for a Reason.
Life is full of peaks and valleys. Even though they are more difficult, you learn more during the valleys or the challenging times. When you are in a valley, you might not see the value of it; but later, when you look back, you will realize that you have learned a great deal. Know that nothing you experience is an accident. Everything you experience and everyone you meet teaches you something or holds a lesson for you.

8. Know That When One Door Closes, Another Opens.
Change is good. This is how you grow. Eventually you will see that sometimes you have to lose something to gain something else. Even illness, death, and financial loss have a purpose. Did a tragedy bring you closer to your family and friends? Did the community reach out to you? Were you forced to switch gears? Faith is knowing that everything is okay and works out. You will grow stronger from all that you experience.

9. Trust Your Instincts.
All your life, you have been taught to invalidate your feelings. This is wrong. Your subconscious mind continually picks up and processes cues from your environment and from other people. This is valuable information that you should not disregard. Don't let people talk you into doing something that doesn't feel right to you. Trust your gut. If something doesn't feel right to you, then it probably isn't. And you don't have to justify how you feel. Just say, "No thank you," or "I'd rather not," or "I'm busy." Everyone else does not know more than you.

10. Being Alive Is Enough.
Just ask people who almost lost their lives and they will tell you that most of the stuff we fret over isn't that important. Being alive is a great gift. Don't define yourself in such narrow terms as your work, your body, your house, your kids, or your relationships. Learn to see what is precious around you each day. Do not take your good fortune for granted. Be thankful and humble. You do not have to justify your life with a big list of accomplishments. Try to experience just being alive.

11. Love Your Body.
It houses your spirit; it gets you what you need. Appreciate what your body can do and stop focusing on what it can't. No one else's body would be better for you. (Being thinner or better looking is not more valuable.) If you are not the most stunning person in town, then perhaps this makes you more approachable to others. Even if you have a physical disability, there is a reason for this. It is not to cause you suffering, rather it is an opportunity for you to grow or to understand or appreciate something in life. Perhaps this will be the vehicle through which you meet a kindred spirit or discover some hidden talent within you. Be at peace and trust that your soul is beautiful and so are you.

WHAT I KNOW ABOUT INNER PEACE & FREEDOM, IN A NUT SHELL

2009-09-10T09:10:41.119Z

Rev. Mary (BEARER OF THE RAINBOW STONE)
Date: Dec 19, 2007 7:10 AM

THIS IS A QUESTION I AM ASKED ABOUT OFTEN...

THAT IS NOT EASILY ANSWERED... IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED SUBJECT.

THIS IS MY ATTEMPT TO ANSWER IT AS SIMPLY AS I CAN. IN A NUT SHELL.
I PRAY YOU CAN FOLLOW MY TRAIN OF THOUGHTS WITH UNDERSTANDING, AS I TRY TO COMMUNICATE THIS TO ALL, WITH OUT OFFENSE TO ANY.

I HAVE FOUND THAT INNER PEACE & THE IDEA OF FREEDOM ARE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE GREAT SPIRIT / FATHER GOD

MANIFESTATIONS ONLY OCCUR WHEN WE ARE OPERATING WITH-IN, OR COOPERATING WITH THE SPIRIT / THE FORCE OF LIFE THAT RUNS THROUGH OUT ALL THINGS.

THE LAWS OF NATURE, BEING DIVINE, CALL IT ANY NAME YOU WISH, THIS WHOLE WE ARE JUST A MINUTE PART OF. THE GREAT SPIRIT, FATHER GOD, THE UNIVERSE AND ALL THERE IS...

GOD HAS A NATURE, SCIENCE, LAWS, BY WHICH ALL THINGS ARE DESIGNED... THAT WE STILL STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND.

GOD SAID, "I AM THE SAME TODAY, YESTERDAY, AND TOMORROW..."

THESE LAWS, ARE VERY CONSISTENT ON THEIR OWN IN NATURE. TO THE POINT THAT THEY ARE PERPETUAL... WHETHER IT BE PHYSICS, BIOLOGY, OR HUMAN NATURE. THEY ARE ALL PERPETUAL IN THEIR BASIC DESIGNS.

THUS, THE CYCLE OF LIFE, AND HISTORY REPEATS IT'S SELF...

THE WORD SAYS THAT, "ALL THINGS ARE PREDESTINED IN HIM, SINCE BEFORE THE FORMATION THE EARTH" WE NOW POSSESS...

THIS IS WHERE SOME WILL SAY, BUT WHAT OF FREE WILL ?

THAT FREEDOM WAS GIVEN TO ALL IN THE FIRST EARTH AGE... ACCORDING TO THE WORD.

I CAN DOCUMENT THIS... THOUGH I HAVE NOT DUE TO TIME, AND THE FACT I THINK THAT ALL SHOULD NOT BELIEVE ME, JUST BECAUSE I SAY I HAVE QUOTED... BUT SHOULD STUDY IT AND KNOW IT FOR THEM SELVES... THAT, AND THOSE WHO ARE TO KNOW, RECOGNIZE THE TRUTH WHEN THEY HEAR IT. BECAUSE, THE WORD SAYS, "IT IS CARVED UPON THE HEARTS OF HIS CHILDREN."

THOUGH I DO HELP THOSE WHO ASK FOR GUIDANCE IN STUDY OR RESEARCH, AND QUOTE BOOKS AND VERSE WHEN MY HEALTH AND TIME ALLOWS.

UNDERSTAND ACCORDING TO THE WORD. (WHEN I SAY THE WORD, I REFER TO ALL THAT I HAVE RESEARCHED AND HAVE FOUND TO BE TRUE SCRIPTURE, INCLUDING BOOKS REMOVED DURING THE PRINTING PROCESS AND THOSE LOST IN THE SANDS OF TIME, ALONG WITH RESEARCH INTO THE GREEK AND HEBREW TRANSLATIONS...)

THAT FREEDOM OF CHOICE, WAS A CHOICE THAT HAD BEEN GIVEN TO THE ANGELS DURING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST EARTH AGE.

DON'T GET ME WRONG... YES WE MAKE CHOICES EACH AND EVERY DAY.

BUT THIS DOES NOT CHANGE WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY CHOSEN IN THE FIRST EARTH AGE. WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN PREDESTINED IN THIS EARTH AGE.

OR CHOICES MADE IN PAST LIVES (INCARNATION = RE-INCARNATION SAME WORD IN TRANSLATION)

UNDERSTAND ACCORDING TO THE WORD, DURING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST EARTH AGE... GOD GAVE THE ANGELS A CHOICE FOLLOW LUCIFER AND BE CASTED OUT INTO THE HEAVENS... (HEAVENS, HAVING MORE THAN ONE TRANSLATION IN THE WORD, ONE THAT IS A PARADISE ON EARTH, ONE THAT HOLDS THE UNIVERSE, NOTICE THIS IS WHEN SOME SUDDENLY SPROUT WINGS) THOSE WHO WISH TO REMAIN WITH THE FATHER WOULD REDEEM THEMSELVES BY CHOOSING TO BE BORN OF WOMAN. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT THE FATHER GAVE US HIS PLAN FOR REDEEMING THE DAMAGE WE HAD DONE IN THE PAST.

UNDERSTAND THAT REPENTANCE IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO REDEMPTION, AND REDEMPTION A PART OF FORGIVENESS.

HE SHOWED US THE BIG PICTURE, AND LAID OUT HIS PLAN BEFORE US AND WE CHOOSE OUR POSITION IN IT ALL, AT THAT TIME. KNOWING ALL WE WOULD HAVE TO ENDURE HERE.

THAT'S RIGHT !

I SAID IT !

WE CHOSE OUR PATHS A LONG TIME AGO... KNOWING FULL WELL WHERE THEY LEAD.

NO MATTER WHERE YOU SIT ON, OR ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.

AGAIN DON'T GET ME WRONG... THERE ARE THOSE WHO MAY NOW CHOOSE TO CHANGE THAT PATH... BUT THAT TOO, WAS ALREADY KNOWN, PREDESTINED ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD.

PREDESTINATION IS PERPETUAL...

THINK ABOUT IT... IT IS NATURAL ... IT IS SCIENCE... IT IS BIOLOGY...

ONCE WE BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAWS OF NATURE, TO AND EXCEPT OUR LACK OF TOTAL UNDERSTANDING, OUR LACK OF TOTAL CONTROL...

WE CAN BEGIN TO HUMBLE OURSELVES TO IT'S POWER, AND RESPECT IT'S AWESOME WONDERFUL DESIGN.

IT IS EGO'S THAT ATTEMPTS TO MANIPULATE, MUTATE, AND ERADICATE THESE LAWS... FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS THAT JUSTIFY ALL THAT IS DONE.

ONE MAY DEFY THE LAWS OF GRAVITY, BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE LAW.

SCIENCE SHOWS THE DAMAGE WHEN THE EGO HAS INTERFERED WITH THESE LAWS TOO MUCH... THIS TOO, BECOMES PERPETUAL... BECAUSE THE LAW IS PERPETUAL.

SO THE DAMAGE TAKES PLACE ON THE WHOLE, AS IT CONTINUES THROUGH THE ENTIRE CIRCLE OF LIFE, BEST KNOWN AS THE "WEB OF LIFE" AND BASICALLY BECOMES A CANCER IN THE WAY IT GROWS.

FOR EVERY ACTION THERE IS AN EQUAL OR GREATER REACTION.

THIS IS PHYSICS.

THE ANGELS DESTROYED THE EARTH IN THE FIRST EARTH AGE AS THEIR EGOS GREW OUT OF CONTROL AND THEY BEGAN TO SEE THEM SELVES AS GOD'S.

WE WERE THEN GIVEN A CHANCE TO REDEEM WHAT WE HAD DESTROYED, WHEN WE REDEEM A COUPON, WE ARE GIVEN CREDIT DUE TO US ACCORDING TO IT'S VALUE...

IS THAT WHAT MOST OF US ARE DOING HERE ON EARTH TODAY ?

GIVING THE UNIVERSE CREDIT FOR IT'S VALUE, RESPECTING NATURE, RESPECTING THE LAWS, STANDING IN AWE OF IT'S GREAT DESIGN...

ARE WE THANKFUL FOR IT'S WONDER.

DO WE RESPECT OUR LIVES, AND OUR OWN PERFECT DESIGNS, THAT IS OUR LIFE, THANKFUL FOR WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN...???

OR DO WE QUESTION THAT DESIGN AND ATTEMPT TO FIND IMPERFECTIONS WITH-IN IT ALL ???

THE EGO, ID, IS THE ANTI-CHRIST

AND IF ALLOWED WILL ATTEMPT TO CONTROL ALL THINGS, LEADING US TO OUR OWN DESTRUCTION.

THE WORD SAYS, "THE FLESH CRAVES IT'S OWN DESTRUCTION"

AND THAT THE BATTLE WE FIGHT, IS NOT A BATTLE WITH-OUT, BUT A BATTLE WITH-IN.

WE CAN WRITE ALL THE BULLETINS IN THE WORLD ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, AND HOW WRONG IT IS, AND HOW MAD WE ARE... BUT AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO FEED OUR FLESH AND EGO'S ALL THE WORLDLY THINGS IT CRAVES EACH DAY... WE WILL CONTINUE TO PAY ALL THOSE WE COMPLAIN ABOUT, TO CONTINUE TO DESTROY OUR EARTH FOR PROFIT... WHILE WE POST BULLETINS TO FEED OUR EGO'S TO FEEL WE ARE DOING SOMETHING REAL, WHEN UNLESS YOUR REALLY WALKING THE WALK, AND ARE TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH NATURE AND AS ONE WITH THE WHOLE... WELL, THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS.

UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF IT IS ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WHOLE, NATURE, WHICH IS GOD.

WHEN WE STEP INTO THE WHOLE

AND BEGIN TO OPERATE AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE WHOLE

LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE WHOLE

THEN THE SELF AND EGO FALLS AWAY...

WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT, THE WHOLE OR THE ONE ???

WHEN WE LOOK AT IT FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE THAN WE CAN BEGIN TO SEE THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE ONE MUST BE CUT AWAY FOR THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE... AND TIMES WHEN ONE MUST BE GIVEN MERCY FOR THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE...

BUT BOTH ARE CHOICES WE MADE A LONG TIME AGO....

WHEN YOU BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF THESE LAWS AND NATURE IT'S SELF...

YOU KNOW THAT WHILE YOU ARE WORKING WITH NATURE AND WITH-IN THE LAW, YOU ARE NOT ONLY PROTECTED BUT WHAT CAN STAND AGAINST IT ???

THE WORD SAYS THE GREATEST MANIFESTATION OF THE LAW/GOD IS LOVE/CHARITY.

AND THAT LOVE DOES NOT SEEK IT'S OWN GAIN, AND IS NOT BOASTFUL (EGO) OR SELFISH (EGO)... BUT THAT GOD IS IT'S CENTER, WHICH IS THE WHOLE.

IS THAT THE WAY OUR WORLD, OR THE WAY MOST PEOPLE AROUND YOU FUNCTION ???

WHEN WE MAKE THE WHOLE OUR CENTER AND REMOVE THE EGO AS OUR CENTER...

WE BEGIN NOT TO TAKE THINGS SO PERSONALLY.

BECAUSE, IT REALLY IS NOT ABOUT US AT ALL.

THE MORE WE WALK THIS WALK, THE MORE WE UNDERSTAND THE WAY THE LAW WORKS, THE MORE WE BEGIN TO SEE, THE CLOSER WE COME TO THE CENTER, AND THE COLLECTIVE...

THE CLEARER THE PICTURE BECOMES...

THE WORD SAYS THAT, AS OUR RELATIONSHIP GROWS IN THE GREAT SPIRIT/ GOD, THAT HE WILL BEGIN TO COMMUNICATE WITH US IN OUR DREAMS... AS WE BEGIN TO LIVE A RIGHTEOUS LIFE, LIVING WITH-IN THE LAW OF NATURE/GOD, WALKING THE WALK, HE WILL THEN BEGIN TO COMMUNICATE TO US THROUGH VISIONS... AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE SPIRIT, HE BEGINS TO SPEAK TO US, AND WE BEGIN TO HEAR HIS VOICE.

THE FURTHER WE GROW IN HIM THE MORE WE BECOME ONE IN OUR UNDERSTANDING WITH HIM.

THE WORD TELLS US SEEK AND WE SHALL FIND.

BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU THIS IS LAW.

WHAT EVER IT IS WE SEEK.

IT ALSO SAYS THAT, "SEEK THE LORD FIRST IN ALL THINGS"

THIS MAKES THE LAW, NATURE, LOVE, GOD

THE CENTER FIRST

IT ALSO TELLS US, "BELIEVING EQUALS RECEIVING" THIS IS ALSO THE LAW. ( ALSO KNOWN AS THE LAW OF POSITIVE ATTRACTION )

IT ALSO TELLS US, "THE WORD AND GOD ARE ONE"

HOW POWERFUL ARE OUR WORDS ?
LOL ! (I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF OF THIS CONSTANTLY)

IT IS FAR TO EASY, FOR US TO SPEAK IT INTO EXISTENCE. FOR THIS TOO IS THE LAW.

THEN THE WORD WARNS US THAT, "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW..." THE LAW OF KARMA

THERE ARE MANY LAWS LAID OUT FOR US IN THE WORD/NATURE.

BUT MY POINT IS AS I DIGRESS...

THAT AS WE COME TO KNOW THE GREAT SPIRIT/THE WHOLE COLLECTIVE, THAT IS THE BODY... WELL, ONCE WE KNOW, WE KNOW.

DENIAL AND EXCUSES FALL AWAY... THE MORE RESPONSIBLE WE BECOME... OUR WALK BECOMES MORE CLEAR AND PRECISE... THE MORE OUR FAITH GROWS AS WE BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF NATURE AND LOVE... THE STRONGER WE BECOME IN ACTING ON THAT FAITH, AS WE REAP THOSE ACTIONS... THE MORE WE BEGIN TO SEE ALL WE COULD NOT BEFORE SEE... THE MORE WE RELAX IN THE KNOWING... THE FEAR OF WHAT WE ONCE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND OR SEE... BEGINS TO FALL AWAY, AS WE BEGIN TO SEE THE TRUTH BEYOND THE ILLUSIONS, THE EGOS HAVE PAINTED AND MANIFESTED AND NAMED REALITY...

WHEN WE BECOME ONE WITH THE UNIVERSE, AND ALL THAT IS BEYOND AND THROUGHOUT. WHAT CAN STAND AGAINST US THAT IS TO FEAR... ???

YESHUA / CHRIST TAUGHT US THROUGH THE LAWS OF COMMUNION...

THAT," IF WE JUDGE OURSELVES FIRST, EACH TIME, BEFORE WE EAT OR DRINK, ASKING ARE WE WORTHY " TO PUT BREAD/ WINE = FOOD/DRINK = LIFE =GOD/ CHRIST INTO OUR BODIES ? IF NOT WE EAT AND DRINK OURSELVES ONTO DAMNATION... DOES, "EACH TIME" MEAN EVERY TIME ??? OR ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR ?

HE ALSO TAUGHT US TO DISCIPLINE OUR FLESH AND KEEP IT HOLY AS IT IS GOD'S TEMPLE... (HOW GOOD ARE WE AT THIS ?)

HE TAUGHT US TO RENEW OUR MINDS AND TO CIRCUMCISE THE FLESH (EGO) FROM OUR HEARTS, IN ORDER TO COME TO HIM.

TO COME TO GOD THROUGH CHRIST MEANS THROUGH HIS WALK. (THE WORD TELLS US THAT CHRIST WAS GOD MANIFESTED HERE IN THE FLESH, AND THAT WE ARE JOINT HEIRS OF CHRIST)

HE ALSO TAUGHT US NOT TO PUT OUR FAITH IN MEN (BECAUSE OF THEIR EGOS), HOW TO CARRY OUR CROSSES (BURDENS), FACE OUR ACCUSERS AND THE JUDGMENT OF THIS WORLD, ALL WITHOUT EGO... SO WE CAN LIVE AGAIN, AN EVERLASTING LIFE IN HEAVEN (A PLACE HERE UPON THE EARTH)

THE MORE WE UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT AND HOW IT WORKS, THE MORE WE BECOME TO FEEL LIMITED WITH-IN THIS FLESH THAT HOLDS US BACK IN OUR BATTLE... AS WE LONG TO SHED IT (THE FLESH) AND IT'S LIMITS.

UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO DEATH IN CHRIST/GOD/THE GREAT SPIRIT/ THE DIVINE LAW OF NATURE (AND THAT HE RUNS THROUGHOUT ALL THAT IS) THIS IS HARD TO COMPREHEND...

FOR WE WERE DESIGNED TO LIVE FOREVER

ONLY THE EGO CAN DESTROY THIS... AND ONLY IF WE ALLOW IT TO.

"IF THY EYE OFFENDS THE PLUCK IT OUT, FOR IT IS BETTER TO LOSE AN EYE THAN TO LOSE ONES SPIRIT"

FINALLY, IT IS IN OUR WALK, RELATIONSHIP, KNOWING, WE FIND OURSELVES FREE FROM THE WORRIES OF THE ILLUSIONS OF THIS TEMPORARY LIFE... AND WITH OUT EGO FREE FROM GUILT.

AS I HAVE SAID THIS IS A COMPLICATED SUBJECT AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE ON WHAT I KNOW AND UNDERSTAND ABOUT IT.

OK, SO IT'S A LARGE NUT SHELL... LOL !

YET, I PRAY THAT IT HELPS SOME ON THEIR PATH TO UNDERSTANDING.
CONTACT ME IF YOU WISH MORE INFORMATION OR DISCUSSION.

FEEL FREE TO REPOST, IT IS WRITTEN TO EDIFY...

MUCH PEACE & LOVE...
REV. MARY THOMAS-SPEARS ©2007

The Altar God Wants You to Raise

2009-04-10T00:09:15.133Z

Heavenly Blue
Butterfly Ascending
♥Angel Love♥

The Altar God Wants You to Raise
Heavenletters

You know you are important to Me, yet what if you were not the most important thing to yourself? How would your life be different? If you were not uppermost in your mind, what would be uppermost instead? What would fade and what would grow? And what then?

Life in the world is all about you at the same time as it isn't about you at all.

Beloveds, I am not talking about your value. Your value is unquestioned. I am talking about the preponderance of the direction of your thoughts.
So, I ask again, what if your life on Earth is not all about you? What if it is not about you at all? What if it is about Me? And what if it is about everyone else and not about you? What would that make you then?

It would make you a server of mankind.

And if everyone were a server of mankind, what a world that would be.
Do you agree with Me?

How safe the world would be when everyone beckons everyone else to go first in line! How generous life would be, and how gifted you would be, simply because you thought well of yourself, well enough not to feel mandated to think about yourself first. And when everyone else thinks of everyone and less determinedly about himself, his particular self, how generous life would be, and everyone would be a gift.

If everyone gave care and credence to everyone else, life would be as you have hardly dared dream that it could be. Instead of self-serving, everyone would serve everyone else. No one would neglect himself, you understand. You would not lay yourself down to be walked on. You would simply proffer your hand to everyone. Self-centeredness would leave. There would be no occasion for it. No imagined need.

There would be no offense and therefore no perceived need to defend.

Love would be the medium of the world. Love would be revealed. It would not have to be proclaimed because love would direct the world and sway it. Life would become what great musicals make of life, all because everyone's attention would be on a grander scale. Life would become grand. Life is already grand, but it would be grander.

Every day would be a celebration. Every day would be like a holiday, for every day would be holy as everyone gives service to everyone else. You must know by now that the altar I choose for you to raise to Me is your goodness to others.

All do serve. Wittingly or unwittingly, all serve. You serve the Universe. And now you would know you do simply because you didn't feel you had to put yourself first or that you would be overlooked.

When all serve all, what fear could remain?

When every child and every adult is reverenced, where would irreverence exist?

You know by now that your concern is not what everyone else is doing or saying or giving or withholding but rather what you yourself are doing and saying and giving. When this is the case, you will withhold nothing, for you graciously, gladly, and effortlessly will give everything, and still there will be plenty left over. You will not feel that you are giving anything away. You will feel you are richer as you enrich everyone else, and you will indeed be richer.

It has already been said that what you do for another, you do for Me.
Will you do for Me? Will you give Me what I ask for? Will you bless the entire world as you go about your life every day? Will you bless Me, bless the world, bless everyone and everything, and bless yourself for My sake?

Love & Light,
♥Angel Love♥

What are YOU here for?

2009-04-08T09:42:05.021Z

♥Angel Love♥

What are You Here For?
by Linda Abbott Trapp, Ph.D

Overcome the fears that inhibit your zest for life

Set just a few essential protective limits to what you will try

Bring new passions into your awareness- what intrigues you now?
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Learn what to keep and what to discard from new experiences

Crank up the intensity – live life at full tilt!

The most basic requirement of all for living a fulfilling life is to have a sense of purpose – to know what you’re here for. It’s your personal sense of mission, and I believe our fundamental task on earth is to understand, identify, and act on that mission. Simply put, answer the question, “Why are you here?” I don’t mean here in whatever room you’re in right now, reading these lines, but here on this planet.

The most basic requirement of all for living a fulfilling life is to have a sense of purpose – to know what you’re here for. It’s your personal sense of mission, and I believe our fundamental task on earth is to understand, identify, and act on that mission. Simply put, answer the question, “Why are you here?” I don’t mean here in whatever room you’re in right now, reading these lines, but here on this planet.

If you haven’t thought much about your mission in life, then think about those people you admire, and why you admire them. There’s probably a clue there. Think, too, about the needs you are especially aware of – there’s a clue there as well.

Consider the talents you have developed so far in life and those you would like to develop – where do they lead you? Who has asked for your help, and were you glad for the request? Those are additional hints to follow.

Once your mission is clearer, and of course it may change over time as you grow in understanding, then the next step is to set priorities for action. I use annual, monthly, and daily lists, arranging them in groups of similar importance. But sometimes I put the lists aside and read, from the Bible, or another inspirational text, and follow the voice in my head that tells me what portion of those readings I need to be applying to my life. Both the making of lists and the listening to the message of an inspirational text are ways to be certain you’re not overlooking something really important in the daily press of the urgent.

There are several questions useful for prioritizing, or confirming the importance, of the items on your lists. Are they consistent with your values? Do they stretch you, and draw you toward opportunity and the future? Do they matter, to you and to others? If the answers are positive, that item or those items are truly priorities, and deserve your committed action.

One of the secrets of behavior that leads to powerful, effective consequences is to really commit yourself to some action daily that moves your top priorities forward. It might just be a phone call for information, or it might be in-depth research, or it might be something more glamorous and visible, like giving a speech in favor of something you believe in deeply. The size of the behavior is not as important as that it happens, and regularly.

You know the old saying about how a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Failure is neglecting to take that single step. Success is being on the path, not how far along you are on that path. If it’s truly a priority, and if it meets your sense of purpose, then there is nothing more important for you to do today than to take that step.

Maybe you’ll just take one, maybe more than one. The subtitle of Stephen Covey’s First Things First Every Day says it well. “Because where you’re headed is more important than how fast you’re going”.

There are a few tips for keeping the momentum going, and for getting the most impact for the least effort. One, ask for help. That behavior doesn’t make you look weak; it makes you look like you care about the quality of your results. We can’t know everything, but we can learn a lot, if we’re willing to listen. Respect the person who helps you, give them credit and take notes so you don’t have to keep asking.

Two, use your peak time for your most important activities. If you don’t know at what time of day you’re most creative and efficient, cut out a crossword puzzle or Sudoko from the paper and try some of it at two hour intervals until you surprise yourself with your quick, correct answers. That’s you peak time, and if you are lucky, you may have more than one peak in your daily bodily rhythm.

Three, for the low-priority items on your list, delegate, ignore, or lower your standards. You’ve already agreed that these are not where your best effort should go; just get it out of the way as quickly as possible at an acceptable standard.

Four, stay in balance, planning time for yourself as well as time on task. Five, be flexible – a new high priority item may pop up, and you may need to move things around a bit to respond to it. Six, and last, stay focused. Whatever you are doing right now, b e there for it. Concentration and singleness of purpose pay huge dividends.

Most of us find that occasionally there are barriers to our actions on behalf of our purpose. For example, interruptions can be a problem created by others, and procrastination can be a problem we create ourselves. Both interfere with the behaviors we know would best meet our priorities and create the kinds of consequences we want.

There are some predictable kinds of interruptions that you can prevent or avoid, creating a space in which to move toward your purpose with more speed and quality of effort. Interruptions, both personal and by telephone, voicemail, or text messaging, are very costly to your concentration. Isolate yourself, especially during your most productive peak time. And don’t unnecessarily interrupt others.

Procrastination is an internal barrier to accomplishment. If you face this problem in minor matters, some self-discipline, like doing the unpleasant thing first in the day, usually solves the problem. However, if you find yourself procrastinating on the steps you need to take to fulfill your mission, something’s wrong. The mission that defines your purpose in life is too exciting for you to want to put if off. Perhaps you’ll need to redefine it to meet that standard.

Love & Light,
♥Angel Love♥

THE POWER OF GOD IN THE CENTER OF A ROCK

2009-03-25T22:15:04.048Z

I PLAN TO ADD SOME INFORMATION ON CRYSTALS AND GEM STONES HERE AND THEIR HEALING QUALITIES TO GO WITH THIS... FEEL FREE TO POST ANY INFO. OR PICS YOU HAVE ON THEM HERE.

SINCERELY,
MUCH PEACE & LOVE...
REV.…

INTUTIVE EMPATHS

2009-03-22T10:14:49.732Z

FROM...

Operative Metaphysics

EMPATHS

We are like the wings of a small bird
So fragile, yet strong to support
our weight in flight

We hover at the threshold
Of things which are not of us
Yet, we know them

Recognizing the joy, pain, and agony
Of so many who pass by us
And their names we know not

There are many different levels to being empathic. There are also different times in each of our lives that we recognize this ability when it suddenly seems to bloom before us. Some empaths don't seem to have a problem with being able to pick up on others while theres some who have a lot of problems in what effects it has upon them.

Everyone is empathic to some degree. The simplist in empathy is being having compasion for another and what their going through. Everyone can relate to this type as we all do it. Another part of empathy are those who have the compasionate side of it, but suddenly it seems out of nowhere the empathy expands going deeper. They begin to pick up feelings from others when not even trying to, or from complete strangers.

Of these some will become extremely sensitive and develope physical symptoms such as headaches, aches, pains, become nervous, experience fatigue, anxiety, stress and depression.

Some of the severe cases have sweaty palms, deep anxiousness, nervousness, restlessness, irrational thoughts, shortness of breath, hot and cold sweats, loss of appetite, or increase in appetite, nausea, a feeling of suffocation-can't breath or get enough air, and a desperate feeling to flee any crowded place. In fact most empaths don't like to go shopping or be in crowds, even an elevator bothers them if crowded. Large family get to togethers may bother them to some extent, particularly if theres one or more present who seem to be negative.

What causes this is the electromagnetic field around everyone call an aura. When we find ourselves in a very busy place where theres little space, no more than 2-3 feet distance from many people and in large numbers of people an empath will pick up on all energies there and may be overwhelmed by them. The feeling of flee and escape comes to them. They may forget some things they were shopping for and exasperated simply go home.

As we know, when someone is thinking and expressing emotions these thoughts and feelings are exuded by them not only out in their aura, but may go out several feet from them.

All of this is floating around and unbeknownst to some empaths they may also be close by or walk through them.

Sometimes we get a feeling/thought and our eyes go directly to a person and without a doubt we 'know' its coming from them. But not all empaths do that in the beginning. It takes time to adjust to this and learn to handle emapthy so that it doesn't change your life to any great extent, making you uncomfortable and feeling inadequate to relate to others.

It seems those born with empathy don't have near the problems with it as others who come into it later on either in or after adulthood and sometimes in mid-life or older. They have the ability to 'detach' themselves from these energies. This doesn't mean they don't sense them because they do, but they have no physical effect upon them and are kept at a distance. Most who are born with empathy also have a well developed intuition and are know as intuitive empaths. Many healers are intuitive empaths.

A well known factor which causes these symptoms to worsen is fear. Above all fear in not feeling in control of yourself, not being able to handle these impressions coming to you.

Lets face it, when we've been invited to a party we do want to attend and socialize with our friends and we want to have a good time. We don't want to get that choking feeling of being smothered, heat in our heads, headache, all of the above symptoms and many more.

But how often do we excuse ourselves and go home early?

Empathy actually is the merging of yourself with another for a moment. You may see life through that persons eyes, sense the world as they do and all around them as well as their feelings. If the empath isn't aware of what is happening to them or don't even know about empathy they will think that these things are coming from them. This will throw them off center and out of balance.

We need to center ourselves. How is this done? One way is through grounding and the Source within you is an excellent method to use as it too allows you to feel the at one ness with all things. Simply walking in Nature is another way of grounding and looking at the beauty around you. Find that tree, bush, flower or plant that stands out from all the rest, that seems brighter for some reason and see the beauty in it, 'feel' it. Send Unconditional Love to it and sense as this love is returned to you. Sometimes while doing this we will also see their auras. For instance take a tree or a group of trees and look just above the tree tops where the sky is but still being able to see the tops in your lower vision...hold it...and you may see their auras....

The auric energy is electromagnetic and its also a purer form of energy. When you see this something happens inside of you. There is a deep love that you automatically 'feel' connected to whatever the aura is around. You 'know' that this is a part of finer matter and a closer connection to Spirit (God or whatever name applies). This too centers you. If you don't see the aura, but sense a brightness around something then this too will key you into it. Some don't see auras but will sense them.

The best way to get control of empathy is to increase your awareness in the spirutal, physical and emotional energies or aspects of yourself. Doing this bring more balance to you, more control, will overcome the negativity and fear you have within you. It makes you more secure within yourself.

Another thing to know is space or boundaries. All things in existence have this, its nothing new and nothing wrong with it. Its a natural thing so as not to interfere with another in their own space which might cause a change that would be devastating to them. So we do set boundaries. Notice how boundaries are set at the dining room table. With plates, silverware, glass, cup and saucer in each individual space along with a chair to be seated in. Learn to accept your boundaries and that of others. Do not let another's energies enter your boundary or space! Keep all energies outside of your auric field of energy.

You will still be able to pick up and even better for you 'know' those thoughts and feelings aren't yours.

By setting this up you may use shields and go a step further. On the outside of that shield place a see through wall like glass but made of energy and unbreakable, unpenetrable. Now your set. When you sense something simply detach yourself from the incoming data (energies) like watching a movie...your not part of the movie, but in this instance you will not involve your thoughts/feelings either for you are not focused upon self, but on the energies and/or the person their coming from. This is what an intuitive empath does. They detach and its automatic when energies are sensed around them.

Make certain you meditate and in this is meant in many different ways, not just sitting and closing your eyes. You can go into a meditative state while doing dishes, looking out a window or anything you are doing. Think for a moment...remember when you would be working in something mundane and you felt like you weren't quite here, engrossed in thought, thinking about something and didn't even realize you were done. Recall that feeling when you weren't aware of self, for that is a good description of what detachment is and how it feels.

Know too, that in tough situations where it requires your control and using your head, to detach yourself and 'view' what is taking place. You will be able to see a clearer picture and know what to do for the good and benefit of all involved.

Also for those emotional vampires, they won't like you very much either. They won't be able to steal your energy from you, because you're not exuding any emotions. Its the energy from emotions that they feed off of. You will often see blank looks on their faces or someone who is sensitive and realizes that you have no emotion. For them their flabbergasted because this is not normal.

Avoid the Turmoil of the Soul

2009-02-21T18:39:21.926Z

Avoid the Turmoil of the Soul
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One man is able to overcome his obstacles. Life seems to be his to command. He can make a plan, stick to it, and accomplish his goals. He is enthusiastic, energetic, outgoing. He is accomplished, intelligent, and wise. He has life under his control. He sees problems as something that only require a solution, and he has plenty of those. His biggest problem becomes which solution does he want to use.

The next man cannot get out of bed in the morning, fearing what the day may bring. He is uncertain of what will come his way and whether or not he will be able to face it. He cannot bring himself to plan for anything anymore, because plans never work out anyway. He has long since given up on his goals, and even forgotten what they may once have been. Life kicks him when he is down, and keeps kicking him, over and over and over. Problems come at him from all angles all the time, there are no solutions to any of his problems. There is no hope.

These two men represent the life force of the spiritual being. The first man we described is has abundant life force available to him which is not in a state of turmoil. He can create and he can still "play at the game of life" and win. The second man has so little life force that is not in a constant state of turmoil available to him that he can barely function anymore.

The fascinating thing about these two spiritual beings is that they could at any time have a complete role reversal. Something could happen to our first man that is so traumatic that he may for a while experience such extreme turmoil he can (if only temporarily) lose that spirit of life and his ability to command it. He may feel for a while like there is no sense in going on, or that his problems are after all, insurmountable.

Conversely, something so wonderful could happen for our spiritual being in turmoil that for a while he has a vast amount of his life force go out of a state of turmoil and is able to play at the game of life, even if only for a little while.

The question becomes why is the life force of a spiritual being susceptible to turmoil or the absence of it? The answer is because it is the emotions, realities and even communications that are the food of the soul. A spiritual being thrives off positive emotions and he suffers from negative emotions. Realities of the planet are often harsh and suck some of the life away from him for awhile: war, famine, flood, disaster they are all harsh realities that can beat the life force of the being hard and cause him to feel that there is little he can do. Communications and emotions of others can help to uplift him or bring him down.

The more the turmoil grows for the being, the more he is susceptible to the law of attraction - turmoil attracts turmoil. Take a man who is greatly distressed and put him in a calm and loving environment, where people exert random acts of kindness toward him and watch his turmoil begin to dissipate. Watch his life force begin to attract more random acts of kindness.

Take a man who is in a positive state, a man who has life by the horns, and put him in an environment of strife, anger, antagonism, overwhelming odds and watch his life force begin to attract more turmoil, watch him begin to have more and more insurmountable problems that he cannot overcome. Watch the spark that once sparkled in his eyes first begin to fade, then dim out completely.

A man, woman, a child - they are all spiritual beings. Their food for the soul, their healing and their happiness all come from affinities, realities, and communications. Feed them poison and watch them wilt on the vine. Feed them nectar and watch them become all and everything they ever dreamed possible.

The next time you feel the need to criticize, scoff or reach out in vengeance against another remember that you are feeding that one you probably love a poison more deadly than anything you could feed to a body.

Instead, turn your criticism, anger, or hate into love,
tolerance and patience.

Give them a smile and a kind word,
let them know they are loved.

You will be giving them the nectar of life itself.

© TheosEra.com

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YET ULTIMATELY, WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT APPETITES, DON'T WE...

AND WHAT MAY BE CONSIDERED GOOD FOOD BY ANOTHER... MIGHT JUST POISON THE OTHER...

ONE BAD APPLE CAN SPOIL A PILE...

JUST SOME OF MY THOUGHTS...

SINCERELY,
MUCH PEACE & LOVE...
REV. MARY

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