Meditate On This!

Do you meditate?  I used to be so faithful about it, didn't miss a day.  Then "something came up" for about 5 months (eeek!), and I could really tell that I hadn't been meditating, I just didn't have the peace inside that I'd become accustomed to.  So for about the last week & a half, I've gotten back to meditating, and it is wonderful!! I'd forgotten just how beautiful the experience can be, and even got some information about chakras during one of the recent meditations.  I was just absorbing the info, and then it hit me-HEY!!! I'm getting information!!  I just love that feeling :-)

If you haven't meditated before, or if you need to get back into it like I did, here's some great information i got from the newest Hay House author, Tara Stiles.
Below are Tara’s “Three Tips To Begin Your Meditation Practice”

Tip 1: Don’t Worry about Clearing Your Mind. 
It’s easy to fall into the belief that the goal of meditation is to have a crystal clear mind so you can see all the secrets of the universe.  

Don’t worry: plenty of cool experiences are going to happen to you. There is no need to get wrapped up in getting to everything right away. The mind wanders; that’s just what it does. Every time your thoughts carry you off on a journey, just bring your attention back to your breath, back to feeling. That’s the practice.

The goal is to notice when your mind wanders. When you notice, you have a choice. You can go along for the ride, or you can guide your attention right back inward. You will do this over and over again. Just see things as they happen. Guide your attention back to breathing and feeling. That’s your practice. Make the goal the process, not the destination.

Tip 2: Write It Down.If you’re anything like me, when you have a lightbulb moment, you don’t want to forget it. Exciting thoughts and spontaneous ideas will come to you during meditation. They may be great plans about your business, a creative combination to try out in the kitchen, or your next home project. When these brilliant nuggets pop into your mind, you can either keep diving down the idea train or try to store the ideas in your brain and get frustrated that you had a great idea while you should be meditating. This happened to me time after time and I finally found a solution. Keep a notebook handy for all those mid-meditation, mind-blowing moments. When a genius idea pops into your mind mid-meditation, take a moment and write it down. Now it’s down on paper, and you can come back to it and master plan later. For the next few moments, come right back to your breath. Your lightbulb ideas are now preserved and your sacred meditation time in intact. Win-win.

Tip 3: Keep It Regular. 
Just like yoga, we can talk about the benefits and understand how great life will be with all this practice, but it only works if you actually do it. And the same rules go here: five minutes is better than nothing, and five minutes a day, every day, adds up to a whole lot. Try it out for one week and you’ll feel a big difference. First thing in the morning is a great time to set the habit. 

You don’t even have to leave your bed for this one. Simply sit up, get comfortable, and pay attention to your breath for five minutes. If your thoughts start to take you away from your breath, see if you can guide your attention right back. If your thoughts start to drift again, guide yourself back again. After your five minutes, go about your day as usual and notice if you feel any different.

Warning: you might start to see yourself differently, with more compassion; and you might start to see more possibilities in your life. You might even have the desire to help others who could use your support. Get ready for some great stuff to transform you from the inside out.

These tips are from Tara's new book, Make Your Own Rules Diet.

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What's going on with me this week?

Yesterday I went to my first Reiki circle.  It was super cool, and I will definitely go again!  Also there was a workshop I went to called "Intending Into Being" that was put on by a local friend, and that, too, was wonderful!  

Oh!  I FINALLY started a Facebook page now, so if you'd like to follow, it is:
Attract Your Desires

Hope to see you there!!

It Means A Lot

There's a few reasons I chose this image for this post.  They flooded in all at once, so here they are in no particular order:

The time of year-Thanksgiving, Christmas (generosity, giving, gratitude, receiving)

A reminder to stop at what can be a hectic time of year and JUST BREATHE (inhale, exhale)

It's a circle, which is a common shape for mandalas, which I'm going to be teaching a workshop on next Saturday (more on that later)

Wow, yes, when you have gratitude for what you have you're more generous, therefore more giving, which makes you more aligned with your higher self (open), which just happens to attract to you things that you are grateful to receive, and the process (cycle/circle of abundance) continues!  Even though some people only focus on being grateful at this time of year, there's always things to be grateful for, things we take for granted. 

And wow, yes, I'm doing a workshop on mandalas.  Well, mostly on making and coloring them.  I don't know much about them except what I've Googled, so I know that when you're making & coloring them you kind of "zone out" and are more in tune with your inside world and intuitive side, almost like being in a meditative state when you are creating.  So, we will all learn together!  Our spiritual connections group is such a fun bunch that I'm sure it will be just fine. There's certainly something to be said for the warm & fuzzy feeling of being with people that make you feel great! 

Letting Go

I recently got a few more card decks (I love so many of them!) And decided to do a card spread for the readers of this blog.  The deck I'm using this time is Melanie Beattie's "The Language of Letting Go".

So with the card all the way to the left being #1, and all the way to the right being #4, which card(s) see to draw your attention?

Take a couple deep breaths and look closely at the pictures on each card.  How does each make you feel?  Do any really draw you in or make you curious?  

Here's what each card is about.

#1 Enjoying Life-

Today I will do something just for the fun of it.  I will find something to do that's just for me, and I won't worry about what I "should" be doing.  I will learn how to make myself feel good and enjoy life to the fullest.

#2 Releasing Anger Toward Family Members-

Today I will accept the potent emotions I may feel toward members of my family, and I'll be grateful for the lessons they're teaching me.  I accept the golden light of healing that's shining on all of us.

#3 Taking Risks-

Today I will ask God to help me begin to take healthy risks.  I will ask for assistance in letting go of any fear of failure...and success.  I will ask for help in fully living my life so that I can start experiencing all the wonderful parts of my journey.

#4 Showing Vulnerability-

Today I will disclose who I am to someone with whom I feel safe.  I will risk being vulnerable-even though I've always held back from doing so.  God, help me show people who I really am, and not who I think they want me to be.  

Let go of something you're afraid of, something that holds you back.  Feel how freeing that is, how much lighter you feel!  It isn't always easy to let go.  Sometimes we need to do that, though, in order to be who we are truly supposed to be.  Remember, if we do not first love, respect, and care for ourselves, how can we do this for others?

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I went to  a holistic expo this past Saturday.  A few of us from the spiritual group I belong to had a table there to promote our spiritual community, and also do a few readings.  It was a great day!  It was awesome to see some of the wonderful people I always see at those.  I also got a couple readings done for myself, and found out the names of my 2 angels that have been with me since my physical birth, and will be with me until my physical death.  Of course, one of them has quite a sense of humor (best way I can describe it) so he keeps things fun.  I wouldn't have it any other way!  I knew who my guides were, but now I have names also for those angels.  

Patience Is Still Hard!

When you were a child, and you wanted something, you wanted it NOW!!  I'm sure you were told to "Be patient." Patience is a great thing, but it is sometimes very difficult to BE patient.

I'm still here, in Minnesota, trying to be patient-with myself, mostly.  It's been difficult lately to keep myself pointed in the right direction, doing the things I know are steps to be taken to get where I want to be.  I feel overwhelmed when I think of what I need to "get done". I keep telling myself that things that are supposed to happen will happen when the time is right.  I don't feel as uptight as I did say, a month ago, about not being done with all this "prep" stuff and well on my way outta here.  I've surrendered fighting things and am just trying to let things happen as they are supposed to without trying to push things along as I was before.

So today, again, I pray for patience and guidance in what I should be doing and not doing towards my next step.  My present situation is NOT my final destination.

Patience

Having patience is tough, isn't it?

When you really, really want something, it is hard to have patience while you're waiting for it.  It makes no difference if it's a phone call, a new car, etc., when you want something, you want it now!  The universe knows the perfect time for things to come.  You send your desires "out there", and then obsess over them.  Why aren't they coming?  When you think about what you don't have yet, you are focusing on lack!  It is hard, isn't it, to think instead about what you'll feel when you have what you want.  This is key!  The more you really fully feel like you already have what you want, the higher vibration for it you're putting out, and the faster the universe works on getting it for you.

 I am experiencing this now.  I already know how I will feel when I move from this frozen tundra to a warmer climate.  I have managed to counteract that, quite often actually, with my feelings about winter coming up.  I absolutely cannot stand to be cold and have had a very strong dislike for winter for many years now. I gave myself a deadline of the end of September to move.  Of course, the closer it gets to the end of September, and my house isn't even ready to put on the market yet, the more distressed I was becoming.  Will I turn into a pumpkin if I don't move by the end of September? No.  Does it mean I'll never get to move if it doesn't happen by then? No!  I (finally) have managed to accept that things all happen when they're supposed to, and just keep making progress towards what I want.  I will keep moving in the direction of what I want the end result to be.  I will keep focusing on how it will feel after it's all done.  I didn't want to spend another winter in Minnesota, but if that's what it takes to get the end result I am after, then so be it. (Haha, I was gritting my teeth as I typed that!) I do know that the higher I can keep my vibration, the faster the universe delivers, so......even thought I can't take back the time I've spent getting all worked up, I can change my vibration now, and concentrate on keeping it up.

Everything I need comes to me at the perfect time!

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Fire Ceremony this weekend!  Our local spiritual group will be having a gathering to do a fire ceremony this Saturday.  Time to release some things!  I've never been to a fire ceremony before, so it will definitely be interesting.  Looking forward to it!

What Are You Attracting?

It's true-you don't attract what you want.  If you look at a lack of something, and focus on that, you attract more lacking into your life.  How miserable you can make yourself, pining and pining for something you want.

Now....it's also true that you attract what you believe to be true.  If you believe it's true, for example, that you will find the person of your dreams, you will be radiating that energy and whomever matches that energy will be drawn to you.  If you are thinking you'll never find anyone, let alone the person of your dreams, that's the kind of energy you're carrying around.  Picture the difference.  Happy, confident, at ease "you", not worried about finding the perfect person because you totally believe it will happen when it is supposed to, radiating the happy, welcoming energy of already having it.  Then at the other end of the spectrum we have "you", moping around, complaining because so-and-so found this great boyfriend, and I can't find anyone good, only losers, etc.  See the difference in the energy being put forth in each situation?  Who would you rather approach to speak with?  Which you do you think lives a happier life?

Don't wait to be happy.  Start now!  With just a small shift of attitude, you can go easily from a lack mentality to an abundant, grateful mentality.   Then watch things start to happen!

It's In The Cards

I feel guided to do something a little different this time.  I've been doing some card readings for myself recently-some with angel cards, some with angel tarot cards.  I don't really connect that well with regular tarot cards yet, but I'm working on that.  Anyway, I got this new deck of oracle cards and I think it's pretty cool, so I thought I'd post a mini reading here.

Which card draws your attention, #1, #2, or #3?

 

 

As you look at the cards, see what your intuition draws you to.  Does one catch your eye right away?  Do you feel energy coming from a particular card?  Even though they all look the same in this picture, each one has a different energy.  Have you decided?  OK, here's the reveal.

 

 

 

#1 Transient Guide-This type of spirit guide enters your life on special assignment and usually only stays until they are no longer needed.  To have this card means that you have special guidance through a life challenge and to remind you that someone above is definitely there helping you through it.

 

#2 Creative Vision-Your mind is extra sharp and creative at this time and you can see the future more clearly now. This is a good time for new goals and projects and finishing anything that has been put off.  Thinking outside the box will be necessary to remove an obstacle so that you can continue forward to meet your goals.

 

#3 Progression-Something needs to complete and be put behind you in order to move forward successfully. The outcome will bring personal growth, healing and empowerment.  You might need to change your pattern of organized chaos in life in order to fully realize positive change.

 

 

 

 

I very well could have done this reading for myself!  I didn't have doing that in mind when I picked the cards, but it all certainly applies for me.  I'm in the process of going through over 20 years of "stuff" I've accumulated living in my house, as I'm getting ready to put it up for sale in preparation for my move out west.  It's a very big life change/challenge for me and truly, until I can complete this, I can't move forward. 

 

I hope you enjoyed the cards.  Life's an adventure!  If you are interested in having a card reading done, I am still what I call "practicing" so am not charging for readings at this time.  You may email me and I'll be happy to do a reading for you.