Our lives are full of symbols.
Dreams contain symbols of our emotional state and sometimes provide information of what is going to happen. If you learn to interpret the symbols, you can have helpful information that can direct your waking actions.
Our aches and pains are often symbols. We tend to get more aches and pains as we age because we ignore the symbols as we receive them. These symbols tell us of things we need to take care of. Our society has gotten out of touch with the symbolic life. When we ignore them, they have to get louder and louder to try and get our attention. Sometimes it takes a major, life threatening illness before we will pay attention and ‘read’ the symbol. I have heard many people exclaim that they would not go through a major calamity in their life again for a million dollars but then again they would not take a million dollars for that experience. So if you are going through a major life challenge, look for the meaning behind the event.
Not all symbols come to us in major life events. Most are just day to day things. Look at everything with new eyes. That tree in the front yard – what does it mean? It is in your life for a reason; a deep personal reason. Maybe it is struggling and not in good shape – that could mean you are struggling with life right now. Maybe it is flourishing – that could be an indication that your life may be very full and satisfying. Reading the symbols around us can be very enlightening.
For those who are less esoteric, let me assure you that you use symbols everyday. Think about words. What are you doing right now? You are interpreting symbols that convey meaning. These marking on the screen have a message for you and when you interpret them (read the words) you get a picture of the emotion and the idea of what is being conveyed.
Try and be more aware of the symbols around you this week.
Stay Positive – Ask for Help
Posted by: Ann
March 15th, 2010 >> God, Guides, Manifesting, Physical/Material, Spirituality
Why do we grumble in the midst of our prosperity?
We have been doing this for thousands of years. Exodus 15-17 tells of the Israelites grumbling when they were getting low on supplies and when they could not see where the water and food would be coming from. I do the same thing except instead of grumbling I panic.
Maybe this is a human tendency. In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, food is right up there with oxygen, water and constant body temperature. These physiological needs must be met before you can move to the next level of needs which concerns safety.
When our basic needs are threatened we panic. If we are in a position where we have some but (we think) not enough, we grumble. Back to the Israelite story; God was taking care of them. Water was provided in a miraculous way and then later they forgot that and started living in scarcity mindset and started grumbling again. When manna was provided there were still some who did not trust that it would come every day and tried to save for the next day but it rotted.
I keep going through this same trust/distrust in my life. Last year, I did an experiment. All year I noted my emotional outlook: was I being positive or slipping into a scarcity mentality. What was interesting was that I would sometimes slip into the scarcity, panic mode, when everything was OK and the physical would follow the mental/emotional state, money would start to get tight and I would be barely scraping by, having to live on credit cards. I would then give myself a talking to and change my outlook. With the more positive outlook, even when there was no reason for it, the physical world around me started changing. The flow of money would open up and my needs would be met.
In Late September I decided to have a talk with my Guides and Angels. I said I wanted proof that I would be taken care of and everything would be OK. The following week, about October 7, I received a check for $115.12 from a credit card company saying they had charged too much interest. That was strange, have you ever heard of a card company doing that? Then a couple of weeks later, about October 16, I received another check from this same company saying they had not given me all the rebate money I was entitled to. This was weird.
I decided to have another talk with my guides. I told them a hundred dollars here and two hundred there was all well and good but it wasn’t going to pay the rent. I needed thousands.
Well on October 26, our local paper printed a supplement listing people for whom the state was holding unclaimed money. My husbands name was on it! Monday morning we found that we had $3692.16 available to us from some property we had sold 12 years before!
Now whenever I start to feel nervous, I remember that incident and decide to trust the process. There is help on the other side if we will just ask and trust.
A Cry from the Womb – Book Review Sunday
Posted by: Ann
March 14th, 2010 >> Books, God, Life, Reincarnation, Spirituality
A Cry from the Womb: Healing the Heart of the World: A Guide to Healing and Helping Souls Return to the Light After Sudden Death, Miscarriage, Stillbirth or Abortion
I know the author and knew about one of her losses but had no idea about the other traumatic events. But in this book she opens up and tells of all the anguish and heart ache that she has held hidden inside.
Gwen is a medical intuitive, spiritual teacher and healer. In her work she strives to bring peace and healing and in this book she strives for the same thing. She is very concerned with the Soul: the soul of the child involved and the soul of the adults affected.
If you are in pain and hurting due to the loss of a child, this book can be a great comfort.
I slipped this week I had mentioned on Feb. 22, 2010 that I was giving up Excedrin for Lent. Well I lasted 21 days.
I came down with a headache that I could not shake on Monday and by Wed. morning I had enough of it. I took 2 Excedrin. It lightened the headache enough for me to be able to help at the college lunch our church does every Wednesday for the local college students. The headache was back by the afternoon, but I resisted the urge to take more Excedrin and settled for IB instead.
Excedrin may not seem like a big thing for you, but I have run into others who were addicted to it. I guess there could be worse addictions. But I am back on track and off the Excedrin again. The coffee every morning has helped keep the headaches at bay.
My husband went to a get a blood test today and I went along. In the lobby was one of those TV’s that run the medical propaganda – infomercials. They had a segment on migraines and mentioned that a little caffeine can help a migraine because it affects the blood vessels in the brain. Excedrin has caffeine so it is really the caffeine I am addicted to not the Excedrin. But the Excedrin does provide a nice little buzz and I can even feel it tingling on my tongue before I even take one.
But I am determined. The 21 days was a very long stretch for me. I am not sure I have been clear of Excedrin for that long of a time since my twenties (which was a long time ago).
Remember the Simon and Garfunkel song “The Sounds of Silence”? They approached the ‘sounds’ of silence. I am going deeper. What about the emotions behind silence. How do you handle silence?
I have known people who seemed uncomfortable in silence. When I was little, every time I visited one of my friends, their TV was always on. No one was listening to it or even in the same room as it, but it was always on. Then there were the times I went some where with my dad and there would be total silence in the car. Neither of us spoke, but I was totally comfortable.
Some people just can’t deal with silence. They have to have noise to invade their mind. Maybe they are afraid of what their mind will come up with. I have heard some one say that they were afraid of getting lost in their thoughts and not be able to find their way out. Is that for real? What kind of a person are you? Are you totally comfortable in silence? Or do you have to speak to break the silence?
At my church we have a silent prayer time which only last about 30 seconds. I get the feeling that some people are uncomfortable with that short 30 seconds, while others like me would like to have a longer time. Gee, 30 seconds is barely enough time to quiet my mind. I have heard that Norman Vincent Peale had a 5 minute silent prayer time in his Sunday sermons. That is enough time to get centered and actually commune with a higher being.
Just being silent is not enough because even when we are silent, our mind is noisy. Meditation is learning to quiet the mind. I love to meditate. Meditation has a calming effect to prepare me for the hectic day to come. Meditation gets me in touch with my inner self. Give it a try for yourself, you may get to know yourself better.
Yes, I Want to Find My Soul Mate!
Posted by: Ann
March 11th, 2010 >> Change, EFT, Energy, Manifesting, Meridian Tapping, Relationship
Are you worried that you will never find that ‘perfect’ someone? Do you fear you will be known as the crazy old cat lady or maybe the grouchy old man? Do you believe all the good men (or women) are taken? Do you wonder why you can’t seem to attract the love you long for?
I wanted to let everyone know I am presenting a 6 hour workshop on April 17, 2010 on “Find Your Soul Mate!” Workshop to be held at the T. B. Harris Community Center, McGee room, 401 N. Alexander, Belton, TX
Come and learn what is holding you back from finding your soul mate, the love of your life. Learn how to move beyond your self so you can attract what you desire into your life. We will be using Meridian Tapping along with various other techniques to get the energy flowing in the right direction.
Preregistration is required. To find out more and to register go to www.naturallyresilient.com/event
We once live in a mobile home on 68 acres. This home had a sliding glass door in which we installed a cat door. However, for a number of months we had no back deck and on the outside of the sliding glass door, there was a 3 foot drop to the ground. To make the cat door actually usable, we installed a one foot by one foot shelf on the outside of the cat door. The cats had to jump onto the platform to come into the house.
One night we woke up to a bump, bump, bump noise coming from the living room. My husband got up to investigate. I called out “what did you find”? and he showed up at the bedroom door holding a full grown rabbit by the scuff of the neck. It was in good shape and he took it outside, letting it go beyond the yard fence.
The only way we could figure out that the rabbit got in was by Callie. She must have caught the thing, jumped up on the platform and let go of it to shove it through the cat door! That was some feat! She was always amazing us.
“We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are.”
—- Anais Nin
We all put our own spin on what we hear and see and then we don’t understand why every one else does not agree with our opinion. If we all could experience events from the same perspective, we would all have the same opinions: how dull.
Most of the time we imagine what is going on with the other person. We reason in our mind what is going on and in doing this we create stories. Usually these stories and assumptions have a negative bent to them. For example if someone does not agree with your opinion you may be quick to say “they are just stupid” or “how can they miss this obvious point”. We are quick to make these negative assumptions. Why is that?
If we are making things up anyway, why not make something up that is positive or at least something that would make sense for the situation. You see someone speeding and your first impulse is to get in front of them and go slow. Second impulse is to wish the police would stop them for reckless driving. But would your opinion change if you knew that they just got a call from the hospital and were told if they wanted to see their child alive they better get there quick. I have actually known someone in that position.
In my experience, people do the best they can in their situation. People do not wake up and say “I wonder what dumb things I can do today?” Yes some people are smarter than others but each is doing what he/she thinks is best at each moment no matter what the IQ.
Live your life with forgiveness and compassion; you don’t know when you will need that from someone else for your dumb decisions.
The Celestine Prophecy – Book Review Sunday
Posted by: Ann
March 7th, 2010 >> Change, Energy, Life, Relationship
I am venturing into the fiction department for today’s book review. Although this book is fiction, there is a lot of truth in the book. James Redfield has a lot of insight into human nature and where humanity is going and in The Celestine Prophecy
he puts this insight to use through ‘insights’. The book goes into the coincidences that help shape our lives. But the main thrust of the book is the 9 insights, each one building on the other. I won’t tell you what they are here but I will tell you of the one that made the most impression on me.
The fifth insight talks about clearing the past. This involves looking at your childhood and how your parents acted and reacted. By looking at what each of your parents stood for you can determine your own life work. The Celestine Prophecy states “Every human being, whether they are conscious of it or not illustrates with their lives how he or she thinks a human being is supposed to live”. In the book the main character’s father believed that life was for fun and enjoyment but he had not been able to actually succeed in that area. The character’s mother stood for Christian principles. He was then asked what he would change about his mother and father. This is an important question as that ends up being what he is here to accomplish. To quote the book again, “That’s why you were born there: to take a higher perspective on what they stood for. Your path is about discovering a truth that is a higher synthesis of what these two people believed.” This led the main character to realize he would find real meaning in his life through combining the two approaches to life.
This got me thinking about my life and my parents. Now I feel much clearer on what I am to do in this life. It was a very interesting exercise. The whole book is like this. It introduces different insights into where we are individually and as a world society but it tells it through a fun read as a fiction story.
What would happen if your Children were just like you? What would the world be like if every one acted just like you? They say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.
Think about it a little bit. Would the world be a good place or an unpleasant one if every one acted like you did? Are you helpful, kind thoughtful or just in it for yourself?
Here is another way to look at it. Are you a friend to yourself or your own worst enemy?
Just something to think about for today.