1. In the new year, you show up in the Dance of Life: more arm flailing, kicking higher, more gyrating in your swivel hips!
2. Your “thinking mind” morphs from — spaced-out to spaciousness.
3. You’re no longer willing to wait until you get the car, job or perfect mate to be happy. You are happy now!
4. You realize Life is but a dream and you can awaken any time. SO, you WAKE UP and refuse to take everything so seriously.
5. You stop trying to get more of what you don’t really want.
6. Every time you see the morning sun in 2012, you are reminded of your own Powerful Radiance.
7. You realize the inner conflict created by a need to define every experience as a bad experience or a good one!
8. You fall in love with your voice: the tone of it, the truth of it and the quality of your words.
9. You cultivate a friendship with your emotions. You welcome them in as guests when they arrive and send them on their way when they bore you.
10. You realize and celebrate the fact that you are not separate from the bum on the street, the polluted river, your enemy or from GOD.
11. You have a deeper appreciation for the fact that you can be a TEACHER, a FOOL, a SAINT and a LOVER all in one day.
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Read more1. You try beyond measure to get life right!
2. You’ve made amazing sacrifices for your children and you powerfully protect your loved ones.
3. You yearn for freedom in a complicated world.
4. You live with disappointment, but keep moving forward.
6. You have an unbelievable capacity to heal from betrayals and broken hearts.
7. You’ve lost loved ones and have learned to live with the void.
8. You don’t always get the affection or recognition you deserve, but you continue on anyway.
13. You love a good laugh.
14. You dance with fear of the unknown, old age and catastrophic illness.
15. You live with the questions: “Who is God?” and “What is the meaning of Life and Death?”
To experience the wonderment of beauty and balance in the present moment, she must transform her view of all past misfortune.
The circumstances and people involved in her past misfortune cannot be changed.
The only thing that can be changed is the host of negative feelings that arose from the circumstances or people involved in the misfortune. Until the negative states are transformed, they require continual self-justification, a process which blinds her to the present moment.
If her small mind continues to cling to resentment and bitterness that resulted from past misfortune, she will never meet any present moment from a place of wonderment and beauty.
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Fear can teach you about what is holding you back from making your dreams a reality. Use these six habits to learn how to either dance or fight with fear and move ahead anyway.
1. Know what fear feels like for you! Think about a current situation in your life which you consider to be threatening or an obstacle. Do you have a dark, uncomfortable clenching in your heart or gut when pondering a certain obstacle or does your mind chatter simply kick in with suggestions of why you cannot do a thing? Or, do you dwell on the consequences if something unwanted should happen?
Knowing how fear shows up for you will promote the self-honesty needed to know exactly what causes you to go into fear mode.
2. Know exactly what scares you: flying, driving on the freeway, quitting a job you know is making you sick, writing that book, taking your business to the next level, losing all your money or death itself.
Once you get clear on the source of the fear, you’ve already begun to free yourself.
3. Always ask yourself, “Do I want to allow this fear to rule my life and prevent me from finding success?” It’s important to remember–it is your choice!
4. Remember that the negative state of fear is NOT you; fear is a heavy feeling state that keeps you from seeing your own beautiful Light, as fog on a dreary day blocks out the sun. Fear is an illusion and only a powerful dragon if you keep on feeding it year after year.
5. Act like your heroes. Who are your heroes and role models: Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle Obama, J.K. Rowling, Benjamin Franklin or someone who excels in your line of work? Emulate them!!
6. Fight for yourself, but as the great icon of martial arts, Bruce Lee says, “The greatest mistake is to anticipate the outcome…you ought not to be thinking of whether it will end in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.”
Keep your focus on the what and the how will take care of itself!
Taking action is the only way forward.
Read moreSix things your parents forgot to tell you, probably because no one told them when they were small:
1. We love you!
2. You are lovable.
3. We really wanted YOU!
4. You are perfect just the way you are; you don’t have to change anything about yourself to please the world.
5. You can be or do anything you wish!
6. We will always protect you.
Close your eyes now and speak these words to the little child in you.
Go beyond ancient traditions of using plants only for healing compresses and teas.
2. Focus in on one plant in your field of vision. You don’t have to go far. Look out a window or step out the door. The plant can be a tree, shrub, potted plant or even a seedling growing out of a crack in the sidewalk! See the plant and create an experience of it in the noticing. Even if the plant is way over there, you can notice the color, shape and imagine the texture of it.
3. Connect your breath with the plant. Take a couple of deep breaths. Imagine you can see the plant pulsing with breath and life, because then you will be able to engage its healing properties.
4. Ask for what you want from this plant! You can do this because you are aware of your own particular symptoms of stress. Close your eyes and create an internal experience of the plant reaching out to you vibrationally and releasing you of tension you’ve held in your body.
Smile! Feel free. Feel blessed!
Note: In 1984, Roger Ulrich, PhD at Texas A&M completed a study of two groups of patients in hospitals. One group had windows in their room looking out onto other buildings; the other had windows looking out over a grove of trees. The patients with windows with a view of nature had shorter lengths of stay, had better moods, developed fewer complications from surgery and took less medication.
5. A quick thank you to the plant would be nice, although the plant expects nothing from you!
We share our planet with all things growing from the Earth. We depend on plants for many things: for food, to feed the animals that are raised for food and to create beauty. This is one more way plants serve us!
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Visualization is like a prayer with pictures! Powerful!!1. Sit quietly, comfortably, eyes closed and take three deep breaths while you relax your shoulders downwards.
2. Find the blank screen behind your forehead and aim your inner eye right up there.
3. Create an action shot with your imagination on the screen as it relates to the health issue. If the issue is cancer, see the invader cells as being eaten up by little pigs who just love garbage. If the situation involves an autoimmune disease, send the white blood cells back to “immune school” to re-educate themselves so they don’t attack body parts! IF the problem is some G.I. distress, see the entire intestinal tract as a river of rainbow colored light flowing with ease and artistry. Whatever the health issue, personalize your visual imagery!
4. Don’t try too hard! Relax in faith that there lives within a most talented healer. In gratitude, open your eyes and go about your day feeling blessed!
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Everyone has moments of feeling like a loser!
Even Lady Gaga shared that she still feels like a loser even with all of her success. She stated, “I sometimes feel like a loser still, you know, it’s crazy because we’re at the Garden but I still sometimes feel like a loser in high school. And i just pick myself up and tell myself I’m a superstar every morning so I can get through the day and be what my fans need me to be.”
Every person you know has their moments of feeling: not good enough, like an outsider, inept and unattractive.
You may not be a fan of Lady Gaga, but she IS a winner.
You may also need to talk to yourself everyday and remind yourself that you CAN DO! You are a winner. You can achieve your goals! Zig Ziglar, the legendary motivational and performance coach says:
People often say motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it everyday!
You have your personal goals. You are superstar. Be f***ing awesome!
Be what your fans need you to be!
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1. NEVER seek resolution in a conflict!
2. Never ask forgiveness of those you may have offended.
3. Don’t bother to ask for help, a hug or a hand.
4. DO not ever say what needs to be said to the other.
5. Turn to powdered donuts in every crisis.
6. Avoid exercise at all costs!
7. Regard the clock as your fiercest enemy.
8. Avoid spending leisurely time alone.
9. DO NOT read books.
10. Don’t speak kindly of others. Gossip!
11. Procrastinate like a maestro.
12. NEVER try something new!
13. Resist looking to yourself as a source of Joy.
14. Live under the illusion that you must struggle with unhappy thoughts.
15. Keep an inventory about what you do not want in life!
16. NEVER arise an hour before the alarm goes off!
17. DO not trust yourself with positive self-talk.
18. Shun Nature as a healer!
19. Never sow spiritual seeds.
20. Disregard your measureless power!
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1. SQUEEGEE MEDITATION After your shower everyday, you use a squeegee on the glass doors, a tedious task which takes about 1.5 minutes. Make it a mini-meditation! As you squeegee the glass, have only kind thoughts or affirm these words, “I now see things clearly!” Just think, at the end of one year, that adds up to nearly nine hours of meditating!
2. MAILBOX MEDITATION DO this one everyday when you go outdoors to retrieve the mail; imagine you’ve shed your clothing and your mask on the way out! Feel the cleansing air around you, the sun on your face and the supportive Earth beneath your bare feet as you slowly head for the mailbox. Listen to the birds. Breathe! Feel free and unfettered! You know–present moment stuff for as long as it takes you to step out of your door and return!
3. POEM Memorization MEDITATION Find a poem that speaks to you! Copy it on a notecard and put it in your pocket. Memorize it while you are walking or waiting in line at the market. Example:
4. STINK BUG MEDITATION Sit with any insect for a few minutes and observe it with a neutral mind. Watch every small movement or its quiet stillness. Even ask the insect if you can become it for a moment and notice what that feels like, while you allow the insect to take on your human body for a little while!
5. BREATHING with YOUR PET MEDITATION Sit quietly with your cat or dog nearby and observe his relaxed breathing as he sleeps. Synochronize your breathing with his….
Make every instant sacred!
