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]
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.............
