Choices, choices, choices. We constantly make choices. Most every thought requires a choice: “What am I going to eat? Do I want to return this phone call? Should I talk to a doctor?” – You get my drift. Day to day choices, not just the larger, important ones – are choices, nevertheless.

But many times we say, ‘I don’t know what to do or say, what choice to make.’ But even doing nothing, or not acting on something we should be doing, is a choice.

Feeling good is a choice. Being miserable is a choice. Frustration is also a choice, even though it feels more like an accumulation of situations that trigger frustration. In the end the choices we make during this specific process result in frustration, which easily turns into anger if we don’t deal with the circumstances immediately.

Therefore, we must not hold the disturbance in our hearts and minds, we must not let it fester. We must address the cause and see what needs correction in our attitude and habitual demeanor. A quick outburst of annoyance, a slight sense of disappointment, or easily irritated thoughts become a habit; and habitual thoughts becomes our reality.
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Many times, we fool ourselves by thinking that we can get away with lesser thoughts, and then we act surprised when unpleasant action follows. “Poor me,” we say, wondering why and where we’ve gone astray. Remember, negative thoughts are like weeds. They spread quickly if we do not tend to them. We must remove all weeds in our minds, especially fear, doubt, and anger. 

We can safely say that our life experience adheres to laws. Not worldly, manmade laws, but Universal Laws. These Universal Laws govern the invisible, the mental realm, and our individual Consciousness is an ever-expanding awareness of the already existing Truth, knowingly or not.

Therefore, it is our responsibility to stay open-minded and allow this process to take its genuine course, instead of fighting against the natural flow of unfoldment and stubbornly holding on the believes and myths of this physical world.

One of the laws, the ‘Law of Individuality’ is a Universal Law that is broken by all of us most of the time. It states that we are individuals and need to be able to express ourselves individually. It demands that each of us lives our lives to the best of our abilities. We are responsible for our good and bad experiences befalling us every day of our lives. A tough one to swallow at times.

No one should demand, control, or plan for us. And in turn, we should not demand, control, or attempt to plan for others. No one should judge our actions, not even our loved ones. And in turn, we should never judge the actions of others, and yes, not even the actions of our loved ones. We are not the judge and the jury. We can only observe ourselves and live accordingly. Live and let live.

When we work on ourselves, it is not about changing who we are: it is about bringing the best out of us. The truth is, we are already good by nature; we just must acknowledge this fact, trust our instincts, be the best we can be, and make better life choices as we travel through this process.

It is our Soul that does the living not our body. The body is the visible expression of our Soul, only a reflection of our thoughts and feelings. Once we understand this enormous fact, we must be grateful for the body we have and treat it with respect and kindness. But our focus should always be on the development of our understanding of Truth, the substance of our Soul, not the physical body.
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Let’s listen to ourselves carefully and choose the words we think and speak wisely. Always remember, thinking is causative, and our thoughts will create our reality. It’s a daily work-out and it will help to associate with joyful minds who share our vision.

As many of you know I have been studying, writing about, and teaching metaphysics for over 35 years. The work of correcting my thoughts, feelings, and dispositions, have become a daily task, a habit acquired. I must admit, however, that many times I find the necessary changes more difficult than expected.

In many cases, even though I expect rapid results, the visible improvements do not show up right away and more patience is required. Faith runs short at times. I remind myself that I accumulated my way of thinking over a long period of time; and it will take time to change those thought habits and to unravel the emotions.

All of us have acquired many layers of unresolved thoughts and especially feelings. And so, we must keep digging and reasoning, and sooner or later we will see the progress of our mental labor. It only takes 51 percent to tip the scale to a more positive experience. We must not give up.

In my search, I acknowledge that it takes courage and strength to deal with everyday challenges. It takes wisdom and right reason to handle daily encounters appropriately. It takes kindness, compassion, mercy, and love to deal with people. It takes persistence and endurance to finish these tests.

Part of my exercise is to watch my inner melodrama, my thoughts, and feelings; it’s like watching a movie. I am the observer; I stay out of it— I don’t get lost in it. I just observe.

By getting involved in our own daily-life movie, we allow ourselves to become emotional and fuzzy. Only detachment from the challenge and neutrality will keep the mind clear.

I also remember that my ‘sense of’ is my awareness of what I believe to be true. It doesn’t mean it is true, it’s just that I believe it to be true. Truth is Truth, know it or not. But this ‘sense of’ Truth is also the light within me when applied correctly.
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Through this reasoning process I am encouraged that I can easily overcome my challenges—which are opportunities to learn—because I already possess courage, strength, wisdom, right reason, kindness, love, persistence, and endurance. I must use these God-given qualities day in and day out. I must not falter. Neither should you.

It’s interesting to observe yourself and find that the voice in your head is constantly talking. Have you ever tried to stop it?
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I’m aware that devoted meditation students are telling us to quiet our thoughts, but no matter how successful your practice of meditation might be, your thoughts are the essence of your being alive and therefore will always be with you. It wouldn’t be natural in this state of being to stop thinking, it would mean you have moved on to another plane of existence. Wouldn’t it?

What’s important is to start listening, here and now, to the excessive chatter in our head and observe its mood. Is it positive, negative, or just going on and on about something? Am I being thoughtful or flighty, am I being reasonable or stubborn? Always weighing the choices we have each and every minute.

To make this clear, the voice in our head is our reasoning ability. It will debate between the options we have. It will present both sides, good or bad, right or wrong, but we must choose the positive side only. If we don’t like what we see, we must change our sense about it. It takes practice…however, we can retrain our voice to instantly seek the right and good side of all. It’s that simple.
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I believe that our personal behavior should set the standard for right living in this world. We all should be examples of positive thinking, good clean living—and thereby teach and inspire others. Just imagine the peace and love we would contribute to a world that experiences so much pain. Again, it takes practice.
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As I am getting ready to write my Wednesday Blog, I must admit, after nearly 10 years of writing inspirational materials, five books on the subject, weekly blogs, uplifting quotes – all carefully thought-through words and ideas in which I honestly believe in – I am lost for words.

To what is happening right now all over the US, our beautiful beloved America, is unimaginably unamerican. I am having a difficult time to contain my anger and disappointment, my disbelief that so many people on both sides can act in this violent way, watching the looting and crime going on instead of contacting a peaceful, goal-oriented protest, and people spreading hatred instead of love just because of the color of someone’s skin. Agitators amongst peaceful messengers, designed to keep us divided amongst ourselves.

But more than that, watching a so-called president doing everything in his power to destroy our democracy and peace; not to mention the supporters of his behavior, standing in the shadow of evil, voiceless.

Feeling like this, is so not ‘me’ and I work on daily thought corrections and on keeping the Faith. I truly believe that there are more good people than bad. No one is inherently bad, it’s all about misinformation and education in my eyes.

Faith has been a big part of me for a long time. Not faith in some religious organization or person, but Faith in the Allness of Good.

Knowing that in reality – yes, I know it surely doesn’t look like that right now – all is good. Good is God and cannot be changed. What we see is the ignorance and selfishness of humankind. We must act God-like (good-like) with humility and respect. Again, not respect for an organization or person, but to the Almighty Universal Power that sustains all. We must see and heal the world, this glorious place that has been given to us, which we must cherish.

We can be strong without intimidating others. We can show love without appearing weak. We can support without taking. We can help without enabling the other, but teach and nurture, and lift them up!
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Our hearts will be smiling when doing good, because doing good nurtures and heals our Souls, it will heal the nation. Long live the Allness of Good!
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Are we hoping that things will work out eventually? Are we praying for relief of these inhumane conditions? Are we looking for the situation to change sooner than later?

Yes, life changes all the time, but the one thing that never changes is our awareness, our conscious substance. Everything else varies and shifts constantly because our experience is only the reflection of our sense of things, which is fluid. We can change our perception and our beliefs, but we cannot change our substance, our spirit, our essence.

So, when feeling fearful, anxious, emotionally drained or upset, let us use appreciation, heartfelt gratitude, for a mental pick me up. Focusing on all the good things in our lives will certainly wash away some of the worries and lessen the panic.

We still have so much to appreciate. We are so fortunate to have family and friends even though we can’t physically hug them for the time being. We can still embrace them in our loving thoughts.
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Never forget, Harmony is the principle Quality underlying all Life. Like a river we must flow with this spiritual current and remain in a harmonious state of being. No matter how difficult it seems – I repeat, Harmony is the principle Quality underlying all Life.
Therefore, Hope should not be a feeling of ‘maybe’—it should be a certainty of good things to come.
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Nothing in life is permanent. Nothing in our experience is ever the same. It constantly changes. It moves and flows, it rumbles and rolls. Every second of our existence we encounter a shift, a ripple in the fabric of Consciousness.

It’s all individual, and each of us experiences this movement differently, yet the ripple effect flows through all life and perfectly ties all individuality together.

In these trying times we must remember that we are all connected, all one, no matter who we are and where we’re from. Good or bad, it doesn’t matter. The truth is, there is only one life substance and we are part of this spiritual, intellectual element.

Therefore, we must stay even-minded, calm, and focused. We must look at things from a distance, like an observer, rather than an emotionally attached person. It will put our experience in perspective. It will show us what needs to be done.
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Remember, the world is better because of you, me, and every living person. It wouldn't be complete without any one of us. All of us are part of the Universal puzzle, this ever-flowing stream of consciousness, weaving itself toward the Allness of Good.
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