the fog of all potential ideas, outcomes, directions can all-at-once be absolutely overwhelming, and completely exhilarating, inspiring.

with the slightest focus, the conjuring commences as the signals align. the immediate impulse may be to think our way through the moment, yet thinking is most often the crutch; it’s more a defense mechanism than a useful utility. it bears the weight of conditioning, outside influence, expectations… noise. don’t let it hold you back.

let it go where it takes you, for you are a unique expression of the universe; a solitary channel, original and extraordinary – yet ultimately, intimately interwoven amongst the stars, the seas, and all your fellow co-creators.

now of course, what i’m hoping is that you notice (remember) that this is pretty much how it works, in every moment.

love your life.

tb

i dig that. i understand that. what i want to do, however, is gather up all the rest of them who don’t resonate with the cheery, oft superficial cheerleading that is supposed to lift up a troubled soul into an awakening.

i pondered on this recently and thought it’d be good to share a perspective on how anyone wishing to genuinely help another get a grasp on how much joy, gratitude, lightness, and love one can experience in life. my thought is that it’s important to look at someone, anyone, as an extension of you, but more empathically – without drawing yourself into their current drama, low vibration, or draining yourself otherwise – appreciate where they are in that moment. it’s fine and dandy to get up on a stage and “yeehaw, life’s awesome, isn’t it?” but i think that approach alienates a great many hearts and minds out there, regardless of intent – especially once they’re back in their own space, on their own. the power of the group/hive mind is intoxicating, and can certainly be life-shifting. but i’d wager more often than not, it’s so very short-lived.

if it’s your business to simply gain numbers, subscribers, impulsive customers, and short-term followers, then give ‘er. power to you, but you’re very quickly irrelevant to me, and rather shallow in any truly uplifting process as well.

if you’re actually in the business of co-creating greater, peaceful, highly productive individuals, then perhaps you need to broaden your scope some. a truly intuitive leader doesn’t need to talk about themselves too much. they do, however, know how very keenly to listen.

the trick, then, is to meet someone where they are, now. if you’ve done the work, released the old weight, cleansed the energetics, they will likely see that in you, and aspire to become more like you, if only given the right nudge, and guidance to do so. everybody has a unique experience and relative perspective in this dimension. your job, if you’re to accept the multi-layered challenge as it really is, would be to engage them where and as who they are.

you know who they really are, obviously. and given that, you know that somewhere inside them is that very same knowledge, for they wouldn’t even be in your presence were there any question about it.

so open your heart a little wider, use your ears a little wiser, and focus your eyes just a little sharper. it’s not about you.

love your life,

tb

by resources, i mean your energy. by energy, i would suggest mental, physical, psychological energy, which essentially means it requires part of you – in this fantastic individuation that you are – to exist, including your willingness to allow it.

any fear, you name it, implies you’ve entered into an agreement with the universe on some level, saying that “right, you and i are making this up for our mutual benefit, or something, cool?” and the universe, as always, simply answers “yes”.

now, given that you can decide which experience you’d prefer to go through in any given moment, be it good/bad, happy/sad, heavy/light, in this instance you’ve chosen the dark side, because fear by definition demands it, no? you don’t often hear people spouting off about their love and admiration of themselves and how they are afraid of something (man, i am scared shitless of <this and/or that>. even thinking about it makes me all squirmy… isn’t that awesome?), or if you do, they have some strange egoic fascination with broadcasting their depth of illusion. on the flipside of that coin however, announcing your fear of something may also be acknowledgement and assuming responsibility of said fear. you decide. the latter may be quite empowering…

going back to energetics, each fear you have is like an app running on your computer, or “smart” phone. even if you’re not always aware of it, it’s still there, running in the background, eating up a piece of your consciousness, which could likely serve you best elsewhere in your life. in time, and through life experience, you can build up quite a mass of these fears, and imagine what it’s like in the “back of your mind” if you’ve never faced some of these nasties (most of which would be rather insignificant on their own), and have only managed to keep stringing them along, having to implement and devise new, stronger, larger luggage to store them in (ie. ulcers, cancer, and a vast array of other maladies, or perhaps all of them – spiritual becomes physical)!

one thing i enjoy, and it’s rather trivial, is in the metaphor of the smartphone, using an app such as a “task killer” which allows you to with one tap of a button, to shut down all background noise, immediately freeing up resources. the parallel to this in us would likely be a combination of meditation, cleansing, joy, passion, joie de vivre, etc. to simply wipe out all those niggling fears would take some serious decision-making, conscious effort, and an instant knowing that everything is OK. transcending all that noise is rather simple in concept, but as with much of this personal/spiritual/non-physical work, it is as individual a solution as you are.

for some, it can happen as a single, revelatory experience. suddenly, you’re awake.

for others, and i’d wager the majority, it takes a diligent effort – first to find the methods, channels and modalities that will help you take the first few steps, and then to simply walk the walk. eventually, we all end up in the same place — back at clarity. when you can look around you at all the apparent chaos, strangeness, inequality, vast imbalances, and say “but it’s OK – that’s part of the process” then you’re onto something.

remember though, that even utilizing something akin to a “task killer” some fears/programs will re-install themselves almost instantly. a terminate-and-stay-resident sort of issue where that energy, though subtle, may linger and remain. you then have the choice to either keep trying to shut it down (ie. “fighting it” which is counterproductive), or move past and through it.

some fears are useful, and when you examine them in the right light (so you can properly see the shadow for what it is) you see they really aren’t a fear at all.

love your life,

tb

in the moment is when the fire is hottest; when the channel is open. in that moment it would serve us best to follow through with an inspiration, unto its natural completion, for in that moment of creation, ego steps aside, knowing it’s useless in that time/space, and our instrument of choice is free to explore indiscriminately for the expression that best serves us, and itself.

once we begin to question, or otherwise interrupt the flow, we’re immediately slipping down the hill to the inevitable “i’ll get back to this soon,” while another, wiser part of us already smells bitter defeat, having allowed ego to re-enter the equation.

to question true inspiration is folly.

given the option to quit, citing weariness, distraction, or regret, it is far more likely that untapped energy and motivation are there, too, if we are only to choose it. our vessels will maintain a motion long enough that the seed of an idea can be fully realized. this multidimensional resonance within which we exist will either bow to pressure from egoic constraint, or flourish uninhibited by means far beyond the mundane, everyday machinations we pretend to live within.

allow yourself the presence to utilize that which goes beyond mind. allow yourself the pleasure of unending streams of originality, simply by being utterly and completely devoted to following the path that you, and your idea, are forging together.

it came to you and through you because you can (collectively). to simply tease it into partial existence is torturous at best, for an incomplete notion, derived from the singularity you comprise, inherited from the “all” will put a splinter in the mind, and a damper on the heart. furthermore, your regrets will accumulate, jealousy of others who do achieve in ways akin to your own sours you, and inspiration of this kind in the future will intimidate you.

fulfilled inspiration is inspiring! it is the key that unlocks the door to endless potential. it builds courage one requires to keep that door open. it helps you to develop skills and hidden talents. it defies convention and calls forth universal law. it demands your focus, yet instills an absolute ease in the process.

once you define this highly creative vibration – frequency, elevation, “zone” – you will yearn to revisit it, time and time again. so, as Sir Richard Branson would say, “screw it, let’s do it.”

love your life.

tb

giving a thought power extends its life, so unless that is your intention, let it continue onward and outward uninhibited.

let it go. let it flow.

unlinking emotion from the thoughts that plague you immediately releases their hold on you.

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at what point do we reach our natural limit of growth? be it spiritual, mental, not simply physical… when things that scare us, will always scare us and when things that make us happy, will always be expected to be thus?

do we, on some level, need to keep manifesting some familiar circumstances to allow us a feeling that we’re still who we are?

is it an identity thing, or something carried from a previous life? or, is it a simpler, more animal issue?

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your spiritual, purposeful work  – that which best serves humanity – is most often that which comes natural to you.

the effortless and ordinary – to you – are amazing and extraordinary to everyone else.

don’t discount who and what you are based on someone else’s prejudice, ignorance, or negative view of the world.

because of an inherent belief in our fallibility, uneasiness, unpredictability, transience, and ego, we inject an otherwise simple, beautiful gift with darkness and deny ourselves the cosmic pleasure of truly being and expressing who we are.

pieces of our mind live in many places at once…

when you sit still, the barrage of randomness awakens. perhaps this is why so many would prefer to stay busy, watch hours of TV, or argue with someone. maybe they’ll look anywhere and everywhere for something to complain about (or get involved in) – because everyone needs something to be passionate about…

regardless, a restless mind regularly jumps to and fro; past, present, and future. it remembers old joys and pain. it plans future conversations. but what it rarely does, in spite of itself, is sit still and remain in the moment. to be peaceful is to be still, and to be still is to be inactive; detached. to be detached means to let go; to release and relax. this is something that a restless mind will not, and cannot do.

and so, with purposeful fragmentation, an uneasy balance is achieved. uneasy, because while endless pondering, wonder and planning ensues, rarely if ever is there any actual resolve. decisions to forestall indecision prove only that more decisions need to be made. a madness of incertainty plagues the chattering mind, incessantly dancing through a sea of timeless restraint. ideas and inspiration abound, yet for some reason, it’s never enough. one absolution breaks the dam of future problems, concerns, potentials and possibilities.

it’s them – it’s their fault.

it’s me – it’s my fault.

it’s nobody’s fault – things just happen.

the silly and the mundane; the surprising and the revelatory. the boredom… and the desperate plea for quiet…

the restless mind, with fragment blinds.

time for a dose of truth – but as a disclaimer, it is of course from my point of view… take it as you wish.

what’s so important about it (reality)? why do we put ourselves through countless arduous tasks, schemes, scripts and scenarios (many of which seem to be painful) in this reality? what’s so “real” about the real anyway?

most importantly, you’re not alone. don’t ever waste your time and energy believing that you’re the only one working this stuff through, or learning to dive. if you have the courage to meet the eyes of those who come into your life, you may be startled to find out that they, too, are just like you.

love your life.

p.s. “Elevate” – my musical contribution to this thought process (via SoundCloud)… http://snd.sc/sXNIJF

whether we want to admit it or not, our thoughts are things, and they can and do have effects, results, manifestations, etc. what we fear, however, is that once we know we’re that powerful, all the things we don’t want to happen, constrict that flow of allowance of those that we do.

you imagine, for example, a windfall of money, unexpected, or otherwise, kinda putting it out there casually, but underneath you have a sense that it will happen. maybe it’s not a windfall, but exactly what might be needed to tide you over this week, month, or year. then, you go about your daily routine and let that intent hang out there in the universe, without giving it another… thought. part of you has learned that you don’t need to obsess on a desire to make it so, and thus you’ve slowly been training yourself to put it out there, and let it be. maybe you’re confidently able to say “not worried, it’ll happen, that’s how it is” and, you return to the business of the day, week, etc.

part of you has doubts, but you’re quick not to give those thoughts more energy than they deserve either, because your intent is of course the positive outcome, but you can’t help the negative aspect of it showing up, uncalled for and intruding an otherwise peaceful creative moment. the nerve…

suddenly, it happens, out of seemingly nowhere. precisely what you wanted, showed up. now, does your memory snap you back into an instant “wow! look at that!” or, do you forget even asking (desiring, intending) for it? no, you’re too aware for that now, and discount the simplicity of symmetry all around us. you know very well that you did in fact ask for it, and you have a little smile and chuckle to yourself, acknowledging your newfound gift.

only, it’s not new. not new at all! you’ve been doing it all your life, but you haven’t been aware of it. we do it alone, we do it in groups, and we do it as a society, and race – we be unified! but let’s keep it in front of us for the moment…

now you have evidence that “hey, this shit works” but suddenly you feel that all too familiar pang in your gut. there are old stories and conditions hanging out in your reality that continue play tug-of-war with your better intentions. you realize that since those thoughts became things, then perhaps ALL thoughts can be, or are becoming things. oh, CRAP! i gotta stop thinking — or, or, control it somehow. damn this is messy, ’cause “i have no control over my thoughts” – or some such nonsense.

time to check yourself. and more specifically check in with your heart. you have to accept that a lot of the ideas floating around in your head aren’t necessarily yours, but you’ve been stringing them along in your experience. they may have served you, and until they are of no more use to you, you will keep a drawer for them somewhere in your space. you may not have been responsible for the egg, but you do have some responsibility for giving it a place to hatch.

your consciousness is a vast array of fertile space where all sorts of creativity can, and does happen. but they don’t generally teach us these things in school. to conform is to confuse, defuse, misuse and abuse that potential, and possibilities. mixing fear and doubt, competition, ego, and other noise into the field serves primarily to keep you down, swimming in a stew of mixed emotion, and lower vibrations. so over the years (or less, depending on when you wake up to these grander realities) as you chip away at the hardened heart, the emotional barriers, and perceived limitations, you start to see glimpses, flickers, and sparks of how this all works.

yet, because you’ve trained hard at only allowing yourself to see a certain range of colours, you’re not entirely aware of the expanded scope you’re now able to perceive. so, you discount it, call it luck, dilute and minimize it – this outcome, whatever it is, that’s happened.

on it goes, back and forth. how do you stop the cycle? at what point is it easier, and more natural, to simply allow what you want, then know it to be? when do we stop worrying about all the negative junk that keeps popping up in our consciousness, giving it power to exist yet another day, invading and infecting our potential for sustained happy times? when we can disconnect the power source from the thought, the thought has no power. it passes you by, and fades away. with patience, and practice, you apply your energy only in those places you desire it to go. without attachment, you direct your flow, not control it. guide it with ease in an effortless dance.

fear is a sticky substance, until it’s not. in all of the motions of your life, take time to be aware, and to listen. breathe in, hold, and exhale. create that space.

love your life.

tb

as i observe local and global events unfold, through the tiny portals of input i allow (which, granted, can offer me somewhat of a skewed viewpoint) i find myself constantly reflecting on the feelings that come up; the thoughts, emotions, and reactions that surface, seemingly out of nowhere, instantly taking me from a decent, happy place, and dumping me into momentary anger, frustration, or even contempt. there are things that instantly go against the grain, as it were, but what is this “grain” and where did it come from?

it’s silly, really, given the trivial nature of what it is to feel “pissed off” about something, when i have virtually nothing to complain about in my life, given how well i live, when all is put into the proper perspective. but, see, even that is a reaction based on some input from a script i’ve been carrying along my life’s journey, not really sure where it came from, or when it was committed to my programming. still, i have a roof, i have musical instruments all around me, a decent computer, peaceful nights of solitude, and a cat that occasionally hangs out with me. i have a few good friends, i’m fairly close to what family remains, and can keep fit simply by walking up and down the hilly streets of this little town.

my concerns, however, have always been for things far greater than my single life. i’ve always had a scope that grasps for beyond-the-borders mentality, and thinking of humanity as the whole that it is, and not just what i see within eyesight here around me. i try not to live in a bubble, and i pay for that in a generally unsettled day-to-day existence. i simply know that so much of what is (reportedly) happening is rubbish, nonsensical, and just plain noise. i know when certain tragic events happen that they’re really nothing so dramatic, and that given the right light, hardly make so much as a blip on the screen of the universe. i know that in today’s world we’re living under a blanket of some strange, twisted architecture that’s constantly at ends with itself; left vs. right, black vs. white, this country vs. that, etc. and i know that it’s all quite simply bullshit. unnecessary, cloud-inducing, mind-numbing, misleading bullshit.

it’s the stuff that inspires me to write songs such as “a thousand years” with which i vent a little at the state of things right now, and think maybe i should just come back in a thousand years — perhaps then some of this wondrous collection of bullshit would have been sorted out and humanity is actually progressing, unified, naturally, simply, effortlessly into a light i’ve always known it can be!

but, getting back to my earlier point… i think it’s important that we really face our mirrors and quite literally rip open that illusory barrier that’s constantly holding us in some form of spiritual limbo. it’s so very easy to deny ourselves (individually, and communally) peace, love, patience, empathy, passion, and truth – all those higher vibrational energetics that afford us a simpler, flowing existence. we’ve been inundated with strange, limiting concepts, beliefs, scripts, and teachings, generation after generation. it’s hard to fault our instructors, mentors, and leaders (i use that last term rather loosely) because they also carry forward a certain noise from the generation before. however, given the continual expansion of things, one can also assume that with every generation, we also come forward beginning at a more advanced place, right out of the gates. how liberating!

so if you’re finding yourself afraid to really be honest, truthful, open, free, or feeling otherwise unnaturally inhibited (you know it intuitively in the moment, if you’re paying attention; your heart has a way of wincing when you’re trying to feed someone, or swallow your own bullshit) then take the time, right now, to get to digging in the dirt, as the song goes.

there’s no time like the present. or, there is no linear measurement for the immeasurable gift. the gift, is you.

love your life.

tb

the idea of democracy is generally a good one, but over time it’s been eroded, manipulated, and twisted into a dark version of itself. we all know this, especially those of us who live in the better part of North America, and Western Europe right now. we all sense that something is a bit misaligned with our deeper knowing, even if we’re afraid to speak it, or even allow ourselves to think it. it’s much easier to simply dismiss it and believe what some media outlet might be preaching in its place. i’d challenge you, rather, to think for yourself. don’t be such a coward.

we also know that we’re fed up with the insulting rendition of what we know could be so much better. underlying effectual change, however, there is an understandable trepidation toward standing up as a society and saying “NO!” simply because other insidious ideas have been planted in our consciousness, over the weeks, months, and recent decades – and truly perhaps much longer. there are parasites embedded that have nothing to do with reality, in the grandest most powerful sense, but their simple existence undermines unified, intelligent, intuitive efforts to evolve from adolescence as a culture, into some form of adulthood (all the while, maintaining the essential child-like playfulness the universe expects from us).

what i believe we’re witnessing now, around the world, is – finally – a shift toward conscious, courageous, concerted efforts to combine our efforts, to stand up for what we know has gone on long enough. there’s a glimmer of unified action that resembles clenching fists, elevated heart rates, and widened eyes. our souls are crying out in unison that the time is right for the next logical step. we’ve been presented (and living) with a joke of a financial system, a ridiculously ineffective political system, a painfully lacking international justice system, and a very weak, yet functional social system. at the same time, there are too few ready and willing to take on the responsibility of re-writing these systems, for we’ve grown rather accustomed to our comfortable chaos.

the vast majority of us will still act on completely primal, emotional impulse, rather than simple, rational and peaceful co-creation in light of what seems so utterly plain-as-day straightforward to some. our best recourse is to gather in mobs to gain strength and create one louder, reverberating voice. well, so be it! it is part of the larger process, which we will learn if we can continue to go first with the heart, and let truer, intuitive understanding come forward, finally. the crucial understanding has yet to surface, but it is so very close. you and i know that somewhere within ourselves.

we can say, sing, yell, and scream that “we are one” but until it is actually understood, commonly as gravity makes an apple fall from a tree, it is a mere phrase; a hope, or possible dream.

yet here we are, at the precipice of something amazing. some believe 2012 is the end of all things, some know it to be much more, and yet subtly less grandiose and dramatic. death comes in many forms, and turning a page in our communal evolution, to me, fits that bill. we fear death for some rather ignorant reasons, for there is no death, but rather transitions; shifts, evaluations, elevations and understanding. just like an aged, broken body can wither and pass, so too can outdated beliefs, dysfunctional social structures, and corporate influence.

we are redefining our enemy. we cannot simply project our own perceived weaknesses onto the easy scapegoats running amok in our public view. but we can use their mirror to examine and uproot what’s been ailing us… we know now that there is much greatness awaiting the light of day. we feel it, more powerfully than ever. we’re starting with love, and are thus unstoppable. resistance is a guarantee, for we are our most formidable enemies. yet as quickly and seemingly insurmountable as is the mountain standing in our way, a realization will occur, a knowing that we’re entirely capable of walking right through it.

love your life.

Pondering on the vastness of this universe, and other such stuff, a thought stream occurred to me…

Science, research, physics, carbon dating, and whatnot – all the tools we’ve developed for measuring the age and expanse of things, are based on some rather significant limitations. When I think about hundreds of millions, or billions of years, it doesn’t really compute. The pace at which “time” seems to “pass” these days indicates as well that our perception of this eternal partner is changing.

Also, given the speed of thought, and by extension at least some level of manifestation, it inspires the mind to really put these excessively large numbers, dates, and eons in a different light. I can’t help but scrutinize the very idea that evolution took so long, perceptibly to get us to where we are “today”!

We’re only beginning to unravel some rather impressive layers regarding consciousness, awareness, thought, physics, quantum mechanics, and other mechanisms and machinations we exist within. What I propose is that sooner, rather than later, we’ll discover that our concept of linear time, expression of it, and how long this big-banging universe really took to evolve will come into question, and quite likely disrepute. A quick scan of our recent history (say the last 2,000 years even) would immediately back up my point, given that even just recently, Pluto (that former planet) had an identity crisis, the earth was flat, the sun revolved around us (ha!) and, well you get the idea.

So how does this play into the everyday? Not sure. One path of explanation or parallel conceptualization might be how we learn and grow. Some would say that over the many many lifetimes we’ve lived, we pick things up along the way, and grow, adapt, or we don’t! Sometimes, we’re still dealing with elements of trauma that happened generations ago, though we’re unaware of them. But, if we were to train our brains to expand and adapt to grander thought processes, and trans-linear timeline kind of thinking, perhaps in as little as a moment’s time, we could “learn” what would ordinarily take us not one lifetime, but many!

The outdated ideas of education, understanding, and limited awareness really are getting “old fast” as it were, aren’t they? We see technology exploding around us at ever increasing speeds, yet this technological revolution is still barely crawling along, put into the right light (um, we still worship money). But where’s it going anyway? What’s this mad rush for the newest, latest, fastest, shiniest thing really all about? As ever, it simply reflects what’s going on, on the inside; inside the one, and the many, and all of us.

We crave advancement, simply because I think that on some level we’re racing back to our true selves. We’re in a damn hurry to shed the skin we’ve been partying in, and it can’t happen fast enough!

Trouble is, given the weak infrastructure that exists across our cultures, societies, and nations of the world, it’s like dancing across an ocean of thin ice. We’re both excited – thrilled! – and terrified of what’s to come. In the microcosmic perspective, it’s akin to both the fear of and pursuit of success. In the macrocosmic light, there is nothing but success! Just need to shift the focus and understanding a little…

Enjoy the ride. Love your life. Now.

tb

As you set a financial goal, it is not only about the expansion for yourself; it’s about the expansion of all of those who are involved in that which you are about. In other words, it creates this nucleus, this machine, that allows so many to begin to thrive along with you. It’s much bigger than finances.

— Abraham (Excerpted from the workshop in San Antonio, TX on Saturday, November 13th, 2004 # 89)

…to that i would add simply that awareness of those who you spend your time with is important, as you’re informed, affected, and blended with energies that surround you. just as you are influenced by the 5 or 6 people you spend most of your time with, so too are those people who choose to have you in the group of 5 or 6 of their own.

responsibility (and accountability) is relative, but the reverberating and amplified energy is boundless.

love your life.

repeat after me:

through me, the world is a better place
through me, the world learns about, and remembers amazing secrets of the universe
through me, the world learns to dance, sing, laugh and cry
through me, love has an anchor in this space and time
through me, you get to see you
through you, i get to see me

love your life

the only way to unify disparate, fragmented values & beliefs across culture, country and planet is through persistent, love-infused, patient, inspired, open hearts and minds.

sounds poetic. but let’s get real, right? look at how this guy is nasty and that country is ignorant, and these people are tribal, their beliefs are trivial and archaic, and those people don’t even speak my language, etc. step one: get over yourself. seriously, look in the mirror and realize you are foolish and naive, you don’t yet get it, and listen up: yours is not a better way, it is simply another way.

the gift of our humanity is our kaleidoscopic existence, inherent survival skills, adaptability, and endless ingenuity. we tackle spirituality, quantum physics, technology, politics, resources, arts, music and the rest of the spectrum in every moment, every living day. just think for a few minutes about the sheer expanse that is the human collage.

right and wrong are completely relative, and values levels are in extreme variance across the world… as it should be, based on how far we’ve come. but as we move toward a more contiguous society, borders can and will fade away (in principle, then actually), and the fear of losing identity/individuality screams up the scale. but it’s all the transition, and part of the necessary process of shedding old structures that no longer serve us as a species, let alone a nation, or continent, tribe or community.

the human spirit endures, evolves, unfolds, and awakens. we’re a global family, and coming together is and will cause some chaos as the energies learn to intermingle and align. but underneath it all we’re connected, so what’s on the surface is merely the current incarnation respective to spiritual/non-physical intent and organization. we shift, change and explore in new and different ways with every step, stage, and phase along the way. there is bound to be some bumps and bruises as we shake off decades and centuries of outdated, outmoded mentalities, structures, and beliefs.

we don’t lose who and what we are by making eye contact with a stranger and sharing a smile; we define and underline our undeniable connection to the field. in that instant, you know, and they know. you remember, and they remember. infinity in the blink of an eye…

notice how quickly we can organize in support of any nation in duress. notice how we’re racing into healthier, cleaner, natural (and have always-been-here) energy sources, until we finally realize there’s enough of it in incalculable forms that no single person needs be without it, let alone pay for it. notice too how we question and force into the light processes that serve only to continue the suppression of information, political reform, economic redesign, resource sharing and creative expression.

we cannot hold ourselves back. it’s in our nature to exceed what we were yesterday, last week, last year and last generation. we are, irrefutably, the now generation.

love your life.

pay attention to your reactions, ’cause they’re usually there to remind you where you’d rather focus your energy…

we all have those moments, situations, and circumstances where we wish we didn’t have to deal with something (again) or feel stuck in a place that doesn’t resonate (a job, a house, in debt), whatever it might be. these flags and signals are all part of your interaction with that which you co-create in your life. so, as ever, we want to create a space between cause and effect, so to speak, and notice ourselves working up to a negative response, to use it to broaden our awareness of how these things work.

nothing wrong with venting, letting some emotions out, and flowing through it, but the key here is to utilize that moment to become aware that it’d serve you better to spend time focusing on what you do want (which in this case is likely the opposite to the situation you’re resisting) and be grateful for the reminder.

there is power in the subtleties of the everyday moments, most of which can be passed right on by if we’re not heightened in our sensitivity to our creative prowess. to attract more of the situations and circumstances you’d prefer, use the irks, frustrations, deep sighs and flusters as a point of reference to re-word it in a light that’s more in line with spirit.

you don’t need to go searching for answers, because simply walking your walk and living your life, it’s all around you. just create the space for it in your awareness, and breathe easy. the answer falls into the space between…

love your life.

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Daily Law of Attraction Quotation

You cannot notice what-is and complain about it, and be a vibrational match to the solution. When you were living the problem, you were asking for the solution, and Source said yes immediately. So, there’s never a reason for you to be wallowing around in a problem for more than about a second? You can get so good at this that before you’re even aware that the problem has gotten started, you’ve already got the solution under way.

— Abraham

Excerpted from the workshop in Sacramento, CA on Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

via Abraham-Hicks.

in the spiritual or metaphysical sense, intent doesn’t require the limitations of words. the trouble is that the ego requires some sort of tangible, understandable subject to label as “your intent”. so in perceived reality, there would seem to be different aspects or potentials of intentions. on the one hand, you can state to the world “i intend to be a millionaire” while on the other, you can be silent, and envision the feelings, emotions, and imagined worldly expression of what it is to be a millionaire. one requires ego-infused courage, while the other requires a deeper knowing; understanding of the subtleties of the unseen connectivity of all that is.

personally, the latter more readily resonates with me. knowing that thoughts quite literally shape our world, verbal utterances based on satisfying the ego don’t necessarily equate to tangible results. but these things are very personal in nature, and what works for me may not resonate with another. but the principle remains the same: there is much more to it than mere words.

the next step, is detaching yourself, satisfied in the moment, to return to the moment. what that essentially means is that once you’ve focused clearly (whether aloud, or in your heart and mind) that the vibration (and essence therein) is already on its way. stay with it, dowsing it in positivity and good feelings, and let go.

now, eyes open, but heart and mind be free. this can get interesting quite instantly… the simplest of subtle actions can and will propel you toward that which you wish to attract. random and coincidental occurrences accelerate, while inherent mental and/or spiritual/energetic blockages will demand attention, or healing and release. people show up out of nowhere and other people fade away from you… it’s the natural way of things.

allow those fears to creep up into your space, the strangely strong emotions to get in your face, and feel through them. smile with the universal knowing that whether or not you created it, claim it now as your responsibility. create that time/space between impulse and response so you can really see through to the deeper place from whence it came, and allow it to simply move through you to loving resolution.

when you’re ready, of course.

love your life.

awareness is an interesting vehicle for spontaneous self-discovery, learning, and expanding on what we previously understood. sometimes it’s instant, or comes along in that “ah ha!” moment. the curious thing is how we come about these wonderful triggers in our daily lives, that allow us to suddenly come to understand something deeply profound.

of course, you have to be in a space of allowing in order for these realizations to take hold, or even present themselves in a conscious manner. we’re all capable of it once we start to break down the walls of egoic concerns.

just as we must allow any form of abundance into our lives, rather than focusing energy consistently on the absence of it, we need to jam our foot in the door of something just-now-discovered so our minds can process it. this is all part of the best educational process out there – that being the school of life, living, and the purposeful randomness that is the process of learning by fumbling along through it.

you might chuckle when somebody says something apparently random, but it triggers something you’ve been cogitating on for some time in the background. you’ll laugh when just before you react to something in the way you always have, the realization overtakes you, with a resounding “where did that come from?” or the more impressive, and revealing “this isn’t me” or “this is not who i am – where did i learn this?”…

finally, the dots connect. the train zooms out of the tunnel and you see the daylight beyond those dark walls you’d been limiting yourself to for quite some time (allow some time for your eyes to adjust). it’s in these spaces where we disown old data, old beliefs, borrowed ideals, and outdated mental constructs. it quite literally has the effect of rewriting your DNA if you’re willing. speaking of which, genetics and heritage have so very little to do with you, unless you give them the power to. you can adopt, or disown ideas, behaviours, and more.

assume the responsibility. this is your story.

love your life.

pick your circumstance.

energy moves, whether it stays inside your body, festering, or lodging in an organ to hopefully be processed. or, repeat that distinct behaviour and perhaps more will go there, ultimately creating some physical malady that manifests as extreme pain, dysfunction, or death. (well, a stall in the machine anyway…) energy also reverberates outward and all around you. so echo your thoughts to nearly everyone you ever see, and you start to get the picture…

to be denied, is to be self-denied. we can be very skilled at projecting the blame onto whomever is nearby, or whatever government is in place, or whatever perceived authority figure is within grasp; it’s the cat, dog, parent, sibling, boss, bully, imaginary friend or fate who is at fault…

whether it’s a personal objective (dream, goal, aspiration), or communal, or collective, the energy is all interconnected and very much made of the same stuff. there comes a time when perhaps we are not ready (on some level) and thus we create these fantastical distractions, situations, and circumstances to shuffle that priority aside, time and again. there’s nothing wrong with that, mind you, but how does it feel?

the knowing is the bitter tasting reality of self-defeat. we can dance around pretending to be drunk in various responsibilities, titles, roles, higher education, etc. but, we’re keenly aware, just below all of that, that the quiet desperation is sucking something significant out of our lives. and in that stunning silence is really the only place where we can change ourselves in any lasting way.

you can’t change your socks if you never loosen your shoes. but it might just be easier to walk barefoot for a while instead…

love your life.

as i pondered this, it seemed the implications of the concept would be that being thankful or grateful just to be “alive” is alright, but not from the point of view that you deserve it, or not. not from the point of view that you have some deity or higher being to thank for simply existing in this time and place. that idea, it would seem, stems from religion(s), and the idea of servitude, separation, lower forms of being, or some structure wherein “we are not worthy” is even possible.

it would further mean that the idea of “death” is a misnomer, to most, assuming that there is an end to this current life you’re experiencing and that you need to get things done, resolve problems, clear up karma, etc. what’s that all mean? sure, we can choose to bring along baggage and issues from the past (even past lifetimes) but do we have to? if we examine our interpersonal relationships, how many “issues” are only and ever related to some remnant of refuse that we still cling to, because we’ve associated it with our idea of identity? and, how many times to we need to relive, rehash, or rekindle old wounds until we finally step up the next riser and meet with the unknown? (oh, right. i don’t deserve it…)

for me, the struggle i have with it is that my frustrations and understandings of some things are polluted by old data; old information derived from the mixed beliefs of countless others who’ve come along my path in this lifetime. we all face these mixed up and maligned ideas on a daily basis. but when you expand on the unity consciousness paradigm, “everyone else” is inevitably also “me”. therefore, our cumulative belief structure is both internalized compilations of external influences, while also a continuance of pre-programmed instincts, beliefs, and such brought along with us from whence we came…

life here, in this physical form – to my current understanding – is a blip in time where we can slow down and “smell the roses” as it were. being energetic and/or vibrational in nature, lends itself to the idea that outside of this physical, human body, things are vastly different, and time/space limitations are merely ideas, not the accepted way of things. they’re one way you could exist, if and when you choose to.

so if life is a given, and death is merely a transition “out of the movie”, then what does that really mean? it means that beyond what our ego can comprehend as “powerful”, we have no real illusion of any limitation to our experience. we don’t even have the need of the concept of fear. there is no “us versus them” for there is no them to speak of, save our invention and manifestation of them. that all derives from the idea that the universe must find a balance in everything (and in this case, our saturation in the idea of duality). deep within us is the seed of an idea based on an inherent, perceived flaw in our makeup: if there is a powerful force of good, then there must be a powerful force of evil to balance it. why?

think of it as an isolated, personal idea. even within each one of us wages a battle of me vs. myself; happy vs. sad; elated vs. depressed. we completely own (and live within the confines of) the ideas drenched in duality, and thus continually suffer because of it. but therein also lies the problem. if one doesn’t know sadness, how can one know happiness?

by choosing better feeling thoughts, we rise out of the place where words hold any weight.

by remembering we’re here by choice, we rise above the sea of relativity, attachment, and limitation.

by knowing that life is a given, we can proceed uninhibited, in whatever manifestation we choose. for no matter how dreary, dull or hopeless it may seem at times (or beautiful, inspired, and amazing), our continuity is, in some form, without question.

love your life.

the linked article is a fascinating read, for those who resonate with it. even if you don’t, there are gems throughout one can use to shift their perception a little. i’d recommend reading it if you’re floating in a place of “what the?” in your life. it may help. it may not. i’m just passing it on. :-)

what i’ve felt lately is a rather chaotic mess of old “stuff” floating to the surface: old memories, random events which only now make sense, childhood experiences, thoughts on relatives who’ve moved on, and the odd peaceful revelation… tie it together with what seems like a lot of energetic shifting on this cool blue/green rock, and you get a headache. at least, it was for me.

but it’s all good. the things we resist, or only glance at passingly (instead of sitting with, working/feeling through) do us harm, and ultimately will keep on showing up along our path. our minds get in the way, time and again, because there are so many ideas from many countless voices outside ourselves who’ve created this muddy mental process.

what we’re seeing now is that we (individually, and collectively) don’t want to listen to our own bullshit anymore. we know that throwing blame around is irrelevant (but excellent as a tool of awareness). we know that we’ve been projecting muck onto everything and everyone ’cause we’re terrified of facing our true selves. we know that the “old ways” are fading, and because we’ve grown so used to so much of it, we’re rattled to the core with uncertainty of the inevitable change that is afoot. it’s life-altering. it’s perception shattering. but, it’s also life-affirming, because we’re not alone. not now, not ever.

the challenge then, amongst the necessary noise, is to find that seed of love that anchors all good things, and ultimately supports who and what you are, and are becoming. lash out if you have to, but don’t fester, and forgive yourself while embracing your new, lighter, clearer self. be aware that you’ll be saying “i’m sorry” a lot (you might find ho’oponopono helpful – find a way to clear up energetic hiccups). be aware, also, that this will take conscious effort, daring to delve into your shadows (and embrace them), and learning how to walk anew. but like most anything we humans get masterful at, practice makes…waves of change possible, empowering you, your neighbour, and the rest of your fellow citizens of Earth shinier.

love your life.

Amplify’d from lightworkers.org