Not long ago someone I know was given a diagnosis. They began to do a lot of research on this diagnosis. They found lots of symptoms they were familiar with, and they found lots to be afraid of,
I totally appreciate the research they did to discover what the diagnosis meant ....
HOWEVER -- (and you knew from me there'd be a however, eh?!)
I cautioned them to be very careful of the consciousness they were doing this research with!!
Think about this: If you accept a diagnosis and the "facts" surrounding it, you will get to experience all of that. If you allow yourself to have a metaphysical understanding come from your research, you will be able to move through the experience much faster.
Remember, what you're looking for, you will find -- that's basic quantum physics and metaphysics.
So here's a story for you:
Years and years ago when I was studying with the late Rev. Helen Street in Honolulu, I was living with my boyfriend, my cat and my dog. My dog and I had been together for years, and we had an agreement he would never have fleas -- and he didn't.
When my boyfriend, who was an organic chemist, started living with me, every night he would pet Hobbs (the dog) and then turn him over and examine him for fleas. I kept telling him that Hobbs didn’t have fleas, and he would scoff “All dogs have fleas.”
I went to Helen and told her about this and my fears that he would find what he was looking for!! She said "Don't worry, the trained mind is the dominant mind" and walked away.
I realized that if I bought into Rick's belief that all dogs have fleas, then that would become our reality! So I stuck to my story -- Hobbs didn't need to have fleas, and never had, and never would -- and he never did -- which is saying something in the islands!!
Please know that I am not belittling anyone’s diagnosis - or the work they are doing to understand it. I am looking at it from a metaphysical viewpoint.
A diagnosis is a "fact" -- we live in the Truth!! Look for and focus on The Truth, and The Truth will set you free!
Affirm: Regardless of appearances, the Truth of me is perfect, Divine, health.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Day 29
Some participants share:
Lisa wrote about her forgiveness process: “Last night was day 7 for me and yes, I feel a lot lighter but more appreciative of the things that have happened to me, for there were some valuable lessons in them.
When I first starting writing "I forgive me for________.", I had a lot, from the past but as the time progress the list got shorter and shorter. Two days ago, I realized my list of "I forgive me for_______." was from the day, not days, months or years ago. How freeing is that? It's so good to know that I won't be harboring stuff of today into the future.
I realized it was a mis-take of the day, am learning from the mis-take and have forgiven myself for it.
I am loving it!
I am down to less than a half a cigarette, I think it is now more than habit than a need to smoke before I go to bed or maybe it's both but Thank God, each day, I am getting better and better! Amen!!!”
What a great insight Lisa ! My foster Mother used to say that one reason she and my foster father had such a good relationship is that they refused to go to bed angry. They did not hold grudges or resentments. They took care of the days problems right away, and always ended their day appreciating each other. This is a really important part of healing. I believe our cells respond quickly and we all know how good it feels to be appreciated!
Neall wrote: “My old health fears arose today, too. ….today when I’m feeling wonderfully alive, the old neurotic thoughts took over again: “You’re getting a life-threatening illness.” I recognized them, today, though, instead of letting them take me over. I suddenly realized: “It’s another gremlin!” I then spent a half hour doing EFT on the situation, which has helped. This is something new: Catching the gremlin in action the same day. Progress!”
Good for you Neall, for acknowledging the work you are doing! This is also a very important part of healing!!
Where the attention goes, the energy flows. The more we acknowledge the effects of our healing efforts, the more those effects will show up in our lives. Let yourself acknowledge everything, no matter how small it is. If you are healing your financial life and see a penny on the ground – pick it up and yell “IT’S WORKING!” If you’re healing your physical body, and you have a moment when you feel really good, acknowledge it and yell “IT’S WORKING!” If you’re healing an addiction, and you don’t take that huge helping of dessert, or find yourself out of cigarettes, acknowledge yourself and yell “IT’S WORKING!”
And yes, I want you to yell – even if you do it in your mind. I want you to get emotional about your acknowledgment of your successes! Physically - getting emotional creates a shower of the proper neuropeptides for our health! Spiritually – we are recognizing the Power Within and how It works through us!
Affirm: All the cells of my body are daily bathed in the perfection of my divine being.
Lisa wrote about her forgiveness process: “Last night was day 7 for me and yes, I feel a lot lighter but more appreciative of the things that have happened to me, for there were some valuable lessons in them.
When I first starting writing "I forgive me for________.", I had a lot, from the past but as the time progress the list got shorter and shorter. Two days ago, I realized my list of "I forgive me for_______." was from the day, not days, months or years ago. How freeing is that? It's so good to know that I won't be harboring stuff of today into the future.
I realized it was a mis-take of the day, am learning from the mis-take and have forgiven myself for it.
I am loving it!
I am down to less than a half a cigarette, I think it is now more than habit than a need to smoke before I go to bed or maybe it's both but Thank God, each day, I am getting better and better! Amen!!!”
What a great insight Lisa ! My foster Mother used to say that one reason she and my foster father had such a good relationship is that they refused to go to bed angry. They did not hold grudges or resentments. They took care of the days problems right away, and always ended their day appreciating each other. This is a really important part of healing. I believe our cells respond quickly and we all know how good it feels to be appreciated!
Neall wrote: “My old health fears arose today, too. ….today when I’m feeling wonderfully alive, the old neurotic thoughts took over again: “You’re getting a life-threatening illness.” I recognized them, today, though, instead of letting them take me over. I suddenly realized: “It’s another gremlin!” I then spent a half hour doing EFT on the situation, which has helped. This is something new: Catching the gremlin in action the same day. Progress!”
Good for you Neall, for acknowledging the work you are doing! This is also a very important part of healing!!
Where the attention goes, the energy flows. The more we acknowledge the effects of our healing efforts, the more those effects will show up in our lives. Let yourself acknowledge everything, no matter how small it is. If you are healing your financial life and see a penny on the ground – pick it up and yell “IT’S WORKING!” If you’re healing your physical body, and you have a moment when you feel really good, acknowledge it and yell “IT’S WORKING!” If you’re healing an addiction, and you don’t take that huge helping of dessert, or find yourself out of cigarettes, acknowledge yourself and yell “IT’S WORKING!”
And yes, I want you to yell – even if you do it in your mind. I want you to get emotional about your acknowledgment of your successes! Physically - getting emotional creates a shower of the proper neuropeptides for our health! Spiritually – we are recognizing the Power Within and how It works through us!
Affirm: All the cells of my body are daily bathed in the perfection of my divine being.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Day 28
Another good day to pray:
Radiant Life is expressing throughout the Universe – always has been, always will. This Life is GodLife … direct Source Energy. It is flowing in and through all things, including me.
I focus on GodLife as It moves through my body and the body of my affairs. As It moves though, it heals and nurtures. As It moves through I realize It is a never- ending fountain of Good. I can not get away from It, because It is who I am.
I now declare I am in perfect health. There is nothing wrong with me that changing my belief about myself and my Good won’t heal. All of my “history” of dis-ease is now released. I live in this moment, and in this moment I am whole.
I breathe deeply anchoring this Truth. I am healthy! My body, my finances, my relationships and my word are healthy. I am an excellent outpicturing of God in Action. I am so grateful to be consciously aware of this Truth. I know God is all there is – and where God is all is well. I accept my wellness with Grace.
I release these words into the Law of Mind, knowing they are already done. And so it is.
Radiant Life is expressing throughout the Universe – always has been, always will. This Life is GodLife … direct Source Energy. It is flowing in and through all things, including me.
I focus on GodLife as It moves through my body and the body of my affairs. As It moves though, it heals and nurtures. As It moves through I realize It is a never- ending fountain of Good. I can not get away from It, because It is who I am.
I now declare I am in perfect health. There is nothing wrong with me that changing my belief about myself and my Good won’t heal. All of my “history” of dis-ease is now released. I live in this moment, and in this moment I am whole.
I breathe deeply anchoring this Truth. I am healthy! My body, my finances, my relationships and my word are healthy. I am an excellent outpicturing of God in Action. I am so grateful to be consciously aware of this Truth. I know God is all there is – and where God is all is well. I accept my wellness with Grace.
I release these words into the Law of Mind, knowing they are already done. And so it is.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Day 27
Sometimes when we’re not feeling well, we forget to nurture ourselves. We struggle to do what we think others want us to do—or what we think we should do according to our “to do lists.”
Today is a day to nurture our boundaries. If you don’t have any – set some! If you have some, but haven’t honoured them – then do that.
Cross out the “to do’s” and do something that nurtures your soul. Have you spent time in your sacred space lately? How about letting Mother Nature nurture you with a walk in the nearest treed space? How about a long soak in the tub? Or just lay on the couch with a cup of tea, a book or your favourite funny movie.
Give your Self permission to nurture you today. Anywhere you are, what ever you do, acknowledge it as sacred space and time.
Affirm: I celebrate the healing processes taking place within me. I relax and let Spirit do the work.
Today is a day to nurture our boundaries. If you don’t have any – set some! If you have some, but haven’t honoured them – then do that.
Cross out the “to do’s” and do something that nurtures your soul. Have you spent time in your sacred space lately? How about letting Mother Nature nurture you with a walk in the nearest treed space? How about a long soak in the tub? Or just lay on the couch with a cup of tea, a book or your favourite funny movie.
Give your Self permission to nurture you today. Anywhere you are, what ever you do, acknowledge it as sacred space and time.
Affirm: I celebrate the healing processes taking place within me. I relax and let Spirit do the work.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Day 26
Yesterday I mentioned that I believe our pain has a message for us and that most pain comes from the resistance to that inner message that is working its way into our conscious mind.
Sometimes this pain comes about because we have asked (and asked and asked) the Universe “WHY!! Why am I experiencing this? Why did I bring this into my life? What is the purpose for this illness?” and then when the answer comes, we turn away from it.
Here is a wonderful affirmation from Rev. Gloria Diamond Conley, United Centers for Spiritual Living online teacher and Education Director for the Global Heart Spiritual Center in Santa Rosa, CA.
Everything I experience is teaching me what I need to know
in order to release what I need to release
in order to experience the good
that is already mine!
Thank God!
Sometimes this pain comes about because we have asked (and asked and asked) the Universe “WHY!! Why am I experiencing this? Why did I bring this into my life? What is the purpose for this illness?” and then when the answer comes, we turn away from it.
Here is a wonderful affirmation from Rev. Gloria Diamond Conley, United Centers for Spiritual Living online teacher and Education Director for the Global Heart Spiritual Center in Santa Rosa, CA.
Everything I experience is teaching me what I need to know
in order to release what I need to release
in order to experience the good
that is already mine!
Thank God!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Day 25
Are you passionate about being healthy?
If you’ve answered yes – and I hope you did - then I ask you this question – do you spend as much time mentally and emotionally on your health as you do on your dis-ease? Our bodies respond faster to our thoughts than any thing else. In fact, we could say that our bodies are “thick thought!”
If we spend 5 minutes in prayer regarding our health, and then 24 hours and 55 minutes complaining, talking, or thinking about it, which do you think the Universe is going to respond to? The Universe always responds to our dominant thoughts – that which we think about the most.
You might be thinking .. “You don’t know how much pain I’m in – how can I think of anything but that?” I’m going to suggest something to you that might be scary …. If all you can think about is pain - go into it! It has a message for you. And I know from experience that a lot of my pain came from resistance to getting that message. AND I also know that at the center of pain is stillness.
Try this… if there is a painful place in your body, breathe deeply and let yourself go right into that pain … for a moment you will find yourself really focusing on the feeling of pain, and let yourself go past that … keep going into that pain until you find its center. You will find the place that is Spirit – with no pain, no dis-ease. Rest in that place for a few moments. Then consciously pay attention to what it feels like to be free of the feeling of pain. Now ask what your message is. If you can, make a decision about that message. (ie: if the message is to let in Love, then your decision is about how you will do that). Rest easily again for a few moments in that stillness and again feel what it feels like to be free of pain. Let it be your intention to be pain free always. Breathe deeply to anchor this experience and your intention and let it go.
Now you have set your mind at a place where it remembers what it is to be pain-free. When ever you are feeling ill, go back to that place. The more you do, the more you will experience it in your physical being. Each time you have periods of being pain-free, acknowledge the work you have done! You will see that those periods become longer and longer.
I KNOW for all of us, that we are getting better and better every day!
If you’ve answered yes – and I hope you did - then I ask you this question – do you spend as much time mentally and emotionally on your health as you do on your dis-ease? Our bodies respond faster to our thoughts than any thing else. In fact, we could say that our bodies are “thick thought!”
If we spend 5 minutes in prayer regarding our health, and then 24 hours and 55 minutes complaining, talking, or thinking about it, which do you think the Universe is going to respond to? The Universe always responds to our dominant thoughts – that which we think about the most.
You might be thinking .. “You don’t know how much pain I’m in – how can I think of anything but that?” I’m going to suggest something to you that might be scary …. If all you can think about is pain - go into it! It has a message for you. And I know from experience that a lot of my pain came from resistance to getting that message. AND I also know that at the center of pain is stillness.
Try this… if there is a painful place in your body, breathe deeply and let yourself go right into that pain … for a moment you will find yourself really focusing on the feeling of pain, and let yourself go past that … keep going into that pain until you find its center. You will find the place that is Spirit – with no pain, no dis-ease. Rest in that place for a few moments. Then consciously pay attention to what it feels like to be free of the feeling of pain. Now ask what your message is. If you can, make a decision about that message. (ie: if the message is to let in Love, then your decision is about how you will do that). Rest easily again for a few moments in that stillness and again feel what it feels like to be free of pain. Let it be your intention to be pain free always. Breathe deeply to anchor this experience and your intention and let it go.
Now you have set your mind at a place where it remembers what it is to be pain-free. When ever you are feeling ill, go back to that place. The more you do, the more you will experience it in your physical being. Each time you have periods of being pain-free, acknowledge the work you have done! You will see that those periods become longer and longer.
I KNOW for all of us, that we are getting better and better every day!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Day 24
This morning I woke with a backache. Those that know me, know that over the years (since I had a car accident in 1975) I have experienced times of great pain because of my back. The last time was about two years ago, when I woke to find myself twisted and in excruciating pain. I hadn’t fallen, bent over wrong, or done anything to cause it that I knew of. After months at the chiropractor, my spine was straight again, and I have felt stronger than ever.
Today I found my mind filling will fear. What if that horrible experience is coming back? What if I’m not as healthy as I think I am? What is something else is wrong?
When I noticed what I was doing mentally, I realized I’d better change my thinking – fast!!
I sat in meditation which led me to doing some yoga stretches. While I did them, I complimented my back for being strong, for carrying me through my days. I blessed my spine for keeping my nervous system protected. I gave my body love. While I was doing these things, I felt myself calming down, and becoming relaxed on all levels. At this moment, my back feels wonderful!!
Ernest Holmes wrote that we should focus on the results we want not on the appearances! Yet sometimes it’s hard not to focus on what ‘is’ at the moment. Those thoughts I was having were not new ones either … I’ve been there before.
This was such a clear example for me of the energy I radiate – I felt heavy and distressed when I was considering possibilities I wouldn’t like …. And I felt so much lighter when I changed my mind!
How about you? How easy is it becoming for you to recognize when you are contributing to the situation with your thoughts? Let’s let Spirit help us, so we can more quickly change our minds!
Affirm: Divine Mind now assists me in gently moving back into thinking thoughts for my highest good.
Today I found my mind filling will fear. What if that horrible experience is coming back? What if I’m not as healthy as I think I am? What is something else is wrong?
When I noticed what I was doing mentally, I realized I’d better change my thinking – fast!!
I sat in meditation which led me to doing some yoga stretches. While I did them, I complimented my back for being strong, for carrying me through my days. I blessed my spine for keeping my nervous system protected. I gave my body love. While I was doing these things, I felt myself calming down, and becoming relaxed on all levels. At this moment, my back feels wonderful!!
Ernest Holmes wrote that we should focus on the results we want not on the appearances! Yet sometimes it’s hard not to focus on what ‘is’ at the moment. Those thoughts I was having were not new ones either … I’ve been there before.
This was such a clear example for me of the energy I radiate – I felt heavy and distressed when I was considering possibilities I wouldn’t like …. And I felt so much lighter when I changed my mind!
How about you? How easy is it becoming for you to recognize when you are contributing to the situation with your thoughts? Let’s let Spirit help us, so we can more quickly change our minds!
Affirm: Divine Mind now assists me in gently moving back into thinking thoughts for my highest good.
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