Did you experience heaven today?

Too often heaven is thought of as some future destination. If that is what you wish to believe that's great for you. Some of us need to remember that we KNOW heaven is a state of mind. When we remember a great love affair, the birth of our children, a seemingly miraculous physical healing, or even a sexual encounter that not only left us breathless but aware of having stepped into another dimension - we experienced heaven. Heaven is communion with Infinite Love. It is a gift of the Creator intended to bless our souls. A loving parent gives their child/ren good gifts. The Creator gave us this one. We miss the experience when we make choices that lead us away from the Creator. Our day is full of making choices. Each time you choose, choose heaven. Your desire to be one with the Creator allows for more and more heaven in your life. Take each moment, be grateful for each moment and choose heaven each moment of your day.

Peace

The Idea of Lack

There is a prayer recited in every moment of giving in the church that I attend. This prayer says "that there is no lack or limitation in my life".We learn that, nothing is in our experience that did not begin as a thought. What are you thinking? New Thought writers often remind us that our lives begin with thought. `Whatever is created in our experience was first a thought in our minds. What we give much attention to - expands. So if you are always thinking about "lack" you are creating it and expanding it. You can't have anything but lack. I hear some of my friends say that they only think of great and wonderful things, but they don't count how often they discuss how bad everything is. Bad economy, bad education, bad relationships, some "bad" comments outpace good ones 10 to 1. You might know what a good mate would look like, but how often have you commented on bad ones?

Pay attention this week to the lack you are creating. You want better, imagine better, point out what you are grateful for this week and imagine more of that to come.,

There is no lack or limitation in our lives. We need to continue creating the good, stop all complaining of the bad and be grateful for what is presently good.

Shalom

my soul ponders: FEARLESS or FEARFUL

my soul ponders: FEARLESS or FEARFUL
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FEARLESS or FEARFUL

There is a popular quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt about fear. He says, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself, nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." (Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugrul Address, March 4, 1933.) I like the quote from Pallius in the first century, "What we fear comes to pass more speedily than what we hope". In other words what we give attention to really expands. Frederick Bailes talked about this in 1941 when writing Your Mind Can Heal You....When (someone) glimpses the truth that all the Universal Power flows through their body, they are able to to sit back in quiet assurance with a total absence of fear at the appearance of illness. For their fear has been created by a picture of themselves invaded by an enemystrong, cruel and merciless. What do you picture? How do you see your next year? Which is greater your fear pictures or your hopeful and promising pictures?

Fear is like a bad virus. At first it moves quietly into our psyche. After awhile it begins to fester and infect other thoughts and plans, until what might have been a great thing becomes something to frightening to even try. Sometimes we say that everything is good while we have just beyond the smile the thought of how it all can go terribly wrong. Living with hope and expectations of great things is healthy, wise and opens up things in us that can draw real life, joy, happiness and peace.

We shortchange our lives whenever we don't do all that is in us to do. Do you have a dream? Do you often wonder how much greater your life can be? Step out, get rid of fear. You know that FEAR is false evidence appearing real. Everything you need or want is available without fear.
Peace!

Lessons in Loss and Grieving

I was speakiing to a friend of mine yesterday and she was recounting the death of her dog. We had not been in touch for quite awhile because I had been away during the illness and final transition of my mother. My friend was obviously quite upset about her loss and I realized that what I had to share were the lessons I learned during my grieving process. There are many ideas about how to go through grief. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross wrote a book sbout the stages of grief and how to proceeed through each stage. My conversationos with others who have suffered loss seem to confirm there that there are definitely different periods and degrees of grieving.

We live in a society that spends a lot of time and money telling us how we should grieve and what our funeral traditions should be. I came home from my experience wanting to tell everyone that they should adopt a particular pattern for their grieving. What I have now learned is that none of us should determine how any of us should grieve. Even though I think the process should begin before the loss actually occurs, I no longer am willing to say that everyone can do that. So much of our behavior is attached to our experiences growing up and what we have been taught or have been socialized in. I will say that whatever way you decide to grieve - loss is loss. Whether it is a relative or pet, a friend or neighbor every loss takes something from us. That leaves us with the question of when will we see that loss as an experience for which to be grateful and the door to change in our lives. I so seldom get to see people glad that someone who was suffering (animal or person) has now moved to a better situation that relieves them of their painful life. Gratitude and great memories become the gift that plugs our loss. It may not be a perfect fit or replace the lost peice but it can be good and life renewing. Peace!

Lessons Learned in Loss

I was speaking to a friend on yesterday and she was recounting the death of her dog. We had not been in touch for quite awhile because I had been away during the illness and final transition of my mother. She was obvioiusly quite upset about her loss and I realized that what I had to share were the lessons I learned during my grieving process. There are many ideas about how to go through grief. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross wrote a book about the stages of grieving. My conversations with others who have suffered loss seems to confirm that there are definitely different periods

Tiger Woods acknowledges the need to return to his spiritual roots

The Saturday after Tiger's apology, I heard a news commentator remark that he was surprised to hear Tiger throw in that "stuff" about Buddhism. I do not know if the tone he used or the words he used were about the fact that it was a surpirse to him that Tiger was talking religion and spirituality or that Tiger had been raised a Buddhist? Either way, why should he have been surprised that Tiger would acknowledge that his behaviors were not in sync with his spiritual upbringing.

We are not separate from our spiritual selves. We would like to live as if our choices don't matter, and that we can do whatever we want without doing harm to our spiritual self. This is not possible. Some refer to this kind of living as being unconscious. Being unconscious does not mean that we don't do harm to our spirit when we ignore it. Tiger acknowledged the great harm done to his spirit and the need to find balance, or the need to come into alignment with his source.

I would hope that our commentators would take more seriously the need for anyone (star athlete or not) to acknowledge that they are more than the thing they do or the part they play. The more that persons acknowledge their need for balance, the more the world we live in will change. Imagine if each person really listened to their spirit and chose behavior that honored their spirit, the world would be a different place. Peace!