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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.
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.
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.
Live In the Now
Posted by: Ann
March 5th, 2010 >> Books, Energy, God, Life, Physical/Material, Truth
Have you noticed that when you have bought a new car all of a sudden you see hundreds of that same car and color on the road? Or when you are expecting, every woman you see looks pregnant. Well the same thing is happening to me. No I am not pregnant nor have I bought a new car, but a new idea has been introduced to me and I am seeing it every where. I have heard that when an idea presents itself to you in 3 different ways that you need to sit up and take notice because it is the truth.
What is this great truth? It is living in the now. It has really been brought home to me through Eckhart Tolle’s book The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
If you live in the now, even in your misery, you have the chance to feel the river of life, that life giving force that runs through all things. If you can feel that flow of contentment and energy, you will feel hope. If you feel hope, you will be more positive. If you become more positive, the law of attraction will accommodate and things will get better.
The alternative is to dwell in your misery and your “poor me” attitude and live on the surface, never feeling the flow of life that is always there. If you live in the misery at the surface you are actually stifling the flow. If the flow is stifled you will attract more that will stifle the flow. The law of attraction works both ways.
Have you ever thought about how one person can change the world or at least their portion of it. All it takes is one person with a dream, one person with a passion, one person saying ‘someone ought to do something’ then realizing that person will have to be them.
My local newspaper often runs a local interest story about a senior citizen and what they have accomplished.
There was the woman who saw a neighbor in need of groceries and she started handing out groceries to people in need. One thing led to another and “Helping Hands” was created. This organization now has a large building with a clothing section and is organizing a free clinic. All this because a woman saw a neighbor in need and wanted to do something about it.
I have also learned of another woman who wanted to help children who were starting a new year of school. Most parents will buy their children new clothes, shoes and school supplies to start the New Year, but then there are those parents who can’t afford to buy new clothes or shoes and the school supplies left over from last year will have to do. This woman believed that all children should start the school year on an even footing with each other. No child should feel embarrassed with old worn out stuff for their 1st day of school. Her little project has grown to the point where all the larger local churches and a few other groups are actively involved. Each child is provided with a new shirt, pants, shoes and school supplies to start the year.
This is just two examples and they were both in the same small Podunk town in the middle of Texas. There are many others in this small town that I will not mention and there are probably several more I do not know about.
If they can make a difference, so can you and so can I.
Moments Of Grace
Posted by: Ann
February 21st, 2010 >> Books, God, Life, Physical/Material, Spirituality
It’s book review Sunday!
This is a book I have read several times. Every once in a while I need a pick-me-up and this book is the ticket. Neale Donald Walsch the author of Conversations with God
. Actually he did very little writing in this book, he is relaying stories others sent him about their personal experiences.
In Neale’s own words “This book is about moments in our lives when God steps in and gives us a great big hug….. These are stories about real life and real people. Folks sent them to me. Because I asked them to. I wanted to know if my experience of God was really so different from everyone else’s, or if, as I suspected, we all are having pretty much the same experience, but I’m the only one who’s talking about it. Or one of the very few.”
I have read stories out of this book to people who come to me questioning the meaning of life and those who wonder if miracles happen. I also tell them a few of my own stories. Yes there is purpose to all this! Yes there is a guiding light or energy out there!
If you don’t want to buy it, at least check it out of the library. But I bet you will want to own it after you read it.
Manifesting – Put Energy Into It
Posted by: Ann
February 20th, 2010 >> Energy, Manifesting, Physical/Material
Thursday I wrote about the energy flowing through life. I wanted to touch on that again today.
My husband often says he puts energy into things to make something happen. There may be a piece of equipment that is acting up and he will give his magic touch and ‘presto’ it will start to work! We call it the “Midas Touch”.
My son has that touch. When he was 4 we were visiting friends. Jesse and Teresa, their 4 year old were playing in her room when we heard discord. Teresa’s mom and I went to investigate. The girl had a broken tape recorder and Jesse was fiddling with it. Teresa kept telling him to leave it alone that it was broken. Becky, the mother, told me it had been broken for a while. Jesse would not leave it alone. Then he pressed a button and it started to play! Teresa and her mom were shocked.
Other times there maybe something that my husband wants to accomplish. He will set a goal and “put energy into it” and it will happen. About a year ago he decided he would make $20,000 in one month. His usual take was about $8,000 to $12,000. He made the $20,000 but it was not in the way he was expecting. When I ask him how he does these things he just says, “I put energy into it”. He then tries to get me to put energy into what I do, but I don’t have a clue as to what he is talking about.
I think I may now have a clue.
What is going on? I believe he is using the flow of life energy and like a river he is diverting the flow to where he wants it. That flow carries what he wants to him.
EFT vs. Meridian Therapies
Posted by: Ann
February 19th, 2010 >> EFT, Energy, Meridian Tapping, Physical/Material, Vibration
I had an interesting client last Sunday. This one was suppose to be an EFT session for back pain. I often have great results using EFT for back pain. We tend to carry a lot of emotional baggage in our backs. EFT is great at getting rid of the emotional baggage. I often start with addressing the pain itself and when movement starts to slow or ceases I will delve deeper to try and uncover emotional reasons for the pain. Often addressing the pain itself is all that is required.
I did get some movement addressing the pain itself. It went from an intensity of 6 to a 4 but then it seemed to stall. I probed for emotional reasons and soon found several possibilities. But addressing each of these were not getting the results I thought we should be seeing. She then told me that the tapping on the side of her hand (the KC point, see my page on Tapping Points) was sending tingles down her body .
I started tapping on various other points and asking if she felt energy with them. I found that the points corresponding to the small intestine and the triple warmer points created sensations. I decided to clear and trace the corresponding meridians.
After finishing her right side, she said the right side was feeling good and all the pain was now on her left side. So I ran the meridians on her left side.
She was feeling pretty good after that. She could do some of her yoga positions that she could not do when she came in. I thought it was interesting that flushing and tracing the meridians cleared the pain.
Symbolism of Taxes Revisited
Posted by: Ann
February 8th, 2010 >> Life, Physical/Material, Sacrifice
Ok I have recovered from my headache and I have been thinking about the symbolism of taxes. I think I may have something.
Lets think about giving. Giving is a show of abundance when you give willingly. Giving is also a form of showing gratitude. The law of attraction would approve of this. The more you willingly give without expecting anything in return, the more the universe will provide to you to allow you to keep giving. However, many people do not give, or do so grudgingly. When that happens, the law of attraction says, “Oh, you want to have to give and not like it” so then you are given the opportunities to give grudgingly.
Now let me ask you, do you give to the government willingly? If this were a purely voluntary program would you shell out the money? Where is your gratitude, your willingness to give? Remember the law of attraction; what you throw out there you will get back.
I can here it now. “But the government waste my money”. Well so do your children, are you throwing them out? Yes the government does some stupid and insane things sometimes (read tomorrows post) but don’t your children?
Think of taxes as a lesson in “letting go”. You must let go willingly and know it is ok. Don’t begrudge the greatest country in the world its share. You live here, you work here, and you are blessed.