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If someone has issues with your lifestyle choices…
Posted by Kit in development, inspiration on January 8, 2010
“If someone has issues with your lifestyle choices, you can help such a person grow by boldly continuing to exist.” – Steve Pavlina
A published record of your past
Posted by Kit in development, inspiration on December 5, 2009
“Greet each day as the untarnished future, and handle it as carefully as if it were already a published record of your past.”
- Unknown
Perception
Posted by Kit in development, inspiration on December 5, 2009
“Perception is a learned phenomenon. The world you live in, including the experience of your body, is completely dictated by how you learned to perceive it. If you change you perception, you change the experience of your body and your world.”
Transformation
Posted by Kit in development on December 5, 2009
“Transformation marks the end of an accidental life and the beginning of a deliberate life that is lived from the inside out”
- Kathleen Noble
A time beyond tradition
Posted by Kit in development, inspiration on November 3, 2009
We are now living in a time beyond tradition, when it no longer matters so much where we came from – it is what sort of future we feel we are part of that matters
- Anthony Giddens, Sociologist
The greatest protection comes from evolution
Posted by Kit in development, healing, inspiration on November 3, 2009
Often one feels threatened by the expansion you would have to make, preferring the safety of a limited self-image. Many people cling to a contracted state, believing that it protects them. In fact the greatest protection you could ask for comes from evolution, which solves problems by expansion and forward movement. But you must own this knowledge completely; if any part of you wants to hang back in a constricted state, that’s usually enough to block the road ahead.
From “The Book of Secrets” by Deepak Chopra
Conscious sunrise questions
Posted by Kit in development, exercises on November 2, 2009
Asking conscious sunrise questions awakens wondrous possibilities.
- What are the blessings of the moment?
- What are my ideals and how can I live them today
- How can I greet the day in a healthy way
- How can I enhance calmness and deepen peace
- What would creativity explore
- What is the focus of my enthusiasm
- What are my highest happiest truths? How can I manifest them today?
- How can today be absolutely dreamy, and how can I create this?
- What would the Universe like me to do today?
From Bliss Conscious Communication, published by Books for Earthlings
Fulfilling, satisfying and blissful
Posted by Kit in development, inspiration on November 1, 2009
Accomplishing the work that you were born to do is fulfilling, satisfying and blissful. It completes you moment by moment. Your days are filled with meaningful activity and your nights are restful and healing. Insights and understanding inspire, delight and nurture you. Your creativity is ignited. Your words and actions are appropriate. You know that you are worthy of your life and you are grateful for your life. You appreciate others and cherish the Earth.
- Gary Zukav
The universe is lending you its support
Posted by Kit in development, inspiration on October 12, 2009
[P117] No aspect of life is immune to transformation. Every change you make, however small, will be communicated throughout existence – quite literally the whole universe will be eavesdropping on you and lending you its support. From its point of view, the formation of a galaxy is no more momentous than the evolution of a single person.
From “The Book of Secrets”by Deepak Chopra
Our relationships are manifestations of our relationship with ourself
Posted by Kit in development, relationships on October 6, 2009
It is often a truth of human relationships that our early psychology betrays us: we engage in relationships in ways that only partially express our true selves. As a result, the relationships we create tend to be manifestations of where we have lost contact with ourselves. A relationship is an energetic alchemy that two or more people create together which has the potential to accentuate the closeness or distance of each from his or her true self. How close to, or how far from, our true selves we live determines the quality of the relationships we create.
From “The Mandala of Being” by Richard Moss
Joseph Campbell, the famous mythologist, observed that all of us are seeking in myraid ways meaning and purpose in our lives, but that what we really want is the experience of feeling totally alive and completely free.
Choice-making
Posted by Kit in development on October 6, 2009
- Does this choice feel right for me?
- Am I interested n where this choice is leading?
- Do I like the people involved?
- Is this choice good for my whole family?
- Does this choice make sense given my stage of life?
- Do I feel morally justified in making this choice?
- Will this choice help me to grow?
- Do I have a chance to be more creative and inspired by what I am about to do?
From “The Book of Secrets” by Deepak Chopra
How to relate when someone else is in pain
Posted by Kit in development, relationships on October 6, 2009
- I have sympathy for you. I know what you’re going through.
- You don’t have to feel a certain way just to make me happy.
- I will help you get through this.
- You don’t have to be afraid that you are driving me away.
- I don’t expect you to be perfect. You aren’t letting me down.
- This pain you are going through isn’t the real you.
- You can have the space you need, but I won’t let you be alone.
- I will be as real with you as I can be.
- I won’t be afraid of you, even though you may be afraid of your pain.
- I will do all I can to show you that life is still good and joy still possible.
- I can’ take your pain on as my responsibility.
- I won’t let you hold on to your pain – we are here to get through this.
- I will take your healing as seriously as my own well-being.
From “The Book of Secrets” by Deepak Chopra
Conflict checklist
Posted by Kit in development, relationships on October 6, 2009
When I find myself being overshadowed by anything, I can fall back on a few simple steps:
- I say to myself, “This situation may be shaking me, but I am more than any situation”
- I take a deep breath and focus my attention on whatever my body is feeling
- I step back and see myself as another person would see me (preferably the person whom I am resisting or reacting to)
- I realise that my emotions are not reliable guides to what is permanent and real. They are momentary reactions, and most likely they are born our of habit
- If I am about to burst out with uncontrollable reaction, I walk away.
From “The Book of Secrets” by Deepak Chopra
Freeing a chunk of frozen consciousness
Posted by Kit in development on October 6, 2009
The ego has a repertoire of rationalisations for not being emotionally free:
- I’m not the kind of person who feels like that
- I should be over it
- No one wants to hear about these feelings
- I don’t have a right to feel hurt; it isn’t fair to everyone else
- I’ll only open old wound
- ‘The past is the past
If you find yourself saying such things as a deflection from facing painful feelings, you may succeed in keeping them repressed. But every hidden, blocked feeling is like a chunk of frozen consciousness. Until it thaws, you are saying “I am this hurt” even as you refuse to look at it; it has you in its grip. This is another obstacle between you and the silent witness that must be dissolved. Time and attention have to be paid, sitting with your feelings and letting them say what they have to say.
From “The Book of Secrets” by Deepak Chopra
You’ve been using your power to thwart yourself.
Posted by Kit in development, inspiration on October 6, 2009
The glory of the spiritual journey is the same as its irony: You acquire full power only by realising that you have been using that power all along to thwart yourself. You are potentially the prisoner, the jailer, and the hero who opens the prison, all rolled into one.
From “The Book of Secrets” by Deepak Chopra
An infinite, silent energy field
Posted by Kit in development, science, spirituality on October 6, 2009
Get a beautiful flower and hold it in front of you. Inhale the fragrance and say to yourself “Without me, this flower would have no fragrance” Take in the glowing colour and say to yourself “Without me, this flower would have no colour” Stroke the velvety petals and say to yourself” Without me, this flower would have no texture”. Realise that if you subtract yourself from any sensation – sight, sound, touch, taste, smell – the flower would be nothing but atoms vibrating in a void.
Now consider the DNA that is inside each cell of the flower. Visualise the billions of atoms strung along a double helix and say to yourself ” My DNA is looking at the DNA in this flower. The experience is not an observer looking at an object. DNA in one form is looking at DNA in another form” Now see the DNA begin to shimmer and turn into invisible vibrations of energy. Say to yourself “The flower has vanished into it’s primal energy. I have vanished into my primal energy. Now only one energy field is looking at another energy field.”
Finally see the boundary between your energy and the flower’s energy fade as one set of waves merges into another, like ocean waves rising and falling on the vast surface of an endless sea. Say to yourself, “All energy comes from one source and returns to it. When I look at the flower, a tiny flicker of infinity is rising from the source to experience itself”
Having followed this trail, you have arrived at what is truly real: An infinite, silent energy field flickered for an instant, experiencing an object (the flower) and a subject (you the observer) without going anywhere. Awareness simply took a look at one aspect of its eternal beauty. Its only motive was to create a moment of joy. You and the flower stood at opposite poles of that moment, yet there was no separation. A single creative stroke took place, fusing you both.
From “The Book of Secrets” by Deepak Chopra
Identifying with the body’s intelligence.
Posted by Kit in development, healing on October 6, 2009
The wisdom you are already living – Identifying with the body’s intelligence.
- You have a higher purpose
BODY – Every cell in your body agrees to work for the welfare of the whole; its individual welfare comes second. If necessary, it will die to protect the body cells perish by the thousands every hour, as do immune cells fighting off invading microbes. Selfishness is not an option, even when it comes to a cell’s own survival.
YOU – I am here to serve. I am here to inspire. I am here to love. I am here to live my truth. - You are in communion with the whole of life
BODY – A cell keeps in touch with every other cell. Messenger molecules race everywhere to notify the body’s farthest outposts of desire or intention, however slight. Withdrawing or refusing to communicate is not an option.
YOU - I will appreciate someone who doesn’t know that I feel that way. I will overlook the tension and be friendly to someone who has ignored me. I will express at least one feeling that has made me feel guilty or embarrassed. - Your awareness is always open to change
BODY – From moment to moment, it senses everything in your environment – Cells adapt from moment to moment. They remain flexible in order to respond to immediate situations. Getting caught up in rigid habits is not an option.
YOU - I will spend ten minutes observing instead of speaking. I will sit quietly by myself just to sense how my body feels. If someone irritates me, I will ask myself what i really feel beneath the anger – and I won’t stop paying attention until the anger is gone. - Read the rest of this entry »
Fearlessness means total security
Posted by Kit in development on October 4, 2009
[P111] Fearlessness means total security. Fear is a jolt from the past; it reminds us of the moment when we left a place of belonging and found ourselves in a place of vulnerability. The Bhagavad Gita says that fear is born of separation, implying that the original cause of fear was the loss of unity. Ultimately, that separation is not a fall from grace but a loss of who you really are. To be fearless feels, therefore, like yourself.
From “The Book of Secrets” by Deepak Chopra
Different perspectives
Posted by Kit in development, inspiration, relationships on October 3, 2009
[P116] Lets take an example: You stop at a red light on the way home, but the car behind you doesn’t stop and rear-ends you. When you jump out to confront the other driver, he is not apologetic. Sullenly, he begins to give you his insurance information. In one operating system the following implications come into play:
- This stranger doesn’t have my best interests in mind.
- If he is lying, I could be left with all the damages.
- I am the aggrieved party, and he should recognise that.
- I may have to force him to cooperate.
As these ideas come into play, consider the possibility that the car accident didn’t cause them – they were already imprinted in your mind waiting for the moment they’d be needed. You aren’t seeing the situation as it really is but only through your programmed perception. In a different operating system the following implications are equally valid.
- This accident was no accident; it’s a reflection of myself.
- This stranger is a messenger.
- When I find out why this event happened, I will uncover some aspect of myself.
- I need to pay more attention to some kind of hidden or stuck energy. When I deal with it, i will be glad this accident happened.
From “The Book of Secrets” by Deepak Chopra
Bliss Conscious Communication
Posted by Kit in development on October 2, 2009
It can feel deliciously liberating to acknowledge that we do not have to fix the car, feed the children, take a shower or tidy the house. We do these because there are associated benefits that we appreciate.
When we think of the benefits of doing what we do, we claim our freedom by consciously choosing what we do and say throughout the day. By claiming our freedom we empower others to do the same.
Instead of “I have to go to the bank” try “I’d like to go to the bank” (I’m grateful to have money to deposit. )
Instead of “I need to go to bed now” try “I’d love to go to sleep now”
Instead of “I must go now” try “I’d like to go now. It’s been a pleasure.”
When asked “What do you do?”, I mentally translate the question into “What do you (love to) do?”
Instead of “What shall we do?”, other options could include “How shall we celebrate this occasion”?
Instead of “I don’t care”, try “I am so content, I’d love it if you would choose” or “As you like, precious. Surprise me!”
Instead of “You can’t win” try “The adventure continues”
Instead of “That’s terrible”, try “Shall we take a moment to infuse this situation with love?” or “Something fabulous will grow out of this”
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Are you a joy to compliment? It’s a blissful blast to reflect the kind and genrous words back to those who compliment us, instead of predictably absorbing them. For example…
- Thanks be to you!
- How generous of you.
- You have a beautiful heart.
- How loving.
- What a thoughtful observation.
- Such enthusiasm.
- You inspire me to do my best to live up to your perceptions.
Some excerpts from Bliss Conscious Communication, published by Books for Earthlings
To listen empathetically
Posted by Kit in development, relationships on October 2, 2009
To listen empathetically requires tremendous love and courage. To be empathetic is to fearlessly step in to the feelings of others, whatever they may be. Listening empathetically leads to discovering others’ worlds, thereby expanding one’s own.
What is the most efficient path to bliss?
Posted by Kit in development, inspiration on October 2, 2009
“What is the most efficient path to bliss?”
- Abraham
Don’t tell me what you believe. Tell me what you do 24 hours a day and I’ll tell you what you believe.
Posted by Kit in development, inspiration on October 2, 2009
“Don’t tell me what you believe. Tell me what you do 24 hours a day and I’ll tell you what you believe.”
Clear some space for truth
Posted by Kit in development, inspiration on September 16, 2009
[P132] Today I am busy with mop, bucket and disinfectant, cleaning and clearing my inner hallway. It’s not panic stations. But truth has said she is coming sometime, so I need to clear a space. She’s tried before apparently, and found the door wedged shut with clutter. I don’t remember it, to be honest – perhaps I was out. She came, pushed at the door, sensed resistance, and left.
Not today. It will be different today, whenever or however she comes.
- From “A beautiful life” by Simon Parke
If I could speak it, I wouldn’t have danced it
Posted by Kit in development on September 16, 2009
An interviewer once asked the dancer Pavlova what her dance meant. “If I could speak it, I wouldn’t have danced it” she replied.
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