Setting intention

So I literally understand about setting an intention and the universe conspiring to see it through. It is amazing to watch life happening and at such a rapid pace. This makes me wonder exactly why I used to feel rushed or anxious to make things happen. It is scary to think something and then see it grow into existence. It is powerful and exciting but caution is necessary if we are not in control of our thoughts completely. I realize how important it is to stay grounded and balanced. I feel like I do nothing but so much is changing. Not just with myself but including others around me. It starts with one intention, prayer, thought, wish and then bam it all starts. I wonder if anyone else sees it. I don't think the ones around myself know what is happening or about to happen.

Patience!

Don't we all just love the lesson of patience. Well it is the theme of my life right now. There is not much else to do but breath, let go, wait ughhhh, not always fun. But there is no way around it. If I can find the balance between FEAR and ARROGANCE I can act out of LOVE. When I act out of fear, anxiety appears. When I act out of arrogance, ego appears. When I act out of love, love appears! I am arrogant I notice, I am impatient with other people and the place they are thinking from, I recognize having been there myself. I act out of fear because I know I am capable of thinking that way and am afraid to slip back. If I can find love we can all live in harmony and growth. Lord I ask for the grace to endure kindly and lovingly. I ask for wisdom and gentleness so I can deliver your knowledge in a loving manner. I ask for humbleness and faith to dissolve fear. I ask for patience so I don't act hastily and out of your timing. Remove the anxiety to act in my own way. Grant me peace!

Intention

Live every moment with intention. Be aware of why you are doing everything thing that you do. Know the purpose, have a mission of being constantly awake. Know why you dont want to be around a crowd at times, notice the intend to protect energy. Notice why you suddenly need interaction with others, notice the intent to share energy when you are fulfilled. There is a reason being "I just don't feel like" or "I feel the need for" these are a reflection of our deepest conscious awareness. Sit and watch your emotions, make friends with them, know your deepest desires. Know when energy need to be reserved or shared. BALANCE is the key to maintaining healthy energy levels. Become aware of those people that drain you or those situations that leave you empty. Also be aware of those that feed and refuel you. Meditation contributes to the awareness of energy and desires and intentions. Just 10 minutes a day can get you in touch with your true self and deepest desires. Meditation eliminates unnecessary panic and anxiety and unnecessary urgencies. Know yourself, know the difference between your thoughts and the thoughts passed down by other people's beliefs. So often, we are holding on the thought patterns that do not serve or align with our true beliefs. Practice mediation consistently to distract fear from taking hold of your thoughts. Fear cannot live where peace resides :)

Avoidance or denial

Sometimes it would be easier to "step out" of the picture and pretend some things arent happening. There is a temptation to turn off the tv, the news or anything that isn't happy or profitable to know. Part of my mind says to stay away from the negative and only cling to the positive. But ALL of it is along the path. So does it all come down to control and manipulation, even in our growth? Is avoidance just another form of picking and choosing the process. Staying around only the positive does create a sense of positive in ones life, mostly because you will see what you are looking for. So why can't the positive still be seen amongst an unpleasant situation? I believe it can through the eyes of faith!! Fear tells me to turn and ignore but faith tells me it will all be exactly as it is meant to be. It is ok not to be beaten down with grief every time something sad happens and it is also ok to be grief stricken when something sad happens. I don't seem as effected when I am open and not fearful. Even though some situations sadden my heart I know that things are changing, evolving, and purposely moving on. Long term alienation will stifle your growth process ~it is through our interactions with others that we learn our greatest lessons.

choosing happy

You are the only person responsible for figuring out your own journey. No one can make you happy although their presence in your life can add to your happiness. No one can make you sad but their presence and control can add more sadness to your life if you do not learn to detach their emotions from your own. It isn't easy to live this way without the tools to master the process of detachment and independence. Detaching from other people's problems and feelings is not an easy task for many people, especially if they don't understand love. Love isn't allowing other people to predict how you feel, what you should do and how you should behave. Love isn't all about feelings but about freedom to be yourself, support in tough times, companionship and growing together through the changes of life. Unconditional love isn't as easy to find as condtional love nor is it easy to understand. In a biblical sense, "nothing can separate us from the love of God" this is unconditional love. We often love with human love, this is the love of conditions, the love that increases if I do as you say I should. Spiritual love is unconditional love, the love that separates how I behave, how I look, from who I am. Why is it so confusing to understand that I am NOT my actions? YOU are not what you do, what you look like, where you have been but WHO you are. Everyone deserves love and happiness. Everyone is someone. Love without restrictions, expectations and judgment and then you shall find "happy".

Arrival?

When you think you have arrived.....what's next? If enlightenment (awarenesss)(awakening) is to arrive at the place of seeing, knowing and being in all truth, what comes next? Is it to live this way forever or to strive for a new place of arrival? Is truth better than denial? Some would say it's the only real option and some choose to go back into hiding behind denial. Both paths have their advantages, truth is the only way for the true self to BE but what happens when it turns out to be a lonely place because so many others turn away from it or choose never to enter? Do you turn away also or continue to flow through it? There comes a time when you have to choose how you want to spend the rest of your days, whether it be in truth or denial. There are some people who need the illusions to survive their current state of being but once the heart is ready for change, the eyes and mind begin to open and see reality. The only way to go back then is through self denial. Wow, what a fearful choice, to risk a new state of being or to stay in familiar unhappiness. The choice seems to come quiet often throughout life and hopefully you take the risk more than not. It may be scarry to keep moving forward to unfamiliar grounds but you can rest assured that the familiar place of unhappiness and illusions will always be there waiting for your return. Plus, there will always be familiar faces still waiting for there IF you chooose the path of return.

The greatest tragedy is not death but life without purpose

God says " I know what I am planning for you, I have good plans for you, not plans to hurt you. I will give you hope and a good future" God is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or dream of ... infinitely beyond our hightest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes. Lord I ask you to continue to protect me from my own selfish dreams, desires and goals. My commitment is to serving you full heartedly for the purpose that you created me for. I am whole, complete and fulfilled when I am protected by your grace and love. Nothing in this world is more valuable than my relationship with you. Keep your hand upon me protecting my soul from anything that may tempt me to serve anything other than your purpose. Show me your ways, guide me daily and help me to love as you do. Grant me a life of service that is completely fulfilling and joyful. It is not my services but yours done through my body. Your love is the love I share. May my thoughts be guided by you only. May all fear and anxiety of the future vanish and be replaced with your courage, hope, direction and mighty power. Remove the veil from the eyes of the blind and open their minds to your word. Protect my path from lies and deception and false beliefs. Thank you the blessing, the healings, you have bestowed upon this family. May we all serve you wholeheartedly from this generation forward and even those of before that are still here today. I stand firm on your promises of complete healing and wholeness. Step by step...day by day...moment by moment...may each of us listen attentively and actively serve you only, knowing this world can not offer what we most desire, which is unity with you!!