Gifts for the Day

Gratitude
is one of the highest frequencies in the Universe. When we notice what
is "good" in our lives, we create more of it. Think about it. When you
are grateful, life becomes more expansive. It contracts when you think
about what you don't have.Your
reality reflects your inner thoughts and feelings. So if you stay
focused on gratitude and abundance, then you increase the flow of
"good" in your life. Life expands and contracts naturally or
cyclically, but you can expand the balance of abundance through
gratitude.

Like
prosperity, I imagine gratitude as beautiful waves of golden light that
cascade through my life, like waves of a bountiful sea that bring
peace, contentment and expansion. Expressing gratitude to friends
changes relationships. Expressing gratitude to the Universe or God
brings expansion, prosperity and peace.

You
have a choice in every moment. You can choose to focus on limitation
and doubt, or you can choose connection with the divine qualities of
gratitude, love and abundance. The beauty of free will is that we
always have a choice. Remembering to choose well is a practice that is
easily developed and can change the flow of your life.

In
this series I will be exploring the energy of language. I will look at
commonly used words from the point of view or their original meaning
because words carry the energy of their original meaning even though we
have a different understanding of them now. I will also explore the
energy of language from the point of view of my Greater Self.

People
are constantly talking, both with their mouths (outside voice) and in
their heads (inside voice). The logical mind (left brain) communicates
with words. But words have meanings and energies that can be very
different from what the logical mind thinks. So when we use these
words, whether with the inside or outside voices, the energy underneath
still comes though.

WORD NUMBER ONE: WANT

The common meaning (what I found in my dictionary) of want is "to desire to have or do something". But the original meaning was "to lack of something". If is from Old Norse vanta "to be lacking". This was the meaning of "want" that was in dictionaries as recently as the 1940's.

Words
carry the energy of their original meanings. So if you say, "I want
money", the energy says, "I lack of money". That's a really different
meaning!

Conversely, if you say, "I don't want to be sick", the energy says, "I don't lack of being sick". Oops!

Think of all those positive affirmations people have said using "I want..." No wonder they didn't work!

You
might have been told that instead of saying "I want money" you should
say something like "I am wealthy". Unfortunately, your mind immediately
responds, "Have you seen my bank account? I am NOT wealthy?"

Instead of want, try using desire. Recently desire has taken on an undertone of sexuality, and people shy away from it. But I don't have a problem with desire!

It is even better to use choose. This word packs a punch. "I choose abundance." Your mind can't negate that. It feels expansive and light.

Listen
to what you say to others. Listen to your inner dialogue. If you are
aware of your language, you can change it and so change your experience. [Sarah Biermann]

Questions?

There are some questions in the world you do not ask. Most of the questions you ask
yourself are immaterial. They are stalling, filibustering, if you will.
Enough of questions for a while. Simply note that according to the joy
you have, that is the degree to how much joy you can give. It is
unselfish to be happy. It is selfish to be unhappy. There are no two
ways about it. You may be a good actor and hide your unhappiness, yet,
despite the best acting, there is that level at which your unhappiness
is known.
When you are unhappy, you find a reason. You like to think it is a
good reason. The brutal fact is that, if you are unhappy, you chose to
be unhappy. Happiness is not the luck of the draw. Happiness or
unhappiness is what your mind tells you to feel. When you are unhappy,
you have willingly sacrificed your happiness on the altar, as if it
were honorable to give away your happiness. Do that, and you deny
others their happiness. You may perhaps think that is a noble thing to
give up your happiness and be long-suffering. Hogwash. Do you think you
are not worthy of joy? Do you think that suffering is better? Have you
chosen to be a martyr? If so, then unchoose it now. Be the hero or
heroine of a different kind of novel. Do not be the king or queen who
so nobly puts his or her head on the block. Find other heroes, beloved.
Find a pillow of roses to rest your head upon.

Keeping the balance here is a list of excellent books for free thinkers - more positive atheism :)

Atheists often get accused of “worshiping” themselves, of being
arrogant and having no humility. I don’t know why. Nature constantly
reminds me that I’m small, reminds me that I’m part of something
bigger. The world was not made for us, Nature tells us. I find that
curiously comforting, because it is nice to know that the world, and
the universe, are far bigger and grander than mere humanity, as amazing
as we are.

Sometimes Nature reminds us gently. And sometimes it tears into a
city with a glorious fury, primal and so beyond us that we can only
stand before it, humbled and awed.

And on that note I must sign off for now and get off to work, whatever your belief/philosophy have a wonderful day.............

Lazeeeee Dazeeee

Well Sa maybe you are reading this "next door" say Hi to Alexa I will drop her a line or 2 at some point today - great chat last night :) Keep me posted...........well after our chat D n I went out for a tapas, it had been a long hard hot day, but with the aid of another Sarah and Leigh and they worked their sox off bless em, we were all dripping masses but we got the place turned around in 61/2 hours, the newbies arrived before Frank, but they seen like nice people, no moaning this time, apparently they are here for 2 weeks which Frank had forgotten to mention, so a quick change next Sat, I'll get Sarah to help as Leigh is back in Swindon then. Hahahaha sitting at Lornezo's guess who stopped for a chat - yes the Lady B, very friendly and would seem that Maria has told her ALL about us/me, mmmmmm, not so sure I am too happy about that, anyway she was all smiley on her way to order a Pizza.......we were back home by 10 and I think I must have fallen asleep almost instantly on the sofa....Today then is keep cool and do as little as poss :) catch up on radio and blogs lots of lovely Pencil and Leaf reading ahhhh bliss

Hahahaha here you go Sa if you have time read the rest......
"....Be a pioneer, show self-control, concentrate, and throw off the chains in your mind that keep you powerless. Let go of obsessive or compulsive feelings and people, and purify however you need to, becoming the "captain of your own fate. Pluto's nature is economy of energy," and it tends to make our lives more efficient through annihilating obsolete life factors. Banish the corrupt, corrosive, or dishonest elements in your life, and regenerate the seeds of power in the houses it influences in your charts. Pluto's long range influence is presently most personally disruptive to those with a Sun, Ascendant, or planet between 27 degrees of Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces and the first degree of Capricorn, Aries, Cancer, and Libra."{more here}

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Some good news from the Lobo Park in Antequera
and some not so good news for our village
"Battle looms over plans to start work beside Sierra de las Nieves national park"
NEIGHBOURS are fighting a new plan to reopen a quarry in
Unesco-protected woodland beside the Sierra de las Nieves national
park.

The locals in Casarabonela had been promised four years ago that the
disused quarry, then owned by an English company, would never be
reopened

Nice one......."the pursuit of happiness should not just be something that seeks my own
personal happiness. It should be a pursuit for those things that enable
happiness for everyone. Our journeys in life are bound together, and we
can all go further if we find ways to support each other" {atheist a go-go}

Thing bigger think better just THINK :)

Think Bigger, Better, More . . .

There are no limits. All of our limits are self-imposed even though it may often appear otherwise. What we overlook is that it is we who make the final decision about whether we buy into a limiting belief or not. Others may try to suggest or persuade us that it is in our best interests to harbor a particular belief, but most often it's only in the best interests of the person who is doing the persuading. They'd feel a lot better if we would do things the way everybody else is doing them.

"Perhaps, at this point, it would be a good idea to take a closer look at our collective reality and see how it got to be the way it is. When we were young children, we looked to those who were bigger than us to instruct us in the ways of life, and, because we were innocent, we trusted them to start us off on the right foot. In most cases they taught us as best they could, but only in rare instances did they teach us anything that was outside the standard, agreed-upon, status quo reality. In accordance with human nature, we merged our beliefs with theirs and began to go along with the crowd.

"As the years went by and we matured, we found that it was easiest for us to stay with the set of ideas we originally learned because these ideas were supported by almost everyone else around us. It seldom occurred to us to deviate from the mainstream, and yet, for a few people, a subtle voice inside whispered that they need not be supported by others in their thinking processes. These insightful people realized that they were free to believe as they chose, even if others didn't approve."

From The Code: The Reunion - A Parable for Peace

So, how about breaking out of the pack? We don't need the approval of others to think - and create - what we like. We can think "Bigger" and enhance our opportunities immensely; we can think "Better" and improve the quality of our lives beyond measure; we can think "More" and increase the flow of all good things coming to us. And we can start right now by taking a closer look at all of our limiting ideas and tossing them in the garbage with all the other things that we don't need anymore.

My Intention for today is:

I Intend that I am thinking Bigger, Better, More . . .

Funny this in many ways because I never did believe that my elders were necessarily by betters, hence being deemed a demon child LOL - my criteria has always been with the folks who tried to mold me or tell me what they thought was best was whether or not if they walked their talk, most I discerned did not, they were telling me the rules for life and were by and large bloody miserable, so seemed crazy to my way of thinking to follow their way/advice or opinion and now I am one of the elders BUT I am very happy, didn't happen overnight and there have a fair few long dark nights, but I stuck to my guns and done many a u-turn - I know that sounds contradictory - gotta keep an open mind - gotta keep a reflective/meditative {both passive and active}/creative mind. Yes I am very happy I love where I live, I love the people I am surrounded by, I love the whole vibe of the place and of course goes with out saying that I love my man, family, close friends and furry fourlegged companions with a ferocity that sometimes hurts. No I didn't get chocolates, flowers or are we going out for a meal - and it matters not a jot - I count my blessings, I know folks who insist on all the trappings of Valentine's day and then a year down the line it is all over............Oh yes when D n I were first together well the 1st 2 years we happened to be in the US and we would do something completely different and maybe for a another couple of years we still acknowledged, but as time passes and we become more content with each other and the friendship grows along with a changing kinda love, a more stable, less emotional love, we subtly agree with one another that we have no need to follow this ritual, hopefully we do/say/give something kind/uplifting/loving/thoughtful each and every day for one another, it's habit it's a way of life.
OK a couple of pics of the birthday, sadly I haven't got any of Sammy, Gregor, Craig, Laura and barely a glimpse of Lorien Sarah Leigh Keef Jo Dave, so who's keeping them then????? Click on a photo to take you to see the rest

Transformative Energy is coming and going now, with very noticeable

force and regularity. It is pounding the shores of our consciousness

like tides of some internal sea. Those who don't feel it FIRST PERSON

will experience the effects SECOND PERSON or even THIRD. It all

depends on your chosen itinerary while living in the World of Form.

Contrary to the opinions of some, these vibratory fluxes we feel are

not "caused" by astrological patterns or numerical arrangements.

That would make things separate, and life is NOT separate. WE are

our own cause, and WE are our own effect. And this same principle

holds, no matter what "position" we occupy on the Game Board of Life

in 3D.

Astrology REFLECTS reality, it doesn't cause it. The same is true of

double digits, omens, signs, symbols, and a host of other "mirrors" of

the Self. They DO "mean" something.......but their meanings vary,

depending on the eye of the beholder. {cause and effect}

"Everything is dependent on everything else, everything is connected,

nothing is separate. Therefore everything is going in the only way it

can go. If we were different everything would be different. We are

what we are, so everything is as it is."

G.I. Gurdjieff

I love it when I find an answer to someone else's questions just hits the spot for me

We also see that there is an aspect of this habit that you speak of that is linked with insecurity. Through the insecurity it is linked to---well, we are trying to think of a word that is not so dramatic, but perhaps we need to just say it. A denial of self love is how we'll say this. (Chuckles) You know what we mean from that. So, what we truly think you need to do in order to continue what you started to night and to move forward in this is to truly learn to love yourself and to accept yourself. You have been hard and somewhat judgmental due to some of the choices you have made in this life. Every choice that you have made has been a part of your journey. It's been whatever needed to be done at that point in your life. Some of this harshness and difficult time you have given yourself; it's time to let go. It worked for you at the time because it brought you into a space you needed to be. That is over and done with; it's time to release it and truly allow yourself to manifest your divinity. You have so much of that golden light within you, it just shimmers from you. It's there when you are at your natural place when you are not thinking about who you are or what's going on. It's only when you move into that space of judgment that you dim down and the other energies come up within you. You are healed. You are whole. You can release this. The more you quit trying to do so and allow yourself to be your divinity the easier you will find that to happen. Does that make sense to you?{cellular transformation...}

Oh there are so many good things I want to share but it is time to be away from the computer for a while

Eli thank you for the sends sadly I can't watch the pps file as I don't have the programe any more :(