letting go

In the process of building something new, we often have to let go of something old.

For me, letting go of my paste is a daily challenge. And while I am in the period of growth, attempting to stabilize the foundation and leap to the next destination, I am hesitant to throw anything out! I usually want to get to the next place and then look back and discard what I don't want.

But, sometimes, I have to let go in order to leap as that thing that I think is a part of my stability is actually a weight around my shoulders!

Today, I let go and release the past and open up to the new.

Shock and Spirit

Shock separates the ego from the spirit. The ego retreats in fear, teaching that the spirit is stronger and a more capable leader.

Many times over the past month, I've been shocked. Shock comes from both pleasant and unpleasant surprises. And the result is that I feel myself thrown off. If it is a pleasant shock, I dread the thought of returning to normal life, and if it is an unpleasant shock, I swing to the other extreme of not wanting to face the issue.

In both situations, it is the ego which has retreated from being the lead, directing the boat, calling the shots. When pleasantly surprised, the ego snaps back in denial, and in unpleasant ones, it snaps back in fear. And in both cases, what I am left with is pure spirit exposed and left alone to face the shock.

What happens in time is that the spirit learns that it is stronger than the ego. It is able to remain steady in the storms of life and stops letting the ego take control.

Today, I respond with grace to the shocks of life. My spirit has taught me to be at peace in all situations.

Intentions are like Butterflies!

Intentions evolve through stages like the butterfly, transforming from egg to caterpillar shedding skin to cocoon to winged miracle!

We start to manifest new realities through stages. We begin with the egg stage, where the desire and intention is sparked. We progress to the caterpillar stage where we shed many layers as we grow - attracting nutrients and digesting them and expelling them. And then we go into the cocoon stage where the most amazing transformation takes place. Then, bursting forth, we take flight as a butterfly, the metamorphosis complete, our intention made manifest.

Today I embrace the stage in which I am creating my intentions, some as eggs, some as butterflies!

Seeds of Desire

Just got off a great conference call with Maria Cristini and her Keys to Living tele-course, "Sparking Desire."

The phrase, "Seeds of desire" came up and really sparked something for me. Desire is a seed, with a whole lotta potential. We can choose to ignore it or give attention to it and plant it. And once planted, we can ignore it or choose to nurture it. And if planted and nurtured, we can then tend to the plant or let it strive on its own. We always have the choice of bringing life energy through focus or not.

What is one thing I can do to bring life to my desire? What is stopping me from doing that today?

Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment - Collier

Share!

Share your hopes and dreams! Two minds are infinitely better [at manifesting intention] than one!

As a child, I was always struck by the pastor quoting the bible about "two ore more are gathered in my name..." I had a feeling there was something powerful about that principle. It wasn't until decades later in a yoga class I felt the powerful calm energy of the entire class chanting "om" that I recognized what it meant.

Focused minds create powerful realities. And when a group of people, two or more, are focused on the same intention, the power increases exponentially, not just multiplied by two, but more along the lines of being squared.

Today, I share and pass on the hopes and dreams I have knowing those who join me are accelerating their being made manifest.

It's raining today...

Rain cleanses and nourishes - today's showers give us the chance to release the past and feed the intentions we have planted.

The rain is often associated with our emotions. And a rain shower represents our emotions being cleansed. Today's rain in San Francisco is a huge downpour and an opportunity to see the universe as energetically clearing us and preparing us for something far greater.

Today, I let the rain cleanse my soul. And let the water nourish the purified intentions I have set forth in my life.

Redwood Seed Sized Intention

An intention is like an itty-bitty redwood seed... the universe will nourish it and let it grow into a 300-foot TITAN!!!

When a seed is planted it begins to change, both itself and everything around it. It begins to draw to it the water and nutrients in the ground. The water and nutrients were already there, the seed simply attracted them and used them to create something new.

Our intention is like a seed being planted. All that it needs to be made manifest is already there, and by making our intention, we begin attracting all the elements it needs to become reality.

I plant a seed today and trust the universe to bring it to life!

imagination leads to reality!

Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions. - Albert Einstein

Our imagination goes beyond what is realistically possible to dream up new realities. As the imagination immerses itself into this new reality it magnetically calls out to the energies that eventually begin to bring that vision into reality.

Today, my imagination is previewing a whole new world of positivity!

Every intention sets into motion a new reality.

Every time we set an intention, we are planting a seed. The seed, like those of a redwood tree, may be very small indeed. But once planted, it begins to change. It begins to attract water and nutrients and begins to sprout into a tree. That tiny seed becomes the tallest of all living organisms on the planet.

So too is it with our intentions. Like tiny seeds, planted in our subconscious, they begin change. They begin to attract the energetic forces necessary to sprout and given time will grow into the most magnificent realities of life.

Plant a seed today - set an intention!

Change thoughts - Change realty!

By changing our thoughts and images we literally change our reality!

Our brain creates neural patterns to match our thought patterns. This is why we eventually begin doing things on auto-pilot. We don't have to think how are we going to put on our jeans, we just put them on. The thought habit had been established.

Some of these thought habits are negative, contradictory or at best, confusing. "I can't", "I donno", "I don't believe it", are some of the common thought habits that we follow unconsciously in life.

The good news is that we can change our thoughts at any time. We can create new thought patterns and new thought habits. New neural connections are made simply by repeating an affirmation, "I think I can," said the little train.

Change our thoughts, change the images we hold, and we change our reality!

Ring in the new year!

Ring in the new year!

Bells have the unique ability to clear the energy of a space. Their tone literally vibrates the agitated energies into alignment and create a calm and clear energy.

So let's ring in the new year with a few real bells and clear the air and space to start the new year in peace!