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The Lighter Life

At this time of year, as we conclude all the parties and over indulgence many of us start thinking about losing weight, taking up an exercise regime and making all sorts of promises about how we will change in the forthcoming year.
For most of us, these promises will last somewhere between a few days and a few weeks, very few will continue their new choices until they are ingrained as new habits in their life. Why is that I wonder?
Personally I think it's about motivation.
As you start the goal setting process for the forthcoming year, I invite you to ask yourself, "Why?". What is the reason that you are setting this goal? You may be surprised by the answers.
When I use this type of exercise with my clients the most common answer is based around the word 'should'. E.g. "Why do you want to start dieting and losing weight?", "because I should want to be thinner and healthier".

When we take this deeper, we see that the 'should' comes from social norms, parents, school teachers, fashion magazines, media advertising and many other outside influences.

What if you turned within and asked that inner wisdom that you have, "what do I really want to achieve, be, do or have this year."  As you tap into the voice of your inspiration you will be amazed at what you are really motivated to achieve.  As you operate from this place of connection you become lighter in your spirit, unfettered by 'shoulds' you are set free on the wings of true inspiration.
Once you realise what you truly want to achieve for yourself you are much more likely to reach the goal or target, you are more likely to make the time to take the action steps, and you will feel a lightness in your heart as you do all the things you know to do because it will be carried on the wings of your inspiration.

Are you ready to get lighter from the inside?  Let go of the 'shoulds' and start living the unlimited possibilities of your inspiration. You will fly so much higher.

In love
Juliet

The Resurrection

"Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail."   ~ Martin Luther

It's not Easter, so why am I talking about the resurrection? Because that is what happens to us over and over again, but we don't notice it. We are reborn as we change a situation in our lives but because we are asleep to our true nature we don't recognise the transformational change that is happening as we move from one thing to another.

Rebirth and renewal are the perpetual states of nature, they are constant in their state of change. We are also in our own perpetual state of change, but just like nature that are certain points in the seasons of our life that are more significant than others.

What often happens is that we see these changes as negative and we struggle and fight our way through them; we could see them as an opportunity for transformation, a resurrection.

What is it that you currently see as unobtainable or unavailable that, just like the little dog's tail, you could experience differently if you were resurrected? This metaphor for life doesn't have to be a physical death and rebirth, but the metaphysical death and rebirth of old, outmoded belief systems into an empowered vision for your life.

I am currently journeying through this transformational phase of life and it is really inviting me to consider how I create my own fences and boundaries that prevent my greater growth. I also recognise that change and transformation is happening even when I'm not consciously engaged in it and when I'm even recoiling and rejecting it on a conscious level. However no matter how extensive my resistance, change happens. In meditation I experience the greater truth and my dreams bring me wonderful stories of Phoenix and Resurrection so I know that transformation is at work in my life, just as it is in yours.

I invite you to consider your own transformational journey and seek the places you can embrace your own resurrection instead of railing against it.

Affirmation
In the infinite now of my life I recognise that I am reborn in consciousness time and again. I release all resistance and embrace the radical resurrection as well as the tiny transformation. I trust the process of life to only bring me the things I can handle and I use the tools in my tool box to process the change as it happens. I am free and flowing in the river of life. All is well.

In love

Juliet x

Your solution already exists

"Infinite Mind and my mind are one mind"

Inspired by the above named workshop from the very wonderful David Ault I have been pondering this concept for the past 24 hours. It's not a new concept to me, but it is one that, upon hearing it's melody this time, has taken my spiritual growth to a deeper level.

If we believe that we are one with the Infinite Intelligence of all creation then it is not possible for anything other than all our solutions to already be with us. For each of us our solution does already exist, but only to the degree to which we can believe this is true.

When I was 10 years old I was fearless, I would get into all sorts of adventures and scrapes and never worry about the outcome. I would climb trees, have fist fights with boys, walk the fields for hours and race around our village on my bike with a gang of other little kids causing all sorts of mayhem. Never once did I concern myself about the things I did, which were mostly harmless fun, because I had a belief that everything was okay and that I was safe.

As I have grown older I recognise that somewhere along the journey that fundamental belief vanished. I became fearful of being 'wrong' and 'foolish', I became wrapped in the adult world of competition and facts. In knowing this I railed against it for some time, trying to reclaim my once carefree life by pushing the fears away. Living anchored in my 10 year old self, refusing to accept the changes in my life, I kept myself separate and isolated from people.

What we resist persists

As my journey of spiritual and personal growth has bumbled along somewhat haphazardly I have come to recognise the truth of persistent resistance.  As I pushed against my fears, they got bigger, there were more of them and they seemed to have a greater hold over me.  Now I allow my fears to be, whilst also knowing that I can change my thoughts and focus on knowing I am safe in any situation and that I am enough just as I am.

Which brings me full circle to this idea of believing that our solution already exists and that our mind is one with Infinite Mind. We can believe this or not, our choice. If in believing it we are able to consciously and subconsciously be tapped into every possible solution for every challenge in our life doesn't it make sense to choose that belief? Even if it takes some time to reprogram our mind with this knowing, if we have to practice this belief choice, we can still reap the benefit a little at a time as we remember.

Personally I have spent time with this and very deliberately sought out aspects of Infinite Intelligence that I wanted more of in my life. I have thought of people I admire and that inspire me and I have remembered that, if we are all one with Infinite Mind, I can connect to their mind, their knowledge, their wisdom, and in doing so I can integrate it fully into my consciousness and activate it in my action.

If we really get this, it's like Wikipedia without the hardware. We can think of a question or a challenge and send it out to infinite mind. Sit back and await the answer to be whispered in your ear as the Infinite speaks to you. 

Your body is where the Infinite makes it's presence known in the finite

Know that you are a fully complete and perfect expression of Infinite Intelligence. Letting go of resistance, releasing old fears and beliefs will take you to a place of deep knowing which will completely fill you up with joy, peace and love. And as you fill your cup of life you will become overflowing with love for life and you will see mystical, magical transformation in every direction. You choose. 

Affirmation

In this infinite now moment I remember that my mind and Infinite Mind are one mind. I know that every solution to every question, challenge or problem already exists. I choose to activate this knowing fully in my life and allow the One to whisper answers in my ear. I stay quiet and listen, I tune in and know, I sleep peacefully and dream a total resolution. In deepest gratitude I trust this eternal connection and live in faith that all my needs are met abundantly now. All is well, whole and holy.

In Love

Juliet x

The slippery side of surrender

“Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.”

So that's what I did, I said "ok Universe, I'm ready to be used in the best way I can, I want to be that which I can become and I surrender my will to the highest good."

All very noble I thought, but then I was moved into something that I didn't really want and don't really like. What's up with that?  Can I take back the surrender part and get into creating my own reality please?

Ever experienced something that looks like this? Yes, it's not the first time I have either, so what can we do to bring harmony and balance back to our life?

Here are the things I have been practicing:

1. Remember I always have choice, even if it seems like I don't. In each moment I decide how I show up in this life, I decide what I do, what I say and even what I think and feel. As I remember that, I feel empowered and in control of my choices and my life.

2. Meditate. When I get out of centre I know that things don't go as smoothly as I want them to, it is at that point that I mediate more than ever, because in that state I am deeply relaxed and I am connected to the Universe in a deeper more direct way so it makes it easier for God to whisper in my ear with the perfect inspirations.

3. Pray. Even if it is the serenity prayer, it helps in the remembering that we are never alone and that as we turn things over there is Grace and perfect timing.

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

4. Breathe. When I feel the stress levels increasing and I forget I'm at choice, I just get still and breathe. My shoulders drop, my blood pressure reduces and I easily get centred and ready to continue.

I'm glad I have surrendered into my greatest yet to be and I know that every moment of my life I have the choice to live to the fullest limit of my body, to express compassion and grace with every word and thought and to step up in the biggest way I can to make a difference in the world.

Affirmation
In this infinite now moment I am at choice. I decide what, where, when, how and who. I choose to live, love and make a difference with every breath and I take right action to achieve that. I bless my life with love and gratitude and I move into surrender again and again as I remember the truth of my being. All is  perfectly perfect.

In Love

Juliet x

A grain of a mustard seed

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field."

Jesus, the Christ goes on to say that the kingdom of heaven is within. These quotes from the New Testament of the Christian bible have been interpreted literally, but what if we took a different look at them, a metaphysical look.

The analogy I use for pure potential of life is the acorn, because for me it is something more tangible. In this story the idea of the mustard seed has more potency because of it's tiny size. We are being asked to look at the very tiniest part and know that even in that there is infinite potential and that it sits within us.

So what is 'the Kingdom of Heaven'? Again there are many translations of this idea, but I believe it to be the self realisation of God in Man, that we are each part of the living God and that as we come to fully recognise that on every level of our being, taking it from a cerebral concept into a heart felt knowing, then we are in heaven. When we live in this place within ourselves we have moved past judging, criticising, separation and fear. Instead we move to a place of acceptance, support, faith, oneness and, the most important of all, Love. For me God and Love are interchangeable words for the same thing. As we live in complete unconditional love for ourselves and everything else, knowing that really it is all part of the same thing, then we truly are living in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Affirmation
In the infinite now I know that there is only One, the universal source of all things. I am connected to that and everything else in the cosmos. I choose to seek that knowing above all things. Before any word I speak, I anchor myself in the Oneness and speak only love. I constantly seek to live in the kingdom of heaven within myself and I forgive all the times I forget. In each moment I know that I am doing the very best that I can, that I am always practicing and I am always a perfect expression of God. All is well.

In Love
Juliet x

Shock and Awe

"If you're not in awe, you're not paying attention." ~ Erika Luckett & Lisa Ferraro, from their song Awe

I have had a wonderful opportunity to be in awe this week, but it came from intense shock. After slamming my left thumb in my car door as I shut it, thereby breaking the top bone, creating a great deal of soft tissue damage and internal bleeding as well as dislocating the joint, I was in a state of shock. I'm really squeamish, so as I saw my thumb immediately start to swell and go purple I very nearly fainted, and/or threw up.

Fortunately neither of these things happened, but that was largely to the kindness and compassion of the office workers at the place I was attending an appointment. Not wanting to miss this important appointment, I went into the office but started to realise that I may have really done some spectacular damage to my little old thumb, feeling very faint, I explained to my interviewer what had happened, she got the first aid person, another lady went next door and got some ice, and the security officer came over to make sure all was well. I was wrapped in love, kindness and compassion. My first moment of awe.

My step daughter came to collect me, took me off to hospital, where two lovely staff nurses took charge of my, gave me pain killers, got me x-rayed, lanced the nail to relieve the pressure of the internal bleeding (I know, TMI), bandaged me up and packed me off with more drugs, all within 2 hours. My second moment of awe.

My third moment of awe came when I took a box of chocolates into the office to say thank you for being so caring and compassionate. This is a government department who frequently have to deal with some challenging people and situations. I got the feeling that they don't receive many demonstrations of gratitude, and they were bowled over that I had taken the time to express my thanks. I came out of the office with tears of joy in my eyes, my small act of appreciation had made such a big difference to their day.

So what's the point?

1. Good things happen out of bad situations. I could have moaned and groaned, had a full on pity party (I did have a little one when the pain was really bad) and banged the drum of 'poor me.' Instead I took the time to seek any subconscious meaning from my injury, gave people an opportunity to express compassion and then expressed gratitude.

2. There are no accidents. Communicating with my inner self helped my to see some anger, frustration and resistance that was going on that I could have remained unaware of had this not happened.

3. Life is what you make it. No matter what is happening in your life, there is a good that can come from it, if you look for it.

So today I invite you to look for the good, even in the most painful situations. Express your love and appreciation openly and frequently, you have no idea what impact that may have on others. Be open to help and assistance even from strangers and always know you are guided and going in the best direction.

Affirmation
In this infinite now I know that everything in my life is in perfect order. I know each situation has a gift hiding within it and I choose to seek it out and treasure it. I freely express gratitude and love, I ask for help when I need it and I trust that my guidance system is always working perfectly. All is well.

In Love

Juliet x