Create A Rewarding Life. FAITH KNOWS!
Listening to the monks chant with church bells ringing in the background...very soothing.
Went to my sister's house for a bday gathering last night, she wanted low key, and she got it. Beer and Ice cream cake, a mix that will punish later, FYI. Had fun though, we all got silly as the evening went on, and we laughed some, so that was good. Left her the traditional Happy Birthday song this am on her machine...Love her!
Came home, drank 2 sips of a fruity beer last night, hit the internet, talked to John and pretty much passed out. Woke this morning with weak coffee, the taste of too many cigs in my throat, and started drinking the full beer still sitting on my coffee table.
Good start, hey it is Saturday, the secadas are chirping, the monks are chanting, and it is a holiday weekend so I will happily indulge a little, I will not go overboard though, no worries.
Just a little exercise in moderate self indulgence.
Will strive today to find the beauty in this life, to release any misgivings, fears or doubts that chain me in place, and do what I can to live my best life.
My kitties are practicing tranquility each sleeping peacefully on separate couches, I'm glad they can, I think I clocked my second very uncomfortable night's sleep on the one couch, comfy for them, not so much for me. Tonight I will do my best to drag myself into the bed, where I belong, as it is infinitely more comfortable and that is where I need to rest my head.
Burning my sandalwood like it is going out of style, I just can't get enough...
Have I had any great insights lately?
I'm starting to wonder, I believe without a doubt that we are all the masters of our fate, which I have believed for some time, I occasionaly forget, though I always remember again, and the remembering that we are in charge of our experiences is what it is all about. I know this much, I can be consumed by thoughts, they can either be thoughts that are bad for me, that will keep me stuck, with no forward motion or progress-OR-
I can think thoughts that uplift me, bring me to a place of peace, awareness and higher understanding, that build opportunities and self love and remind me that all is good and possible, and that I have to take care of myself, do what I can to be the best possible me that I can be. Always the witness, watching my words and actions, and checking myself when I get out of line.
It is almost too obvious, the course that must be chosen. I know that I am standing upon the threshold of some great changes and opportunities, that I have opened the door that was previously unseen, and that with each new door that opens, I come closer to making my life the one, that I so want it to be. It all starts with the INTENTION.
We must choose our intentions with great care, and focus the energy and attention on the things we desire, and not the things we do not desire.
We must remember the law of attraction, that it is in full effect at all times. That we are beings comprised of energy and we are pumping that energy into the atmosphere at all times. If we are feeling bad, negative, nasty, off balance, we are pumping that into our proximity attracting more of the same. You have to align your energy with your thoughts. Misaligned energy mixed with half hearted attempts at positive thinking will still bring negative results because, your energy and your thoughts have to be the same. Good thoughts and good energy breed good experiences.
Good thoughts and bad energy breed bad experiences. And I do not believe that you could have good energy and bad thoughts together, as your atmosphere would not allow it.
I am a walking testimony to this. I know when I feel bad, I can feel my atmosphere is bad...
When I come out with good energy, I get good positive feedback, those are the days I laugh more, talk more, and more people engage me with smiles and conversation. It all works together.
It becomes necessary to do what you can to align yourself on a daily basis. There are things that can be done to cultivate inner peace, the more peace you create within yourself, the more likely you are to change your energy.
I find peace in the incense I love, a clean, healthy environment helps, as it cuts the things that will distract, feeling that the necessary tasks are done. I have a hard time feeling peace when I know that there is something I should be doing. If I have to wash dishes, do laundry, pay bills, clean, whatever I think I need to do, those things will pull my energy and attention and halt any potential for peace, so do what you think you need to do first get those NECESSARY Tasks off your plate.
It begins to change the way you see the world, it also alters how you relate, and who you relate to...
You learn to appreciate your time alone, the growth that it provides.
You start to see your interactions with others differently. You start to separate yourself from toxic behavior and people. You will see that as you remove yourself, these things that you are separating from start banging on your door, HARD, trying to pull you back in.
I wish someone would have told me that years ago, when I started this journey.
It goes like this, You don't like gossip, you want no part of it, no interest. People will get in your face and tell you things that you have no desire nor interest in hearing-If you ever read
BE HERE NOW, those are the fierce lions guarding the gate. You want to be better, change your life, your mindset, you better know that you will be tested and challenged at every step. That's the way it goes.
Do Not Succumb! With every thing you hear that you don't want to hear, with every test that you walk away from, without feeling that you had to have a say, you will grow stronger and more aware, it will take time.
Poisonous people fell out of my life, as I knew, we were no longer on the same wavelength. It's hard at first to wave goodbye to superficial attachments that kept you on the wheel, in the game, they go because, they have to. New people will come, as if out of thin air, people that identify with the new path you have chosen...so, it becomes about breaking attachment, and forming new bonds.
People you don't know, start to look familiar, as if you have seen or met them before.
This, is a strange thing. I remember when it first started happening to me, it was like I recognized people, but couldn't quite tell you why. It was as though strangers were familiar. Like, you knew whom you were somehow connected to on sight. Long, heartfelt conversations would start with people I had just met, why, because they felt as though they could tell me. It is an opening of spirit that cannot fully be comprehended until you are living it.
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