My Holiday Wish for You: Take Time for Yourself
 
This is the Season to be Jolly – but are we? The Holidays are here again and just like last year, and the years before, we are in the midst of preparing the family festivities, we are out and about shopping for our loved ones, we are volunteering at various shelters and supporting charities, we are running last minute errands, and of course we are decorating and baking those favorite cookies. This should be a wonderfully exhilarating and loving time. However, we get lost in too much running around, too much worrying about getting things done on time, too much expectations from others and ourselves, too much food and drink, too much of everything. The remedy is clear:
 
Stop. Think. Rejuvenate.
 
Meditation, taking the time daily to spend in quiet contemplation, is not everyone’s cup of tea. However, quiet time is essential to a healthy mind and our well-being. Time spent with yourself and your focused thought, instead of being scattered or absentminded, is part of the cure for the “too-much-syndrome”. Mediation doesn’t mean we have to be an expert in this art of self-realization. Even a few focused breaths, taken deeply and slowly, can do the trick. Bringing the mind to a calm state of being is essential to our well-being and therefore we must continue to establish a sense of ease and self-confidence.
 
In order to think clearly with a clam mind, and to be happy, we have to make choices. So let us choose wisely and lovingly. Practice softening your thoughts about the daily grind, your kids, chores, and work, and allow your thoughts to be natural and relaxed. Not forcing yourself is what is needed, especially at this time of the year. Remember, all is already good and perfect; and therefore we can leave those negative expectations behind!
 
Continue to love life and face the knowledge that since we are individuals, living in our specific worlds, it is entirely up to us how our life shapes up, or not. It is up to us to make this a Blessed Season.
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People talk about heaven and hell all the time, declaring it mostly to be a place that we will be sent to after death. It’s a place of punishment or reward, depending on how we have conducted ourselves on this earth. But is it so?

I cannot imagine that it would be so black and white. I cannot imagine that we would have to wait until so-called “death” happens until we actually would reach these states of eternal damnation or bliss. However, I can imagine that heaven and hell are states of mind, which are actually already within us, here and now.

I’m sure we can agree that we all have seen the visible expression of hell, called wars and destruction, abuse and torture, heartbreak and disease. We also have seen the visible manifestations of heaven in the beauty of nature, the love of an animal, the calmness of a content heart, or Love in action.

Heaven is a harmonious state of mind, and of course this harmonious state produces good, right, calm, loving, and charitable thoughts. We can call these concepts heavenly angels or right thoughts, which come from “heaven” - our harmonious state of mind. Those angel-thoughts protect and lead us to right action, and help us through the rough times with strong faith and the trust that all is good. Those uplifting thoughts give us hope and courage. We certainly can call on them anytime we need guidance, as they are within. Isn’t our right thought a God-sent message? Isn’t the assurance that the Allness of Good is always protecting and guiding us a heavenly, blessed feeling?

The concept of heavenly angels, being exceptional beings, coming down from the heavens to aid and protect us, has been all over the world in one way or another. Religious teachings calling the angels ‘messengers of God’ in some mysterious way are outdated. This surely is a material belief in a material world, and there is nothing mysterious about right thinking. However, our world is not material – it is mental.

The teaching about heaven and the angels needs another look; let’s see it in a different light. We know that misinterpretation of the ancient writings in any religion is so common, that we constantly must be careful what we believe to be true. Let your heart guide you, but let true reason rule! Heaven is here and now, not in a far off place…so create that piece of heaven that is yours, always.
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Today I want to talk about mental house cleaning. A gentle reminder on how we can get down to the nitty gritty and figure out how we can start living better through right thought application. What does it take to change our thought patterns? How do we correct years of negative habits and fears?
 
Step by step, would be my first advise. We must start with a rigorous mental housecleaning, a so-called reprogramming of our subconscious reactions, feelings and responses. A sweeping out of old habitual attitudes and beliefs, fearful anticipations and dreadful expectations. It took us years to accumulate our habits and beliefs, so it will take some time to change these fearful and unpleasant culprits. But it can be done, as I said, step by step.
 
First, look for the sunlight in your life, the beauty in nature, the love of an animal, the good and the beautiful experiences you encounter daily. Most of all, find the loving people all around you. I know you can see it if you just look closely and allow yourself to open up to this wonderful embrace of the Universe.
 
I like to compare our thoughts to blossoms of the mind. Some unattended ones will come quickly and wilt away. Some are nurtured and cared for; seeds put in fertile mental soil. Flowers bloom beautifully for your enjoyment, and even after they are spent, reaching full fruition, they turn into more seeds, ready to produce more beauty. So it is with your thoughts.
 
Flowers reproduce more after their own kind – just like our good thoughts produce more good thoughts and feelings. Be assured that all of these good and loving thoughts are causative and will create the life you imagine, step by step!
#inspiration
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