Angling for Spiritual Reconnection
February 9, 2010 at 9:00 pm · Filed under Affirmations, Channeled Messages, Gratitude, Law of Attraction, Optimism, Positive Affirmations, channeling, happiness, motivation, spirituality and tagged: meditation, channeling, love, Easton Mountain, Channeled message, Simple Abundance, Sarah Ban Breathnach
The title of today’s post was inspired by a chapter in the book Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach. Simple Abundance is filled with “quotes, poems, meditations and practical exercises for every day of a woman’s year.” Don’t worry guys, there is version for you titled A Man’s Journey to Simple Abundance. (Why do I have the ladies version? Simple: I liked the quotes and my friend Robin was giving the book away. Thanks Robin! BTW, for years I had a copy of the book Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom by Dr. Christiane Northrup. Don’t be afraid to learn about women, gentlemen.)
Back to Simple Abundance. In the chapter that I happened upon this morning (in my search for a love topic), Breathnach invites the reader to ask the question “What is it that I truly love?”, and states, “The only opinion that counts from now on is your own.”
On Sunday I was working with a group of men at the monthly NYC Easton Mountain gathering and asked them to tell five other men in the room what they were passionate about. I invited them to name five passions. “I am passionate about my dogs.” “I am passionate about teaching.” “I am passionate about sex,” came the responses. It was easy for some to rattle off five passions and challenging for others.
“Telling your self and others what excites you and what inspires you is one way to attract more of that into your life. Knowing what you love brings self-awareness and enlightenment to all areas of your life. You could even begin to ask your self ‘What more can I open myself to knowing and loving?’ That attitude will attract peace of mind and peace of heart.” – At One
What, or who, do you love? Can you – dare you – name it?
Here are five things that I love:
1) Naps on the couch
2) The ocean after a storm
3) Staying up all night to finish reading a book
4) Laughing with friends
5) Sharing inspirational messages
(I could also add chocolate, sex, my family, working from home, traveling to foreign countries, meditation…)
Today’s Powerful and Positive Affirmation is:
“I love what I love.”
A big, loving gratitude wave goes out to Google, my clients, my cat, my home, the sun, my budding weather expert and friend Holly, all who pay me to facilitate Law of Attraction and Shamanism workshops, my home at the beach, my breath and body, NYC and the MTA.
Thanks and peace to all!
Joe
February 8, 2010 at 11:03 pm · Filed under Affirmations, Channeled Messages, Gratitude, love, meditation and tagged: Amma, Channeled message, channeling, Doing What You Love, love, meditation, Positive Affirmations, self-love
Valentine’s Day is coming up on Sunday (Feb. 14th), so I thought I’d dedicate this weeks posts to the topic of love.
As I sat to type this, two examinations of love appeared on my Google News Sidebar. One is a scientific piece on how love may be measured, and the other is about an Indian woman called Amma who shares love freely through a hug (a hug that I have experienced and wrote about on this site last July).
Amma
So we’ve got science and spirit working the love angle.
Here is what my spirit had to say about the subject:
““When was the last time you danced with someone you love?
When was the last time you sat quietly, looking into the eyes of someone you love?
When was the last time you looked in the mirror and said, ‘I love you’?
Love will all ways be here, waiting for you to tune in, to acknowledge and receive it. It cannot go away. It lives, endlessly, inside of you and all things.
Love just loves.
How about you?”
Today’s Powerful and Positive Affirmation is:
“Love is all around me. I welcome it all ways.”
Today I am grateful for another opportunity to know love, to joyfully share my vision through this blog, to know and love so many amazing people, and to make money by doing what I love. I am grateful for Odwalla Mango Tango juice, the Jefferson Market Library, ever-changing technology, my new mini-notebook, new and prosperous business opportunities, and my book agent, editor and publisher.
Thanks and peace to all!
Joe
February 7, 2010 at 8:07 pm · Filed under Channeled Messages, Gratitude, Law of Attraction, channeling, meditation and tagged: Gratitude, Law of Attraction, magical manifesting, Positive Affirmations
“As you remember your deep connection to ALL THINGS, we guarantee that your ability to manifest what you want will become more and more apparent to you – as it has been.
As your ability to SEE the Law of Attraction and Manifestation in a positive way in your own life grows, you will surely have more respect, more compassion, and more love for others.
You are now where you are. You are in the perfect place for everything to manifest. Use your brilliant mind to create more of what you want. Focus on that. See your self living the life of your dreams. Do not censor it. Your imagination can empower and heal you. BE OPEN to what is and what can be. BE IN LOVE with all of it. It is a part of YOU. That is good news!” – From a meditation on Feb. 7, 2010.
Today’s Powerful and Positive Affirmation:
“The world around me reflects my thoughts. I am open to knowing my self all ways.”
A shower of gratitude to Robin Coley, Holly, Fred, NY Sports Club, my strong will, my couch, those who reflect the power of doing what they love, a snow-free city, my laptop, my breath and body, and Yogi Tea’s Throat Comfort.
Thanks and peace to all!
Joe
February 5, 2010 at 10:17 pm · Filed under Channeled Messages, Gratitude, Law of Attraction, Optimism, Positive Affirmations, happiness and tagged: Affirmations, Channeled message, Friday, happiness, inspiration, joy, Law of Attraction, Living in the Moment, Optimism, Positive Affirmations, TGIF
It’s Friday again, which seems to be a cause for celebration for many people. And why not? Their weekday routine is ending and maybe there will be some excitement, something different (like Sunday’s Super Bowl) to look forward to.
“I’m really looking forward to Friday!”
“Can’t wait until Friday!”
“Thank God it’s Friday!”
What if we applied that same enthusiasm to Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and even Saturday and Sunday?
“Imagine saving all of your excitement, all of your positive thoughts, all of your enthusiasm for one day of the week. What if you were to spread that joy around, to give as much value to the other days, to hold Tuesday in as much esteem as you do Friday? What is the difference, really, between those days?
Reclaim the EVERYDAY joy that can be found wherever you are. Whenever you choose to acknowledge it, joy shows up. It’s that easy. Seek and you shall find. Look for ways to make every day a special day.
What are you waiting for?”
Amen.
Today’s Powerful and Positive Affirmation is:
“I live my life to the fullest every day and in every way. I choose joy.”
Today I give thanks to my clear and concise vision, to Bob and Ancil at the McBureny YMCA for the inspiration for today’s post, home cooked meals, Bank of America, financial freedom, my home at the beach, my book agent, editor and publisher, the presence of ‘the grandmothers’, Jill Anderson at http://www.JillLynnDesign.com, the alignment of art with business (for fun and profit!).
Please note: The ‘Friday’ image above comes from the blog/web site Life Organizer.
Thanks and peace to all.
Joe
February 5, 2010 at 1:13 am · Filed under Affirmations, Graditude, Positive Affirmations, happiness, meditation, spiritual stories and tagged: Affirmations, emotional healing, Gratitude, happiness, inspiration, Living in the Moment, meditation, mysticism, spiritual awakening, spiritual path, Trust
I was standing in the kitchen chopping vegetables and listening to an assortment of music from my iTunes catalog last night when the following lyrics from the song This Is To Mother You (written and originally performed by Sinead O’Connor on her Gospel Oak EP) beckoned me to be still and listen closely:
“All mistakes made in distress
All your unhappiness
I will take away with my kiss
Yes I will give you tenderness
For child I am so glad I found you
Although my arms have always been around you
Sweet bird although you did not see me
I saw you.”
Although I’ve heard the song dozens of times I was absolutely mesmerized. Following an impulse and a recognizable call to sit in meditation, I hit the replay button on the iTunes program and walked into my dark living room in time to see the moon – half full, golden and looming large in the sky – nestled between two buildings. I sat on the floor and closed my eyes. Images of what I call the Divine Mother began to surface. The Virgin of Guadeloupe, Kuan-Yin, Kali, and an infinite number of energies that called themselves ‘the grandmothers’ sang to me and caressed me.
“All the pain that you have known
All the violence in your soul
All the wrong things you have done
I will take from you when I come”
Memories of tender and nurturing moments with lovers, friends, and family brought tears of joy to my eyes.
“And I’m here to mother you
To comfort you and get you through
Through when your nights are lonely
Through when your dreams are only blue
This is to mother you”
Sometimes I find it best not to question those experiences, so I just let it unfold. When I went to bed I could still hear the voice of ‘the grandmothers’ and see their light shining brightly over my arms, legs and head.
“Thank you,” I whispered.
Who is mothering you?
Today’s Positive and Powerful Affirmation is:
“I mother myself all ways.”
Today I am grateful for divine guidance, mothers all other the world and beyond, trust, Sinead O’Connor, music that moves me, a soft touch, dreamless sleep, early morning inspirational talks, Pandora, Nurture’s Path, deep breaths, and home-cooked meals.
Thanks and peace to all.
Joe
February 3, 2010 at 10:44 pm · Filed under Channeled Messages, Gratitude, happiness and tagged: Channeled message, channeling, Gratitude, happiness, inspiration, Living in the Moment, meditation, Optimism
I visited a wonderful healer named Angelica last Friday. During our time together she used the word assumptions, as in “There were a lot of assumptions in that relationship”. When she said that a huge lightbulb went off in my head and in my heart. Her words timed perfectly (of course!) with what I was tossing around in my head and which was causing, as Angelica said, “congestion.”
What happens when we make assumptions and do not communicate to the other party what we are assuming? That was the focus of a recent meditation and this is what came to me:
“When you allow your self the pleasure of knowing your self, than there is nothing to assume. In other words, know your self, love your self, and anything that is assumed by another will not bother you.
If you are the one doing the assuming, please know that there is all ways the possibility that another’s thoughts and actions may not match what you expect of them. You may assume that the other is very understanding in regard to a certain subject, so you talk and talk and talk about it, only to find much later that the other was only tolerating your behavior, not allowing you to be you, and that tolerance was causing conflicting thoughts and emotions.
Perhaps the best thing to do is to ask, ‘How do you feel about this?’, or ‘What are your thoughts regarding that?’ In this way, you have given your self and the other an opportunity to express what may be kept inside. And then you go on with your day, awake, alert and aware of the infinite possibilities that make up each moment.”
Assume with caution!
Today’s Powerful and Positive Affirmation is: “I allow All That Is to flow through me and to me. I open my heart and mind to endless beauty and abundance.”
A great big gratitude wave to all of the assumers out there, to sunny mid-week mornings, Rosa, Eduardo, Steph, Deborah, my former and future relationships, the power of meditation, prosperous new business opportunities, and my book agent, editor and publisher.
Amen.
Thanks and peace to all!
Joe
February 2, 2010 at 9:01 pm · Filed under Affirmations, Channeled Messages, Gratitude, Law of Attraction, Optimism, Positive Affirmations, channeling, happiness, meditation, motivation, spirituality and tagged: Affirmations, Channeled message, empowerment, Following your dreams, Gratitude, inspiration, Law of Attraction, living your dreams
The way we ask for or talk about something can have a great impact on the way it ultimately appears (or does not appear) in our lives. Are you a whiner or a commander/allower?
“Whenever you make a request for something, the Universe all ways responds. It doesn’t matter what the thing is. The Universe doesn’t judge the size, shape or cost of your request, it just provides you with the means with which to manifest it.
The Law of Attraction or Manifestation says that what you focus on grows, your thoughts are things that appear or disappear according to the attention you give them.
If you whine about something that is not showing up in your life, then chances are that it will continue to not show up. If you say in your whiny voice, “I really want that, but…” and the underlying conviction is that you are unworthy or undeserving, than guess what happens? It doesn’t come, and if it does, you are likely to miss it because you are focused on it not being there.
Pay attention to how you are thinking and talking about what you want. Use your mind to empower you, to command the results that you desire, to allow the most pleasant events to unfold with great ease.
Focus on the mess and there will be more mess. Focus on the gold and you will find rainbow after rainbow after rainbow on your path.
Like attracts like. What are you like?”
Amen!
Tuesday’s Positive and Powerful Affirmation is:
“I allow my dreams to unfold in the most abundantly beautiful and empowering ways. All is well.”
Today I express my gratitude to the wise trees, the waters, the wind, the sun, moon and stars, the New York Shamanic Circle, my home at the beach, my feet and hands that take me where I want to go and open the doors, my breath, my open-mindedness, my book agent, editor and publisher, new and prosperous business opportunities, friends and family.
Thanks and peace to all!
Joe
February 1, 2010 at 10:38 pm · Filed under Channeled Messages, Doing What You Love, Gratitude, Optimism, Positive Affirmations, happiness, meditation and tagged: doing what feels good, Doing What You Love, happiness, meditation, Optimism
I recently had the great pleasure of being part of a group that organized a fundraiser for a friend in need. Well, quiet honestly, it didn’t always feel like a pleasure. I volunteered to take a leadership role and as things progressed my negative thoughts sometimes got the better of me.
It wasn’t as if I didn’t want to help, I just realized that I was not interested in doing some of the things that seemed to be required of me in order to make the event a ’success’. So I delegated what I could and as the event date approached I began to loosen up about the remaining tasks.
On the day of the fundraiser I had lots of fun playing cheerleader and rallying attendees to bid on the auction items. “This is what I’m good at,” I thought. “This is what I enjoy.”
So once again I learned a lesson about doing what I love and allowing myself to let go of what I don’t. Super! Then I hit the bonus round: Selflessness.
I realized that as soon as I let go of thinking that the small yet necessary tasks were a bother, and got into the flow of what I love, my energy picked up, and I allowed my ‘true self’ to shine. And that helped me rediscover the pleasure of giving.
As I heard in my meditation,
“One way to be sure that you are acting from a place of pure generosity of spirit is to ask your self why you intend to do the thing that you say you are going to do. From what place inside of you does the desire to do, give, or act come from?
Perhaps when you can learn to do for you then you can truly give in a way that is selfless.
As with many things, that may require practice.
Are you willing to try?”
Sounds good to me.
Today I am grateful for the Jefferson Library, heat and hot water, sunny Mondays, instant messaging, the start of a new month, books, music, memories that make me laugh, my jobs, new and prosperous business opportunities, my book agent, editor and publisher.
Thanks and peace to all!
Joe
January 29, 2010 at 2:16 pm · Filed under Channeled Messages, Gratitude, Law of Attraction and tagged: Abraham-Hicks, art of allowing, Gratitude, happiness, Law of Attraction, Positive Affirmations
The following insight comes from the Abraham-Hicks book The Law of Attraction:
“The Art of Allowing, which says, I am that which I am, and I am willing to allow all others to be that which they are, is the Law that will lead you to total freedom – freedom from any experience that you do not want, and freedom from any negative response to any experience that you do not approve of.
When you are tolerating, you are not Allowing. They are two different things. One who tolerates is feeling negative emotion. One who is an Allower does not feel negative emotion. And that is a very great difference, for it is the absence of negative emotion that is freedom, you see. You cannot experience freedom when you have negative emotion.”
Are you an Allower, positively letting what is be what is, or do you just tolerate, putting up with something even though underneath you don’t feel good about it?
Today’s Positive Affirmation: “I allow my life to unfold in the most peaceful and prosperous way.”
Have a great weekend!
I am grateful for a fantastic week of living and learning, for the dawn of a new day, hot tea to soothe my throat, sweet dreams that make me smile when I wake up, on-line bill payment systems, an abundance of fresh ideas, new and prosperous business opportunities, my book agent, editor and publisher, Abraham-Hicks for showing me the way and giving me confidence to do what they do over the years, and music to dance to.
Thanks and peace to all!
Joe
January 28, 2010 at 1:36 pm · Filed under Affirmations, Byron Katie, Channeled Messages, Gratitude, Law of Attraction, Optimism, Positive Affirmations, channeling, happiness, motivation and tagged: Affirmations, Byron Katie, Gratitude, perfection, Positive Affirmations
Nothing’s perfect.
Nobody’s perfect.
In a perfect world…
We strive for perfection.
What is up with that? Why do we insist on talking and thinking like that? I asked and I received the following:
“When you see something or someone as less than perfect you take away from the brilliance and beauty that IS.
What is happening NOW is PERFECT. What happened yesterday was perfect.
Can you see that everything is perfect based on your observations? Can you see that your thoughts have created this perfect moment, this perfect outcome, this perfect relationship, etc.? You are what you think, and you and your thoughts are perfect. What do you think about that?”
Byron Katie suggests that we not argue with reality. When we do we may find ourselves experiencing pain. I’m all for less pain, so let’s start allowing what is to be what is.
Todays affirmation: ‘I am enough for myself. I am perfect.’
Amen!
I am grateful, grateful, grateful for my warm, cozy bed, deep sleep, a healthy body, a clear mind, a heart that gives and receives abundant love, encouragement from friends, food in the ‘fridge, divine guidance, more ‘miracles’ in Haiti, President Obama, new and prosperous business opportunities, my book agent, editor and publisher.
Thanks and peace to all!
Joe
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