I spent 3 days in Seattle with ‘ohana this week.  (‘Ohana is family in Hawaiian – of blood or choice). Perhaps because we are in week 2 of our Gratitude Campaign, I was able to experience the joys of acknowledging others in a deeper way.  I acknowledged them by allowing myself to be fully present, and I enjoyed every minute.

There is so much continually attempting to get our attention.  Besides the various technological tools we have bombarding us with information, there are also ‘to do’ lists, errands, our families, friends, jobs, people and pets.  How often do we really participate in life in a slow, conscious manner?  Or allow others to do so?

At one point on the way home, I was traveling the speed limit, enjoying the beauty of the forest I-5 goes through.  Cars whizzed past me, some drivers honking, some glaring at me for going “too slowly.”  I wondered where they were whizzing off too, and spent some time making up stories about them.  When I realized what I was doing, I laughed at how easy it is to get pulled out of the present and brought my attention back to what I was doing.  Those people were none of my business.  My business was to enjoy my drive home.  And I did.

Awhile ago I heard of the Slow Food movement – where one uses fresh ingredients, makes things from scratch and enjoys their meals.   I think we should start a Slow Life movement.  Where we show up, pay attention, and truly experience each moment. 

Join me?

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

Today I show up for my life with a new intention.  My intention is to consciously experience all of it.  As I do this, I am able to more easily remember and experience the Oneness of all Life.  I honour every second of Life.  I honour how Life shows up for me, whether It be in people, plants, animals or places.

I am ready to live a Slow Life.

I open my mind and heart to experience the things I have forgotten.  I let go of my need to be plugged in to my computer, Ipod, TV or newpapers.  I recognize these as wonderful technological tools, yet they are not the reason for my existence.

My existence is for the Glory of The Divine.  To experience God knowing Itself in, through and as me.  I am now consciously aware of all of my Now moments, and consider them a great gift.  I honour the gift by paying attention.

God in me, as me, is an expression of my good, and my good is everywhere!

With a grateful heart, I release these words, knowing they are so, and so It is.

 During these times of amazing change, many feel they have had to make sacrifices for self preservation. Some people come to this idea with a sense of victimization, believing something or someone “out there” is causing them to make sacrifices.

Once again, it is all a matter of perspective.  Yes, we have had to tighten our belts, find new jobs, new homes, make sacrifices – yet we can look at it differently.

The word ‘sacrifice’ comes from the Old Latin meaning to ‘make sacred.’  ‘Sacred’ means dedicated to a deity or religious purpose.   If we look at this from a Religious Science point of view, what would our lives be like if all the changes we were making were done from the perspective of making our lives sacred?  Dedicating all that we are, all that we have, and all that we have ever had – to the Divine?

We would be living in Truth.  The Truth is, there is nothing but God.  There is no separation at all.  Everything we are, everything we have, every thing we think we’ve given up is God. The sacrifices we’re making are so we can more fully be our Divine Selves. 

And that’s a good thing!

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

The I Am that I Am is hungering to be recognized – and so I do.  I celebrate this awesomely powerful Presence that is my life and everything I experience.  I celebrate the unconditionally loving and infinitely intelligent nature of this Presence.  I know it as Divine Energy – the Source and substance of all that is.

I open my heart and mind to make all things sacred.  Everything I experience with my senses is sacred. Everything I feel is sacred.  This makes my life a holy experience.  I rejoice in this Truth.  The Divine in me, as me, is honouring Its perfection as me.   

As I change my perceptions, I change my experience.  I declare my life is one that reflects the wonder and uniqueness of The Divine.  I feel joy in all my endeavors.  My whole being dwells in the generosity of Spirit.

With a grateful heart, I release these words – knowing they are so.  And so It is. 

The other day I was waiting at a traffic light and heard a beautiful bird song.  I noticed the bird sitting on a branch.  Suddenly it seemed like she threw herself off the branch and headed straight down.  I gasped, and watched as she flapped her wings, gained altitude and soared.  Then folding her wings against her body, she rode the winds, only flapping a bit to keep herself aloft.

The light changed and I drove on, but the visual picture stayed with me.  If that picture had a word, it would be Trust.  The bird didn’t hold onto the branch for dear life as the wind blew – she threw herself into it!  It held her up and she only needed to flap her wings when she wanted to adjust her direction.

I thought about how with the winds of change in today’s world, there’s a part of us fearfully clinging to the past – to what we’ve known.  We’re now realizing that what we’ve known isn’t necessarily going to work anymore.  It’s time to throw ourselves into the wind and soar!   We can look at the wind as Divine Law.  It will support us.  We just have to flap our wings and let It know where we want to go!! 

I came home to find this in my e-mail box.  I love how the Universe confirms my thoughts!!

Have you ever seen the acrobats on the big trampolines, or the people in the circus on the big bounding nets? And they hit that net and they spring forth into flight. Well, the moment that they hit the net, that's like the platform of your life. But it is the flying through the air that is the main event.

We want you to think of your "now reality" as nothing more than the net that is springing you -- but it is the flight through the air that is your life.

So many of you, you hit that net and then you lay on your stomach, and then you wrap your fingers and toes into it, and you put your face tight into it, and you say, "I've got to face reality." And we say, you didn't come forth to face reality. You came forth to spring off of reality. You came forth to let the reality be the basis from which you take flight.                             --Abraham-Hicks Philadelphia, PA ‘99

Whoo Hoo!!  Let’s fly!!

 SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

I recognize and honour the powerful Presence that is absolutely everywhere.  It is the wind beneath my wings, and the wings themselves.  It is my breath and my heartbeat.  It is - therefore I am.

I now declare I willingly untangle myself from wherever I have been stuck.  I jump up and fly!  I know that as I make the leap, the whole Universe is supporting me.  I now leap into a new consciousness of Self.  I leap into the consciousness of health, wealth, service and love.  Everything my heart desires is now mine, and what I desire is for the greatest good for all.

Gratefully I fly free – allowing The Divine to guide and support me – and I enjoy the flight! 

I release these words to the Law of Mind, knowing they are done, and so It is.

I heard about death on the car radio yesterday.  It isn’t an unusual experience, but because I grew up with these celebrities, I, like everyone else, I started thinking about the value and meaning of these people in my life.

It was Farrah’s hair I was in love with – during the early ‘70’s I had really, really long hair.  I took a magazine cover into a beauty salon and said “Make me look like this.”   Little did I know that there were thousands of women doing the same thing and this at a time when it was important for me to be an individual!  A few years ago, when I decided I wanted long hair again, I naturally went back to that style.  It works for me.

I wasn’t as enamored with Michael Jackson as many of my contemporaries were. I was more of the folk music type – but I loved dancing, and his music was certainly danceable!  A few weeks ago I heard him say on an interview about his upcoming England tour “This is the last, the final goodbye.”   How prophetic those words were – what surprised me was that he still sounded like a young boy at 50 years old.

Watching the interplay between Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon on late night TV was delightful.  And oh my goodness, those envelopes, every few months over the years, from Publisher’s Clearing House, with a letter from Ed McMahon, brought hope and fantasy to the hearts of many!

Going back to value and meaning … Whether its death from a long illness, old age or sudden death, it reminds us of our mortality.  We’re all going to do it – and the fact that many of us grew up with these people brings the fact that we’re not going to physically live forever even closer. 

It reminds me to LIVE now – really live – not just observing from the sidelines, but getting in there and wallowing in every aspect of Life – feeling all the feelings, whether they be happy or sad, glad or mad – it’s all part of the human experience. 

It also reminds me I am here for God to experience Itself as me.  What kind of experience does my Spirit want to have?   I believe It wants me to be authentic, use my God-given gifts well, and be fully present!   So for the Divine Feminine, partially expressed through my hair, for the Divine Child within, and for the divine wise older person I have become --  This is my intention, and  I am so grateful for every moment of my life. 

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

There is That Within Me that desires to be more fully expressed, to have greater experiences of Itself.  It is Life, my Life, which is GodLife.  This Life works through me, as me, for me, through Love and Law. 

I choose to open my heart and mind to let Life live an even greater experience as me.  I let go of my sense of littleness, of not deserving, of unworthiness.  I am the incarnation of The Divine right here and now.  I accept this, I acknowledge it, I express it.  I am fully alive!! 

Gratefully I acknowledge all aspects of my Life, relishing being a spiritual being living a human experience.  This is good, very good.

I release these words into the Law of Mind, knowing they are so, and so it is.