One of the members of our local Gratitude Group, *Beverly, has been interested in experimenting with Astral Travel, or Outer Body Projections, for a while. She experiences nightmares regularly, so was really excited to have the following dream last week:
Beverly said she became aware during her sleep that she was 'up off the bed, like floating above the bed'. In her dream she was fascinated and wondered how Astral Travelers moved about, and then she floated higher until just below the ceiling. She said she noticed yellow stains there and that she'd never noticed any yellow stains there before. As she was hovering there, her brother *Ron, who shares her apartment and is also interested in Astral Travel, came into the room and they exchanged greetings. She said he appeared three dimensional, but was not solid, more like a hologram. As he left the room, she wanted to stop him to exchange a sign so they would know without doubt that this was not a dream, but in fact an out of body experience. But she was unable to control her movements and her brother left the room. She then floated off into the night sky and alighted on a rooftop, of which she recalled the concrete being very cold.
In the morning, Beverly, wanting to prove that she'd been Astral Traveling, asked her brother if he remembered coming into her room during the night, but he had no recollection of.
There were different opinions among the group to explain Beverly's experience and as nobody knows the answer for sure, any of these explanations may serve Beverly. One was that she was dreaming a dream of desire. Her desire to Astral Travel is so strong that she achieves it in her sleep. Another idea was that she had in fact had an ethereal experience that none of us were qualified to judge. She left her body and went into the sky. The fact that her brother didn't remember it, doesn't mean it didn't happen.
At the Gratitude Group, we often delve into deep topics such as this. It's all about increasing our awareness of ourselves as spiritual beings in temporary physical bodies. The group is open to everyone and all are welcome, however only a small group of people are vibrating at the level that makes them want to search for 'the answers'. We can speculate and theorize as much as we like, but until we die, we won't have all the answers.
A famous Aussie, Kerri Packer, who experienced a near death experience, said he went to other side and there was nothing there. He should have qualified his statement by saying that 'he was not aware that there was anything there'.
*Names are changed for privacy reasons.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
How Can We Really Forgive Others?
One of the members of my local Gratitude Group, *Helen, is struggling with her relationship. Her man had sex with another woman, but she says she wishes to forgive him and make the relationship work. She said her boyfriend feels guilt for his actions to the point that it's really eating him up and he sometimes appears suicidal.
All members present gave their thoughts, advice and hugs to her, but somehow I'm not sure she heard what she wanted to hear.
When we forgive, we release the past and are able to move forward in a loving, non-conditional way. This is easier said than done because we are emotional creatures. What may sometimes hold us back though, is our own pain. Notice what those words say? Own Pain. You own it.
True forgiveness requires the non-attachment to the deed. Helen owns the pain because she is attached to the deed. I'm wondering if perhaps Helen is making her man feel guilty for his actions by going through the motions of the pain. Hmmm, let me rephrase that tricky concept.
Helen is angry. Who wouldn't be? Her trust has been betrayed. Does she want to remain in the anger state because it makes her feel better? Anger feels better than sadness, because it's further up the vibratory scale. By making him feel guilty, she is getting acknowledgment of the betrayal. Constantly. She's not going to let him forget this and go do it again. To forgive doesn't suggest that it's ok for him to betray Helen's trust, but it releases them both from the past and allows them to start over and move forward.
It was suggested to Helen that she might be trying to hang on to this relationship because she gets something from it that she can't provide herself at the moment. Maybe this relationship serves her self esteem? If she doesn't keep this man, maybe no other man will come along? Of course that's not true, but in Helen's emotional state she doesn't like the truth. Of course there are men out there who would never stray from her gentle loving arms, given the chance to be held by her.
Helen needs to work on her own self, to make herself emotionally, spiritually, financially, physically and socially complete. Once she's complete, people can enter her life as a complement and leave when they please without hurting her.
Find Your Passion - Live Your Dreams!
*Real names have been changed for privacy reasons.
All members present gave their thoughts, advice and hugs to her, but somehow I'm not sure she heard what she wanted to hear.
When we forgive, we release the past and are able to move forward in a loving, non-conditional way. This is easier said than done because we are emotional creatures. What may sometimes hold us back though, is our own pain. Notice what those words say? Own Pain. You own it.
True forgiveness requires the non-attachment to the deed. Helen owns the pain because she is attached to the deed. I'm wondering if perhaps Helen is making her man feel guilty for his actions by going through the motions of the pain. Hmmm, let me rephrase that tricky concept.
Helen is angry. Who wouldn't be? Her trust has been betrayed. Does she want to remain in the anger state because it makes her feel better? Anger feels better than sadness, because it's further up the vibratory scale. By making him feel guilty, she is getting acknowledgment of the betrayal. Constantly. She's not going to let him forget this and go do it again. To forgive doesn't suggest that it's ok for him to betray Helen's trust, but it releases them both from the past and allows them to start over and move forward.
It was suggested to Helen that she might be trying to hang on to this relationship because she gets something from it that she can't provide herself at the moment. Maybe this relationship serves her self esteem? If she doesn't keep this man, maybe no other man will come along? Of course that's not true, but in Helen's emotional state she doesn't like the truth. Of course there are men out there who would never stray from her gentle loving arms, given the chance to be held by her.
Helen needs to work on her own self, to make herself emotionally, spiritually, financially, physically and socially complete. Once she's complete, people can enter her life as a complement and leave when they please without hurting her.
Find Your Passion - Live Your Dreams!
*Real names have been changed for privacy reasons.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
What is Love?
When we say are 'in love', what we're saying is that we feel good about the person we are 'in love with', or we vibrate on the same level as that person. That is the kind of love most people think of when they talk about love, but there is a more profound love that we all have access to if we choose.
When we know who we are, we can know what we want. When we can define what we want, we can place our order to the shopping centre of the universe.
At our local Gratitude Group I ask members to write on a piece of paper a topic they'd like to discuss. Then we place all the topics in a Topic Box and randomly draw the topic of the day.
This week's topic was 'The Self'. When someone asks us who we are, you usually give them our job title or relationship, such as “I'm a builder,” or “ I'm Susan's husband”. This is not who we are. We are spiritual beings living in physical bodies. The Self is the I AM. It doesn't do anything, it just 'is'. We are meant to be human beings, but in this busy world we've attached ourselves to, we've become human doings instead of beings.
When we're purposefully grateful, we feel bliss because we have tapped into the only thing that truly exists – love.
If you can stop and 'be' , you'll find the true self and feel the love.
Try this: Go somewhere quiet and beautiful. If you aren't able to go to such a place physically, close your eyes and go there with your imagination. Observe and appreciate the nature around you; the birds, the sun/moon, breeze, rain. Now close your eyes and feel the hug of universal love energy. That is 'The Self', the 'I AM'. Now, ask yourself again, 'Who am I?
When you're in the state of love, tell the universe exactly what you want. It's much more likely to hear you and pay attention when you're vibratory state matches that of it's own.
Have an awesome week!
“Carry a portable paradise within you everywhere you go”, Yogananda
Friday, April 11, 2008
Pay Attention to Synchronicity- Gratitude Group
My mentor says there are three ways you can get a message from the universe:
1. Intuition. Slow down, screen out external noise and pay attention to your inner self, or else you'll need...
2. Synchronicity. Some call it coincidence, but there's a reason behind all 'coincidence'. If you don't get the message when synchronicity comes calling, then you might need the last resort...
3. The 2x4 plank. A wake up call that hits you over the head and forces you to pay attention. This might be a health scare that says stop or slow down, or it could be a failed relationship that forces you to do some work on your inner self, or it could be any number of things.
The Secret barely touches the surface of the information available about the Law of Attraction, but for many people, its a great start. I love The Secret. I played it at least daily for the first month I had it. Even though I'd started my study of The Law of Attraction through Bob Proctor's work years before The Secret was released, The Secret is simply positive, empowering messages to have around - far better than any radio or tv noise.
About a year ago I got an intuitive message from the universe that I should be holding a group meeting to draw like-minded people together. At that time, my partner wanted to take control of this idea and turn it into something else, something that was not ordered by the universe, so I dropped it. I recently got the intuition again, so I've organised a Gratitude Group. I placed an ad in the paper and received a good number of phone calls from interested people, all of whom turned up today for the first get-together.
Synchronicity
One of the ladies, Debbie, said she hadn't lived in the area very long, so didn't know it very well and wanted clear directions to get to the seaside park I'd chosen. She said "I live in Scarborough, close to Redcliffe," and I thought "Me too". Then she said, "I live in Princess Street," and I thought, "Me too". She continued, " I have the worst house in the street, but I love it," and I said, "No, I have the worst house in the street". She told me that her house was number 112, and mine being 183 I figured our houses were way apart.
The next day as I returned from a walk along the beach I looked across the road at a tiny old cottage which very recently had new people move in. I wondered if that might be Debbie's 'worst house in the street', and when I saw the number 112 on the mailbox I was surprised, because the street numbering was way out of whack. Debbie lived almost directly across the road from me! She was in her yard, so I went straight over and introduced myself and had a quick friendly chat. Debbie said she knew as soon as she saw me who I was, because I 'look like the kind of person who would hold a Gratitude Group'. Maybe it's the pink hair colour?
The first people to arrive today for our gathering joined me as I finished placing signs around the park. The next car to pull up was Debbie's, and I began to tell Mary and Ken about the coincidence of where Debbie and I lived in Princess Street. "We live in Princess Street, too," they both said together. It turned out that their place was on Debbie's side of the road, about ten houses in the other direction. So now there were five of us there, who all lived very close in the same street. When the next person arrived, I said, "Don't tell me... or go ahead and tell me that you live in Princess Street!"
Well, Ian didn't live in the same street but we had enough evidence that this group was a 'meant to be'. Everyone who read about it in the paper was meant to, and everyone who turned up was meant to. It's a great group, with people from diverse backgrounds with diverse information to offer -from those who've studied Quantum Physics and Metaphysics and Theology for years to someone who's just beginning their personal development journey and recently read 'The Secret'. We chatted happily for hours, until we went way 'overtime' and had to start making tracks.
I'd like to think that the group will grow and need to break up into smaller, more intimate groups. Furthermore, I'd like to think that people worldwide will begin holding Gratitude Groups and raise Cosmic Consciousness. If you'd like to start a group, I can help out with a little kit I've developed. Do you have a story about how purposeful gratitude has changed your life?
1. Intuition. Slow down, screen out external noise and pay attention to your inner self, or else you'll need...
2. Synchronicity. Some call it coincidence, but there's a reason behind all 'coincidence'. If you don't get the message when synchronicity comes calling, then you might need the last resort...
3. The 2x4 plank. A wake up call that hits you over the head and forces you to pay attention. This might be a health scare that says stop or slow down, or it could be a failed relationship that forces you to do some work on your inner self, or it could be any number of things.
The Secret barely touches the surface of the information available about the Law of Attraction, but for many people, its a great start. I love The Secret. I played it at least daily for the first month I had it. Even though I'd started my study of The Law of Attraction through Bob Proctor's work years before The Secret was released, The Secret is simply positive, empowering messages to have around - far better than any radio or tv noise.
About a year ago I got an intuitive message from the universe that I should be holding a group meeting to draw like-minded people together. At that time, my partner wanted to take control of this idea and turn it into something else, something that was not ordered by the universe, so I dropped it. I recently got the intuition again, so I've organised a Gratitude Group. I placed an ad in the paper and received a good number of phone calls from interested people, all of whom turned up today for the first get-together.
Synchronicity
One of the ladies, Debbie, said she hadn't lived in the area very long, so didn't know it very well and wanted clear directions to get to the seaside park I'd chosen. She said "I live in Scarborough, close to Redcliffe," and I thought "Me too". Then she said, "I live in Princess Street," and I thought, "Me too". She continued, " I have the worst house in the street, but I love it," and I said, "No, I have the worst house in the street". She told me that her house was number 112, and mine being 183 I figured our houses were way apart.
The next day as I returned from a walk along the beach I looked across the road at a tiny old cottage which very recently had new people move in. I wondered if that might be Debbie's 'worst house in the street', and when I saw the number 112 on the mailbox I was surprised, because the street numbering was way out of whack. Debbie lived almost directly across the road from me! She was in her yard, so I went straight over and introduced myself and had a quick friendly chat. Debbie said she knew as soon as she saw me who I was, because I 'look like the kind of person who would hold a Gratitude Group'. Maybe it's the pink hair colour?
The first people to arrive today for our gathering joined me as I finished placing signs around the park. The next car to pull up was Debbie's, and I began to tell Mary and Ken about the coincidence of where Debbie and I lived in Princess Street. "We live in Princess Street, too," they both said together. It turned out that their place was on Debbie's side of the road, about ten houses in the other direction. So now there were five of us there, who all lived very close in the same street. When the next person arrived, I said, "Don't tell me... or go ahead and tell me that you live in Princess Street!"
Well, Ian didn't live in the same street but we had enough evidence that this group was a 'meant to be'. Everyone who read about it in the paper was meant to, and everyone who turned up was meant to. It's a great group, with people from diverse backgrounds with diverse information to offer -from those who've studied Quantum Physics and Metaphysics and Theology for years to someone who's just beginning their personal development journey and recently read 'The Secret'. We chatted happily for hours, until we went way 'overtime' and had to start making tracks.
I'd like to think that the group will grow and need to break up into smaller, more intimate groups. Furthermore, I'd like to think that people worldwide will begin holding Gratitude Groups and raise Cosmic Consciousness. If you'd like to start a group, I can help out with a little kit I've developed. Do you have a story about how purposeful gratitude has changed your life?
Sunday, March 23, 2008
How Prayer Works
Thoughts become things. When you focus on your what you want in your life you're actually putting your order in to the universal shopping centre. The universe, after determining that you REALLY BELIEVE that the items on order are YOURS, then gets to work to try to deliver your goods. If your stuff hasn't arrived yet you might want to have a look at your beliefs. Most of us have a lot of belief blockers, collected over our lifetimes, that stop us from really believing we can have anything we want. The shopping cart could be at the checkout, but your blocks have blinded you and you think the cart is empty.
For example, you may be focusing on getting a new car. The universe has been bringing people into your life who can help you get the car, but you don't see the keys in their hands so you aren't receptive to them. Someone may offer you a job, but you don't realize the job will afford you to get a new car and you find a reason not to take the job. The car in the shopping cart was waiting for you, but you kept looking up the aisles with you blinkers on.
Is prayer the same as focus? I believe it is. You're giving something your attention. There is a difference though, and that is that most people pray in ernest and HOPE that their wishes will be granted. If you really want something, you have to BELIEVE it's waiting for you in the shopping cart of the universe, not just hope for it.
So now you're praying for, or focusing on, manifesting your desires. Imagine the power of a building full of devout religious people all praying for the same outcome. That's the power of one, multiplied! If you want to change the world, join or start a prayer group. You could have a group of people who all have the intention of attracting abundance into their lives. If you all meditate together on attracting abundance, the universe will see the HUGE shopping cart and fill it up for you.
Keep you ears, eyes and heart open for messages from the angels. There are no accidents or coincidences. You pray; you receive. God wants to give; you want to accept. The perfect relationship!
Have a beautiful day!
Barbie
For example, you may be focusing on getting a new car. The universe has been bringing people into your life who can help you get the car, but you don't see the keys in their hands so you aren't receptive to them. Someone may offer you a job, but you don't realize the job will afford you to get a new car and you find a reason not to take the job. The car in the shopping cart was waiting for you, but you kept looking up the aisles with you blinkers on.
Is prayer the same as focus? I believe it is. You're giving something your attention. There is a difference though, and that is that most people pray in ernest and HOPE that their wishes will be granted. If you really want something, you have to BELIEVE it's waiting for you in the shopping cart of the universe, not just hope for it.
So now you're praying for, or focusing on, manifesting your desires. Imagine the power of a building full of devout religious people all praying for the same outcome. That's the power of one, multiplied! If you want to change the world, join or start a prayer group. You could have a group of people who all have the intention of attracting abundance into their lives. If you all meditate together on attracting abundance, the universe will see the HUGE shopping cart and fill it up for you.
Keep you ears, eyes and heart open for messages from the angels. There are no accidents or coincidences. You pray; you receive. God wants to give; you want to accept. The perfect relationship!
Have a beautiful day!
Barbie
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Gratitude Group
I'm organising a local Gratitude Group in my area. The purpose of the group is to help people to focus on what is good in their lives (and not focus on the not-so-good). There are lots of benefits in purposeful gratitude, including improved health, relationships, and abundance. It's only natural that if you look at life from an awe perspective, you'll walk tall with a smile so big that people will wonder what you've got that they haven't. Be grateful for small things and you'll find more great things will be drawn to you like metal filings to a magnet. As Mike Dooley from 'The Secret' says, "Thoughts become things". I couldn't have said it better.
I'm expecting that the group will become popular and need to be split into many small intimate groups as it gains momentum.
Do you have an example of how something good has come your way as a result of being purposefully grateful? I'd love to share your story with my Gratitude Group to inspire them, particularly those who feel there is no way to get out of the hole they feel trapped in.
Today I'm grateful for:
The existence of blogs so I can share with you
My beautiful granddaughter who's growing her smarts very quickly
My old black cat and the people who didn't want to keep her any more
Great friends who love me unconditionally
My partner who helps me with tech stuff and provides for me
The sweetest watermelon I've even tasted
My close proximity to the ocean, living in the best place on earth
Trees. I love trees. Some of them are simply awesome, aren't they?
My wish for you is that you can find things to be grateful for; and gain a better understanding of Cosmic Consciousness, and in doing so, raising it.
Have an awesome day!
Barbie
I'm expecting that the group will become popular and need to be split into many small intimate groups as it gains momentum.
Do you have an example of how something good has come your way as a result of being purposefully grateful? I'd love to share your story with my Gratitude Group to inspire them, particularly those who feel there is no way to get out of the hole they feel trapped in.
Today I'm grateful for:
The existence of blogs so I can share with you
My beautiful granddaughter who's growing her smarts very quickly
My old black cat and the people who didn't want to keep her any more
Great friends who love me unconditionally
My partner who helps me with tech stuff and provides for me
The sweetest watermelon I've even tasted
My close proximity to the ocean, living in the best place on earth
Trees. I love trees. Some of them are simply awesome, aren't they?
My wish for you is that you can find things to be grateful for; and gain a better understanding of Cosmic Consciousness, and in doing so, raising it.
Have an awesome day!
Barbie
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