I felt so moved, so humbled as I called forth the Spirit of God. I felt so moved and so overcome with emotion as I felt my heart grow with the presence of God. I learned these last few days that it is one thing to be made of love and light, but it is another thing to CHOOSE it as your experience. We have been given the choice always. God will never assert its will upon its children, yet will support them unconditionally in everything they shall choose. Today, I renewed my vows to be an instrument of Light and Love, and called once again for my heart to be a Home for God. And so it is. And so I am.

In calling forth the Holy Spirit, something magnificent became clear. There is no reason to doubt our paths. So long as we have called upon the Great Divine to lead us to our greatest good, there is no reason to doubt the way our lives are unfolding. It is the Great Divine after all. What could the Great Divine not do? I have called that Power to lead me to my soul’s greatest purpose since beginning this journey. Whenever in need, I renew the call as I pray and as I walk this life. And while my life has seen many changes and transformations, I have kept the faith and for that I have been greatly rewarded. And while my relationship is in seeming upheaval at this very moment, I am challenged to keep the faith once more and to remember that when we call on the Great Divine to lead us to our greatest purpose, we must be prepared to flow and embrace the changes for they are leading us to our greatest alignment with Love and Light.

May these words find you well and may all our days be holy.

Amen.

Putting it into practice:
Remember, it is one thing to be made of Love and Light, but it is another thing to choose it as your experience.

Today, stand tall and proclaim loudly and proudly: “I AM THE LOVE”, “I AM THE LIGHT”. Whatever it is you seek, call on Love to be your guide. Call on The Great Divine to be your guide. Call on the Universe to lead you to your soul’s highest good. Stand tall and shout it out loudly and proudly. Call it forth as your Divine right.

Whatever it is you desire, call on God and ask to be shown the solution that will lead to your greatest good. And then watch for signs of Spring, for they will be all around you.

I love you and may God bless you day and night.

Please check out my youtube channel and come grace it with your beautiful presence and good vibes. Leave your comments, rate my videos and share them with your friends when they speak to your heart.

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Thank you all for being such beautiful lights in the world. 

I hope your day is divine!

Ban

The Divine has spoken. It is the will of Heaven that I step out of the closet and begin sharing what is in my heart with anyone willing and ready to hear the truth. I know I am taking a leap of faith by putting on this workshop. But as God reminds us, “To journey into the unknown, is to know yourself divine.”

Please watch this invite. It is my first video for the web – marking another leap of faith. Thank you for taking the time to watch it and to bless it with your love.

If you are in the area, I would love to share this beautiful day with you. We will have a great time and I guarantee you that you will walk away having learned something new. 

When:
Sunday, Oct. 18th
2pm – 4pm
Cost: $35
Limited to 10 people 
South Beach, Miami FL 

Thank you, Universe. Thank you, God. Thank you friends for pushing me to express Who I Am. 

Contact me to RSVP or visit http://www.meetup.com/lightandlearning and join our wonderful and growing community of spiritualists in South Florida.

With all my sincerest love,

Ban

I believe one of the most important things for human beings to realize is that nothing real exists. Reality is but a set of choices by which we experience life. Simply speaking, if my belief system differs from yours then what you consider reality/truth is different from mine. This means there are no absolutes when it comes to experience. It means we are always choosing what is real for us through a series of decisions. What is right for you may not be right for me. What is true for me, may not be true for you. Our perceptions lead to our beliefs, and our beliefs create our reality. When we see life this way, we realize we always have the power to change our reality by transforming our beliefs.

We live in a Universe of unconditional support. It is constantly drawing experiences to us that mirror our beliefs. The Universe is a magnet that attracts like-beliefs to like-experiences. Therefore, in order for us to change our experiences, we must start by changing our beliefs. To do that, we must examine both our inner worlds and our outer worlds. Our inner world holds our beliefs about ourselves, while our outer world is made of the beliefs of society, our parents, our significant others and all other individuals.

Inner world

What kinds of words do we say to ourselves? Do we say kind and loving things to ourselves or do we beat ourselves up over our actions, second guess our talents, and wonder if we are worthy? Do we believe we are in control of our experience or do we give away our power to others?

As human beings we tend to grow up believing that things are out of our control. Since we were little, we learned to look around when we felt bad to see where we can point a finger of blame. Was it my brother’s fault that I got hurt? Was it the chair’s fault that I got bruised? Was it my father’s fault that I was upset? Was it my sister’s fault that I didn’t get noticed? It was always someone or something’s fault that we didn’t feel good or couldn’t get what we wanted. Blaming others and ourselves is one way humans give away control over their world and their feelings. When we blame another person for our feelings, we tell ourselves we cannot change how we feel unless that person changes what they do. When we blame ourselves for being inadequate, we excuse ourselves from having power over how we feel in life. But none of this is true. All power lies with us and all change starts the moment we decide.

Outer world

The constructs of reality in which we live aren’t always ours alone. In order to change our lives and experiences for the better, we must also take inventory of our outer world. Have you asked yourself whose version of reality you are living right now? Yours? Your parents’? Your spouse’s? Your teacher’s? Whenever we interact with or listen to another human being, that person projects his or her version of reality onto us – this includes their fears as well as their highest hopes and dreams.

As children, we took in our parents’ and other people’s beliefs and allowed certain circumstances to harm us or feed us with insecurities. But today we are adults. Adults own the power to their lives. We have the power to erase lackluster beliefs that we allowed and accepted as our truths. Adults can do things what they as children could not. We can determine what to believe about ourselves starting right now. As Louise Hay says, “When we know better, we do better.”

If our beliefs have the power to draw whatever experiences we desire, imagine the wonderful things we can draw to our lives. When we realize the power our beliefs have over our reality, we begin to fathom the magnitudes of which we are capable.  We can begin seeing ourselves as limitless beings, full of pure potential.

Where to begin?

The simplest way to begin changing our realities is by contributing positively to other people’s realities. We can start by being the positive in the world that we desire for ourselves. We can start by being the ones who project feelings of worth and limitless achievements onto others. By doing this, we begin contributing to the cycle of change. What goes around always comes back around because we are all connected. 

It’s really that simple. We have to begin to detach from our own beliefs of lack by shifting our realities to encompass beliefs of love, support, abundance, and self-worth. Nothing is set in stone. Reality is in constant flux. It is always being created by our belief system. So what’s stopping us from creating a positive reality?

Remember: Everything you choose to believe as real, you in turn experience. Change your belief and you change everything.

Putting it into Practice:

Whenever you feel yourself experiencing something less than lustrous, such as an undesirable job, an unsatisfying love life, or any obstacles, ask yourself:

1. What have I believed to be real that is drawing this experience to me right now? (A good place to start is a self-worth inventory)

2. What would I like to change my belief to in order to experience a more desirable outcome?

3. How can I begin sharing my new belief with the world?
Not only does what we send around come back around, but the more we act on our beliefs, the more they become a way of life. And also, why would we not want to help another human being feel good? It feels so much better than helping a human being feel bad. Try it. Be the change you seek and share it with others.

Let courage be your guide. Dream as big as you can dream for how good you want to feel. Put it on paper and start seeing yourself as a limitless being, full of potential and light. 

What does your outer world look like?

Take inventory of your outer world and see who in your life might be contributing to your negative or positive beliefs about yourself or your world.

1. Think about your surroundings. Do you have good role models who believe in themselves and are full of optimism? Or do you have poor role models who doubt themselves and spread fear and doubt? Do you read the good news or do you read the sad news?

2. List all the ways you can start building a more positive outer world. For example, are there groups to which you can belong? Are there seminars you can attend? What type of activities would be healthier for you? What type of people would be best for you to be around? What types of beautiful things can you say to others to help you both feel better?

Finding your support group:

There is no need to take this journey on alone. We are a unit. It is so important that we find our soul group, the group of like-minded people who want to create a more positive reality for themselves as well.

Begin creating a new paradigm together with like-minded people. Support your new group of friends and allow them to support you in return. A great way to meet like-minded individuals is through seminars around the topics you are interested in. Find your family of light, be with them, and embrace this new paradigm of happiness and abundance as your divine right. Learn to give and receive love, optimism, abundance, joy, and all the wonderful things we all deserve.

Last, but not least: Chin up, cheer up, and have fun!
Believe it or not, life is meant to be fun. Go out and do something wonderful for yourself and for another person without delay.

I love learning about other countries and cultures. I love serving the greater good. But I don’t love focusing on chaos. Today’s news is filled with reports of darkness. Instead of what chaotic thing another country has experienced, why can’t we know what wonderful things another country is experiencing?”  

According to Conversations with God, and many other spiritual and self-help books, whatever we believe and think about grows. Our thoughts are attracting our experiences. So if I am focused on a negative thought, and it is drawing to me more negative feelings, thoughts, situations, then why not change the channel? Why not tune into love? Because if love engenders love, then why don’t we all just tune in already and start experiencing bliss?

Do you know the answer?

Because we haven’t known any better.

That’s it. It isn’t because we’re a dark people. It is because until now only few have known any better. But this is changing. I know it. I feel it. Mark my words; this world is turning around. Some people see chaos everywhere they look. I see opportunity to remake our world. I see a blessing in disguise. When things fall apart, we have a choice: fall apart with them or reinvent ourselves from the inside out. 

One of my absolute favorite mentors, Sonia Choquette is a wonderful personification of Love. It was her that first taught me to tune out the negativity of the news and other television programs. Think about this: There is nothing for us to lose by tuning out what is chaotic. Yes, the world is full of devastation. But what if the world was more full of love and we didn’t know it because no one was talking about it?

Just because you aren’t listening to the latest newscast regarding the death toll of war, doesn’t mean you don’t care. When you choose to experience and express love in your world, you begin to spread this love slowly throughout your life and slowly this love spreads to another person’s life until it reaches everyone. It is time for us to begin taking ownership of the type of thoughts, words, actions, and vibrations we are emitting into our world. Are you spreading light? Are you spreading love? Or are you spreading fear? Hate? Ill will? I choose to believe that we are all inherently good. In fact, I choose to believe we are all inherently DIVINE. We together with everything in the entire Universe make up the body of what people throughout the ages have labeled as “God”. This God is not a vengeful god. This God is not a judgmental god.  If as is stated in Conversations with Godbook 1, God is your highest thought, and your grandest feeling, then what is God but Love? I am not here to convert atheists into believers, but I am here to experience and express Love, and I am here to tell you that so can you.

What happens if you tune out the bad news for one week and tune into the good news instead? What happens if in place of sharing the bad news about your day, you shared the good news about your day? Do you believe that like-attracts-like? You don’t have to. You can go about your day, the same as before. But if you’re curious just a little bit, then try it. Try tuning into and spreading the good news instead of the bad. And then see what happens. If it works, then you’ll be feeling grand. But if it doesn’t, then you are no worse than you started. There is nothing to lose. 

You and I deserve the greatest good. What good will we miss if we just tuned out of fear every once in a while and tuned into love?

If God is Love and Love is within our hearts, then Heaven is already within. Embrace it. Love yourself. Live your best. Your heart is the key to all the miracles you can imagine. Start today. Tune out fear and chaos and tune into love and harmony. I am right here beside you. Let us take one giant leap at a time and transform not only our lives but our world. But don’t take my word for it. Go out and try it. Tune into love. I dare you.

I remember reading once that when difficult things happen in our lives we ought to ask “why is this happening for me?” and not “why is this happing to me?” I can honestly say that I understand this concept now. I am a true believer that everything happens for our own good. Everything. There is something in every experience we encounter that is here to show us how to evolve into a joyous, pain-free existence. Everything happens so we have an opportunity to examine our belief system and decide if we want to change it. That is the bottom line. That is the core teaching of Conversations with God. In this book, God continuously tells us we are here to decide Who We Are.  I understood this concept when I first read the book, but I see that I understand it more clearly in this moment: 

Who We Are is based on how we behave, think, and what we speak. Those three defining actions are all based on our belief system. To identify the source of our pains, all we need to do is trace back our beliefs to their conception. When we do, we would find that for most of us there is an event or an incident from our childhood that plays a major role in defining our view of the world and ourselves. The way we experienced that incident colors the way we experience difficulties today. For me, most of my conflict-creating perceptions today stem from when I was 5 years old and my mother was first diagnosed with cancer. I’m not sure how long she was gone, but this moment must have been the moment I began believing I could be abandoned by love.

This realization is so tremendous; where there is ever pain, there is a belief that we were abandoned by love.

My fear of abandonment by love has played a tremendous role in the way I experience life. Recently my girlfriend and I were having some difficulties. Whenever we fought, I felt she was “doing” so many wrongs towards me. To make matters worse, she was feeling I was doing the same towards her. Herein of course lies the miracle of God. The fact that we were mirroring each other’s beliefs gave me an opportunity to realize something grand: It isn’t the other person who needed to change; it was my beliefs that did. My girlfriend was but a mirror, projecting back what I believed about love. When I realized it was my perception of the circumstances that was creating chaos in my life and not what my partner was doing or saying, I suddenly could begin to free myself of the pain. I could also free my partner of the responsibility for my pain. I can now begin to own my power again and stop giving it away. It is much easier to free ourselves of pain when we are the owners of that pain. It is much more difficult to free ourselves of pain if another entity truly was creating that pain. It would be nearly impossible. But the truth is our emotional pains are always in our hands. We choose what we experience and how we experience it. So if we can choose pain, why can’t we choose its opposite?

Through the hardships I have experienced in my personal life lately, I have come to learn that it is only when we stop blaming another person for how we feel, do we realize we are the ones creating our circumstances and our feelings. As soon as I let go of blame and stopped looking at what my girlfriend can do better or differently to ease my pain, suddenly my pain began to ease. It was as if a miracle had taken place. No one can make us feel less pain. Only we can. We own our perception of everything in our world. I get to decide how I feel. I get to decide how to experience a situation. Once I stopped focusing on the complications in my relationship and started focusing on healing my inner child and living a life I deserve, my relationship began shifting from conflict to cooperation.

I now know and trust that whatever happens, it is happening for my greatest good. It is happening to show me the core of my beliefs. And so, I made a promise to stop asking, “Why is this happening to me?” when things hurt and to start asking “Why is this happening for me?” The faster we can move into a place of observation, the easier the lessons become. So please, please, please, before you begin to blame another person or situations in your life for how you feel or where you are in your life, ask yourself, “Why is this happening for me?” and ponder what your situation is teaching you about your core beliefs. It is those core beliefs that must be transformed in order for us to experience harmony. The situation and the person outside of us are here for our benefit. They are here to teach us what must change or be let go in order to have a more joyous existence. This doesn’t mean that you are creating another person’s behavior; that person is fully responsible for any chaos or aggression they send out into the world. But, it means you have a choice of what to experience emotionally, meaning, you can choose whether to allow the other person’s behavior to color your feeling of your worthiness of love. We have nothing to prove to another person. Once we realize it is us we must please, everything changes. We can walk away from harmful relationships. We can stop blaming the world for our pain. We can start owning our power again and we can start creating joyous situations instead of painful situations. All situations are here to mirror our inner beliefs. Once we realize we are worthy of love, we begin attracting situations that illustrate that belief. Old unhealthy relationships and situations will then either fall apart and give way for their opposite, or begin to improve and reflect the changes we feel about ourselves.

Now that I recognized that my inner child is the one at the helm whenever she “perceives” she is unloved, I can own my power once more. I can also stop blaming others or myself and start transforming my belief system. I can step back, take a deep breath, and love my inner child. I can hug her in my heart and let her know that we are together and she is never alone. Also, the truth about my fear of abandonment is my mother never left for good. Today, I feel her spirit guiding me and bringing me messages of love and hope from the great beyond. How magnificent is that? I know the physical experience of love is so important and I do miss her so very much, but I also recognize that sometimes relationships simply change. If we want to stop feeling pain, we must stop fighting the change and embrace the new. Instead of wishing for the old relationship with my mother to return, I can look for new ways to enjoy the relationship I have now with her. I can give the loss of the physical experience of love its time of mourning, but eventually I can begin to see the blessings of the new relationship. I know this might take some time, but the biggest step in progress is always the realization of the truth. And hey, if I can do it, so can you.

Putting it into practice:

If you are feeling any conflicts in your life that seem to form a reoccurring pattern, and would like to do the work I am doing, then please take a notepad, your thoughts, and some tissue (you never know what comes up) and start writing. Go out into nature to do it if you can.

Answer the following questions:

1. How does this particular conflict in my life make me feel? Write down anything that comes to mind without editing.

2. After you’ve completed step 1, ask the same question again but write down your answer in the “I feel” form. The idea is to refrain from using blaming statements such as “he makes me feel or it makes me feel.” This way you keep in mind that this is how you feel, and not necessarily what is truly happening in that moment.

3. When was the first time you felt this feeling? Go as far back as you can recall into your childhood and find the first time you felt whatever it is you are experiencing right now (fear, abandonment, guilt, disappointment etc.) If you don’t know, start by writing your thoughts and allow them to lead you. 

4. Once you have found your childhood source of pain, write as long as you can about how you felt at the time when this childhood event happened. Feel free to write about it however you choose. Just write the honest truth of what you experienced and how you experienced it.

5. Be proud of you. This type of honesty takes a lot of courage.

6. Look at the statements of hurt in your answer to the question #4 and ask yourself are any of your perceptions of abandonment by love true? If you wrote that you felt unworthy, ask yourself if this is true. Did what happen mean you were unworthy or was it just a perception of a young child looking for love? I guarantee you that you are worthy. We are all worthy of love. The thing we are not worthy of is judgment, especially our own.

7. Forgive yourself and your inner child of whatever you believe was your role in the triggering event. Imagine sending your inner child love and healing from your heart to hers. Put it into writing. 

8. Forgive whomever in your current situation and past situation you believe to be responsible for your pains. I know this can be a tall order so I will write a separate entry about forgiveness soon. However, try to see what Louise Hay always says, “everyone is doing the best they can with what they know”. If you can’t completely forgive right now, simply state that you wish to forgive them and ask God or Life, or the Universe to help you release your anger and replace it by love. And trust that forgiveness will find its way to your heart. For now, just remember the point of the lesson at hand: you own the power over how you feel.

9. Reverse your perceptions of lack of love by writing your new truth in the form of a positive affirmation. If you want, please feel free to use the following affirmation to bring healing to your inner child:

“I forgive my inner child for not knowing any better than to experience a lack of love. I send her (or him) all my love and I let her know the entire Universe and I always love her. Whenever she needs me, I am here – always and forever. We are One with the Infinite Power of Love. It is now safe to let go of the past and embrace a new beginning. It is now safe to allow into our lives the greatest good the Universe has in store for us. My inner child and I are loved, protected, and safe. I let go and let Heaven’s blessings flow into me and through me. And so it is.”

10. Remember to keep things into perspective when you are out in the world. Wherever you experience conflict, take a step back and a deep breath. Come back to your writing and explore the relationship between that situation and your inner child’s beliefs.

Remember, everything we experience is a reflection of Who We Are. Who We Are is a reflection of our beliefs. Those beliefs have been formed as a result of how we experience and perceive life. For most of us, there will have been an incident in our childhood that colored the way we perceive our worthiness of love. Only when we begin to heal our inner child’s perceptions, can we begin to heal our lives.

I know these types of exercises can bring up pain. But be brave. If we do not face our truths, those truths will continue to create chaos in our lives and even more pain. Facing them helps bring about healing. Running away keeps them lurking beneath the surface and causing us further pain. I know you can do this. The entire Universe is on your side. Have faith and know that healing is coming to you. As God reminds us, “Ask and you shall receive.” 

All my best. I know that all of Heaven is cheering for all of her children to heal.

In Conversations with God, God states that effective prayer is prayer in which we give thanks for what is so and not when we ask for what we want. God also states that, God is supporting our every need, and that “God has full power to match intentions with results.” As such, I wrote the following affirmation for allowing the blessings of the Universe to take hold in our lives.

If you feel ready to embrace the blessings, and feel inspired to practice a prayer of gratitude and intention, please join me in affirming the following: 

“Dear Heaven,

I thank you for your support in my life. I thank you and accept all the good the Universe has brought to me thus far and is bringing to me at this very moment. I now step out of the way and I allow for the will of Heaven to transform my life into a place of beauty, joy, forgiveness, peace, love, health, and abundance. I gratefully and gracefully accept your miracle today and everyday. Thank you Life. Thank you Heaven. Thank you All. My spirits are hereby lifted as I embrace All that is Love.

And so it is.”

Amen.

First: I went out into nature like I said I would, and… I had a fantastic time! I rented a mountain bike and rode a path at Oleta State Park. It was so nice to be on a bike again. It reminded me of being a kid. Hooray for feeling like a kid again!

Second: I sat down on a bench, read a bit, took off my shoes, and felt the ground beneath me. I read the part in the book about effective prayer and took in the good vibes of nature.

Third: I walked to the water’s edge (the intercoastal runs through the park). I noticed all shapes of stones under my feet so I did what every kid would do; I started picking them up and tossing them into the water. Just as I did that I realized I had some pent up anger and frustrations. So I threw a stone for every frustration I had. I threw them with vigor and I said my frustrations as I threw them in. I asked the Spirit of Source that is in the water to cleanse away those thoughts and feelings and bring the reverse back to my life. A funny thing happened when I said that. Call it coincidence but the water started coming at my feet with vigor and rising higher, even splashing up against me and getting my shorts wet. I stopped for a minute and just then the water was back to normal. I thought, “Ok, maybe it’s time to now reverse the energy.” So I threw in stones for every good thing I wanted to feel instead. Sometimes I threw in handfuls. It felt good to release that energy.

Fourth: As I stood at the water’s edge, it started to rain. Some people ran for shelter. I started to retreat then I thought, “why?” So I stood in the rain and embraced it. It felt wonderful! I was getting wet and the wind was blowing and it was fantastic!

Fifth: I got another wonderful remark about this blog. So much love. I’m honored and I love it.

Sixth: My girlfriend who normally doesn’t talk about God or spirituality called today and told me so many realizations she’s made on her trip away and even said that God was teaching her some lessons. We had a really nice chat. Spirit is at work in all aspects of my life… all I had to do was take care of me and let Spirit do the rest… 

Seventh: I made a date with a new friend from a spiritual meetup group that I started here. We’re going to have a picnic on the beach! How fun is that? Way fun! Yay for my friend whose name is so fittingly Joi! 

Eighth:  My dear girl friends from my Angel Therapy classes are having a Skype chat tomorrow and I am attending. Woo hoo! Goddess day. I love it.

Ninth: I was reminded about an inspiration I had during meditation a short while ago. I sent this idea to my girls and I am anxiously awaiting their response. I have a feeling it’s going to be bringing joy and beautiful feelings to so many people. Yay again! 

So that’s it – some good stuff. I wanted to share the good news because I believe it is important to appreciate the good when we see. Oh and I’m at the part where God is telling Neale that to have a thing become true for you, you can give thanks for it being with you or coming to you. I give thanks for all the blessings already finding me and that are on their way. And I give thanks for the true deep bliss and joy that are permanently forming within every inch of my body, heart and mind. I also give thanks for the wonderful and restful evening I am going to have tonight. And so it is!

And so I urge you to please dig deep when you are sad. Write it all down. Start with a question as simple as “why?” “Why am I feeling this” and try to trace the steps back to the first time you felt this way. You will find your source eventually, if not right away. And when you find it, dig deep. Go for it. You will make connections and realizations that will astound you.

I purged so much this morning then I sat down and pulled some cards from my “Ask the Fairies” oracle cards. I was reminded to go out into nature. I keep getting this guidance left and right, to go out and play and to do so in nature. So, you know what? I’m done feeling sad for myself. I’m going out and I’m going to find something to do outdoors. I’m going to play. I’m going to thank Mother Nature for being my friend and my nurturing support. I’m also going to take the book Conversations with God as well as Sonia Choquett’s book “Love yourself, Live your Spirit.” If I feel so inclined, I will read from them. And if I also feel so inclined, I will write to God and I will have my own dialogue. But if I don’t, then it will be OK too. I will keep in mind that God is with me in the All. So even if I am not speaking to God directly, God is with me through the trees, the leaves, the wind, the clouds, my heart, the sky, the ocean, the birds, the songs, the rain, the sun and all that is in between. I am blessed to have nature as Source and Shelter.

Putting it into practice:

For today, if you want to come along on my journey, then please take a pen, paper, and some tissues in hand, and write your heart out about who you fear abandoned you and how it made you feel. When you’re done, look for evidence of love in your life and friendships and write that down too. After that, give thanks and get your ass out of the house and into the arms of nature. Play, play, play. And if you like, think of us playing together. I will be thinking of you, even if you have not found me yet, and even if we will not meet until much later. I love you already. Amen.

Breaking free:

Just as I get motivated to leave the house, a rainstorm has come through. If you know Florida rain, you know it can be torrential. So, you know what? I’m not going to let it stop me. I’m going to go outside and I’m going to get soaking wet if I have to. Why not? If it was fun when I was little, it can be fun now. I am keeping my promise to my inner child. I’m going to play, come rain or shine.

Ok. Truth Moment.

I am a bit afraid. What am I afraid of? Let’s see… I’m afraid that I won’t be able to connect to the teachings of the book as much as I did the first time. I’m afraid that I won’t remember to get up everyday and open this book. I’m afraid that things will stay the same. That I will be exactly where I am in my life. Unsure. Unhappy. Uncertain of what the future holds. Unable to connect with God, with self, with joy in the same ways that I have so many times along this journey. Those are my fears and I am committing them to you, God. I fear that I alone am not big enough to erase these fears for I know they stem from years of believing that I am ordinary – not magnificent – not divine – but ordinary. 

And so all I can do is trust. All I can do is put my fears to you dear God, dear Heaven and allow the will of the Universe to break me free of these chains, of these fears, of these imagined lacks, doubts, and uncertainties. I can of my own will do nothing. And so, I put it in your hands dear Heaven. I am ready and willing to experience joy not only in spikes, but to do so always, everyday, with every breath, and ever inch of my body. I know that I Am a great river through which All That Is Good already flows and I recognize that it is my perspective that must change if I am to live happily. I am ready to realize my magnificence and to fully embrace it. So help me God. Amen.

Divine Moment.

The power of the divine is already at hand. As I write these words and read them over, I am feeling my spirit rising higher. Thank you, God. By the simple act of stating my fears, I have begun to feel lighter. And by the simple act of dialoguing with Heaven, I am feeling better. I am also being blessed with positive feedback and beautiful energy from my friends with whom I have shared the beginnings of this journey. I am humbled by the love that is being shown to me every step of the way through the All. I know and trust God is working on my behalf to deliver to me and through me the greatest good this world has ever seen. Thank you All for your love. Thank you God for your guidance and help. Amen.

Putting it to practice:

I have been encouraged to share some exercises with anyone willing to come along on this journey. The following exercise is something I used and found very helpful in releasing my fears and transforming them into strengths. It is followed by a meditation inspired while writing this post. 

Exercise:

1. Address the Heavens or God or the Universe (choose the pronoun that makes you feel most comfortable and loved) and write down your fears in separate statements. This can be a list as short or as long as you like.

2. Write down the opposite of your fears in the form of positive affirmations. For example…

Fear: Dear Heaven, I am afraid that I am alone in my life.

Affirmation: I know and trust that I have never been alone and never will be for I have great friendships and I am at this very moment surrounded by the graceful embrace of the Divine.

3. Take a few moments to do this now.

4. Examine this list. How do you feel about your positives? Do they make you feel lighter? Aren’t your positive statements just as likely to be the truth as your fears? Digest the magnitude of this moment: There are no absolutes; there is only choice of perspective. Even this previous statement cannot be proved to be true unless you choose for it to be true. So, which truth do you choose? Your fear or your strength? Remember what Louise Hay says, You own the power.

Meditation:

Sit or lie down comfortably. Take a deep breath and gently let it out. Imagine yourself being wrapped in a magical cloak from Heaven. Imagine this cloak is made of the most beautiful love the world has ever seen. Imagine its color. What beautiful color do you see and how good does it make you feel? Feel its gentle embrace. Feel the cloak’s love as it envelops you. Take a moment to enjoy this loving embrace. Now, breathe in the love, and as you exhale, breathe out your worries into the hands of Heaven. You are safe. You are loved. You are divine. All is well. Remember this feeling of peace and stay with it for as long as you like. Anytime you feel afraid, come back to this moment. This is your divine right. This is your divine place.

God bless.