I was reminded the other day about the power of perception and joy in life during a conversation with a very conscious and deeply genius friend. And it recently played a huge role in how I felt after what most would call a bad start to the day.
I was woken up by extreme pain in my upper abdomen. It was a familiar feeling as I had felt it twice before but this time the pain just kept getting stronger and stronger. Being pregnant you would think I would be rushing to the hospital and if it was lower in the area of my uterus I would have been but I knew it wasn't the baby or anything to do with the baby. I had already talked to my doctor about this before and she said it was most likely my gallbladder and would probably have to be removed after I have the baby if the "attacks" continue. I later found out that about 4% of pregnant women start having issues with their gallbladder and that pregnancy can cause or make the condition worse.
So I lay on my bed as my husband is now getting up for work and looks at me helplessly and as he is not sure what he should do, he can tell I felt like I was being tortured. I reassured him that it's not the baby and I just have to get through it. Needless to say after an hour and half of vomiting from the pain and contracting, taking tylenol, and trying every position possible the pain started to subside. Of course immediately I get online to see if my symptoms are aligned with what my doctor said and they were, they are dead on. The exact words I was using to describe it to my husband were being used online to describe gallbladder attacks. So I educated myself on the condition while I lay in bed waiting until the pain decreased enough for me to go back to sleep. I armed myself with a whole list of things to do if it happens again and laid in bed researching alternative treatments.
After some scouring the internet and thinking, I started to feel really really good. I was a little blown away by this feeling at first but I felt so happy, I was on cloud 9. I started to pay attention to what I was thinking and feeling.
Despite just experiencing what some have described as the worst pain they have ever felt, I was extremely happy. I was focusing on the fact that I no longer felt the pain and was pain free. That I felt really warm and comfy in my awesome bed. I was also thinking about how lucky I was that even though I was woken up at 4am with pain and as 7am was rapidly approaching there was nothing I HAD to get out of bed for. That I would still be able to go back to sleep and get as much sleep as I needed. What a wonderful thought!
That led to all the amazing thoughts about my husband, how well he takes care of me, how he enables me to have such freedoms and he provides and fulfills all that I have ever needed and wanted physically and emotionally. I felt so free thinking about all these things. I felt so loved and blessed. My husband truly is my best friend, we talk about everything and anything. We share our day with each other every day, we respect each other, we give immensely to each other and love each other deeply. I don't know how I got "so lucky" but he truly is it all!
Then my thoughts went to on how wonderful my life is. How my relationship with my son continues to grow stronger and stronger, even my two cats are just amazing. And to top it all off we have a little miracle growing inside me, soon to expand our family and love.
I thought of how supportive and reliable my family is. I have a mother I can count on and will love me no matter what, a father who tries his hardest to be the best dad he can be, siblings who truly love me and lots and lots of other family that play significant roles in my life.
I thought of how many loving and caring friends I have. So many for so many different reasons and places in my life and how a lot of these relationships are really starting to bloom and grow. How friendships seem to evolve or dissipate according to my needs and desires in my life without me forcing anything.
I don't think I'm an exceptional person. I try my best to be my best. I work hard on myself, my perceptions, my beliefs, and how I relate to the world but I'm no angel. I have never intentionally hurt anyone and I would be there for anyone I know if they needed me and I was able to but I have my flaws, my weaknesses, my imperfections just like everyone else. How did I end up with such good stuff. Is it the work I do on myself constantly? The perceptions I hold?
I would like to continue down this path however I got here. Continue to enjoy the great things in life. I still have a lot of work to do and my focus could surely use some mastering but I am so grateful for this experience...... this life.
What could've been a very bad start to my day was an absolutely amazing one.
The power of perception!
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Losing weight by feeling good!
As I have always said, I believe weight loss is an inside job (in the mind), why can some people eat the greasiest most fattening foods and never gain an ounce and also never feel sick, while some people eat half of what most people eat and still gain weight. I know without a doubt that when you change subconscious beliefs and your vibration the outside reality automatically changes, no matter what actions are taken or not taken. It just naturally happens with no effort. So here is a excerpt from one of my favorite authors.
"What do you think metabolism is?
Knowing you look good, feeling great that you look good, knowing that they know you look good. Scene is over.
In other words, you must go that long . . . or you remember being dressed in something that you felt really good in, and you remember somebody else who you didn't even know, meeting you in an elevator and saying, "you are really beautiful in that." Scene is over.
You get a sense of it? In other words, you must find a little snatch . . . revel in it for a moment and leave. And what happens is you begin to activate that part of you so much, that now, even though a reality is different from what you are living, you have different things activated within you, so everything starts responding to you according to your different activation.
When you feel fat your food makes you fatter – it does! When you feel slender your food keeps you slender – it does!
You must understand that because you see people eating similarly with very different results, and you say, "oh yeah, it's their metabolism," and we say, what do you think metabolism is?!?
Metabolism is vibrational response to your moment in time. Metabolism is the way the energy is moving through your body, you see. And so *everything* is in response to the way that you feel.
Everything is.
Everything is mind over matter. Every disease is mental first. Everything is about thought. Everything is about vibration. Everything is about the way you feel. Practice scenarios that feel good, and never mind reality.
Reality is only a brief moment in time that you keep repeating."
Excerpted from the Abraham-Hicks workshop
And then I also found this article: 17 seconds to weight loss
Although I have a million Abraham-Hicks audio's I plan on saving to buy this one:
Abraham-Hicks teachings is one of my favorite because I can feel deep within that it is so very true for me. When I truly practice it, it has created absolute miracles in my life. Stuff that I would of bet millions of dollars on not happening, happened! I know without a doubt it was because of these practices. I belief we are all energy, we are all vibration. Just as when someone is vibrating high enough they affect the people around them, if I vibrate high enough it affects the food I eat, no matter what I eat. Our thoughts are more poisonous than any food we can put into our bodies and I know this. I have studied stories of people who had every odd against them in disease and sickness but when they changed their thoughts they got better and incurable diseases left their bodies. Why is laughter the best medicine? Because it increases our vibration dramatically, creating healing and clearing, no matter what is physically happening. I'm not trying to discount nutrition, to each his own and I myself want to find a healthy balance but I disagree with all that I am that in order to be healthy we must have a strict diet of the best foods. I know this is false, it doesn't make sense vibrationally, mentally, or spiritually (at least not for me). For those that believe in it, then it will work and will be necessary. I myself do not. I believe that if I have a healthy vibration my body will naturally find all that it needs and will create desires within me for what it needs without me having to restrict or limit myself.
We may never know for sure, I know my biggest challenge is activating a healthy slender vibration within myself when I don't even think I know what that feels like. But I am willing to put my attention on feeling good, instead of feeling limited.
I am however exercising again now that I am able to. Exercising makes me feel really good and when I push myself I feel even better. I don't have such low vibrating or negative feelings around exercising. I also get a lot of my ideas and inspirations while I am in the middle of a really good workout so its something I like doing!
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Everything happens for a reason - Our House Experience
Everything does happen for a reason!
A few days ago escrow closed and we now own our own home. A house that was only possible for us to now have because of a dozen of circumstances that fell perfectly in place.
The first house we had in escrow, I didn't care for too much. Its just that house was the only house in the area we wanted and within our budget at the time. So when the sellers of that house cancelled two days before escrow was due to close, it was disappointing and frustrating at the time. I thought it would be impossible to find another house within our budget in that same area.
Then our agent shows us a house that looked to be way outside of our budget. There initial asking price was $80,000 over our budget which is a huge difference. But because of the events that happened so perfectly we got our gorgeous (perfect in my eyes) home within our budget.
The house had been on the market for 6 months and was listed at its value. However the listing agent who was their family member made a lot of mistakes when they listed the house. They listed it as a Condo when it is nothing close to a condo, they didn't list the school district it was in and its a very highly sought after school district, they were offering way less than the lowest norm for the buyers agent, and they didn't have an easy way to show the house. So for all of these reasons they kept dropping the price of the house trying to sell it.
No one is going to want to even look at a condo (which is what people thought it was from the listing) for that price and not many agents are going to want to show the house as what they would make would be exceptionally low.
Luckily we had an agent with a good heart. When she showed us the house, they were still asking $40,000 more than our budget. She talked them down another $20,000 and got them to agree to pay closing costs. They agreed to pay closing costs as long as we let them stay 30 days after escrow closes as the new house they were buying would not be ready to move into until then other wise they wouldn't have paid closing costs and we wouldn't have been able to buy the house!
This house has been remodeled and updated over the last five years due to last owners believing it was the house they were going to retire in. Until the husband seen some brand new houses being built in San Dimas and decided to buy one. Otherwise they said they wouldn't have put the amount of money that they did into the house if they knew they were going to sell it. It has brand new installation, plumping, floors, kitchen, bathroom, roof, etc. And for Covina that is very, very good. Not a flipped house either, this was quality remodeling and updating.
I still can't believe everything worked out and we got this house which is a million times better than the last one and we only paid slightly more.
If we wouldn't have gone through the whole ordeal with the first house we would have tried buy something else or better settled for something else and we would have never had this opportunity. Then to buy this house at the price we did when its definitely worth almost $100,000 more than what we paid for it. I just can't believe it.
Through this entire experience I have definitely learned that everything happens for a reason. I had gotten so stressed out and lost hope in ever finding a decent home in the area we wanted it and within our budget, and then we end up with something way beyond my expectations.
I should of learned from my experience with Albert. I followed my heart with him and he is beyond what I ever dreamed could have been. Then the house. Hopefully I can take these lessons and learn how to apply them to my health and career.
This was a good reminder of the truths, "Ask and you shall receive" and "Everything happens for a reason".
A few days ago escrow closed and we now own our own home. A house that was only possible for us to now have because of a dozen of circumstances that fell perfectly in place.
The first house we had in escrow, I didn't care for too much. Its just that house was the only house in the area we wanted and within our budget at the time. So when the sellers of that house cancelled two days before escrow was due to close, it was disappointing and frustrating at the time. I thought it would be impossible to find another house within our budget in that same area.
Then our agent shows us a house that looked to be way outside of our budget. There initial asking price was $80,000 over our budget which is a huge difference. But because of the events that happened so perfectly we got our gorgeous (perfect in my eyes) home within our budget.
The house had been on the market for 6 months and was listed at its value. However the listing agent who was their family member made a lot of mistakes when they listed the house. They listed it as a Condo when it is nothing close to a condo, they didn't list the school district it was in and its a very highly sought after school district, they were offering way less than the lowest norm for the buyers agent, and they didn't have an easy way to show the house. So for all of these reasons they kept dropping the price of the house trying to sell it.
No one is going to want to even look at a condo (which is what people thought it was from the listing) for that price and not many agents are going to want to show the house as what they would make would be exceptionally low.
Luckily we had an agent with a good heart. When she showed us the house, they were still asking $40,000 more than our budget. She talked them down another $20,000 and got them to agree to pay closing costs. They agreed to pay closing costs as long as we let them stay 30 days after escrow closes as the new house they were buying would not be ready to move into until then other wise they wouldn't have paid closing costs and we wouldn't have been able to buy the house!
This house has been remodeled and updated over the last five years due to last owners believing it was the house they were going to retire in. Until the husband seen some brand new houses being built in San Dimas and decided to buy one. Otherwise they said they wouldn't have put the amount of money that they did into the house if they knew they were going to sell it. It has brand new installation, plumping, floors, kitchen, bathroom, roof, etc. And for Covina that is very, very good. Not a flipped house either, this was quality remodeling and updating.
I still can't believe everything worked out and we got this house which is a million times better than the last one and we only paid slightly more.
If we wouldn't have gone through the whole ordeal with the first house we would have tried buy something else or better settled for something else and we would have never had this opportunity. Then to buy this house at the price we did when its definitely worth almost $100,000 more than what we paid for it. I just can't believe it.
Through this entire experience I have definitely learned that everything happens for a reason. I had gotten so stressed out and lost hope in ever finding a decent home in the area we wanted it and within our budget, and then we end up with something way beyond my expectations.
I should of learned from my experience with Albert. I followed my heart with him and he is beyond what I ever dreamed could have been. Then the house. Hopefully I can take these lessons and learn how to apply them to my health and career.
This was a good reminder of the truths, "Ask and you shall receive" and "Everything happens for a reason".
Perception Change - Something Clicked!
Today I went to my friends baby shower and at first I was feeling bored, uncomfortable, insecure and self conscious.
I went to this baby shower alone, the only person I knew there was my friend and of course she was busy the entire time. And this was no ordinary little baby shower. It was a huge co-ed party! DJ, Chocolate fountain, loads of alcohol, etc..
More and more guests starting arriving and everyone else seemed to know each other and had come with their husbands or friends. I just sat there for the longest time.
BUT......
I can't quite explain what it was or how it happened but I literally had a transformational moment.
I was sitting at a table with three couples and their babies. Observing each couple the huge differences between each of them in the way they behaved and acted, was interesting. One woman had just had her baby (baby was five weeks old) and this woman was full of energy, bubbly, energetic, positive, wearing a nice dress with heels. At first I couldn't understand how although sleep deprived she was genuinely in a good mood and with a tiny newborn she had taken the time to get ready and look nice. It was impressive and admirable.
I don't know what my thoughts were exactly but it was something along the lines of how everything is always a choice and a bunch of other empowering stuff. Which were not new concepts to me but for some reason that day they just sank in, to a deeper understanding.
No matter what is going on in my life I still have choices.
I went to the bathroom and in the bathroom I literally went from feeling insecure about being alone, being quiet and not looking my best to just choosing to be confident and be me. I don't quite remember what my thoughts were but whatever they were they totally worked!
I left the bathroom feeling taller, smiling and really really good. I could feel that my posture felt different and everything about me body felt different. All over having different thoughts, it was such an amazing experience to see how thoughts alone completely changed my body and entire demeanor.
Ever since that day I have started to feel more and more like myself again.
I don't necessarily know if it was the woman who chose to take the time to look nice and chose to enjoy herself no matter what else was going on in her life. Or if it was just the right time, place, and circumstances to remind me of all the things I already know and teach to others. But, I do know that something definitely shifted in me that day.
Boy, did I allow myself to get thrown way off track these last few months.
I'm just hoping that I can continue in this direction and with the perception I want and is me, even after I have this next upcoming surgery. After the last surgery I felt like my brain was scrabbled up and that it is now barely coming back together and settling down. I hope I flow through this next surgery more smoothly and am able to stay in perceptions that are more beneficial for me.
I went to this baby shower alone, the only person I knew there was my friend and of course she was busy the entire time. And this was no ordinary little baby shower. It was a huge co-ed party! DJ, Chocolate fountain, loads of alcohol, etc..
More and more guests starting arriving and everyone else seemed to know each other and had come with their husbands or friends. I just sat there for the longest time.
BUT......
I can't quite explain what it was or how it happened but I literally had a transformational moment.
I was sitting at a table with three couples and their babies. Observing each couple the huge differences between each of them in the way they behaved and acted, was interesting. One woman had just had her baby (baby was five weeks old) and this woman was full of energy, bubbly, energetic, positive, wearing a nice dress with heels. At first I couldn't understand how although sleep deprived she was genuinely in a good mood and with a tiny newborn she had taken the time to get ready and look nice. It was impressive and admirable.
I don't know what my thoughts were exactly but it was something along the lines of how everything is always a choice and a bunch of other empowering stuff. Which were not new concepts to me but for some reason that day they just sank in, to a deeper understanding.
No matter what is going on in my life I still have choices.
I went to the bathroom and in the bathroom I literally went from feeling insecure about being alone, being quiet and not looking my best to just choosing to be confident and be me. I don't quite remember what my thoughts were but whatever they were they totally worked!
I left the bathroom feeling taller, smiling and really really good. I could feel that my posture felt different and everything about me body felt different. All over having different thoughts, it was such an amazing experience to see how thoughts alone completely changed my body and entire demeanor.
Ever since that day I have started to feel more and more like myself again.
I don't necessarily know if it was the woman who chose to take the time to look nice and chose to enjoy herself no matter what else was going on in her life. Or if it was just the right time, place, and circumstances to remind me of all the things I already know and teach to others. But, I do know that something definitely shifted in me that day.
Boy, did I allow myself to get thrown way off track these last few months.
I'm just hoping that I can continue in this direction and with the perception I want and is me, even after I have this next upcoming surgery. After the last surgery I felt like my brain was scrabbled up and that it is now barely coming back together and settling down. I hope I flow through this next surgery more smoothly and am able to stay in perceptions that are more beneficial for me.
The purpose of all of this!
Anyone who has been reading my blog or knows me personally knows that I have been struggling and held back with a lot of things lately.
I'm not going to complain about my difficulties but I wanted to share what I believe may be the reason for all of this.
There is a reoccurring them about everything that has happened over the last few months, which things appear like they are getting better or going to work out and then they don't, more stuff keeps happening and the experience gets prolonged and I can't move forward.
I believe as always that there is a reason for this.
I think this is all happening and will continue to happen until I focus on myself and find Joy within.
I believe that health stuff will continue to arise and get postponed so that I can't go back to work and we won't find and buy a house that is perfect for us so that I can't focus on moving and I won't have the desire to eat healthy and exercise so that I can't focus on that either......
What I feel may be happening here is nothing is going to work out right now because what I need is to learn to focus within, heal and enjoy every moment instead of be caught up in the distractions of my life, or maybe its to make me learn how to focus on the good things I have in my life now without seeking more, or maybe its to learn how to trust source to take care of me.
But I know there is a reason because one thing after another continues to happen. A surgery that was supposed to take me away from work for 3 weeks is not going into 3 months. We find a house, owners cancel 2 days before escrow closes, we find another house and they say they agree to the terms but won't sign the offer because they want to prolong the process (leaving it open for as many other offers to come in and offer more) so now our offer has expired, so we aren't getting that house either (And I really really really loved that house).
I just feel that life is not allowing me to have anything else to put my attention on and I am bored out of my mind. Some may feel that is a good thing and wish they had it but it doesn't feel good at all. But because my confidence and happiness relies on me being productive and active, all of this makes me feel lost, useless, and overwhelmed. I don't know what to do with my time and I have a craving to do something significant and purposeful yet I am not able to or haven't discovered how to yet.
My anxiety is through the roof when comes to the house stuff and my health stuff. I feel so anxious to move on and move forward yet I continue to be held back.
I know that I need to learn how to focus better on the good, the amazing love and people I have in my life and everything else that is working... And since I haven't been able to do that fully, I know in my heart things are not going to move forward until I can.
One things for sure, we'll see what happens!
I'm not going to complain about my difficulties but I wanted to share what I believe may be the reason for all of this.
There is a reoccurring them about everything that has happened over the last few months, which things appear like they are getting better or going to work out and then they don't, more stuff keeps happening and the experience gets prolonged and I can't move forward.
I believe as always that there is a reason for this.
I think this is all happening and will continue to happen until I focus on myself and find Joy within.
I believe that health stuff will continue to arise and get postponed so that I can't go back to work and we won't find and buy a house that is perfect for us so that I can't focus on moving and I won't have the desire to eat healthy and exercise so that I can't focus on that either......
What I feel may be happening here is nothing is going to work out right now because what I need is to learn to focus within, heal and enjoy every moment instead of be caught up in the distractions of my life, or maybe its to make me learn how to focus on the good things I have in my life now without seeking more, or maybe its to learn how to trust source to take care of me.
But I know there is a reason because one thing after another continues to happen. A surgery that was supposed to take me away from work for 3 weeks is not going into 3 months. We find a house, owners cancel 2 days before escrow closes, we find another house and they say they agree to the terms but won't sign the offer because they want to prolong the process (leaving it open for as many other offers to come in and offer more) so now our offer has expired, so we aren't getting that house either (And I really really really loved that house).
I just feel that life is not allowing me to have anything else to put my attention on and I am bored out of my mind. Some may feel that is a good thing and wish they had it but it doesn't feel good at all. But because my confidence and happiness relies on me being productive and active, all of this makes me feel lost, useless, and overwhelmed. I don't know what to do with my time and I have a craving to do something significant and purposeful yet I am not able to or haven't discovered how to yet.
My anxiety is through the roof when comes to the house stuff and my health stuff. I feel so anxious to move on and move forward yet I continue to be held back.
I know that I need to learn how to focus better on the good, the amazing love and people I have in my life and everything else that is working... And since I haven't been able to do that fully, I know in my heart things are not going to move forward until I can.
One things for sure, we'll see what happens!
My desires!
Through out the last few days I have written down several topics in which I would like to blog about. Stuff I know I need to take the time to focus on and allow myself to write what comes up. Writing is very healing and therapeutic for me. But, for right now I don't feel like focusing on that stuff at the moment. Although I will state them now so that I feel more accountable to giving them some time then I will get to the real topic of today's blog post.
Future Topics
1. The idea of being considerate of others NOT being priority, that the number one priority is being authentic and true to myself. This comes from years of Abraham Hicks and Byron Katie's work. "How you react or feel because of me, is none of my business" - Byron Katie
2. The concept of control, regaining control, control over my mind, my life, my body. etc...
3. Taking the concept of control even further. Hopefully I can articulate this clearly. Usually I give in to what I want as way of "feeling" like I have control and I don't have to follow anyone's "should" list. (example I should eat a certain way) however I had this moment of clarity the other day that giving into a craving, a laziness, a dislike, etc.. is giving away my control over my body and mind. When I give in to "habits" it is my subconscious (trained behavior) that I am giving control too, it really isn't the conscious me. Therefore, giving into something (going against other people's shoulds) is still actually giving up control. I guess I am sort of admitting here that I have less control over my thoughts and actions than I would like or previously thought I had.
4. And finally I would like to be able to come to a clear conclusion of how joy and control mix together. I don't enjoy going to the gym but it takes self control to do it. It seems that most decisions that we would make in order to have control go against joy. This is important to me to clarify because my number 1 priority over anything is Joy. Abraham Hicks has taught me a lot in regards creating the life I want and what is important to me. When I allow myself to be anything but joy I am not serving anyone, not myself, not my loved ones, not my friends, not anyone around me. Joy not control is my priority, however I do want to have control over my mind which will allow me to control my thoughts to only focus on joy. Okay, if you can follow all of that I would be surprised. But I need to find some clarity in this area because they seem to conflict for me and I would like to align them some how. And for those of you who will say something like well just change your perception or you will learn to enjoy it, if it was that easy and didn't take a lack of joy and control in the first place I would have already done it. So it's not some simple "change" the way I am solution, its something in my beliefs and thoughts that needs to shift and align with each other.
Those are future posts, if not only for my own personal attempt to gain clarity and shift some limiting beliefs.
Enough of that!
On to the good stuff for the moment.
My desires! I had a few friends mention to me making what I desire very clear to Source. I even had someone tell me about something called "placing your order with the universe" not sure I am that confident in my asking yet but I thought I would take a few moments to put my desires out there.
1. A home for us (Albert, Joel, Myself, and hopefully babies in the future) that has at least three bedrooms, two bathrooms, two car garage, enough space to park all of our cars (Albert has quite a few), the house being at the very least 1400 square feet, central air, convenient washer and dryer hookup area, a big comfortable kitchen..... all within the charter oak school district at a price we can afford right now and within a timely manner (like as soon as possible). A home we enjoy and love and is perfect for all of us.
2. A tight healthy body.
3. Two babies in the near future.
4. An enjoyable abundant career.
5. For Albert and I to continue to grow closer and stronger as a couple for what we have to evolve and go deeper and deeper. (I have the relationship I want with him already, now I just desire it to continue to be this way and for us to grow together in this very fulfilling and loving manner we have now.)
6. For all of us (Joel, Albert, and myself) to continue to get closer and closer. For us to be a close, respectful and strong family. To trust each and support each other.
7. For my son to love himself and his life. For him to be successful (whatever that means to him) and for him to know and feel he is capable of anything he desires. For us to continue to be very close and loving for the rest of our lives. For him to feel very loved, cherished and special and that he knows I will always be there for him no matter what. I just want him to be happy!
Wow, that is a lot to ask for but someone told me I don't have to choose. I don't expect to have everything but it doesn't hurt to get clear about what I desire in life.
I plan on looking back on this post to keep my focus on my desires and what I want instead of worrying about what I don't want.
Hopefully tomorrow I will be motivated to give some of those others topics some attention.
Good Night!
Future Topics
1. The idea of being considerate of others NOT being priority, that the number one priority is being authentic and true to myself. This comes from years of Abraham Hicks and Byron Katie's work. "How you react or feel because of me, is none of my business" - Byron Katie
2. The concept of control, regaining control, control over my mind, my life, my body. etc...
3. Taking the concept of control even further. Hopefully I can articulate this clearly. Usually I give in to what I want as way of "feeling" like I have control and I don't have to follow anyone's "should" list. (example I should eat a certain way) however I had this moment of clarity the other day that giving into a craving, a laziness, a dislike, etc.. is giving away my control over my body and mind. When I give in to "habits" it is my subconscious (trained behavior) that I am giving control too, it really isn't the conscious me. Therefore, giving into something (going against other people's shoulds) is still actually giving up control. I guess I am sort of admitting here that I have less control over my thoughts and actions than I would like or previously thought I had.
4. And finally I would like to be able to come to a clear conclusion of how joy and control mix together. I don't enjoy going to the gym but it takes self control to do it. It seems that most decisions that we would make in order to have control go against joy. This is important to me to clarify because my number 1 priority over anything is Joy. Abraham Hicks has taught me a lot in regards creating the life I want and what is important to me. When I allow myself to be anything but joy I am not serving anyone, not myself, not my loved ones, not my friends, not anyone around me. Joy not control is my priority, however I do want to have control over my mind which will allow me to control my thoughts to only focus on joy. Okay, if you can follow all of that I would be surprised. But I need to find some clarity in this area because they seem to conflict for me and I would like to align them some how. And for those of you who will say something like well just change your perception or you will learn to enjoy it, if it was that easy and didn't take a lack of joy and control in the first place I would have already done it. So it's not some simple "change" the way I am solution, its something in my beliefs and thoughts that needs to shift and align with each other.
Those are future posts, if not only for my own personal attempt to gain clarity and shift some limiting beliefs.
Enough of that!
On to the good stuff for the moment.
My desires! I had a few friends mention to me making what I desire very clear to Source. I even had someone tell me about something called "placing your order with the universe" not sure I am that confident in my asking yet but I thought I would take a few moments to put my desires out there.
1. A home for us (Albert, Joel, Myself, and hopefully babies in the future) that has at least three bedrooms, two bathrooms, two car garage, enough space to park all of our cars (Albert has quite a few), the house being at the very least 1400 square feet, central air, convenient washer and dryer hookup area, a big comfortable kitchen..... all within the charter oak school district at a price we can afford right now and within a timely manner (like as soon as possible). A home we enjoy and love and is perfect for all of us.
2. A tight healthy body.
3. Two babies in the near future.
4. An enjoyable abundant career.
5. For Albert and I to continue to grow closer and stronger as a couple for what we have to evolve and go deeper and deeper. (I have the relationship I want with him already, now I just desire it to continue to be this way and for us to grow together in this very fulfilling and loving manner we have now.)
6. For all of us (Joel, Albert, and myself) to continue to get closer and closer. For us to be a close, respectful and strong family. To trust each and support each other.
7. For my son to love himself and his life. For him to be successful (whatever that means to him) and for him to know and feel he is capable of anything he desires. For us to continue to be very close and loving for the rest of our lives. For him to feel very loved, cherished and special and that he knows I will always be there for him no matter what. I just want him to be happy!
Wow, that is a lot to ask for but someone told me I don't have to choose. I don't expect to have everything but it doesn't hurt to get clear about what I desire in life.
I plan on looking back on this post to keep my focus on my desires and what I want instead of worrying about what I don't want.
Hopefully tomorrow I will be motivated to give some of those others topics some attention.
Good Night!
The Greatest Manifestation Principle in the World Book Review. Greatest..... Really?
Is it really The Greatest Manifestation Principle in the World?
I just finished reading the book, The Greatest Manifestation Principle in the World by Carnelian Sage and when I first started reading the book I was going to throw it away.
I just finished reading the book, The Greatest Manifestation Principle in the World by Carnelian Sage and when I first started reading the book I was going to throw it away.
The first two and half chapters of the book are negative and pretty much do nothing but attack the some of the teachings of the Law of Attraction.
I have to agree that the Law of Attraction is just a very basic level of metaphysics and spirituality. However, most people who are first introduced to the movie, The Secret or any other principles of the law of attraction usually have never considered the fact that they can even choose the thoughts they think.
I think the current ideas of law of attraction and even the movie, The Secret, definitely has its place. I may not completely agree with everything but I can say I LOVE what it is doing. These things are the start of people becoming conscious of their thoughts and focusing on personal and spiritual growth, this alone is worth ANY of the slight disagreements some may have with it.
That being said I am so glad I was at the gym so and decided to continue reading the book Carnelian Sage wrote, The greatest manifestation principle in the world, because what unfolded after the first two chapters was absolutely perfect.
I really wish she would have removed the negative from the book and just spoke of the principle, however I do feel the rest of the book is completely worth getting through the first two chapters or even skipping them.
I 100% agree with the principle Carnelian speaks of in her book. She includes a very powerful exercise which seems too simple, to have any result at all. Yet I tried it, all the while with my ego screaming, "Why bother, nothing ever works for you." But I did the exercise anyways and I was grateful I did. The immediate impact this exercise is worth the entire book alone.
I highly recommend the book, just skip the first two chapters. I won't give away her secrets but for those who know me, I will give you a hint. It's what I tend to speak about as my truth or true self. :o) Carnelian just makes it so direct and simple.
Enjoy!
What do you use your mind for?
Do you use your mind to bring you pain or do you use it to bring you joy?
When focusing on what we don't want, not only are we in ego, fearing something that has not happened yet, you are using your mind to create pain for you as well as produce a life of undesired manifestations.
Or you can choose to focus on what you want to create, align yourself with how the creator would think (which remember with God all things are possible) and enjoy your thoughts, which will produce a life of desired manifestations.
It's that simple of a concept.
Think of your thoughts as workers. Are you using your workers to produce things in which you want or things in which you don't want.
You attract that in which you ARE. You ARE what you think about.
Taking the time every day to contemplate and consciously redirect our thoughts to things we wish to create, not only helps us create a life more desirable but it also is more pleasurable in the moment of the thought.
Either way we don't know if either thought is absolutely true. The one in which we desire or the one in which we do not desire. However it makes sense if one of these feels better to think about and also puts us closer to attracting it into our lives, to choose that thought. It makes no sense to choose the thought that makes us miserable and only attracts more in which we do not desire.
It's about making a conscious effort to keep redirecting our thoughts onto which we wish to create. And it helps to remind ourselves that with God anything is possible (as I wrote about in my last blog). Helpful questions to realign our thoughts are, "What would God do?" Or "What would God think?" or "How would God feel?", etc..
Aligning ourselves to the way God thinks... Anything is possible, Focused only on Love and Understanding, Knowing everything is perfect, etc. immediately gives us a more joyful life.
And if you doubt this fact, think about this, "Tomorrow is going to be a very bad day."
How did that make you feel?
Now think, "Tomorrow is going to be a Wonderful day."
Now how did that feel?
The effects are IMMEDIATE. Why would you choose anything different?
I said it was simple, not easy. But sooooo worth the practice!
Whether or not it is time to start my own book?
I have recently manifested a book writing opportunity that seems to be very aligned with who I am. Since I have been exposed to this opporunity I have been attracting many things that seem to point to it being time to for me to write a book.
I have some concerns and am not sure if it is my ego trying to take me out or if I am being realistic.
I have yet to even finish my website. And my website should take priority and then it could be time to start my first book after it is finished.
Also the finances to begin the with this opportunity is not A LOT but it is still some and at this time it just doesn't seem "smart".
I am also in the middle the quarter with school. As of yet this quarter has not been very demanding on me but I would like to make sure I can somewhat keep it that way.
I also want to be able to give it(publishing a book) the proper amount of attention/focus and right now I have so many things going on. Although it does seem as if it aligned with where I am at now and where I am headed.
I know that no one can answer this question for myself but me, I am just voicing my thoughts in hope of some clarity.
hmmm, is it time?
A huge part of me feels compelled to begin this journey, I just don't want this to become another project and another thing I add to my plate that is not getting the proper attention that is needed.
I would be self-publishing so the entire process would be up to me, which in some ways may not be such a good thing when I have a full plate already, it may just get lost.
Also lately I have become extremely aware of my tendencies to loose myself in the internet. It is never anything "unimportant", I am always researching and gathering information about this or that. However it is not productive, the time could be used for finishing my website or other things needing my attention. Yet at the time, these adventures of information seem to be important and never seem like they will consume as much time as they do.
If I could break myself of this habit/pattern, It would be VERY possible for me to take on the both projects of my website and writing my first book.
Love and Light,
Tiffany
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