Imagine if everything that you ever experienced was serving
the one single purpose of helping you to Remember who you are...
I often hear myself telling clients that everything happens for a reason, and that everything is always happening for the highest good of all concerned... but what if that higher purpose was actually YOU!
What if everything that has ever happened in your life has been happening for the single solitary higher purpose of trying to get you to remember who You really are?
What if everything that has ever happened in your life has been happening as a means of prompting you to find yourself again and to be living from the greater love, truth and magnificence that you really are?
What if everything that has ever happened in your life has been happening in an effort to help you wake up and remember how to Be who you Be?
If I really sit with this idea and its full significance, the implications of it are immense.
It means that everything that has ever happened in my life, has been happening to try and help me.
It means that there has never been anything in my life that has ever happened to cause me any pain or suffering.
It means that everything that has happened in my life has simply happened in an effort to gently shake me about the shoulders so that I remember who I am, so I start living from the place of my true self and magnificance, rather than from the false illusions of the workings of the mind.
And if we really own the truth of this, it means that there is never ever any need to resist anything that is happening in our lives, as within every experience there lies the opportunity to reclaim that part of ourselves that we had previously forgotten. Our job is to allow what ever is happening, and to focus on remembering the fullness of who we are.
Basically it means that all truly is good.... provided we REMEMBER... we remember to LOOK.
In every moment, in every happening, in every breath, there lies the opportunity to remember who we are, to find ourselves, to come to a fuller and deeper knowing of our inherant essence. And in every moment, there lies the opportunity to uncover that part of ourselves that was previously hidden. Hidden from the world around us, and hidden from ourselves.
In order to claim this opportunity, we need to make it our focus to look. To look for the hidden gems of our radiant self that we had long forgotten but are now sitting there before us, just below the surface, for us to reach in and take a hold of once more.
So the next time you are finding yourself resisting what is happening in your life, ask yourself:
What is this present moment offering me, in terms of remembering who I am and reclaiming a part of me that I had previously denied? What about myself am I to learn from this moment, that I didn't previously see or own?
When you find the answer, you will know it, because your energy will shift from resistance to appreciation, and you will feel a fullness from within that wasn't previously there.
Let your radiance shine as you remember who you are and once again reclaim the magnificence of who you Be. For that is the real You.
Have you seen the new Karmabelles range of energy-charged jewellery? I have created these beautiful jewellery pieces as a way of helping people to take healing energy with them throughout their day. There are four different ranges, each one based around a specific intention: Love, Joy, Harmony and Abundance. The 'Be Love' Collection is perfect for those wanting to open themselves to feeling a stronger sense of love for self, the people around them, and forlife in general. When we're experiencing difficulties in accepting ourselves as we are, or when we're feeling hurt or protecting ourselves from the external world in any way, the 'Be Love' energy symbol can help soften and open our heart chakra so that that deep place within us can heal and allow the loving energy in through the energy of unconditional self acceptance and love for the gift that is life.
The 'Be Abundance' Collection is for anyone wanting to open to receiving greater prosperity and abundance in any area of their lives. If you're feeling: stuck in scarcity patterns; like there's not enough to go round; lacking in health, love, vitality, money, fulfilment, support; or if you're feeling like you are not good enough in some way, the Karmabelles Abundance range will help you connect with the infinitely abundant source of all energy, healing those parts of you that are limiting in their beliefs so that you start seeing the abundance of life that is all around you. Particularly effective for clearing any blockages we have to receiving or feeling worthy of receiving.
The 'Be Joy' Collection is for those wanting to feel a greater sense of happiness, appreciation and gratitude in life. If you are feeling: unhappy, unfulfilled, disconnected, or uninspired by life; if you can't remember the last time you truly smiled or felt genuine heartfelt joy; or if you would simply like to reconnect with that inner state of happiness, the Karmabelles 'Be Joy' designs are there to help you by reconnecting you with the radiant light of joy that resides within you, freeing you to give yourself permission to shine from within and share your joy with the world around you!
The 'Be Harmony' Collection, for those who are needing a greater sense of peace, harmony and balance in their lives. If you are feeling tired, overwhelmed, stressed, confused, overworked, disconnected, or simply feel that there is too much conflict in your life, the Karmabelles 'Be Harmony' range will help you reconnect with the flow of life and return to that inner place of peace and calm that resides within you.
Ever find your head filled with mental chatter and it's impossible to switch it off?
I was at an ecstatic dance gathering last week, one of the great joys and releases in my sometimes overly busy life. Ecstatic dance is a type of free flowing facilitated movement session that takes you on a journey of stilling the mind, dropping into your body, and allowing the music to move you from the core of your essence, clearing any energy along the way that may need releasing, whilst connecting you with other beautiful people who are doing same.
As we started the dance, being guided to drop into feeling the sensations of our physical bodies, I found it difficult to switch my brain off. The more I tried to be still, the louder the mental chatter became, and the more frustrated I felt. To the point that I wanted to scream out loud “will you just shut the heck up in there!”
In the end I was feeling so angry that I couldn’t silence the mental chatter, that I wanted to throw my mind out the window to be free of all the crap that was churning around in there.
I wished I could lose my mind.
As soon as I made the wish, I heard a huge shrill cackle of laughter inside my head. It was the laughter of a crazed woman who laughed at everything. I kept dancing but the laughter was ongoing, my head filling with unstoppable, bewitchingly hilarious unconstrained laughter, to the point that I could do nothing else but smile at the insanity of it all.
And as I surrendered to the insanity of the laughter and allowed myself to disappear into the smile that took over my face, I realised there was no mental chatter going on inside my head. There was no room for it. My head was filled with laughter.
I had found a happy pill that instantly brought a smile to my face from the inside out and there was no room left at the Inn for any mental talk. The laughter of insanity had replaced the insanity of mental chatter, and I was freed to be solely, purely, totally 100% present in the moment of the dance.
And that’s the way I stayed for the next two hours. I danced the dance of the smiling 'insane' blissed out woman: carefree, happy, and above all else, free of the mental chatter that takes us away from the beauty and grace found in the present moment. My heart was full, my head was switched off, and I moved with pure joy to the rhythms of the music. It was absolutely divine.
Now, whenever I find myself caught up in thinking mode, my head filled with mental chatter, I give myself permission to take an internal happy pill and send my mind on a vacation. Instantly I am freed to be fully in the here and the now with a happy light heart and a smile on my face.
Anyone who can ride a bike, can create the future they want! Don't believe me?
Think about it for a moment... when you ride a bike, what do you do?
You get on the bike, look straight ahead, start peddling, and adjust your balance and the direction of the handle bars to make sure you go where you want to go. Pretty straight forward really. Just like riding our way through life... you hop on, focus on what's coming up ahead, and start moving forward.
But I was bike riding the other day and as I looked ahead I saw a big pothole in the road. Naturally I wanted to avoid riding into the pothole and risking hurting myself or my bike so what did I do? I started to focus on avoiding the pothole. And the more I focused on avoiding the pothole the more I looked at the pothole, and the more I looked at the pothole the closer I got to the pothole, until I was so close to the pothole and so much trying to avoid the pothole that I ended up riding my bike straight into the pothole! Go figure?
And often that's what we do in life. We busy ourselves, we exert ourselves trying to peddle forward in life, and then something catches our attention that we don't like the look or feel of and as we try to avoid that thing we don't like, we actually focus our attention on it... and lo and behold we end up manifesting the very thing we've been trying to prevent or avoid.
The reason is because whenever we focus on anything for more than a fleeting moment, the more we focus on it the more we direct energy to it through the focusing of our consciousness. And the more we direct energy to it, the more it grows until eventually it becomes real in the physical world. In other words, the more we try to avoid something, the more energy we're actually giving it, and the more we're actually manifesting it.
What we fear most, we're most likely to manifest... in the little things in life, as well as the big.
So what's a better solution to riding our way through life? Using the power of our consciousness to focus our attention on where it is we want to go, rather than where it is we don't! The best way to avoid the potholes in life is to take note of them and then use them as refereence points to say to yourself: 'Well if I don't want to go there, where do I want to go?' As you aim your sights on where you want to go, you'll naturally steer your energy in a direction that will successfully take you past the potholes rather than falling in them. You don't need to focus on the potholes in order to avoid them, you simply need to focus on where you want to go, and then you'll naturally avoid the potholes.
So what have you been focusing on? The potholes or the lovely road ahead?
If the stuff you don't want keeps popping up in your life, look back and ask yourself: What have I been focusing on? Focusing on avoiding the potholes is great... only if you like potholes that is :). Personally... I prefer a smoother ride.
With the media now producing a tidal wave of fear-based, frenzied pessimism about the economy and an impending recession, it's easy to be swept under by all the doom and gloom economic talk and the negative energy it propagates.
As human beings we're not good at dealing with uncertainty. Much of our behaviour is based on trying to create greater certainty for ourselves, that we may feel more in secure and in control of our situation through being able to predict what's going to happen in the future. This is the role of our sub-conscious ego-based mind.
Human beings like uncertainty about as much as cats like water. We’ll do what ever we can to give ourselves a greater sense of certainty about the future, even if it’s the false illusion of certainty through worrying and obsessing about the future, so as to feel better prepared to cope with the potential for pain or discomfort in any way.
But in a large part, given what we now know about the way in which our beliefs play a fundamental role in determining our thoughts, words, actions and behaviours which then in turn create our future, to what extent are our beliefs about the future more akin to self-fulfilling prophecies?
Isn’t this what the stock market is all about? If consumer confidence is high, the stock market rises. If consumer confidence is low, the stock market crashes. But what is consumer confidence based upon? People's beliefs. If consumers believe things are good, then they’re confident in their investments and so the stock market rises. If consumers believe things are bad, then they’re unconfident in their investments and so the stock market falls.
Whilst I’m not suggesting that life doesn’t have its challenges, I personally believe that its how we deal with these challenges that holds the creative power for determining our future experiences. Now more than ever we need to be aware of the nature of our thoughts and what we’re placing our attention on, if we want to be creating a brighter future for ourselves and the whole of the planet.
So if you find yourself getting pulled into the tidal rips of the current economic pessimism, stop and ask yourself: Does this thought I’m thinking right now really help me in any way?
Does thinking these negative thoughts benefit me in any way? Does this negative thought really serve my highest good? Or is it more a thought based in fear and the protective mechanisms of my ego-based mind?
If someone is sick, they’re more likely to have a speedy effective recovery if they have a positive outlook. Our economy and indeed our planet is sick at the moment, and it’s up to each of us to decide whether we’re going to further contribute to the current state of dis-ease by adding to the fear-based thinking of the masses, or whether we’re going to adopt a more positive outlook by redirecting our attention to focus on more positive thoughts and choosing to be the agents of positive change in the process.
If your thoughts aren’t taking you in the direction you consciously want to go, it’s time to choose new thoughts. If you find yourself lapsing into negativity:
Make the conscious choice to stop and pause
Take a couple of deep breaths and bring your awareness into your heart space
Ask yourself whether this thought is of benefit to you or whether a more positive thought might benefit you more
Make the choice to focus your thoughts on something positive that makes you feel good. Focus on the sunshine, the sound of birds outside, remember a time when you felt really good, or imagine yourself on a holiday in a place you would really love to be. As you think about these things, allow yourself to FEEL the positive feeling in your body. It is the feeling state which is the most powerful attractor in your energy field
Invite this positive feeling to swell in your heart area and to spread throughout your entire body, filling every cell of your being with this positive energy, then
Congratulate yourself for having made a conscious choice for positive change in your life and becoming the conscious creator in your world.
Remember, now is the time to choose positive, expansive, constructive thoughts of abundance, love and joy, over the negative, limiting, destructive thoughts of lack, greed and fear. Maintaining a higher level of consciousness during these times is the very thing that will enable us to rise above the tidal rips of fear to travel this next phase of our journey with a greater sense of ease, grace and flow.
And if you’d like more assistance with upgrading your thoughts and the undercurrents of your belief patterns to be creating an even brighter future for your own health & wellbeing, please contact me or have a look through some of the articles on my ‘Soul Wisdoms’ page.
We all search for happiness in our lives, but how many of us are actually prepared to pursue our heartfelt desires?
All too often we wish that things in our lives could be different or better or improve. Yet self doubts, fears and apathy seem to render us powerless with inertia, and our lives remain unaltered.
Is there an area of your life that you would like to improve?
Is there an aspect of the life you are living or the way you are living it that you wish was different to what it currently is?
If the answer is 'yes', then one thing is certain .... it will require CHANGE.
In order for that aspect of your being or that area of your life to be different or to improve in any way, by definition it will require CHANGE to take place. It will require some movement of energy to spark change and create a new way of being or doingthat produces the new outcome you desire.
Yet do you really want to create that change?
Just how willing are you, how ready are you, how committed are you to initiating change in your own life? Just how willing, ready and committed are you to changing your own thoughts, words or actions to bring about a new, better, improved experience of reality fo yourself?
We say we want change. We say we want things to be better. We say we want things to improve in our lives. But what, if anything, are we really prepared to change within ourselves and the way we think and operate within our own lives in order to help create the positive change we wish for ourselves?
Is there is an area of your life or an aspect of your being that you would like to be different in some way? If so, ask yourself the following 3 questions:
Do I really want this area of my life or aspect of my Self to change?
How deeply within myself am I prepared to look in order to find where this current pattern of my Self or my life has originated from? &
How committed am I to creating the necessary changes within myself in order to bring about this change within my being or my life?
If nothing changes, then nothing changes. Changes in our external life must first come from changes within our internal Self. If we ourselves are not prepared to change, then we can not expect our lives to change either.
When we can say out loud to the universe: "I really want this ABC to happen in my life and I am totally committed and totally willing to creating the necessary changes in order to allow it to happen" ... then change becomes not only possible but also inevitable as we follow our truth and manifest our heartfelt desires into our future reality.
How ready, willing and committed are YOU to becoming the change that manifests your heartfelt desires into reality?
Happy new year! It's a very exciting time ahead. Numerologically speaking 2008 is a '1' year of new beginnings.
So now is the perfect time for you to set your intentions as to what it is you would like to manifest for this next stage of your personal journey.
In keeping with my purpose to help you fulfill your higher Soul Purpose, I would like to offer this first blog as a means of helping you set your intentions and declaring them out to the universe that they may be heard and answered.
The power of doing this is not to be underestimated. When we get clear as to exactly what we want in life, are courageous enough to declare it out loud to the universe, and are aligned within our being that we not only feel worthy of receiving it but also know in our heart of hearts that anything is possible, then we can declare our wishes to the universe and let go of them, trusting that they will be answered in what ever way is best for us.
So I invite you to put your intentions 'out there' and declare your heartfelt desires, wishes and dreams to the universe, that you may allow spirit and your Soul to conspire together to weave their magic and bring your dreams into your reality.
I know this is an extremely powerful and profound thing to do. I have done it myself many times and every time my requests to the universe have been answered. Lately they have been answered within a matter of days if not hours!
So be brave! Dare to dream and dream it great! Ask yourself the following question:
"If I had no fear ,
what would give me the greatest joy?"
Now declare your answer out loud to the universe,
fearlessly, shouting it from the roof tops
with total knowing that anything is possible!
My intention for 2008 is to open myself to experiencing just how wonderful life can be in all areas, especially on the relationship front. So universe: Bring it on and show me just how sensational it can get!
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