What is disappointment but an expected happening or event that fails to materialize. Without expectation how can there be disappointment?
We set ourselves up for possible disappointment every time we leave the security and reality of the present moment to pursue fantasy. Failure to receive those expected results, can lead to resentment which further disables our ability to allow abundance to flow in our lives.
Fantasy and daydreaming are useful in pointing out gaps, needs and wants in our present circumstances. Rather then remaining fixated on fantasy, use its cue to determine what feeling is missing in the now that is being sought in the then. When you become aware of fantasy's appearance, you can determine if it is appropriate to pursue in the present moment.
There is a manifesting meditation technique detailed in the Optimum Self eBook that trains you to concentrate on the feeling that you believe will result when the thing you desire finally arrives. For example, you may have a desire to acquire a new home, when what you really seek are the accompanying feelings of comfort and security.
When practicing this technique, the concentration is placed on the attainment of the feeling without forcing, allowing the universe to unfold and look after the details.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
Sweet Devotio...oh to what though?
Sweet Devotio...oh to what though?
Latin derivative devotio: (Christian) piety, devotion, zeal.
What are you devoted to? You're not devoted to anything you say? Check again. You're living it out right now.
What do you have a zeal for? Where is your heart?
Are you devoted to reality or merely an image of who you believe yourself to be? Are you the "good girl" or the "bad boy"? The hero? The martyr? The hipster? The loser? The adult-child? The caretaker? If you label others easily, chances are you've got the bug too.
Do you knowingly play a role or have you turned a more horrible corner so that now the role plays you? Do you move from role to role and call it growth while it is merely substitution?
Does the current role include accoutrements to be acquired and then more still? Do you understand why we have the word 'trappings'? Can you admire and enjoy things, then detach and let go, or does envy and covetousness creep into your heart easily?
Does the need to have and possess things lead to worrying about and keeping those things? Then finally becoming a slave to them. Are you a slave to or the master of things?
Do you understand clearly that it is the love of money (ergo things) that is the root of all evil and not money (hence things) itself? So just where is your heart? What are you devoted to?
Are you an adult who just can't, actually just refuses to conceive of yourself as an adult? Psssst...if you can hang on to the image that you are a child, then you never have to take on the responsibility of an adult. You can ride that one out indefinitely. You just have to find "the caretaker" and hope they don't grow up either!
To grow up, mature and ripen may require periods of aloneness. Only then are we ready to emerge and make genuine contact with another. The rose will open when ready. Leave it be. Aloneness is very different from loneliness. With loneliness there still remains a neediness, a childish cry for support. Be first alone, then you shall be prepared to meet another fully.
So just where is your heart? What are you devoted to? Where do you place your attention? What do you treasure the most?
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:19-21
Watch the ongoing battle between self-deception versus awakening to the fullness of who you actually are. Stop playing games and come to your senses!
This coming to one's senses, being who you truly are, involves pulling back the veil of illusion. Letting go of an image of yourself is not easy however once you start, life unfolds with a sweetness never known.
Explode into authenticity and richness of being. Begin to truly feel, taste and experience the world and others. Recognize your needs. Don't play roles/games to satisfy them. Be real before you demand the same of others. Say what you mean and mean what you say.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. How perfectly beautiful!
Latin derivative devotio: (Christian) piety, devotion, zeal.
What are you devoted to? You're not devoted to anything you say? Check again. You're living it out right now.
What do you have a zeal for? Where is your heart?
Are you devoted to reality or merely an image of who you believe yourself to be? Are you the "good girl" or the "bad boy"? The hero? The martyr? The hipster? The loser? The adult-child? The caretaker? If you label others easily, chances are you've got the bug too.
Do you knowingly play a role or have you turned a more horrible corner so that now the role plays you? Do you move from role to role and call it growth while it is merely substitution?
Does the current role include accoutrements to be acquired and then more still? Do you understand why we have the word 'trappings'? Can you admire and enjoy things, then detach and let go, or does envy and covetousness creep into your heart easily?
Does the need to have and possess things lead to worrying about and keeping those things? Then finally becoming a slave to them. Are you a slave to or the master of things?
Do you understand clearly that it is the love of money (ergo things) that is the root of all evil and not money (hence things) itself? So just where is your heart? What are you devoted to?
Are you an adult who just can't, actually just refuses to conceive of yourself as an adult? Psssst...if you can hang on to the image that you are a child, then you never have to take on the responsibility of an adult. You can ride that one out indefinitely. You just have to find "the caretaker" and hope they don't grow up either!
To grow up, mature and ripen may require periods of aloneness. Only then are we ready to emerge and make genuine contact with another. The rose will open when ready. Leave it be. Aloneness is very different from loneliness. With loneliness there still remains a neediness, a childish cry for support. Be first alone, then you shall be prepared to meet another fully.
So just where is your heart? What are you devoted to? Where do you place your attention? What do you treasure the most?
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:19-21
Watch the ongoing battle between self-deception versus awakening to the fullness of who you actually are. Stop playing games and come to your senses!
This coming to one's senses, being who you truly are, involves pulling back the veil of illusion. Letting go of an image of yourself is not easy however once you start, life unfolds with a sweetness never known.
Explode into authenticity and richness of being. Begin to truly feel, taste and experience the world and others. Recognize your needs. Don't play roles/games to satisfy them. Be real before you demand the same of others. Say what you mean and mean what you say.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. How perfectly beautiful!
Thursday, August 9, 2007
You are the author of your own story
Recently, Bill Harris sat down with Lisa Nichols from "The Secret". If you've seen Ms. Nichols her genuineness and joy are obvious. Below are some kep points discussed:
When we get - really get - that we are creating our story day by day, it instantly (and completely) shatters the belief that power is only outside ourselves.
Realize and reassert your strength by becoming aware of your thoughts and choosing what you focus on.
No longer choose to expend energy focusing on what you don't want.
1) Gratefulness is the starting point. Begin this moment to think of all you are grateful for. Don't minimize anything. Grateful that you have vision able to read this. Intelligence to understand these directions. And on and on.
2) Focus your mind on what else you'd be grateful for.
3) Take action! Take the most appropriate action you can think of - or model the actions of those that inspire you.
4) Make sure the action you take is in some way adding value to the lives of others.
Repeat 1-4 again - and again.
Step by step. It really is that simple in order to create a better story!
When we get - really get - that we are creating our story day by day, it instantly (and completely) shatters the belief that power is only outside ourselves.
Realize and reassert your strength by becoming aware of your thoughts and choosing what you focus on.
No longer choose to expend energy focusing on what you don't want.
1) Gratefulness is the starting point. Begin this moment to think of all you are grateful for. Don't minimize anything. Grateful that you have vision able to read this. Intelligence to understand these directions. And on and on.
2) Focus your mind on what else you'd be grateful for.
3) Take action! Take the most appropriate action you can think of - or model the actions of those that inspire you.
4) Make sure the action you take is in some way adding value to the lives of others.
Repeat 1-4 again - and again.
Step by step. It really is that simple in order to create a better story!
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