There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub. ~ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
I like where I am physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally today. My mind is quiet, my thoughts are clear. The desert is beautiful and today I’m enjoying it one moment at a time. To feel so at peace is special. I have no worries. I couldn’t ask for anything more. Today I am blessed.
I found her clinging to a rock at Pohoiki
I was listening to a podcast the other day and heard someone comment that “GOD speaks to us through one another”. I agree. On many occasions GOD has offered me the right words to speak when they are needed or they are spoken to me through someone else at exactly the right time. However, when I’m not in a “fit condition” mentally, spiritually and emotionally there is another force that just wants to be in charge of everything. That force is EGO. When I’m into EGO I’m unable to work well with GOD.
At some time along the way someone said GOD is an acronym for Good Orderly Direction while EGO is Easing God Out. I’ve always liked that. It makes sense to me that putting EGO before GOD blocks, blurs and distorts all matters of Spirit and defeats the true self. My belief that GOD resides within me gives me the power to recognize EGO problems. Refusing that recognition is a denial of what GOD needs done. Being aware of how EGO affects my whole being… my Good Orderly Direction… keeps me more comfortable with the “shedding process” and the new aspects of self that continue to emerge.
Our past is neither an accident nor a mistake. We have been where we needed to be, with the necessary people. We can embrace our history, with its pain, its imperfections, its mistakes, even its tragedies. It is uniquely ours; it was intended just for us. Today, we are right where we need to be. Our present circumstances are exactly as they need to be, for now. ~ Melody Beattie
Transiting Mercury in Square with Natal Chiron
For this brief period of time, you will become more conscious of the energy for personal transformation and healing in your life. This will likely mean exposing some form of deep-seated pain for the purpose of working through old issues and ultimately healing these issues. During this brief period of time, you may be blessed to provide the impetus for healing to others. You may also feel healing energy come into your life from a meeting with another person during the course of this transit. It may also be that communication with other people brings to light certain areas of your psyche that you would rather not have exposed, and that can be quite painful for you to connect with. But getting in touch with these areas is for your ultimate benefit, for the more integration you can achieve within your psyche, the more whole you are and the more you can bring yourself forward to be of help to other people on the same journey of discovery.
My daughter said “Mom, it’s okay to look at the past. Just don’t stare too hard”. I consider this good advice. Staring tends to made me maudlin and depressed so no, I haven’t been staring, I’ve just been reflecting on where I am today while realizing that I’m actually happy with myself and others.
Way back when, in Time Passed, I made mistakes I should have learned from. Except I didn’t. I continued to exercise the same behavior over and over again. I thought I could change outcomes because I was different, special or whatever. If I’d been wiser and given more thought to what I was doing I might have avoided the pain that continued to compound. I was, however, incapable of rational thought as dependence fed the addiction that pushed me to practice insanity. I didn’t have to practice too hard, either. It quickly became rather natural; sometimes with its own language and invisible friends included at no extra charge. When I look at where I started, where I went and how great my life is today I’m grateful that Passed is gone and that the gap between then and now is getting wider each day.
NOW, I understand, that Time Passed continually makes me Me. I am the sum of my experiences, in constant motion with change and growth. There have been so many good times; happy times I remember with warm thoughts, smiles and joyful tears as well as those sad days, those periods of pain, fear, anger and drama. Those times can’t be changed but as long as I can accept every bit of it, good and bad, for what it is/was and know I’m okay, it’s fine. I also know it could have been worse. I could be dead.
My Life Time NOW is filled with healing and love, friends that stayed true and new ones, too. I have my health and my happiness is free. My circle is widening and includes such a wide array of people, many of whom I could have never guessed would have blessed me with their presence in my life. A whole new world has opened up to me. There is so much in NOW. My children and grandchildren have blessed my life more than I could ever have thought or wished for. I have a fantastic relationship with a mentally healthy person. In the program we talk about “happy, joyous and free”. I am happy, I’ve found joy and best of all I am free to choose my own reality. Thank GOD.
I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude is that “single string” that keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there’s no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me. ~ Charles R. Swindoll
My attitude is healthy most of the time. When it’s not well it kills my spirit and my progress. It’s a guarantee that I’ll turn into a screaming banshee when my attitude is on the rocks. I can become cocky, defensive, angry, fearful, a know-it-all, disagreeable, impolite, dissatisfied, surly or sullen. I can play the passive aggressive game, the hard hearted game or rant and rave. There are dozens of ways I can manifest that Bad Attitude and itwill always cripple me until I get a grip on it and change direction.
One thing I’ve learned is when I am not in good spiritual condition I tend to get a case of Bad Attitude. It may not happen right away but it will crop up sooner than later. This usually starts when I’m Too Busy to spend a few minutes with my GOD in morning meditation, prayer or reflection. After a few days of Too Busy I will neglect my quiet time for a while longer; usually just long enough to get into a lovely upheaval of emotional pain. I may start blaming other people or other things for my imbalance. The mayhem I’ve created can only be cured by affirmative action on my part and only I have the power to choose when this cure starts. Since I can recognize, as well as feel, the lousy position I’ve put myself in I am able to make the choice to change, start doing what I MUST and be back on track as quickly as possible. If I have a bad case of Self Will (another topic for a post) it might take a little longer but I’ll get there. When I’ve harmed someone with my unhealthy behavior then my actions need to be addressed and apologies are in order. If I’ve only beat myself up I find it worthwhile to make those amends to me.
When I stand in love, have faith in the process and know that all is exactly the way it should be at this moment, as well as keeping a conscious contact with my GOD I am able to live in a Good Attitude. Everything is calmer and I become comfortable with life again. Time is so precious and life is so short that it’s a shame to waste any of it cultivating a Bad Attitude. If you’re struggling with your attitude I humbly suggest you look for the moves you need to take to turn it around. It’s so much easier to live, to just be, with a Good Attitude anda softer heart.
Affirmations are really anything that we say or think. Our thoughts create our feelings, beliefs, and experiences. Too often they are negative. We say, “I don’t want this in my life” or “I don’t want to be sick anymore” or “I hate my job”. If we want to change or manifest something in our lives, we must state what we do want. We must affirm that we are willing to see ourselves or our lives in a different perspective. Thus, we can change our experiences by first changing our thoughts. ~ Louise Hay
If like attracts like then Negativity attracts itself. I know it can breed with amazing speed, just like The Flu. It can create a very Sick Puppy. But unlike The Flu the person with the downtrodden, negative or bummer attitude usually doesn’t even know it’s there. It is so ingrained in their thought patterns it seems “natural” to them.
I’m sure you know someone like this. There’s the person I don’t want to run into when I’m in a hurry because my casual, “Hi! How are you?” usually elicits a reply that I’m 99% sure is going to be a (long) story about A Bummer. Or, there’s the guy who has had the Same Problems, Different Day for way too long. He’s still beating his head against the wall; hasn’t done a thing about changing his ways and has no idea why his life sucks. I know women and men who have been in dysfunctional and co-dependent relationships forever who constantly complain about their situations but can’t bring themselves to leave. Their heads can’t wrap around the fact that they could be happier if they would just stop controlling, being controlled or both (Just Say NO! No More! ). These are just a few examples but these are behaviors I’m familiar with.
Affirmations are an effective way for me to keep Negativity at bay. When I came out of my “Coma” I started to listen and learn. I realized there was more to life than being on The Pity Pot and Hitting My Head Against the Wall While Trying to Orchestrate it All. I learned that words are powerful and using negatives such as No, Not, Don’t, Can’t and Won’t (to name just a few)only hindered my progress. By using a positive approach with affirmative words and actions I am able to process my thoughts and feelings and turn “it” around which, in turn, prevents The Flu . I don’t want to spread any Germs. I’m not perfect but I’m making progress. I’m happy, healthy and whole today. For this I am truly grateful.
All My Minds 