An anecdotal story that illustrates how our inner world is reflected in the things and environments around us. New beginnings, new perspectives, a new life can be sparked by slight external adjustments. Changes made externally are catalysts for shifts inwardly and vice versa. I’ve capitalized the word Bureau here because it doesn’t have a proper name. Doing so may add to its impish pride. The arrival A few years ago, I responded to a ‘free-cycle’ listing for an antique Bureau. There was an outpouring of interest; however, the elderly owner had chosen only me to look at the vintage item. …
Places of Power: Live as an Authentic Example
While clearing my home, I recently came across an old children’s book titled Places of Power by Michael Demunn. An authentic example of how to power up by living in connection with your source energy. It is a beautifully illustrated book that explains how all people can discover places where they feel close to their “maker.” In these powerful places, one feels protected and can sense, hear and see the messages for them. How much time do you spend in a place of power? For most people, time spent in these environments is not nearly enough to be life-sustaining. (Excerpt taken from …
Ho’oponopono Adapted Prayer: An Effective Spiritual Practice
This adapted Ho’oponopono prayer adopts an energetic perspective to healing. It allows for all that is to be as it is without needing to analyze it or make it right through intellect or force. All that is required is understanding and accepting our powerful interconnected thread. Within this surrender, we may make the most effective use of our energetic powers. Practices for Transmutation (Excerpt taken from Blog: Personal Responsibility for Healing and Service to the Planet). A few effective practices transmute personal and collective energies for healing and “making right” imbalances within yourself, your relationships and the world around you. …
Mind Body Wellness: Beware of Illness Energy
The mind body wellness connection is always at work and too often in the direction of what is not desired. Just as everything created outside oneself has been fed energetically by thought and emotion, so has every ailment of the mind and body. To experience wellness, one must conjure the feelings associated with health and a pain-free existence. Yet, for many, their life experiences have been wired in an expectation of physical compromise and ill health. Whatever we focus on expands (Where Focus Goes Energy Flows! Focus & Create). For most, shifting focus toward one’s desired outcomes outside oneself feels …
Addiction to News: A Drug of Hate & Division
At this time in history, millions of people have saturated themselves in a barrage of sensationalized news content. There is an addiction to news and an increased propensity toward viewing and rehashing information that affirms one’s opinions and beliefs AND carries an emotional charge. The acts of reading or listening to emotionally charged information directly affect our physiology. These physiological responses sound an alarm within our nervous system and release the neurochemicals and stress hormones that cause us to react. According to our reptilian brain, it is a matter of life or death! However, they do not prime us for …
Personal Responsibility for Healing Self and the Planet
Isn’t it time that we recognize and appreciate that all humanity is bonded together by source energy?! Healing self and beyond requires you to take ownership of your source power. As we rest our thoughts upon our wishes of peace for ourselves, our families, and beyond, the truth of our innate interconnectedness is revealed. Any disruption of peace brought forth by outside influence is connected to aspects within us. Attending to and healing the conflict within is the single most effective way to bring greater harmony to all that exists outside of us. Ownership of Your Source Power “I’m part of this.” …
Use Higher Knowledge: A Rare Credible Source
All is not what it appears, and finding a credible source is often more difficult than simply collecting ‘facts.’ Come into the knowing of your larger purpose here: that of embodying the higher aspects of self. Here, we may come into unity with source energy and thus connectedness with each other. When you become distracted by an attitude, an opinion, or a position, you move further from this higher purpose. “Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos …
The Law of Attraction Manifestation: The Choice to Bless or Curse. Your Focus, Your Reality
What if you were capable of instant manifestation? Would your energy be a blessing or a curse? The law of attraction manifestation means that each of us uses our individual piece of source energy to co-create our lives, and the vibrations feed and add to the collective. If we can view our energetic contribution as neither right nor wrong, but simply life-supporting or life harming, then we may more consciously and deliberately decide the best use of our focus. Many life-harming vibrations have come from well-intended desires to assert “rightness.” Collectively, large groups of people have inflamed situations or caused …
How to Live the Happiest Life: Appreciation
Life is precious. Appreciation has the power to show us how to live the happiest life. All in creation is impermanent, so if you’re not feeling so good, know that conditions are destined to change, AND if you are feeling good, be sure and notice, appreciate and enjoy those moments, as those conditions will also change. Keep expectations positive. Change needn’t be scary. Trust that by releasing any attachments to keeping things the same, you allow yourself to embrace the goodness within each moment more fully. Nothing in the distance is worth missing the moment. While important for planning, future-focused …
How to Trust in Yourself by Finding Your Inner Compass
A key component for how to trust in yourself is finding your inner compass and maintaining a connection to it. The Solar Plexus is often referred to as the ‘seat of personal power. ‘Experiences in early childhood will largely influence one’s connection to this energy center. Energetic imbalances or ‘blocks’ may manifest in ways that negatively affect a person’s self-esteem, confidence, and feelings of personal power. Outwardly, one may express apathy, insecurity, or a seemingly opposite extreme of seeking power and control. Often this disconnection results in a lack of body awareness and diminishes the ability ‘to know’ based on …