This weeks quote comes from a book I love by Joan Anderson. She has written several books about her journey of self discovery.

 

Such is my morning ritual, nothing terribly complicated unless I’ve forgotten to bring logs in from the woodpile the night before. I’m deep into my time-out season of life, where it seems best to be actively passive, involved in little, aware of much. Instinct told me to take myself away and look at all the unwrapped gifts nature has to offer. The natural world is hibernating and so am I.

Joan Anderson has written several books and she  holds weekend workshops on self discovery. Her latest book is The Second Journey. You can learn more about Joan Anderson at joanandersononline.com

You Can Heal Your Life is a life affirming and life changing movie. This dvd is a two disk package. One disk is the movie. The second disk is a series of interviews with well known spiritual speakers and writers. Among them Louise Hay, Wayne Dyer, Esther and Jerry Hicks, Gregg Braden and Dr. Christine Northrup, Doreen Virtue and Cheryl Richardson.

These two videos are filled with wonderful insights, inspiration, information and guidance. I have now watched these two video’s several times. Sometimes focusing on the movie, other days focusing on the insights and information in the interview dvd. Today I’m reminded what a gift this dvd is and how life transforming it can be for all of us when we use these techniques and strategies in our life.

A family that subscribed to our magazine conducted an interesting experiment. They put the rice in two glass jars and every day for a month said “Thank you” to one jar and “You fool” to the other, and then they tracked how the rice changed over the period. After a month the rice that was told Thank you started to ferment, with a mellow smell like that of malt, while the rice that was exposed to You fool, rotted and turned black. Pg 97

To give your attention to something is a way of giving energy. By receiving attention , life can get the energy to move in a better direction. Pg 98

With our economy in such flux and with the emotional upheaval so many people have experienced I was reminded by The True Power of Water just what we as people can do to focus our energy and our intentions to begin bringing love and calm to the distress and upheaval we see and feel. This morning as I read pages 90 to 104, I was reminded that we can create with our focus and our intention. We can begin to create a calm, healing around us by focusing our gratitude on everything good around us. Energy goes where we put our attention. We want to give energy and focus to the good in our world and in our lives. Focus on gratitude, Be grateful, be filled with love for everything in your life. Being grateful creates an energy that eventually opens the door to more good in our life.

For example, my house needs to sell, so rather than focus my energy on feeling a desperate need for a sale, I focus my energy on gratitude for what I have, for having a beautiful place to live, for having the abundance of owning a home and I release it to spirit. Another example, with the economic situation many families are feeling strapped financially and are not able to meet all their financial obligations, rather than focusing energy on all the things that are not paid, and getting more distressed focus on what you have paid. If you paid your rent, or your phone bill, think of the money you used or are using to pay this bill and say a prayer of gratitude for the fact that this money is in your hand and that you are using it to pay something that needs to be paid. A grateful attitude for the abundance in our life helps create more abundance.

There will naturally be moments of distress and stress. I can attest to this…laughter with a house for sale and still for sale long beyond what I can afford. But what I am seeing in my own life, with my own intention and gratitude is a subtle positive shift in my abundance with keeping my focus in GRATITUDE and using my thoughts in an uplifting way to say THANK YOU for everything I can pay and for EVERYTHING I have. I can assure you with two houses of bills this is a real test of my focus and intention.

There are more days than not that I could just spin out in the anxiety and stress of paying for two houses. Instead I’m learning and seeing positive results by saying THANK YOU to God and the universe for everything in my life. When I awake in the morning I say a prayer of gratitude for my house, the man in my life, the money I have, for my family and friends. I refocus through the day, for a minute or so and I say another prayer of GRATITUDE and THANKS for all these things and for any abundance that I find coming into my life on that day. I know there will be readers rolling their eyes, some in my own family I’m sure, but it’s working.

GRATITUDE is THE RIGHT ATTITUDE to change our experience, to change our lives. We know that greed and corruption are not working, we can see that every day on the nightly news. We see the direct result of the economy in our investments and our bank accounts. We know what doesn’t work, so lets focus what can work. AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE AND LOVE.

My job was to relieve Baby’s parents as often as possible and give him a break from daycare. Talk about a labor of love. You know, according to me he is the cutest, smartest, child ever born. Don’t you just love how Spirit allows each mother, father and grandparent to feel that way about their child? Feeling this type of unadulterarted love for a child, your child, enables those around to love and nurture giving each child a wonderful foundation of love in which to build their life on.

So, when I wasn’t caring for Baby or cleaning house, I read. I wanted to read something I didn’t have to put my “thinking cap” on. It has been some time since I read for the pure enjoyment of reading. If you’re a Lightworker, you are constantly reading, absorbing and integrating into your life, that which we read for our highest and best.

The new novel I bought for the trip, and began on the plane, was completed in three days. That was fun, so I headed out to the discount superstore for another book. When I went to make my selection I spotted a novel written by Dean Koontz, one of my all-time favorite authors. How could a Lightworker not be enthralled with stories from the eerie, weird and wonderful, macabre, to downright “other worldly” genre?

I chose Life Expectancy as my next paperback, by Dean Koontz. “Before he died on a storm-wracked night, Jimmy Tock’s grandfather predicted there would be five dark days in his grandson’s life- five dates whose terrible events Jimmy must prepare himself to face…” The novel sounded right up my alley, so off I went to read.

This entertaining 476 page novel was not disappointing. I love a story line that I can’t anticipate what’s coming next, and there were a few good surprises. I won’t spoil the ending for you, but know it was worth the time, and it did offer a metaphysical question.

What would you do if you knew the date and time “something” life changing would happen? Would you want to know? Would you proactively try to do something about it? Or, would you stay in the bed with the covers pulled over your head thinking that would keep you safe? It seems there is always something to make you ponder. 

Before the summer is over I invite you to find the time to read, swim, sleep, travel, get out in nature, for the sheer enjoyment of just having fun for fun’s sake.

Namaste,

Makeda

So, here we are two days before the “grill” and she’s a wreck. With both she and her husband as recent college grads they both found great jobs, she at a national car rental company, and he at a multinational company. They both make a decent salary, but with car notes, rent, baby everything, and huge student loans, they frankly needed the money passing this test would provide. Needless to say, a lot was riding on the outcome of this test.

The call came in, “Mom. You got to help me with this test. You need to call on somebody, people, spirits or anybody to help me!” Monique has grown up with a mother that wasn’t necessarily like other moms. I was always a “woo woo”. As a matter of fact she often calls me “Glenda, The Good Witch”, or “Harry Potter”. I much prefer “Glenda” she was such a kind, compassionate witch. But I digress, “What can you do Mom? We need the money now!”

Metaphysics is what excites me. I love the role of spiritual counselor and life coach, both offer me the opportunity to teach and inspire others by sharing my own life experiences and lessons.  I instantly thought of Doreen Virtue, PhD’s book, “Archangels and Ascended Masters”. I knew the information I needed was there.

Now I believe we all have a spiritual team around us. We have our departed loved ones, angels, guardian angels, ancestors, and various archangels and ascended masters around us at all times. The members of your team may vary depending on the particular circumstances. You can add anyone to your team that resonates with you. What about the Chinese goddess of mercy, protection and compassion, Kuan Yin?  Mother Teresa, a nun, dedicated her life to nurturing the world would be a good addition. What I wanted to do for my daughter is pull together the best team for this specific issue.

I settled on Lu-Hsing to take the lead on this mission. Lu-Hsing is the god of salaries, pay, success, career progress, investments, steady accumulation, wealth and employees. Lu-Hsing was a mortal man who was a high ranking royal court official in China during  the 2^nd-century B.C. According to Doreen Virtue, Lu-Hsing says, “The secret of financial success is the willingness to adopt a warrior spirit in attitude, grace and presence.” He goes on to say “…Warriors have an outlook of expecting a positive outcome, and a willingness to do whatever is needed to incur that outcome. It means not giving up, but allowing for flexibility, and to flow with the energy or chi as it moves along. Be strong, be vigilant for success, and be sensitive to the energy undercurrents, and you shan’t go wrong.”

This was exactly what I was looking for. Doreen Virtue goes on to say to invoke Lu-Hsing write, “Thank you, Lu-Hsing” on a piece of paper, fold it, and hold it in your palm during the applicable situations. I passed this information on, encouraged her to take her time, focus on her breathing and slow everything down if she began to feel overwhelmed or anxious. At the end of our call she seemed calmer and more in control.

Needless to say, Monique can through the process with flying colors. While she felt she did “O.K.” the next day her boss’s boss told all the other managers that, “Monique crushed the Grill”. It seems she did better than most other grillees. After that, she was flooded with calls and e-mails congratulating her on her accomplishments. Not only did she get an instant raise, this put her in the enviable spot of the managers all wanting her to work as an assistant manager in their branch. When she makes money, they make money.

I of course wasn’t surprised. I expected no less. I have worked with the archangels and ascended master enough to know they were the real deal, and if you want to make things happen, one just has to ask for assistance. I encourage anyone interested in learning more to check this particular book and to look over Doreen Virtue’s extensive list of books, intuitive cards, and other metaphysical material.

I got a call yesterday from my daughter asking for help once again. An assistant manager job vacancy has come open and she has received e-mails encouraging her to apply. I know without a single doubt that she will get the right position for her needs. All things are DRO (Divine Right Order). So she will again call on Lu-Hsing. I will be calling on Archangel Michael, Hathor, Ishtar, Mother Mary and other mothering goddesses and teachers to help guide me as I guide her.

Namaste